The grader will be on the ranch for about a week starting around the 24th of June 2011. Anyone who wants to have work done while the equipment is on the Ranch can contact Ransom Walrod at studiosea@earthlink.net. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Solar Power Station Coming?--Update
Not much new to add. The State gets into the act with both the corporations commission and the Line Site Commission that approves the site location. for power plant facilities. We'll put more on the page when we get solid information
The county is reviewing the zoning of about two square miles of land south of highway 40 and west of highway 93 (northwest of the ranch) for possible conversion to heavy industrial to accommodate a proposed 200 megawatt solar power plant. Albiasa, a Spanish company, is proposing to build a facility that consists of concentrating trough solar collectors, a turbine generator, cooling towers and a molten salt heat storage facility. The molten salt will be heated by the solar collectors to provide generation capability after the sun goes down. The rezoning effort has been postponed because of conflict with the highway 93 zoning and the area general plan. Locals are worried about the impact of the water draw which the project would have on the aquifer. The proposal indicated that the project would use between 1000 and 4000 acre feet of water per year. Four thousand acre feet of water per year translates into 1.4 billion gallons per year, or about 2500 gallons per minute of continuous pumping.
We’ll keep you posted on happenings as they unfold.
We've placed a sign at the entrance stating in essence that the road is not a 'Maintained Road' Even though all the Ranch roads are being bladed and most of the drainage ditches are being recut, the term 'Maintained Road' has a legal definition concerning grade, surface, drainage, etc. that many roads in the county don't meet. (North Bank Street, Most of Golden Valley, most of the county dirt roads). We put that sign there to inform visitors that the road can be of 4X4 quality sometimes after a bad rain. After consultation with the county attorney we copied their sign and left out the word 'county'. It is advisory and meant to be a help to folks who aren't used to country roads.
Just a reminder that your Association
maintains a website for owners, which is updated whenever new information
gets to the webmaster. Please access it frequently.
Also, whenever you have information that might be of interest to other
owners, please forward it to the webmaster per the instructions on the
"News for Owners" page of the website.
