EDA Winter Newsletter

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These employees will be eligible for recognition of their service by the Board of Supervisors in March 2016 for their years of service as of December 2015. They deserve to be recognized for their dedication to the county! Human Resources—“Years of Service Milestones” in 2015

Department

Employee

Service Years

Carmen Chavez

35 30 30 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25

Housing Authority

Workforce Development

Beatrice Putz

Administration

Lynda Trumbauer

Hilda Garcia Annette Best Retha Smith Gary Adams Martin Garcia Deborah Prim Tom Fan

Workforce Development Workforce Development Workforce Development

Housing Authority

Custodial Custodial Custodial

Maintenance

Narciso Barragan Teresa Valadez

Design & Construction

Steve Jones

CSA

Salton Sea

large water transfer set to accelerate in 2017. The state investment is a huge step in the right direction to get the sea turned around before it becomes a major liability to the nearby communities. The SSA is a joint powers authority chaired

by Riverside County Supervisor John Benoit and orchestrated by Phil Rosentrater who serves as Executive Director for the organization. Supervisor Marion Ashley is also on the SSA Board of Directors as the senior statesman among a group of partner agencies that includes elected representatives from Imperial County, Coachella Valley Water District, Imperial Irrigation District, and the Torres Martinez Tribal Nation. Although the state appropriation is a drop in the bucket compared to the long term Multi-billion dollar estimate for revitalization, it opens the door to recovering the positive potential of this amazing asset.

The Salton Sea is set to receive the largest state budget appropriation ever provided by the state, thanks to persistent efforts on the part of the Salton Sea Authority (SSA). Governor Brown's budget includes $80 million this year from a portion of the Prop 1 state water bond approved by voters over a year ago. The Salton Sea, California's largest inland sea, is home to the largest and most diverse renewable energy portfolio in the Western Hemisphere. It is also home to the largest and most diverse nesting grounds for migratory waterfowl in North America, outside the Everglades. The survival of this vital ecosystem is in jeopardy due to rising salinity levels (the sea has no outlet) and reduced water volumes expected from a