Mike Lipsitz, Author at Z107.7 FM Joshua Tree

New homes in Landers and Flamingo Heights may pay more for water hookup

January 30, 2023

Bighorn-Desert View Water Agency meeting agenda for Oct. 11

Listen here: Like much of Morongo Basin, the last several years have seen raw land in Landers and Flamingo Heights developed for new housing at an accelerating rate. Now a proposal before the Bighorn-Desert View Water Agency’s Board, if approved, will raise the cost of bringing water to those new homes. If approved, new water service line installs in Landers and Flamingo Heights will set new installations back $2,435 for a meter up to one inch. For installations one-and-a-half-inch and more, the…

Warren Valley Watermaster Meeting today (Jan. 25)

by Mike Lipsitz

January 25, 2023

Directors at the Hi-Desert Water District are expected to review and adopt the Warren Valley Basin Watermaster annual report for the twelve months beginning October 2021. The district assumed this responsibility as part of a 1992 court order. The judgment called for the monitoring of rainfall and purchased and reclaimed water and its use by all “major” producers in the Warren Basin. Those include Hi-Desert Water District, Joshua Tree Retreat Center, Hawks Landing Golf Course, and a well leased…

Hi-Desert Water District meets today (Jan. 18) – 400 properties still on septic face fines

by Mike Lipsitz

January 18, 2023

At 4 p.m. this afternoon (January 18, 2023), Yucca Valley’s Hi-Desert Water District will meet at the district office on the highway at Inca Trail. And in Joshua Tree, the Joshua Basin Water District’s regular meeting begins at 5:30 p.m. at the main office on Chollita Road. The public is invited to attend either meeting in person or remotely. The roughly 400 properties that remain uncompliant with the Regional Water Board directive to hook up to the sewer line remain a priority concern for the…

Landers scheduled power outage on Sat. 1/14 – Belfield Hall open with heat, wi-fi

by Mike Lipsitz

January 14, 2023

Landers scheduled power outage on Sat. 1/14 – Belfield Hall open with heat, wi-fi

Listen here: When much of Landers goes dark this Saturday (January 14, 2023) the lights at Belfield Hall will beckon friends and neighbors to drop in, sit down, and warm up. A scheduled outage will leave much of Landers without electricity from approximately 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday so that Southern California Edison can upgrade electric poles in the area. In response, the Landers Community Association has canceled the Second Saturday Craft Fair but will open the doors at Belfield Hall,…

Dawn Rowe Named Chair of County Board of Supervisors

by Mike Lipsitz

January 11, 2023

Dawn Rowe Named Chair of County Board of Supervisors

The Morongo Basin's own Third District County Supervisor Dawn Rowe was elected chair of the county board of supervisors at today's (January 10) meeting. Dawn Rowe’s meteoric rise to the highest elected office in county government began with an appointment to the Yucca Valley Planning Commission in 2008. In 2010 Rowe was elected to the Yucca Valley Town Council and later served as town mayor. Following an appointment to the county board of supervisors in 2018, she was re-elected to that…

SB County Supervisors elect new chair positions tonight 1/10, award construction contract

by Mike Lipsitz

January 10, 2023

At today’s (January 10, 2023) 10 a.m. meeting of the county supervisors in San Bernardino, the board will elect a new chair and vice chair. And of the many items on the meeting agenda, there is just one that holds particular relevance for our Morongo Basin. Agenda item 32 will award a construction contract and approve a budget increase to just over $181,000 for a shade structure at Yucca Valley Elementary School on Pima Trail in Yucca Valley. Primarily funded with federal Head Start monies, the…

Bighorn-Desert View Water Agency meeting tonight (1/10)

by Mike Lipsitz

January 10, 2023

Listen here: The Bighorn-Desert View Water Agency meets at 6 p.m. tonight (January 10, 2023) in Landers. Reporter Mike Lipsitz is rejoins with a break down of what is on tap… At tonight’s meeting, the board is expected to fine-tune the list of which meetings qualify for director compensation and when. Standing committees and other assignments are also expected to be doled out this evening, and the board will also form an ad hoc committee to develop a “Management Succession Plan.” Other business,…

Water bills are rising, meeting to review increased rates and collect public feedback

by Mike Lipsitz

January 9, 2023

Directors at the Joshua Basin Water District will gather for a special rate study workshop with the Citizen’s Advisory Council and members of the public at 5 p.m. tomorrow (Jan. 10, 2023) at a special location to talk about rate hikes planned for the next five years. Starting this year and continuing through 2027 customers of the Joshua Basin Water District are going to see annual rate increases for water. Under the first proposed increase, the average household can expect to pay about $12 more…

Wednesday Water Meeting Roundup 1/4

by Mike Lipsitz

January 4, 2023

There is no meeting of the Joshua Basin Water District today. The Hi-Desert Water District will meet at 4 p.m. this afternoon (January 4, 2023) at the district office on Inca Trail and the highway in Yucca Valley. Following committee assignments and presentation of the board meeting calendar for 2023, directors at the Hi-Desert Water District are expected to review financial statements for the quarter ending September 30 and hear updates on the remaining phases of the yet-to-be-funded sewer…

Wednesday Water Round up: Joshua Basin Water District and Hi-Desert Water District

by Mike Lipsitz

December 20, 2022

Tomorrow (December 21, 2022) at 4 p.m., the Hi-Desert Water District will meet at the district office on Inca Trail. And in Joshua Tree, the Joshua Basin Water District’s regular meeting begins at 5:30 p.m. at the office on Chollita Road, and this meeting will be available to the public via Zoom or telephone only. Directors at the Hi-Desert Water District are expected to accept and file the fiscal 2022 Comprehensive Financial Report, followed by other business including the appointment of four…

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