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CTC declaration approved
Chelan County PUD
News Release
2/13/2006
PUD commissioners Monday approved an amendment to the condominium declaration for the Confluence Technology Center, 25 percent of which is owned by the PUD.
The amendment will allow California-based Internet company Yahoo! to renovate the building to accommodate offices and data-storage related facilities in a 45,000-square-foot portion of the CTC.
The Port of Chelan County, a 75 percent owner of the CTC, and Yahoo! Thursday signed a 10-year, $6.23-million lease for a large portion of the remaining unoccupied space at the CTC. The lease provided a Feb. 15, date to meet the contingency of necessary amendments to the declaration.
Said Commissioner Ann Congdon: “I think that Yahoo! is the one who really should be jumping up and down saying “Yahoo,” we get to come to Wenatchee and get to take advantage of that cheap power…and take advantage of the best quality of life anywhere. My hope is that they will be good community members, good neighbors and they’ll appreciate what we have to offer here in Wenatchee.”
Approval of a common area use agreement for the CTC with details addressing construction will come before commissioners in March after details of Yahoo!’s construction plans are reviewed by PUD staff.
Camera will catch salmon predators in the act
Commissioners approved the purchase of an acoustic camera to investigate predators’ effect on juvenile salmon as they enter Rocky Reach Dam’s surface collector, which leads the fingerlings to the fish bypass.
Staff believes that predators may cause some young fish to turn away from the collector’s entrance, not allowing them to take the 4,600-foot trip around the face of the dam and into deep waters below it.
The camera, sold by Ocean Marine Industries Inc. of Chesapeake, Va., will cost $76,000 and will produce high-resolution images to distinguish between smolts, predators and debris near the entrance to the surface collector.
Images produced by the camera could help PUD biologists find better ways to deter predators and encourage young salmon to enter the bypass system.
In other business, commissioners:
- Received an update on the search for a new general manager from Director of Human Resources Randy Stedman. Stedman reported that 51 applications have been received for the position so far, and helped commissioners create a matrix for scoring applicants. Click here to see the brochure advertising for the position.
- Heard from Governmental Affairs Director Andrew Munro on the progress of the state legislative session. Issues being monitored continue to relate to water, transmission and a renewable portfolio standard initiative.
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Due to the Presidents Day holiday, the next regular meeting of the PUD commission will start at 1 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 21, in the boardroom of the Headquarters Building, 327 N. Wenatchee Ave.
Most PUD commission meetings are recorded and a link to the audio is available on the PUD’s Web site, www.chelanpud.org.
Christy Shearer
Communications Audio-visual Specialist
(509) 661-4258
(509) 421-4258 cell
christy.shearer@chelanpud.org