Mount Shasta Herald

With Nestlé’s announcement to withdraw its water bottling facility plans only four days old and a public hearing on the issue of raising district water service rates, it was no surprise that last Monday’s McCloud directors meeting was packed.

With a public hearing for protest against a proposed water rate increase scheduled first, many residents presented their concerns on the issue.

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Dear Editor,

In Nestle’s science meeting on June 2, Nestle’s natural resource director Brendan O’Rourke said, “I think we have different ideas about what adaptive management means.”

This is concerning.

The preliminary scientific studies being conducted are important for establishing thresholds of impact, but adaptive management is a long term iterative process that addresses the uncertainty inherent in complex ecosystems.
New data and new understanding often requires a change in behavior in regards to the use of a resource — water in McCloud’s case.

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Dear Editor,

At the Feb. 18 McCloud Public Forum, Joan Smith Nestle cheerleader and member of the Siskiyou County Economic Development Council defended Nestle’s corporate reputation by stating that it had just been listed as the 10th most trusted brands according the financial magazine Barron’s.

She said we could look that up on the web. I did and it is obvious Joan did not read the article.

During a half hour presentation at last week's Weed Rotary Club luncheon, Nestle's Dave Palais outlined the company's recently revised McCloud water bottling project proposal and fielded questions from club members and guests.

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The McCloud Local-First Network community meeting held last Wednesday at Scout Hall was one part business and one part celebration.

During a packed three hour agenda, the organization continued its development, recruited members, and announced the winners of its McCloud Basin Business Idea Contest, a contest intended to promote interesting and innovative small business ideas.

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The McCloud Local First Steering Committee has launched its first McCloud Basin Business Idea Contest with the goal of encouraging area residents, elected officials, business leaders and others in the community to share and develop business ideas that could create jobs in McCloud.

The three best business idea authors will each win $100 cash and $100 in gift certificates to local businesses. Winners will also receive a free consulting session with the Jefferson Economic Development Institute.

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Community members packed Scout Hall last night for a potluck dinner hosted by the McCloud Chamber of Commerce. In an event titled “Fresh Business Goals and Ideas,” the Chamber of Commerce invited civic leaders from the mill town of Willits to speak on how their community is reviving their economy through “local first business networks.”

Without comment, the California Supreme Court declined to review a January 2007 Third
Appellate Court decision that reinstated the contract between Nestle and the McCloud
Community Services District for Nestle to build a water bottling plant on the outskirts of the
town.
The Appellate Court decision overturned a 2005 ruling by Siskiyou County Superior Court Judge
Roger Kosel who found the contract had violated CEQA in that a CEQA review should have
been completed prior to an agreement with Nestle.
Nestle and the MCSD had been sued by a local citizens group, Concerned McCloud Citizens,

Concerned McCloud Citizens have announced their intention to appeal to the California Supreme Court a January 2007 Third District Appeal Court's decision reinstating the contract between Nestle and the McCloud Community Services District.