Flood control district approves bidding for Bautista Creek basin expansion

The Riverside County Flood Control and Water Conservation District approved the advertisement for bids to construct Stage 50 of the Bautista Creek channel recharge basin expansion. The members of the Riverside County Board of Supervisors are also the board members of the Riverside County Flood Control and Water Conservation District, and a 5-0 vote by the supervisors Tuesday, Feb. 9, approved the plans and specifications for the project, found that any significant environmental impacts had previously been addressed in a mitigated negative declaration accepted by the board in December 2016 and authorized the clerk of the board of supervisors to advertise the project for construction contract bids. The bid deadline is 2 p.m. Thursday, March 11. A partnership between the Riverside Count