They have not done so to date. That is a stunning statement since nothing has improved the status of meadowfoam from the time of the Service letter in 1998. They aren't close. Mann and Weisenborn told the Committee that they are supposed to meet again with the state and federal agencies in June 2000. It would also be in the best interests of the community to ask more detailed and pointed questions of Mann and Weisenborn and demand factual proof for answers that to date resemble a trip down the yellow brick road.
Some possible questions follow.
An Enterprise Record article mentions two possible sites for a new high school. The first, dubbed by committee members, 'the Enloe property,' is 165 acres on the west side of Bruce Road, south of Humboldt Road. The second is 91 acres on the west side of Bruce Road, north of Raley Boulevard. It is owned by George Schmidbauer of Eureka. Chico's mayor at the time, Rick Keene, maintained his past opposition to school bonds from the 1995 election and did not support this bond.