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Past Projects of the North Fork CDC

Wastewater Expansion for North Fork

There is at present no sewer serving the mill site. The office is served by a septic system near the building. Expansion of the North Fork sewer system is crucial in attracting larger businesses to the Mill site and to facilitate the North Fork Rancheria Housing project for North Fork.

One grant has been received to expand the existing North Fork sewer system to serve both the mill site and the downtown area. The additional funds needed to complete this project have been applied for. Design engineering work will proceed as soon as the County determines a suitable site for the water reclamation area (spray field) needed to dispose of the treated effluent. Madera County has agreed to provide services for the breaking of the site into parcels, which will make it easier to develop, at no cost to CDC.

On June 8th, 2001 the CDC was notified by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) that the Mill Site Project was awarded a Rural Housing and Economic Development grant for $455,800. Of this amount, $276,500 will be utilized to cover 20% of construction costs for the proposed sewer system. The expansion of the sewer system will also facilitate the affordable housing project in development by the North Fork Mono Rancheria. An additional grant to complete the system was submitted on November 8th 2001 by Madera County in coordination with the CDC to the USDA's Rural Utility Servie (RUS) program to cover 75% of the project, along with a loan to cover the 5% balance.

The county is in the process of determining where to expand the existing spray field that is the reclamation area for the treated effluent. It is looking at a piece of property owned by P G & E and by the Forest Service, both of which are adjacent to the existing site. This decision will have to be made before design engineering can begin on the system.