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Reclamation to Hold Lake Berryessa Community Forum Meeting November 4 at the Lake Berryessa Senior Center

Media Contact: Shane Hunt, 916-978-5100, shunt@usbr.gov

For Release: October 28, 2015

NAPA, Calif. – The Bureau of Reclamation will hold the next meeting of the Lake Berryessa Community Forum on Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2015, at the Lake Berryessa Senior Center. Forum meetings are designed to promote public input on recreation opportunities and services at Lake Berryessa.

The public is invited to attend the Forum meeting, which will be held:

Wednesday, November 4, 6-8 p.m.

Lake Berryessa Senior Center

4380 Spanish Flat Loop Road

Napa, CA 94558

At the meeting, Lake Berryessa’s new Park Manager, Margaret Bailey, and Warren Kasper, Acting Chief, Recreation Resources Division, will be introduced. Reclamation will provide an overview of the 2015 recreation season; review our partnerships and work accomplished; discuss possible fire rehabilitation projects; and explain where we are in the bid process for new long-term concession contracts. Reclamation received several bids in mid-September, which are still being evaluated. This is a confidential process, and additional information cannot be released until the process is complete. Reclamation will then hold a Forum meeting to update the public on the status of the bids.

To be added to the Lake Berryessa email/mailing lists or to request special assistance to attend the meeting, please contact Janet Sierzputowski, Public Affairs Office, at 916-978-5112 (TTY 800-877-8339) or jsierzputowski@usbr.gov.

Lake Berryessa is managed by Reclamation’s Central California Area Office as part of the Solano Project. Additional information is available at http://www.usbr.gov/mp/ccao/berryessa/index.html.

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