| Yuba Highlands
is not in the floodplain. The cost
of the 1986 and 1997 Yuba County
floods in current dollars was in
excess of $500 million dollars.
The cost in loss of life and disruption
of life is incalculable.
Yuba Highlands
is south of the Yuba River with
elevations on the property from
300 to 800 feet. There is no tree
cover on 90% of the property.
It combines the advantage of being
above the flood plain without
incursion into what is generally
thought of as the “Foothills.”
More than $35
million dollars will be spent
by Yuba Highlands on County roads
and assistance to Wheatland for
a Highway 65 bypass around Wheatland.
Yuba Highlands
will provide land for as many
as three elementary schools and
one middle school. Annual taxes
at completion will provide Wheatland
Elementary School District with
$5.5 million, Wheatland High School
District with $4.2 million and
Yuba Community College with $3.7
million.
The provison
at Yuba Highlands for a fire station
and a police substation will improve
fire protection and police service
response in areas of the foothills
which now have long response times.
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