Dennis Townsend
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Voice
- Meetings spoken in
- 15
- Total speaking time
- 1:19:29
- Avg per meeting
- 5:18
- Segments
- 835
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Top issues during term (10)(Roads)
Mineral King Road & Wishon Drive Permanent Restoration Bid Dispute
County road funds cover it, but 88% is expected back through FHWA emergency relief.
Countywide road completions and slurry seal
Slurry seal program cost to be set through the bidding process; completed projects accepted without further payment.
Three Rivers road acceptance
No direct county cost; the action releases leftover developer securities from a 1990s subdivision.
Caldwell 99 interchange groundbreaking
Regional Transit Agency Turnaround
A uniform lower fare could cost about $50,000 a year in lost revenue, which TCAG has offered to cover.
Highway Safety Improvement Program Grant Applications
Up to $12.7 million in grant-funded road safety projects if the applications succeed.
Road Conditions in Pixley, Matheny Tract and Tuleville
Measure R is projected to provide nearly $28 million for local projects, plus $6.5 million in Local Transportation Fund money.
Sequoia Gateway Drive Phase 2 road project
$1,027,630.65 in Measure R funds, plus $63,881 in contingencies — no local general fund hit.
2025 Road Repair and Accountability Act Project 2
SB 1 gas tax funds at work on county roads; contract amount to be set by bid.
Active Transportation Program grants for Cutler-Orosi, Earlimart, and Strathmore
If awarded, the state would cover most of the roughly $49.4 million in project costs, with about $9.9 million in local match.
Decisions during term (5)
Recorded while Townsend was in office — not necessarily decisions they moved, spoke to, or voted on.
Tract No. 643, South Fork Estates Unit 2 — acceptance of improvements and roads (Item 17)
Find that the Kennedy Meadows Roadside Fuels Project is exempt from review under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and the State CEQA Guidelines as existing facilities pursuant to Class 1, 14 CCR § 15301 and minor alterations…
Find that the Upper Posey Roadside Fuels Project is exempt from review under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and the State CEQA Guidelines as existing facilities pursuant to Class 1, 14 CCR § 15301 and minor alterations to…
Approve an agreement with the United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service for the Roadside Hazardous Fuels Control Project, in the amount not to exceed $3,996,126, effective upon execution by all parties through May 31, 2031.…
Adopt that the maintained mileage of County roads was 2,960.99 miles as of December 31, 2025.
Voting record (0)(Roads)
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