May 10, 2014
On Friday May 2, 2014, in an article entitled “Next Steps Taken On City Plan”, the Modesto Bee reported the City of Modesto has taken additional steps to update its general plan. The general plan serves as the document that guides future urban grown in and around the city. According to the article the City […]
May 10, 2014
On Friday May 2, 2014, in an article on efforts to balance the Modesto city budget, the Modesto Bee reported the city proposes a 5% hike to resident’s garbage bills. This fee increase would be needed to replace 1.3 million dollars from the city’s general fund that typically pays for the city’s urban forestry program. […]
May 10, 2014
On Friday May 2, 2014 the Modesto Bee reported that Google had signed a deal to expand its footprint at Castle Airport in Merced County. According to the article, this is the company’s second lease agreement at the airport. It had leased 60 acres of land at the airport as part of its program to […]
May 9, 2014
The Landscape Architecture Department at O’Dell Engineering has published the April 2014 Issue of Land Connections Magazine. This issue features an article on landscape tips for dealing with drought written by Chad Kennedy, a landscape architect and associate of O’Dell Engineering. You can read the entire April 2014 Issue of Land Connections on the Resources […]
May 9, 2014
Traditions #6 is an infill development project in the City of Turlock that will build single family residential homes on 15 new lots in northwest Turlock. O’Dell Engineering just completed the topographic survey of the parent parcel and has begun civil engineering design of the site improvements that will be built as part of the […]
May 9, 2014
O’Dell Engineering has been selected to assist HydroScience with the design of sewer system improvements for Lift Station #7 in Foster City. (Lift Station #7 is located nearthe intersection of Comet Drive and Bounty Drive). Land surveyors from O’Dell Engineering will apply terrestrial laser scanning technology to create a 3D point cloud of the project […]
April 18, 2014
On Wednesday, March 19th, 2014 the Merced Sun-Star Newspaper reported that land developer Baxter Ranches has agreed to restore land along Fahrens Creek. According to the article the work will be performed as part of the Bellevue Ranch West Housing Development, which is located on both sides of Cardella Road between G Street and Highway […]
April 18, 2014
On Saturday, March 22nd, 2014 the Sacramento Bee Newspaper reported that public officials in the Sacramento Area are finally seeing the health of the local housing industry improve. According to the article, Sacramento land developers on are on track to build three times as many homes this year as they were just two years ago. The […]
April 18, 2014
On Tuesday, March 25th, 2014 the Modesto Bee Newspaper reported the Modesto City Council would consider changes to the City’s plans to annex Wood Colony. According to the article, the proposed change would include removing over 1,200 acres of agricultural land from the growth area while keeping over 1,100 acres designated for commercial development and […]
April 18, 2014
On Saturday, March 1st, 2014 the Modesto Bee Newspaper reported that Modesto City Councilman Bill Zoslocki wants Modesto to postpone plans for annexing Wood Colony to focus instead on a comprehensive update to its general plan. According to the article the City hasn’t had a comprehensive general plan update in about 20 years. Mr. Zoslocki […]
