Nevada Irrigation District (NID) will continue to discuss the selling of 17 parcels the District initially intended to serve as land that would have been part of the Centennial Dam project, which in September the board resolved it would not move forward with. The California Surplus Lands Act (SLA) is used to help governmental agencies, such as NID, focus on various land uses including public amenities like parks and schools. In recent years, the SLA has been used to promote affordable housing in a time where such dwellings are less plentiful. “Surplus land” basically refers to any land owned by a local or state agency that is no longer necessary to the agency’s use.