New general plan pushed back a year

By Kristine Williams | Posted: Friday, May 17, 2013 8:16 am Calaveras County should have a completely updated general plan by November of 2014 – probably. In a new timeline unveiled at Tuesday’s Board of Supervisors meeting, Planning Director Rebecca Willis announced the new deadline. It provides nearly an additional year tacked onto the original December 2013 deadline approved by the former board last fall. The first deadline, deemed to have... Read More

CCWD to approve contract for Fly-In Acres

Posted: Tuesday, May 14, 2013 /The Calaveras Enterpise The Calaveras County Water District board of directors will  take potential action to approve a contract with Weber-Ghio &  Associates for the design and engineering of the recently approved  Fly-In Acres assessment district in Arnold at its meeting Wednesday. The meeting will commence at 9 a.m. in San Andreas, 423 E. St. Charles St. Fees from the assessment district will be used to replace... Read More

Supervisors face deficit of $2 million

By Kristine Williams | Posted: Friday, May 10, 2013 / The Calaveras Enterprise Calaveras County supervisors had harsh words Tuesday for  Administrative Office staff after a special presentation of the next  fiscal year’s draft budget. Supervisors’ final comments questioned a  “nebulous” introduction to the budget, one that lacked sufficient detail to allow the board to give meaningful direction on how to balance a  near $2 million initial... Read More

School garden blooms in VS

By Kristine Williams | Posted: Tuesday, May 7, 2013 / Tha Calaveras Enterprise A movement is growing at Valley Springs Elementary School.  Parents and their kids got together last month to share in a campus-wide work and donor appreciation day. The all-ages volunteers worked under  the sun to clean up their campus, put plants in the ground and share in a  “local as it gets” lunch, with food provided straight out of the  school’s garden. “We’re... Read More

Fracking’s bad news in California:

Sullied water. Greenhouse gas  pollution. Threatened wildlife. Learn more about the Center for Biological Diversity’s fight to halt  fracking in the Golden State: Don’t Frack With California  Read More

CCWD setting ceiling for rate hikes

Written by Sean Janssen, The Union Democrat  May 06, 2013 12:30 pm http://www.uniondemocrat.com/News/Local-News/CCWD-setting-ceiling-for-rate-hikes Calaveras County Water District directors set the ceiling  last week for impending rate hikes on water and sewer bills. The board Thursday approved a notice to be mailed out to  customers in about two weeks laying out a proposal to increase monthly water  bills up to 25 percent in the coming year... Read More

New planning commissioner signs on

By Kristine Williams | Posted: Tuesday, May 7, 2013    Filling a seat that has been vacant for more than five  months, Valley Springs resident and businesswoman Karen Sisk was appointed to  serve District 5 on the Calaveras County Planning Commission. Sisk, who works as an insurance broker at Placer  Insurance in Valley Springs, stepped forward at the request of District 5  Supervisor Darren Spellman. Former District 5 Commissioner Greg Gustafson... Read More

Jerry Brown blames climate change for state’s early fire season

California will have to grow accustomed to more forest fires as a consequence of climate change. http://www.latimes.com/news/local/political/la-me-pc-fire-jerry-brown-global-climate-change-environment-wildfire-sparks-camarillo-20130506,0,6218955.story  Read More

Water element gains steam

By Joel Metzger | Posted: Tuesday, May 7, 2013 Joint agency effort urged After a failed initial attempt to add a water element into Calaveras County’s general plan, General Manager Mitch Dion of the Calaveras County Water District hopes to breathe new life into the effort. “The water element is essential because water is closely tied to economic growth and development, and it also is an underpinning of predictability of economic development in... Read More

Revised Time Line for General Plan Completion

A  letter from the Calaveras Planning Coalition pointed out the methods the department was using to secure a plan within 12-months – preparing the general plan document and the environmental impact report at the same time – was opening the county up to potential liability. Read the entire story on this page under Planning Updates  Read More