Campaign donations and the asphalt plant

I would like to thank Muriel Zeller for the opinion piece published on Feb. 19 in which she captured correctly and succinctly the attitude of the board of supervisors majority, Steve Kearney, Michael Oliveira and Cliff Edson. Read Article Here  Read More

Next Planning Commission meeting March 10th

Next Planning Commission meeting March 10th –link below will take you to agenda (when posted) : http://planning.calaverasgov.us/PlanningCommission.aspx Items scheduled to be heard: -Conservation & Open Space Element- new Goals, Policies and Implementation measures which were brought forward by Commissioner Wooster will be discussed for inclusion. -2 regular PC agenda items -Circulation Element – changes to be reviewed -Technical Background... Read More

New Fire Fees and Planning Fees on BOS agenda Tuesday

Fire Mitigation Fees Ordinance and Planning Fees Resolution first on BOS Regular Agenda Tuesday Feb. 23 Click the link below for complete Board agenda, reports, and ordinances: http://calaverascountyca.iqm2.com/Citizens/Detail_Meeting.aspx?ID=1957     REGULAR AGENDA ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE Introduce, after a waiver of the reading requirements, an Ordinance relating to Fire Mitigation Fees* The staff report for the Fire Mitigation Fee Ordinance... Read More

General plan update drags

After devoting much of three meetings to the element, the Calaveras County Planning Commission has been unable to come up with a draft that both complies with state law and pleases the majority of commissioners who are philosophically hostile to state mandated efforts to conserve open space and historical sites. Read Calaveras Enterprise Article  Read More

Valley Springs Asphalt Plant Update

 CALL TO ACTION !!! PLANNING COMMISSION (PC) OVERRIDES COUNTY ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT DECISION— NO CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT (CUP) REQUIRED FOR HAZARDOUS HOGAN QUARRY ASPHALT PLANT? SIX APPEALS OF PC DECISION FILED; TO BE DECIDED AT PUBLIC HEARING AT BOARD OF SUPERVISORS CHAMBERS, GOVERNMENT CENTER, SAN ANDREAS FEBRUARY 9, 2016 at 9 a.m. or soon thereafter RISKS of No CUP, Local Control, & Oversight: Contamination of Your CCWD Drinking... Read More

Scrapped general plan unlikely to see light of day

Calaveras County officials have denied at least two Public Records Act requests – one from the Calaveras Planning Coalition and one from the Calaveras Enterprise – to access the draft general plan produced between 2006 and 2011 by the Mintier-Harnish planning consultant firm at a cost of more than $900,000. Read Here: Calaveras Enterprise  Read More

Planning Commission meeting changes

Planning Commission meetings will now be weekly on Thursdays to handle the workload of the GPU. Yesterday’s PC meeting videos are now posted: https://calaverascap.com/video/ New info just released for PC meeting next week (see below). Planning Commission website: http://planning.calaverasgov.us/PlanningCommission.aspx ********************************* Planning Commission Meeting – February 11, 2016 AGENDA 2015-075 Appeal of 2015-002... Read More

Key Land Use Community Meetings – Reminders

February 9- there will be 6 Asphalt Appeal Hearings before the Board of Supervisors.  Starting time 9 a.m. Planning Commission Meeting – January 14, 2016 AGENDA Planning Commission review and recommendation to the Board of Supervisors on the General Plan update.  (Peter Maurer, Planning Director)         Topics of discussion: Conservation and Open Space Element Staff Report    Conservation and Open Space Element  Open Space... Read More

Planning Commission 2016 Meetings

The Agenda and Staff Reports for the January 28, 2016 Planning Commission Meeting have been posted to the website. http://www.planning.calaverasgov.us/PlanningCommission.aspx Planning Commission Meeting – January 28, 2016 AGENDA  2015-075 APPEAL of 2015-002 AUP for California RSA No. 3 LP d/b/a Verizon Wireless  2014-028 Conditional Use Permit for Burson Market See Summary of January 14, 2016 PC Meet by Colleen Platt on this page: https://calaverascap.com/planning-documents/general-plan-documents/  Read More

Planning Director refuses to let the Planning Commission hear CAP/CPC appeal on release of Minitier General Plan

On December 18, the CPC filed an appeal with the Fawn McLaughlin, chair of the Planning Commission, to review Planning Director Maurer’s decision to censor the Mintier General Plan.  On December 21, Director Maurer refused to let the appeal go forward to the Planning Commission.  You can read the appeal and Director Maurer’s response on this website .  Read More