Planning Department updates progress of projects

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Respected Calaveras planning director resigns

Rebecca Willis is leaving after doing an excellent job for Calaveras County over the last two years. See story here Related article: Calaveras Enterprise, August 19 Letter of resignation  Read More

What do you want to see addressed in the Calaveras County General Plan?

Calaveras County Planning staff is currently drafting the goals, policies and implementation programs for the General Plan. They are requesting your input, ideas and guidance. Please respond by August 18, 2013 Please see here for the Planning Departments letter and form for responding: ADVISORY CALAVERAS COUNTY GENERAL PLAN You may also contact Amy Augustine for more information or questions: Augustine Planning Associates, Inc. 270 S. Barretta Street,... Read More

Calaveras property values edge higher

By The Record July 09, 2013 12:00 AM SAN ANDREAS – Calaveras County Assessor Leslie Davis announced recently that the total assessed value of property in the county increased in 2012 for the first time in five years. The increase was small. At less than one-half of one percent, it will do little to boost revenues and rescue county government from its financial woes. County Administrative Officer Lori Norton and other officials have warned that... Read More

Fire districts urged to look at mergers

By Lucas Youngblood | Posted: Friday, June 21, 2013 Consolidating current fire districts was the hot item during the Local Agency Formation Commission meeting in San Andreas on Monday. Calaveras County LAFCo, the body responsible for deciding the sphere of influences for government agencies, held a periodical service review of fire service providers in the county. The review took into consideration the future needs of Calaveras in regards to fire... Read More

The Board of Supervisors recently accepted the 2012 Annual Progress Report on the County’s 2010 Housing Element.

 The report contains information about the number of affordable housing units produced county wide during calendar year 2012 and progress on implementing Housing Element programs. You can read the entire report here: 2012 HE Annual Progress Report    Read More

Calaveras transportation agency works on budget

The Calaveras Council of Governments is planning for major road improvements in the coming years. Read Here                Read More

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

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

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 was forced... Read More