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  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

Wagon trail project keeps rolling along

By Kristine Williams | Posted: Friday, February 22, 2013 9:13 am http://www.calaverasenterprise.com/news/article_8cf4bc4a-7d11-11e2-855f-0019bb2963f4.html A necessary “boots on the ground” deadline for securing continuance of the contentious Wagon Trail Realignment project was met earlier this month. As of Feb. 15, the Wagon Trail project development team secured right of entry consent from more than a dozen potentially affected property owners.... Read More

UPCOMING PLANNING ITEMS – TENTATIVE SCHEDULE

March 12 · Lake Tulloch vacation rental ordinance; Planning · Short Term Rental Ordinance; Planning (continued from February 12) · Accessory Dwelling (second units) ordinance (1hour); Planning · FY 2012/13 Mid-Year Budget Review; Administration 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 9:30... Read More

Sawmill Lake Project Appeal to be heard.

Discussion and possible action to sign a RESOLUTION for denial without prejudice of the Sawmill Lake Project in its entirety. Sawmill Lake, the controversial Copperopolis development project, will be presented to county supervisors at the Tuesday, Feb. 26, Board of Supervisors meeting, held in the Supervisors Chambers, 891 Mountain Ranch Road in San Andreas. At 1:30 p.m., a public hearing is scheduled to discuss the proposed 243-acre development,... Read More