County bails on water agency after failed compromise

Calaveras County supervisors pulled out of the region’s largest water planning board this week after failing to reach a compromise on membership dues owed to the Tuolumne-Stanislaus Integrated Regional Water Management Plan. Board members fell one vote shy of the four-fifths approval needed to renew county membership in the water planning panel, a loose collective of more than a dozen local water agencies and advocacy groups jockeying for Proposition... Read More

CALAVERAS HIGH STUDENTS TO TAKE ON GENERAL PLAN

Students from the Calaveras High School Earth Club briefly gathered on a picnic bench at Big Trees State Park to talk with CAP’s Tom Infusino about the County’s plans for the next generations of Calaveras families. The students, whom had been on the field trip walk through Big Trees with Tom and his discussion about planning and the County’s General Plan Update process, seemed eager to know more and how to have a say about their future. Their... Read More

Ebbetts Pass group seeks input

The Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway Association will host two public meetings next week focused on planning for the future of the nationally-designated scenic corridor on Highway 4, between Arnold and Markleeville. The meetings will be held from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Alpine County Administrative Office Building, Board Chambers, 99 Water St., Markleeville; and from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Independence Hall Community Center, 1445 Blagen Road,... Read More

Planning Commission Meeting – 10/11/12

See Planning Commission Agenda: PC_121011a-1  Read More

Final 2012 Regional Transportation Plan

2012 Regional Transportation Plan Update. The Calaveras Council of Governments (CCOG) has updated and adopted the “Final 2012 Calaveras County Regional Transportation Plan” on October 3, 2012. You can read the Plan and Comments on CCOG’s RTP page. http://www.calacog.org/rtp.shtml Download a copy of the Plan here: FinalRTP_2012CalaverasRTP_wExecAppend  Read More

CALAVERAS COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS

October 9, 2012 PRELIMINARY AGENDA See below: 20121009a  Read More

County wades into sludge concerns

Supervisors offer deal to Murphys Sanitary Calaveras County supervisors threw a lifeline to the Murphys Sanitary District this week, offering to waive a proposed $32-per-ton disposal fee on sludge stockpiled at district treatment ponds. The county’s offer to take on biosolids currently housed at the district site counts as windfall for sewer district directors facing more than $225,000 in environmental fines and offsite sludge removal costs. The... Read More

Planning Commission: Sept. 27, 2012

Attached is the agenda for tomorrow’s Planning Commission meeting. Note Moke Hill, Special Events, and PC procedures on the agenda. PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING September 27, 2012 AGENDA PUBLIC HEARINGS: 1. 2012-016 A RESOLUTION RECCOMENDING APPROVAL OF THE MOKELUMNE HILL DESIGN GUIDELINES: 2. 2012-029 ZONING AMENDMENT FOR JEFF VANCE & PAULA FINDLEN: 3. 2012-031 ZONING AMENDMENT FOR LARRY & SHANNON GROSSI: 4. 2007-072 TSTM AND ROAD... Read More

CALAVERAS COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS

September 25, 2012 PRELIMINARY AGENDA http://bos.calaverasgov.us/Portals/bos/Docs/BOS_Archives/Agenda/2012/20120925a.pdf  Read More

Upper Mokelumne River Watershed Authority hosts Community Workshop

Mokelumne-Amador-Calaveras (MAC) Regional Water Management Plan Update Interested in efforts underway in planning how local water resources are managed? Residents and individuals interested in water resource planning issues in Amador, Calaveras and western Alpine Counties are invited to attend an upcoming Community Workshop to learn about a regional effort to update the MAC Integrated Regional Water Management Plan (MAC Plan), originally adopted in... Read More