News Archive (6192)
Sheldon D. Johnson, Registrar of Voters, announced today that the petition in lieu of filing fee period for the June 3, 2008 Primary Election begins on December 28, 2007 and ends on February 21, 2008. District One, District Two and District Four supervisorial seats are up for election in June. And if you are considering a CONGRESSIONAL or LEGISLATIVE OFFICE, the deadline is also February 21st. Declaration of candidacy and nomination papers will be available from the elections office between February 11, 2008 through March 7, 2008. If an incumbent fails to file his or her nomination papers by 5:00 p.m. on March 7, 2008, there will be a 5-day extension allowed for all persons other than the incumbent to file for that office or until 5:00 p.m. on March 12, 2008. Individuals interested in filing for the office of supervisor should contact the Elections Office at 223-6465 for additional information. Information on congressional and legislative offices may be obtained from the Office of the Secretary of State at (916) 657-2166.
Last night’s Planning
Commission meeting is not the only hot meeting to appear on the City’s calendar
this week as today the second
Oro de Amador Workshop will be held. Since the recent acquisition of the 155
acre Oro de Amador parcel the City of Jackson has decided to get a jump start
on the planning process for the property and is inviting the public to
participate in the process and share their visions of how the property
can be utilized.
The workshops are open to any interested person and are all formatted the same way and held at different times to try to meet the needs of the different cross sections of the community.The first workshop was held on April 26th and had meager attendance. The City and Community is hoping that the next two workshops will be full of interested and eager citizens to help plan the future of the beautiful and unique piece of property. The workshops are held at the Jackson Civic Center and today the meeting begins at 11:30am. The last workshop will be held Saturday May 12th at 1pm. If you have any questions contact the City of Jackson at 223-1646.
Sierra Nevada Conservancy Announces Draft Guidelines For Prop 84 Monies: Could Be Good News For Amad
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California voters passed
Proposition 84, the Safe
Drinking Water, Water Quality and Supply, Flood Control, River and Coast
Protection Bond Act of 2006 (the Act) on November 7, 2006. Proposition
84 added a section to the Public Resources Code (PRC), which authorized the
Legislature to designate funds for the protection and restoration of rivers,
lakes and streams, their watersheds and associated land, water, and other
natural resources.
Jackson Planning Commission Makes Recommendation On Jackson Hills Golf Community Project After 5 Hou
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Last night the Jackson
Planning Commission held a
special meeting to make their recommendations to the City Council concerning
the Jackson Hills Residential Community. The projects developer, New Faze Development is proposing
540 homes, an eighteen hole golf course, clubhouse, restaurant and maintenance facilities,
recreation community center and spa, a 3 acre park and all the necessary
roadway and infrastructure improvements associated with, and supporting, site
development. Jackson and other County residents have mixed feelings
about the project. Some state that there are major impacts that outweigh the
benefits of the project. Impacts such as: traffic, sewer, effects on neighboring range land, and impacts
local Police and Fire services.
Developer With Draws Change Request Leaving The Supervisors Out-Maneuvered
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The Pine Grove Bluffs was
the subject of a public hearing this week in front of the Board of Supervisors.The subdivision
was originally proposed as 28 residential units on 32 acres at the corner of
Ridge Rd and Hwy 88. The developer Del Rapini had approached the county about
changing conditions regarding traffic impacts to the intersection of Ridge Rd
and Hwy 88. The Rapini’s also own a commercial piece on the corner adjacent to
the proposed housing tract proposed to be the Pine Grove Shopping Center under
a subdivision map approved back in 1984. When the residential subdivision was
originally approved in 2005 the traffic conditions required that the developer
create a turn lane on Ridge Rd from Mineral Lane to Hwy 88
Last week, the Sutter Creek
City Council performed the first readings for three general plan amendments. The first, known as the
‘Hartwick General Plan Amendment’ involves the rezoning of .28 acres of
property located at the corner ofSutter Ione Road and Spanish Street. The property belongs to
Sutter Creek resident Gary Hartwick. The Council is proposing to rezone the
property from ‘R1 residential single family’ to ‘C2 commercial.’ The rezone is
in exchange for a piece of property Hartwick donated to the city in order to
widen Sutter Ione Road,
which is adjacent to Amador
High School.
The second rezoning request under consideration is for a piece of property off of Bryson Drive, which will soon be the site of 12 cottage style residences. The ’Bryson Cottages General Plan Amendment’ is for the down-zoning of the property from Residential Housing and Commercial to Residential Single Family. The project plan was recently scaled back from the original planned 24 townhouses to 12 cottages, and the rezoning will reflect the change. Finally, the council reviewed the ‘Lincoln Mine Center General Plan Amendment.’ The property in question is located adjacent and east of the Sutter Creek Fire Department, off of Highway 49. The requested change will create two commercial lots, six moderate density residential and commercial lots, twenty-one residential single family lots, and one open space lot. The site may also be the future home to the beginning of the planned ’East Side Sutter Creek Bypass,’ which will run from Old Highway 49 to Gopher Flat Road. All of the first readings were approved unanimously by the city council.
After another 2-2 deadlock today that effectively negates approval of
the ISA, the Board of Supervisors is readying to enter into arbitration
with the Tribe. The decision that faced the board today was the result of a blue slipped item - the
formal term for an urgent item not on the posted agenda. Last week, Supervisor
Forster announced a counter offer stating that the board would consider the ISA
if the clause stating that no further legal action can be taken was removed.
The decision to blue slip and consider the revised ISA was introduced after the
tribe yesterday stated
they would agree to the revised ISA if it was approved immediately at today’s
meeting.
General Plan Advisory Committee To Review Policies This Week
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The Amador County General Plan committee will
meet this week to review draft policies. This task will occupy the for the next
two meetings. The General Plan is in a review and revise period that was begun
by the county near the end of 2005. The General Plan is a document that is the "constitution" or
foundation upon which future land use and development decisions will be based
for the unincorporated areas of the County.
