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Monday, 01 March 2010 17:00
Clean Up Volunteers to Recieve Free Disneyland Pass
Amador County – The City of Jackson is spreading the word about a new incentive that may prove this year’s litter clean-up day to be the most popular yet. Titled “Clean It and Green it,” the annual event serves as a Spring clean-up for the entire city. The city is partnering with the Amador Community Foundation to offer a one day pass to Disneyland for all those who pre-register to Disney’s “Give a Day – Get a Disney Day” program on the Disney.com website. The registration link is included on the homepage if the city’s website. Jackson City Manager Mike Daly said the added incentive may mean a record turnout this year. “We have confirmed already that our volunteers are going to triple, and we could see that number quadruple later this week,” said Daly. He stressed that the Disney ticket offer is only available to the first 300 volunteers who sign up to participate. “I think we have 260 people already registered,” he said. Daly said the event, formally known as “Clean Our Green,” has been renamed “Clean It and Green It” after the city coordinated with Amador County Solid Waste Program Manager Jim McHargue to include and emphasize recycling practices. Daly said “Green It” refers to a new emphasis on “awareness of positive ‘earth-friendly’ habits and energy use.” The program started about seven years ago after parents alerted the city to concerns about cigarette butts in and around the children’s play area at Detert Park. Daly coordinated the first clean up event six years ago along with the Jackson City Council and former Mayor Rosalie Pryor-Escamilla. Volunteers will be provided with gloves, trash bags, and safety clothing and asked to pick a section of the City to help beautify by removing garbage. The clean up is scheduled for Saturday, April 24th to correspond with Earth Day on April 22nd. The event is located at Detert Park beginning at 9am and ending around 2pm. Various community organizations will also participating by offering demonstrations and special projects at a Green Fair Exhibition to be held from 10 am until 2 pm on the same day. “The goal of all this is to make our town as beautiful and attractive as it can be,” said Daly. A direct link to the event registration is available on the City’s web site at http://ci.jackson.ca.us. Story by Alex Lane This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
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Monday, 01 March 2010 17:00
Sutter Creek City Council Face Ken Berry Lawsuit
Amador County – Amador County resident Ken Berry filed a lawsuit in Amador County Superior Court February 2nd seeking to force Sutter Creek rewrite its Environmental Impact Report for the Gold Rush Ranch & Golf Resort. The suit asks the court to set aside certification of the EIR and order Sutter Creek to “comply with the requirements” of the California Environmental Quality Act. Berry said Monday that a settlement meeting is scheduled for March 15th, when the involved parties will meet. He expected City Manager Rob Duke and City Attorney Dennis Crabb to attend for the city. Berry was not sure if he expected to settle his lawsuit, but he was planning to write letters to the city and developers asking them about related environmental law. He said he planned to discuss that topic at the settlement meeting. Berry in the suit said his standing in the case is that he is a water customer of the city of Jackson, which is served by the Amador Water Agency. Gold Rush is also served by AWA, so the “project has an impact on long term water supplies and therefore directly affects” Berry, the suit says. Berry alleges the project’s subdivision, rezone and specific plan are not consistent with the city’s General Plan. He notes that the Gold Rush “Specific Plan does not include financing for major components of public and private transportation systems.” Berry alleges related amendments make the city’s General Plan “internally inconsistent.” The suit calls the project description “unstable and vague,” and says EIR analysis was inadequate in several areas. The suit contains 12 “causes of action,” including that the water supply assessment was inadequate. He said if he wins, then the Gold Rush EIR would be redrawn adequately. Berry said the litigation is not against Gold Rush but is instead against the EIR. He said if all of the requirements had been met, he would not have filed the suit. He filed the suit on his own behalf, with advice from a San Francisco attorney. Berry has filed suits against the AWA and Jackson, and said he has another settlement meeting March 16th regarding another lawsuit he has filed in Mendocino County. Story by Jim Reece This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
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Monday, 01 March 2010 17:00
Nine Amador County Officials Face Re-election
Amador County – Nearly $1 million in salaries are up for grabs in the coming election year, with 9 incumbents in Amador County among those seeking office in the June 8th primary. Deborah Smith of the Amador County Elections Office said Monday that all incumbent officials last week had filed signatures in lieu of filing fees and will be or had already filed for reelection. No opponents had filed for the positions. Seeking reelection are Superior Court Judge Susan Harlan, District Attorney Todd Riebe, Sheriff Martin Ryan, Auditor Joe Lowe, Assessor Jim Rooney, Treasurer/tax collector Michael Ryan and Clerk/Recorder Sheldon Johnson. 2 Amador County Board of Supervisors seats are up for reelection, both being sought by incumbents. They are Chairman Brian Oneto of District 5, and Supervisor Ted Novelli of District 3. Superintendent of Schools Dick Glock is also seeking reelection, and political party central committees will elect officers. Last Thursday was the final day for filing signatures in lieu of fees, except for judicial candidates. The last day for declaration of candidacy for the positions is March 12th. All county elected official seats are on the primary ballot, as are 2 county supervisor seats. Annual salaries for those 9 offices in Amador County total $941,201. Individual salaries are topped by the Superior Court judge position at $178,789. The district attorney earns $126,024; the county sheriff salary is $120,720; the auditor’s salary is $101,952; the assessor’s is $99,096; the treasurer/tax collector is $96,888; and the clerk/recorder’s salary is $92,580. County supervisors each earn $62,576 a year. City council, school district, water district and other seats are all up for re-election in November. Story by Jim Reece This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
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Monday, 01 March 2010 17:00
Nine Amador County Officials Face Re-election
Amador County – Nearly $1 million in salaries are up for grabs in the coming election year, with 9 incumbents in Amador County among those seeking office in the June 8th primary. Deborah Smith of the Amador County Elections Office said Monday that all incumbent officials last week had filed signatures in lieu of filing fees and will be or had already filed for reelection. No opponents had filed for the positions. Seeking reelection are Superior Court Judge Susan Harlan, District Attorney Todd Riebe, Sheriff Martin Ryan, Auditor Joe Lowe, Assessor Jim Rooney, Treasurer/tax collector Michael Ryan and Clerk/Recorder Sheldon Johnson. 2 Amador County Board of Supervisors seats are up for reelection, both being sought by incumbents. They are Chairman Brian Oneto of District 5, and Supervisor Ted Novelli of District 3. Superintendent of Schools Dick Glock is also seeking reelection, and political party central committees will elect officers. Last Thursday was the final day for filing signatures in lieu of fees, except for judicial candidates. The last day for declaration of candidacy for the positions is March 12th. All county elected official seats are on the primary ballot, as are 2 county supervisor seats. Annual salaries for those 9 offices in Amador County total $941,201. Individual salaries are topped by the Superior Court judge position at $178,789. The district attorney earns $126,024; the county sheriff salary is $120,720; the auditor’s salary is $101,952; the assessor’s is $99,096; the treasurer/tax collector is $96,888; and the clerk/recorder’s salary is $92,580. County supervisors each earn $62,576 a year. City council, school district, water district and other seats are all up for re-election in November. Story by Jim Reece This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
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Monday, 01 March 2010 17:00
Ione Police Sting Operation Leads to 4 Drug Arrests
Amador County – The Ione Police Department helped conduct a successful sting operation over the weekend at the Preston Youth Authority prison in Ione that led to the arrest of 4 people who are facing drug charges. Ione Police Department Sergeant Rocky Harpham said in a news release Monday that Ione Police personnel participated in a “multi-agency visitor compliance detail” on Saturday at the Preston Youth Authority facility, which led to the drug arrest, various vehicle citations and the impounding of vehicles. Harpham said the operation was “a cooperative effort by local law enforcement to control illegal activity associated with visitation on state property.” The detail included law enforcement agencies from the “Tactical Team” of the California Youth Authority at Preston; a California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation K-9 team; the Amador County Combined Narcotics Enforcement Team; and personnel from the Ione Police Department, including its IPD narcotics detection K-9 named “Hawke.” Four visitors were arrested and booked into the Amador County Jail on drug-related charges and outstanding warrants, Harpham said. There were 7 additional citations issued for misdemeanor California vehicle code infractions, and a total of 8 vehicles were towed and impounded. Story by Jim Reece This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
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Monday, 01 March 2010 17:00
Sutter Creek City Council Face Ken Berry Lawsuit
Amador County – Amador County resident Ken Berry filed a lawsuit in Amador County Superior Court February 2nd seeking to force Sutter Creek rewrite its Environmental Impact Report for the Gold Rush Ranch & Golf Resort. The suit asks the court to set aside certification of the EIR and order Sutter Creek to “comply with the requirements” of the California Environmental Quality Act. Berry said Monday that a settlement meeting is scheduled for March 15th, when the involved parties will meet. He expected City Manager Rob Duke and City Attorney Dennis Crabb to attend for the city. Berry was not sure if he expected to settle his lawsuit, but he was planning to write letters to the city and developers asking them about related environmental law. He said he planned to discuss that topic at the settlement meeting. Berry in the suit said his standing in the case is that he is a water customer of the city of Jackson, which is served by the Amador Water Agency. Gold Rush is also served by AWA, so the “project has an impact on long term water supplies and therefore directly affects” Berry, the suit says. Berry alleges the project’s subdivision, rezone and specific plan are not consistent with the city’s General Plan. He notes that the Gold Rush “Specific Plan does not include financing for major components of public and private transportation systems.” Berry alleges related amendments make the city’s General Plan “internally inconsistent.” The suit calls the project description “unstable and vague,” and says EIR analysis was inadequate in several areas. The suit contains 12 “causes of action,” including that the water supply assessment was inadequate. He said if he wins, then the Gold Rush EIR would be redrawn adequately. Berry said the litigation is not against Gold Rush but is instead against the EIR. He said if all of the requirements had been met, he would not have filed the suit. He filed the suit on his own behalf, with advice from a San Francisco attorney. Berry has filed suits against the AWA and Jackson, and said he has another settlement meeting March 16th regarding another lawsuit he has filed in Mendocino County. Story by Jim Reece This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
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Monday, 01 March 2010 17:00
Clean Up Volunteers to Recieve Free Disneyland Pass
Amador County – The City of Jackson is spreading the word about a new incentive that may prove this year’s litter clean-up day to be the most popular yet. Titled “Clean It and Green it,” the annual event serves as a Spring clean-up for the entire city. The city is partnering with the Amador Community Foundation to offer a one day pass to Disneyland for all those who pre-register to Disney’s “Give a Day – Get a Disney Day” program on the Disney.com website. The registration link is included on the homepage if the city’s website. Jackson City Manager Mike Daly said the added incentive may mean a record turnout this year. “We have confirmed already that our volunteers are going to triple, and we could see that number quadruple later this week,” said Daly. He stressed that the Disney ticket offer is only available to the first 300 volunteers who sign up to participate. “I think we have 260 people already registered,” he said. Daly said the event, formally known as “Clean Our Green,” has been renamed “Clean It and Green It” after the city coordinated with Amador County Solid Waste Program Manager Jim McHargue to include and emphasize recycling practices. Daly said “Green It” refers to a new emphasis on “awareness of positive ‘earth-friendly’ habits and energy use.” The program started about seven years ago after parents alerted the city to concerns about cigarette butts in and around the children’s play area at Detert Park. Daly coordinated the first clean up event six years ago along with the Jackson City Council and former Mayor Rosalie Pryor-Escamilla. Volunteers will be provided with gloves, trash bags, and safety clothing and asked to pick a section of the City to help beautify by removing garbage. The clean up is scheduled for Saturday, April 24th to correspond with Earth Day on April 22nd. The event is located at Detert Park beginning at 9am and ending around 2pm. Various community organizations will also participating by offering demonstrations and special projects at a Green Fair Exhibition to be held from 10 am until 2 pm on the same day. “The goal of all this is to make our town as beautiful and attractive as it can be,” said Daly. A direct link to the event registration is available on the City’s web site at http://ci.jackson.ca.us. Story by Alex Lane This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
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