Amador County – The Amador County Planning Department announced the next meeting of the county general plan update panel would be meeting next week.

As part of Amador County’s ongoing General Plan Update process, “preliminary drafts of the general plan, glossary, and implementation plan were prepared for review” before a “Joint Panel” comprised of the Amador County Board of Supervisors and the county Planning Commission. The review May 25-26, followed with a continuance to 1 p.m. Wednesday, June 29 in the supervisors chambers.

At the May meetings, the “Joint Panel reviewed and gave direction on several follow-up items presented by staff, received comments and input from the public, and reviewed and gave direction to staff on the Glossary.”

Next week, the Joint Panel will continue its “review of the remaining documents, specifically, the Goals, Policies and Implementation Plan, to ensure they contain the information and items on which direction was given at the previous Joint Meetings held in late 2008 through 2009.”

The planning department said “public comment will be taken, however, this review is not intended to reconsider items that have previously been discussed and on which direction has been given by the Joint Panel. Rather, the meeting is intended for the Joint Panel to confirm that the preliminary draft General Plan represents the proposed project to be analyzed in an Environmental Impact Report.

“Comments offered at this meeting should pertain to items that, if incorporated into the document later in the process, would be of such significance that they would change the project description, necessitating recirculation of the Draft EIR.

“Discussion on the merits of the proposed documents will be welcomed during the public hearing process which will occur once the final version of the Draft General Plan is released for public review along with the Draft EIR, expected to occur this fall.”

The planning department said that the preliminary draft documents are available online on the Amador General Plan Update page located at amadorgov.org. The documents are also available for viewing at the Jackson Branch of the County Library, as well as the Planning Department and the Board of Supervisors’ office.

“A limited number of printed copies will be available for purchase at the Planning Department while supplies last. If demand exceeds the number of available copies, additional copies can be printed, however there will be a few days’ delay before the documents would be available.”

Written information and maps that have been developed to this point in the General Plan Update process can be obtained on the county website. “The Update process is ongoing so please continue to monitor the website and watch for notices of future public hearings as changes to the proposed General Plan can, and will, be made up until the last meeting.”

For answers to questions or information, call the Planning Department at (209) 223-6380.

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