Amador County – The Amador County Board of Supervisors and Planning Commission will reconvene next week, for one or two days of work on the General Plan Update.

County Planner Heidi Jacobs announced the continuance of the Joint Panel last week, saying “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” by the Panel. That review began in May, continued into June, with a subsequent continuance scheduled to start 1 p.m. Wednesday, July 27 in the Supervisors’ Chamber. If needed, the Panel will continue the meeting to 8 a.m. Thursday, July 28.

At previous meetings, Jacobs said, “the Joint Panel reviewed and gave direction on several follow-up items presented by staff, received comments and input from the public, reviewed and gave direction to staff on the Glossary and began the review of the Implementation Plan.”

Next week, “the Joint Panel will continue their review of 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 announcement 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.”

Jacobs said: “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 preliminary draft documents are available on the county’s website, and viewable at the Jackson Branch of the County Library, the Planning Department and the Supervisors’ office. A limited number of printed copies will be available for purchase at the Planning Department.

The County website has written information and maps that have been developed to this point in the General Plan Update process. Changes to the proposed General Plan can, and will, be made up until the last meeting.

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