Amador County – A gathering of Amador County’s big business interests, the Board of Supervisors’ Economic Stakeholders wrapped up work on the county’s Economic Element of its Draft General Plan Wednesday in Jackson. Its next stop will be March 3rd, 4th and 5th before a joint meeting of the Amador County Board of Supervisors and the county planning commission. Consultant Jeff Henderson led a discussion on tourism. Maureen Funk of the Amador Council of Tourism suggested that the term “waterways” might be too broad and might exclude some types of county water bodies. She also argued to keep the term of “protect” for waterways. John Griffin of the Amador Water Agency said he did not like the term “protect” in reference to “natural resources,” because it could be detrimental to water supply projects. Griffin said the “way it is written could restrict AWA land use and growth decisions.” He said, for example, that the term “protect could be interpreted to mean that there would be no more water supply projects on the Mokelumne River.” Hamilton said there was a number of steps to get from the term “preserve” to that statement. He said “it’s a very precise statement,” the statement: “We are not going to support more water projects.” Hamilton said it was a “very quick conclusion.” Art Maranaccio of Amador Citizens for Responsible Government criticized the element meetings for not being specific enough in its language, except in the map that identified agriculture land. Katherine Evatt of the Foothill Conservancy said she thought the meetings were productive. Evatt asked what happened with public comments given the day before and also Wednesday. Hamilton said all public comments will be posted on the county Website. The comments will be prepared with the draft element goals and policies and the Board of Supervisors will be privy to all of the public comments that were made. County Planner Susan Grijalva said supervisors and planning commissioners will look at the Economic and Governance elements in another serial meeting, set for noon to 4 p.m. March 3rd, 4th and 5th in the supervisors’ chambers. Story by Jim Reece This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Thursday, 19 February 2009 23:33
Amador General Plan Work
Amador County – A gathering of Amador County’s big business interests, the Board of Supervisors’ Economic Stakeholders wrapped up work on the county’s Economic Element of its Draft General Plan Wednesday in Jackson. Its next stop will be March 3rd, 4th and 5th before a joint meeting of the Amador County Board of Supervisors and the county planning commission. Consultant Jeff Henderson led a discussion on tourism. Maureen Funk of the Amador Council of Tourism suggested that the term “waterways” might be too broad and might exclude some types of county water bodies. She also argued to keep the term of “protect” for waterways. John Griffin of the Amador Water Agency said he did not like the term “protect” in reference to “natural resources,” because it could be detrimental to water supply projects. Griffin said the “way it is written could restrict AWA land use and growth decisions.” He said, for example, that the term “protect could be interpreted to mean that there would be no more water supply projects on the Mokelumne River.” Hamilton said there was a number of steps to get from the term “preserve” to that statement. He said “it’s a very precise statement,” the statement: “We are not going to support more water projects.” Hamilton said it was a “very quick conclusion.” Art Maranaccio of Amador Citizens for Responsible Government criticized the element meetings for not being specific enough in its language, except in the map that identified agriculture land. Katherine Evatt of the Foothill Conservancy said she thought the meetings were productive. Evatt asked what happened with public comments given the day before and also Wednesday. Hamilton said all public comments will be posted on the county Website. The comments will be prepared with the draft element goals and policies and the Board of Supervisors will be privy to all of the public comments that were made. County Planner Susan Grijalva said supervisors and planning commissioners will look at the Economic and Governance elements in another serial meeting, set for noon to 4 p.m. March 3rd, 4th and 5th in the supervisors’ chambers. Story by Jim Reece This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
