Amador County – The Plymouth City Council on Thursday approved $40,000 dollars in funding for continued work on two plans for the city’s upcoming boom of development. The first was $25,000 dollars for additional work on the new, state-required General Plan, the second was an estimated $15,000 dollars for work on the city’s Redevelopment Plan. Finance Director Jeff Gardner said the latter will take much more funding. He said the cash flow for the Redevelopment Plan will come from the General Fund. Mayor Jon Colburn said that revenue is “funded by development, so it’s going to be a while before it’s replenished.” Gardner said the city council “started this a while back” and restarted it a few times, and “this time, I think the council wants to complete it.” He said Terri Cox got the city a grant for the work and consultants PMC “gave us a punch list and a time line of things to be done,” and “if we get the work done, we’ll be shovel-ready for that Redevelopment Plan.” Councilman Greg Baldwin said “commercial is what really pays off,” once the plan is in place and drawing development fees for the city. Gardner said PMC had already been paid $35,000 dollars from another grant. Jon Colburn asked why the time-frame of the two plans was important. City Attorney Steven Randolph said “in order to adopt the Redevelopment Plan, it has to be in compliance with the General Plan.” And the Redevelopment Plan was crafted based on the city’s pending new General Plan, for which the council approved additional work by Kendig East and Development Impact Incorporated. That work includes response to agency and public comments, facilitation of additional public meetings, “complete production of the Final Environmental Impact Reports and amendment of the General Plan. Rudolph said the “city is not getting any benefits from (the Redevelopment Agency) until you adopt this plan.” Both approvals of payment passed unanimously. Plymouth City Council next meets for a “study session” 5 p.m. Thursday in City Hall, with the topic of Identifying Highest Priority Budget Projects.” Story by Jim Reece This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Monday, 16 March 2009 01:09
Plymouth City Council
Amador County – The Plymouth City Council on Thursday approved $40,000 dollars in funding for continued work on two plans for the city’s upcoming boom of development. The first was $25,000 dollars for additional work on the new, state-required General Plan, the second was an estimated $15,000 dollars for work on the city’s Redevelopment Plan. Finance Director Jeff Gardner said the latter will take much more funding. He said the cash flow for the Redevelopment Plan will come from the General Fund. Mayor Jon Colburn said that revenue is “funded by development, so it’s going to be a while before it’s replenished.” Gardner said the city council “started this a while back” and restarted it a few times, and “this time, I think the council wants to complete it.” He said Terri Cox got the city a grant for the work and consultants PMC “gave us a punch list and a time line of things to be done,” and “if we get the work done, we’ll be shovel-ready for that Redevelopment Plan.” Councilman Greg Baldwin said “commercial is what really pays off,” once the plan is in place and drawing development fees for the city. Gardner said PMC had already been paid $35,000 dollars from another grant. Jon Colburn asked why the time-frame of the two plans was important. City Attorney Steven Randolph said “in order to adopt the Redevelopment Plan, it has to be in compliance with the General Plan.” And the Redevelopment Plan was crafted based on the city’s pending new General Plan, for which the council approved additional work by Kendig East and Development Impact Incorporated. That work includes response to agency and public comments, facilitation of additional public meetings, “complete production of the Final Environmental Impact Reports and amendment of the General Plan. Rudolph said the “city is not getting any benefits from (the Redevelopment Agency) until you adopt this plan.” Both approvals of payment passed unanimously. Plymouth City Council next meets for a “study session” 5 p.m. Thursday in City Hall, with the topic of Identifying Highest Priority Budget Projects.” Story by Jim Reece This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
