Amador County – The Gold Rush Ranch & Golf Resort’s implementation measures could be part of discussions tonight at the Sutter Creek Planning Commission meeting. The Gold Rush project, to be located southwest of the Sutter Creek on 19 individual parcels, has been subject of more than a dozen planning commission sessions. Tonight, they could look at some implementation measures, added by commission comments in past meetings, discussion with developers and public comment. Rural roads in the measures could include “a 4-foot wide concrete, decomposed granite, or asphalt walkway…on either side of the street…separated from the roadway with a 6-foot wide landscaped buffer.” Another measure calls for Gold Rush to be “linked by a system of trails,” for “transportation, passive recreation and active recreation.” The Planning Commission directed responsibility in the chapter by noting that “the project will fund the development and maintenance of the trail system.” Draft measures include having Gold Rush comply with General Plan policy “that new development involving annexation of new land into the city” shall not have a negative fiscal impact on the city, by requiring dwelling unit fees for a “Community Facilities District based on estimated city operation and maintenance costs and corresponding revenues.” It could also require Gold Rush to “fund and install improvements or modifications to the existing sewage … needed to serve the project,” and installation of new sewage needed. And it would require “construction of a tertiary wastewater treatment facility prior to issuing grading or building permits within the Gold Rush Ranch Specific Plan Area.” A measure also requires Gold Rush to fund development of a reclaimed water system for golf course irrigation, and provide or fund the purchase of a site adequate for a fire station. Modifications to the Specific Plan’s housing implementation measures were made in response to Planning Commission direction. These would require a minimum of 70 homes that are “affordable by design,” or “smaller homes on smaller lots.” Those lots would be a minimum of 3,500 square feet. The section would also require “payment of a fee per house to create a housing trust fund to support affordable housing programs in Sutter Creek,” which the city would administer. It would also create a “transfer tax on future home sales” in Gold Rush, “in an amount to be determined by mutual agreement between applicants and the city, to provide a permanent revenue source for affordable housing programs.” Story by Jim Reece This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Monday, 11 May 2009 00:25
Sutter Creek Planning
Amador County – The Gold Rush Ranch & Golf Resort’s implementation measures could be part of discussions tonight at the Sutter Creek Planning Commission meeting. The Gold Rush project, to be located southwest of the Sutter Creek on 19 individual parcels, has been subject of more than a dozen planning commission sessions. Tonight, they could look at some implementation measures, added by commission comments in past meetings, discussion with developers and public comment. Rural roads in the measures could include “a 4-foot wide concrete, decomposed granite, or asphalt walkway…on either side of the street…separated from the roadway with a 6-foot wide landscaped buffer.” Another measure calls for Gold Rush to be “linked by a system of trails,” for “transportation, passive recreation and active recreation.” The Planning Commission directed responsibility in the chapter by noting that “the project will fund the development and maintenance of the trail system.” Draft measures include having Gold Rush comply with General Plan policy “that new development involving annexation of new land into the city” shall not have a negative fiscal impact on the city, by requiring dwelling unit fees for a “Community Facilities District based on estimated city operation and maintenance costs and corresponding revenues.” It could also require Gold Rush to “fund and install improvements or modifications to the existing sewage … needed to serve the project,” and installation of new sewage needed. And it would require “construction of a tertiary wastewater treatment facility prior to issuing grading or building permits within the Gold Rush Ranch Specific Plan Area.” A measure also requires Gold Rush to fund development of a reclaimed water system for golf course irrigation, and provide or fund the purchase of a site adequate for a fire station. Modifications to the Specific Plan’s housing implementation measures were made in response to Planning Commission direction. These would require a minimum of 70 homes that are “affordable by design,” or “smaller homes on smaller lots.” Those lots would be a minimum of 3,500 square feet. The section would also require “payment of a fee per house to create a housing trust fund to support affordable housing programs in Sutter Creek,” which the city would administer. It would also create a “transfer tax on future home sales” in Gold Rush, “in an amount to be determined by mutual agreement between applicants and the city, to provide a permanent revenue source for affordable housing programs.” Story by Jim Reece This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
