Amador County – The Sutter Creek Planning Commission took a fiscal impact report from consultants Monday night and then continued other aspects of its study of the Gold Rush Ranch & Golf Resort until next month. About 50 people attended the meeting, which began with the annual election of commission president and vice president, with Commissioner Frank Cunha saying that “due to the work the commission has invested in Gold Rush over the last year,” he moved to either keep the president and vice president the same for another year or to postpone the election until the Gold Rush process is complete. Commissioner Mike Kirkley agreed and Cunha motioned to keep Robin Peters and president and Cort Strandberg as vice president, for another year, with the motion passing unanimously. City Attorney Dennis Crabb, slated to give an update on the developer agreement, asked to continue the item for a minimum of 30 days, saying the development agreement was not yet ready for commissioners. Mark Northcross of Goodwin & Associates gave a presentation on a fiscal study of Gold Rush, saying that the city relies on sales and property taxes for income. He said city residents do most of their shopping outside of town. Northcross said “20 percent stays here” and “80 percent of your sales tax dollars don’t stay in this town.” He said Sutter Creek has been a “low rate property tax city” since the tax rate was set state-wide in 1978. As such, “90 percent of the property tax goes somewhere besides Sutter Creek.” He said the good news was that the law allows the city an option to make up for lost property taxes. “We recommend that you make it up through the Mello-Roos Law.” He said the city council can enact the Mello-Roos, an improvement district, to fund capital improvement developments, by putting a “special tax” as a surcharge on property taxes to make up for the negative impacts of the development. The Planning Commission resumes its examination of Gold Rush on February 23rd. Story by Jim Reece (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.).
Wednesday, 28 January 2009 01:47
SC Planning Keeps Board Make-Up, Continues Gold Rush Work
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Amador County – The Sutter Creek Planning Commission took a fiscal impact report from consultants Monday night and then continued other aspects of its study of the Gold Rush Ranch & Golf Resort until next month. About 50 people attended the meeting, which began with the annual election of commission president and vice president, with Commissioner Frank Cunha saying that “due to the work the commission has invested in Gold Rush over the last year,” he moved to either keep the president and vice president the same for another year or to postpone the election until the Gold Rush process is complete. Commissioner Mike Kirkley agreed and Cunha motioned to keep Robin Peters and president and Cort Strandberg as vice president, for another year, with the motion passing unanimously. City Attorney Dennis Crabb, slated to give an update on the developer agreement, asked to continue the item for a minimum of 30 days, saying the development agreement was not yet ready for commissioners. Mark Northcross of Goodwin & Associates gave a presentation on a fiscal study of Gold Rush, saying that the city relies on sales and property taxes for income. He said city residents do most of their shopping outside of town. Northcross said “20 percent stays here” and “80 percent of your sales tax dollars don’t stay in this town.” He said Sutter Creek has been a “low rate property tax city” since the tax rate was set state-wide in 1978. As such, “90 percent of the property tax goes somewhere besides Sutter Creek.” He said the good news was that the law allows the city an option to make up for lost property taxes. “We recommend that you make it up through the Mello-Roos Law.” He said the city council can enact the Mello-Roos, an improvement district, to fund capital improvement developments, by putting a “special tax” as a surcharge on property taxes to make up for the negative impacts of the development. The Planning Commission resumes its examination of Gold Rush on February 23rd. Story by Jim Reece (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.).
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