Amador County – The Amador County Planning Department will be holding a public workshop July 23 to review the county’s 2005 Housing Element Implementation and Action Plan. The Housing Element is one of the required elements of the county’s general plan. The planning department announced the workshop in an e-mail Monday, and said “unlike other mandatory general plan elements, the housing element must be updated approximately every five years.” As part of the update process, the Planning Department is inviting participation of the public and “stakeholders” to help review, analyze, and update the goals, policies, and implementation programs in the current Housing Element “for the purpose of recommending any changes or modifications that may be needed, or desired.” The e-mail was sent to the media and members of the public who may be affected by, or may be interested in, the process, and the planning department said “we welcome and encourage your participation in developing this update to the county’s Housing Element of its general plan.” The 2005 Housing Element can be obtained online at the county planning department’s webpage, under Current General Plan Documents. The department said to prepare for the workshop, participants should review Chapters 10 and 11 of the General Plan. Handouts will be made available at the workshop for public and attendee written comments. The 2009 Housing Element Program Implementation Workshop will be held from 2 to 4 p.m. Thursday, July 23rd in the Board of Supervisors’ Chambers at the County Administration Center, 810 Court Street, in Jackson. See the General Plan Housing Element online at www.co.amador.ca.us/ depts/planning/. For more information, contact Cara Agustin, at the Planning Department at (209) 223-6380. This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.