Amador County – Developers of the Gold Rush Ranch & Golf Resort last Friday released newly updated portions of its Draft Environmental Impact Report, opening a new comment period for those specific categories. Consultant for Gold Rush, Bob Delk, of Fehr & Peers told the Sutter Creek Planning Commission on Monday that the revised portions of the Draft EIR were the Traffic Impact Study and “the changes refer to traffic operations analysis.” Delk said consultants plan to “take the new sections and fold them into the EIR.” Planning Commission Chairman Robin Peters asked if the commission would be asked to comment on the updated DEIR. Delk said they would probably take comment at a public hearing, April 27th, close the hearing and then take commission input. The revised Draft EIR section documents are available online at the city of Sutter Creek’s website. Paper copies of the documents are available for the public to read at Sutter Creek City Hall and at the Amador County Library’s main branch in Jackson. A 45-daycomment period, strictly on the revised portions of the Draft EIR, opened with on Friday when the document was published. Written comments can be submitted by mail or e-mail. A public hearing on the new traffic study will be held Monday, April 27th at Sutter Creek’s community building, at 33 Church Street. Those comments on the new documents, and also comments received in the previous, 60-day comment period for the EIR, will all be included in, and addressed, as Gold Rush consultants write the Final Environmental Impact Report. The Final EIR, however, will not address comments submitted during the revised Draft EIR sections review period that do not address the revised Draft EIR sections. Comments on the revised Draft EIR sections must be submitted to the city by no later than 5 p.m. Tuesday, May 5th. Story by Jim Reece This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.