Amador County – The Plymouth City Council hosted a public hearing on it General Plan update Final Environmental Impact Report last week, and took staff advice to consider giving relief to housing developments outside the city that annex into the city. That relief was suggested by City Attorney Steven Rudolph in the form of allowing housing projects located outside of the city limits and that are annexed into the city be exempt from the General Plan’s requirement that 20 percent of housing units be designed and built as “affordable housing.” Rudolph also suggested that the annexed property would be subject to other, future policy by the city council requiring affordable housing. Stefan Horstschraer (Horsetrader) said “if you don’t get rid of this 20 percent tonight,” his company Reeder Sutherland will have to wait for its housing plan to be reworked. He said the best estimate could have that taking half a month. Or it could take a year-and-a-half. And “in the worst estimate, it could never happen if you don’t have the money to do it.” Reeder Sutherland’s 2 developments, Zinfandel and Shenandoah Ridge, are planning to build 460 to 500 luxury homes on ¼-acre to 1-acre parcels. In public comment, Councilman Greg Baldwin asked if doubling the population from 1,000 to 2,000 people over the next years would be “outrageous” to ex-councilman Gary Colburn. Colburn said when they put 500 homes and 1,800 people out there, “then who controls the town? I’m not ready to hand over the keys.” Horstschraer said regarding voting and build-out: “We have proposed a very slow build-out, so the first people will be well established Plymouth residents by the time we reach build-out.” Maria Simon said she sees mansions built on top of hills in the Shenandoah Valley, and she would “rather see (mansions) built in the valleys and see vines growing on those hills.” Simon said she is “looking forward to Mr. Reeder’s development and other developments. None of us will be here.” The council continued the public hearing on the city General Plane and Final EIR to 5:30 p.m. Thursday, August 13th. The updated FEIR with “strikethroughs” will be available to the public on Friday, July 31st. Story by Jim Reece This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
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Amador County – The Plymouth City Council hosted a public hearing on it General Plan update Final Environmental Impact Report last week, and took staff advice to consider giving relief to housing developments outside the city that annex into the city. That relief was suggested by City Attorney Steven Rudolph in the form of allowing housing projects located outside of the city limits and that are annexed into the city be exempt from the General Plan’s requirement that 20 percent of housing units be designed and built as “affordable housing.” Rudolph also suggested that the annexed property would be subject to other, future policy by the city council requiring affordable housing. Stefan Horstschraer (Horsetrader) said “if you don’t get rid of this 20 percent tonight,” his company Reeder Sutherland will have to wait for its housing plan to be reworked. He said the best estimate could have that taking half a month. Or it could take a year-and-a-half. And “in the worst estimate, it could never happen if you don’t have the money to do it.” Reeder Sutherland’s 2 developments, Zinfandel and Shenandoah Ridge, are planning to build 460 to 500 luxury homes on ¼-acre to 1-acre parcels. In public comment, Councilman Greg Baldwin asked if doubling the population from 1,000 to 2,000 people over the next years would be “outrageous” to ex-councilman Gary Colburn. Colburn said when they put 500 homes and 1,800 people out there, “then who controls the town? I’m not ready to hand over the keys.” Horstschraer said regarding voting and build-out: “We have proposed a very slow build-out, so the first people will be well established Plymouth residents by the time we reach build-out.” Maria Simon said she sees mansions built on top of hills in the Shenandoah Valley, and she would “rather see (mansions) built in the valleys and see vines growing on those hills.” Simon said she is “looking forward to Mr. Reeder’s development and other developments. None of us will be here.” The council continued the public hearing on the city General Plane and Final EIR to 5:30 p.m. Thursday, August 13th. The updated FEIR with “strikethroughs” will be available to the public on Friday, July 31st. Story by Jim Reece This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
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