Amador County – The Ione City Council last week heard an update on a drainage issue that was affecting a resident’s property next door to the new Ione Firehouse. Charles Broussard appeared at the meeting on behalf of Heather Broussard, whose property next door to the newly built firehouse was being affected by rainfall runoff from the firehouse property. Mr. Broussard showed photos of the property from February 14th, and brought a letter from Heather to “make the council aware of the problem out there,” and to “put the council on notice.” He said water was flowing off the sidewalk through cuts in the curb, and “the retention basin does not catch water.” City Manager Kim Kerr said she spoke with Heather about the date the photo was taken, February 14th, and told the council that city maintenance staff “has had some improvements made,” on February 25th. She said “unfortunately we haven’t had any rain since then.” Kerr said she would like to meet at the site with the project engineer and with Heather, and she would like to eventually make corrections along the “whole length of the property line.” She said the engineer drew up the repair project but it has not yet been done. Kerr told the council and Broussard that “we are continuing to work on this” and the city’s intent is to complete the repairs. She said “we have impacted it when we put the building there.” Councilman Jim Ulm said the city staff realized “there is a problem there and you want to do something about it.” In other correspondence, Mayor Lee Ard mentioned a letter from Jackson City Councilman Keith Sweet asking the Ione council to consider passing a resolution in protest of the East Bay Municipal Utilities District’s plan that would make a larger dam at Pardee Lake, in effect flooding portions of the banks along the Mokelumne River. Ard said the letter included a draft Resolution, an edition of which the Jackson City Council passed 2 weeks ago and which Sweet read at a public workshop hosted by East Bay MUD last week in Sutter Creek. Ard said Sweet sent the letter and resolution to all city councils in Amador, and also to the Amador County Board of Supervisors, to generate support opposing the Pardee Lake expansion plan. Ard and the council directed Kerr to place the resolution and letter on the next city council meeting agenda. Story by Jim Reece This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.