Plans for demolition of the building were submitted by the owners in October 2006. Last month, after reviewing the results of the Site Plan Review Committee, the Jackson Planning Commission voted to not subject the project to CEQA. Current plans are to replace the near 80-year-old building with parking space. Among those expressing concern was Amador County author and archivist Larry Cenotto, who validated the building’s historical value, and said that tearing down the building for parking space was “blatantly wrong.” Cenotto also said that “if the city is responsible for preserving its future, it must look to it by surveying the city’s historical resources, and protecting those that the community decides must be preserved.” The possibility of establishing Jackson Gate Road as a historical district was also suggested by Cenotto and other members of the public.