Sutter Creek – The Sutter Creek City Council upheld recommendations from its Gold Rush Ranch & Gold Resort traffic subcommittee on Monday, and formed a grading subcommittee to find agreeable language for the project. About 100 people attended the meeting and heard another presentation by project partner Bill Bunce, and public comment. Assistant City Manager Sean Rabe said the council was mostly leaning toward acceptance of the Planning Commission’s recommendations, with some minor adjustments on a couple of items. The council debated some aspects of the project and is still awaiting an updated fiscal impact study from Goodwin & Associates, due November 16th. The council formed a grading subcommittee, after Bunce said the wording of “where feasible” should be included, so that future planning commissions and city councils can know that flexibility exists there. Councilwoman Sandy Anderson said they are nearing the end of the fiscal impact study update, and the city should have wording in the grading conditions of approval to protect the city. Mayor Gary Wooten said the word “feasible” does protect the city, in relation to grading. Some council members and the public asked about the “small maps” showing detailed project grading for the project. Bunce said if they do a small subdivision map today, “it would be at a great expense,” and it would need to be revised. He said they will not be provided because of his “desire to avoid doing the work several times over.” Wooten said he did not think it would be a problem finding an agreement on verbiage regarding grading, and he suggested forming the subcommittee. Bunce said he thought that was a great idea and he “would start work on that tomorrow.” The grading committee’s members are Councilman Pat Crosby, Anderson and planning commissioners Mike Kirkley and Chairman Robin Peters. The grading subcommittee meets 1 p.m. Monday, October 26th, and the meeting is open to the public. Story by Jim Reece This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.