Sutter Creek – Officials from Sutter Creek on Monday will delve one of 2 major areas yet to be decided for the Gold Rush Ranch & Golf Resort. A City Council committee will look at expected fiscal impacts of the project, which the council should return to during a future discussion of the number of housing units they wish to approve in the project’s specific plan. The council had a 3-2 majority favoring allowing Gold Rush to have 1,334 housing units in its project. Councilwoman Sandy Anderson, Councilwoman Linda Rianda and Mayor Gary Wooten agreed to the developer’s number on Monday and all 3 agreed that the council did not need to assign a committee to discuss the number of units with the developers. Councilman Pat Crosby and Mayor Pro Tem Tim Murphy were in favor of discussing having a smaller number of units. Developer Bill Bunce told the council that in creating Gold Rush, he and development partner John Telischack “chose the less typical approach” and the “size of the project is not arbitrary.” They set out designing a feasible project from the start, with the exact number of units they wanted, so they would not need to negotiate down to a smaller number of units. He said they were taking a “significant risk,” and “will see if it was worth it.” Bunce said “one thing (Gold Rush) is not – and never will be – is a typical Sacramento subdivision. I think it is an unnecessary sidetrack to compare it to those, and I think we all know that.” Wooten tabled the discussion of Gold Rush’s number of housing units, pending results of the fiscal impact analysis and committee meeting Monday. The city council at the same meeting last week gave staff direction on grading standards and changes to the specific plan for Gold Rush. City Attorney Dennis Crabb noted 3 areas of legal concern over obligations and duties that would be handled by the future Gold Rush Home Owners Association. Crabb said the city was concerned with “maintenance of swales and drainage ways” and “wildfire management” on private lands within Gold Rush. There was also concern about “design review for residential and commercial buildings and sites,” which he recommended could be addressed using “architectural and landscape design standards,” in an attachment to the city agreements with Gold Rush. The finance committee discusses the fiscal impacts of Gold Rush 1 p.m. Monday in the Church Street civic building. 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.