Sutter Creek – The Sutter Creek City Council finance committee will see an update Monday on the estimated fiscal impacts of the Gold Rush Ranch & Golf Resort. The committee of Councilwomen Sandy Anderson and Linda Rianda, and Planning Commissioner Frank Cunha, will hear from consultants Chris Curry and Susan Goodwin on an updated fiscal analysis. The committee met in early October, took public input, and gave direction to consultants. Goodwin said the object was to determine “impacts from Gold Rush and what would be needed to respond to that growth.” She said their October 6th data was a year old, because it was based on last year’s budget. The City Council on Monday approved the 2009-2010 city budget. Anderson said the October analysis put Gold Rush’s impact on the city General Fund at $1.9 million. Some input included Tracy Towner-Yep of the Amador County Recreation Agency, saying it takes “2 people per acre to maintain passive parks,” but the project did not have park details. She said some, such as “garden parks” take much more maintenance. Curry said “if detailed information like that is available, we’d like to use it.” Asked about expanding City Hall, Goodwin said “state impact fee laws” allow fees set “at a certain level,” and if they want to accelerate City Hall build-out, the city must borrow elsewhere. City Manager Rob Duke said a common practice is to build bigger facilities at cheaper costs, and build with movable walls to expand when needed. Ed Arata said the October study had a “booger in it” – that is, the city has a Fire District, not a fire department. Calfire’s Dominic Moreno said old fees had to be removed and new fees enacted by the City Council. Duke said the current fee is $670, and Arata said it should be $2,000 to $2,500. Cunha said roads listed in the analysis as private would be public road, and need maintenance of more than the analysis’ ½-time equivalent listed. Curry said that was based on the city General Fund, and “road maintenance was backed out of it.” Planning Commissioner Mike Kirkley said most jurisdiction find gas tax revenue is not enough to cover road maintenance, and he asked if a Community Facilities District could fund roads. Commission Chairman Robin Peters said a CFD is in place for roads in Calaveras County. Cunha urged having a better standard for roads than the one in place. The finance committee meets 1 p.m. Monday at the civic building on Church Street, 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.