Sutter Creek – The Walgreens drug store started growing against the Sutter Hill skyline this summer. And this week, plans for the store at the corner of Highway 49 and Ridge Road received a minor change, as the Sutter Creek City Council Development Review Committee approved the loss of a single parking space from its paved lots. The committee also asked the developer, Petrovich Development Company, to give an update and presentation to the Sutter Creek Planning Commission about the status of the Walgreens. Planning clerk Mary Beth Van Voorhis said the presentation will be given on December 14th. Van Voorhis said the Walgreens lot was originally designed to have 70 lots, and the development review committee briefly addressed a request by Petrovich on Tuesday to drop the number to 69 parking spaces. The meeting’s agenda said the site plan received committee approval for 53 standard parking stalls, Van Voorhis said, but the committee actually approved 70 spaces total in the site plan. Vanvoorhis said the last she had heard, the company planned to open the Walgreens in the spring. In March, the Amador County Transportation Commission board of directors approved an agreement with Sutter Creek, Petrovich and Caltrans, with the developer deeding some sections of the property for right-of-ways. ACTC Executive Director Charles Field said Petrovich hoped to begin building the Walgreens there. Sutter Creek Assistant City Manager Sean Rabe said Petrovich first started talking about the Walgreens project in September 2008, but in March, the economy was “nowhere near what it was back then.” The agreement allowed Petrovich to pay a Regional Traffic Mitigation Fee of $1,200 to ACTC. Rabe said the total reduction of fees is $88,000 dollars. The agreement included right-of-way, frontage improvements and fee credits, as discussed by the ad hoc Transportation Policy Advisory Task Force. The right-of-way is required for the highway and intersection expansions which were determined to be needed by a Traffic Impact Study of the Crossroads Shopping Center, at the corner of Highway 49 and Ridge Road. Credits will be given to Petrovich for the right-of-way property, and supplant Regional Traffic Mitigation Fees. Sutter Creek approved the Crossroads Shopping Center in 2004. In other news, Sutter Creek City Hall offices will be closed Monday, November 30th in observance of “Furlough Friday,” because city offices and departments were to be closed the Friday after Thanksgiving. Story by Jim Reece This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.