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A major announcement this
morning by the Amador Water Agency. The Amador Water Agency (AWA) and Protect
the Historic Amador Waterways Inc. (PHAW) announced today their successful resolution of a year-long
collaborative process to resolve legal and policy differences over the Agency’s decision to build the
Amador Transmission Project and to install a small diameter pipeline in the
Amador Canal. AWA and PHAW have
finalized an agreement to fund, prepare and implement a watershed
management and conservation program for the South Fork of Jackson Creek and New York Ranch Gulch,
as well as other areas within the Jackson Creek Watershed. In exchange for
certain funding commitments, PHAW has agreed to dismiss its litigation against
AWA.
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Amador County is deeply
involved in the process of updating its general plan. This plan will be the
“master plan” for the future development of the county and will aid the county
in either keeping the Amador we know or changing into a new place. Now the need
for information from agricultural stakeholders cannot be stressed enough. To
that end, an Agricultural Stakeholder's Workshop has been scheduled for Saturday, February 3, 2007 at the
Amador County Administrative Center, 810 Court, Street, Jackson, from 1:00 p.m.
to 5:00 p.m.
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Wednesday, 24 January 2007 05:12
Joint Water Committee Meeting: Wastewater Issues Discussed
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This week representatives of the Board of Supervisors and Amador Water Agency got up to speed on local water issues at their regular joint water committee meeting. Jim Abercrombie, General Manager of the Water Agency, reported that the Agency and the City of Sutter Creek are working to improve the capacity of the Sutter Creek wastewater plant in order to avoid sewer and water moratoriums for builders in the Martell area. Abercrombie also reported that the Water Agency is going to be considering raising the water level at Bear River Reservoir. They are looking to meet with Calaveras County to look at how raising the water could be beneficial to ecological, economic, and community interests, and if such a project would be worth the cost. The last issue discussed at the meeting was the backwash disposal situation in Ione. Supervisor Louis Boitano said that there are opportunities through both Preston and Mule Creek State Prison, with the waste water troubles Ione is currently experiencing. Abercrombie suggested the option of Preston and Mule Creek working with Ione to treat the water to a tertiary level. Boitano stated this would alleviate most of Ione's raw water needs.
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Dave Tomas was sworn in on
Thursday by County clerk- Recorder Sheldon Johnson to serve out the remaining
term of now Supervisor Ted Novelli, as an AWA Board Director for Dist. 3. After
a formal introduction and staff reports the Board then discussed the
Administrative Citation Code Enforcement Program. The purpose of the Ordinance is to allow the Agency to
impose administrative fines or penalties for violation of any Agency Ordinance.
According to General Manager
Jim Abercrombie, the
subject arose as a result of complaints received by the Agency Staff and board
members for the unauthorized taking of water from fire hydrants, the tampering
of water meters, and the stealing of Agency property, to name a few
violations. The Agency's Water code does not have an enforcement provision to
penalize these types of violations, so this ordinance will modify the Water
code and provide for those provisions. Abercrombie explained that the adoption
of this Ordinance is a two-step process. The board must first introduce the
Ordinance and either waive the reading or read it in its entirety.
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Last Friday, the Ione Band of Miwok Indians announced the publication of
their “Notice of Availability” for their Draft Environmental Impact Study in
the Federal Register, a federal government publication. Tribe Chairman
Matt Franklin discussed the announcement in an exclusive television interview
with TSPN. “This has been a
long process for the Tribe,” said Franklin.
“Having our Draft EIS published means our quest to place land into trust is
closer to becoming a reality.” The Tribe’s plan to build a casino in Plymouth has faced
intense local opposition for years. The Ione Band of Miwok Indians has spent
over two years performing a review in preparation for this Draft EIS. The
Notice of Availability of the Draft EIS in the Federal Register begins an
extended 75 day public comment period which the Bureau of Indian Affairs, or
BIA, will manage. The BIA has
scheduled a public hearing for May 21st at the Amador County Fair
Grounds, beginning at 6PM. “We would like to invite all people,
including local, state and federal governments to read and comment on our Draft
EIS,” said Spokesman
Peter Tateishi in a statement. A copy of the Draft EIS is available online at
www.ioneeis.com.
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In a breaking news statement issued just hours ago, County Administrative Officer Terri Daly announced that the Board of Supervisors did not submit a last-and-best final offer to the tribe by the deadline of March 18th at midnight. As a result, the Board will not participate in any arbitration proceedings. The Board’s deadlocked vote on March 11th resulted in the Buena Vista Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians issuing the seven-day notice to terminate negotiations. Because of the Board’s continued stalemate, they could not come to a decision by last night’s deadline. “At this time, the Tribe has indicated it will proceed with the binding arbitration process. A decision by an arbitrator assigned by the American Arbitration Association could be made within 30-90 days from today,” said Daly.
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Thursday, 30 August 2007 00:34
Amador Water Agency says There will be Small Changes creating Big Impacts
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The Amador Water Agency and the Board of Directors
have continued to focus on small changes that make big impacts in the Amador
Water System. One of those changes has
been identifying inexpensive projects that provide additional capacity. Earlier this year the Agency embarked on increasing the capacity in
the Tanner Treatment Plant, located on Ridge Road, by implementing two
conjunctive projects. While the
Amador Water Agency has been developing plans to construct a new water
treatment plant at Tanner, interim improvements were needed to continue to
serve existing customers and impending growth.
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Thursday, 12 April 2007 00:36
Amador Co. Planning Commission Votes For Second Meeting In April To Address Wicklow Way
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The Planning Commission voted Tuesday night for
a second planning Commission meeting to be held in April to address the Draft
EIR and a recent zone change for the Wicklow Way Subdivision proposed by Lemke
Construction of Copperopolis. Lemke Construction is proposing
to develop and build the Stoney Creek Estates- Wicklow Way project, consistent
with the original concept approve in 1978 as part of the Hilltop Estates Master
Plan. The property proposed
for development is situated off of Wicklow Way on the south side of Hwy. 88
just west of Hwy. 88 and 49 junction in Martell between the Argonaut High
School Football Field and Wal-Mart.
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Friday, 30 March 2007 02:11
Ione, ARSA, Mule Creek Waste Water Agreement Sees Complications
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With the revelation this
week that Mule Creek State
Prison is producing waste water flows at a rate of over 200,000 gallons more
per day than expected. A joint meeting between the City of Ione, the Amador
Regional Sanitation Authority and Mule Creek representatives this week
puts the current agreement between the three entities in limbo. Wednesday
afternoon the representatives, including the Ione City Council, met to discuss
the agreement approved by the Ione City Council on March 13th.
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Tuesday, 20 March 2007 23:45
Sutter Creek Re-Directing Their Focus In Regards To Wastewater
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Monday night the Sutter Creek city council
received a final staff report on the Sutter Creek wastewater treatment plant
and regional wastewater plans. City Manager Rob Duke presented the council with
findings from a study which analyzed the possibilities of three options for a
regional wastewater solution. Option one was to build a new regional plant in
Martel. The estimated completion date for a Martel wastewater plant would be
approximately in March of 2013. Rob Duke told the council that this timeline would be excruciatingly
close to overlapping with an agreement between ARSA and the City of Ione which
allows ARSA capacity in Ione’s plant until January of 2014.
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