Amador County – The Ione City Council will host a joint meeting with the Amador County Board of Supervisors today (Tuesday, August 31st) to discuss an agreement for planning and development of lands within the Ione “Sphere of Influence.” The council and board will discuss a draft Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) prepared by City Planner Christopher Jordan and County Planning Director Susan Grijalva, who prepared a joint staff report recommending the board and council take public comment and provide staff direction. Ione made an August 19th application with the Amador Local Agency Formation Commission to amend its Sphere of Influence, and the city and county are required by state law to “meet and discuss the proposed new boundaries.” The law says the two must “explore methods to reach agreement on development standards and planning and zoning requirements within the sphere to ensure that development within the sphere occurs in a manner that reflects the concerns of the affected city and is accomplished in a manner that promotes the logical and orderly development of areas within the sphere.” The law does not require that the two entities reach an agreement, and the meeting satisfies all “requirements of law,” according to the report. Supervisors Richard Forster and Louis Boitano, Mayor Skip Schaufel and Vice Mayor David Plank met twice as an ad hoc committee “to go over the framework and review the draft agreement language,” the report said, and the committee recommended the full board and council consider the draft agreement and provide direction to staff. Jordan and Grijalva in the report said the city requested and prefers a MOU “because it makes the agreement formal and something that can be easily referred back to in the future,” and it “would not create any new agency” nor “new bureaucratic process.” The report said the MOU “would obligate the county” to impose land usage regulations on land within the city’s current or future sphere of influence, as recognized by LAFCO. It would “require a minimum 40-acre parcel size,” and “limit land uses to single-family residential and agricultural uses” with a “maximum 1 home per lot, plus second dwelling units allowed by right consistent with state law and county code.” The amendment to the Sphere of Influence requests the addition of properties along Old Stockton Road, 5 Mile Drive, and Irish Hill Road. The meeting is 6 p.m. today (Tuesday, August 31st) at Evalynn Bishop Hall. Story by Jim Reece This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Tuesday, 31 August 2010 06:14
Ione, Supervisors to discuss amendments to Ione Sphere of Influence
Amador County – The Ione City Council will host a joint meeting with the Amador County Board of Supervisors today (Tuesday, August 31st) to discuss an agreement for planning and development of lands within the Ione “Sphere of Influence.” The council and board will discuss a draft Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) prepared by City Planner Christopher Jordan and County Planning Director Susan Grijalva, who prepared a joint staff report recommending the board and council take public comment and provide staff direction. Ione made an August 19th application with the Amador Local Agency Formation Commission to amend its Sphere of Influence, and the city and county are required by state law to “meet and discuss the proposed new boundaries.” The law says the two must “explore methods to reach agreement on development standards and planning and zoning requirements within the sphere to ensure that development within the sphere occurs in a manner that reflects the concerns of the affected city and is accomplished in a manner that promotes the logical and orderly development of areas within the sphere.” The law does not require that the two entities reach an agreement, and the meeting satisfies all “requirements of law,” according to the report. Supervisors Richard Forster and Louis Boitano, Mayor Skip Schaufel and Vice Mayor David Plank met twice as an ad hoc committee “to go over the framework and review the draft agreement language,” the report said, and the committee recommended the full board and council consider the draft agreement and provide direction to staff. Jordan and Grijalva in the report said the city requested and prefers a MOU “because it makes the agreement formal and something that can be easily referred back to in the future,” and it “would not create any new agency” nor “new bureaucratic process.” The report said the MOU “would obligate the county” to impose land usage regulations on land within the city’s current or future sphere of influence, as recognized by LAFCO. It would “require a minimum 40-acre parcel size,” and “limit land uses to single-family residential and agricultural uses” with a “maximum 1 home per lot, plus second dwelling units allowed by right consistent with state law and county code.” The amendment to the Sphere of Influence requests the addition of properties along Old Stockton Road, 5 Mile Drive, and Irish Hill Road. The meeting is 6 p.m. today (Tuesday, August 31st) at Evalynn Bishop Hall. Story by Jim Reece This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.Latest from
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