California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection Amador-El Dorado Unit

CONTACT: Gianni Muschetto, Fire Prevention Bureau Chief, 530.708.2724 RELEASE DATE: June 23, 2014

Safely Celebrate the 4th of July

Camino –CAL FIRE Unit Chief Mike Kaslin of the Amador-El Dorado Unit is encouraging everyone in Amador County to celebrate Independence Day by attending the July 3rd Fireworks Celebration at the Butte Bowl at Jackson Junior High School. Fun begins at 5:00 PM until 9:30 PM, with food, games and fireworks for the entire family. “This event is a great place to celebrate Independence Day with your friends and family” says Chief Mike Kaslin, “and it is the safest way to enjoy a fireworks display.”

Chief Kaslin would also like to remind everyone that Amador County local ordinance #7.34.030 forbids the use and possession of fireworks, including “safe and sane” fireworks in all areas of the County with the exception of the city limits of Jackson, Sutter Creek, Plymouth and Ione. This means that if you purchase safe and sane fireworks they must be used within the city limits, and they cannot be used outside these specified areas or the person(s) may face criminal prosecution. Please check with your local city hall for use restrictions within your city. There is a “zero tolerance” policy when it comes to the use or possession of fireworks (with the exception of safe and sane fireworks within the cities of Jackson, Sutter Creek, Plymouth and Ione) by CAL FIRE, local fire districts and the local law enforcement agencies.

“Please do the right thing and play by the rules and set the best example for your family and neighbors and don’t buy fireworks and bring them into the areas where they are illegal. If you do and you get caught, not only will your fireworks be confiscated, you may be cited, facing misdemeanor charges that include up to SIX months in jail or a fine or both. It simply isn’t worth the risk, especially when we have an excellent fireworks display for everyone to enjoy” adds Chief Kaslin.

THURSDAY, JUNE 26, 2014

6:30 PM

Council Chambers 9426 Main Street Plymouth, California

Peter Amoruso, Mayor

Peter Taylor, Vice Mayor Greg Baldwin, Councilman

Jon Colburn, Councilman Sandy Kyles, Councilman

MISSION STATEMENT

The City of Plymouth preserves our small town atmosphere and provides fiscally responsible services that fulfill public needs while protecting their quality of life.

The City Council welcomes you to its meetings, which are scheduled at 6:30 p.m. on the 2nd and 4th Thursdays of each month. Participation in the meetings is encouraged and appreciated. This meeting will be recorded. Council Chambers are wheelchair accessible. Other special accommodations may be requested by contacting the City Clerk 72 hours in advance of the meeting. Please silence all cell phones or similar devices.

The City Council has adopted a policy that no new items will be called after 10:00 PM unless otherwise motioned by the City Council before 10:00 PM please be aware that an item that has not been heard by 10:00 PM may be continued to a future Council Meeting.

AGENDA

1. CALL TO ORDER/ROLL CALL:

 Roll Call

 Flag Salute

 Invocation: Deacon Ed Pogue, Saint Katharine Drexel Parish

2. APPROVAL OF REGULAR AGENDA OF JUNE 26, 2014

3. PUBLIC COMMENT:

Under Government Code Section 54954.3, members of the audience may address the Council on any item of interest to the public and within the Council's purview, or on any Agenda Item before or during the Council's consideration of the item. If you wish to address the Council during the meeting, please fill out a Speaker Identification Sheet and give it to the City Clerk.

When you are called upon to speak, step forward to the podium and state your name for the record. Normally, speakers are limited to three (3) minutes each with 20 minutes being allowed for all comments. Any public comments beyond the initial 20 minutes may be heard at the conclusion of the agenda. The Mayor has the discretion to lengthen or shorten the allotted times.

Except for certain specific exceptions, the City Council is prohibited from discussing or taking action on any item not appearing on the posted agenda.

4. PRESENTATIONS/PROCLAMATIONS:

4.1 PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING REBECCA NEILON

JUNE 26, 2014 AGENDA 2

5. CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS:

All matters listed under the Consent Calendar are to be considered routine by the City Council and will be enacted by one motion in the form listed. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless, before the City Council votes on the motion to adopt, members of the Council, staff or the public request specific items to be removed from the Consent Calendar for separate discussion and action (roll call vote).

5.1 APPROVAL OF MINUTES

Regular Minutes of June 12, 2014

5.2 CORRESPONDENCE

6. PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS:

None

7. REGULAR AGENDA ITEMS:

7.1 DIRECTION ON REQUEST FROM THE AMADOR COUNTY FAIR FOR AN

ADJUSTMENT TO ITS WASTEWATER CHARGE – Richard Prima Special

Project Manager

RECOMMENDATION: Council review the request of the Amador County Fair for a reduction in their sewer billing and direct staff on preparation of a Service Agreement for the Fair.

7.2 ARROYO DITCH MAINTENANCE & REPAIR UPDATE

RECOMMENDATION: Discussion and Possible Direction to Staff

7.3 PRELIMINARY BUDGET FOR 2014/15 FISCAL YEAR

RECOMMENDATION: Discussion and Possible Acceptance of Budget

7.4 4TH OF JULY PARADE: TRUCKS, TRACTORS, AND TRIKES 10:00 AM

4th OF JULY BAR-B-QUE MCGEE PARK 5:30 TO 8:30 PM

CITY 4TH OF JULY FIREWORKS REGULATIONS

8. COUNCIL/STAFF COMMUNICATIONS – Brief reports on matters of general interest

8.1 CITY MANAGER’S REPORT

8.1A STATUS REPORT -HWY 49/MAIN STREET – INFORMATION ONLY

8.2 MAYOR & COUNCIL MEMBERS REPORTS

8.3 COUNCIL REQUESTS FOR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS

9. CLOSED SESSION

10. ADJOURNMENT

JUNE 26, 2014 AGENDA 3

City Clerk’s certificate of Posting of Agenda

I, Gloria Stoddard, City Clerk for City of Plymouth, declare that the foregoing agenda for June 26, 2014 Regular Meeting of the Plymouth City Council was posted on June 23, 2014 at the office of the City of Plymouth City Hall, 9426 Main Street, Plymouth, California, 95669 and was available for public review at that location. The agenda is also posted on the bulletin board at the US Post Office, 9477 Main Street, Plymouth, California. In accordance with California Government Code Section 54957.5, any writing or document that is a public record, relates to an open session agenda item, and is distributed less than 72 hours prior to a regular meeting will be made available for public inspection at the City Clerk’s office in City Hall. If, however, the document or writing is not distributed until the regular meeting to which it relates, then the document or writing will be made available to the public at the location of the meeting on this agenda. The address of City Hall is 9426 Main Street, Plymouth, California 95669.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

It is the policy of the City of Plymouth to provide equal employment opportunity to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status or any other classification protected by federal, state or local law.

NOTICE: Members of the Public are entitled to directly address the City Council concerning any item that is described in the notice of this meeting, before or during consideration of that item. If you wish to address Council on an issue, which is on this agenda, please complete a yellow speaker request, and deliver it to the City Clerk prior to discussion of the item. When your name is called, stand to be recognized by the Mayor and then proceed to the podium. If you wish to address the City Council on any other item of interest to the public, when the Mayor asks if there is any “Public Comment,” follow the same procedure described above. Please limit your comments to three minutes or less.

As presiding officer, the Mayor has the authority to preserve order at all City Council meetings, to remove or cause the removal of any person from any such meeting for disorderly conduct, or for making personal, impertinent, or slanderous remarks, using profanity, or becoming boisterous, threatening or personally abusive while addressing said Council, and to enforce the rules of the Council.

PERSONS INTERESTED IN PROPOSING AN ITEM FOR THE CITY COUNCIL AGENDA SHOULD CONTACT A MEMBER OF THE CITY COUNCIL, THE CITY MANAGER OR CITY CLERK.

Smith remarked, “While it’s clear that wild and scenic designation does not prevent water agencies from getting new water rights upstream of the designated section or on tributary streams, we’re happy to see Sen. Hancock and the opponents working on mutually agreeable language.”

The bill’s next stop is in the Assembly Appropriations Committee. That vote is not expected until August since the Legislature starts a one-month recess in early July.

For more information, contact Cecily Smith at 209-223-3508, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or Katherine Evatt, 209-296-05734, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. 

Saturday, July 12, 2014, 9 pm

IONE, CA:  Come join us for movie night under the stars on the Preston Castle Courtyard.

The featured film is "Preston Castle the Movie". This full length horror film takes place in and around the mysterious, eerie, Preston Castle.  Bring your lawn chairs and enjoy a Hitchcock style thriller filmed right here at the Castle.  Also showing will be the episode of the reality TV game show "The Great Escape" that was filmed at the Castle.  

Tickets are available online at www.prestoncastle.com or at the gate.  Each ticket has a chance to win a Night Flashlight Tour - if you dare!

Gates open at 8 pm and the Show starts at 9 pm.

WHAT:            Movie Night at the Castle

PRICE:             $10

WHO:              Sponsored by Preston Castle Foundation

                        Bill Thiry, Chairperson

WHERE:          Preston Castle Courtyard, 900 (end of) Palm Dr., Ione, CA

35 miles southeast of Sacramento, CA off HWY 104 in Ione

WHEN:            Saturday, July 12, 2014, 9 pm

About Preston Castle Foundation

The strikingly beautiful Romanesque style Preston Castle, on a hill in Ione, was actually the administration building for the Preston School of Industry, the first major attempt in California at rehabilitating, instead of just impris­­­oning, young offenders.  Opened in 1894, the Preston School of Industry became a leader in the juvenile prison reform movement by giving convicted boys a real chance at life by educating them not only in academics, but in all of the useful trades of the time.  Closed in 1960, when the Preston Youth Authority moved into a new administration building down the hill, the Preston Castle was left to deteriorate due to weather, vandalism, and general neglect.  It now serves as a vacant, but vitally important landmark for Ione, Amador County, and the Motherlode.  It is aCalifornia State Historic Landmark and is on the National Register of Historic Places.

The Mission of the Preston Castle Foundation is to preserve, rehabilitate, and utilize the historic Preston Castle site.  We are pushing hard to satisfy a few remaining issues that will result in acquiring the title to the property.  To help raise money for this important project, the Foundation sponsors several fund raising events throughout the year.  The PCF is still not allowed to bring guests inside the Castle, but outside events are permitted.  We continue to work with the State Fire Marshal on an acceptable solution as well as with our landlord, the State of California, to obtain the deed to the property.

Richard Forster, Supervisor District 2 discusses ACUSD Board behavior during public comment.

Richard Forster, Supervisor District 2 previews the June 24th Amador County Board of Supervisors Meeting Part 1.

Upcountry Community Council Chairperson Sherry Curtis discusses the impact of Wild and Scenic designation in Amador County Part 1.

Upcountry Community Council Chairperson Sherry Curtis discusses the impact of Wild and Scenic designation in Amador County Part 1.

Tasha Burkett, Valerie Bonkowski, Frannie Weinrob, and Kay Polk make amazing things out of herbs, flowers, butter, and lotion all on TSPN TV Amador.