SPECIAL MEETINGS & EVENTS

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“On the Record”: Click here to watch Valley Springs Community Planning Meetings and Workshops on your computer

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August-September 2010—Valley Springs Community Plan Update

August 24 — Draft Consensus Plan documents completed and released to the public for review! 

September 15 — Public meeting will be held to present, review and discuss the Plan!

Click here to read CCOG Press Release ‘Valley Springs Community Plan Update: Here’s the Rest of the Story, Released!’

Draft Valley Springs Community Plan land use and boundary maps were accepted by the Board of Supervisors June 1, 2010 for use in the county General Plan Update.  Consultants continued to work throughout the summer on the community Consensus Plan, completing documents based on previous input from more than a thousand community members. The Draft Valley Springs Consensus Plan was released for public review and comment August 24.  The Plan is available on the Calaveras Council of Governments website and is available on CD free of charge at the Valley Springs Library, The Valley Springs News, Showtime Video, Calaveras County Planning Department and the Council of Governments.  Hard copies, in binders, will also be at these locations for review.

A public meeting will be held Wednesday, September 15, 2010 at 6:30 p.m. in the Valley Springs Elementary Multi-Purpose Room.  The evening will be structured as follows:

• 5:00p.m.-6:30p.m., Open House, to view the plan
• 6:30p.m.-8:00p.m., Presentation of the Plan followed by community comment and discussion

Comments on the Plan will be accepted from now until Friday, September 17, 2010.  Comments or questions may be submitted to Tyler Summersett, Project Manager, Calaveras COG, PO Box 280, San Andreas CA 95249, (209) 754-2094 ext. 104, email tsummersett@calacog.org

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New FEMA flood hazard maps posted online!
New maps, public meetings, and floodplain information are posted on the County Planning Dept. — ‘Flood Zone Update’ webpage.

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Topics of countywide importance are scheduled for discussion soon.  Keep
your eyes open for newspaper articles, Public Notices/ County Legals, and Board of Supervisor/ Planning Commission meeting agenda items for topics anticipated in the next few months:

• Dark Skies draft Lighting Ordinance: Public hearings were held in November and December 2009.  Discussion will be continued in a future Planning Commission Study Session (to be announced). Public Comments may be sent to the Calaveras County Planning Department, 891 Mountain Ranch Rd., San Andreas 95249 or emailed to: planningdepartment@co.calaveras.ca.us  Attn: Planning Director George White
• Solid Waste Study Session: to be announced
• Noise Ordinance: Board study session was held April 6, 2010; sheriff info and stats presented and discussed. Second study session was held August 10 on decibel-based draft Noise Ordinance. Direction was given to further refine and bring back to the Board for discussion and possible adoption.  Date: to be announced
• Oak Trees ordinance discussion: to be announced
• Legal Access recommendations: to be announced
• General Plan Update - Goals and Policies Public Workshops: to be announced

Above: A crowd looks on in a joint meeting of the Calaveras
County Board of Supervisors and Planning Commission.
Photo by Vanessa Turner