Amador County News

AMADOR COUNTY TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE -
Wed July 15 at 1:30PM,
County Administration Center, Conf Rm A, 810 Court St., Jackson.
ON THE AGENDA:

Item 1 - Review of Tentative Parcel Map No. 2775 by Golden Eagle Resources, LLC proposing the division of 7.85± acres into three parcels measuring 1.35, 1.43 and 5.07 acres in size; located south of Tiger Creek Road between Black Prince Road and Suncatcher Lane approximately 2,500’ southeast of State Hwy 88 in the Pioneer area (APN 033-740-004-000).

TAC members will evaluate the potential environmental impacts, propose conditions and mitigation measures, and possibly make a recommendation to the Planning Commission.

Neighborhood Meetings Revised
From: Keith Sweet

Neighborhood Meeting Near You?
Are you interested in hosting or attending an informal gathering in your neighborhood? Your Council Members and the City Manager welcome the opportunity to visit you and your neighbors in the comfort and convenience of your home.

The City Council is revising their Neighborhood Meeting program to broaden the reach of communication between City Hall and its citizens. It seems many residents would prefer to discuss how the City is running while in the comfort of their living rooms and amongst their neighbors. The Council is interested also in encouraging neighbors to reach out to each other in order to preserve and enhance the “small town” community atmosphere. The Council is encouraging “hosts” to invite neighbors who do not ordinarily participate in public life, and who might benefit from this alternative forum.

Topics for discussion may vary as determined by each neighborhood open house. The council members will be happy to provide an overview of the City, and discuss programs and topical issues. Alternatively, hosts may choose specific topics for a more focused discussion. The Council encourages the hosts to exchange neighbor contact and other vital information that might be useful in the future.

The Council will also be hosting the original Neighborhood meetings on a modified schedule. Citizens are invited to meet with the Council on July 15 at 3pm at the Rollingwood Estates Community Room and on October 21 at 1pm at the City Fire Station at 10600 Argonaut Drive.

Please contact the City Manager via email: mdaly@ci.jackson.ca.us if you are interested in hosting or attending an Open House. We look forward to meeting you!

Keith Sweet 209-419-3770

AMADOR COUNTY TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION –
Wed July 15 at 6PM
Amador County Administration Center, 810 Court Street, Jackson Ca.
ON THE AGENDA:

- Sutter Hill Transit Center:

a. Conditionally award construction contract for Phase IIA to the lowest responsible bidder

b. Authorization to execute construction contract upon fulfillment of conditions

- Foothill Rideshare Program: Authorization for Foothill rideshare project manager to proceed with college rideshare registration program

- Caltrans Report: Presentation and brief discussion regarding current Caltrans’ activities or

concerns including status of prior ACTC Action Items (verbal report, no action)

- Pine Grove Context Sensitive Solution/State Route 88 Corridor Project: Status report and possible action

- Amador County UPlan: Authorize extension of intern services

- Claims: Approval of claims submitted to ACTC

Closed Session may be called for labor negotiations (pursuant to Government Code 54957.6), personnel matters (pursuant to Government Code 54957), real estate negotiations/acquisitions (pursuant to Government Code 54956.8), and/or pending or potential litigation (pursuant to Government Code 54956.9). Following Closed Session the Board will announce any action taken in Open Session.

- Pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.8: Conference with Real Property Negotiator. Instructions to negotiator regarding real property described as APN 044-420-007-000. The persons with whom the negotiator may negotiate are Trustees of the Munn Revocable Trust, Elgin Bowers, and Caroline F. Bowers. Instructions to negotiator will concern price and terms of payment. Negotiator on behalf of ACTC will be Charles Field with assistance from Dokken Engineering, specifically Matt Boyer, and legal counsel.

Dear Amador Community~ A family needs your help!

On June 11 2009 Lil Khylee Monson of Pioneer was diagnosed with brain cancer.Her mom Jackie Harrison is unable to work while she takes Khylee back and forth for radiation.

Fund raising efforts are underway...you may have already seen donation cans around the county. A dinner is being planned for August (more details coming soon) Money is need for travel expense, living costs, medical bills and more.

Please visit http://www.Just-One-Dollar.com and make a donation. All we're asking for is one dollar, but please feel free to donate more if you heart is called to do so. 97% of your donation goes to a trust fund set up at Bank of Amador. Paypal charge 3% as a transaction fee.

Raffle items sought for Khylee Monson Fundraiser
http://acn.homestead.com/KhyleeMonson.html

The FRIENDS OF THE AMADOR COUNTY LIBRARY will have a booth at the Farmer's Markets in Sutter Creek and Pine Grove in July. Come by and get great books in Pine Grove on July 8 & 22 and in Sutter Creek on July 18.

VENDORS NEEDED FOR 1ST ANNUAL DAVIS RANCH CORN FESTIVAL: If you know of any craft vendors that want to sell their handmade items at the 1st annual Cornfest at the Sloughhouse corn stand, this is the info:

1st Annual Davis Ranch Corn Festival, 13501 Jackson Rd, Sloughhouse Ca 95683 Application deadline: July 15th

Dates are Saturday and Sunday, July 18-19th. 9 am – 5 pm

All items must be hand made. Booth space is 10x10 or they can reserve a space for a larger area. Cost is $30 for the two days. Vendor sign up can be found at http://www.ZSLProductions.net/cornfest

They only have 12 vendors right now and would like to get as many as they can get. Please pass the word to people that you know that make things.

July 17 TGIF Music in the park
"Spun Crush"
Contemporary Rock
Pine Grove Park, Pine Grove
http://www.acaconline.com/docs/2009SummerMusicSeriespdf.pdf

Lifegaurds Needed for summer employment. Call ACRA at 223-6349.

Amador County Changes Hours Open to the Public for Fiscal Year 2009/2010

Effective July 6, 2009 Amador County will be adjusting the hours that it will be open to the public. The new hours will be Monday-Thursday, 8:00 am – 5:00 pm, closed on Friday. This change will impact all public service counters and public phone numbers, but not Public Safety. Emergency Services will still be available. The schedule modification is the result of a cooperative effort between the Board of Supervisors and several employee bargaining units to absorb the budget reductions caused by a faltering economy while maintaining a full range of services to the community. Staff will be working a 9/36 plan, nine hours a day Monday – Thursday, which is a four hour reduction in pay (10%) each week. Future cuts will be determined by the direction taken in the upcoming State budget. It is anticipated that the State’s budget solutions may cause layoffs that are tied to specific funding sources and program cuts within affected departments. Departments that have evening and weekend hours such as Library, Animal Control, Public Works/Road Crew and Law Enforcement will be making other schedule modifications. Appointments may be made with individual departments outside of the new hours to accommodate urgent situations. Details for specific departments or buildings are available on the County’s website at: http://www.co.amador.ca.us

For more information, contact:
Terri Daly
County Administrative Officer
(209) 223-6470
tdaly@co.amador.ca.us

Amador County Library

An arrangement of Asian art is on display at the Jackson branch of the Amador County Library for the month of July. The pieces are part of Bernie O'Reilly's collection and each piece has a description and bit of history. Also, on July 21 at 5:30 p.m., an expert beekeeper will be the guest speaker. Sean Kriletich will talk about bees and their impact on the environment, as well as what equipment is necessary in order to keep bees. The library is at 530 Sutter St., Jackson. Call 223-6400 for information.

Wine: Temecula takes top honor at State Fair event
Modesto Bee -
Jeff Runquist Wines bested the competition to earn Best of Show Red for its 2007 Amador County barbera. The wine scored a whopping 98 points (out of 100) ...
http://www.modbee.com/life/taste/story/781782.html