Next meeting:
Thursday, January 18th, 7:00 p.m.
Charting a course for 2007 |
Empire
Ranch Road Interchange, an important junction
in the EDH/Folsom road network:
The City of Folsom is in its
public review phase for the Draft EIR and Environmental Analysis
documents, the
deadline for public comment is January 22nd.
This interchange will be important for EDH
traffic. The full set of documents is available here (or
click on the link in the title of this news item)
Marble
Valley annexed:
In December most of Marble Valley was annexed to El Dorado Hills. More
precisely, 2,599 acres of land in Marble Valley were annexed into the
El Dorado Hills Community Services District, the El Dorado Hills County
Water District (EDH Fire Department), and to the El Dorado Irrigation
District.
Developments currently planned in Marble Valley include the
Marble Valley
Regional Center for the Arts and 398 homes on
approximately 264 acres. Unconfirmed reports have been circulating that
the developer,
Parker
Development, is considering application
for additional future development of up to 2,000 additional homes in
Marble Valley.
Golf course closing:
El Dorado Hills' original public golf course is scheduled to close on
January 15th. This course was opened in 1964, very nearly at the birth
of EDH, but it is reported to have been operating at a deficit since
1999. When closure was considered a few years ago we saw a strong
expression of community support for keeping the course open, but it
looks less likely now that public opinion alone could save the course.
With the Serrano course being private, many golfers will now need to go
to Folsom or Cameron Park. And how will the closed golf course's land
be used in the future? There's a lot TBD -- To Be Determined.