El Dorado Hills Citizens Alliance
News, September 18, 2007

BOS/CSD Town Hall meeting, October 4
Connector meeting, October 29
El Dorado County has 40% higher rate of injury accidents than State average

BOS/CSD Town Hall meeting, October 4

This is an early alert for a date to save: Thursday October 4th.  It's not yet officially announced, but we've heard that a Town Hall meeting is being scheduled to bring the County Board of Supervisors to El Dorado Hills for a joint meeting with the EDH Community Services District Board of Directors. Early word is that the Town Hall meeting format will be structured to facilitate communication among these two boards and with the public.

We'll watch for announcement of details, would expect the meeting to be in the CSD Pavilion at 7 p.m. This will be an especially valuable opportunity for EDH citizens to bring questions, concerns, recommendations, and comments to the County Supervisors.


Connector meeting, October 29

The next Citizens Alliance meeting will sponsor discussion of planning and development for the El Dorado/Rancho Cordova/Elk Grove Connector by the El Dorado County people who are most directly involved. Speakers will be:
 The Connector has potential to be asset, a liability, or both depending on how it combines with the developing EDH road network. See Citizens Alliance Position Paper #07-04 ("Elk Grove Connector") for additional notes.


Auto Accidents: El Dorado County has 40% higher rate of injury accidents than State average

On September 14th the El Dorado County Department of Public Health sponsored a Symposium on Health and the Built Environment in El Dorado Hills. This symposium presented valuable discussions in many areas, especially in land use planning. In a different area, one viewgraph provided statistical data that illustrates the extent of our traffic safety issues:

El Dorado County has 40% more hospitalizations per thousand population for traffic injuries than the average throughout California. This is especially significant in El Dorado Hills: At a minimum, we are by far the largest population center in the county. The data, covering years 2000 through 2004, also show that the EDH rate of injury accidents has increased while the State rate stays steady. Was the largest reason for the rising County accident rate the booming EDH population in those years and our rising traffic levels? We don't have data to examine that, but it's a worthy question to ask.

See Position Paper 07-01  for notes on the need for traffic patrol in El Dorado Hills as the ultimate traffic calming measure.

Here's a basic summary edited from a graphic supplied by Jason Eberhart-Phillips, M.D., Public Health Officer of El Dorado County. Dr. Eberhart-Phillips and the County have our thanks for this as well as for much more valuable information.
Injury accident rate