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News Archive

Date of news notes Summary of contents
April 18, 2008 Moni Gilmore
Vacancy on EDH CSD board
Candidate forums and next EDHCA meeting
March 12, 2008 Town Hall Meeting, Wednesday 3/19 at Senior Center
Next EDHCA meeting April 30th
February 16, 2008 Next meeting:  Candidates Harry Norris and Rachel Michelin
Let's look again at EDH incorporation
County matters: Especially oaks
January 13, 2008 Next meeting update
BOS candidates forum at Four Seasons
Candidates and others support cityhood
December 13, 2007 Traffic patrol legislation canceled
Student hit by car on Monte Verde Drive
Web site and email update
October 26, 2007 El Dorado/Elk Grove Connector Meeting
Town Hall II:  Traffic safety trouble
October 15, 2007 Town Hall II Meeting
Town Hall I: A good start
El Dorado/Elk Grove Connector Meeting
September 21, 2007 Town Hall Meeting is officially announced
Traffic Patrol drops Lincoln accident rate 42% in one year
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
August 26, 2007 Traffic Patrol: Citizens Alliance seeking changes in state law
Conversations with Candidates
July 24, 2007 Traffic safety, problems continue
Connector JPA moving toward environmental studies
Equestrian Village subdivisions
June 4, 2007
Expanded news, 6/4/07
Lesarra development and traffic impacts
Connector JPA starts up
New housing growth rate
May 6, 2007 County Planning Commission and BIA fight EDH CSD park development
April 10, 2007 News update:  Oops, a mailing glitch.
Second CSD flyer, about Park Impact Fees
Coummunity Council meeting tonight, SACOG Executive Director Mike McKeever to speak
April 9, 2007 April meeting postponed due to speaker scheduling
EDCTC public hearing on Citizen Participation Process this Wednesday
Notes from SACOG Public Participation Plan meeting
March 6, 2007 Elaine Whitehurst, Miwok tribal leader, to speak at next meeting
AKT proposes 3,400 acres (at least) of urban development adjacent to EDH
February 27, 2007 BOS presentation
An example of an excellent public outreach process
General Plans with community specializations
February 5, 2007 Planning Commission public hearing on General Plan FAR amendment Draft EIR
Update on 2007 EIR reviews
Miwok casino
January 15, 2007 Sacramento County and "Uncity's lawless streets"
Empire Ranch Road Interchange, Draft EIR comment period closing next Monday
General Plan amendment for Floor Area Ratio policies
January 8, 2007 Empire Ranch Road Interchange, Draft EIR comment period clos
Marble Valley annexed to EDH Special Districts
Public golf course closing
November 21, 2006 No meeting in December, Happy holidays!
Another population growth milestone: EDH now larger than majority of SACOG cities
SACOG MTP workshop reports: EDH/EDC omitted, regional congestion will increase
November 11, 2006 Election results
Next meeting: Traffic and road system, speakers Russ Nygaard and Richard Shepard
SACOG MTP (Metropolitan Transportation Plan) workshops
October 29, 2006 Election: endorsements
Next meeting:  Traffic and road system, speakers Russ Nygaard and Richard Shepard
SACOG MTP (Metropolitan Transportation Plan) workshops
September 29, 2006 AB 1602 signed into law, State restores VLF revenue to new cities
September 27, 2006 Candidate Endorsements
September 13, 2006 Conversations with Candidates at our September 21st meeting

Planning street width for new housing

Can we help future homeowners by requiring streets wider than 28 feet?
August 27, 2006 Our web site is using a new basis for reporting population

        Today's population estimate is 41,583, for 37 square miles instead of 31.

The Board of Supervisors approved new Traffic Impact Mitigation fees
at an insufficient funding level for EDH needs

        TIM  fees were reduced from their most recent interim setting.
August 20, 2006 Meetings this week
  • Tuesday, August 22:  BOS, hearing on TIM fees
  • Wednesday, August 23: SACOG Technical Advisory Committee for Connector
  • Thursday, August 24: Planning Commission, General Plan interpretation
News from past week
  • BOS approved live theater in EDH
  • Planning Commission held 2 committee meetings on oak woodlands
  • Citizens Alliance held first meeting with a speaker, Ken Schoniger
  • Web site work on www.edhca.net is progressing
August 14, 2006 Announcements for near-future meetings
  • BOS to consider appeal of live theater special use permit
  • County committee to reconsider oak woodland policy interpretation
  • Ken Schoniger to speak at August 17th Citizens Alliance meeting
August 1, 2006 Oak woodlands and native oak tree retention policy interpretation:
Current issues before the County Planning Commission
  • Exemption problems in Policy 7.4.5.2
July 29, 2006
  • Building permit applications surged in 3rd week of July
  • Notes on interpreting weekly building permit reports
July 23, 2006
  • Public safety: Traffic patrol possibilities
  • Web site now has button on About EDHCA page to apply for addition to email list
July 19, 2006 Notes on quarterly meeting of El Dorado/Folsom Joint Powers Authority: Status of projects
  • Empire Ranch Road / US 50 freeway interchange
  • Iron Point / Saratoga connection
  • Green Valley Road
  • New American River bridge in Folsom
  • Elk Grove Connector and related areas