Save Our County – Joint Coalition
Protecting, Restoring, And Sustaining El Dorado County, California
The document below shows the effects of Judge Stracener’s court ruling on how Measure E has amended the El Dorado County General Plan. The document was prepared by the petitioner in the case, EDCARP, and aligns with the Press Release published by El Dorado County.
Save Our County is consulting with its legal counsel to determine whether or not to pursue an appeal of the ruling.
A pdf of the document is available by clicking here.
Measure E will have its day in court on Thursday, July 20, at 1:30 pm, in the El Dorado Superior Court Department 9, 3321 Cameron Park Dr, Cameron Park, CA 95682. The public is welcome to attend.
Measure E became part of the El Dorado County general plan on July 29, 2016. On the same day the Alliance for Responsible Planning (EDCARP) filed a Petition for Writ of Mandate in order to invalidate the voter approved Measure E.
At the August 30, 2016 Board of Supervisors meeting, County Counsel Mike Ciccozzi explained that it is the Board’s duty to interpret its general plan. Here is his explanation: https://youtu.be/3jgLllGiiFY Despite the explanation that it was their charge to interpret the general plan, including Measure E, Supervisors Novasel, Ranalli, and Veerkamp voted against providing staff with an interpretation of Measure E and how to implement it.
During Open Forum of the June 27, 2017 Board of Supervisors meeting, Planning Commissioner Jon Vegna explained to the Board that their lack of providing an interpretation of Measure E has left the staff, planning commissioners, project proponents, and residents without clarity as to how to implement Measure E. Here is his testimony: https://youtu.be/OeoXGben_ZY
Since Supervisor Ranalli said at the August 30, 2016 meeting – let the courts decide Measure E, we are left to assume they are ignoring the Measure until this case is decided. Measure E has been part of the general plan for almost a year now. Supervisors Novasel, Ranalli, and Veerkamp have been shirking away from their duty to interpret the El Dorado County general plan for a year. The court will not do their job for them. The only thing before the Court is whether or not the Measure is valid, implementing it will still be the responsibility of the Board. Unfortunately the Board is taking the “just sue us” stand, so contributing to the Save Our County Legal Fund would be very much appreciated.
The opponents of Measure E are spreading misleading information about Measure E’s implementation to confuse the public, once again.
Please attend the meeting on Tuesday, August 30, 2016 at 2:00 pm to support implementing Measure E as intended by voters.
Tuesday, August 30, 2016 at 2:00 pm
Building C Hearing Room (Temporary location during construction)
2850 Fairlane Court
Placerville, CA
In working with County Counsel, the proponents of Measure E have come to agreement with all but one issue: the way that the County analyzes traffic congestion on roadways and highways.
Measure E mandates the use of Caltrans data to analyze the level of service on US 50, however the County has proposed to ignore this mandate.
Here is a link to the County’s documents and reports:
https://eldorado.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=2818037&GUID=1C211302-1FEA-423E-9096-3D329451086D
Once again, it is anticipated that the opponents to Measure E will be there in force. They have already filed a lawsuit to thwart the will of the voters. Information about the lawsuit and how you can help defend Measure E is available here: http://wp.me/P2S1Pd-bc
The law is clear that it is now the responsibility of the County to implement Measure E as it was intended.
If you cannot attend the meeting, contact the supervisors and let them know that voters expect ALL of Measure E to be implemented as intended.
Subject: Measure E Implementation, File #14-1054, Agenda Item #32
County staff will be presenting information and giving recommendations to the Board of Supervisors about how Measure E should be implemented at a Special Workshop on Tuesday, August 9, 2016, at 9:30 am. Please attend to show your support for implementing Measure E as intended by the voters of El Dorado County.
Here is a link to the Staff Report:
https://eldorado.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=2899371&GUID=6A050E86-56F7-4C28-96D3-78478AFBEDC5
Watch the Video here: https://eldorado.granicus.com/player/clip/839?view_id=2&meta_id=405318&redirect=true&h=dc321194d0e51cd0b57ad682e65ee40b
It is anticipated that the opponents to Measure E will be there in force. They have already filed a lawsuit to thwart the will of the voters. Information about the lawsuit and how you can help defend Measure E is available here: http://wp.me/P2S1Pd-bc
The voters have made it clear that it is now the responsibility of the County to implement Measure E as it was intended.
Join us in defending staff as they work toward following the will of the people. If you cannot attend the meeting, contact the supervisors and let them know that voters expect them to follow the will of the people.
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