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Guard houses, pump enclosures and other accessory structures bring the combined square footage total to just under 4.8 million. Plans for the 208-acre property, owned by Winn Ridge Investments LLC of Winn Communities, were presented at last week’s El Dorado Hills Area Planning Advisory Committee meeting. Referred to as Project Frontier, the tenant has signed NDAs requiring that its anonymity remain intact for the time being, though residents speculate an Amazon facility is planned for the site. El Dorado County General Plan codes allow “wholesale storage and distribution” use within the parcel’s Research and Development Industrial zoning but puts a 50-foot cap on building heights. At 110 feet, Building 1 exceeds this limit and is the main subject of the project’s application.
El Dorado Hills Community Services District General Manager Kevin Loewen was just awarded both a salary increase and an additional one-time payment at the March EDHCSD Board of Directors meeting. The 3% salary increase for Loewen is $5,797.58 above kevin loewen his previous annual salary of $193,252.80, bringing his current salary to $199,050.38. The 5% one-time incentive and retention payment totaled to $9,952.52. The staff report cited the 2023 Western Region Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers at 6.3% inflation across 2022. Loewen has completed more than nine years of service with the CSD, serving first as interim general manager and then as general manager since January 2017. His compensation bump was contingent on a performance review metric conducted with feedback from direct reports, community partners and the board of directors. Board Director Steve Ferry said as a member of the Taxpayers Association of El Dorado County Board of Directors, he could not agree to the proposed adjustment. “We live in a county that has an average income of around $86,000 so they would chop my head off if I voted for any salary increase.” Ferry proceeded to abstain from voting on the increase due to lack of knowledge. “I didn’t participate in the evaluation process in the beginning because I was brand new and I had no idea what was going on.” “The average income in El Dorado Hills specifically
n See Project Frontier, page A3
n See Loewen, page A3
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At 110 feet, one of the proposed buildings exceeds the zoning cap of 50 feet but the topography of the site slopes down from Latrobe Road, putting the base of the taller building at 33 feet below Latrobe Road.
Residents wary about warehouse behemoth Sel Richard Staff writer More than 200 residents made clear their alarm regarding the recently filed conditional use permit application for two warehouses that would rival some of the largest in the nation. The project, located just south of the El Dorado Hills Business Park on the west side of Latrobe Road and southeast of the Investment Boulevard intersection, proposes two buildings with a total footprint of roughly 1.7 million square feet, accommodating approximately 2,000 employees. Building 1 is a 3,410,399-square-foot, five-story warehouse with 57 loading docks. Plans for parking include 417 stalls for trailers and 1,750 stalls for cars. Building 2 is a 1,366,046-square-foot, singlestory with 98 loading docks. Outside parking would accommodate 475 trailers and 1,160 cars.
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