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Project Frontier outta here Village Life staff El Dorado County was notified at 3:57 p.m. May 11 that the Project Frontier applicant has withdrawn its application, according to a statement from county officials. “The Project Frontier applicant team would like to thank county leadership and staff for their commitment and dedication in working with the applicant team on Project Frontier,” reads a note to the county from the law firm representing the applicant. “At this time, the applicant has decided to withdraw the appli-
cation and is considering other alternatives.” County staff had no further information to share. Thursday evening, hours after the announcement, the El Dorado Hills Community Services District Board of Directors had expected to hear a presentation from the EDH Area Planning Advisory Committee regarding Project Frontier. After noting the application’s withdrawal, APAC Chairman John Davey said, “There’s nothing else for me to say.” Cheers and applause came from the audience at the Norm Rowett Pavilion.
Sean Liu lets them eat cake
EDHCSD directors also expressed their relief and thanked the people who worked to educate the public about Project Frontier and actively opposed it. “You did an amazing job,” said EDHCSD Board President Noelle Mattock. ■ See WAREHOUSE, page A4
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EDHCSD board hits pause on incorporation
Jana Rossi Staff writer
hat started as El Dorado Hills resident Sean Liu’s attempt to bake the perfect macaron, ended with the much-more-than-a-hobby baker a contestant on “The Great American Baking Show.” If asked, Liu would describe himself as more of a gamer than a baker, especially during his high school years at Oak Ridge. After graduating from MIT he went on to work at Meta, formerly Facebook. It was during an event he attended where Martha Stewart was promoting her cookbook that he decided to pick one up for his mom for Mother’s Day. After thumbing through it, one recipe in particular stood out. How hard could it be? The macaron became somewhat of an obsession for Liu. He said he liked the challenge of the macaron because
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A $1 million price tag and not enough information proved too much for the El Dorado Hills Community Services Board of Directors, which made the decision Thursday evening to hold off kickstarting an EDH incorporation effort. EDHCSD General Manager Kevin Loewen presented the cost estimate of $970,000 to $1.2 million to launch an environmental analysis, cover Local Area Formation Commission expenses, send out communications to the public and utilize legal counsel. “That price tag for me right now is just a little high,” EDHCSD board Chair Noelle Mattock said. She and other directors, while seeing the merit of El Dorado Hills becoming a city, noted the community doesn’t have enough information or apparent enthusiasm for the CSD to make this effort to get cityhood on the ballot — at this time. Results from a public opinion survey released last month, for which nearly 650 likely voters in EDH responded, found that 47% supported incorporation. “This is my call for people who want to support this, come and show us,” Director Ben Paulsen said, noting that support should include financial donations to the effort.
El Dorado Hills resident Sean Liu whips up delicious creations on “The Great American Baking Show.”
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