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Clubhouse, pool, tennis & more 4975 Del Mar Drive, El Dorado Hills, CA 95762 916-304-9711 | Lennar.com/Sacramento Pursuant to the Fair Housing Act, this housing is intended for occupancy by at least one person 55 years of age or older per home. Plans to build out this neighborhood as proposed are subject to change without notice. Features, amenities, floor plans, elevations, and designs vary and are subject to changes or substitution without notice. Items shown may contain options that are not standard on all models or not included in the purchase price. Availability may vary. Prices do not include closing costs and other fees to be paid by buyer (including a builder fee as described in the purchase agreement) and are subject to change without notice. This is not an offer in states where prior registration is required. Void where prohibited by law. Copyright © 2022 Lennar Corporation. Lennar and the Lennar logo are U.S. registered service marks or service marks of Lennar Corporation and/or its subsidiaries. Lennar Sales Corp., CA DRE Broker #01252753 (Responsible Broker: Joanna Duke). BMR Construction, Inc., CA CSLB #830955. CalAtlantic Group, Inc., CA CSLB #1037780. Lennar Homes of California, Inc., CA CSLB #728102. Date 09/22
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Friday, October 28, 2022
Cannabis funds
City residents to fill out benefit committee n More than $34,000 allocated to Community Benefit Program Andrew Vonderschmitt Staff writer The city of Placerville will appoint two Placerville residents to the Cannabis Community Benefit Committee, which will recommend to City Council how the community benefit funds should be spent. In 2018 Placerville adopted an ordinance allowing up to three retail cannabis businesses to operate within city limits. In 2020 the Community Benefit Program was established, funded by a contribution from each licensed cannabis business of 1% of annual gross revenue. However, a committee was not formed at that time. The program has more than $34,000 in funds. City leaders originally planned for the Cannabis Community Benefit Committee to include a representative from each of the three approved retail cannabis businesses, the city manager or designee, the community services director or designee, the chief of police or designee and one member of the general public. This would populate the committee with a total of seven members. Since that time two of the three approved cannabis outlets have opened their doors. Sacred Roots opened in October 2021 and recently n
See Committee, page A8
Water supplies holding for 2022 Michael Raffety Mountain Democrat correspondent
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The El Dorado Irrigation District Board of Directors heard an update on water supplies at its Oct. 24 meeting. “September thunderstorms provided the ability to increase hydroelectric generation and … the filling of El Dorado Forebay to maximize capacity, allowing Reservoir 1 Treatment Plant to remain online nearly a month after the start of
the annual Project 184 outage,” states a report from hydrologist Jordan Baxter. Further, he notes most state water curtailments were lifted in September, except at Outingdale. That water subdivision is still being served by its rehabilitated diversion dam, with water supplemented by releases from Jenkinson Lake. This has saved the district $1,000 a day that trucking in water to Outingdale would have cost. Forebay Reservoir was filled to capacity. “September powerhouse revenue was 31% higher than forecasted,” Baxter notes. Weber Reservoir was drawn down by 600 acre-feet to sell to Westland Water District. EID is still haggling with the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation and the state about selling its conserved water, which amounts to potentially 1,800 acre-feet saved by piping the Main Ditch. General Manger Jim n
See supplies, page A6
Mountain Democrat photo by Noel Stack
Crews work on one of two burn buildings under construction as part of the El Dorado Hills Fire Department’s training center in the EDH Business Park.
Fire training center to teach real-world scenarios Noel Stack Managing editor
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he sounds of hammers striking nails and tractors navigating across dirt pathways are music to El Dorado Hills Deputy Fire Chief Dustin Hall’s ears. The entire department is celebrating, actually, as construction progresses on the long-awaited fire training facility on Golden Center Drive in the El Dorado Hills Business Park, with phase 1 scheduled to open in May 2023. “We’re definitely excited about it coming along … and right on time,” Hall told the Mountain Democrat. Phase 1 includes a streetscape
“We want to create a training environment that’s as real as possible.” — Dustin Hall, El Dorado Hills deputy fire chief with two-story and three-story residential Class “A” live fire training structures totaling approximately 10,000 square feet and a 1,600-square-foot outdoor classroom with storage and bathrooms as well as a water reclamation area plus grading, paving and utilities groundwork for this and future phases. Hall said the facility has “real-world application” for firefighters in El Dorado Hills. The burn structures are built
into the hillsides, creating ascending and descending challenges, and have staircases, rooms and balconies similar to the community’s homes. Burn rooms in the structures create the flames and smoke that will mimic the real-world environment firefighters face when responding to a call. “We want to create a training environment that’s as real as possible,” Hall explained. “I n
See training center, page A10
Winter predictions too familiar Tahoe Daily Tribune Flashback to the day after Christmas 2021 — traffic is backed up as all but one road in and out of the Lake Tahoe Basin is closed as snow dumps nonstop. Over the next few days the region would receive record snowfall and nothing in the following weeks. As La Niña conditions form off the Pacific Coast, forecasters are predicting another similar winter. “This time of year is, unfortunately, a lot like the last two years,” said Bryan Allegretto, California
Tahoe Daily Tribune file photo by Mike Peron
A fierce winter storm in late 2021 brought a hefty dumping of snow above El Dorado County’s snow line. snow forecaster for OpenSnow. “That is because this year, like the last two years, a
La Niña pattern is forming.” El Niño and La Niña patterns are often
used as a predictor for what winter conditions n
See Forecast, page A7
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