AGENDA
WEDNESDAY, April 27, 2011
7:00 P.M.

Meeting will be called to Order at 7:00 p.m.

Roll Call:

AGENDA: Approval of agenda for this date; any and all off-agenda items must be approved by the Planning Committee.

CONSENT AGENDA:  Items listed on the consent agenda are considered routine and may be enacted by one motion.  Any item may be removed for discussion and made a part of the regular agenda at the request of a Committee member (s).

A.	Correspondence 
1.	City of Plymouth Letter - Sponsorship of the Ed McMahon’s Presentation.
2.	Letter of Thanks to Organizations that made donations for the Ed McMahon’s Presentation.

B.	Budget
1.	Income/Expenses Recap for the Ed McMahon’s Presentation.

PUBLIC MATTERS NOT ON AGENDA: Discussion items only, no action to be taken.  Any person may address the Committee at this time upon any subject within the jurisdiction of the Amador Regional Planning Committee; however, any matter that requires action may be referred to the Committee for a report and recommendation for possible action at a subsequent Committee meeting.  Please note – there is a five (5) minute limit per topic.

COMMITTEE MEMBER REPORTS.  This section is to provide Committee  members an opportunity to present reports on their activities and to request items be placed on future agendas.

AGENDA:  Discussion and possible action on all items listed.
1.	Continued Discussion - Follow up regarding presentation by Ed McMahon – Your Town Workshop.  
2.	Proposal expansion of membership.
3.	Kennedy Tailing Wheel Preservation Project Presentation.
4.	Set Agenda for May 25, 2011 meeting.

NEXT MEETING:  Wednesday, May 25, 2011 

ADJOURNMENT

Committee Member	Committee Alternate		
Keith Sweet	Connie Gonsalves	City of Jackson	
Tim Murphy	Sandra Anderson	City of Sutter Creek	
Sandy Fuller	Greg Baldwin	City of Plymouth	
Renee Chapman
Tim Knox
Lynda Burman
Rebecca Brown	Brian Jobson
Aaron Brusatori	Member-at-Large
Amador City
Pine Grove Civic Improvement
Upcountry Community Council	

POSSIBLE AGENDA ITEMS: Not in Priority Order

•	General Plan Update Presentations.

•	Draft a Program Document Supporting the Sharing of Revenues from Major New and Relocated.

•	Commercial Developments, and Establishing a System to Share Personnel and Material Resources Between Jurisdictions.

•	Discussion of Community Issues i.e. Upcountry, Camanche Concerns.
•	Follow-up on the Amador Regional Design Workshop (Your Town workshop) 
•	Finance Forum - invite the following entities for an afternoon, or day-long, drop-in forum where each entity could staff a booth and answer questions. (Economic Development Administration (EDA representative), Small Business Association (SBA representative Ron Mittelbrun), Community Development Block Grant Program/HUD (CDBG representative Barbara Sinnet), California Local Economic Development (CALED Director Wayne Schell), Sierra Business Council, Sierra Nevada Conservancy, and any others. Perhaps this could be in partnership with the Amador County Chamber of Commerce who might want to offer some "Doing Business in Amador County" classes or information sessions. 
•	Invite CALED to discuss Main Street programs and revitalization 
•	Follow-up on the Amador Regional Design Workshop (Your Town workshop) 
•	Other topics 
•	Host an evening discussion regarding a community college to Amador County (invite Alyson Huber to address the committee and community?) 
•	Draft and help the cities, communities and county adopt County-wide Design Improvement Guidelines (similar to the Transportation Improvement Guidelines adopted by the cities and county just over a year ago). 
•	Explore the creation of a joint, County-wide Historic Preservation Commission. Invite the State Historic Preservation Office to present. 
•	Host a Chamber Mixer. 
•	An evening exploring Agri-Tourism - invite the Mother Lode (Farmer's Market) group. 
•	Focus on tourism and invite the Amador Council on Tourism and the California State Tourism office to present. 
•	Proposal expansion of membership
•	Anti Sprawl Evaluation