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Construction on Element 79 began in mid-2019. The El Dorado Hills Town Center complex houses more than 200 units.

MOVE-IN READY El Dorado Hills Town Center apartment project progressing Village Life staff Element 79, the luxury apartment complex in El Dorado Hills Town Center, recently received its first certificate of occupancy for one completed building. The project owned by AG Spanos Corporation includes two, four-story attached apartment buildings blending Old World style and modern luxury. The complex houses more than 200 one- and two-bedroom units ranging from 546 square feet to 1,382 square feet. Amenities include a five-story parking garage, fitness center, swimming pool, wine lounge, hammock garden and wellness studio. For more information about the complex call (833) 634-6308 or visit element79apartments.com. The apartment project has been years in the making. The original project pitched in 2014 was met with some community opposition and a lawsuit, which was resolved in 2018. A revised project was approved shortly after and construction on Element 79 began in mid2019.

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Parker Development’s newest addition to the Serrano subdivision proposes 51 single-family residential lots near Highway 50.

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New community’s fate up in the air Sel Richard Staff writer Parker Development’s proposed residential subdivision on the west side of Silva Valley Parkway between Russi Ranch Drive and Tong Road was met with a recommendation for denial from the El Dorado County Planning Commission due to requests for modifications to minimum lot size, minimum lot dimensions and building setbacks. The Serrano Village A-14 35.78-acre parcel houses 51 single-family residential lots ranging from 3,760 to 10,362 square feet, five landscape lots, one open space lot, three remainder lots and one 20.25-acre lot for the approved Serrano Village C, Phase 2. The proposed design waivers modify improvement standards including roadway rights-of-way and improvement widths for sidewalks and curbs; reduce a 100-foot centerline curve radii in two areas; modify the standard

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El Dorado County officials and AG Spanos staff celebrate Element 79’s first certificate of occupancy.

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New lights, cell tower going up at Oak Ridge High School Sel Richard Staff writer Relief is on the horizon for those cell phone users plagued with spotty service along Silva Valley Parkway. Last week the El Dorado County Board of Supervisors overturned the county Planning Commission’s recommendation for denial of a cellular facility on the Oak Ridge High School football field. Epic Wireless Group, contracted by Verizon Wireless, proposes the removal of two existing 55-foot-tall light standards on the east side of the stadium and replacing them with two 80-foot-tall stadium light standards to match those

on the opposite side. One of the proposed light standards would house nine antennas along with stadium lights and speakers within a 175-foot lease area. The second light standard would hold stadium lights and speakers only. According to deputy director of Planning Rob Peters, the Planning Commission recommended denial of the project in early March due to concerns relating to lighting and colocation feasibility of adding towers to the existing poles instead of putting them on new poles. “It’s not routine for staff to recommend overturning a Planning Commission decision,” he explained. ■

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Oak Ridge will get new stadium lights, one of which will also house nine antennas to provide cell coverage in the area.

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July 12 4:35 a.m. Deputies cited a 19-year-old man suspected of shoplifting at a Post Street business.

July 13 7 a.m. A catalytic converter was reported stolen from a vehicle on Weathervane Court. 6:57 p.m. A catalytic converter was reported stolen from a vehicle on Keswick Drive.

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July 16 5:11 p.m. A catalytic converter was reported stolen from a vehicle on Post Street. Courtesy photo

El Dorado Hills firefighters made quick work of dousing a small fire burning in dry grass near the Sellwood Field/Bass Lake entrance Thursday morning. El Dorado Hills Community Services District Parks Department staff and a park visitor noticed the flames at approximately 7:30 a.m. July 22. Both called 911 and the El Dorado Hills Fire Department was on scene within minutes. Firefighters received assistance from a Doug Veerkamp General Engineering crew, which used water from their trucks to help put out the fire and ensure it didn’t spread. The cause of the fire is under investigation.

July 17 3:15 p.m. A catalytic converter was reported stolen from a vehicle on Post Street.

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Suspects in deputy’s slaying seek venue change Thomas Frey Staff writer Two men charged in the death of El Dorado County sheriff’s deputy Brian Ishmael will have their request for a change of venue heard Sept. 21-23. Christopher Ross and Juan Carlos VazquezOrozco and their legal representation appeared CHRISTOPHER ROSS in El Dorado County Superior Court July 21 to discuss the request. Lawyers privately conferred with Superior Court Judge Kenneth Melikian for about an hour before the judge continued the matter and vacated the previously set trial start date of Aug. 17. Ross and Vazquez-Orozco are now scheduled for a five-week trial beginning Oct. 19, just a few days shy of the second anniversary of Ishmael’s death. On Oct. 23, 2019, Ishmael and another deputy entered the Somerset property owned by Ross after receiving a call from the owner alleging an attempted robbery. Ross reportedly neglected to inform dispatchers that one of the men on his property possessed a firearm and that the men had been living there while illegally growing marijuana. Vazquez-Orozco is accused of firing the shot that killed Ishmael on scene and another shot that struck the deputy’s ride-along partner, who was treated and released from the hospital. Federal court documents provide a step-by-step

glimpse of the events leading up to the shooting, stating that in early July 2019 Ross entered a business relationship with someone he knew as “Jaime” that permitted Jaime and his associates to cultivate marijuana on Ross’ Somerset property in exchange for $13,000. At the time of the shooting, Jaime had paid Ross $10,000 through cash and JUAN CARLOS Cherokee, with VAZQUEZ-OROZCO atheJeep remaining $3,000 to be paid out at the end of the harvest season, the documents state. In September Vasquez-Orozco began overseeing the cultivation and security of the marijuana grow while living in a tent on the property, court documents explain, and that October Ross witnessed VasquezOrozco in possession of a firearm. As the harvest season wound down, Ross became worried the two wouldn’t pay the remaining $3,000 owed to him, the court affidavit notes, adding that on Oct. 20 Ross noticed Ramiro Bravo Morales had moved onto the property to work on the grow. Three days later Ross made the 911 call reporting a robbery. During the first call Ross stated, “I am a farmer … I grow marijuana,” according to court documents. In the same call Ross said that five people were in “my grow site.” Ross’ false and incomplete 911 call left Ishmael and his ride-along partner, an off-duty San Joaquin

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Continued from A1 absence of glare on the eastern side of Silva Valley Parkway and noise impact to the surrounding community. “In summary, this is a great project,” King insisted, pointing out the provision of better facilities to the school and the community without using school funds. District 2 Supervisor George Turnboo brought up concerns regarding radio frequency emissions. “That really concerns me, especially next to a school,” he said, echoing one public comment. Verizon Wireless outside counsel Paul Albritton responded that due to the height of the antennas, studies submitted show “emissions on the ground will be 1% or less of the FCC exposure limits.” As for other public comments on legal issues regarding the Planning Commission’s findings, Albritton asserted that a categorical exemption is defendable. “I would assure you that Verizon Wireless, under our agreements, would indemnify the county against any CEQA

Serrano road encroachment to allow for an entry gate and landscaping median at Russi Ranch Drive and future Country Club Drive; and reduce the standard lot frontage width of 60 feet to 47 feet. Despite these modification requests, county planner Tom Purciel assured that the waivers are typical of virtually all of the previous Serrano villages. “My understanding is that this planned development village is very much cookie cutter to many of the other villages that have been successful as part of recent approvals,” he said. “Every single tentative map, frankly, has been a modification,” said Serrano Associates Principal Planner Andrea Howard. “Every time we come in with these kinds of requests, they are reviewed by your DOT and the fire department. They’ve been supported on every project so far.” The site will be served by a private internal road network accessible via a primary entrance off Russi Ranch Road. Regarding water access, Purciel maintained that El Dorado Irrigation District has deemed facilities sufficient to fully serve the project. Due to the requirements of the

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County sheriff’s deputy, in the dark as to what they were walking into, officials maintain. The two officers arrived on the scene a short time after Ross’ initial 911 call. As the pair approached the garden, Vasquez-Orozco opened fire. The officers returned fire, striking Vazquez-Orozco, who was arrested along with Morales as they fled the garden when additional law enforcement officers arrived. Morales and a man later arrested, Jorge Lamas, were charged with conspiracy to grow marijuana along with Vasquez-Orozco and Ross. Morales was also charged with accessory to murder while Ross was indicted for second-degree murder of a peace office and VasquezOrozco was indicted for first-degree murder and assault with a firearm. Morales pleaded guilty July 19 and was sentenced to three years in prison, according to El Dorado County Deputy District Attorney Joe Alexander.

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Continued from A1 specific plan and other county noise requirements, a sound wall is planned along the west, south and southeast edges of the project. And as the project falls within the El Dorado Hills Specific Plan EIR, the project is statutorily exempt from the requirements of CEQA. “No impacts have been identified which were not previously analyzed and mitigated in the Specific Plan EIR,” Purciel said. “This project is consistent with the El Dorado Hills Specific Plan.” Much discussion centered around the area’s dearth of affordable housing, which several commissioners felt was an issue left unanswered by the developer. Serrano Associates Director of Government Relations Kirk Bone responded with frustration at being questioned on smaller lot sizes and driveways yet reprimanded for the project’s lack of affordable housing. “Clearly the added density does give us an opportunity to provide less expensive homes than your traditional production home,” Bone pointed out. “These will be smaller homes on smaller lots, which will provide some opportunity for folks who can’t afford the fancy production homes that are still available in

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3822 PARK DR 4004 TEA ROSE CT 8230 RYLAND DR 950 PERKINS CT 3999 MEADOW WOOD DR 3127 ACORN GLEN WAY 5014 GARLENDA DR. 2148 BATES CIR 4769 CONCORDIA DR 2206 SEVEN OAKS CT 3728 PARK DR 1245 DOWNIEVILLE DR 2977 BRIDLEWOOD DR 8026 MURCIA WAY 109 LONGFORD PL 2981 WARREN LN 4099 BANCROFT DR 3564 RIDGEVIEW DR 5067 HOLLISTER LOOP 3474 CABRITO DR 4186 TORRAZZO WAY 3509 LANDSDALE WAY 1727 MCCOY RD 2134 SUMMER DR 4157 TORRAZZO 404 SYRAH CT 5095 MERTOLA DR 4329 ARENZANO WAY 4778 VILLAGE GREEN DR 2245 MURATURA WAY 7015 TARVISIO WAY 2230 BECKETT DR 5015 COURTNEY WAY 4075 ARENZANO WAY 2320 TELEGRAPH HILL 2350 MORMON ISLAND DR 3681 PARK DR 7240 BEAVER POND RD 8070 JURA PL 8111 TREVI WAY

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5041 TESORO WAY 2937 ABERDEEN LN 7400 RYAN RANCH RD 2111 OUTRIGGER DR 6103 SOUTHERNESS DR 2326 PICASSO WAY 1065 VENEZIA DR 1560 TERRACINA DR 2630 GIORNO WAY 998 TERRACINA DR 2084 FRASCATI DR 4155 ARISTOTLE DR 1109 UPLANDS DR 6750 BEAVER POND RD 1501 HIDDEN BRIDGE RD 642 LAKECREST DR 2140 HUNTINGTON CIR 664 SHORELINE POINTE 2156 OUTRIGGER DR 2110 HAMILTON PL 2158 HUNTINGTON CIR 698 SHORELINE POINTE 2757 VIA FIORI 5065 GREYSON CREEK DR 2583 VIA FIORI 101 OPUS ONE CT 2931 CAPETANIOS DR 220 ST. FRANCIS CT 4283 GREENVIEW DR 1941 OLD BASS LAKE RD 1071 LA SIERRA DR 29 POWERS DR 4364 GRESHAM DRIVE 1780 DOVE TAIL 5007 GREYSON CREEK DR 392 CRIVELLI CT 4926 MOREAU CT 1 LAGO DEL REY CT 4888 MOREAU CT 1127 CLEARVIEW DR 4243 CORDERO DR 3105 HOPKINS DR

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EL DORADO HILLS 8633 MAHONIA DR 835 MOUNT RANIER WAY 4111 BANCROFT DR 1080 YUCCA DR 3517 ROSECREST CIR 9027 LONGFORD WAY 2401 TELEGRAPH-HILL 1023 JASMINE CIR

3 4 4 4 4 5 4 4

3 (2 1) 3 (2 1) 2 (2 0) 3 (3 0) 3 (3 0) 4 (3 1) 3 (3 0) 3 (2 1)

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1994 2224 2713 2422 2317 3105 2986 2734

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1157 VILLAGIO DR 5299 GARLENDA DR 621 POWERS DR 1071 JASMINE CIR 2040 MEDICI WAY 1511 SOUTHRIDGE CT 4109 MEADOW WOOD DR 3651 ROBLE CT 2106 FRASCATI DR 637 LAKECREST DR

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2817 2907 3490 2958 2943 2906 3950 3633 3732 5972

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JULY 28, 2021

El Dorado Transit plans for the ‘electric’ future News release

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El Dorado Transit has a plan to replace its current fleet with electric buses and is currently asking for the public’s input.

The El Dorado County Transportation Commission and El Dorado Transit are teaming up to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and improve air quality in the region by transitioning the public transit bus fleet to zero-emission buses. The community has the opportunity to learn about these plans and provide their thoughts in a Virtual Community Workshop at ElDoradoZEB.com through July 30. The virtual workshop includes a questionnaire and a short informational video, which provides an overview of the zero-emission bus transition, available zero-emission bus technology and the benefits of this transition. “Transitioning our public transit bus fleet to zero-emission buses has several benefits,” said Matt Mauk, executive director at El Dorado Transit. “Not only are zero-emission buses easier and cheaper to maintain than diesel or natural gas buses, but they will also help us provide an improved rider experience.” “This planning effort is an important step towards reducing greenhouse gas

emissions in the El Dorado County region,” said Dan Bolster, senior transportation planner at the El Dorado County Transportation Commission. “We encourage the community to learn more about this project and let us know their thoughts.” In 2018 the California Air Resources Board adopted the Innovative Clean Transit regulation, which mandates that all bus fleets convert to zero-emission buses by 2040. As part of this mandate, small transit operators must submit a zero-emission bus rollout plan to CARB by July 2023. El Dorado Transit assumes that transitioning to a 100% ZEB fleet will affect every aspect of its operations. This project will provide the agency with the tools necessary to successfully submit a ZEB rollout plan by July 1, 2023, and transition to a ZEB fleet by 2040. For questions about the virtual community workshop contact Mariam Abbas at mabbas@aimconsultingco.com. For questions about the zero-emissions bus fleet transition plan contact Bolster at dbolster@edctc.org.

El Dorado County leaders hash out housing issues Eric Jaramishian Staff writer The El Dorado County’s Board of Supervisors and Planning Commission met last week to discuss the county’s housing needs for the next eight years. Topping the needs list is more middle-class housing and a plan to address homelessness. El Dorado County’s Housing Element, part of the General Plan, provides information on current and future housing needs and outlines programs, policies and strategies designed to fulfill these needs. The plan is updated every eight years. Public comment during Monday’s meeting, dur-

ing which no action was taken as this was just a chance to review the draft Housing Element update, speakers addressed issues such as affordable housing, requiring smoke-free units and the county homelessness issue. The county’s 2013 Housing Element included a 10-year plan to house the county’s homeless, but, as some pointed out, had little success. Findings included in the Housing Element update state at least 613 EDC residents are experiencing homelessness. “That is a great example of a plan gone awry,” said Maureen Dion-Perry, a Camino resident. “You would think you would have a little bit of prog-

ress.” Seven new housing implementation measures are included in the 2021 Housing Element update, including HO-36, which promotes middle-income housing — something county leaders and speakers acknowledged is lacking. “I know of a lot of friends my age and my sister’s age who grew up in this county that can’t afford to live here,” said District 5 Planning Commissioner Amanda Ross. “They are professionals, they have middleto upper-income paying jobs and they cannot afford to live here. “The discussion of middle housing needs to be in this element

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to step up and get that affordable housing incentivized and encouraged to be built so we fall into the category where we can have discretionary review rather than administrative approval for projects like SB 35,” Hidahl said. The District 1 supervisor said waiting to build these units is prompting state legislators to make more rules/regulations regarding housing, “which is taking more control away from local decision makers.” “I don’t want to see that happen anymore,” Hidahl said. “We need to try to reverse that.” Multi-family homes make up about 6% of housing units in unincorporated El Dorado County. Housing needs are divided into four cat-

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