Bass Lake Action Committee

Bass Lake Action Committee held a successful Garage Sale on May 1st to fund BLAC's ongoing community communication efforts. Thanks for all the contributions from the volunteers. Click here to see pictures from the Garage Sale.

Oak Knoll Park and Pool will be available for residents this summer. Check out the El Dorado Hills CSD website Parks & Recreation page for details.

BLAC Monthly News Sheet
Bulletin issued 1 April 2004

BLAC Monthly News Sheet
Bulletin issued 1 March 2004

California Geological Society
Asbestos - Western El Dorado County

BLAC Monthly News Sheet
Bulletin issued 1 February 2004

Placerville Info website
Introducing a forum on the issues surrounding the Bass Lake area

BLAC Monthly News Sheet
Bulletin issued 2 December 2003

BLAC Monthly News Sheet
Bulletin issued 23 October 2003

El Dorado County Parks Commission Meeting held 1 October 2003
Notes from County meeting including references to Bass Lake Regional Park
[DRAFT] Summary of Scoping Comments and Issues
For the proposed Bass Lake Regional Park, issued at the Parks Commission meeting 1st October 2003

El Dorado County Trails Commission Meeting held 8 September 2003
Notes from County meeting regarding the proposed re-alignment of Bass Lake Road
Referenced map of proposed realignment of Bass Lake Road

BLAC Monthly News Sheet
Bulletin issued 23 September 2003

El Dorado County Parks Commission Meeting held 3 September 2003
Notes from County meeting that included an update on Bass Lake Regional Park

Scoping Meeting held 11 August 2003
Notes from County meeting regarding the future Bass Lake Regional Park

Executive Summary of meeting held 21 July 2003
Sponsored by the Bass Lake Action Committee with representatives of El Dorado County to discuss the future Regional Park

Information and links about Asbestos
in the Western Slope of El Dorado County

Some Facts and Information
about the Bass Lake Regional Park site

Letter to Supervisor Rusty Dupray from local residents
about the Bass Lake Regional Park site, 1 May 2003

Sample letter to El Dorado County Officials
regarding concerns with the Bass Lake Regional Park proposal

El Dorado County references

Bass Lake Hills Specific Plan
published 7 November 1995

El Dorado County Planning Department 10 January 2008
Proposed development off Bass Lake Road between Hills Of El Dorado and Woodleigh Lane

El Dorado County DOT - February 2007
Bass Lake Road Detour Options Map

El Dorado County - December 2006
Commercial Area on Bass Lake Road

El Dorado County Department of Transportation
Traffic Counts, Annual Summary
Traffic Counts on Bass Lake Road January 2006

California Dept Of Transportation - December 2001
US 50 High Occupancy Vehicle Lanes Project

El Dorado County Dept Of Transportation
El Dorado County Road Projects

Community Advisory Group - 17 Nov 2004
Meeting minutes from BLAC attendees

El Dorado County LAFCO
West County Parks, Recreation, Open Space and Related Services, published 28 July 2004

Bass Lake Hills Specific Plan - Public Facilities Financing Plan
Final report dated and approved 8 June 2004

Sacramento Bee 23 May 2004
County charter changes eyed

General Plan of El Dorado County
El Dorado County General Plan adopted 19 July 2004

El Dorado Hills Telegraph 24 December 2003
Supervisor Rusty Dupray shares his goals for new year

[DRAFT] Summary of Scoping Comments and Issues
For the proposed Bass Lake Regional Park, issued at the Parks Commission meeting 1st October 2003

Bass Lake Regional Park, El Dorado County
Current details from the El Dorado County Parks and Recreation Office

El Dorado County website

Minutes of El Dorado County Board of Supervisors meeting 22 July 2003
Hollow Oak subdivision is item number 85

Media coverage

Mountain Democrat 1 June 2010
Inside EID: Meter reading goes high tech

Sacramento Bee 6 May 2010
Editorial: Water district digs partway out of hole

El Dorado Hills Telegraph 22 March 2010
EID cuts $1.3 million in jobs

Sacramento Bee 20 March 2010
El Dorado voters may decide fate of county's charter

Village Life 16 March 2010
Serrano 'Far Side' projects sail through Planning Commission

Mountain Democrat 25 February 2010
Editorial: Limit bond uses

Sacramento Bee 19 February 2010
Call for state audit of El Dorado Irrigation District rejected

Sacramento Bee 18 February 2010
El Dorado district, Folsom approve joint water project

Mountain Democrat 9 February 2010
Harn critiques EID finances
Westin EID Final Assessment Report 12 May 2008

Sacramento Bee 9 February 2010
Irrigation district works on restructuring its debt

Sacramento Bee 4 February 2010
Irrigation District board approves lower rate increases

Village Life 2 February 2010
EID cuts back proposed rate increase

Mountain Democrat 31 January 2010
Gaines urges investigation of EID

Sacramento Bee 29 January 2010
Viewpoints: El Dorado water utility mismanaged

Sacramento Bee 26 January 2010
El Dorado rate hikes might ease after customers vent

EID News 15 January 2010
EID announces two additional workshops in El Dorado Hills & Cameron Park
EID Public Workshop presentation

Sacramento Bee 15 January 2010
Editorial: EID, A pension perk that doesn't wash

El Dorado Hills Telegraph 14 January 2010
El Dorado Hills residents protest EID's proposed rate hike

Sacramento Bee 11 January 2010
EID board ponders unknown legal territory if rate increase is rejected

Sacramento Bee 11 January 2010
El Dorado Hills group fights plan to hike water rates
Stop EID Information site

Sacramento Bee 23 November 2009
EID proposes 35 percent hike for 2010

Mountain Democrat 22 November 2009
EID eyes rate hikes today

Sacramento Bee 12 November 2009
El Dorado water district willing to talk with critics

Sacramento Bee 10 November 2009
El Dorado water customers face rate hikes

Sacramento Bee 12 May 2009
Rain, snow bring relief; Folsom Lake nearly full

Mountain Democrat 16 April 2009
The drought declaration drags on

Mountain Democrat 2 April 2009
EID rates changed

El Dorado Hills Telegraph 31 March 2009
No pool for you (Oak Knoll Park Pool)

Mountain Democrat 25 March 2009
EID rates remodeling agitates a few

Sacramento Bee 25 March 2009
El Dorado Irrigation District calls for voluntary conservation

Mountain Democrat 18 March 2009
My turn: EID board president responds to Akin column

Mountain Democrat 17 March 2009
Folsom. EID to join pipes in case of emergency

Mountain Democrat 17 March 2009
Good response by EID

Mountain Democrat 12 March 2009
As lakes fill EID worries over drought declaration

Mountain Democrat 11 March 2009
Bass Lake operation to change slightly

Mountain Democrat 10 March 2009
My turn: Why should we pay for their pumped water

Mountain Democrat 24 February 2009
Akins questions Bass Lake, Clear Lake water use

Sacramento Bee 5 February 2009
El Dorado Hills group to get $367,000 refund for park fees

Village Life 4 February 2009
Bass Lake assessment challenge hold up

Village Life 14 January 2009
Bass Lake resident challenges assessment

El Dorado Hills Telegraph 13 January 2009
When in doubt, sort it out (Bass Lake LL&D)

Sacramento Bee 30 December 2008
El Dorado Hills homeowners discuss higher fees

El Dorado Hills Telegraph 2 December 2008
Vote could hike fees in El Dorado Hills neighborhood

Sacramento Bee 12 November 2008
El Dorado Hills weighs raising fees for upkeep of parks

Village Life 26 March 2008
CHP ups its presence in El Dorado Hills

Village Life 26 March 2008
County struggles to keep up with EDH road projects

El Dorado Hills Telegraph 25 March 2008
Town Meeting draws a crowd

Village Life 27 February 2008
CSD proposes closing Oak Knoll swimming pool

Village Life 2 January 2008
Bass Lake Action Committee elects 2008 officers

Village Life 8 August 2007
Streetscape plan establishes landscape standards for EDH roadway

Sacramento Bee 19 July 2007
Supervisors OK park fee hike

Sacramento Bee 21 June 2007
Hopes fall short for golf course

Sacramento Bee 21 June 2007
Planners approve new fee schedule for parks

Sacramento Bee 17 May 2007
Residents back hike in park impact fees

El Dorado Hills Telegraph 15 May 2007
CSD lowers park fees

El Dorado Hills Telegraph 9 May 2007
Group works to repair ailing El Dorado Hills roadways

El Dorado Hills Telegraph 17 April 2007
Supervisors back golf course study

Sacramento Bee 22 March 2007
Park fees scaled back

El Dorado Hills Telegraph 21 March 2007
CSD extends public hearing on park impact fees

Village Life 13 December 2006
Local Coaches find Sports Fields Inadequate, Unsafe

El Dorado Hills Telegraph 5 December 2006
Parks, Rec master plan adopted

Sacramento Bee 16 November 2006
Slow park progress irks supervisors

El Dorado Hills Telegraph 12 September 2006
Wastewater dispute nearly resolved

Village Life 5 April 2006
Parker Dev. Plans Retail Center on Bass Lake Rd.

El Dorado Hills Telegraph 13 December 2005
CSD looks at future park needs

Sacramento Bee 11 December 2005
Report weighs park needs
El Dorado Hills CSD Park Master Plan

Village Life 16 November 2005
BLAC concerned about proposed school

Village Life 16 November 2005
Supervisors Celebrate Bass Lake Road Project

El Dorado Hills Telegraph 18 October 2005
County, school district consider land deal for new school

Mountain Democrat 22 September 2005
County ups road fees on new construction

El Dorado Hills Telegraph 30 August 2005
Bass Lake Road connects
Mountain Democrat 29 August 2005
Serrano, Bass Lake connector open

Sacramento Bee 22 May 2005
Review stalls Bass Lake park

El Dorado Hills Telegraph 22 March 2005
District approves park phasing plan

El Dorado Hills Telegraph 21 December 2004
Retiree brings activist knowledge to action committee

El Dorado Hills Telegraph 14 December 2004
Bass Lake Road, Serrano Parkway to be connected
Mountain Democrat 10 December 2004
Roads linked, traffic reduction hopes high

Mountain Democrat 7 December 2004
Initiative invalid, says counsel

El Dorado Hills Telegraph 26 October 2004
Living on the edge of the city

Sacramento Bee 24 October 2004
Stand taken by EID on 2 plans

El Dorado Hills Telegraph 5 October 2004
EPA launches 11 day test of sites

Sacramento Bee 19 September 2004
Growth, traffic on ballot in Match

Sacramento Bee 8 September 2004
Judge again blocks planned Hwy. 50 Interchange
Mountain Democrat 8 September 2004
County wins 2nd casino court ruling

El Dorado Hills Telegraph 1 September 2004
Clearing air over asbestos

Sacramento Bee 29 August 2004
Asbestos exposure found in El Dorado pets

Sacramento Bee 8 August 2004
El Dorado study urges sharing of park sites

Sacramento Bee 8 August 2004
Initiative puts plan fans on defensive

Sacramento Bee 25 July 2004
County balks at voting on map

El Dorado Hills Telegraph 6 July 2004
Locals want park report

Sacramento Bee 24 June 2004
Judge thwarts casino bid again

Village Life 23 June 2004
Bass Lake group concerned about more traffic

Sacramento Bee 20 June 2004
Approval nears for key plan

Sacramento Bee 13 June 2004
Placerville pool work gets fund infusion

El Dorado Hills Telegraph 8 June 2004
County tries to finish General Plan

Sacramento Bee 5 June 2004
Leaders want to draw line on growth

Sacramento Bee 3 June 2004
Drive for Cityhood gets a boost

El Dorado Hills Telegraph 1 June 2004
Letter to the Editor: Citizen concerned about Bass Lake, Serrano connection

Sacramento Bee 29 May 2004
El Dorado Cityhood deposit $241,000

Sacramento Bee 21 May 2004
Work starts on link to ease traffic flow in El Dorado Hills

Sacramento Bee 20 May 2004
Incorporation push grows

Sacramento Bee 16 May 2004
Supervisors vote to buy land for trails

El Dorado Hills Telegraph 11 May 2004
Letter to the Editor: Article on West Nile eye-opening

Sacramento Bee 9 May 2004
Project may get a ticket to ride

Sacramento Bee 9 May 2004
Board goes back to 1996 for a plan

Sacramento Bee 29 April 2004
El Dorado supervisors make cases for their pet projects

Sacramento Bee 22 April 2004
Mandatory recycled water use approved

El Dorado Hills Telegraph 13 April 2004
Digging for answers from EPA

Sacramento Bee 21 March 2004
Asbestos testing may get personal

El Dorado Hills Telegraph 16 March 2004
Bass Lake Committee holds breath

El Dorado Hills Telegraph 3 March 2004
EPA clears air on asbestos in soil

Mountain Democrat 26 February 2004
Mineral mayhem - The story of asbestos in El Dorado County

El Dorado Hills Telegraph 17 February 2004
Bass Lake Road widening slated

Sacramento Bee 1 February 2004
Concerns about El Dorado plan are aired

Village Life 7 January 2004
Grassroots organization becomes non-profit

Sacramento Bee 7 December 2003
County set to consider further cuts
Mountain Democrat 4 December 2003
Budget forecast gets mixed review

El Dorado Hills Telegraph 26 November 2003
Letter to the Editor: Bass Lake Park: Field of impossible dreams?

Village Life 29 October 2003
Bass Lake SP getting back on track

Sacramento Bee 26 October 2003
Voters to settle growth question
Sacramento Bee 23 October 2003
General plan to go to the voters

El Dorado Hills Telegraph 22 October 2003
Letter to the Editor: Bass Lake project move in right direction

Sacramento Bee 19 October 2003
General plan initiative gets close study

El Dorado Hills Telegraph 8 October 2003
Lights approved for Bass Lake Park

Sacramento Bee 3 October 2003
County's general fund is hit hard

Sacramento Bee 11 September 2003
Asbestos worries park neighbors

Sacramento Bee 31 August 2003
Park backed despite flak

El Dorado Hills Telegraph 27 August 2003
Resident favors Bass Lake Park

El Dorado Hills Telegraph 20 August 2003
Sports teams look for home at Bass Lake Park

El Dorado Hills Telegraph 13 August 2003
Debate rages over design of proposed Bass Lake Park

Sacramento Bee 13 August 2003
Youth sports leaders back Bass Lake Park, others have doubts

Sacramento Bee 27 July 2003
Residents want safer road before park is built

El Dorado Hills Telegraph 23 July 2003
Scores turn out to talk about Bass Lake Park

Sacramento Bee 21 July 2003
Plan for park at Bass Lake is challenged

Sacramento Bee 29 June 2003
El Dorado County faces shortfalls in fiscal years 2004-05, 2005-06

Mountain Democrat 10 December 2001
Bass Lake Park Design Approved

Sacramento Bee 9 December 2001
Grappling with Growth: Building boom worsens Highway 50 headaches

Mountain Democrat 5 November 1999
County considers big land swap

Mountain Democrat 27 September 1999
EID leases land for recreation around Bass Lake

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