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12/3/2018 6:39pm
Once again our sport faces the loss of a potentially great new facility to the motocross community and they need our help.
"The Amador County Planning Commission will now use the comments received during the scoping session to prepare an Environmental Impact Report, a comprehensive review of all the potential impacts of the project and ways to address them. The project would then go before the Planning Commission for a recommendation and then the Board of Supervisors for final approval or denial."
http://www.ledger.news/news/local_news/community-expresses-concerns-ove…
Leaving a positive comment here will ensure the motocross community is well spoken for to help convince the committee that allowing Ione Sands MX to continue would positively benefit the economy in Amador County.
https://www.facebook.com/ledgerdispatchnews/posts/1873589746070293?__tn…
You can also email the Planning Commission directly with your thoughts https://www.amadorgov.org/departments/planning?fbclid=IwAR0yHaMsoRhUMNx…
"The Amador County Planning Commission will now use the comments received during the scoping session to prepare an Environmental Impact Report, a comprehensive review of all the potential impacts of the project and ways to address them. The project would then go before the Planning Commission for a recommendation and then the Board of Supervisors for final approval or denial."
http://www.ledger.news/news/local_news/community-expresses-concerns-ove…
Leaving a positive comment here will ensure the motocross community is well spoken for to help convince the committee that allowing Ione Sands MX to continue would positively benefit the economy in Amador County.
https://www.facebook.com/ledgerdispatchnews/posts/1873589746070293?__tn…
You can also email the Planning Commission directly with your thoughts https://www.amadorgov.org/departments/planning?fbclid=IwAR0yHaMsoRhUMNx…
We went through 4 years of permits and studies to build a track in California and would have been denied if we built and operated the facility before having all our permits in place.
The Shop
The place is awesome. I hope they get the permit.
"Thank you for your comments Manny! They will be included in the comments forwarded to the EIR consultant should the project proponent decide to proceed."
Ironically the amount a sound from the mining equipment and massive loaders and heavy equipment that goes on out there including the dust and the tamid to the environment that goes on from the mining itself is tenfold worse than a handful of dirt bikers riding around a track there.... so ridiculous!!!!
What's even funnier is that place used to have a bunch of trails around it and we used to go out there and ride around in the hills every once in a while in that same exact area
I know some folks who bought the "season pass" deal... that they offered... shit ton of money to ride there!
The information I got during my visits was that the plan was always part of a larger project that was to include an RV Park, Hotel and business park.
It seemed like it was going to bring some jobs and businesses to the town.
"As we appreciate your passion and dedication to the world of motocross and riding, our facility is not for public use. That is why we have those interested apply for membership, so that we can be selective on who utilizes our facility. Simply put Ione Sands MX is a Training Facility as well as a Research and Development Facility. We cater to the Professionals."
Just stepped in to clear up some misconceptions. I am familiar with their plans, and I understand that they were allowed to have a private facility while testing the whole idea. It was not open to the public for that very reason. It was invite only to keep it within the boundaries of the larger process.
http://cedr.gatech.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Grady-County-Cutsheet…
Pit Row
*except for when we needed to submit for permits
I'm still going to write to the commission and hope that it gets opened, but boy the irony in that statement lol
Like I said I wish them well, but I have been involved in trying to open 6 different public facilities in California over the past 20 years. The ones that built a “test track” and moved dirt before they had a conditional use permit or approved plans through all applicable agencies were not successful because they are perceived to have tried to circumvent the permit process. And once a property has been red flagged it makes it difficult to come to fruition because the level of scrutiny becomes so much higher.
I deal with building departments and the EPA every month, you need to leave your common sense hat at the door and follow their process or it will never go the way you want it to. It’s their way or the highway.
Sand mines and old rock quarry’s are perfect places to get motocross tracks approved though, it’s already disturbed land so the environmental impact is negligible, and most of the time the infrastructure for water and electricity are in place. They have the right idea. Just can’t put the cart in front of the horse.
The nearest residences appear to be more than 3,000' away, but that doesn't mean that they won't complain. The Environmental Impact Report is a big, expensive deal and just getting that to the county planner is huge, plus the General Plan change, zoning change and conditional use permit. If an EIR was triggered after them already operating- that is not good. Asking forgiveness is not easier than asking permission!
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