Grand Jury Follow-Up Report: City of Amador City

Transparency and Communications in Civic Projects The responses in this matter from the City of Amador City were found to be satisfactory to the 2014-2015 Grand Jury. A letter to this effect was sent to the City Council. No further action is necessary. 56

Special Events in Amador County The City of Amador City had responded positively to the Findings and Recommendation of last year’s report. However, as of the close of the 2015 Grand Jury term, a Special Events Ordinance had not yet been provided to the Jury by the City if such exists. It is requested that the subsequent Grand Jury follow this issue to its agreed-upon conclusion. 57 (Page intentionally left blank) 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 (Page intentionally left blank) 78

- F11 found disagreement, with explanations from the City Council. The responses to the 6 Recommendations ranged from agreement because the Recommendation covered policies already in place (R1, R3, R5), to agreement that the Recommendation would be fully implemented (R2, R6), to disagreement because of unreasonable costs to the City (R4). Special Events in Amador County Following complaints to the 2013-2014 Grand Jury about the effects on traffic, pedestrian safety and littering, of the increasing number of special events in the County (fun walks and runs, bicycling events, etc.), it was discovered by the Jury that although Amador County, and the Cities of Ione, Jackson, and Sutter Creek do have their own permitting processes in place, the cities of Plymouth and Amador City do not. Plymouth was, at that time, reported to be establishing one. Several areas of inquiry were developed by the Jury, including neighborhood, road and litter impacts on the cities and County, profitability to the County, complaint procedures, and also the issue of unpermitted events. The Final Report produced 6 Findings and 3 Recommendations. In the City of Amador City’s response letter, received by the Grand Jury in September of 2014, there was agreement with all the findings. Regarding the Recommendations, the City stated that it would study the special events ordinances in place in Sutter Creek and Ione, and adopt applicable measures from these. Implementation was to begin immediately, and information is to be posted on the City website. A letter from the Grand Jury was sent to the City Clerk in April of 2015, requesting verification of the establishment of a special events policy. CONCLUSIONS 1. Transparency and Communications in Civic Projects The responses in this matter from the City of Amador City were found to be satisfactory to the 2014-2015 Grand Jury. A letter to this effect was sent to the City Council. No further action is necessary. 56 2. Special Events in Amador County The City of Amador City had responded positively to the Findings and Recommendation of last year’s report. However, as of the close of the 2015 Grand Jury term, a Special Events Ordinance had not yet been provided to the Jury by the City if such exists. It is requested that the subsequent Grand Jury follow this issue to its agreed-upon conclusion. 57 (Page intentionally left blank) 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 (Page intentionally left blank) 78