El Dorado Hills Community Services District Government News Digest

At a recent board meeting, Directors Ferry and Hannaman reported they were the subjects of several anonymous complaints and two public records requests. Director Hannaman also claimed a lack of support from the District legal counsel.

The El Dorado Hills Community Service District has replaced its general counsel following criticism by two commissioners and members of the public.

El Dorado Hills residents shared opinions about safety and amenities at Bass Lake Park during the Jan. 23 draft environmental impact report scoping meeting.

The El Dorado Hills Community Services District Board of Directors unanimously selected Mark Hornstra as the district’s interim general manager.

U.S. Supreme Court justices appeared to be divided after hearing arguments Jan. 9 from legal counsel representing Placerville resident George Sheetz and El Dorado County regarding Sheetz' permitting fees challenge.

The El Dorado Hills Community Services District has opted to use cash funds to purchase 55 acres of the old Executive Golf Course from Serrano Associates.

No one remarked on the empty seat at the Dec. 14 El Dorado Hills Community Services District Board of Directors meeting. After members of the public inquired, board Chair Noelle Mattock said General Manager Kevin Loewen’s absence was a “personnel and confidential” matter.

After years of negotiations, meetings and revisions, the El Dorado Hills Community Services District has reached a deal with Serrano Associates LLC to acquire 66 acres from the developer for $10 million.

Four months after El Dorado Hills residents raised concerns about EDH Community Services District General Manager Kevin Loewen’s activities outside the district and his relationship with a CSD consultant, questions remain unanswered.

An investigation is under way to determine if a consulting business owned by El Dorado Hills Community Services District General Manager Kevin Loewen poses legal or ethical issues for the CSD.

A $1 million price tag and not enough information proved too much for the El Dorado Hills Community Services District Board of Directors, which decided to hold off starting an EDH incorporation effort.

The El Dorado Hills Community Services District will raise its development impact mitigation fees by 4.9%, effective 60 days after El Dorado County Board of Supervisors' April 11 approval.

The El Dorado Hills Community Services District has just announced plans to fund renovations at Jackson Elementary School, but new facilities for Peter Bertelsen Park will be put on hold.

Pickleball is exploding across the nation, El Dorado Hills being no exception. At last month's El Dorado Hills Community Services District Board of Directors meeting, enthusiasts urged the district to make the sport a priority in both short- and long-term planning.

The Gilmore Senior Center Support Council, a group of volunteers serving seniors in the El Dorado Hills Community Services District, has voted in new elected officers.

The prospect of El Dorado Hills’ incorporation is once again being promoted as several factors spur cityhood advocates into action, including Costco and Parker Development’s plans for the defunct golf course.

The El Dorado County Planning Commission in June 2022 rejected Parker Development's Central El Dorado Hills Specific Plan, which proposes to build hundreds of homes on the old golf course along El Dorado Hills Boulevard.

The El Dorado Hills Community Services District Board of Directors unanimously approved a new policy which lays the foundation and guidelines for creating a community-based Landscape and Lighting Assessment District Advisory Committee.

Final designs for the future Bass Lake Regional Park presented at the El Dorado Hills Community Services District were met with concern by the sports community.

Election night results for the El Dorado Hills Community Services District Board of Directors put longtime El Dorado Hills denizen Heidi Hannaman in a solid lead with 7,404 votes, almost 27% of the total as of Nov. 9.

The El Dorado Hills Community Services District is taking its public fight with county Auditor-Controller Joe Harn to court, asserting that the assessor purposely left Lighting and Landscaping Assessment District fees charged by the CSD off property tax bills.

Heritage Park’s construction fencing was recently whisked away after months of delays. “The construction work is completed at Heritage Park,” confirmed El Dorado Hills Community Services District General Manager Kevin Loewen.

A resident of El Dorado Hills since 2014, Mike Martinelli, his wife and two boys enjoy an active outdoor lifestyle. A professional in insurance and financial services, Martinelli recently relocated his small business to be closer to home.

After more than 40 years in construction management for Babcock and Wilcox, William Willman retired in 2008 and moved to be near his daughter. He designed and built his home in El Dorado Hills.

Steve Ferry and his wife, Beth, moved from San Jose to El Dorado Hills in 2000. He now enjoys seeing his five grandchildren grow up participating in EDH Community Service District parks and recreation programs.

Lewis Hampton, who moved to El Dorado Hills in 2017, seeks to use his professional experience to help the area reach its full potential as an idyllic place for its residents to call home.

Incumbent Heidi Hannaman has 25 years of public policy experience at the California Legislature and was appointed to the EDH Community Service District board in June 2021 to fill a vacated seat.

El Dorado Hills Community Services District board members accused the El Dorado County Grand Jury of subpar performance in a draft of its formal response to an investigation regarding the CSD’s management of Landscape and Lighting Assessment Districts.

The El Dorado County Grand Jury released the results of an investigation into the El Dorado Hills Community Services District’s management of Landscape and Lighting Assessment Districts. Among its recommendations: an itemized list of improvements, more readable boundary maps, and usage surveys.

Preliminary engineers’ reports on the annual assessments for El Dorado Hills Landscape and Lighting Assessment Districts were approved at this month’s EDH Community Services District Board of Directors meeting, bringing changes to yearly fees for some residents.