Saturday, May 12th, 10 AM – Copperopolis Armory
- Updates: The Road Committee will hold the first community meeting of 2012. Updates on road repair and grant projects will be discussed.
- Spending Your Money: It’s important for members of the community to attend and voice their ideas & concerns for the next expenditures of their road funds.
Free coffee & donuts for everyone!
Water an issue for you?
After the meeting there will be a guest speaker who has some experience & ideas for solving the Diamond XX water crisis many residents face.
Don’t miss this meeting!
Jeane Kennedy
Public Works road crew will be in our community repairing pot holes from April 9 through the 13th. The road crew will bill Diamond XX for the hours they work here so please do what you can to make their job easy.
Thank you,
Jeane Kennedy (Road Committee member)
Six Large goats, Toggenburgs (brown) and Alpines (white) and LaMancha (elf ears). All have goat chains, some have bells. Last seen on our lot on Conestoga, which seems to have a hole in the fence somewhere. Please call Jim or Juanita at 209-785-0823 if you have seen them.
Thanks!
I just heard from a Diamond XX resident on Conestoga that they interrupted a metal theft in progress. The Sheriff said these thefts are rampant in our area. The suspects were two white males driving a copper or gold colored Chevy Silverado truck. There have been other recent incidents of metal theft in our development.
Please be sure to lock your gates, check your property often, and report any suspicious activity to 911.
This year the County Ag Dept will be spraying approximately 3 – 4 ft along each side of our roads to prevent encroachment by weeds.
If anyone prefers that their property frontage not be sprayed or prefer to do it themselves, please contact Brenda in the Public Works office #754-6402
Regards,
Jeane Kennedy
Road Committee
Many of you will have received this in the mail, but here’s a digital copy of the latest news from the folks at RMK Mine:
Want to keep track of the ever-changing Diamond XX real estate market? I’ve added a link in the Information section (over on the right) to PMZ’s listing of acreages in Copperopolis, which is mostly Diamond XX properties. Enjoy browsing & dreaming!
JP
Remember the storm of 2006? Diamond XX suffered over $1,000,000 in damage and parts of our community were trapped by roads that had washed out. Our area was declared a disaster area and FEMA agreed to help finance the repair of our roads.
Five years later, Public Works has finally received two checks from FEMA totaling $338,426 as reimbursement for the road repairs that were done in Diamond XX after the 2006 storms.
Jeanne Kennedy
I was just informed that one of our neighbors had an attempted break-in while they were away. Fortunately the would-be burglar(s) set off the alarm before gaining entry, but they left a coat hanger jammed in a patio door. The Calaveras Sherrif’s office is on the case, but we should all be watchful and don’t hesitate to call in suspicious activity.
JP
Basically the water board is working on “de-designating” the groundwater under the RMK site from its current MUNI designation, as evidence supports that it has always been salty. RMK and the water board seem to be in agreement on this course of action. This de-designation means it will be easier for RMK to wrap up the closing of the mine. The voluntary surveys about the wells in the DiamondXX are for supporting the assertion that our area has salty groundwater in places. As the surrounding area is called “Salt Springs,” this would seem to be self-evident, but apparently the surveys would add support to this.
An issue that we each have to consider is what might happen with the data that the water board collects. While they gave us assurances it would only be used for the above purpose, It doesn’t take too much imagination to see how a report of poor wells in our area could become a problem, even if you have a great well on your property, as many of us do.
So let your conscience, your common sense, and your natural rural skepticism be your guide as you decide if you want to turn in the survey. The RMK guy at the meeting said they are NOT requesting that we fill out the surveys, so don’t feel any obligation on their part.
The water board people said residents and property owners could also write or email information apart from the survey. Here is their info:
- Sue McConnell, P.E., smcconnell@waterboards.ca.gov, 916 464-4798 (Senior Engineer)
- Patrick Pulupa ppulupa@waterboards.ca.gov, 916-341-5189 (Staff Counsel)
- Gene Davis, gmdavis@waterboards.ca.gov, 916-464-4687 (Geologist)
Thanks to the water board and RMK for having the meeting and clarifying things, and thanks especially to Sue for bringing zucchini bread!
By the way, please submit any comments to this article. I have to review comments before they appear on the site, as we have had spam problems in the past, so it may take a day or so for your comment to show up.
Jim
