PIONEER
CEMETERIES COMMISSION
(a California 501(3)(c) Non-Profit Public Benefit Corporation)
EL DORADO
COUNTY
PIONEER
CEMETERIES COMMISSION
(a California 501(3)(c)
Non-Profit Public Benefit Corporation)
EL
DORADO COUNTY
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
Resolution
Establishing
the
EL DORADO COUNTY CEMETERY ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Meeting of Tuesday, June 4, 2002
UPDATE
(June 5, 2002)
On June 4, 2002, the Board of Supervisors approved and enacted Resolution No.
_____ (not numbered as yet) which created the El Dorado County Cemetery
Advisory Committee.
District III Supervisor Carl Borelli volunteered to serve as the board of
supervisors' appointed member, and will also act to represent the Veterans
organizations. We are uncertain how he may accomplish this, but it is
preferable to not having Veterans groups represented at all.
We
will publish a copy of the official Resolution after it has been signed.
A
couple of changes were made to the previous text of the Resolution already
posted here. One was to include that the Committee will "Research and
report..." to the Board of Supervisors on the status of the historic
cemeteries in the county, similar to the proposed Resolution item subsection
H.2. regarding the status of the Native American cemeteries.
The
second addition was to include that the Committee will review the matter of any
potential public title the cemeteries may have acquired through operation of
law. This will be subsection H.8., although we are uncertain at this time
of the formal language.
Anyone who
might be interested in obtaining any appointment to this Committee is encouraged
to contact their district Supervisor. An
application may also be obtained from Dixie Foote, the Board Clerk at Email Dixie Foote
or by calling (530) 621-5390.
If
you should have any questions, please contact Sue
Silver.
Extra!
Extra!! (June
3, 2002)
EDCPCC
first suggested the establishment of a Cemetery Board or Commission to county
General Services staff in November of 1995. A draft proposal for how such
a body would function was presented at that time. This is the first
attempt by the County of El Dorado to establish such an advisory body. We
would credit the efforts of Karen Wilson of General Services and District 4
Supervisor Penny Humphreys and District 2 Supervisor Helen Baumann
for helping to pave the way to the establishment of
this Committee.
EDCPCC
believes the Cemetery Advisory Committee should include one member to represent
Military Veterans organizations and one member to represent historical
societies. We would also prefer to see one membership on the Committee be
created for a member of the Clergy.
We also
question how it will be possible for a Cemetery Advisory Committee to be created
on June 4, 2002, and report back to the board of supervisors with
recommendations on the proposed amendments to the County Cemeteries Ordinance by
July 16, 2002. This is wholly unreasonable given the little time allotted
for such a task.
A proposed
setback requirement establishing a minimum setback for development projects is a
part of the proposed cemeteries ordinance. If this requirement is the
reason for the "rush to recommendation," the board of supervisors
should consider passing that ordinance amendment now, and allowing the newly
created members of the Committee sufficient time to review the issues relating
to the need to amend the County Cemeteries Ordinance.
Anyone
interested in being appointed to serve on the Cemetery Advisory Committee should
contact the Supervisor of your district.
Read the Text of
the Resolution
BELOW
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