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Ione planning commission approves Picnic Hill improvements using water-efficiency grant

6438769 · August 21, 2025
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The Planning Commission approved a site plan for Howard ParkPicnic Hill improvements, authorizing staff to file a CEQA notice of exemption and move ahead with grant-funded irrigation and accessibility upgrades.

The Ione Planning Commission on Tuesday unanimously approved a site-plan permit for the Picnic Hill improvements at Howard Park, authorizing staff to file a California Environmental Quality Act notice of exemption and move ahead with grant-funded irrigation and accessibility upgrades.

City planner Susan Peters told the commission the city entered into a grant agreement with the Amador Water Agency to fund water-use efficiency work at Howard Park, and that the Picnic Hill plan was reworked away from full turf replacement toward pathways, irrigation repairs and an amphitheater-style event area. "The city recently entered into a grant agreement with the Amador Water Agency, to make water use efficiency improvements…

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