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El Dorado Board approves comment letter on Shingle Springs Band fee-to-trust after heated public testimony
Summary
The El Dorado County Board of Supervisors voted 3–2 Nov. 4 to authorize a county comment letter to the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs about the Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians’ proposed 295.7‑acre fee‑to‑trust project after extended public comment and debate.
The El Dorado County Board of Supervisors voted 3–2 on Nov. 4 to approve a county comment letter to the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), addressing the Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians’ 295.7‑acre fee‑to‑trust project.
The vote came after more than an hour of public testimony and a prolonged board discussion about the county’s limited authority in federal fee‑to‑trust decisions. Residents of North Buckeye Ranch and nearby neighborhoods said the environmental assessment and potential trust conversion could increase traffic, strain private road maintenance, pressure groundwater and sewer resources, and permit land uses they said are incompatible with the existing residential character. Multiple speakers urged the board to tell the BIA it should support only the “no action” alternative (alternative C) in the environmental assessment.
Chair (at meeting) and staff described the item as a…
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