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The Mariposa County Board of Supervisors voted on Tuesday, October 13th to dissolve the Fish Camp Planning Advisory Council along with a number of other committees. The decision was based on several considerations, including (1) whether a given committee has met their purpose; (2) their purpose has been met, but they continue to meet; (3) they haven’t complied with the requirement to produce an annual report; (4) they are non-compliant with their purpose; (5) they make very few or no recommendations to the Board; (6) They’re unable to fill vacancies and may be unable to fulfill the requirement for a quorum in order to meet; and/or (7) staff has expressed a desire to use an alternate approach to soliciting public input such as a town hall or stakeholder meetings.

We’ve discussed possible dissolution of the Fish Camp PAC at some of the last few meetings and what the community might want to pursue instead. We talked about possibly forming a community group, either informally or as a registered non-profit, or possibly, at least initially, forming under the umbrella of the Fish Camp Volunteer Fire Association.

Since we weren’t able to form a quorum for a Fish Camp PAC meeting on October 17th, that meeting has been cancelled. I’m happy to work with the Fish Camp community on next steps, including holding a meeting – either in person or virtually – with whoever would like to participate, to talk about next steps. Or, we can communicate via the Fish Camp Facebook page.

I’m looking for ideas on what, if anything, I can do to assist the Fish Camp community. Please let me know either by responding on Facebook, calling my cell at 530-391-0249 or emailing me at rsmallcombe@mariposacounty.gov .