Appointments of two new members to the Placer County Planning Commission were approved this week by the board of supervisors.
New Planning Official — Laurence Farinha, left, was congratulated by Planning Director Michael Johnson after being named the District 5 member of the Placer County Planning Commission. The board of supervisors also appointed Richard Johnson to the District 3 seat on the panel.
Richard Johnson of Auburn, the retired U.S. Forest Service’s
Foresthill District ranger and a member of the county agricultural
commission, was named to the District 3 seat on a recommendation from
Supervisor Jim Holmes.
Johnson replaces Jim Forman of Auburn, who recently resigned from the
commission after more than a decade of service. He was initially
appointed by former District 3 Supervisor Harriet White and held over
by Holmes.
Laurence Farinha, a member of a well-known North Auburn farming family,
was appointed to the District 5 seat on Supervisor Bruce Kranz’s
recommendation.
Farinha succeeds Michelle Ollar-Burris, whom the supervisors removed
from the commission in mid-June after the Sacramento Bee newspaper
alleged she had been involved in illegal lot-splitting activity.
In the wake of the allegations, the supervisors retained a Chico
land-use lawyer for a minimum of $10,000 to investigate the matter. The
lawyer’s report is expected to be completed by mid-September.
In related business, the board also approved the following appointments/reappointments:
— Thomas Davenport, Richard Lercari, Len Valasek and Samuel Silvas to
the Lincoln Veterans Memorial Hall Board, with George Schwartz, Victor
Ioppolo, Bud Duncan and John McCulloch as alternates.
— Thomas Seth, Earl Chinnock, Russ Kelley, Ron Jarnagin, Robert Miller
and Geray Bressie to the Loomis Veterans Memorial Hall Board, with
Ruben Ramos and Lawrence Johnson as alternates.
— Clinton Weaver, Vincent Robinson, Francis Stevenson, Stephen
Cannizzaro, Marjorie D. Jones and Vicki Haskins Campbell to the
Foresthill Veterans Memorial Hall Board, with Stephen Coffman, Ramona
Wright-Schmiedel, Travis Reed, John W. Clark and Larry Jordan as
alternates.
— Tracy Falk to Seat 4 on the Historical Advisory Board, as requested by Supervisor Kirk Uhler.
— Lee Buckingham, Richard Wyatt and David Saydak to the Building Appeals Board.
The supervisors also accepted the resignations of Todd Lindstrom and
the above-referenced Laurence Farinha from the North Auburn Municipal
Advisory Council.
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