After months of pushback from El Dorado County officials and nearby residents, Mohanna Development says it is reworking its Town & Country Village proposal for the Bass Lake Road site in El Dorado Hills. Planners, supervisors and local service districts had raised red flags over infrastructure, zoning and project scale, stalling earlier approvals and setting up a new round of talks over how big the project should be and what it should include.
According to the Sacramento Business Journal, Mohanna told county staff it is revising its conceptual hotel, retail and residential plans to respond to comments from the Board of Supervisors and other agencies. The outlet reports that the developer is not dropping the idea altogether but is instead tweaking the pieces that drew the sharpest criticism at public hearings. Mohanna's representatives did not submit a finished revised plan with the notice, saying only that adjustments are on the way as officials continue their review.
The Town & Country Village proposal covers roughly 60.5 acres at Bass Lake Road and Country Club Drive and originally called for two hotels, an event center, a museum and about 112 cottages, plus a 30‑acre program study area reserved for possible future development. El Dorado County's Draft EIR identifies septic and sewer capacity, transportation, wildfire risk and cultural resources as central issues. Those documents also make clear the project would require amendments to both the Bass Lake Hills Specific Plan and the county general plan before it could move forward.
County Concerns Slammed The Brakes
In a high‑turnout public hearing last fall, the Board of Supervisors sent the project back to the Planning Commission after residents and service districts raised alarms about roads, water and public services. The developer had estimated roughly $2.6 million a year in net revenue for the county, according to KCRA. County staff and nearby districts countered that Bass Lake Road would need significant widening and that sewer or septic solutions at the proposed scale remain unproven. Those operational and fiscal questions stalled entitlements and pushed the developer to revisit the project's basic assumptions.
Money, Jobs And Tradeoffs
Mohanna and its consultants say Town & Country Village would generate construction work, hospitality jobs and new sales tax revenue. At the same time, county reports and the developer's own fiscal analysis show added costs for roads, water infrastructure and emergency services. Staff reports and fiscal exhibits prepared for the El Dorado Hills Area Planning Advisory Committee lay out projected revenues alongside the infrastructure obligations that have fueled public concern. The EDH APAC materials are part of the public record that officials will consider as revised plans come in.
Neighbors and organized opposition groups have argued the Village would be "urban sprawl" if the county relaxed long‑standing low‑density rules, while business and tourism boosters have defended the proposal as a jobs creator and visitor amenity, as Placerville NewsWire documented. That divide shaped the supervisors' earlier decision and is likely to shape how county staff and commissioners evaluate any revised application. Public comment remains open through the county's entitlement and CEQA processes as officials decide what conditions, if any, will be attached.
Next Steps And Legal Hurdles
The developer will have to refine its proposal and return to county review, starting again with the Planning Commission, before the Board of Supervisors can act on any general plan or zoning changes. Because a Draft EIR is already in the record, substantive revisions could trigger additional environmental review or new public comment periods under CEQA, which could stretch out the timeline for final approvals. For now, Mohanna's decision to revisit the plan amounts to a pause that gives both the company and county staff time to address the gaps that prompted the earlier pushback.
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