Board accepts USDA loan/grant package for Lone Pine water pipeline replacement
The board approved acceptance of a USDA loan of $4,000,000 and a complementary grant of $3,249,000 to fund in‑place replacement of failing Lone Pine water mains; staff will run a Proposition 218 rate process to determine customer rates to support debt service and the county plans to use available local fund balance to reduce loan amounts.
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Deputy County Administrator Megan Ostrander presented the required public meeting and recommended the board accept a USDA loan and grant package to replace aging water mains in Lone Pine. She said the project replaces failing pipelines in their existing locations, does not increase system capacity, and is intended to improve reliability before planned street repaving in 2028.
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