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Commission delays regional wastewater MSR after concerns about notice and missing jurisdictional input
Summary
Staff presented a draft regional wastewater municipal service review that examines Hollister's out‑of‑area connections, governance alternatives and inactive county service areas; commissioners agreed to continue the item to allow further stakeholder review and agency feedback.
San Benito Local Agency Formation Commission members continued discussion of a draft regional wastewater municipal service review (MSR) and related governance options after commissioners raised concerns about stakeholder notice and the absence of some jurisdictional representation.
Jennifer, a LAFCO staff member, summarized the draft MSR as covering five primary wastewater service providers—the City of Hollister, City of San Juan Bautista, San Benito County Water District, Sunnyslope County Water District and Tres Pinos Water District—and two county service areas of interest (County Service Area 22 / Cielo Vista and County Service Area 45 / Rancho Larios). She said the report is in draft final form and that the public review draft had been circulated for 30 days.
Staff identified several issues that informed governance options: Hollister’s out‑of‑area wastewater connections (mapped in the presentation as orange areas), confusion between the “Hollister…
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