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AAC agrees to send letter requesting county planning staff briefing on CSA 11 pipeline access
Summary
Committee members asked county planning staff and LAFCO to brief farmers and AAC on opportunities to connect to the CSA 11 water pipeline; Cole agreed to send a letter on behalf of the AAC requesting county planning participation.
Members of the Agricultural Advisory Committee agreed Feb. 10 to send a letter inviting county staff and agencies involved in the CSA 11 pipeline planning to brief the AAC and interested farmers about connection opportunities.
Cole Maseragios read a draft letter to attendees and asked staff to help arrange a meeting: “To whom it may concern. We, as members of the agriculture advisory committee, would like to provide input in, the planning process at the of the Pescadero Fire Station Pipeline,” he read during the meeting. Committee members agreed that Cole could send the letter and represent the AAC in requesting a briefing from the relevant county planners. Olivia and others said they could follow up and that Rob Bartoli at LAFCO is a likely contact.
Committee members stressed that farmers in several properties along the proposed pipeline feel they lacked opportunity for input and wanted clarity about whether and how individual parcels could connect. Dante, a member of the CSA 11 committee, described the project funding and permitting background and said the extension cost is significant: “This pipeline for $4,000,000 extensions running through the front yard of some of these homes that aren't allowed to hook up to it because of the zoning,” he said, and explained that the SAFER program (an expedited permitting and grant option administered by the Department of Water Resources) was used to advance part of the system.
Members discussed the LAFCO process and the potential multi‑year timeline for annexation/connection; one committee member advised sending a letter quickly so interested growers could be included in any further conversations. The committee did not record a roll‑call vote; members said they were comfortable with Cole sending the letter on behalf of the AAC.
The AAC asked that, on receipt of any county response, staff notify the committee and place the item on a future meeting agenda so farmers directly affected by the pipeline can participate in a public discussion.
