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Traver Community Plan update continued to July 8 after residents raise school-capacity concerns
Summary
The board continued a public hearing on a proposed Traver urban development boundary expansion and concurrent zone change to July 8 after county staff recommended more time; local school officials said the proposal could add hundreds of high-school students to a landlocked district.
The Tulare County Board of Supervisors continued a public hearing July 1 on the Traver Community Plan update — a proposed general-plan amendment (GPA 25-003) and zone change (PZC 25-002) — to 9:30 a.m. July 8 so staff can present detailed analysis and no new public notice will be required.
Aaron Bach, assistant director with the Resource Management Agency, said the proposal would expand the Traver urban development boundary by 238 acres and change the land use from agriculture to mixed use; RMA staff recommended continuing the hearing so the full staff presentation can be given on July 8. “What we would like to do is continue it to July 8 at 09:30, date certain, so that no more notice is required for this project,” Bach said.
Public commenters were chiefly concerned about impacts to Kingsburg Joint Union High School. Johnny Thompson, a Kingsburg school board member, said the district currently has no spare classroom capacity and warned that additional housing could “overwhelm” the high school. Ryan Phelan, superintendent of Kingsburg Joint Union High School District, said his firm projects about “328 new students” from the proposed development and noted that the high school’s current enrollment — about 1,000 students — could not readily absorb a near one-third increase without major facility or bond measures.
A farmer who said he supports development, Greg Jackson, told the board his family is pursuing development on property in the Traver community but acknowledged uncertainty about approvals.
Supervisor Macari moved to continue the hearing to July 8; Supervisor Valero seconded. The motion passed unanimously, 5–0.
