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Joshua Tree residents say proposed $31 million sewer plan lacked outreach, warn of development pressure
Summary
Multiple Joshua Tree residents told the board they learned late about a proposed $31 million downtown sewer project and urged the county to pause or improve outreach, saying sewer infrastructure could enable large‑scale commercial development and harm local character.
Several residents from Joshua Tree told the Board of Supervisors during public comment that a proposed $31 million sewer and infrastructure plan for downtown was inadequately disclosed to the community and risks enabling large‑scale, formula retail development in the town.
Seth Zaharias, a longtime Joshua Tree resident and business owner, said the agenda item "dropped into my lap at about 8PM" the previous evening and that downtown business owners had not…
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