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Council backs negotiating fee-waiver to unlock grocery site and shared infrastructure

Winters City Council · March 17, 2026
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Summary

Council signaled support to negotiate waiving upfront city development fees so a developer can build required East Baker Extension and access infrastructure for a proposed grocery-and-restaurant project; council asked staff and the city attorney to draft agreements and study reimbursement timing.

Winters City Council directed staff March 17 to pursue negotiations for an upfront city-fee waiver to enable a proposed grocery-and-quick-serve project on a four-acre parcel at Highway 128 and East Main.

City Manager Jeremy Craig explained the site shares infrastructure needs with adjacent business-park parcels and that the first developer currently carries the full cost of…

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