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Residents urge more preparedness, warn of CC&R limits on agricultural lands
Summary
Public commenters including a new resident called for community emergency-preparedness planning and volunteers; other speakers warned that state agricultural law can limit CC&R enforcement and urged caution to avoid lawsuits.
During the open forum, residents raised two recurring themes: a push for local disaster-preparedness work and concerns about overbroad CC&R enforcement on properties designated agricultural.
New resident Joshua Kingsbury introduced himself and noted experience in preparedness work: "My name is Joshua Kingsbury. I'm a new member here in the community. I've been a resident here on a big iPhone for almost 20 years coming next February in 2007." He said he wanted to volunteer on infrastructure and emergency-response efforts and invited contact from the committee.
Other residents reminded the board that state law can void CC&R provisions that conflict with agricultural land use after certain transfers and urged caution, noting that aggressive enforcement could prompt litigation. Speakers asked the board to consider legal limits and to seek counsel before pursuing sanctions against property owners on agricultural parcels.
