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Los Lagos CSD board approves gravity-fed sewer plan and moves to property-owner vote
Summary
After months of study and a lengthy public-comment period, the Los Lagos Community Service District board approved Resolution 26‑04 to pursue a gravity-fed conveyance to Solvang and directed staff to move toward a Proposition 218 property-owner vote.
The Los Lagos Community Service District board voted to approve Resolution 26‑04, selecting a gravity‑fed collection approach and directing staff to advance design work and preparations for a property‑owner (Proposition 218) vote. Vice President Lisa Palmer moved the resolution and the board approved it in a roll‑call vote with one opposing vote.
Board members framed the decision around technical feasibility, long‑term operations and community preference. “I’m in favor of moving forward with the resolution, select gravity, and move forward with the design, getting it to the property‑owner vote,” said Vice President Lisa Palmer. The roll call recorded Director Abraham: Aye; Vice President Nelson: Aye; Director Parks: Nay; President Kennedy: Yes; Director Palmer: Aye.
Staff and consultants had presented an apples‑to‑apples 30% design comparison prepared by the Wallace Group that evaluated gravity collection versus STEP (pressurized) collection and different conveyance options. The board’s action instructs staff to advance 60% design under the selected collection approach and to continue coordination with Santa Barbara County and the City of Solvang on conveyance and permitting. No final construction contract or funding package was approved tonight; the board’s vote directs design and public‑notification steps toward the property‑owner ballot measure.
