John Bencomo
John Bencomo
general plan supposed
The General Plan is supposed to be pretty sacred.
creative eliminate five work
We try to work with them and if we're creative we can eliminate two of the five lots. Incrementally over time, we've been able to eliminate some of the old lots.
against allow create general lots proposals smaller split
To create smaller parcels would go against the General Plan. We have had proposals to split 80-acre parcels into smaller lots but we don't allow it.
time
Politically, that would be suicide. The time to do it was many years ago.
bank concern develop opposed sites trying
We're not opposed to mitigation sites because we're also trying to develop a bank of preserves. But I do have a concern about where they're located.
It won't look that different. Not if we have anything to do with it.
exactly farming land notion problem taxes values
The disparity in land values is exactly the problem and the whole notion of the Williamson Act is to keep taxes down to keep farming affordable.