It won't look that different. Not if we have anything to do with it. |
Politically, that would be suicide. The time to do it was many years ago. |
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. |
The General Plan is supposed to be pretty sacred. |
The response of the market was immediate. |
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. |
We have real estate agents from other counties seeking these out. |
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. |
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. |