The Board of Supervisors is expected to approve today a high-end
subdivision, a $429,000 bridge construction project and about
$13,000 in other expenditures.
During its 9:30 a.m. meeting, the Board will vote on a
resolution to approve the tentative map for the construction of the
14-lot San Juan Vista Estates subdivision.
The Board of Supervisors is expected to approve today a high-end subdivision, a $429,000 bridge construction project and about $13,000 in other expenditures.
During its 9:30 a.m. meeting, the Board will vote on a resolution to approve the tentative map for the construction of the 14-lot San Juan Vista Estates subdivision.
On Aug. 5, the Board asked staff members with the County Planning Department to return with a resolution for the approval of the subdivision.
“If they wanted to deny it, I don’t think they would ask us to bring in a resolution approving it,” said Fred Goodrich, assistant director of planning.
Goodrich and other staff members have worked on the project for several years.
“I’ve been working on it since 2000,” Goodrich said.
The San Juan Vista Estates project would be located at the westerly corner of the intersection of Highway 129 and Searle Road at the lower end of the San Juan Valley.
The 195-acre parcel is intended for a planned unit development. Originally, the development was designed to consist of 31 residential estates lots that would include a service station with a car wash, a hotel with 150 rooms and three restaurants that would employ about 125 people.
However, during the past four years since the subdivision was first proposed, it has undergone several design changes, which have included eliminating the planned hotel and commercial center, and scaling down the number of homes from 31 to 22 to 18.
The current proposal would consist of 14 homes spread across the site along the hillsides just west of San Juan Bautista.
In other action, the Board will consider approving a $429,294 contract with Granite Construction Company to build a new bridge at Fallon Road at the Santa Ana Creek with construction costs coming entirely from federal highway and transportation funds.
As planned, the project would replace the existing 24-foot wide bridge with a 40-foot wide structure. The new structure will have two 12-foot wide lanes with room for an 8-foot wide shoulder on each side.
The project, if approved, would close that section of Fallon Road to through traffic until late October.
Granite’s bid was about $121,000 less than the nearest bidder and about $58,000 less than the county’s original engineering estimate.
The Board is also scheduled to approve an $8,000 contract for the installation of a new air conditioning system for the sheriff’s department.
The condenser coils in the current air conditioning system can no longer be repaired and have caused repeated power outages, officials said.
Without appropriate temperature control, the department runs the risk of having some evidence spoil, Public Works Director Doug Koenig said.
Instead of worrying about how much money it can afford to spend, the county will have the chance to accept a $5,000 donation from a citizen who wants it used to help fight the illegal farming of marijuana in the county.
The donation from county resident Gary Filizetti would go toward the efforts of the Unified Narcotic Enforcement Team.
