Traver Ranch Development Project
Summary
Santa Lucia Ventures proposes a comprehensive rebuild of Traver with new housing, a reconstructed Merritt Drive, new water wells, a new wastewater treatment plant, roughly 17 acres of parks, and land reserved for school expansion. The developer has held town halls and is voluntarily adding infrastructure the county doesn't require, like storm drains so kids stop walking to school in the mud. The Board approved the reimbursement agreement covering county review costs, and full entitlements will come back through a general plan amendment, zone change, and environmental impact report over the coming year.
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Last discussed Jan 13, 2026.
Impact analysis
The developer repays county processing costs, and the planned community services district and financing district would shift long-term infrastructure costs off the county's books while boosting property tax revenue.
Traver residents get desperately needed infrastructure — clean water, storm drains, paved streets — plus new housing and jobs, while the county gains tax base.
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