Harry Englebright, a county environmental management official, said anyone outside the district wanting a water hookup during the next 10 years will have to buy one from someone within the district. Englebright added the hookup would be sold at market prices. The district likely will have more water hookups than the 363 parcels now in it. The reason, said Corsello, is some property owners are expected to subdivide their parcels, meaning they will need more water hookups. The district will tap into the Tehema aquifer for water.
Officials hope to have it built and operating within two years.
In a 10 to 5 vote, members of the Solano County Farm Bureau passed a resolution on Monday condemning a Fairfield initiative that would bring thousands more homes to the region. ''I think it's important that we come out against this initiative if for no other reason than the simple fact that it does nothing to protect agriculture. In fact, it does the opposite,'' said Linda Tenbrick, a Suisun Valley farmer and farm bureau vice president. Tuesday's vote came after nearly an hour of heated discussion regarding the initiative's merits and faults and reasons why none of the initiative's backers showed up to the farm bureau meeting to answer questions about the measure. Farm bureau members were told both Ben Huber and Margo McGlone, who signed the initiative when it was presented to the Fairfield city officials in March, had been invited to Monday's meeting. But others, including Al Medvitz, a Suisun Valley farmer and bureau member, suggested it was very convenient for backers of the pro-growth initiative not to show up.