Withheld Water Allocations

A telephone caller who owns an undeveloped lot at 1880 Prescott urged the Commission to request the Council reconsider its November 2025 water delay decision; she returned later during the General Plan hearing, describing ten years of waiting for a water meter on her approved SFR project.

Speaking for Landwatch Monterey County, she argued the city — not the CDO — is blocking housing, and urged the Council to reconsider the water delay, noting other peninsula jurisdictions are already using their allocations.

The executive director of Monterey Opportunity Housing Trust said withheld water stops his land trust from adding affordable units beyond existing meters, and criticized the city's conservative interpretation of the CDO and parking rules.

CEO of Revision West, she said her nonprofit has a Monterey site and everything needed except 25 water credits for six affordable two-bedroom units for teachers and firefighters.

Director of Public Water Now, she said Pure Water Monterey is storing surplus water in the Seaside Basin and the peninsula needs no new supply for 25 years, so there is no reason to delay allocations.