To: Board of Supervisors
From: Public Works
Agenda Section: Consent
SUBJECT:
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License Agreement with Humboldt Redwood Company, LLC for the Van Duzen Gravel Bar Surface Mining Site, APN 209-201-010, Highway 36, Carlotta
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RECOMMENDATION(S):
Recommendation
That the Board of Supervisors:
1. Grant a waiver of the Nuclear Free Ordinance;
2. Authorize the Chair of the Board to sign, in duplicate, the license agreement between the County of Humboldt and Humboldt Redwood Company, LLC (Attachment 1); and
3. Direct the Clerk of the Board to return both executed License Agreements to the Department of Public Works Land Use Division for further processing.
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SOURCE OF FUNDING:
Roads Maintenance 1200325
DISCUSSION:
The county first entered into a license agreement with Pacific Lumber Company for the subject property, APN 209-201-010, in 1986, and has continuously used the site. The parcel is now under ownership of Humboldt Redwood Company, LLC.
The Sept. 27, 2013 license agreement has expired and the Department of Public Works recommends executing a new License Agreement that is consistent with the county's current compensation rates for similar agreements and that includes standard agreement provisions.
The proposed License Agreement includes Humboldt Redwood Company, LLC's "special compliance provisions" (in Section 5(i)), which states that the county shall observe and comply with the terms and provision of:
(a) that certain Final Environmental Impact Statement/Environmental Impact Report and Habitat Conservation Plan/Sustained Yield Plan for the Headwaters Forest Project, dated January 1999;
(b) any Implementation Agreement with regard to Habitat Conservation plans for the properties of Humboldt Redwood Company, LLC by and among the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, the National Marine Fisheries Service, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW), the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (...
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