To: Board of Supervisors
From: Planning and Building Department
Agenda Section: Public Hearing
SUBJECT:
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Brodt Dairies New Class "D" Agricultural Preserve and Farmland Security Zone
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RECOMMENDATION(S):
Recommendation
That the Board of Supervisors:
1. Open a public hearing in the manner prescribed by law;
2. Receive a staff report, consider the applications, and receive public testimony;
3. Close the public hearing;
4. Adopt the necessary findings prepared by Current Planning Division staff;
5. Adopt Resolution No. ______ (Attachment A) establishing the Brodt Agricultural Preserve and Farmland Security Zone;
6. Authorize the Chair of the Board to execute the Land Conservation Contract (Attachment B);
7. Authorize the Chair of the Board to execute the Conveyance and Agreement (Attachment C);
8. Direct Current Planning Division staff to prepare and file a Notice of Exemption with the County Clerk and Office of Planning and Research;
9. Direct the Clerk of the Board to record copies of the Resolution and Land Conservation Contract with the County Recorder; and
10. Direct the Clerk of the Board to give notice of the decision to the applicant, the Assessor's Office, County Counsel, Current Planning Division, the California Office of Land Conservation, and any other interested party.
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SOURCE OF FUNDING:
General Fund.
DISCUSSION:
Project Description:
The Brodt Dairies submitted an application to establish a Class "D" agricultural preserve and Farmland Security Zone of approximately 135 acres. The property is owned by the Brodt Revocable Trust and is utilized as a portion of the Brodt's dairy operation.
The Williamson Act is intended to preserve agricultural and open space lands by discouraging the premature and unnecessary conversion of those lands to urban uses. When entering an agricultural preserve, the property owner executes a Land Conservation Contract with the county to restrict the uses of the land to agri...
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