County of Fresno - File #: 26-0270

• File #: 26-0270
• On agenda: 4/21/2026
• Recommended Action(s): 1. Make required Findings per Government Code section 51292 and adopt Resolution stating that the land on which the public improvement will be located has not been selected based primarily on the lower cost of acquiring the subject land, and that there is no other land within or outside of the preserve that could reasonably be feasible to accommodate the public improvement; 2. Make required Findings per Government Code section 51257 and adopt Resolution and execute an Agreement authorizing the rescission of existing Agricultural Land Conservation Contract No. 6236 and entry into new Contract No. 8353; 3. Authorize the Director of the Department of Public Works and Planning to initiate a Property Line Adjustment and Voluntary Merger to facilitate the property exchange and merge the resulting boundary with the acquired portion of land from the Dunlap Yard property to be conterminous with the boundary of Agricultural Land Conservation Contract No. 8353; 4. Authorize the Director of th...

DATE: April 21, 2026

TO: Board of Supervisors

SUBMITTED BY: Steven E. White, Director
Department of Public Works and Planning

SUBJECT: Facilitate the County's Acquisition of portions of private property restricted by Williamson Act Contract and the Rescission of Agricultural Land Conservation Contract No. 6236 and Simultaneous Entry into New Agricultural Land Conservation Contract No. 8353 (County of Fresno/Richard and Susan Hall) as part of the Surplus and Exchange of County Land and Private Property

RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
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1. Make required Findings per Government Code section 51292 and adopt Resolution stating that the land on which the public improvement will be located has not been selected based primarily on the lower cost of acquiring the subject land, and that there is no other land within or outside of the preserve that could reasonably be feasible to accommodate the public improvement;

2. Make required Findings per Government Code section 51257 and adopt Resolution and execute an Agreement authorizing the rescission of existing Agricultural Land Conservation Contract No. 6236 and entry into new Contract No. 8353;

3. Authorize the Director of the Department of Public Works and Planning to initiate a Property Line Adjustment and Voluntary Merger to facilitate the property exchange and merge the resulting boundary with the acquired portion of land from the Dunlap Yard property to be conterminous with the boundary of Agricultural Land Conservation Contract No. 8353;

4. Authorize the Director of the Department of Public Works and Planning to non-renew those portions of the contracted areas acquired by the County as they will not meet the minimum parcel size for non-prime agricultural lands; and

5. Authorize the Director of the Department of Public Works and Planning, on behalf of the County to provide notice to the Department of Conservation's director after the property exchange has been executed and the land acquired per Government Code sectio...