DATE: September 22, 2026
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBMITTED BY: Steven E. White, Director
Department of Public Works and Planning
SUBJECT: Revision of Agricultural Land Conservation Contract (RLCC) No. 1081 to Rescind Agricultural Land Conservation Contract No. 6113 and Simultaneously to Enter into New Agricultural Land Conservation Contract No. 8354 (Mark and Kimberly Sorensen)
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
TITLE
Adopt a Resolution authorizing Rescission of Agricultural Land Conservation Contract (ALCC) No. 6113 and the Simultaneous Re-Entry into new ALCC No. 8354, and make the findings required by Government Code Section 51257; and authorize the Chairman to execute the new Contract No. 8354 and allow for the recordation of the new Contract following signature by the Chairman.
REPORT
There is no Net County Cost associated with the recommended actions. The applicants, Mark and Kimberly Sorensen, filed this request for Rescission and Re-entry of ALCC No. 6113 in conjunction with Property Line Adjustment (PLA) No. 26-17, which adjusted property lines between a parcel subject to ALCC No. 6113 and a non-contracted parcel resulting in an adjusted 4.62-acre parcel (Adjusted Parcel 1) and an adjusted 34.32-acre parcel (Adjusted Parcel 2). The proposed Rescission and Re-entry would rescind the existing Contract and simultaneously place the adjusted 34.32-acre parcel (Adjusted Parcel 2) under a new Contract No. 8354.
The subject parcels are located at the southeast corner of the intersection of Nebraska and East Avenues, approximately three miles northeast of the unincorporated community of Caruthers. This item pertains to a location in District 4.
ALTERNATIVE ACTION(S):
Your Board may determine that the Findings required by Government Code Section 51257 cannot be made, or that the proposed Rescission and Reentry does not meet the provisions of either the California Land Conservation Act of 1965 and/or the Fresno County Williamson Act Guidelines adopted by the Board in...
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