DATE: December 9, 2025
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBMITTED BY: Steven E. White, Director
Department of Public Works and Planning
SUBJECT: Partial Cancellation of Agricultural Land Conservation Contract No.
2809 (RLCC No. 1054 - Colin Kawano)
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
TITLE
1. Consider and approve the petition for partial cancellation of Agricultural Land Conservation Contract (ALCC) No. 2809 filed by Orlando Ramirez on behalf of Colin Kawano (Applicant), to remove a 1.27-acre portion of a 39.38-acre parcel from the Williamson Act Contract to allow the 1.27-acres to be created as a separate parcel for residential use; and
2. After making all the five required findings listed under Government Code, Section 51282(b), take the following actions:
a. Adopt and authorize the Chairman to execute Resolution authorizing partial cancellation of ALCC No. 2809; and
b. Authorize the Chairman to execute the Certificate of Tentative Cancellation and approve recording the Certificate of Cancellation when all contingencies and conditions included in the Certificate of Tentative Cancellation have been satisfied.
The subject parcel is located approximately 0.25 miles east of the intersection of South DeWolf Avenue and East Caruthers Avenue, along East Caruthers Avenue, approximately one mile southwest of the City of Selma (APN: 385-102-33S) (8420 E. Caruthers Avenue) (Sup. Dist. 4).
REPORT
This petition for partial contract cancellation was filed in conjunction with Variance Application (VA) No. 4156 and associated Initial Study (IS) No. 8482, which proposes to allow the creation of one 1.27-acre substandard parcel from a 39.38-acre parcel for residential use. The subject parcel is located in the AE-20 (Exclusive Agricultural, 20-acre minimum parcel size) Zone District and is designated as Agricultural in the County General Plan. The petition is assigned Revision to Land Conservation Contract (RLCC) No. 1054. This item pertains to a location in District 4.
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