DATE: August 5, 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.3853 (RLCC No. 1051 - GSW Farms, LLC.)
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
TITLE
1. Consider and approve the petition for partial cancellation of Agricultural Land Conservation Contract (ALCC) No. 3853 filed by Melissa White Holtermann on behalf of GSW Farms, LLC. (Applicant), to remove a two-acre portion of a 20-acre parcel from ALCC No. 3853 to allow the two-acres to be created as a separate parcel for residential use; and
2. If your Board is able to make all 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. 3853; and
b) Authorize the Chairman to execute the Certificate of Tentative Cancellation and approve recording of the Certificate of Cancellation when all conditions and contingencies included in the Certificate of Tentative Cancellation have been satisfied.
The subject parcel is located on the east side of N. Biola Avenue, approximately 2,000 feet south of W. Ashlan Avenue, which is approximately four miles north of the City of Kerman (APN: 016-110-07) (3488 N. Biola Avenue) (Sup. Dist. 1)
REPORT
This petition for partial contract cancellation was filed in conjunction with Variance Application (VA) No. 4138, which proposed the creation of two substandard parcels, a two-acre and an 18-acre parcel from a 20-acre parcel. 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. 1051.This item pertains to a location in District 1.
The appeal of the Planning Commission's denial of VA No. 4138 was considered on the scheduled July ...
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