DATE: November 5, 2024
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.2068 (RLCC No. 1049 - Ann Dresick Family Trust)
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
TITLE
1. Consider petition for partial cancellation of Agricultural Land Conservation Contract (Williamson Act Contract) No. 2068 filed by NextEra Energy Resources, LLC (Representative) on behalf of Michael Dresick Trustee of the Ann Dresick Family Trust (Applicant), to remove a 160-acre parcel from the Williamson Act Contract to establish a battery energy storage facility; 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 Agricultural Land Conservation Contract No. 2068; 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 on the south side of Jayne Avenue, between Interstate 5 and Highway 269, approximately four (4) miles southwest of the nearest city limits of the City of Huron (APN 085-040-58S).
REPORT
This item comes to your Board with a recommendation for denial from the Agricultural Land Conservation Committee (ALCC) based on its inability to make required Finding No. 2 listed under Government Code, Section 51282(b). This item pertains to a location in District 4.
The subject parcel is enrolled in the Williamson Act program under Williamson Act Contract No. 2068. The two 80.34-acre parcels to the South of the subject parcel are not enrolled in the Williamson Act Program. ALCC No. 2068 was entered into between Giffen, Inc., a corporation and the County of Fresno, recorded...
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