DATE: August 23, 2016
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBMITTED BY: Steven E. White, Director
Department of Public Works and Planning
SUBJECT: Revision of Agricultural Land Conservation Contract Nos. 40 and 6539 by rescinding the existing contracts and entering into new Agricultural Land Conservation Contract No. 8322 (RLCC 978)
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
TITLE
Adopt Resolution approving the simultaneous recession of Agricultural Land Conservation Contract Nos. 40 and 6539 and entry into a new Agricultural Land Conservation Contract No. 8322 pursuant to Government Code Section 51257 of the Land Conservation Act of 1965 (Williamson Act); and authorize recording of new Agricultural Land Conservation Contract following signature by the Chairman.
REPORT
Approval of the recommended action would accommodate a request by Astone Properties LLC to reconfigure Contract boundaries resulting from adjustment of lot lines between two parcels. The reason for the lot line adjustment is to contain all of the improvements related to an existing liquefied propane gas distribution facility within the boundary of a parcel. No increase or decrease in the amount of contracted acreage will occur if approved. The subject properties are located on the west side of Morgan Canyon Road (SR 168) between Old Millerton Road and Auberry Road approximately 19 miles northeast of the City of Clovis (SUP. DIST.: 5) (APNs 138-360-36 and 43).
ALTERNATIVE ACTION(S):
Deny the proposed contract revisions and require the nonrenewal of the subject 0.17-acre area of Agricultural Land Conservation Contract (ALCC) Nos. 40 and 6539 on an approximately 142.67-acre parcel known as APN 138-360-43.
FISCAL IMPACT:
There is no Net County Cost associated with the recommended action. The applicant paid the County a fee of $558 to process the application.
DISCUSSION:
Government Code Section 51257 provides a procedure to accommodate property line adjustments on contracted lands to allow Williamson Act contracts acc...
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