County of Fresno - File #: 23-0318

• File #: 23-0318
• Name: Partial Cancellation of Agricultural Land Conservation Contract No. (RLCC No. 1042 - Hewitson, Limited Partnership)
• In control: Public Works & Planning
• On agenda: 5/9/2023
• Final action: 5/9/2023
• Enactment #: Resolution No. 23-155
• Title: 1. Consider petition for partial cancellation of Agricultural Land Conservation Contract No. 1042 filed by Quad Knopf, Inc. on behalf of Hewitson, Limited Partnership, to remove a 40.00-acre parcel from the Williamson Act contract to establish a solar electrical generation facility; and 2. If your Board is able to make all five required Consistency Findings listed under Government Code, Section 51282(b), adopt a Resolution authorizing partial cancellation of Agricultural Land Conservation Contract No. 1042; and 3. Authorize the Chairman to sign the Certificate of Tentative Cancellation and approve recordation of the Certificate of Cancellation when all conditions included in the Certificate of Tentative Cancellation have been satisfied. The subject parcel is located on the north side of Manning Avenue, between Interstate 5 and Fairfax Avenue, approximately thirteen miles southwest of the nearest city limits of the City of Mendota (APNs 027- 121-15s).

Date	Action By	Action	Result
5/9/2023	Board of Supervisors	held	Pass

DATE: May 9, 2023

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. 1152 (RLCC No. 1042 - Hewitson, Limited Partnership)

RECOMMENDED ACTION:
TITLE
1. Consider petition for partial cancellation of Agricultural Land Conservation Contract No. 1042 filed by Quad Knopf, Inc. on behalf of Hewitson, Limited Partnership, to remove a 40.00-acre parcel from the Williamson Act contract to establish a solar electrical generation facility; and

2. If your Board is able to make all five required Consistency Findings listed under Government Code, Section 51282(b), adopt a Resolution authorizing partial cancellation of Agricultural Land Conservation Contract No. 1042; and

3. Authorize the Chairman to sign the Certificate of Tentative Cancellation and approve recordation of the Certificate of Cancellation when all conditions included in the Certificate of Tentative Cancellation have been satisfied.

The subject parcel is located on the north side of Manning Avenue, between Interstate 5 and Fairfax Avenue, approximately thirteen miles southwest of the nearest city limits of the City of Mendota (APNs 027- 121-15s).
REPORT
This item comes to your Board with a unanimous recommendation for denial (four to zero with two Committee Members absent) from the Agricultural Land Conservation Committee (ALCC) based on its inability to make required Finding No. 3 listed under Government Code, Section 51282(b). This item pertains to a location in District 1.

This petition for partial contract cancellation was filed in conjunction with Unclassified Conditional Use Permit (UCUP) No. 3742 proposing to allow development of the subject 40.00-acre parcel for a photovoltaic solar electrical generation facility. Approval of the subsequent Conditional Use Permit application is required to establish the solar facility. The subject 40.00-acre parcel is located with...