File #: RES 25-172    Name: REF250036 - Williamson Act Applications for 2026
Type: BoS Resolution Status: Scheduled AM
File created: 11/20/2025 In control: Board of Supervisors
On agenda: 12/9/2025 Final action:
Title: a. Conduct a public hearing to consider 16 Williamson Act Applications for 2026 to Create Farmland Security Zones (FSZ) and Contracts and to Establish an Amendment to an existing Agricultural Preserve (AGP) and Land Conservation Contract (LCC) (REF250036); and b. Adopt a Resolution: 1. Finding that Open Space Contracts or Easements qualify as a Class 17 Categorical Exemption pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), California Code of Regulations (CCR) CEQA Guidelines Section 15317 and there are no exceptions pursuant to CEQA Guidelines CCR Section 15300.2; and 2. Approving 14 applications to establish an Amendment to an existing AGP and LCC and to create 13 FSZs and Contracts as set forth below: a. AGP-LCC Application No. 2026-01 to amend existing AGP-LCC No. 71-17 - Kevin D. Kester & June E. Kester, Trustees of the Kevin & June Kester Family Revocable Trust, U/D/T November 18, 2003, Assessor’s Parcel Numbers (APNs) 423-141-053-000 and 423-141-054-000 to add appr...
Attachments: 1. Board Report, 2. Attachment A - Draft Board Resolution, 3. Attachment B - Discussion, 4. Attachment C - List of 2026 Williamson Act Applications, 5. Attachment D - County-wide Map - Monterey County 2026 Williamson Act, 6. Attachment E - Board Resolution No. 01-485, as amended by Board Resolution No. 03-383 (Procedures, 7. Attachment F - Board Resolution No. 01-486 (Procedure for the Creation of Farmland Security Zones and Contracts), 8. Attachment G - County Notification Letters to Cities dated October 22, 2025, 9. Attachment H - Financial Impact Report for 2026 Williamson Act Applications, 10. Item No. 15 Presentation
Title
a. Conduct a public hearing to consider 16 Williamson Act Applications for 2026 to Create Farmland Security Zones (FSZ) and Contracts and to Establish an Amendment to an existing Agricultural Preserve (AGP) and Land Conservation Contract (LCC) (REF250036); and
b. Adopt a Resolution:
1. Finding that Open Space Contracts or Easements qualify as a Class 17 Categorical Exemption pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), California Code of Regulations (CCR) CEQA Guidelines Section 15317 and there are no exceptions pursuant to CEQA Guidelines CCR Section 15300.2; and
2. Approving 14 applications to establish an Amendment to an existing AGP and LCC and to create 13 FSZs and Contracts as set forth below:
a. AGP-LCC Application No. 2026-01 to amend existing AGP-LCC No. 71-17 - Kevin D. Kester & June E. Kester, Trustees of the Kevin & June Kester Family Revocable Trust, U/D/T November 18, 2003, Assessor’s Parcel Numbers (APNs) 423-141-053-000 and 423-141-054-000 to add approximately160 acres (APNs 423-141-053-000 and 423-141-054-000) to LCC No. 71-17 (recorded on February 26, 1971, as Reel 689, Pages 332-344, Board Resolution No. 71-14-17); Adding approximately 160 acres to AGP-LCC No. 71-17 in the South County Area Plan;
b. FSZ Application No. 2026-02 - Donald B. Richardson, Jr. and Marilyn DeC. Richardson, Trustees of the Donald B. and Marilyn DeC. Richardson 1992 Living Trust; APN 183-011-012-000; Approximately 65 acres in the Central Salinas Valley Area Plan;
c. FSZ Application No. 2026-04 - Breschini Ranch LLC; APN 223-034-009-000; Approximately 100 acres in the Central Salinas Valley Area Plan;
d. FSZ Application No. 2026-05 - Bruce Pisoni, Successor Trustee, of the Pisoni Family Trust - Exemption Trust, Under Declaration of Trust Dated December 20, 2001; Alisa A. Pura, a married woman as her sole and separate property; Albert Andrew Pura, as Trustee, or any Successor Trustee, of the Albert Andrey Pura Trust, Dated June 11, 2020; Stanley A...

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