File #: 12-1018    Name: Williamson Act New Applications 2013
Type: General Agenda Item Status: Passed
File created: 10/23/2012 In control: Board of Supervisors
On agenda: 11/6/2012 Final action: 11/6/2012
Title: a. Set a public hearing for December 4, 2012 at 1:30 p.m., to consider 2013 applications to establish one (1) Agricultural Preserve (“AgP”) and three (3) Farmland Security Zones (“FSZ”) and Contracts (hereafter, “Applications”) as set forth in the proposed Board Order (Attachment “A”). b. Direct the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors to publish Notice of Hearing for the Public Hearing to take place on December 4, 2012 at 1:30 p.m., to consider 2013 applications to establish one (1) Agricultural Preserve (“AgP”) and three (3) Farmland Security Zones (“FSZ”) and Contracts (hereafter, “Applications”) as set forth in the proposed Board Order (Attachment “A”). (PLN120585 - /Williamson Act Contract Applications - 2013, County-wide)
Attachments: 1. Attachment A - Notice of Hearing for December 4, 2. Attachment B - Procedures for Agricultural Preserves, 3. Attachment C - Procedures for the Creation of Farmland Security Zones, 4. Attachment D - 2013 Application Matrix, 5. Attachment E - County-wide Map, 6. Completed Board Order
Title
a. Set a public hearing for December 4, 2012 at 1:30 p.m., to consider 2013 applications to establish one (1) Agricultural Preserve (“AgP”) and three (3) Farmland Security Zones (“FSZ”) and Contracts (hereafter, “Applications”) as set forth in the proposed Board Order (Attachment “A”).
b. Direct the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors to publish Notice of Hearing for the Public Hearing to take place on December 4, 2012 at 1:30 p.m., to consider 2013 applications to establish one (1) Agricultural Preserve (“AgP”) and three (3) Farmland Security Zones (“FSZ”) and Contracts (hereafter, “Applications”) as set forth in the proposed Board Order (Attachment “A”).
(PLN120585 - /Williamson Act Contract Applications - 2013, County-wide)

Report
Planning File Number: PLN120585
Project Location: Various
APNs: Various
Plan Area: Various
Flagged and Staked: No
CEQA Action: TBD

RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors:
Set a public hearing for December 4, 2012 at 1:30 p.m., to consider 2013 applications to establish one (1) Agricultural Preserve (“AgP”) and three (3) Farmland Security Zones (“FSZ”) and Contracts (hereafter, “Applications”) as set forth in the proposed Board Order (Attachment “A”).

SUMMARY:
Each calendar year, the Board of Supervisors must consider AgP and FSZ contract applications pursuant to the Land Conservation Act of 1965. This year, a total of four (4) applications for the establishment of one (1) AgP and three (3) FSZs and Contracts will be considered, pending receipt of further information requested by the County’s Agricultural Preserve Review Committee (Committee) to make the application(s) complete. Two (2) applications which have been continued from 2012 (12-009 and 11-007) will be reviewed and considered at the December 4, 2012 hearing. Four (4) applications from 2012 (FSZ Application Nos. 2012-21, 2012-22, 2012-23 and 2012-24) which were approved pending execution of the corresponding FSZ Contracts by the Property ...

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