Title
Adopt a Resolution to waive the County’s right to receive title to certain property in the Fort Ord Master Plan area that is proposed as a site for a state Veterans Cemetery and direct the Fort Ord Reuse Authority (FORA) to transfer the property directly to the State of California subject to certain conditions.
Report
RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors adopt a Resolution to waive the County’s right to receive title to certain property in the Fort Ord Master Plan area that is proposed as a site for a state Veterans Cemetery and direct the Fort Ord Reuse Authority (FORA) to transfer the property directly to the State of California subject to certain conditions (Attachment A).
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
Within the 1997 Fort Ord Base Reuse Plan (BRP) as well as both County and City of Seaside General Plans, approximately 178 acres of land are designated as a possible site for a veterans cemetery. These lands are located partially within the unincorporated Monterey County (84.7 acres) and partially within the City of Seaside (93.3 acres). The draft California Central Coast Veterans Cemetery Fort Ord Development Master Plan shows approximately 78.7 acres of this area as cemetery burial area.
Each of the local jurisdictions with lands in the former Fort Ord area is party to an Implementation Agreement between the jurisdiction and the Fort Ord Reuse Authority (FORA). This agreement requires an agency to accept land from FORA once FORA has completed remediation to an agreed condition and transferred the land to the jurisdiction, unless the jurisdiction directs FORA to transfer property directly to a third party.
The offices of Congressman Sam Farr and State Senator Bill Monning have expressed the need for the state to hold title to the cemetery burial area in the City of Seaside (31.1 acres) and the County of Monterey (47.6 acres) in order to qualify for federal grant funding. To further pursue its grant application, the state h...
Click here for full text