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a. Consider terms for a Land Management Agreement between the County of Monterey and the Monterey Peninsula Regional Park District (MPRPD) to manage open space lands and trails owned by Monterey County in Fort Ord; and
b. Provide direction for the Acting RMA Director to work cooperatively with MPRPD staff to develop a Land Management Agreement for consideration by the Board of Supervisors prior to December 31, 2015.
Report
RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Fort Ord Committee:
a. Consider terms for a Land Management Agreement between the County of Monterey and the Monterey Peninsula Regional Park District (MPRPD) to manage open space lands and trails owned by Monterey County in Fort Ord; and
b. Provide direction for the Acting RMA Director to work cooperatively with MPRPD staff to develop a Land Management Agreement for consideration by the Board of Supervisors prior to December 31, 2015.
About 2,625 acres of land in the 1997 Fort Ord Base Reuse Plan and the subsequent 2001 Implementation Agreement were allocated to be transferred to the County of Monterey. This was increased to 3,150 acres in the 2003 Land Swap Agreement.
As of the Board's action on September 9, 2014 the County has accepted ownership of a total of approximately 1,500 acres of real property and 110 acres of public roads on the former Fort Ord. In addition, the Successor Agency to the Redevelopment Agency has received about 342 acres of land that was recommended to the Department of Finance (DOF) to be transferred to the County. At this time the Successor Agency is waiting on DOF to make a determination as to the disposition of these lands. Other grant deeds totaling an additional 1,012 acres are expected to transfer over to the County in the next two years. Some of this land is designated for habitat management and some is not restricted. In all, the County may ultimately own and be responsible for management of over 2,841 acres of real property and 123 ...
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