Title
REF180024 -Ag Land Trust Support
1. Adopt resolution to support the Ag Land Trust Agricultural Conservation Easement proposal to amend the acreage for the California Department of Conservation Sustainable Agricultural Lands Conservation (SALC) Program for the Mothershed Farm from 174 acres to 160 acres;
2. Support the Ag Land Trust grant funding application to receive grant funds from the State of California Department of Conservation SALC Program to acquire an Agricultural Conservation Easement over the Mothershed Farm for 160 acres.
Report
RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors:
1. Adopt resolution to support the Ag Land Trust Agricultural Conservation Easement proposal to amend the acreage for the California Department of Conservation Sustainable Agricultural Lands Conservation (SALC) Program for the Mothershed Farm from 174 acres to 160 acres;
2. Support the Ag Land Trust grant funding application to receive grant funds from the State of California Department of Conservation SALC Program to acquire an Agricultural Conservation Easement over the Mothershed Farm for 160 acres.
SUMMARY:
The Ag Land Trust, a private non-profit organization which meets the criteria of Internal Revenue Code Section 501(c)(3), has applied to the California Department of Conservation (DoC) for funding from the Sustainable Agricultural Lands Conservation (SALC) Grant Program. The goal of the SALC program is to reduce or avoid greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions through the protection of agricultural land via the purchase of agricultural conservation easements or by enacting local strategies that result in permanent agricultural land protection. The Ag Land Trust proposes to amend an easement application request that was approved on May 17, 2018 to revise the acquisition acreage of an agricultural conservation easement on one (1) farm totaling approximately 174 acres (Attachment A): Mothershed Farm [APN No. 414-021-002-000]. The Ag Land Trust has...
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