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a. Conduct a public hearing to consider twelve (12) 2019 Williamson Act applications (REF180014); and
b. Adopt a Resolution:
1. Finding that Open Space Contracts or Easements qualifies as Class 17 Categorical Exemption pursuant to section 15317 of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines;
2. Continuing four (4) applications, consisting of eight (8) parcels totaling 881.8 acres, to the 2020 round of applications;
3. Approving a total of eight (8) contracts to establish two (2) Agricultural Preserves ("AgP") and Land Conservation Contracts and to establish six (6) Farmland Security Zone ("FSZ") and FSZ Contracts, consisting of fourteen (14) parcels totaling 2,528 acres;
4. Authorizing the Chair to execute the recommended Agricultural Preserve Land Conservation Contracts and the Farmland Security Zone Contracts; and
5. Directing the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors to record the Agricultural Preserve Land Conservation and Farmland Security Zone Contracts prior to the January 1, 2019 property tax lien date subject to submittal of recording fees by the property owners of record.
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors adopt a Resolution:
a. Finding that the project is for Open Space Contracts or Easements which qualifies as Class 17 Categorical Exemption pursuant to section 15317 of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines, and that there are no exceptions pursuant to section 15300.2;
b. Continuing four (4) applications, consisting of eight (8) parcels totaling 881.8 acres, to the 2020 round of applications:
1. No. 2019-007 (FSZ)- Lawrence Abram, Trustee of the Abram Family Trust dated February 24, 1983; Lawrence Abram, Trustee of the Abram Family Trust u/t/a dated June 28, 1993; Lawrence Abram, Trustee of the Bypass Trust Under the Abram Family Trust u/t/a dated May 7, 1982; Lori Abram, Trustee of the 2007 Lori A. Abram Irrevocable Trust dated September 2, 2007. APN 137-051-009 totaling 241...
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