HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 04142015 - C.40RECOMMENDATION(S):
ADOPT Resolution No. 2015/90 to authorize the Agricultural Commissioner, or designee, to apply for and accept a
grant from the California Department of Conservation in an amount not to exceed $100,000, to inventory and develop
maps of agricultural lands and the supporting agriculture infrastructure within the county for the period of July 1,
2015 to June 30, 2017.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The Department of Agriculture would receive up to $100,000 of grant money to be spent over a maximum of two
years (including a minimum 10% department match, where at least 5% of the of the requested grant amount must be
a cash match and the balance may be-in-kind).
BACKGROUND:
The County Department of Agriculture met with the County Department of Conservation and Development, the
County Local Agency Formation Commission, the Brentwood agricultural Land Trust and a member of Supervisor
Piepho's staff to discuss collaborating on a grant offered through the Sustainable Agricultural Lands Conservation
Program (SALCP) which supports the state's
APPROVE OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
Action of Board On: 04/14/2015 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
Clerks Notes:
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
AYE:John Gioia, District I Supervisor
Candace Andersen, District II
Supervisor
Mary N. Piepho, District III
Supervisor
Karen Mitchoff, District IV
Supervisor
ABSENT:Federal D. Glover, District V
Supervisor
Contact: Roxann Crosby,
925-646-5250
I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action taken and entered on the minutes of the Board of Supervisors
on the date shown.
ATTESTED: April 14, 2015
David Twa, County Administrator and Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
By: Chris Heck, Deputy
cc:
C. 40
To:Board of Supervisors
From:Chad Godoy, Director of Agriculture/Weights & Measures
Date:April 14, 2015
Contra
Costa
County
Subject:APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Agricultural Commissioner, or his designee, to apply for and accept a grant from
the CA Dept. of Conservation
BACKGROUND: (CONT'D)
greenhouse gas emission goals by making strategic investments to protect critical agricultural land from
conversion to urban or rural residential development and support a healthy agricultural economy. As an outcome
of these conversations and an effort to support the Board of Supervisors resolution on the "Preservation of
Agricultural Lands" passed on February 3, 2009, the County Agricultural Commissioner's office wished to
spearhead an effort to gather information to develop maps that can be used to facilitate the establishment of local
priorities for agricultural land conservation. The grant will be used to support this effort by creating an inventory
and maps of agricultural, conserved and developed land within the county. The project will also inventory and
map food system infrastructure and direct marketing channels that can facilitate local market opportunities for
small and medium-sized growers in order to prevent land conversion out of agriculture and reduce food miles
from farm to fork.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
Inability of moving forward in submitting grant proposal
CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT:
No impact.
ATTACHMENTS
Resolution No. 2015/90