HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESOLUTIONS - 01011968 - 1968-098 IN THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
OF
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, STATE OF CALIFORNIA
In the Natter of the California )
Land Conservation Act of 1965. RESOLUTION. NUMBER 68/98
WHEREAS the Board of Supervisors of the County of Contra.
Costa, California recognizes that the discouragement of premature
and unnecessary conversion of agricultural land to urban uses is a
matter of vital public interest; and
WHEREAS in a rapidly urbanizing society, agricultural lands
have a definite public value as open space, and the preservation in
agricultural production of such lands---the use of which may be
limited pursuant to the provisions of the California Land Conservation
Act of 1965 --constitutes an important social, aesthetic, and economic
asset to, existing or pending urban or metropolitan development and
WHEREAS the preservation of a substantial amount of the
agricultural lands of the county is considered necessary for the
conservation of the economic resources of the community; and
WHEREAS the Beard finds that the provisions of the
California Land Conservation Act of 1965 appear to be appropriate
to effect the conservation of agricultural:la,nd; and
WHEREAS a number of land owners within the county have
expressed an interest in entering into land conservation contracts
and agreements; and
WHEREAS a review of the situation in terms of the action
taken in other counties and in terms of the proposed implementa-
tion of the California Land Conservation Act of 196,E in Contra. Costa
County discloses that detailed procedures and proper controls should
be established before said act is applied in the interests of both
land owner applicants and the county as a whole;
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT BY THIS BOARD OF SUPERVISORS RESOLVER
that a committee is created to be composed of representatives of
the County Department of Agriculture, Office of the County Adminis-
trator, Office of the County Assessor, Office of the District Attorney,
Planning Department, Public Works Department, and Agricultural
Extension Service and representatives of the Contra Costa County Farm
Bureau, Contra Costa-Alameda, County Cattlemen's Association, Contra.
Costa Board of Realtors, and Home Builders Association of Contra
Costa County for the purpose of carefully studying and making recom-
mendations to this Board on the means of implementing the California
Land Conservation Act of 1965 within Centra Costa County including
the procedure for the establishment of agricultural preserves, the
method of receiving and reviewing applications, and the development
of a land conservation agreement document with terms and conditions
suitable to carrying out the purposes of said act in this county; and.
RESOLUTION NUMBER 68/98
BE IT ALSO RESOLVED that the County Agricultural Com-
missioner is designated as the Chairman of said committee; and.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that said committee is directed
to proceed as rapidly as possible with its assignment so that
action may be taken by July i, 1968 or as soon thereafter as
practicable to implement the California Land Conservation Act of
1965 in the County of Contra Costa.
BE IT FURTHER SOLVED that the temporary oommittee
appointed by this Board on January 23, 1968 to consider this
matter is dissolved,
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 13th day of February, 1968, by
the following vote of the Board.
AYES: Supervisors Alfred Mo Dias, James P, Kenny.,
James E, Moriarty, Thomas John Coll,
Edmund A, Linsoheid,
NOE3s None,
ABSENT s None,
SOLUTION NUMBER 68/98