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IN THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
OF
CONTRA COSTA COMiTY, STATE OF CALIFORNIA
RESOLUTION NUMBER 69/308
In the Matter of Approving
Recommendations of the
Contra Costa County Land
Conservation Committee with
Respect to the County Land
Conservation Program, I
WHEREAS Mr, A. L. Seeley, Chairman of the Contra Costa
County Land Conservation Committee, appeared before the Board and
stated that in light of the first year of experience in receiving,
reviewing and acting upon applications for the establishment of
agricultural preserves and because the Committee is of the
opinion that the procedure for establishing agricultural preserves
should be integrated with and made a part of the regular county
planning processes, and further that because the Land Conservation
Act of 1965 is to be applied only to bona fide commercial agri-
cultural lands, the Committee recommended that amendments be made
to the county land conservation program as follows:
1. That Resolution Number 68/635 adopted
September 17, 1968 (which promulgated rules and
regulations for creation of agricultural pre-
serves and negotiation of land conservation
agreements and established an Agricultural Pre-
serve Screening Committee) be amended so as to
eliminate the Agricultural Preserve Screening
Committee and to require that all applications
for agricultural preserve zoning be processed
through the Planning Department and the Planning
Commission in the same manner as any rezoning
application; and
2. That Ordinance Number 68-53 (section
8610-3) be amended to provide that agricultural
preserves shall include only those lands whose
primary use is commercial agricultural pro-
duction; and
WHEREAS Mr. Seeley further stated that it is the opinion
of the Committee that Board approval of aforesaid recommendations
will improve the administration of the county land conservation
program; and
WHEREAS Mr. Seeley requested on behalf of said Land
Conservation Committee that immediate action be taken on said
recommendations inasmuch as applications for establishment of
agricultural preserves, effective March 1, 1970, have already
been mailed;
NOW, THEREFORE., BE IT BY THE BOARD RESOLVED that the
recommendations of the Contra Costa County Land Conservation
Committee are approved.
RESOLUTION NUMBER 691308
BE IT BY THE BOARD FURTHER RESOLVED that Resolution
Number 68/635 is amended so as to eliminate the Agricultural
Preserve Screening Committee and to require that all applica-
tions for agricultural preserve zoning (A-4) be processed
through the County Planning Department and the County Planning
Commission in the same manner as any rezoning application.
BE IT BY THE BOARD FURTHER RESOLVED that the Acting
District Attorney is directed to prepare an ordinance amending
Ordinance Number 68--53 (Section 8610.3, Uniform Standards) to
provide that agricultural preserves shall include only those
lands whose primary use is commercial agricultural production
said ordinance to be submitted to the Board for adoption at
the earliest practicable date.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 6th day of May, 1969 by the
following vote:
AYES: Supervisors J. P. Kenny, A. M. Dias,
T. J. Coll, E. A. Linscheid, J. E.
Moriarty.
NOES: None.
ABSENT: None .
RESOLUTION NUMBER 69/308