Agenda Item Wording:
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Approval of Agricultural Conservation Easement Form - A request by Great Valley Land Trust to have their agricultural conservation easement form and content approved as required per the City's adopted Agricultural Preservation Ordinance.
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Deadline for Action: 11/18/2024
Submitting Department: Community Development
Contact Name and Phone Number:
Paul Bernal, Planning and Community Preservation Director, paul.bernal@visalia.city, (559) 713-4025
Department Recommendation:
Staff recommends that the City Council approve the form and content of the Great Valley Land Trust (GVLT) agricultural conservation easement in accordance with the provisions as defined in Article 3 "Methods of Preservation" of the City of Visalia Agricultural Preservation Ordinance.
Summary:
Great Valley Land Trust has submitted three agricultural conservation easement documents. A copy of the three "Deed of Agricultural Conservation Easement" are attached to this report as Attachments 1, 2, and 3. The conservation easement documents are being prepared to encumber approximately 178.32-acres of Farmland of Statewide Importance to mitigate the conversion of prime farmland or farmland of statewide importance for the following residential developments approved and/or in the process of going through the discretionary process as follows:
1. Approximately 25 acres of prime farmland in association with DH Hortons Shepherd Ranch II (formerly Iron Ridge) Tentative Subdivision Map No. 5589 (Attachment 1).
2. Approximately 40 acres of prime farmland in association with Wathen Castanos Homes Belissa Tentative Subdivision Map No. 5587 (Attachment 2).
3. Approximately 43.11 acres of prime farmland in association with San Joaquins Valley Homes approved "Elliot Tentative Subdivision Map No. 5597", and ?56.89 acres of the recently submitted Blankship Tentative Subdivision (applications are currently being reviewed for completeness, still pending) (Attachment 3).
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