TO: Board of Supervisors
FROM: Supervisor Brown
MEETING DATE: November 7, 2017
DEPARTMENT CONTACT:
Supervisor Brown
PHONE:
463-4221
DEPARTMENT CONTACT:
Diane Curry
PHONE:
463-4208
ITEM TYPE: Consent Agenda
TIME ALLOCATED FOR ITEM: N/A
AGENDA TITLE:
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Approval of Final Report, "An Agricultural Lands Conservation Strategy for Mendocino County, 2017-2020" For Grant Agreement 3015-903 Between the Mendocino County Department of Agriculture and the California Department of Conservation
(Sponsor: Supervisor Brown)
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RECOMMENDED ACTION/MOTION:
recommendation
Approve final report, "An Agricultural Lands Conservation Strategy for Mendocino County, 2017 -2020," for Grant Agreement 3015-903 between the Mendocino County Department of Agriculture and the California Department of Conservation.
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PREVIOUS BOARD/BOARD COMMITTEE ACTIONS:
The Mendocino County Department of Agriculture entered into a grant agreement on November 16, 2016 with the California Department of Conservation (Grant Number 3015-903) to conduct a Sustainable Agricultural Lands Conservation Strategy planning process. The grant award was $93,400. On October 20, 2015, the Mendocino County Department of Agriculture entered into a Standard Services Agreement with the Mendocino County Resource Conservation District (MCRCD) to conduct a two-year sustainable agricultural lands planning assessment. The term of the agreement was November 15, 2015 through November 15, 2017. Compensation payable to the MCRCD was not to exceed $88,400.
SUMMARY OF REQUEST:
Over the course of the grant agreement, the MCRCD worked with the University of California Cooperative Extension, the USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service, Mendocino Land Trust, Anderson Valley Land Trust, Inland Mendocino County Land Trust, and the Mendocino County Farm Bureau to identify strategies to improve and expand agricultural land conservation efforts in the county. Additionally, Supervisor Tom Woodhouse and ...
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