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August 31, 2012
Butte County Board of Supervisors
Attn: Ka#hleen Moghannam
25 County Cen#er Drive
Oroville, CA 95965
NORTHERN CAI,IEORNIA
REGIpIVAI LAtJO TRUST
RE: Request for Resolution by Butte County Board of Supervisors to approve the "Pamma-
Larkin" Agricultural Conservation Easement Proposal to the California Department, of
Conservation's California Farmland Conservation Program
Dear Kathleen,
The Northern California Regional Land Trust and landowner Millennium Farms, LLC formally request that
the Butte County Board of Supervisors adopt a resolution approving an agricultural conservation
easement proposal #o the California Department of Conserva#ian's California Farmland Conservancy
Program far the "Pamma~Larkin Project". The applicant, the Northern California Regional Land Trust,
intends to purchase an agricultural conservation easement from the landowner Millennium Farms, LLC.
The conservation purposes of this easement would enable the properly to remain in productive
agricultural use by preventing uses of the property #ha# would impair or interfere with the property's
agricultural productive capacity, its sails, and i#s agricultural character, values, and utili#y.
The grantor of the easement is the sole owner in fee simple of the farm property identifed by assessor's
parcel number 025-200-D33. The property consists of approximately 96 acres of land located
approximately one {1 }mile eas# of the Town of Gridley in Butte County (please see attached). The
properly is open farmland, whose soils have been classified as Prime Farmland by the U.S. Department
of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service, and by the California Department of
Conservation's Famlland Mapping and Monitoring Program. Prime Farmland, more than any other land
classification, has the soil quality, growing season, and water supply needed for sustained agricultural
production.
I've attached a sample resolution provided by the California Farmland Conservancy Program (please see
attached} to this correspondence to be used at the Board's discretion.
Thank you for placing this request on the next available Board meeting agenda.
'ncerely,
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.! ison Watts
CRLT Executive Director
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SAMPLE RESOLUTION
{also available electronically at www.conservation.ca.govldlrplcfcp)
Resolu#ion No.
RESOLUTION OF THE
(Governing Body, City CouncillBoarcl of Supervisors)
OF APPROVING THE EASEMENT PROPOSAL
(Ci#y or Coun#y)
TO THE GALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION'S
CALIFORNIA FARMLAND CONSERVANCY PROGRAM FOR THE
(Title of Project)
WHEREAS, the Legislature has established the California Farmland Conservancy Program
within the Department of Conservation, and through a grant program is providing assistance to
conserve important agricultural land resources that are subject to conversion pressures; and
WHEREAS, the ~ intends to
{Brief Description of Project and Project Location)
for the purpose of conserving priority agricultural land resources; and
WHEREAS, the
(Governing Body, City CouncillBoard of Supervisors)
approves the
easement proposal and certifes that the easement proposal meets the eligibility criteria set forth
in Public Resources Code Section 10251, to wit:
(a) The parcel proposed for conservation is expected to continue to be used for, and is
large enough to sustain, commercial agricultural production. The land is also in an area
fha# possesses the necessary marke#, infrastructure, and agricultural support services,
and the surrounding parcel sizes and land uses will support long-terra commercial
agricultural production.
(b) {city or county) has a general plan which
demonstrates a long-term commitment to agricultural land conservation. This
commitment is reflected in the goals, objectives, policies, and implementation measures
of the plan, as they relate to the area of {county or city) where
the easement acttuisition is praposed.
(c) Without conse~atian, the land proposers for protection is likely to be converted to
nonagricultural use in the foreseeable future.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE lT RESOLVED THAT THE GOVERNING BODY OF
THE HEREBY:
(Name of Governing Body)
approves the filing of an application for funding from the California Farmland
Conservancy Program.