HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions 86-031 N.C.S. 02/03/1986l~esOlutiOn No. s6-31 N.Q.S. FEB _ ~ 19$6 7
of the City of Petaluma, California
IN SUPPORT OF THE PROJECT PROPOSAL OF THE
SONOMA LAND TRUST FOR THE APPLICATION OF THE STATE COASTAL
CONSERVANCY GRANT OF $1,000,000 FOR THE PROTECTION OF
SONOMA COUNTY AGRICULTURAL LANDS
WHEREAS, the State Coastal Conservancy approved a $1,000,000 pilot
program for agricultural land protection in the coastal and bay zones of
Sonoma County, and
WHEREAS, the General Plan of Sonoma County has identified specific
areas of the county where the preferred land use would be agriculture, and
WHEREAS, the General Plan of the City of Petaluma encourages the
protection of agricultural lands, and
WHEREAS, the Sonoma Land Trust prepared a program plan which
would achieve permanent protection of agricultural land in a top priority
location where agriculture is currently the dominant land use, and
WHEREAS, relentless development pressures in this top priority
location threaten to undermine agriculture as the dominant land use, and
WHEREAS, .the plan prepared by the Sonoma Land Trust of purchase
and resale with an agricultural easement would achieve permanent
protection at a low cost, and
WHEREAS, the proceeds from the resale can be used to extend
-protection to other vulnerable agricultural lands, and
WHEREAS, all current and future residents of the bay area will be
beneficiaries if agriculture is maintained in this critical area,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City
of Petaluma recommends that the State Coastal Conservancy award the grant
of $995,000 for Sonoma County agricultural land protection to implement the
project of purchase and resale of a 528± acres hay ranch as conceived by
the Sonoma Land Trust.
Under the power and authorit
conferred upon this Council by the Charter of said
REFERENG~: I hereby certify the foregoing Resolution was introduced and adopted by the
% Council of the City of Petaluma at a (Regular) (~~ji~~r~ meeting
on the .--•---•-- 3rd-..... day of -------February--------------------------- 19-. 8 6, by the
following vote:
AYES: Bond, Cavanagh, Davis, Woolsey, Tencer, V.M. Balshaw,
NOES.: None
ABSENT: N ne
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City Clerk
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City ~torney
Mayor Mattei
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