HomeMy Public PortalAboutResolution - 04-14- 20040526 - Agricultural Managemnet E RESOLUTION NO. 04-14
A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
OF THE MIDPENINSULA REGIONAL OPEN SPACE
DISTRICT ESTABLISHING A PLAN FOR HIRING OR
CONTRACTING WITH AN INDIVIDUAL OR
ORGANIZATION WITH AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT
EXPERTISE IN CONFORMITY WITH SAN MATEO COUNTY
LOCAL AGENCY COMMISSION RESOLUTION NO. 960
WHEREAS, on April 7, 2004, by Resolution No. 960, the San Mateo Local Agency
Formation Commission (LAFCo) conditionally approved the District's Coastside Protection
Program; and-
WHEREAS, LAFCo's Condition No. 7 requires the District to adopt a plan for hiring or
contracting with an individual or organization with agricultural management expertise; and
WHEREAS, the District desires to work in cooperation with the coastside community to
support and preserve agricultural operations and to protect the economic and physical integrity of
agricultural lands within the Coastside Protection Area and to fulfill LAFCo Condition No. 7;
NOW, THEREFORE, THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE DISTRICT DOES
HEREBY RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
Section One. Upon recordation of the Certificate of Completion of Annexation and within 60
days of close of escrow on the subsequent acquisition of agricultural land within the Coastside
Protection Area,the District shall: 1) seek recommendations for consultants from local
agricultural organizations, including the Farm Bureau, the Resource Conservation District and
the University of California Cooperative Extension Service; and 2) contract with a consultant or
organization with agricultural management expertise to assist the District in managing lands in
agricultural use.
Section Two. During preparation of the District's annual budget and action plan, the Board of
Directors shall review the total acreage and uses of agricultural lands acquired or managed
throughout the District, and determine if employing an individual with agricultural management
expertise on District staff is warranted.
RESOLUTION NO. 04-14
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of Directors of the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space
District on May 26, 2004, at a Regular Meeting thereof, by the following vote:
AYES: J. Cyr, L. Hassett, D. Little, K. Nitz
NOES: None
ABSTAIN: None
ABSENT: M. Davey, N. Hanko, P. Siemens
ATTEST: APPROVED:
Secr ary Pres' erd
B and of Directors B and of Directors
I, the District Clerk of the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District, hereby certify that
the above is a true and correct copy of a resolution duly adopted by the Board of Directors of
the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District by the above vote at a meeting thereof duly
held and called on the above day.
Di lerk