Motion to Minute Order No. 07-292: After a public hearing to consider the Yolo County Agricultural Conservation Easement Program and the In-Lieu Agricultural Mitigation Fee Ordinances, the Board of Supervisors continued the matter to a meeting in December, to be determined, and directed staff to:
1. Complete a study that examines the feasibility and economic/legal justification for an increase in the 1:1 mitigation ratio for the program, and return to the Board of Supervisors with further recommendations of the study and related work;
2. Provide information of the Storie Index versus the Land Evaluation and Site Assessment (LESA) model with a map indicating where the 20% of the LESA model or Storie Index land would be; asked that Local Agency Formation Commission Executive Director and National Resources Conservation Services Phil Hogan participate in the discussion. 3. Provide a map, with circles, indicating the cities using the agricultural easements within the two or four miles of the project site. 4. Provide a total of the countywide acreage preserved, as well as a countywide view of what the cities are doing on this issue.
The following individuals address the Board of Supervisors during public comment:
Mary Jo Hoes, Bob Schneider of Tuleyome, Robert Ramming, Jim Burchill, Ardie Zahedani, Mark Wilson and Deborah North.
Moved by Rexroad, seconded by Thomson.
