HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda Report - February 3, 1999 E-15CITY OF I,UDI Couricir, COMMUNICATION
AGENDA TITLE: Adopt two Resolutions approving the applications for planning grants from both the
California Department of Conservation's Agricultural Land Stewardship Program (ALSP)
and the Great Valley Center's Land Use, Economic Development, Growth, Agriculture,
Conservation, and Investment (LEGACI) program.
MEETING DATE: February 3, 1999
PREPARED BY: Community Development Director
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Staff is recommending that the City Council adopt the attached Resolutions. The
resolutions will be incorporated into the City's Agricultural Land Stewardship
Program (ALSP) and LEGACI Program grant application packages and
forwarded to both the Department of Conservation and the Great Valley Center
for the 1999 application period.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION: One of the major goals identified by the City Council this past year is the
creation of a Greenbelt Policy, to be carried out by the Community
Development Department. This Program is the first step in achieving that
goal. The planning grants, if approved, will supplement staff's efforts to
solidify a policy and subsequent steps carrying out that policy. The Department of Conservation's application
manual specifies that, among other things, a "resolution from the governmental jurisdiction in which the project is
located endorsing the project and the application for grant funds," be adopted. If our applications are selected, the
funding would be used to help pay for the Greenbelt Policy work the Department is currently working toward. As
specified in each resolution, some of the activities that will be undertaken are to gather concensus within the
community about farmland and open space, identify agricultural land most suitable for perservation efforts, and to
evaluate options for maintining existing farmlands in their current state, in an effort to control further urban
sprawl.
FUNDING: No funding request associated with this action.
Konradt Bartlam
Community Development Director
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Attachments
APPROVED:
H. D on Flynn -- ty Manager
cc9902.doc 01/27/99
RESOLUTION NO. 99-21
A RESOLUTION OF THE LODI CITY COUNCIL APPROVING
THE APPLICATION FOR A PLANNING GRANT FROM THE
CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION'S
AGRICULTURAL LAND STEWARDSHIP PROGRAM FOR
OPEN SPACE/AGRICULTURAL LAND PRESERVATION
EFFORTS
WHEREAS, the Legislature has established the Agricultural Land Stewardship
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 City of Lodi intends to implement general plan policies and goals
aimed at more actively preserving agricultural land surrounding the City; and
WHEREAS, in order to proceed with the processes of 1) gathering consensus within
the community regarding open space, 2) identifying lands most suitable for preservation
efforts, and 3) evaluating options for maintaining land in its pre -urbanized state, including
purchasing conservation easements, transfer of development rights program, and modifying
growth management criteria, the City is seeking a policy/planning grant to augment staff.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Lodi
does hereby approve the filing of an application for funding from the Agricultural Land
Stewardship Program. Funds, if awarded, will be used to evaluate and implement options
for conserving agricultural lands south of Lodi, between Lodi and North Stockton.
Dated: February 3, 1999
I hereby certify that Resolution No. 99-21 was passed and adopted by the City
Council of the City of Lodi in a regular meeting held February 3, 1999, by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS — Hitchcock, Mann, Nakanishi, Pennino and
Land (Mayor)
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS — None
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS — None
ABSTAIN: COUNCIL MEMBERS — None
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ALICE M. R IMCHE
City Clerk
99-21
RESOLUTION NO. 99-22
A RESOLUTION OF THE LODI CITY COUNCIL
APPROVING THE APPLICATION FOR A PLANNING
GRANT FROM THE GREAT VALLEY CENTER'S LEGACI
PROGRAM FOR OPEN SPACE/AGRICULTURAL LAND
PRESERVATION EFFORTS
WHEREAS, the Great Valley Center is a non-profit corporation created to support
activities and organizations that promote the economic well being of California's Central
Valley, and through a grant supporting projects and programs in the areas of Land Use,
Economic Development, Growth, Agriculture, Conservation, and Investment (LEGACI);
and
WHEREAS, the City of Lodi intends to implement general plan policies and goals
aimed at more actively preserving agricultural land surrounding the City; and
WHEREAS, in order to proceed with the processes of 1) gathering consensus
within the community regarding open space, 2) identifying lands most suitable for
preservation efforts, and 3) evaluating options for maintaining land in its pre -urbanized
state, including purchasing conservation easements, transfer of development rights
program, and modifying growth management criteria, the City is seeking a policy/planning
grant to augment staff.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Lodi
does hereby approve the filing of an application for funding from the LEGACI Program.
Funds, if awarded, will be used to evaluate and implement options for conserving
agricultural lands south of Lodi, between Lodi and North Stockton.
Dated: February 3, 1999
I hereby certify that Resolution No. 99-22 was passed and adopted by the City
Council of the City of Lodi in a regular meeting held February 3, 1999, by the following
vote:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS — Hitchcock, Mann, Nakanishi, Pennino and
Land (Mayor)
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS — None
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS — None
ABSTAIN: COUNCIL MEMBERS — None
ALICE M. REIMCHE
City Clerk
99-22