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Siskiyou County supervisors approve agricultural preserve amendments, citing Williamson Act complexities
Summary
The Board of Supervisors approved staff resolutions to amend agricultural preserves and reissue Williamson Act contracts for two separate landowners, finding both projects exempt from CEQA under Guideline/Section 15317. The moves follow extended discussion about administrative challenges posed by many small, noncontiguous preserves.
SISKIYOU COUNTY — The Board of Supervisors voted to amend agricultural preserves and reissue separate Williamson Act contracts for two private parcels, approving staff recommendations that each project be found exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act under Guideline/Section 15317.
Bernadette Sisson, associate planner, told the board that Dustin and Mariah Mason had applied to create a separate Williamson Act contract for about 80.38 acres on Scala Lane south of Montague. Review found two small portions (0.56 acre and 1.06 acre) not currently under contract; staff recommended adding those acres, removing the Mason parcel and adjacent Shannons parcel from the existing preserve,…
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