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Supervisors approve Altamont Open Space grants for Collier Canyon purchase and Sweet Ridge Ranch conservation easement
Summary
The board approved a $1.5 million grant recommendation to help the City of Livermore acquire 86 acres at Collier Canyon and a $790,468 grant to fund a conservation easement on Sweet Ridge Ranch, both funded from the Altamont Landfill/Open Space program for permanent open-space protection.
The Alameda County Board of Supervisors approved two Open Space Advisory Committee recommendations to fund land-conservation projects from the Altamont Landfill and Resource Recovery Facility Open Space fund.
The first item was a recommendation to award a grant not to exceed $1,500,000 to the City of Livermore to acquire fee title to an approximately 86-acre Collier Canyon property (APN 903101). The city will contribute the remainder of the $3,030,000 purchase price from its open space funds; staff recommended delegating authority to the CDA agency director or designee to negotiate and execute the agreement subject to county counsel review.
The second item approved funding of up to $790,468 to the California Rangeland Trust to establish a deeded conservation easement on approximately 160 acres of Sweet Ridge Ranch (APN 909A1820-1). The funding covers the appraised encumbered value and transaction costs to make the easement financially feasible for the landowner. Staff characterized both projects as consistent with criteria set forth in the Altamont Landfill Settlement Agreement.
Board members approved both recommendations by roll-call vote. In discussing Collier Canyon, one supervisor noted that the parcel is adjacent to a community college and is flat, developable land, and urged continued attention to balancing open-space preservation with housing and other community needs. No public speakers opposed either grant in the recorded comment period.
Staff will prepare agreements and return executed copies to the clerk of the board after county-counsel review and final signatures.
