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R 2375 211 ~norIaf NO. 2375 A RESOlDl'Iaf OF '!'HE CI'lY <DJNCIL OF '!'HE CI'lY OF ARROYO awmE R8./1'~1"1NG 'l.'mlNICAL 'ASSIS'l'NICI!: l'1Ot '!'HE S'l'A'l'E 00I\S'l'AL <DISE1M\NCY WHmEIIS, the City of Arroyo Grande has 725 acres of prime agricultural soils within its city limits; and WHmEIIS, over half of the prime agricultural soils in the city has alre.w.y been converted to urban uses; and ~, a recent camunity survey found a clear CalSensUS to preserve and protect agricultural activities within the city limits, and within the Arroyo Grande Valley, including unincorporated lands beyond city limits; and ~, the City COuncil of Arroyo Grande has directed its staff to update and revise the General Plan for the city, with specific direction to address agricuI tural issues; and ~ WHmEIIS, Division 21, Chapter 4 of the Public Resources Code, as amended, authorizes the state COastal Conservancy to provide grants to local cities to prevent the conversion of agricultural lands to other uses within the COastal Zone; and WHmEIIS, although the City of Arroyo Grande is located outside the COastal Zone, the agricultural soils of the entire Arroyo Grande Valley are an irrportant resource; and WHmEIIS, the City's agricultural lands are geographically contiguous to, and subject to similar development pressures as, agricultural lands within the jurisdiction of the COunty of San Luis Obispo that are within the COastal Zone, HCIf, ~, BE IT RESOLVIm that the City of Arroyo Grande, by and through its city Council, hereby requests that. the state COastal Conservancy: (a) provide teclmical assistance to the city in drafting, reviewing, and illl'lementingagricultural provisions of the General Plan update, and (b) investigate the feasibility of the COunty of San Luis Obispo adopting additional carplementary provisions to support long-term agricul tural use of lands within the unincorporated portions of the Arroyo Grande Valley. On II'Otion of COuncil Member Dougall , seconded by COuncil Member 9nith , and by the following roll call vote, to wit: AYES: Mayor Millis and Council M=mbers Dougall, 9nith, Moots and Olsen NOES: None ABSENT: None the foregoing resolution was adopted this 27th day of February , 1990. '-- -;J;JU1d& A'l"l'EST: ~~a. ~.J NrofCY A. VIS, CI'lY CLERK APPROVED AS TO FORM: . . V- -". I'lY ATTORNEY alRI -.-- .- -- ------~._..- _.. ---.. .. -_. _.._--_.._---~--- _____~_._ ___.__~_ - 0' ~_____'_'.._ --~----