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Adopt 2 resolutions nominating Cache Slough and the Dixon Agricultural Service Area as new Priority Conservation Areas and direct staff to submit these resolutions to the Association of Bay Area Governments and Metropolitan Transportation Commission for their adoption
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DEPARTMENTAL RECOMMENDATION:
The Department of Resource Management recommends that the Board of Supervisors:
1. Adopt 2 resolutions nominating Cache Slough and the Dixon Agricultural Service Area as new Priority Conservation Areas (PCA), and
2. Direct staff to submit these resolutions to the Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) and Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) for their adoption.
SUMMARY:
ABAG is currently accepting resolutions from local counties and cities who wish to propose new PCAs within its jurisdiction. The Board approved both the Cache Slough area and Dixon Agricultural Service Area as new PCAs at its meeting on September 10, 2019. As required by ABAG, Solano County submitted Letters of Interest to ABAG on September 13, 2019. To finalize the nomination process, local agency adopted resolutions must be submitted by January 16, 2020.
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
The costs associated with preparing the agenda item and with submission of the resolutions are nominal and absorbed by the Department's FY2019/20 Adopted Budget.
DISCUSSION:
Background
A complete background discussion on the PCA program can be found in the attached link to the staff report from September 10, 2019, should the Board wish to review.
On September 10, 2019, the Board considered multiple potential PCA sites, including those recommended by staff at the time and those discussed in the Solano Transportation Authority (STA) PCA Study that was conducted in 2016. After taking public testimony, the Board ultimately decided to propose the Cache Slough area and the Dixon Agricultural Service Are...
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