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Regular-General Government # 34.

Board of Supervisors Meeting

County Counsel

Meeting Date:	04/28/2015
Brief Title: Soils Presentation by Phil Hogan (NRCS)
From:	Philip J. Pogledich, County Counsel
Staff Contact:	Philip J. Pogledich, County Counsel, x8172
Supervisorial District Impact:

Subject

Receive presentation by Phil Hogan from Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) relating to County soils. (No general fund impact) (Pogledich)

Recommended Action

Receive presentation by Phil Hogan from Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) relating to County soils.

Strategic Plan Goal(s)

Collaborate to maximize success
Preserve and support agriculture
Protect open space and the environment

Reason for Recommended Action/Background

At the invitation of Supervisor Chamberlain, Mr. Hogan will provide a presentation on soils information from the Natural Resources Conservation Service. Among other things, his presentation will highlight the potential role of that information in assessing and mitigating the loss of farmland resources to urban development and other projects. Mr. Hogan will describe the USDA Land Capability Class (LCC) system and its integration into the Land Evaluation and Site Assessment System (LESA), and he will emphasize that the present LESA system is almost 20 years old. Opportunities exist to:

Integrate the LESA system into GIS to produce quick, reliable, and consistent results;
Update LESA to include factors not considered 20 years ago (such as a parcel's proximity to existing conservation easements); and
Integrate LESA into the County's agricultural mitigation program.

County staff will provide a presentation regarding the update of the County's agricultural mitigation program--including a potential increase in the mitigation ratio--at the Board of Supervisors meeting on May 5, 2015.

Collaborations (including Board advisory groups and external partner agencies)

Mr. Hogan provided a similar presentation to the Yolo County Planning Commission on April 9, 2015.

Fiscal Impact

Fiscal Impact (Expenditure)
No Fiscal Impact
Total cost of recommended action:		$
Amount budgeted for expenditure:		$
Additional expenditure authority needed:		$
On-going commitment (annual cost):	$

Source of Funds for this Expenditure

Attachments
Att. A. Soils of Yolo County

Form Review

Inbox	Reviewed By	Date
Phil Pogledich	Phil Pogledich	04/23/2015 09:12 AM
Phil Pogledich	Phil Pogledich	04/23/2015 09:12 AM
Form Started By: Phil Pogledich		Started On: 03/03/2015 02:06 PM
Final Approval Date: 04/23/2015