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' BOARD OF DIRECTORS
POSITION PAPER
Board Meeting Date: April 3, 2014
Subject. SET APRIL 17, 2014 AT 7:00 P.M. AS THE DATE AND TIME FOR A
PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER APPROVAL OF A LEASE WITH
AGLANTIS, A PUBLIC BENEFIT CORPORATION, FOR THE COCO SAN
SUSTAINABLE FARM OF A PORTION OF THE KIEWIT PROPERTY, AND
CONSIDER DECLARING LAND AS CURRENTLY UNNEEDED
Submitted By. Initiating Dept. /Div.:
Danea Gemmell, Environmental Services Engineering / Environmental Services
Division Manager
REVIEWED AND RECOMMENDED FOR BOARD ACTION:
R. Bailey
General Manag r
ISSUE: Prior to entering into any lease of real property owned by the District, the
Board must conduct a public hearing at which the lease proposal shall be considered.
Leased property must be deemed unneeded for District purposes during the term of the
lease.
RECOMMENDATION: Set April 17, 2014 at 7:00 p.m. as the date and time for a public
hearing to consider (1) approving the proposed lease with AgLantis, a public benefit
corporation, of the Kiewit Property (APN 159- 140 -051) for the COCO San Sustainable
Farm Project (COCO San Sustainable Farm) for a term of up to ten years, and
authorizing the General Manager or his designee to execute the lease; and
(2) declaring the property as currently unneeded.
FINANCIAL IMPACTS: None by this action. If, after conducting the public hearing, the
Board approves the lease, CoCo San Sustainable Farm will receive approximately 14.8
acres of the Kiewit property for $1 per annum.
ALTERNATIVES /CONSIDERATIONS: The Board may decline to establish the
recommended public hearing date or may elect to choose a different date; however, a
public hearing must be held and the property must be declared as "currently un-
needed" if the lease is to be approved for less than ten years.
BACKGROUND: The District owns a parcel known as Kiewit Property, which
concluded a five -year operation as a clean fill site in May 2013. The Kiewit property
(see Attachment 1 for a site map) is located between Grayson and Walnut Creeks,
Highway 4, and Imhoff Drive adjacent to the District's wastewater treatment plant in
Martinez, California. On October 3, 2013, the Board directed staff to pursue a lease
agreement with CoCo San Sustainable Farm covering an approximately 14.8 -acre
portion on the western side of the approximately 33 -acre Kiewit property for operation of
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POSITION PAPER
Board Meeting Date: April 3, 2014
Subject. SET APRIL 17, 2014 AT 7:00 P.M. AS THE DATE AND TIME FOR A
PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER APPROVAL OF A LEASE WITH
AGLANTIS, A PUBLIC BENEFIT CORPORATION, FOR THE COCO SAN
SUSTAINABLE FARM OF A PORTION OF THE KIEWIT PROPERTY, AND
CONSIDER DECLARING LAND AS CURRENTLY UNNEEDED
an urban sustainable farm and agricultural educational program. On November 7,
2013, the Board formed an Ad Hoc Committee to review the proposed terms of the
agreement before being brought back to the full Board.
The Farm proponents had originally partnered with the Earth Island Institute, but have
instead formed a public benefit corporation in February 2014 named AgLantis with the
following purposes stated in its Articles of Incorporation:
• promoting the conservation and utilization of natural resources, especially public
lands and recycled water, to enhance sustainable, healthy living;
• providing education to the community that fosters sustainable living practices to
reduce the negative environmental impacts of human activity and increase health;
• deploying under - utilized natural resources to feed people and reduce nutritional
poverty with sustainable agricultural and food web practices that protect the
environment;
• focusing efforts especially on augmenting pathways between schools, higher
education and careers;
• focusing especially on benefitting disadvantaged populations such: as at -risk
youth, veterans, disabled, immigrants and /or those under - served; and
• collaborating with, promoting and sponsoring programs that share these goals.
Staff has been working with the Farm proponents and the Ad Hoc Committee to develop
a lease agreement and is prepared to present this agreement on April 17, 2014.
RECOMMENDED BOARD ACTION: Set April 17, 2014 at 7:00 p.m. as the date and
time for a public hearing to consider (1) approving the proposed lease with AgLantis, a
public benefit corporation, of the Kiewit Property (APN 159- 140 -051) for the CoCo San
Sustainable Farm Project (CoCo San Sustainable Farm) for a term of up to ten years,
and authorizing the General Manager or his designee to execute the lease; and
(2) declaring the property as currently unneeded.
Attached Supportinq Document.,
1. Kiewit Property Site Map
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