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*ITY OF CARLSBAD - AGEdh BILL JI
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DEPT. PLN CITY MGR E
ESTABLISHMENT OF THE AGRICULTURAL
MITIGATION FEE AT $5,000 PER ACRE -
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
That the City Council ADOPT Resolution No. 97-637 establishing the 1
Agricultural Mitigation Fee at $5,000 per acre. Said fee amount would be appl
projects which have a Coastal Development Permit approved prior to this action.
That the City Council ADOPT Resolution No. 9 7 - 6 ’78
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Agricultural Mitigation Fee.
APPROVING Counc
, establishing the methodology for determining the amount of the
ITEM EXPLANATION:
The implementing ordinances for the Carlsbad LCP require that the City Council
the amount of the Agricultural Mitigation Fee when it considers the Coastal Dev
Permit for the urban development of the designated property. Over the last seve
the Council has approved projects conditioned to pay the subject fee. However, thl
did not establish the amount of the fee when it approved the projects for two reaso
the Coastal Commission and not the City had coastal permit authority. Second
was needed to determine the cost of the preserving “prime” agricultural land (wh
basis of the fee) within the coastal zone. The City’s assumption of coastal permit
last October necessitated the establishment of the amount of the Agricultural Mitig:
The last time the City was involved in an agricultural mitigation study was in 1985
agricultural land in Monterey County was selected by the Coastal Conservancy. I
acquisition costs of the development rights on that land (approximately $4,600 per
fee was set at the $5,000 minimum. Assuming that land values had significantly i
since 1985, staff estimated the current fee at $10,000 per acre pending Council ay
a study supporting some other fee value. Some developers have paid the
maximum fee while others have paid the minimum $5,000 fee and entered intc
agreements to pay the balance pending Council action on the fee.
In April, 1997, Carltas (developers of Carlsbad Ranch) submitted a fee stud)
4, 1997) the Hulburg Study (Exhibit 4) determined that the approximate cost 1
“prime” agricultural land in the state’s coastal zone is $4,300, thus justifying settir
at the minimum of $5,000 per acre. Staff, not having expertise in farm land
contracted with Hanna and Associates to conduct a peer review. The Hanr
(Exhibit 5) concluded that establishing the fee at $5,000 per acre “appe:
supportable.”
The Hanna Report did point out some shortcomings in the Hulburg Study al
suggested modifications in the methodology employed by future reports.
review. Based on a number of factors (see attached memo to City Manager datf