CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING AGENDA PACKET

2 Trust was born. It sought to provide real tools, common vision, and collaborative opportunities to the ranching community. These same values still hold true today as we seek to honor ranchers, preserve grazing operations, and protect California’s natural resources. The Rangeland Trust’s mission is simple: we exist to serve the land, people, and wildlife by conserving California’s working rangelands. As the largest statewide land trust in California, we have helped 90 ranching families conserve nearly 400,000 acres of private rangeland. We recognize that rangelands are critical to air and water quality, wildlife habitat, biodiversity, local economies, and global food supplies. We believe in the importance of protecting rangeland and the life it sustains. About the Alameda County Resource Conservation District The ACRCD is an independent special district whose mission is to provide leadership in the County and region about natural resource conservation, biodiversity, and agricultural enhancements. ACRCD is non-regulatory and instead achieves its objectives through voluntary partnerships, policy initiatives, and other incentives-based efforts. We work with private and public land managers, providing education, technical assistance, and financial assistance. For example, the ACRCD administers education programs at the Sunol AgPark on behalf of the SFPUC. We provide technical assistance and County funding to farmers and ranchers under the Alameda County Compost for Agriculture Program. The ACRCD has successfully managed funding from the ALOSC for wildlife camera trapping in support of planning wildlife highway crossings and corridors. Outreach Program Details: Two workshops will take place in Fall of 2024, when ranchers typically have more time than in spring or summer to attend events. We propose holding the west side workshop at the Koopmann Ranch in Sunol, south of Pleasanton. The Rangeland Trust holds multiple conservation easements on the Koopmann Ranch, and Tim Koopmann has been invited to speak at the workshop about his experiences. The east side workshop will be held at the Martinelli Center on Greenville Road in Livermore. Each workshop is expected to last approximately 1½ hours. An introduction will describe the Altamont Open Space Fund, the role of the Open Space Committee, the ACRCD’s role in conservation, and the availability of funding for permanent conservation easements. The main part of the presentation by the Rangeland Trust will describe conservation easements in detail – how they work, what activities are typically allowed under an easement, and their value to current landowners and their heirs. The final part of the program will be a questions-and-answers period. Refreshments will be served. The live webinar will build on the in-person workshop program. It will provide an opportunity to address topics and questions from the workshops; as such, we will finalize the agenda and form of the webinar after conducting the workshops. We anticipate involving a guest expert, such as a tax attorney, to speak to specific inquiries and concerns from participants. The webinar will be recorded and made available for future viewing. Page 257 of 454