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Riverside County Farm Bureau, Inc.
21160 Box Springs Road, Suite 102
Moreno Valley, California 92557, USA
Telephone 951/684-6732 - FAX 951/782-0621 - E-mail President@RiversideCFB.com
Visit our Internet site at
http://www.riversidecfb.com/
Affiliated with the California Farm Bureau Federation and the
American Farm Bureau Federation
November 21, 2000
Director Richard Lashbrook
Transportation and Land Management Agency
County of Riverside
P.O. Box 1090
Riverside, California 92502-1090
Subject: Agenda item for MSHCP Advisory
Committee regarding cost analysis and disclosure
Dear Richard:
Riverside County Farm Bureau proposes that
an item be placed on the agenda for the MSHCP Advisory Committee
to forward a recommendation to the Board of Supervisors regarding
cost analysis and disclosure.
Farm Bureau proposes that the county prepare
a comprehensive cost analysis of the complete MSHCP, allocating
full costs for all properties committed to the plan whether conserved
by acquisition or by other means, and for all related activities
such as future management. Farm Bureau further proposes that the
county make full disclosure of such cost analysis at its earliest
opportunity.
Farm Bureau takes the view that the full
cost of the MSHCP will be the value of the total acreage of private
property conserved through the plan -- for example, 153,000 acres
under alternative one -- and that the cost analysis and disclosure
must fully account for the total value of all of that conserved
land, whether in direct purchase payments or in incentives, conservation
easements or donations of land.
Farm Bureau believes that the constitutional
protection against taking of private property without just compensation
must apply strictly and absolutely throughout the MSHCP, for all
taking of private property whether by outright acquisition of by
any restriction resulting from the MSHCP. Compensation must be provided
for onsite restrictions, such as limitations on farming and ranching
activities to protect habitat and species within MSHCP reserves
where property may not be purchased through the MSHCP, and for offsite
restrictions, such as any kind of setback or limitation on farming
and ranching on properties adjacent to the MSHCP. Compensation must
be provided through payment or incentives without threat of penalty
and at current, fair market value without influence from MSHCP restrictions.
The full cost of all such compensation must be determined and disclosed
in a cost analysis.
Sincerely,
Andy Domenigoni
President
Riverside County Farm Bureau
cc: Board of Supervisors
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