Morgan Hill Agricultural Policies and Implementation Program

Morgan Hill Agricultural Policies and Implementation Program
Public Review Draft 12/22/11
Organization of Report
This report is organized into four chapters and three appendices.
• Chapter 1 (this chapter) summarizes the purpose of the report, the general findings and
outcomes, and overarching background considerations.
• Chapter 2, Technical Findings, provides the Consulting Team’s evaluation of the viability of
agriculture as well as the development feasibility challenges associated with requiring
agricultural mitigation for the loss of agricultural land in the Morgan Hill SOI.
• Chapter 3, City Proposed Agricultural Preservation Tools, provides the set of tools City staff
is recommending to support agricultural preservation in and around the City of Morgan Hill.
• Chapter 4, Recommended General Plan Goals and Actions, describes the new General Plan
policies and actions to adopt the City’s Proposed Agricultural Preservation Tools.
The main body of this report is supplemented by two appendices. Appendix A: Study
Background and Appendix B: Agricultural Conservation Easements.
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