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Draft 14. Subregional Planning Element Livermore. and various environmental groupsLgxeed that the County would charge Waste Management of Alameda County fees totaling $1.25 per ton of waste disposed at the landfill. Of that $0.75 must be spent on acquisition of open space either b~purchasing land or a permanent easement. Twenty percent of that total money is to be spent in the Dublin-Pleasanton area, and the other eighty percent must be used to acquire property in eastern Alameda County within the Tri Valley. Under the terms of the agreement the Altamont Landfill and Resource Recovery Open Space Advisory Committee Committee) makes decisions about the expenditure of these funds with ratification by the involved city. The City of Pleasanton has one voting_ member on this Committee. Since the Committee started accepting grant applications in 2004 it has funded the acquisition of two large parcels on the Pleasanton Ridge to be incorporated into the East Bay Regional Park District's Pleasanton Ridge Park. Under the terms of the settlement first priority for land acquisition should go to land having significant value for preservation of native biological diversity and/or wildlife habitat; and second priority of land acquisition should go to properties having significant value for visual character and/or non-motorized recreation. Agricultural Lands _ajor agricultural products in the Tri-Valley area include cattle grazing hay production and wine grapes. [moved] Urban development has replaced much of the area's productive croplands- which are relatively flat and possess the best agricultural soils. Considerable land remains in large-lot agricultural use, under Williamson Act preserves. Historically. Bowners of some parcels near existing urbanized areas have filed notices of non-renewal for their Williamson Act contracts. In early 2003. the South Livermore Valley Agricultural Land Trust initiated a strategic planning process and its board recognized the need to have a greater conservation presence in the region. The Trust became the Tri Valley Conservancy with an expanded geographic area covering the cities of Livermore Pleasanton, Dublin, and San Ramon along with a portion of Sunol. Working with willing landowners, the Conservancy acquires property development rights through the legal arrangement of a conservation easement that protects the property from future development. Within the Tri-Valley area. the Alameda County Resource Conservation District is an independent non-regulatory special district in California that works dixecd~with local landowners and managers to implement conservadon practices and to help enhance local watersheds. This District enables the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRC~ to provide Farm Bill cost-share programs and other technical assistance for local landowners and users. While the Subregional %anning 060507, redline ~E1114-11 City Council 6/5/2007