Cayucos Land Conservancy

“Cayucos Land Conservancy (CLC) has a policy on conservation easement stewardship that stipulates that CLC will "monitor its easement properties regularly, at least annually, in a manner appropriate to the size and restrictions of each property. CLC will maintain a written, annual documentation of the condition of the property." The policy requires that CLC will use an easement monitoring protocol document it adopted for each conservation easement to ensure that annual inspections are consistent and appropriate. It also identifies who are appropriate monitors. In addition, the stewardship policy spells out the specific process to be followed when a violation has been discovered. That process includes how to document the violation, contact the landowner, and steps to resolve the violation.”

“FOOTNOTE: Conservation easements, either purchased or donated, are initially valued at their appraised value. Once the development rights for a specific conservation easement are extinguished, generally immediately after acquisition, the value of the conservation easement is reduced to $1. This value reflects the lack of marketability related to the easement. The reduction in value due to extinguishment of development rights is reflected as a program expense in the statement of activities and conservation easement valuation expense in the statement of functional expenses.”

“Investment growth. Use as needed for operational purposes.”

“For the year ended December 31, 2018 the Conservancy has no material uncertain tax positions to be accounted for in the financial statements under the principles of the Income Taxes topic of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Accounting Standards Codification (ASC). The Conservancy recognizes interest and penalties, if any, related to unrecognized tax benefits in interest expense.”