LAFCO MINUTES: January 25, 2006LAFCo DRAFT MINUTES FOR JANUARY 25, 2006
COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Roy Curless, Richard "Bud" Leonard, Marty McClelland, Kevin McKenny, Odell Shelton, & Alternates Virginia Graziani & Mary Beth Wolford COMMISSIONERS ABSENT: Bonnie Neely & Roger Rodoni STAFF PRESENT: Kirk Gothier, LAFCo Staff; Carolyn Ruth, Deputy County Counsel; Sharyn Lodes, LAFCo Clerk The meeting was called to order at 9:00 AM in the Board of Supervisor's Chambers, County Courthouse, Chairman McClelland presiding.
4. APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF March 30, 2005 THE MOTION WAS MADE (Curless/Shelton) to approve the Minutes from the May 25, 2005 meeting. THE MOTION PASSED BY A VOTE OF 5-0.
5. NEW BUSINESS
THE NOMINATION WAS MADE (Shelton/Curless) to select Commissioner McClelland as nominee for Chairman. Nomination was unanimously approved. THE MOTION WAS MADE (Curless/Leonard) to appoint Commissioner McClelland as Chairman for 2006. THE MOTION PASSED BY A ROLL CALL VOTE OF 5-0. THE NOMINATION WAS MADE (Curless/Leonard) to select Supervisor Rodoni as nominee for Vice-Chairman. Nomination was unanimously approved. THE MOTION WAS MADE (Curless/Shelton) to appoint Supervisor Rodoni as Vice-Chairman for 2006. THE MOTION PASSED BY A ROLL CALL VOTE OF 5-0. B. Report on Inventory of Community Service Districts Active Powers Kirk Gothier gave the report on the CSD inventory. Alternate Graziani corrected the Redway CSD contact to Troy Herrington-Dean. The Commission accepted corrected Attachment 5B-1 as identifying the current active services inventory. C. County Surveyor Review of Maps and Legal Descriptions Kirk Gothier reviewed the problems staff found in determining local agency boundaries as part of the General Plan Update effort. Staff is recommending changes in the basic procedures to provide surveying review by the County Surveyor prior to filing maps and legal descriptions. The Commission discussed surveying requirements, boundary change procedures and applicant costs for the proposed changes in procedure. THE MOTION WAS MADE (Shelton/Curless) to approve the proposed procedure changes as written which require County Surveyor review of the maps and legal descriptions for approved changes of organization. THE MOTION PASSED BY A VOTE OF 5-0. D. Procedure for Determining that it is not necessary to Update Spheres of Influences for Districts with No Expansion Plans Kirk Gothier explained the proposed procedure change let's LAFCo determine if a local agency sphere of influence update is necessary or if the local agency requests an update. There are some agencies which are not actively changing boundaries. The procedure changes would simplify the review process in these cases. Chairman McClelland gave further explanation in favor of the changes. THE MOTION WAS MADE (Shelton/Leonard) to approve the proposed procedure changes as written which require LAFCo review and update a sphere of influence only when requested by a local agency, or when LAFCo determines such review and update is necessary. THE MOTION PASSED BY A VOTE OF 5-0. (Further discussion on this topic ensued near the end of this meeting.) Commissioner McKenny indicated that he would like to include the agency Board in the review process and requested this be included in the procedure change. The other Commissioners agreed. THE MOTION WAS MADE (McKenny/Shelton) to revise the procedures to include the acceptance, through resolution by the governing board of the local agency, of the LAFCo determination that review and update of the local agency sphere of influence is unnecessary. THE MOTION PASSED BY A VOTE OF 5-0. E. Budget Progress Report Kirk Gothier gave the progress report. He noted an updated General Plan work schedule will be presented to the Board of Supervisors in February. Alternate Graziani noted the dates on the Work Program should be 2005-2006. Commissioner McKenny asked about the level of detail on the infrastructure. Mr. Gothier gave a brief history of the Municipal Service Review as an explanation. At this point in time, it may become necessary to charge local agencies for review work because local agencies do not have staff or time to complete the information necessary for the review. BY ORDER OF THE CHIAR, the budget and progress report was received and filed.
6. CORRESPONDENCE Correspondence was received.
7. PUBLIC APPEARANCES Julie Williams, North Coast Association of Home Builders representative, offered ad hoc help with Sphere of Influence updates.
8. ADJOURNMENT The meeting adjourned at 9:45 AM. |