DATE: June 4, 2024
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBMITTED BY: Steven E. White, Director
Department of Public Works and Planning
SUBJECT: Fourth Amendment to Amended and Restated Memorandum of Understanding between County of Fresno and City of Clovis
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
TITLE
1. Approve and authorize the Chairman to execute the Fourth Amendment to the Amended and Restated Memorandum of Understanding between the County of Fresno and City of Clovis regarding the City's proposed 155-acre Shepherd North Sphere of Influence Expansion and Annexation, located on the north side of E. Shepherd Avenue between N. Sunnyside and N. Fowler Avenue along the northern boundary of the City's current Sphere of Influence and city limit boundary.
2. Determine that the approval and authorization of the Chairman to execute the Fourth Amendment to the Amended and Restated Memorandum of Understanding between the County of Fresno and City of Clovis is not a project and is exempt from the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act, Public Resources Code, section 2100, et seq., and direct Department of Public Works and Planning staff to file a Notice of Exemption with the Office of the Fresno County Clerk.
REPORT
Approval of the recommended actions would accommodate future expansion of the City of Clovis' (City) Sphere of Influence (SOI) by approximately 155 acres and annexation of 77 acres necessary to accommodate development of a 508-lot urban residential subdivision. This item pertains to a location in District 5.
ALTERNATIVE ACTION(S):
Your Board may choose not to approve the proposed Fourth Amendment (Amendment) to the 2017 Amended and Restated Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the City and County. If not approved, the City may choose to proceed to the Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCo), which considers and acts upon SOI adjustment requests. While LAFCo may approve an SOI adjustment request, annexation may not occur until there is a valid propert...
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