DATE: December 17, 2024
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBMITTED BY: Brian Pacheco, Supervisor, District 1
Ernest Buddy Mendes, Supervisor, District 4
SUBJECT: Memorandum of Understanding between the County of Fresno and the City of Fresno
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
TITLE
1. Approve and authorize Chairman to execute Memorandum of Understanding between the County of Fresno and the City of Fresno; and
2. Determine that Recommended Action No. 1 is exempt from the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act, Public Resources Code 2100, et seq., and direct staff to file a Notice of Exemption with the Office of the Fresno County Clerk.
REPORT
The City of Fresno's (City) existing Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) expired on August 29, 2020. The proposed replacement MOU will implement the property and sales tax revenue distribution methodology as directed by your Board. The provisions of the proposed MOU will apply to annexations to the City made during its term as well as to development in the current Sphere of Influence (SOI) boundary of the City as approved by the Fresno County Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCo). This item pertains to areas located in all five Board of Supervisors Districts.
ALTERNATIVE ACTION(S):
Your Board may elect not to approve the proposed MOU between the City and the County. However, by not approving the recommended action, future annexations by the City would continue to be considered by the Board on a case-by-case basis.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The recommended MOU modifies the existing MOU property and sales tax distribution provisions. These modifications were negotiated between the City and County and reflect both parties commitment to ensuring adequate funding for critical services, commitment to urban centered growth, and to stimulate economic growth and development.
Property Tax Revenue
The methodology for the distribution of property tax revenues is recommended as follows:
Annexations that occur within the City's Sout...
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