DATE: September 27, 2016
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBMITTED BY: Steven E. White, Director
Department of Public Works and Planning
SUBJECT: Delegation of Authority to Director to Execute Agreements with Cities To Allow Limited Improvements to Property in Process of Annexation to Cities
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
TITLE
1. Adopt recommended resolution approving and authorizing the Director of the Department of Public Works and Planning, or his or her designee, to approve and execute agreements with requesting cities substantially in the form of the template agreement attached as Exhibit A to the recommended resolution, subject to approval as to legal form by County Counsel.
2. Find that approval of the recommended resolution is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act and direct the Department of Public Works and Planning to file a Notice of Exemption with the Office of the Fresno County Clerk.
REPORT
ALTERNATIVE ACTION(S):
The Board may choose not to approve the recommended actions, the result of which would be that agreements of this type would be presented individually to the Board for approval. Presentation of agreements to the Board may result in a delay of construction activities authorized by these agreements.
FISCAL IMPACT:
There is no Net County Cost associated with the recommended action. The preparation of this agenda item has been absorbed within the Department's existing budgeted appropriations.
DISCUSSION:
Approval by Cities of Development Projects Within Their Spheres of Influence
As a common practice of the development/annexation process, a developer will apply to a city for approval of a development project on land within the city's sphere of influence, but not within the city's corporate boundaries. Upon approval of the land use entitlements by the city, either the city or the developer will initiate the annexation process and seek approval of the Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCo) for the land to be annexed to the ci...
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