DATE: June 6, 2017
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBMITTED BY: Steven E. White, Director
Department of Public Works and Planning
Jean M Rousseau, County Administrative Officer
SUBJECT: Amended and Restated Memorandum of Understanding between the County of Fresno and City of Clovis
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
TITLE
1. Approve and authorize Chairman to execute Amended and Restated Memorandum of Understanding between the County of Fresno and City of Clovis.
2. Designate the $75,000 payment made by the City of Clovis as part of the Amended and Restated Memorandum of Understanding process to be used to offset future County contribution for Sustainable Groundwater Management Act participation and implementation within the North Kings Groundwater Sustainability Agency area.
3. Determine that the approval and authorization of Chairman to execute the Amended and Restated Memorandum of Understanding between the County of Fresno and City of Clovis 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 Clovis' Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) expires on June 26, 2017. This recommended Master tax-sharing agreement continues the same property and sales tax revenue distribution and methodology as contained in the current MOU. The provisions of this MOU will apply to annexations in the current Sphere of Influence (SOI) boundary of the City of Clovis as approved by the Fresno County Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCo) (See Exhibit A).
ALTERNATIVE ACTION(S):
The Board may determine not to approve the proposed Amended and Restated MOU between the City of Clovis and the County. However, by not approving the recommended action, the current MOU will expire and annexations by the City would need to be considered by the Board on a case by case basis. In addition, the existing sales tax sharing provisions wo...
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