DATE: July 10, 2018
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBMITTED BY: Steven E. White, Director
Department of Public Works and Planning
SUBJECT: First 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 First Amendment to the Amended and Restated Memorandum of Understanding between the County of Fresno and City of Clovis regarding Standards for Annexation.
2. Determine that the approval and authorization of the Chairman to execute the First Amendment to 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, 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 facilitate accommodation of future projected growth within the City of Clovis Sphere of Influence by streamlining the current annexation process. The proposed amendment to the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) is limited to the Standards for Annexation. This item pertains to a location in District 5.
ALTERNATIVE ACTION(S):
Your Board may determine not to approve the First Amendment to the MOU, in which case the annexation standards would remain unchanged.
FISCAL IMPACT:
There is no Net County Cost associated with the recommended actions. The amended MOU does not modify existing property or sales tax sharing provisions contained in the MOU between the County and City of Clovis.
DISCUSSION:
On June 6, 2017, your Board approved and executed an Amended and Restated MOU with the City of Clovis (City) (Agt. No. 17-236) addressing land use and revenue sharing. On June 15, 2018, the City notified the County of its desire to modify the existing Standards for Annexation contained in the MO...
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