DATE: October 23, 2018
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBMITTED BY: Steven E. White, Director
Department of Public Works and Planning
SUBJECT: Second 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 Second Amendment to the Amended and Restated Memorandum of Understanding between the County of Fresno and City of Clovis regarding the City's Northeast Growth Area.
2. Determine that the approval and authorization of the Chairman to execute the Second 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 accommodate future expansion of the City of Clovis' (City) Sphere of Influence (SOI) by 1,075 acres for economic development opportunities in the City's Northeast Urban Growth Area. This item pertains to a location in District 5.
ALTERNATIVE ACTION(S):
Your Board may choose not to approve the proposed amendment, in which case the City's Northeast Growth Area would not be included. 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 property tax sharing agreement between the City and County.
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, the Board approved and exec...
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