AGENDA

 

LOCAL AGENCY FORMATION COMMISSION OF MONTEREY COUNTY

 

Monday, January 25, 2010

 4:00 p.m.

 

Board of Supervisors Chambers

Monterey County Government Center

 168 West Alisal Street, First Floor

Salinas, California

 

The Local Agency Formation Commission welcomes you to its meetings.  If you intend to submit documents at this meeting, please bring 15 copies for distribution.  The meeting will be broadcast live on Comcast Cable TV Channel 28 and webcast live at www.monterey.lafco.ca.gov.  TV rebroadcasts are shown every Monday at 4:00 p.m.  Agendas and reports are available on our website at least 72 hours before each meeting.

 

  1. CALL TO ORDER

 

  1. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

 

  1. ROLL CALL                                                                                                                         ACTION

 

  1. MINUTES                                                                                                                              ACTION

 

a.    Consider and Approve Draft Minutes of December 7, 2009 Regular LAFCO Meeting.

 

b.   Accept Draft Meeting Notes of December 16, 2009 LAFCO Sphere of Influence and Annexation Committee Meeting.

 

  1. PUBLIC COMMENTS

 

Anyone may address the Commission briefly concerning items not already on the agenda.  Please fill out a Speaker Request Form available on the rostrum.

 

  1. COMMISSIONER COMMENTS

 

 

 

  1. CONSENT ITEMS                                                                                                               ACTION                                                                                                                                     

a.       Approve the Registers of Checks Paid in November and December 2009.

                                                                             

b.      Receive Legislative Activities Report.

 

c.       Receive Report on CALAFCO Activities. 

 

d.      Receive List of Anticipated Future Agenda Items.

 

e.       Receive Progress Report on LAFCO’s Comprehensive Program for Municipal Service Reviews and Sphere of Influence Updates.

 

  1. NEW BUSINESS

 

a.       Consider Draft Policy on Preservation of Open Space and Agricultural                          ACTION

      Lands, Including Agricultural Land Buffers. 

 

b.      Consider Comments on the Notice of Preparation of a Draft Environmental Impact      ACTION

       Report for the Gonzales 2010 General Plan (City of Gonzales).

 

c.       Ratify LAFCO Chair’s Committee Assignments for 2010.                                              ACTION

 

  1. EXECUTIVE OFFICER’S REPORT                                                                  INFORMATION

 

a.       Status of Regional Blueprint Plan (Association of Monterey Bay Area Governments)

 

b.      Status of Salinas-Ag Industrial Center (“Uni-Kool”) Proposal

 

c.       Other Items

                                                                                                                                                                       

  1. CORRESPONDENCE                                                                                          INFORMATION

 

  1. CLOSED SESSION                                                                                                              ACTION 

 

Under Government Code Section 54950 et.seq.:

 

a.   Pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(a) – Existing Litigation

 

      The Commission will Confer with Legal Counsel Regarding the Following Item:

 

   Franklin J. Lunding, Planning 2020, Inc., and Protect Carmel Valley (Petitioners) vs. Local Agency Formation Commission of Monterey County and Carmel Valley Forum (Respondents), Superior Court Case Number M96638

 

  1. ADJOURNMENT TO THE NEXT MEETING                                                                 ACTION       

 

Regular LAFCO Meeting – Monday, February 25, 2010 at 4:00 p.m.

 

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