AGENDA

 

LOCAL AGENCY FORMATION COMMISSION OF MONTEREY COUNTY

 

Monday, June 28, 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 want 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. SPECIAL BUSINESS                                                                                                ACTION

 

a.      Administer Oath of Office for Re-Appointment of Public Member                       Commissioner Vince DiMaggio for a Term Ending in May 2014 (Administered by Chair Salinas).  

 

5.      SELECTION OF CHAIR AND CHAIR PRO TEMPORE                                           ACTION

 

a.      Select the Chair and Chair Pro Tempore for a One-Year Period Ending in May 2011 and, if Deemed Appropriate, Include in the Motion the Adoption of a Resolution to Temporarily Suspend Provisions of Section 10 of the LAFCO Hearing Rules and Regulations Relating to an Annual Rotation Policy.

 

  1. MINUTES                                                                                                                               ACTION

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a.      Accept Draft Meeting Notes of May 20, 2010 LAFCO Budget and Finance Committee Meeting.

 

b.      Approve Draft Minutes of May 24, 2010 Regular LAFCO Meeting.

 

c.Accept Draft Meeting Notes of June 16, 2010 LAFCO Sphere of Influence and Annexation Policy 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 ANNOUNCEMENTS                                                        INFORMATION

 

Commissioners may ask a question for clarification, make a brief announcement, or report on his or her activities.

 

  1. CONSENT ITEMS                                                                                                      ACTION                                                                                                                    

a.      Approve the Register of Checks Paid in May 2010.

 

b.      Accept Draft Financial Statements for Period Ending March 31, 2010.   

 

c.      Accept a Report on Legislative Activities of the California Association of Local Agency Formation Commissions.    

 

d.      Accept List of Anticipated Future Agenda Items.

 

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

 

f.        Approve Agreement with Bianchi, Kasavan and Pope, LLP to Provide Professional Audit Services.

 

g.      Authorize Comments on the Initial Study and Negative Declaration for Aromas Water District’s Sphere of Influence Amendment in San Benito County.

 

h.     Approve Appointment of Special District Member to Budget and Finance Committee.

 

  1.    NEW BUSINESS                                                                                                    ACTION

 

a.      Consider Resolution to Adopt Miscellaneous Revisions to Policies and               

Procedures Relating to Spheres of Influence and Changes of Organization and Reorganization, Including a Finding that the Revisions are not a Project for Purposes of the California Environmental Quality Act (Recommended by the Sphere of Influence and Annexation Policy Committee on June 16, 2010).

 

Attachment 1 – Resolution and Exhibit A (without track changes)

 

Attachment 2 – with track changes

 

Attachment 3 – Letter from Paul Robins, Executive Director, Resource Conservation District

           

  1.   EXECUTIVE OFFICER ANNOUNCEMENTS                                                            NFORMATION

 

                Executive Officer may report on activities of the Commission, including:

 

a.      2010 CALAFCO Annual Conference.                        

                                                                       

  1.   CORRESPONDENCE                                                                                 INFORMATION

 

a.      Letter from Tom Carvey, President/CEO of the Salinas Valley Chamber of Commerce – May 14, 2010

 

  1.   ADJOURNMENT TO THE NEXT MEETING                                                          ACTION       

 

Regular LAFCO Meeting – Monday, August 23, 2010 at 4:00 p.m.

 

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