Amador County – Amador County Supervisors approved a tax revenue sharing agreement with the city of Plymouth Tuesday for Bob Reeder’s two residential developments, which have been submitted for annexation into the city.

The agreement must be approved by Plymouth City Council, which will consider the document and a resolution Thursday. Plymouth Mayor Jon Colburn said “Merry Christmas” to the board, adding: “This is our gift to the county of Amador for Christmas.”

The agreement in part said the “County shall receive 100 percent of the Annexation Property Tax Base and Incremental Change shall be apportioned with two-thirds allocated to the county and one-third allocated to the city.” It noted that “if it is economically infeasible for the city to annex the property and to connect the annexation property to city services, then the county and city shall meet and confer to determine if a portion of the Annexation Property Tax Base should be allocated to the city.”

The agreement would segment Old Sacramento Road to city limits, with some segments remaining in the county. The city and county agreed to maintain their respective portions of the road and “coordinate maintenance activities and encroachment permits” for maintenance and improvement.

Supervisor Chairman John Plasse asked about one 165 acre property now included in the Williamson Act program, which pays less tax. He asked if the base value of the land would be permanently at Williamson Act’s level. Assessor’s office staff said land in the Williamson Act has the exact same value, only the percentage of taxes paid is lowered.

The agreement was slightly modified to make the base value of properties in the annexation be set by base values at the time that the annexation becomes complete.

The annexation would include 11 parcels, totaling 845 acres, sites for Bob Reeder’s two residential developments, Zinfandel and Shenandoah Ridge. Plasse asked if there were signed agreements with neighboring adjacent agriculture lands.

Reed said of three that remain, two are concerned about the design of a “no climb” fence. A third property, owned by Jack T. Swaggart, better known as JTS, was still in the works. Reed said he had drafted an agreement with JTS based on a verbal agreement, and the letter was returned last week with changes.

Reed said 13 lots border the Zinfandel projects area, formerly Sharkey Begovich Ranch. He said the Mason family had concerns about the no-climb fence the animals they run, and “we’re happy to change the design to anything she likes, frankly.” Another family was concerned that barbed wire would not work with their Angora goats.

Reeder said the Sphere of Influence amendment and annexation will be considered by the Amador County Local Agency Formation Commission on Dec. 15.

In a Plymouth report by Speical Projects Manager Richard Prima, for Plymouth’s City Coucil meeting Thursday, Prima recommended adoption of the agreement, and noted that “sales tax is not anticipated to be significant, although some of the land being annexed, along Highway 49, is shown on the General Plan for future commercial development.”

Prima also noted that “as part of the agreement, the city also agrees to collect the County Facilities Fee from new development in the area.” The agreement said the “county shall be responsible for maintenance of the county facility fee’s Capital Improvement Plan and associated nexus study.”

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