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Sunday, 24 June 2007 23:56

LAFCO Meeting Review

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slide22Last week the Local Agency Formation Committee met and passed a resolution determining a sphere of influence for the City’s of Plymouth, Jackson, Sutter Creek, Ione and Amador City. Executive Director Roseanne Chamberlain described the items as more of a formality, as the spheres of the Cities were not changed. “We re-affirmed existing spheres,” said Chamberlain and went on to explain that “Different cities had different maps that were all made at different times by different people and by accepting the sphere of influence action it confirms a multitude of actions.” Recently Chamberlain took on a huge task of researching LAFCO meetings and minutes and found that many times a motion was made to change a sphere but that action never appeared on a map.
She said these motions date all the way back to 1978, so the maps are in dire need of an update. Also of concern are the City Councils that voted to change their sphere of influence, but never brought the matter before LAFCO. So from here LAFCO will have to go through records City by City to figure out what was requested and then hold a formal hearing before LAFCO to have those changes implemented. Chamberlain explained that by accepting the spheres of influence at the meeting it did not change any city’s sphere, but rather it creates a beginning point so all of the maps can be updated. She said that LAFCO will not be changing the actual spheres of influence for each City until next year. --During the meeting the Committee also interviewed candidates for the public alternate seat based on a point system and they chose Byron Damiani to fill the open position.  In addition the agreement between LAFCO and the Amador County for building use and support services was also discussed and some confusion was expressed by committee members. Currently the agreement states in Section 4 that “the County may terminate for cause,” however, cause is not defined in the contract. As it stands now the agreement is based upon cooperative goodwill. The committee ultimately decided to postpone adopting the new agreement so County staff can clarify the word “cause” and what implications that has for LAFCO.
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