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Regular Commission Meeting

Date: March 04, 2020

Time: 2:00 - 11:59 p.m.

Registration Required: No

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Agenda

1. Call to Order by the Chair - Action

2. Pledge of Allegiance

3. Public Comment:

The public is invited to address the Commission regarding any item that is not scheduled for discussion as part of this Agenda. No action will be taken by the Commission at this meeting as a result of items presented at this time.

4. Consent Calendar- Action

Items on the Consent Calendar will be taken in one motion without discussion.

    1. Approval of Meeting Minutes: February 5, 2019

Draft Minutes

5. Public Hearings - Action

  1. File No. 2019-20: Glen Ellen Fire Protection District Reorganization No. 2019-01 (Valley of the Moon FPD, Mayacamas VFD) Involving Dissolution of the Valley of the Moon Fire Protection District, Detachment of the Service Area of the Mayacamas Volunteer Fire Department from County Service Area No. 40 (Fire Services), and Annexation of Those Same Territories to the Glen Ellen Fire Protection District

    Environmental Determination: Exempt Pursuant to Sections 15320 and 15061(b)(3) of the State California Environmental Quality Act Guidelines

    Staff Report
    Illustrative map of proposed reorganization
    District Action – Resolution of Application
    Tax Exchange Agreement between the County of Sonoma and Glen Ellen Fire Protection District (Executed)
    Factors for Consideration
    Draft Resolution

  2. File No. 2019-19: Sonoma County Fire District Reorganization No. 2019-1 (Russian River, Bodega Bay FPDs) Involving Dissolution of the Russian River Fire Protection District and the Bodega Bay Fire Protection District and Annexation of the Same Territories to the Sonoma County Fire District

    Environmental Determination: Exempt Pursuant to Sections 15320 and 15061(b)(3) of the State California Environmental Quality Act Guidelines

    Staff Report
    Illustrative map of proposed reorganization
    District Action – Resolution of Application
    Factors for Consideration
    Draft Resolution

6. Regular Calendar - Action

  1. Authorization for Contract with Outside Consultant to Conduct Municipal Service Review for Town of Windsor and Windsor Water District

    Staff Report
    Municipal Service Review Proposal, E. Mulberg & Associates, February 20, 2019
    Town of Windsor and Subsidiary Water District MSR Proposal; Planwest Partners, Inc., February 20, 2020
    Municipal Service Review for The Town of Windsor and Subsidiary Water District Proposal, QK, February 20, 2020

7. Information/Report Items - Informational and/or Direction

  1. Legislative Report (Verbal)
  2. Executive Officer’s Report (Verbal)

8. General Announcements - Informational

9. Confirm Meetings - Action

Commission Meeting: April 1, 2020, at 2:00 p.m.

9. Adjournment - Action

PUBLIC NOTICE: Pursuant to state law, any writings or documents provided to a majority of the members of the Commission regarding any item on this agenda after the posting of the agenda and not otherwise exempt from disclosure will be made available for public review at 111 Santa Rosa Ave Ste 240 Santa Rosa CA during normal business hours and on the Commission’s website at https://sonomalafco.org/meetings-and-agendas and upon request at Kasandra.Bowen@sonoma-county.org

Any writings or documents provided to a majority of the members of the Commission less than 72 hours prior to this meeting will be made available on the Commission’s website at https://sonomalafco.org/meetings-and-agendas and upon request at Kasandra.Bowen@sonoma-county.org

If the supplemental materials are made available to the members of the Commission at the meeting, a copy will be available for public review at the same address and at the Commission meeting itself. 

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Pursuant to Government Code Section 84308, if you wish to participate in the following proceedings, you or your agent is prohibited from making a campaign contribution of $250 or more to any Commissioner or Alternate Commissioner.  This prohibition begins on the date you begin to actively support or oppose an application before LAFCO and continues until three months after a final decision is rendered by LAFCO. If you or your agent has made a contribution of $250 or more to any Commissioner or Alternate Commissioner during the 12 months preceding the decision, that Commissioner or Alternate Commissioner must disqualify himself or herself from the decision in the proceeding.  However, disqualification is not required if the Commissioner or Alternate Commissioner returns that campaign contribution with 30 days of learning both about the contribution and the fact that you are a participant in the proceedings. 

Pursuant to Government Code Sections 56700.1 and 81000 et seq., any person or combination of persons who directly or indirectly contributes $1,000 or more or expends $1,000 or more in support of or in opposition to a change of organization or reorganization that will be or has been submitted to the Sonoma Local Agency Formation Commission must comply, to the same extent as provided for local initiative measures, with reporting and disclosure requirements of the California Political Reform Act of 1974. Additional information can be obtained by contacting the Fair Political Practices Commission at (916) 322-5660.