Local Agency Formation Commission › Regular Commission Meeting September 4 2019
Sonoma Local Agency Formation Commission

Regular Commission Meeting

Date: September 04, 2019

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

Registration Required: No

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Agenda

1. Call to Order by the Chair - Action

2. 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.

3. Consent Calendar- Action

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

  1. Approval of Meeting Minutes: August 7, 2019

  2. Report of Final Expenditures and Revenues for Fiscal Year 2018-19

4. Public Hearings - Action

    None

5. Regular Calendar - Action

  1. West County Fire and Emergency Service Agencies Municipal Service Review – Adoption of Determinations
    Environmental Determination: Exempt Pursuant to Section 15061(b)(3) of the State CEQA Guidelines

    Staff Report
    Draft Resolution (PDF)

  2. Appointment of Chair Loveless as Sonoma LAFCO Voting Delegate and Commissioner Teresa Barrett as Alternate Voting Delegate at 2019 CALAFCO Annual Business Meeting

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

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

7. Public Comment on Closed Session Item

8. Closed Session - Action

The Commission will meet in closed session for the following: Public Employee Appointment, extension of contract for Executive Officer. (Government Code Section 54957(b)(1)).

9. Report on Closed Session - Actions

10. General Announcements - Informational

11. Confirm Meetings - Actions

  • Commission Meeting: October 2, 2019, at 2:00 p.m.

12. Adjournment - Action

Meeting Documentation

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. 

In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you need special assistance to participate in a LAFCO meeting, please contact the LAFCO Clerk at 707.565.2577. Notification at least 48 hours prior to the meeting will assist LAFCO staff in assuring that reasonable accommodations are made to provide accessibility to the meeting. 

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.