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10:02. LET'S STAND FOR THE PLEDGE. SCOTTY YOU WANT TO LEAD US, PLEASE.
[I. CALL MEETING TO ORDER]
PLEASE JOIN ME IN THE SALUTE TO THE FLAG OF THE GREATEST COUNTRY IN THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD.ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
OKAY. MR. NICHOLSON, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. RIGHT.
COMMISSIONER MCDANIEL. PRESENT. COMMISSIONER SILVEIRA.
PRESENT. CHAIR BERTAO. HERE. WE DO HAVE A QUORUM FOR BUSINESS WITH THREE MEMBERS PRESENT.
OKAY. I TEM FOUR THE CONSENT CALENDAR. APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF MARCH
[IV. CONSENT CALENDAR]
20TH. WHAT IS YOUR PLEASURE? MR. CHAIRMAN, SILVEIRA MOTION TO APPROVE.ANY OTHER ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON IT? ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION PASSED. TO APPROVE. PASSED.
OKAY, CITIZEN COMMUNICATION PUBLIC OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION ON ANY ITEM THAT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA OR ANYTHING. THE LOCAL AGENCY FORMATION COMMISSIONERS OF MERCED COUNTY HAS JURISDICTION OVER.
DOES ANYONE CARE TO COME AND MAKE ANY COMMENTS? HEARING NONE. I'LL CLOSE THE COMMENT PERIOD. AND THE GENERAL BUSINESS FOR THE DAY IS ADOPTION OF THE BUDGET.
[VI.A. Adoption of the proposed LAFCO Budget for the 2025-26 Fiscal Year.]
THIS IS THE FIRST READING OF THE BUDGET. CORRECT? OF THE 25-26 FISCAL YEAR PRELIMINARY BUDGET. OKAY.MR. NICHOLSON. OKAY. I'LL GO AHEAD AND PUT ON A SLIDE SHOW HERE.
SO YEAH, WE DO THIS EVERY YEAR. WE HAVE TO ADOPT A PROPOSED BUDGET BY MAY 1ST AND THEN ADOPT THE FINAL BUDGET BY JUNE 15TH. WE TYPICALLY TRY TO HAVE THIS MEETING IN APRIL AND THEN USE OUR MAY MEETING FOR THE FINAL BUDGET AND PRESENT ANY ISSUES WE COULD USE THE THE JUNE MEETING FOR ANY FINAL ACTION IF WE HAVE TO MODIFY SOMETHING.
SO JUST TO SUMMARY, YOU'RE ALL VERY FAMILIAR WITH HOW THE FUNDING IS FOR LAFCO.
WE GET A LITTLE BIT OF REVENUE FROM APPLICATIONS.
OTHERWISE WE HAVE THE CITIES PAYING HALF OF LAFCO COSTS AND THE COUNTY PAYING THE OTHER HALF.
AND THE MAJORITY OF THE FUNDS COME FROM THE COUNTY AND THE CITIES.
BILL. YOU'RE NOT. AM I NOT? AM I STOPPING? OKAY, MAYBE I NEED TO.
AND. YEAH. SO AGAIN, AS YOU KNOW, OUR APPLICATION FEES COVER THE OTHER REVENUE.
AND THEN WE DO HAVE MUNICIPAL SERVICE REVIEWS WHERE A CITY TYPICALLY DOES A GENERAL PLAN UPDATE.
LIKE RIGHT NOW, LOS BANOS, WHERE THEY PAID FOR THE MSR.
OTHERWISE IT'S A LAFCO COST TO PERIODICALLY UPDATE THE MSRS.
AND THEN AFTER THE COMMISSION APPROVES THE PROPOSED BUDGET, WE SEND IT TO THE COUNTY FOR REVIEW.
AND IN OUR CASE, SINCE THEY'RE NOT ON THE COMMISSION, THEY DON'T PAY FOR LAFCO OPERATIONS, BUT WE HAVE TO SEND IT TO THEM ANYWAY, AND THEY NEVER COMMENT.
SO THE CURRENT IN THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR, THE BUDGET IS $222,395.
AFTER THREE QUARTERS, WE'VE ONLY SPENT $81,780.
AND FOR CURRENT CONTRACTS WE HAVE WITH EPS, THERE'S $33,695 THAT THE AUDITOR'S ENCUMBERED TO COVER THOSE CONTRACTS. SO THE PROPOSED BUDGET FOR THE YEAR AHEAD IS ALMOST THE SAME AS $223,913.
AND KIND OF A PLACEHOLDER FOR DOING A MUNICIPAL SERVICE REVIEW MSR UPDATE OF $35,000 IS JUST KIND OF A PLACEHOLDER AND I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT. AND THEN THAT'S A LIKE A 0.01% INCREASE OF $1,515 OVER THE CURRENT YEAR.
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AND OF COURSE, WE NEVER GET CLOSE TO SPENDING WHAT WE BUDGET, BUT WE HAVE THAT IN CASE WE GET IF WE GET MORE, MORE ACTIVITY, ESPECIALLY A LOT OF APPLICATIONS.SO NOW I'VE GOT IT THROUGH THE END OF MARCH. BUT OF COURSE, THE LAFCO DUES IS A SET AMOUNT, SO THAT'S ALL BEEN EXPENDED. OFFICE EXPENSE, JUST ABOUT A 10TH OF THE DOLLARS AMOUNTS.
AND THEN THE PROFESSIONAL SPECIAL SERVICES IS A COMBINATION OF MY COSTS AS A CONTRACT EMPLOYEE AND THEN ALSO EPS PREPARING THE MSRS FOR THE RESOURCE CONSERVATION DISTRICTS AND THE CITY OF LOS BANOS.
SO AGAIN, EVEN THAT THERE'S STILL WE'RE NOT EVEN AT HALFWAY AFTER THREE QUARTERS OF THE YEAR.
AND SO AGAIN, A SMALL PORTION, ONLY $272 AFTER THREE QUARTERS.
AND THEN THE LEGAL SERVICES FROM MARLA'S OFFICE BB&K IS ABOUT 20%, APPROXIMATELY.
THERE'S WE'LL USE A LITTLE BIT MORE AS WE FINISH UP THE YEAR, BUT WE JUST HAVE A LARGER BUDGETED AMOUNT OF 26, ALMOST $26,000. SO IN CASE WE GET INTO ANY LEGAL ISSUES, WE HAVE THAT COVERAGE.
THEN YEAH, ADMIN SERVICES IS SUPPORT BY COUNTY OVERHEAD, WHICH NOTHING'S BEEN BILLED YET, BUT WE SOMETIMES USE A PLANNER SUPPORT IF THINGS GET REAL BUSY.
AND SO IT'S BEEN KIND OF SHORT ON STAFFING LATELY.
SO MAYBE WE'LL SEE IF WE CAN GET SOME HELP LIKE WE'VE HAD IN THE PAST.
AND THEN YEAH, NOT A LOT OF PUBLICATIONS AND LEGAL NOTICES THIS YEAR.
AND THEN THE COUNTY. YEAH. THE COUNTY, WE PAY THE COST ALLOCATION PLAN.
AND THAT JUST GETS BILLED MONTHLY TO LAFCO. SO IT'S $8,000 THIS YEAR, SO, IT'LL BE ALL USED UP, I'M SURE, BY THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR. AND THEN FOR THE TRANSPORTATION AND TRAVEL WHICH IS MAINLY THE CAL LAFCO FUNCTIONS WE JUST WE HAD A SMALLER TURNOUT FOR THE CONFERENCE UP IN YOSEMITE WITH COMMISSIONER BERTAO AND MYSELF, AND DANIELLE WENT AS OUR CLERK THIS TIME.
SO WE DIDN'T SPEND AS MUCH AS LAST YEAR. ONLY LESS THAN $5,000.
THE STAFF WORKSHOPS COMING UP IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS DOWN IN TEMECULA OF ALL PLACES.
SO I'LL BE ATTENDING THAT. SO WE'LL SPEND A LITTLE BIT MORE THEN.
YEAH. SO WE'RE $81,780 AFTER THREE QUARTERS AND $140,000 REMAINING.
IT VARIES EACH YEAR. THERE'S A LOT OF ANNEXATIONS DISCUSSED BY MERCED.
LOS BANOS HAS GOT A LOT. THEY TALK ABOUT NOT SO MUCH THE OTHER CITIES.
BOTH PALOS ACTUALLY GETTING SOME INTEREST NOW.
BUT JUST DIFFERENT ISSUES. CEQA REVIEW OR THE ECONOMY OR SOMETHING.
WE DON'T. THEY HAVEN'T BEEN COMING IN AS MUCH LATELY.
SO WE'VE BEEN SPENDING MOST OF OUR TIME ON ON MUNICIPAL SERVICE REVIEW WORK.
AND THEN AGAIN, WE'LL HAVE $35,000 BUDGETED FOR MUNICIPAL SERVICE REVIEW.
POSSIBLY FOR CEMETERY DISTRICTS WOULD BE THE NEXT CATEGORY OF OFFICERS THAT WE HAVEN'T UPDATED YET.
YEAH. SO THE COUNTY OTHER ASSUMPTIONS, WE HAVE THE CITY AND COUNTY LAFCO ALLOCATION RATES, WHICH IS WHERE, WE BUILD THEM AFTER AT THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR BASED ON WHAT OUR ACTUAL COSTS WERE.
BUT LAST YEAR, WE ONLY BUILT $62,236 TO EACH THE THE COUNTY AND THE SIX CITIES AND THE CITIES, AS YOU KNOW, SHARE BASED ON THEIR TOTAL REVENUE.
SO MERCED HAS OVER LIKE 52% OF ALL THE REVENUES OF THE SIX CITIES.
MERCED GETS 60 OR 52%. SO THEY PAY HALF OF THE CITY'S SHARE BASICALLY.
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AND THEN DOS PALOS IS NEXT. AND IT KIND OF GOES DOWNHILL FROM THERE.ATWATER SOMEWHAT. BUT THE SMALLER CITIES DON'T PAY THAT MUCH.
AND WE WORK THROUGH THE AUDITOR'S OFFICE TO COME UP WITH THE AMOUNTS.
SO AGAIN, WE'RE EXPECTING IN THE COMING YEAR, WE WILL ANTICIPATE $94,566 FROM THE COUNTY AND THE SIX CITIES, AND IT PROBABLY WILL END UP THE SAME AS IT DOES EVERY YEAR.
WE NEVER HAVE TO BILL THE FULL AMOUNT. IT'S VERY UNUSUAL THAT WE'LL HIT THAT.
AND THEN AFTER YOU VOTE ON THE BUDGET, IF YOU ADOPT IT, WE WILL FOLLOW THAT UP WITH SENDING IT TO THE CITY, SIX CITIES, THE COUNTY. AND AGAIN, ALL THE INDEPENDENT SPECIAL DISTRICTS.
AND THEN WE'LL END UP BRINGING THE FINAL BUDGET AT OUR MEETING NEXT MONTH.
AND REACT TO ANY INPUT THAT WE GET FROM ANY JURISDICTION OR SPECIAL DISTRICTS IF WE DO.
SO THAT COMPLETES MY PRESENTATION. OKAY. THANK YOU.
AT THIS TIME, I'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 10:13 REGARDING THE PRELIMINARY BUDGET OR THE BUDGET OF LAFCO FOR 25-26. ANYONE IN THE PUBLIC CARE TO COMMENT ON THE BUDGET PROCESS? SEEING HEARING NO COMMENTS, I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 10:14 AND RETURN IT TO THE COMMISSION FOR ACTION AND DISCUSSION.
MR. CHAIRMAN, THANK YOU. BILL WHEN YOU SAY THAT WE DON'T BILL THEM THE FULL AMOUNT, DO WE JUST WE BILL THEM AS NEEDED OR JUST WHEN WE FIGURE OUT WHAT THE CARRYOVER IS FROM THE YEAR BEFORE. IT REDUCES WHAT WE ACTUALLY BILL THEM.
YEAH. IT'S PARTLY THE CARRYOVER FROM THE YEAR BEFORE. AND THEN IF WE'RE SPENDING 50%, 60% OF WHAT WE BUDGETED, THEN WE ONLY BILL WHAT WE REALLY SPEND. WE DON'T BILL, BECAUSE WE ADOPTED THE BUDGET.
WE BILL ON BASICALLY WHAT WE'VE SPENT. SO I WORK WITH THE AUDITOR'S OFFICE AND JANEY CABRAL TO IDENTIFY EACH INDIVIDUAL ACCOUNT AND COME UP WITH A DOLLAR AMOUNTS.
AND THEN WHEN WE FIGURE OUT THE BILLING FOR EACH CITY BASED ON THE REVENUE WORK SIDE BY SIDE WITH THE AUDITOR, BECAUSE THEY ACTUALLY GET THE MONEY AND THEY PUT IT IN THE TRUST ACCOUNT FOR US.
SO THAT'S REALLY WHAT IT IS. WE'RE NOT SPENDING, WE BUDGET MORE AND THEN WE'RE NOT SPENDING ALL THE MONEY, AND WE NEED TO IF WE DIDN'T BUDGET FOR IT, THEN IF WE GOT BUSY, THEN WE'D NEED TO COME BACK AND DO A BUDGET AMENDMENT.
SO. SO I GUESS THEN THE QUESTION IS, IS HOW MANY TIMES A YEAR DO WE BILL? OH, ONLY AT THE END OF THE YEAR. WE DON'T WE DON'T BILL AS WE GO THE BUDGETS IN A SEPARATE ACCOUNT FOR LAFCO, IT'S UNDER THE COUNTY UMBRELLA IN A SENSE. YEAH. IT'S TOTALLY RESERVED FOR LAFCO.
AND THE MONEY'S BUDGETED AND PUT IN THERE AND WE BILL AT THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR.
I MEAN, IT'S PROBABLY REALLY IN JUNE, BASICALLY.
OKAY. AND THEN THE MONEY THAT WE GET FROM THE CITIES AND THE COUNTY OR THE AUDITOR DOES THE COUNTY PART AUTOMATICALLY, BUT THE CITIES, WE DEPOSIT IT IN THERE, AND USUALLY THEY'RE PRETTY GOOD ABOUT PAYING RIGHT AWAY.
SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO SEND SECOND REQUESTS. BUT MOST OF THEM THEY PAY PRETTY WELL.
SO YEAH. SO WE ACTUALLY BILL BASED ON THE ACTUAL.
SO IN OTHER WORDS, WE'RE SITTING WE HAVE ENOUGH MONEY IN OUR ACCOUNT TO RUN A FISCAL YEAR.
AND THEN AT THE END OF THAT FISCAL YEAR, WE BILL THEM FOR WHAT THEIR ACTUAL PIECE IS.
RIGHT, RIGHT. AND ACTUALLY, THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION BECAUSE I DIDN'T MENTION THIS.
IT'S IN THE THE STAFF REPORT, BUT WE ACTUALLY HAVE APPROVED YEAR AFTER YEAR THAT WE HAVE $100,000 ON ACCOUNT WITH IN THE AUDITOR'S OFFICE OF LAFCO MONEY. SO EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE OUR BUDGET, THERE'S ALWAYS A 100,000 CUSHION.
SO WE NEVER GO BELOW THAT. SO WE CAN SPEND WITHOUT COLLECTING EXTRA REVENUE YET.
YEAH, YEAH, YEAH, TOO BAD, TOO BAD. RIGHT? YEAH.
WE SHOULD HAVE JURISDICTION OVER THAT, I DO, IT'S CALLED ELECTED.
YOU ELECT ME TO OFFICE. THAT'S WHAT THAT'S CALLED.
ANYWAYS, MR. CHAIRMAN, IF THERE ARE NO OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE PROPOSED FISCAL YEAR 2025-26 BUDGET, WITH OR WITHOUT MODIFICATIONS, WITHOUT MODIFICATIONS, AND DIRECT THE EXECUTIVE OFFICER TO FORWARD THE BUDGET TO THE COUNTY, THE SIX CITIES AND ALL THE INDEPENDENT SPECIAL DISTRICTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CORTESE-KNOX HERTZBERG ACT .
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MR. CHAIR, I WILL SECOND THAT MOTION. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND THAT WE APPROVE THE PRELIMINARY BUDGET FOR 2025-26. MOTION WAS MADE BY COMMISSIONER SILVEIRA, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER MCDANIEL.ANY OTHER DISCUSSION BY THE COMMISSION ON THIS? A ND IT SAYS PRESENTED TO ADOPT AS PRESENTED.
ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED.
[VII. EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND COMMISONERS' COMMENTS]
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. YEAH. SO AS I, IT'S A LITTLE BIT REPEATED IN THE BUDGET.AND WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT IT LAST MEETING WITH OUR LAFCO 101 PRESENTATION.
AND WE WENT INTO THE DIFFERENT MSR UPDATES THAT ARE UNDERWAY FOR THE CITY OF LOS BANOS AND THEN THE RESOURCE CONSERVATION DISTRICT, SO THAT IS THE MAIN ACTIVITY THAT I'VE BEEN WORKING ON RIGHT NOW BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF INDIVIDUAL APPLICATIONS.
THE CONSULTANTS EPS HAVE PROVIDED A BASICALLY A FIRST DRAFT OF THE LOS BANOS MSR FOR MY REVIEW, AND SO I HAVEN'T STARTED THAT YET, BUT THAT'S MY NEXT PRIORITY.
OF COURSE, IT'S THE CITY HAS A NEW GENERAL PLAN AND A NEW PROPOSED SPHERE.
AND THEN IN THE RCDS RESOURCE CONSERVATION DISTRICTS.
AS I MENTIONED, WE HAVE FIVE RCDS HEADQUARTERED IN THE COUNTY.
ON THE WEST SIDE, AND AFTER HAVING A MEETING WITH THE SAN LUIS RCD, KEN AND MICHAEL AND ZACH WELLS WITH THE EAST MERCED SAID THERE'S AN INTEREST IN CONSOLIDATION, MAYBE TRYING TO PUT ALL THE JUST HAVE ONE RCDS FOR MERCED COUNTY.
SANTA CRUZ HAS ONE. SAN BENITO COUNTY HAS ONE.
A LOT OF COUNTIES JUST HAVE ONE RCD. THEY DON'T HAVE ALL THESE SMALLER, FRAGMENTED ONES.
SO THERE SEEMS TO BE AN INTEREST IN GOING IN THAT DIRECTION.
DON'T KNOW IF THE GRASSLANDS RESOURCE CONSERVATION DISTRICTS.
SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE WORKING TO SET UP A MEETING TO MEET WITH THEM AND TALK.
ACTUALLY, I'M GOING TO HAVE LUNCH TODAY WITH THE SPECIAL DISTRICTS ASSOCIATION CSDA OUR LOCAL REP.
WE WOULDN'T START THAT WITHOUT DOING THE MSR.
THE MSR WOULD LEAD TO THAT RECOMMENDATION, BUT WE WANTED TO AT LEAST TRY TO GET LAY THE GROUNDWORK.
AND IT WE'RE GOING TO NEED HELP A LITTLE BIT ON THE WEST SIDE, THE LOS BANOS RCD AND THE GUSTINE ROMERO RCD WHICH IS PROBABLY LLOYD'S DISTRICT OF HAVING SOME LOCAL CONTACTS. THERE'S NO RCD PEOPLE THAT WE WE KNOW NO PHONE NUMBERS, NO ADDRESSES.
SO THEY MAY BE LOCAL INTEREST GROUPS. I KNOW GUSTINE HAS A DRAINAGE DISTRICT, I'M NOT SURE IN THE LOS BANOS AREA AROUND AROUND, YOU KNOW, JUST KIND OF WEST OF THE GRASSLANDS. IF THERE'S ANYBODY OF ANY INTEREST THAT WOULD, STEP UP. BUT IF WE DID A CONSOLIDATED DISTRICT, WE'D PROBABLY HAVE REPRESENTATIONS ON THEIR BOARD FROM ALL PARTS OF THE COUNTY.
SO YEAH. SO THAT'LL BE SOMETHING WE CAN CAN. IT'S JUST A QUICK QUESTION.
IRRIGATION EXCUSE ME. DRAINAGE DISTRICTS ARE THEY PART OF THE RESOURCE CONSERVATION? NO. THEY'RE DIFFERENT. YEAH. RECLAMATION DISTRICTS ARE SEPARATE DRAINAGE DISTRICTS. SO RCDS, THE GOOD THING ABOUT RCDS AND IS REALLY GOOD MEETING WITH THE TWO ACTIVE RCDS.
MAYBE NOT ANYMORE, BUT THEY HAVE FOR YEARS. AND YOU GET GO AFTER GRANTS.
AND SO IF YOU'RE ORGANIZED, YOU CAN GET GRANT MONEY THAT WILL HELP IRRIGATION DISTRICTS, DRAINAGE DISTRICTS, RECLAMATION DISTRICTS, THAT THOSE ENTITIES DON'T HAVE MONEY AVAILABLE TO THEM.
SO YOU CAN GET THE RCD TO GO AFTER MONEY THAT IT BENEFITS SGMA.
IT BENEFITS WATER EFFICIENCY EVEN MAYBE HABITAT ISSUES ON THE EASTERN SIDE GETS SOME HABITAT TYPE ISSUES, BUT THERE'S MONEY THAT'S LEFT ON THE TABLE THAT OTHER JURISDICTIONS GET.
SO THERE'S THE DRIVE WITH, HEY, LET'S GET SOMETHING GOING HERE.
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AND DO WE HAVE LIKE A, I GUESS, THE MOST CURRENT, PROBABLY VERY OLD LIST OF WHO THOSE LIKE BOARD MEMBERS WERE? YEAH. IF YOU CAN GET ME THAT LIST, I CAN SEE IF I KNOW ANY OF THEM.THEY'RE STILL AROUND AND I'LL HELP WHEREVER I CAN.
EXCELLENT. THERE'S AN ACTIVE DRAINAGE DISTRICT IN DOS PALOS.
DRAINAGE. THERE'S DRAINAGE DISTRICT. I KNOW THEY THEY HAVE A BOARD OF DIRECTORS THERE'S A FELLOW I KNOW HE'S ON IT, BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH, HOW OFTEN THEY MEET AND WHAT THEY DO.
THEY MEET ONCE A MONTH. I KNOW BECAUSE WE HELD SOME PG&E.
SO. OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU, BILL. I WAS GOING TO ASK SOMETHING ABOUT I FORGOT WHAT IT WAS NOW.
OKAY. ANY ANYTHING ELSE ON ON THAT END? THE OTHER, JUST THE OTHER REPORT FROM EXECUTIVE OFFICER SIDE IS THE CAL LAFCO KERFUFFLE [LAUGHTER] AND INSANITY.
THERE'S THEY'VE HAD THEIR BOARD MEETINGS, HAVE FOCUSED ON TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, RESTRUCTURE LAFCO PUTTING IT MAYBE CLOSER TO WHAT IT WAS, BUT BUT POSSIBLY DIFFERENT AND NOT HAVE IT FRAGMENTED.
WE'VE HAD SEVERAL LAFCO THAT ARE TERMINATING THEIR MEMBERSHIP AS OF JULY 1ST, WHICH ARE MOSTLY SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO, ORANGE, I THINK RIVERSIDE AND LOS ANGELES NOW, TOO.
AND SOME OF THEM WON'T, MAYBE WON'T EVER WANT TO COME BACK.
AND THEY'RE BIG POPULATION AREAS. SO THEY MIGHT DO THEIR OWN LITTLE KIND OF THEIR OWN LITTLE SOUTHERN LAFCO ORGANIZATION FOR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND TRAINING OF COMMISSIONERS. BUT OTHERWISE THEY MAY COME BACK IF THEY FEEL THE REPRESENTATION IS BETTER.
AND THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON MORE ADMINISTRATIVELY, INTERNALLY THAT HAVE REPERCUSSIONS.
IT'S NOT SO MUCH THE STRUCTURE WAS WRONG. SO THE STAFF WORKSHOP IS COMING UP, AS I MENTIONED, IN TEMECULA. AND PAMELA MILLER HAS HAS COME BACK TO HELP AS A CONSULTANT.
AND SHE ALREADY DID SOME A TWO DAY RETREAT WITH THE CURRENT BOARD OF CAL LAFCO.
AND THEY WORKED THROUGH SHARING IDEAS, TRYING TO BE NON-CONFRONTATIONAL AND PROBLEM SOLVING AND, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO GET A KUMBAYA KIND OF FEEL BACK.
SOUNDS LIKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. YEAH, IT NEEDED IT ACTUALLY.
IT NEEDED IT. AND THEN THE STAFF WORKSHOP. SHE'S GOING TO COME AND DO THAT ON THE LAST DAY.
ON THE FRIDAY. IT'S ON ON MAY 2ND. AND DO A MORNING WITH, THE STAFFS FROM ALL THE REGIONS AND TRY TO GET BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT THE COMMISSIONERS, YOU'VE GOT THE STAFF. THERE'S ACTUALLY BEEN A LITTLE INTERNAL FIGHTING WHERE THE STAFF IN THE BYLAWS ADDED THE EXECUTIVE OFFICERS TO BE ON THE LAFCO BOARD. SO YOU WOULDN'T JUST HAVE ELECTEDS, BUT YOU'D HAVE EXECUTIVE OFFICERS, ONE FROM EACH REGION ON THERE.
AND THAT CREATED A LOT OF, SAY, KICKBACKS. SOUNDS LIKE A BRIBE, BUT IT'S A LOT OF CONTROVERSY.
REACTION. YEAH, THAT. HEY, WELL WE'RE ELECTED. WHAT ARE YOU DOING AS STAFF? AND WELL, GENERALLY THAT'S THAT'S TRUE IN MOST AREAS.
YOU HAVE PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS THAT DON'T HAVE ELECTEDS.
AND CAL LAFCO IS A HYBRID. IT'S FOR TRAINING COMMISSIONERS, BUT IT'S ALSO FOR TRAINING STAFF BECAUSE IT'S SUCH A BIZARRE FIELD THAT IN MOST PLACES THERE'S NO NOBODY KNOWS ABOUT LAFCO IN A LOCAL PLANNING DEPARTMENT OR LOCAL COUNTY OR CITY ADMINISTRATION.
THEY DON'T REALLY KNOW IT THAT WELL. SO YOU REALLY NEED THIS ORGANIZATION.
SO THE IDEA WAS TO THAT THERE'S ALREADY 20 THERE'S FOUR REGIONS WITH FOUR OFFICERS ALREADY FROM THE PUBLIC MEMBER, THE COUNTY MEMBERS, THE CITY MEMBER AND THE SPECIAL DISTRICTS.
SO ADDING FOUR EXECUTIVE OFFICERS, IT'S NOT I THINK IT'S 20% VOTE.
SO IT'S NOT LIKE THEY CAN EVEN IF THEY ALL AGREED, THEY DON'T TYPICALLY ALL AGREE.
AND BY REGIONS OF SOUTHERN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA CENTRAL THEY DON'T NECESSARILY AGREE.
SO THAT'LL BE ON THE, ON THE ONE OF THE ACTIONS TO VOTE ON.
THEY DON'T GO INTO THIS POLITICAL STUFF THAT THEY HAVE AS TOPICS AT THE CONFERENCE.
NOT TYPICALLY. NO. THIS ONE IS A SPECIAL ONE BECAUSE OF THE FRACTURING OF CAL LAFCO THAT PAMELA MILLER IS GOING TO COME AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE YOU KNOW, A WORK SESSION ON THAT. BUT NORMALLY THEY'RE HOW TO DEAL WITH UNINCORPORATED ISLANDS.
DO YOU YOU KNOW HOW TO TRY TO BRING THEM INTO THE CITIES.
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YEAH PROCEDURAL MATTERS. ONE OF THE TOPICS THIS TIME IS PROTEST HEARINGS AND COUNTING VOTES AND REGISTERED VOTER VERSUS LANDOWNER.I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW WHY WHY THEY PUT THOSE KIND OF THINGS ON THEIR AGENDA, BUT IT'S REALLY NOT.
SO IT'S YOU MIGHT SUGGEST, YOU GUYS MIGHT SUGGEST THAT THIS CONFERENCE THAT WHENEVER THEY ESTABLISH THE AGENDA FOR THE TOPICS FOR THE CONFERENCE, THAT IT'S MORE PERTINENT TO THINGS THAT LAFCO DO AND LESS PERTINENT TO, YOU KNOW, IN PARENTHESIS, LEFT WING POLITICS.
RIGHT. YOU KNOW. YEAH. WE ARE IN CALIFORNIA. OKAY.
[LAUGHTER] LAFCO. OKAY. DIFFERENT SUBJECT HERE.
BACK ON YOUR REPORT HERE. BILL ON STAFF SUPPORT.
THAT SAYS THERE MAY BE SOME MONEY AVAILABLE FOR HELP OUT OF THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT.
IS TIFFANY STILL ON THAT? WORKING FOR THAT? SHE'S THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR.
OH. SHE IS. SHE WOULDN'T BE THE ONE THAT WOULD BE.
SHE WOULDN'T BE DOING THAT THEN. NO, SHE'S SUPERVISING STAFF, SO SHE WOULD BE THE ONE ANYMORE. SO THERE'S A COUPLE BRAND NEW PLANNERS, YOU KNOW, JUST BRAND NEW. AND THEN THERE'S A COUPLE WHO'VE BEEN THERE FOR A WHILE AND ONE ACTUALLY WHO WORKED FOR THE COUNTY YEARS AGO.
SO IF I THINK WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IS IF WE GOT A LOT OF ANNEXATIONS IN IF IT GOT REALLY BUSY, THEN I WOULD GET OVERWHELMED IF WE HAD LIKE EIGHT, YOU KNOW, 5 OR 8 APPLICATIONS, ESPECIALLY WITH MSR.
SO THAT'S WHERE WE WOULD WE WOULD PULL IN. YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO BRING IN A SPECIAL PERSON WITH KNOWLEDGE OF LAFCO STUFF THAT MAYBE DOESN'T WORK FOR THE COUNTY TO HELP YOU ON SOMETHING IF YOU WERE OVERWHELMED.
OR, YOU KNOW, THE COMMUNITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT HASN'T MADE ANY COMMITMENT.
AND IF WE NEEDED TO, THAT MONEY COULD BE USED.
AND ALSO FOR AN OUTSIDE CONSULTANT. SO THAT'S EXACTLY WHERE WE'D GO.
THANK YOU. ANY OTHER D O YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE, BILL? NO, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO REPORT. OKAY. LAST THING IS, COMMISSIONER COMMENTS? ANY COMMENTS FROM COMMISSIONER MCDANIEL? NO. COMMISSIONER SILVEIRA.
I ALWAYS LIKE TO MENTION THAT THE SPRING FAIR IS COMING UP STARTING APRIL THE 30TH TO MAY THE 4TH.
IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN DISCOUNT ADMISSION AND OR CARNIVAL WRISTBAND BRACELETS, YOU COULD GO ONLINE TO THE SPRING FAIRS WEBSITE OR YOU CAN GO TO THE FAIR OFFICE AT 403 F STREET AND PURCHASE THOSE ALL THE WAY UP UNTIL APRIL THE 29TH AT 5 P.M.
THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU.
I HAVE NO COMMENTS AT THIS TIME. BOB, I DID HAVE ONE MORE THING I FORGOT.
I WAS ASKED TO JOIN THE MERCED COUNTY ASSOCIATION OF GOVERNMENTS, THE REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION PLAN.
THEY HAVE A ROUNDTABLE COMMITTEE OF DIFFERENT GOVERNMENT PEOPLE.
MAYBE SOME CITIZENS RUN IT, TOO. I'VE JUST BEEN INVOLVED IN A CONFERENCE WIDE CALL, SO I DON'T KNOW WHO EVERYBODY IS, BUT I'M PARTICIPATING IN THAT. IT'S TRANSPORTATION PLANNING, BUT THEY GET INTO REGIONAL ISSUES, AND THEY WANT TO THAT'S THE FIRST TIME I'VE EVER BEEN INVITED TO BE PART OF IT. BUT I THINK IT'S GOOD HAVING A LAFCO. WE HAVE KIND OF A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE BEING NOT ONE WE'RE NOT A CITY. WE'RE NOT THE COUNTY. YEAH.
TO HAVE A LITTLE BROADER. SO. ALL RIGHT. SOUNDS GOOD.
I THINK THEY'LL BE LUCKY TO HAVE YOU, BILL. ALL RIGHT.
OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE? WE'LL ADJOURN THE MEETING AT 10:30.
THANK YOU. MARLA, CAN YOU HEAR US?
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