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Public Hearings 7.
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| LAFCO |
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| Information |
| SUBJECT |
| Public Hearing to consider and adopt Resolution 2019-02 approving the Esparto Community Services District (CSD) Sphere of Influence Amendment and Annexation for the Esparto Recreation Center (LAFCo No. 931), adopting findings as a Responsible Agency under CEQA and waiving the protest proceedings, subject to findings and conditions contained in the staff report |
| RECOMMENDED ACTION |
- Receive staff presentation and open the Public Hearing for public comments on the item.
- Close the Public Hearing and consider the information presented in the staff report and during the public hearing.
- Adopt findings as a Responsible Agency under CEQA
- Adopt Resolution 2019-02 approving the Esparto CSD Sphere of Influence Amendment and Annexation for the Esparto Recreation Center (LAFCo No. 931) waiving conducting authority proceedings (attachment A)
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| FISCAL IMPACT |
| None. LAFCo will be reimbursed for staff time associated with processing this request in accordance with the adopted fee schedule. |
| REASONS FOR RECOMMENDED ACTION |
| Yolo County is constructing a community park and aquatic recreation center on the subject property. The 8.7-acre site would receive water and wastewater services from the Esparto Community Services District (ECSD). The CSD will also provide park and recreation operations and maintenance services to the recreation center. The property is not currently within ECSD boundaries and needs to amend its sphere of influence and be annexed into the ECSD. |
| BACKGROUND |
The Esparto CSD was formed in 1969 to provide water, wastewater and street lighting services to the Esparto community. LAFCo added park and recreation services as an additional function in 2016. The subject parcel is not within the Esparto CSD's sphere of influence (SOI), which indicates areas intended for annexation. The property is located along the southern border of the existing CSD boundary and is surrounded by it on three sides. The parcel is currently zoned for public and quasi-public uses by Yolo County.
This request for SOI amendment and annexation was initiated by Yolo County and submitted to LAFCo on November 5, 2018. The landowner is the Esparto Unified School District and the Superintendent also signed the application indicating agreement with the proposal. The Board of Supervisors approved the property tax exchange on February 26, 2019 resolving that no taxes will be exchanged as a result of annexation because the Esparto CSD will charge usage fees for the service (Attachment B).
The Cortese-Knox-Hertzberg Local Government Reorganization Act of 2000 (CKH), Government Code Section 56668.3, outlines the following factors to be considered by the Commission for a reorganization that includes the annexation of territory to any district:
- Whether the proposed annexation will be for the interest of present and future landowners and inhabitants within the territory to be annexed;
- Any resolution raising objections (financial or service concerns) that may be filed by an affected agency;
- The adequacy of existing and planned future services to meet the probable future needs of the territory; and
- Any other information which the commission deems appropriate for consideration.
The proposed SOI amendment and annexation is in the public interest, no objections have been filed to the proposal, the Esparto CSD has capacity to serve the project.
Public/Agency Notification and Waiver of Protest Proceedings
LAFCo provided notice of the public hearing to the landowners and registered voters within 300' of the subject parcel. A notice was also published on March 6, 2019 in the Woodland Daily Democrat. No objections from any affected or interested agency, landowners or the general public have been received. Pursuant to the CKH, Sections 56662 and 57002, the Commission may waive protest proceedings entirely because 100% of the landowners within the affected territory have consented to the proposal.
CEQA
Yolo County is the Lead Agency for undertaking the Esparto recreation center project and a Notice of Determination for a Mitigated Negative Declaration was filed on January 18, 2017. The County has already undertaken the project, construction has commenced, and the project is nearing completion and will be open spring 2019. Therefore, LAFCo’s discretionary action regarding the sphere of influence and annexation will not result in a significant effect on the environment because any effects have already occurred and have been mitigated under the County’s Mitigated Negative Declaration (Attachment C). |
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