County of Monterey - File #: 20-081

• File #: 20-081
• Name: a. Consider the proposed transfer from the Fort Ord Reuse Authority to the City of Seaside of successor role under the Environmental Services Cooperative Agreement and federal Local Redevelopment Authority role under the Economic Development Conveyance;
• Type: General Agenda Item
• Status: Scheduled AM
• File created: 1/27/2020
• In control: Board of Supervisors
• On agenda: 2/11/2020
• Title: a. Consider the proposed transfer from the Fort Ord Reuse Authority to the City of Seaside of successor role under the Environmental Services Cooperative Agreement and federal Local Redevelopment Authority role under the Economic Development Conveyance; and b. Provide direction to staff.

Date	Action By	Action	Result
2/11/2020	Board of Supervisors	received	Pass

Title
a. Consider the proposed transfer from the Fort Ord Reuse Authority to the City of Seaside of successor role under the Environmental Services Cooperative Agreement and federal Local Redevelopment Authority role under the Economic Development Conveyance; and
b. Provide direction to staff.
Report
RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors:
a. Support the proposed transfer from the Fort Ord Reuse Authority to the City of Seaside of successor role under the Environmental Services Cooperative Agreement and federal Local Redevelopment Authority role under the Economic Development Conveyance, subject to an agreement(s) that addresses matters identified in the memorandum County staff provided to the Fort Ord Reuse Authority Administrative Committee; and
b. Provide direction to staff.

SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
While all required remediation on ESCA-covered lands has been completed, long-term management obligations will remain through 2028: obligations to transfer lands to various jurisdictions and completion of a Site-wide Report deeming all ESCA lands have been remediated. The process of transferring Environmental Services Cooperative Agreement (ESCA) responsibilities from the Fort Ord Reuse Authority (FORA) to the City of Seaside (Seaside) is underway, and Seaside has indicated its willingness to assume the ESCA. Federal authorities have been supportive of such a transfer of responsibilities to Seaside. Should the transfer occur, Seaside intends to employ the current, experienced FORA ESCA staff to complete the obligations.

A separate question remains regarding which entity, if any, would be designated the successor to FORA as the federally recognized "local redevelopment authority" (LRA) under the Memorandum of Agreement between the United States of America and the Fort Ord Reuse Authority for the Sale of Portions of the Former Fort Ord, as amended (the "Economic Development Conveyance" or "EDC"). The EDC allows the former Army properties...