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Receive the Fiscal Year 2019-20 Special Districts Annual Report.
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors receive the Fiscal Year 2019-20 Special Districts Annual Report.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
The County of Monterey has utilized a variety of special districts, which consist of separate legal entities, for nearly 60 years to provide services to County residents including: 37 active County Service Areas (CSAs); two (2) remaining dependent County Sanitation Districts (CSDs); 11 Closed Landfills; two (2) Closed Transfer Stations; and most recently, one (1) dependent Community Services District. CSAs, CSDs, and Community Services Districts are formed through the Monterey County Local Agency Formation Commission (Monterey LAFCO) to provide one or more extended services that the County does not provide to the same extent countywide, and where special assessments are collected for those services. Any change to services and/or to the jurisdictional boundaries of special districts would require notice of hearing, a public hearing, and an amendment to the formation resolution approved by Monterey LAFCO.
CSAs are separate legal entities of local government operated under the direction of the Board of Supervisors. Current active CSA services include streetlighting, street and sidewalk maintenance, surface water disposition and storm drainage, levee maintenance and repairs, parks/recreation/parkway facilities, and sewer services. Attachment A-Exhibit 1 provides a complete listing of all CSAs and shows each CSA's Authorized and Active Services. Attachment A-Exhibit 2 provides CSA location maps as adopted by Monterey LAFCO.
CSDs, are dependent special districts which are also separate legal entities of local government operated under the direction of the Board of Supervisors who act as the Board of Directors. The two (2) remaining dependent CSDs were specifically established to provide sanitation (sewer) services. The Pajaro County...
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