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Introduce, waive first reading, and set December 3, 2024, at 10:30 a.m. as the date and time to consider adoption of an ordinance adding Chapter 5.65 to the Monterey County Code establishing a Survey Monument Preservation Fund.
Proposed CEQA Action: Find that the adoption of this ordinance is not a project pursuant to California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines, California Code of Regulations (CCR) section 15378(b)(5) because it is an organizational activity of government that will not result in a direct or indirect physical impact on the environment.
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors:
a. Find that the adoption of this ordinance is not a project pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines, California Code of Regulations (CCR) section 15378(b)(5) because it is an organizational activity of government that will not result in a direct or indirect physical impact on the environment; and
b. Introduce, waive first reading, and set December 3, 2024, at 10:30 a.m. as the date and time to consider adoption of an ordinance adding Chapter 5.65 to the Monterey County Code establishing a Survey Monument Preservation Fund.
SUMMARY:
Staff is presenting an ordinance (Attachment A) for consideration that would establish a Survey Monument Preservation Fund (Fund) pursuant to California Government Code Sections 27584 and 27585, and in accordance with Board of Supervisors Order, dated December 15, 1987, (Attachment B) directing the Department of Public Works, now Public Works, Facilities and Parks (PWFP), Office of the County Counsel and the County Recorder to prepare the necessary ordinance and procedures to implement the program. The purpose of this Fund is to pay the necessary expenses incurred or authorized by the County Surveyor in retracing or re-monumenting major historical land division lines upon which later surveys are based, thereby providing a substantial public benefit.
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