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Receive the Fiscal Year 2022-23 Special District Annual Report
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors receive the Fiscal Year 2022-23 Special District Annual Report.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
The County of Monterey has used a variety of special districts for nearly 60 years to provide services to County residents including 37 active County Service Areas (CSA), two County Sanitation Districts (CSD), 11 Closed Landfills, and most recently, one Community Services District. These special districts are formed through the Monterey County Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCO) to provide one or more services that the County does not provide to the same extent countywide, and where it is intended that property owners or ratepayers within the boundaries of those special districts pay for the authorized services to be provided. Any change to services and/or boundaries requires an amendment approved by LAFCO.
A CSA is an alternate method for providing governmental services by counties in unincorporated areas, where the community within the boundary of an established CSA pays for one or more services such as road maintenance, street lighting, storm drainage maintenance, etc. The CSAs within Monterey County are administered by the PWFP Department under the direction of the County Board of Supervisors, which is the governing body for the CSAs.
CSDs were established to provide sanitation (sewer) services. The Pajaro County Sanitation District (PCSD) provides for sanitation collection in the communities of Pajaro, Las Lomas, Bay Farms, and a portion of Sunny Mesa. The Boronda County Sanitation District (BCSD) provides for sanitation collection services in the Boronda community and for water treatment and distribution in the San Jerardo community.
In 2006, the East Garrison Community Services District was formed to provide for neighborhood parks and open space maintenance, storm drain and flood control system maintenance, and perimeter C...
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