File #: RES 15-042    Name: Zero Property Tax Transfer - Pajaro Sunny Mesa
Type: BoS Resolution Status: Passed
File created: 4/8/2015 In control: Board of Supervisors
On agenda: 4/21/2015 Final action: 4/21/2015
Title: Adopt a Resolution approving a Zero Property Tax Transfer for the proposed sphere of influence amendment and annexation of five Alco Water systems to the Pajaro/Sunny Mesa Community Service District.
Attachments: 1. Board Report, 2. Resolution, 3. Map of five water system locations, 4. Completed Board Order
Title
Adopt a Resolution approving a Zero Property Tax Transfer for the proposed sphere of influence amendment and annexation of five Alco Water systems to the Pajaro/Sunny Mesa Community Service District.

Report
RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors adopt a resolution approving a Zero Property Tax Transfer for the proposed sphere of influence amendment and annexation of five Alco Water systems to the Pajaro/Sunny Mesa Community Service District.

SUMMARY:
The Monterey County Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCO) has received a proposal for a zero property tax transfer for annexation of five Alco Water systems to the Pajaro/Sunny Mesa Community Service. The recommended zero property tax transfer must be approved prior to the LAFCO hearing on the annexation. Attached for the Board's consideration is the recommended zero property tax transfer resolution.

DISCUSSION:
The Monterey County LAFCO has received a proposal involving a sphere of influence amendment and annexation of five Alco water systems to the Pajaro/Sunny Mesa Community Service District. Revenue and Taxation Code Section 99 requires the Board of Supervisors of Monterey County to determine an appropriate tax transfer for all jurisdictional changes of organizations occurring within Monterey County which could affect the service responsibility of any special district. Pursuant to Revenue and Taxation Code Section 99(b)(6), the Executing Officer of LAFCO shall not issue a Certificate of Filing (Government Code Section 56828) for a change of organization until an exchange of property tax revenue is negotiated.

On April 29, 1980, the Board of Supervisors approved and adopted a formula and policies for determining property tax transfer resulting from jurisdictional changes involving special districts (Resolution No. 80-249). These policies provide that no property tax transfers are to occur for annexations to service and utility-type districts such as the Paj...

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