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a. Consider Senate Bill 189 (Monning) as amended on April 11, 2019, proposing to amend the Fort Ord Reuse Authority Act to extend FORA to June 30, 2022 and to make other changes to the structure and powers of FORA for the July 1, 2020 to June 30, 2022 period; and
b. Authorize the Chair to transmit a letter conveying the County's position on the legislation.
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors:
a. Consider Senate Bill 189 (Monning) as amended on April 11, 2019, proposing to amend the Fort Ord Reuse Authority Act to extend FORA to June 30, 2022 and to make other changes to the structure and powers of FORA for the July 1, 2020 to June 30, 2022 period; and
b. Authorize the Chair to transmit a letter conveying the County's position on the legislation.
SUMMARY:
On March 19, 2019, the Board of Supervisors considered FORA's proposed draft language for legislation to implement the Fort Ord Transition Plan and voted 3 to 2 to approve the Fort Ord Reuse Authority's (FORA's) draft legislative language to implement the FORA Transition Plan. The Board further authorized the CAO to send a letter to convey the Board's position to FORA; the letter was sent on March 20, 2019 to the Chair of the FORA Board. At a Special Meeting on March 21, 2019, the FORA Board of Directors voted 7 to 6 to approve draft legislative language and authorized the Executive Officer to submit the legislative language to the Monterey Bay State Legislative offices.
Senate Bill 189 (Monning) related to FORA's transition had been introduced on January 30, 2019. It was subsequently amended on April 1, 2019 and again on April 11, 2019. (SB 189 in its current form is attached as Attachment 1). SB189 generally has FORA dissolving June 30, 2020, as planned, but provides two years for the five land use agencies (cities and County) to finalize the Transition Plan. The bill differs in several respects from the draft language proposed by FORA. Chair Phillips reques...
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