To: Board of Supervisors
From: County Administrative Office
Agenda Section: Consent
SUBJECT:
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Secured Property Tax Revenue Exchange Agreement with Rio Dell Fire Protection District
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RECOMMENDATION(S):
Recommendation
That the Board of Supervisors:
1. Approve, and authorize the Chair of the Board to execute, the attached secured property tax revenue exchange agreement with Rio Dell Fire Protection District;
2. Adopt the attached resolution authorizing a secured property tax revenue exchange between the County of Humboldt and Rio Dell Fire Protection District; and
3. Direct the Auditor-Controller to administer the exchange of secured property tax revenues between the County of Humboldt and all applicable entities.
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SOURCE OF FUNDING:
General Fund (1100)
DISCUSSION:
On April 9, 2019 (File No. 19-501), the Humboldt County Board of Supervisors adopted a group of strategies and expectations to enable local fire districts to utilize property tax sharing agreements with the County of Humboldt in support of annexation and a commitment to deliver services to areas outside current district boundaries which included five (5) standardized Tax Exchange Agreement Offers with associated expectations that fire districts must meet to qualify. On December 16, 2019 (File No. 19-1744), the Board approved an Annexation Tax Exchange Agreement Proposal submitted by the Rio Dell Fire Protection District ("RDFPD") that exceeded all of the expectations and commitments outlined in Offer No. 1 of the Board adopted strategies and expectations.
On November 19, 2019, RDFPD submitted an application to the Humboldt Local Agency Formation Commission ("LAFCO") requesting annexation of approximately eleven thousand five hundred (11,500) acres of real property representing RDFPD's out of district good will fire service response area and the response areas of the Scotia, Redcrest and Shively volunteer fire companies and the Scotia Community Services District. This a...
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