LAFCO of Monterey County ___________ ___________________________ _________________________________                           

                                               LOCAL AGENCY FORMATION COMMISSION

                                                                                                                             P.O. Box  1369                           132 W. Gabilan Street, Suite 102

                         Salinas, CA 93902                                            Salinas, CA 93901

                         Telephone (831) 754-5838                             Fax (831) 754-5831

                                                         www.monterey.lafco.ca.gov

AGENDA

LOCAL AGENCY FORMATION COMMISSION OF MONTEREY COUNTY

 

Special Meeting, January 8, 2007, 4:00 p.m.

 

Monterey Room
Monterey County Government Center
168 W. Alisal St., Second Floor
 Salinas, California

 

 

The Local Agency Formation Commission welcomes you to its meetings.  If you intend to submit documents at this meeting, please bring 15 copies for distribution.

 

1.      CALL TO ORDER

 

2.      PLEDGE OF ALLEGIENCE

 

3.      ROLL CALL

 

4.      PUBLIC HEARING                                                                                                              ACTION    

 

A proposal submitted by the City of Greenfield to increase the City’s Sphere of Influence by approximately 1,139 acres.  The existing City contains approximately 1,126 acres and the existing Sphere of Influence outside the City limits is approximately 271 acres.  (LAFCO File No. 06-10).  A “Sphere of Influence" is a plan for the probable physical boundaries and service area of the City.  The City of Greenfield intends this increased area to be annexed into the City by the year 2025.  The Sphere of Influence update would expand the area as far north as Thorne Avenue and the proposed Yanks Air Museum, as far south as Espinosa Road, as far east as 2nd Street, and as far west as 400 feet west of 13th Street.  

 

            ATTACHMENTS: (PLEASE SEE DETAILED LIST FOLLOWING

 

Attachments:   EXHIBIT A – 

                                             Draft Resolution

Exhibit A.1:  Sphere of Influence Map

Exhibit A.2:  Selected sections from the Cortese-Knox-Hertzberg Local Government Reorganization Act of 2000

Exhibit A.3:  Standards for the Evaluation of Proposals (LAFCO of Monterey County, Revised December 1992)

Exhibit A.4:  Sphere of Influence Policies and Criteria (LAFCO of Monterey County, Revised April 2003)

Exhibit A.5:  Agricultural Lands Preservation Policy (LAFCO of Monterey County, Adopted November 27, 1979)

Exhibit A.6:  Transportation and Efficient Urban Development Policies approved by LAFCO of Monterey County on September 25, 2006

Exhibit A.7:  Selected sections from the City of Greenfield General Plan (adopted May 31, 2005)

Exhibit A.8:  Resolution 2006-82, approved by the Greenfield City Council, August 15, 2006

 

EXHIBIT B –   Maps:

B.1:  Map showing existing City Limits and Proposed Sphere of Influence

B-2 (COLOR):  Amended Land Use Diagram (Reflecting City-sponsored GPA and South End SOI Project)

B-3 (COLOR):  Important Farmland

B.4: Soil Types in the Expanded Sphere of Influence

B.5: Location of Williamson Act & Farmland Security Zone parcels

                 

            EXHIBIT C – Portion of minutes from January 27, 2003 LAFCO Meeting, and transcript relating to Proposed SOI Update

 

EXHIBIT D – Executive Officer’s Report on Preliminary Sphere of Influence Evaluation for the City of Greenfield (LAFCO File 05- 10), December 5, 2005

 

            EXHIBIT E – Memorandum from Anna Vega, Greenfield City Manager, December 14, 2005

 

            EXHIBIT F – Letter from Bob Schubert, Monterey County Resource Management Agency, October 27, 2006

 

            EXHIBIT G – Letter from Anna Vega, Greenfield City Manager, October 31, 2006

 

            EXHIBIT H – Letter from Bob Schubert, Monterey County Resource Management Agency, December 8, 2006

 

            EXHIBIT I – Letter from Anna Vega, Greenfield City Manager, December 27, 2006, and subsequent City staff-initiated proposed  amendments to the General Plan and Zoning Code

 

             EXHIBIT J – Greenfield General Plan policies relating to the Artisan Agriculture and Visitor Serving Land use Designation and Chapter 17.28 AA/VS Zoning District, Greenfield Zoning Code

 

            EXHIBIT K – Memorandum of Understanding between LAFCO and the City of Greenfield, April 9, 2003

 

            EXHIBIT L – Comment letters from Agencies and Private Parties

 

            EXHIBIT M – City Proposal and Cover letter

           

      Attachments below are available at the LAFCO office.  If you would like to review please contact us at 754-5838.  Thank you.

 

            EXHIBIT N  -  2005-2025 General Plan, including Environmental Impact Report

 

            EXHIBIT O  -   Environmental Impact Report for South End Sphere of Influence   

                    

 

  1.  ADJOURNMENT TO THE NEXT MEETING                                                             ACTION

 

 Next Regular Meeting – January 22, 2006 at 4:00 p.m.  –  Board of Supervisors Chambers
 Monterey County Government Center, 168 W. Alisal St., First Floor, Salinas, California

 

Please visit the LAFCO website at www.co.monterey.ca.us/lafco.  Agendas and reports are available on our website at least 72 hours before each meeting.  Also, a live audio feed of the meeting will be broadcast at the listed meeting time on the website. 

 

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