HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESOLUTIONS - 10011996 - 96-487 THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA
PASSED by the following vote of the Board of Supervisors on n,i-nher 1 1996.
AYES: Supervisors Rogers, Bishop, Torlakson and Smith
NOES: None
ABSENT: Supervisor DeSaulnier
ABSTAIN: None
RESOLUTION NO. 96/ 4 8 7
Subject: Determination of Property Tax )
Exchange for the Consolidation )
of the Moraga and Orinda Fire )
Protection Districts (LAFC 96-27)
WHEREAS, Section 99 of the Revenue and Taxation Code provides that in the event of a
jurisdictional change that would affect the service area or service responsibility of one or more
special districts,the Board of Supervisors shall, on behalf of the district or districts, negotiate any
exchange of property tax revenues; and
WHEREAS, the consolidation of Moraga and Orinda Fire Protection Districts involves the
proposed consolidation of the Moraga Fire Protection District (MFPO) and the Orinda Fire
Protection District(OFPD) into a single new successor district proposed to be named the Moraga-
Orinda Fire Protection District (M-OFPD) governed by a Board of Directors directly elected by
divisions within the territory of the two districts; and
WHEREAS, the consolidation is proposed to be conditional upon elections approving a fire flow
tax in Orinda and approving the consolidation in Moraga and Orinda; and
WHEREAS, total responsibility for the provision of fire protection services in the Moraga and
Orinda areas would transfer from the County governed Moraga and Orinda Fire Protection Districts
to the proposed new independent fire protection district;
NOW,THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF CONTRA
COSTA COUNTY DOES HEREBY DETERMINE that 100 percent of the property tax revenue
accruing to the Moraga and Orinda Fire Protection Districts from the affected territory of the
Consolidation of the Moraga and Orinda Fire Protection Districts shall be transferred to the
proposed new Moraga-Orinda Fire Protection District upon the effective date of the consolidation.
The terms of this property tax exchange agreement shall be effective for the fiscal year for which
the State Board of Equalization makes the tax rate area changes for this jurisdictional change and
shall apply in subsequent years unless changed by the mutual agreement of affected agencies or
subsequent jurisdictional changes. This resolution does not change the property tax revenues
accruing to other agencies servicing the subject territory or the affected agencies right to collect
taxes for existing bonded indebtedness. The property tax exchange agreement discussed above
shall apply to affected territory as submitted or revised by the Local Agency Formation
Commission.
I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action
taken and entered on the minutes of the Board of Supervisors
on the date shown.
ATTESTED: N u996
Cl
PHIL BATCHELOR, erk of the Board
o perviso nd County Administrator
BY Deputy
cc: County Administrator
Auditor-Controller
County Counsel
City of Orinda
Town of Moraga
RESOLUTION NO. 96/ 4 8 7