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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 03221994 - 1.53 TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Contra rF FROM: Phil Batchelor, County Administrator Costa off: 'g l Count March 14 1994 Y DATE: spq-couK SUBJECT: LEGISLATION: AB 1905 (Campbell & Rainey) RE PROVIDING REPLACEMENT FUNDS FOR COUNTY SERVICE AREA P-6 TO FUND THE SHERIFF'S PATROL SPECIFIC REQUEST(S)OR RECOMMENDATION(S)&BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION RECOMMENDATION: CONSENT to amendments to AB 1905 (Campbell & Rainey) which would provide funding for CSA P-6 from enterprise special districts, rather than from the share of the property tax that was shifted to schools earlier this year. BACKGROUND: One of the items on. the Board' s 1994 Legislative Program is to sponsor legislation which would exempt County Service Area (CSA) P- 6 from the property tax transfer, as was done with the fire districts this year. We amended AB 1905 (Campbell & Rainey) , which had been a benefit assessment bill for law enforcement service, to provide for this exemption. When AB 1905 was heard in the Senate Local Government Committee on March 9, 1993, we fell one vote short of getting the bill out of Committee. It seems unlikely that we will be able to convince a majority of the Committee to vote for the bill . At the hearing, several members suggested that we use the "Santa Cruz" model which was used this fiscal year in Santa Cruz County. In order to allow the Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors to have a mechanism to provide funding to their libraries, legislation was enacted to require that all property tax revenue which would otherwise have gone to "enterprise" special districts, would, instead, be transferred to a special fund over which the Board of Supervisors would have control . The money in this special fund could be allocated back to some or all of the, enterprise special districts from which it was taken, or some of it could be transferred to the County Library instead. , CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: . YES SIGNATURE: �. j� RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE 1_ APPROVE OTHER SIGNATURE(S): ACTION OF BOARD ON March 22, 1994 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER VOTE OF SUPERVISORS I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE 11-UNANIMOUS(ABSENT ) AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN AYES: NOES: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD ABSENT: ABSTAIN: OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN. ATTESTED Contact: PHIL BATCHELOR,CLERK OF THE BOARD OF M. See Page 2 SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR BY DEPUTY- -2- A similar mechanism would allow the Board of Supervisors here to have control over the property tax revenue which would otherwise go to enterprise special districts . We have included as eligible recipients of these funds not only P-6, but also the Kensington Community Services District. The point of taking the property tax revenue from enterprise special districts is that they, by definition, have the authority to raise rates for their services in order to cover the loss of property tax revenue whereas other special districts do not have this authority. From the Legislature' s point of view, this is a better way to solve Contra Costa County's problem with funding for law enforcement because it does not require the Legislature to come up with any money, whereas taking the money from the school 's share of the property tax simply requires the State to make up the loss . If we are unable to get AB 1905 out of Committee in its present form and if we do not amend the bill in the manner described here, it seems unlikely that we will be able to arrive at a solution for funding P-6 . We are, therefore, recommending that the Board of Supervisors consent to the amendments which are necessary to provide the Board of Supervisors with a funding mechanism which will allow the Board to replace the funds which,were taken from P-6 when the Special District Augmentation Fund was abolished. cc: County Administrator Warren E. Rupf, Sheriff-Coroner Kenneth J. Corcoran, Auditor-Controller Victor J. Westman, County Counsel Les Spahnn, Heim, Noack & Spahnn DATE: .3-/.2�9 REQUEST TO SPEAK FORM (THREE (3) MINUTE LIMIT) Complete this form and place it in the box near the speakers' rostrum before addressing the Board. NAME: PHONE: ADDRESS: 8z0 4141A-) 5Gr, CI Y: / %/A-) I am speaking formyself OR organization: aAjr-,�eA 6s7A 7AxP,4ye-,25 45sh1. (NAME OF ORGAINIZNTION) Check one: JC I wish to speak on Agenda Item # My comments will be: general sx for against I wish to speak on the subject of I do not wish to speak but leave these comments for the Board to consider.