County of El Dorado - File #: 18-0922

• File #: 18-0922
• Version: 1
• Type: Agenda Item
• Status: Approved
• File created: 5/31/2018
• In control: Board of Supervisors
• On agenda: 6/12/2018
• Final action: 6/12/2018
• Title: HEARING - County Counsel presenting the following items for the Board's consideration: 1) Adopt and authorize the Chair to sign, contingent upon execution of a defense and indemnity agreement by the El Dorado Hills County Water District (“District’), Resolution 125-2018 amending Resolution 072-2016, which approved a negotiated transfer of County general fund base property tax revenue to District pursuant to Section 99.02 of the California Revenue and Taxation Code, to clarify that the transfer shall commence with Fiscal Year 2018-19; and 2) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute a defense and indemnity agreement with the District. (Est. Time: 10 Min.) FUNDING: General Fund.
• Related files: 22-0715, 23-0771, 20-0820, 19-0860

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
6/12/2018	1	Board of Supervisors	Approved	Pass

Title
HEARING - County Counsel presenting the following items for the Board's consideration:
1) Adopt and authorize the Chair to sign, contingent upon execution of a defense and indemnity agreement by the El Dorado Hills County Water District (“District’), Resolution 125-2018 amending Resolution 072-2016, which approved a negotiated transfer of County general fund base property tax revenue to District pursuant to Section 99.02 of the California Revenue and Taxation Code, to clarify that the transfer shall commence with Fiscal Year 2018-19; and
2) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute a defense and indemnity agreement with the District. (Est. Time: 10 Min.)

FUNDING: General Fund.
Body
DEPARTMENT RECOMMENDATION
Conduct the public hearing and consider adoption of the resolution.

DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND
On June 10, 2014, the Board of Supervisors of the County of El Dorado adopted Resolution No. 064-2014, which supported the dissolution of the Latrobe Fire Protection District (LAFCO Project Number 2014-03) and the annexation of the Latrobe Fire Protection District’s dissolved territory and sphere of influence territory by the El Dorado Hills County Water District (LAFCO Project Number 2014-04) and redistributed property tax base and annual property tax increment as a result of negotiations related to the dissolution and annexation.
In addition to the transfer of the property tax base from Latrobe and the increase of the annual increment to 17% for the consolidated district, the Board, in a separate action, also resolved to transfer a portion base property tax revenues from the County General Fund, the County Accumulative Capital Outlay Fund, the County Road District Tax Fund, and County Service Area #7 to the District. It was later determined that the action in Resolution 064-2014 to transfer of the base property tax revenue did not meet the requirements of Revenue and Taxation Code 99.02(e) and was therefore not authorized. As to the County’s transf...