DATE:
February 25, 2025
06
TO:
Board of Supervisors
SUBJECT
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NOTICED PUBLIC HEARING:
APPROVING A TRANSFER OF PROPERTY TAX REVENUES FROM THE COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO AND INCREASING THE PROPERTY TAX ALLOCATIONS FOR THE VALLEY CENTER AND DEER SPRINGS FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICTS (DISTRICT: 5)
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OVERVIEW
On October 8, 2024 (9), the Board of Supervisors (Board) received several options for increasing financial resources to the Deer Springs Fire Protection District (DSFPD) and the Valley Center Fire Protection District (VCFPD) to provide for additional fire protection and emergency response services. The Board directed the Chief Administrative Officer to pursue an increase in the DSFPD and VCFPD property tax allocation to 6%, effective Fiscal Year 2025-26, reducing the funding in the existing Memorandum of Agreement with DSFPD, return to the Board with a resolution and take other necessary steps to complete a property tax reallocation.
The DSFPD Board of Directors and VCFPD Board of Directors held hearings on December 11, 2024, and December 19, 2024, respectively, to take action on how the districts intend to utilize the additional property tax funding. Today's actions include the Board of Supervisors adopting resolutions that satisfy the specific requirements in California Government Code Section 99.02 for a transferring agency to increase the property tax allocations for Deer Springs and Valley Center from approximately 2% to 6% effective Fiscal Year 2025-26.
RECOMMENDATION(S)
CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER
1. Find the adoption of the property resolutions of increased property tax allocations is not subject to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to state CEQA Guidelines Section 15378(b)(4) because the proposed actions involved government fiscal activities that do not involve any commitment to any specific project that may result in potentially significant physical impact on the environment.
2. Pursuant to Section 99.02(e) of the C...
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