POLICIES
ENCOURAGING ORDERLY FORMATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF AGENCIES
- Any proposal for
a change or organization or reorganization shall contain sufficient
information to determine that adequate services, facilities, and improvements
can be provided and financed by the agencies responsible for the provision
of such services, facilities, and improvements.
- All lands proposed
for annexation to cities shall be prezoned prior to the submission of
an application to the Local Agency Formation Commission. The City shall
be lead agency for environmental review in such cases, and environmental
documentation shall accompany the application.
- Reorganization
of overlapping and competing agencies or the correction of illogical
boundaries dividing agency service areas is recommended. The Commission
encourages reorganizations, consolidations, mergers, or dissolutions
where the result will be better service, reduced cost, and/or more efficient
and visible administration or services to the citizens.
- In order to minimize
the number of agencies providing services proposals for formation of
new agencies shall be discouraged unless there is evidenced a clear
need for the agency's services from the landowners and/or residents;
there are no other existing agencies that are able to annex and provide
similar services; and there is an ability of the new agency to provide
for an finance the needed new services.
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