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August 2013 Issue Journal of the California Association of Local Agency Formation Commissions The Sphere August, 2013 August 2013 LAFCo Report Card – Are We Meeting the Legislative Intent? BY BEVERLY BURR, BURR CONSULTING (LOU ANN TEXEIRA, CONTRA COSTA LAFCO, CONTRIBUTOR) ANNUAL The 2001 CKH Act brought a new Looking strictly by the numbers, CONFERENCE requirement to LAFCos of LAFCos have certainly succeeded EDITION conducting municipal service reviews on the knowledge front. A review (MSRs). Twelve years have passed of the LAFCo websites shows that 2013 Report to the as LAFCos have busily worked on half of the LAFCos have completed Membership MSRs. Excellent timing for asking at least one cycle of MSRs and SOI the big questions: how well have we updates for all cities and special Thoughts on LAFCo LAFCos done in meeting the districts under their jurisdiction. Golden Anniversary from legislative intent behind the MSR Another 19 percent of LAFCos the Founding Fathers of requirement? What barriers and have nearly completed their first LAFCo constraints are we facing in the cycle, typically with a few MSRs or implementation? SOI updates yet to complete. A quarter of the LAFCos are partly The Future of The Commission on Local done with their first cycle; mostly Annexations and Governance for the 21st Century and LAFCos with relatively small the Little Hoover Commission laid Incorporations budgets, these have prioritized the groundwork for the MSR review of cities and districts requirement in the late 1990s. Three Message from the Chair: providing “backbone” services like over-arching objectives they CALAFCO fire protection and water. The envisioned were: remains strong status at the remainder could not be Knowledge – enhancing LAFCo readily discerned from their Remembering a Friend: legitimacy, power and wisdom by respective websites. Best practices Bill Davis gathering and analyzing information we noted were those LAFCos with on the local agencies whose annual progress reports indicating boundaries LAFCos oversee; those MSRs completed, pending Accountability – promoting and planned. Impressive efforts at accountability, particularly among some LAFCos showed published special districts, by day-lighting charts with their plans for MSRs service and financial information, and updates over the next 5-7 years. and enhancing LAFCo oversight of Have LAFCos succeeded agencies rarely in the spotlight; substantively on the knowledge – improving and Efficiency objective? Mostly yes, but there is modernizing service delivery by more to learn. reorganizing agencies with outdated boundaries or structures. Continued on page 12 The Sphere 1 FROM THE CHAIR OF The Sphere CALAFCO Journal CALAFCO August 2013 Ted Novelli The Sphere is a quarterly publication This has been an exciting year for the Chair, CALAFCO CALAFCO organization, and it’s an Board of DireCtors of the California Association of Local honor to serve as your Chair. This Agency Formation Commissions. year we celebrate the 50th anniversary was founded. We remain focused on of the creation of LAFCo. The serving our membership by creating BOARD OF DIRECTORS founding fathers of LAFCo, value for our member LAFCos and Ted Novelli, Chair Assemblymember John T. Knox and all Associate members. CALAFCO Mary Jane Griego, Vice Chair Senator Eugene T. Nisbet, had the remains strong financially, and we John Leopold, Secretary courage and vision necessary to had an outstanding fiscal year in ensure orderly growth and the 2012/2013. We continue to be Stephen Tomanelli, Treasurer preservation of precious agricultural recognized as a premier state Juliet Allen and open space land through the association dedicated to providing Matthew BeeKman creation of the Knox-Nisbet Act. information regarding cities and Robert Bergman While the original Act has evolved special districts, not only for the Louis Cunningham since 1963, its fundamental principles Legislature but also for cities, special remain intact. This year during our districts and the public. Larry R. Duncan annual conference, we are pleased to Agencies throughout the state are Jerry Gladbach commemorate the golden anniversary still struggling with a difficult Juliana Inman of LAFCo. economy, and looking to the future, Gay Jones This year was also a time of transition one of the biggest challenges I see Michael Kelley and change for CALAFCO, with our LAFCos facing is dealing with Michael McGill new Executive Director Pamela agencies that are struggling to Eugene Montanez Miller taking the lead supported by provide quality public services. Joshua Susman our new Executive Assistant and Performing strong Municipal Registrar Jeni Tickler. Pamela has Service Reviews and identifying done an excellent job leading alternative service delivery options CALAFCO Staff CALAFCO and has faced the for these agencies will be critical to Pamela Miller, Executive Director challenges of learning the legislative the role of LAFCo. Lou Ann Texeira, Executive Officer process and all of the CALAFCO Looking to the next 50 years, the Marjorie Blom, Deputy Exec. Officer systems, policies and procedures role of LAFCo in regional planning head-on and with professionalism. Steve Lucas, Deputy Exec. Officer will become even more important. It She had some big shoes to fill and has Sam Martinez, Deputy Exec. Officer is estimated that each year 30,000 done a good job for the organization. Clark Alsop, Legal Counsel acres of farmland are lost in As incoming Chair at the same time Jeni TicKler, Executive Assistant California. With an estimated she joined CALAFCO, I have had the population growth in the state of 19 pleasure of working together with her, To submit articles, event announcements, percent by 2030, the delicate balance comments or other materials noteworthy to LAFCo leading the organization during this of managing growth and commissioners and staff, please contact the Editor very special time. at 916-442-6536 or [email protected]. maintaining the preservation of In February of this year the valuable ag and open space land will The contents of this newsletter do not CALAFCO Board held its biennial be challenging. I believe LAFCos necessarily represent the views of CALAFCO, its strategic planning retreat at which we throughout the state are up to that members, or their professional or official affiliations. acknowledged the many challenge. accomplishments of CALAFCO Again, thank you for the 1215 K Street, Suite 1650 during the past two years. We focused Sacramento, CA 95814 opportunity to serve as your Chair on the many positive outcomes of the 916-442-6536 this year. CALAFCO remains a regional structure and reaffirmed our strong and viable organization and I commitment to the organization as am proud to be a part of it. www.calafco.org Board members. Our new two-year strategic plan reflects the high ideals Ted Novelli and principles on which CALAFCO The Sphere 2 FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR First Year Reflections Pamela Miller ExeCutive DireCtor It’s been said that people learn strong shape – and it remains so So what did this organizational best by doing. I would say that today. The change in leadership change mean? If one has to it is not so much in the doing brought excitement and “assign” a meaning, I suppose it that we learn; rather it is apprehension – what will the could be that change is a natural through the reflection of the transition be like? How will part of the life cycle of any experience where insights and things work out? What will be organization. Change is learning are generated. As I different? What does all of this inevitable and from it none of us complete my first year as your change mean? is immune (I am reminded of Executive Director, I find that each day when I look in the Like any other change event, myself reflecting on the year’s mirror). The real question is – the acknowledgment of the experiences – and what a year how will we continue to grow organizational loss was it’s been! from change? important to being able to move As CALAFCO Chair Ted forward. Knowing there were Not losing sight of the vision, Novelli writes, this has been an big shoes to fill, I wore my track maintaining strength in purpose, exciting year for the shoes and hit the ground and persevering in the quest of Association. Change and running. There’s been both continuous improvement is a transition are interesting things much to learn as well as much good place to start. Knowing – they can be both exhilarating to offer, and each day is a new that, adapting to and growing and challenging, cause opportunity for both. with change can create far better excitement and apprehension, outcomes than resisting and This organization has a deep and always create the fighting change. While none of pool of strong resources – as opportunity for growth. Who us has a crystal ball to predict diverse in their strength as would have thought 50 years the future, using visionary California is as a state. It is ago that today we would be capabilities, adaptive leadership amazing to see those resources celebrating the 50th anniversary skills, and being willing to take in action. From the Board of of the creation of LAFCo, and some risks – just like the Directors to the Legislative that the original legislation that founding fathers of LAFCo did Committee, to the Executive did so would go through several – will help us lead our Officers, legal counsel and reiterations to be improved and organizations and agencies into LAFCo staff to the strengthened? This significant the opportunities of tomorrow. Commissioners – everyone milestone is possible because of brings his or her own set of I would like to thank the vision, strength in purpose, and diverse strengths, capacities and membership for your support a deep-rooted desire for perspectives to the table. And during this my first year as your continuous improvement. we are fundamentally connected Executive Director. It is with a Reflection is the window of with the passion of public deep sense of gratitude and opportunity for continuous service and the desire to not just appreciation that I reflect on the improvement.
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