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D.13

To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	Supervisors Federal D. Glover and Karen Mitchoff
Date:	June 11, 2019

Contra

Costa

County

Subject:

WAIVER OF ASSESSOR FEE FOR RELEASE OF PROPERTY CHARACTERISTICS DATA TO MTC

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 06/11/2019

APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED

OTHER

Clerks Notes:

VOTE OF SUPERVISORS

AYE:

John Gioia, District I Supervisor
Candace Andersen, District II Supervisor
Diane Burgis, District III Supervisor
Karen Mitchoff, District IV Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V Supervisor

Contact:

Supervisor Karen Mitchoff (925) 521-7100

I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action taken and entered on the minutes of the Board of Supervisors on the date shown.
ATTESTED: June 11, 2019
David Twa,

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATION(S):

AUTHORIZE a waiver of Assessor fees relating to acquiring Secured Assessment Roll and Property Characteristics data for the Metropolitan Transportation Commission/Association of Bay Area Governments, APPROVE Appropriations Adjustment No. 005089 transferring appropriations in the amount of $19,700 from the County's Contingency Reserve (0990) to the Assessor's Office (0016) to defray the costs of providing this data, and REQUEST the Assessor’s Office to provide the requested information as soon as possible. (Supervisor Mitchoff)

FISCAL IMPACT:

The recommendation would require a one-time distribution of $19,700 from the County’s Contingency Reserve (0990).

BACKGROUND:

The Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC)/Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) staff is undertaking a major data collection effort to assist with Plan Bay Area and other key planning initiatives.

BACKGROUND: (CONT'D)

MTC/ABAG staff need to collect property value and characteristic data from Assessors in each of the nine Bay Area counties. Collection of this data is key to upcoming planning initiatives such as the Regional Transportation Plan/Sustainable Communities Strategy, as well as a number of other regional planning efforts. Many counties were asking MTC/ABAG to pay fees that would be cost prohibitive to pay across each of the nine counties. As such, MTC has worked through its commissioners to request fee waivers from high-fee counties. Timely collection of the property value and characteristics data is key to upcoming housing and land use, energy analysis, hazards assessment, and travel modeling efforts. The data and planning analysis from the data will be shared, subject to any data privacy requirements, with counties and jurisdictions to further planning efforts regionwide.

To date, fee waivers have been obtained from Alameda ($20,000), Santa Clara ($49,700), and Solano ($48,156) counties. Additionally, Napa and San Francisco Counties provided the data at no cost without having to take formal action to waive their respective fees. Small fees to San Mateo ($2,745), Sonoma ($270), and Marin ($80) Counties have been paid.

The Assessor's Office relies on fee revenue to offset costs of assembling and providing property characteristics data. The current fee charged by the Assessor for this service is $19,700. To ensure that Contra Costa County and its residents gain the full advantage of participation in this major regional undertaking, it is necessary for the Board of Supervisors to reimburse the Assessor's Office budget in the amount of $19,700 from the County’s General Contingency Reserve in exchange for the County's waiver of the fee to MTC.