Memorandum
Date: January 13, 2026
To: The Honorable Brad Rasmussen, Chair, Lake County Board of Supervisors
From: Mireya G. Turner, Community Development Director
Lloyd Guintivano, County Counsel
Susan Parker, County Administrative Officer
Shannon Walker-Smith, Deputy Community Development Administrator
Casey Moreno, Deputy County Administrative Officer
Subject: Presentation of Update on Community Development Department (CDD) Loan Repayment Plan
Executive Summary: Your Board will recall, Community Development Department (CDD) staff provided findings regarding factors that led to declining Building Department revenues, and discussed General Fund loan repayment, on December 9, 2025. Members of your Board requested further follow-up, seeking to gain additional understanding about inter-department operations, options for loan repayment timelines and effects on departmental resources and service provision.
Additionally, your Board requested County Counsel present background on legal considerations surrounding use of incoming permit fees to repay a loan that covered past expenses.
Since that presentation, CDD and Administration Staff have been in ongoing dialogue, and are prepared to give the Board a joint update on the following:
* Review of data presented December 9, 2025 with additional context;
* Summary of non-revenue generating activities for each CDD Division;
* Analysis of budgeted and actual revenues for all CDD Divisions;
* Overview of Building Division loan repayment options;
* Initial analysis of repayment timeline scenarios, and their anticipated effects on departmental operations;
* Anticipated Mid-Year Budget changes; and
* High-level Fee analysis.
In-depth review of budgeted and actual revenues over the past decade show Reserves were "spent down," beginning in Fiscal Year 2022/2023, resulting in significant transfers among CDD Divisions.
Initially, this was a prudent action, and protected the General Fund. At the end of Fiscal Year...
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