Memorandum
Date: May 5, 2020
To: The Honorable Moke Simon, Chair, Lake County Board of Supervisors
From: Bruno Sabatier, 2nd District Supervisor
Subject: Consideration of Letters to Governor Newsom, to Senator McGuire and to Assemblymember Aguiar-Curry to advocate for our funding needs for disaster response and revenue lost resulting from the COVID-19 crisis
Executive Summary: (include fiscal and staffing impact narrative):
I am requesting our Board consider and approve the attached letters, authorizing our Chair to sign and submit, urgently, to our State Representatives. While we are extremely grateful to our State Elected Leadership for their support as Lake County has weathered repeated disasters and substantial expense and revenue loss, the COVID-19 crisis poses an all new set of challenges.
Specifically, these letters request that counties with populations of less than 500,000 be allocated 80% of CARES Act funds, state coverage of deferred County revenues resulting from the Sales Tax Layaway Program, immediate authority to waive property tax delinquencies resulting from the crisis, protections and mitigations for 1991 and 2011 Realignment sales tax revenue, and cash flow assistance solutions to counties to address short-term needs.
If not budgeted, fill in the blanks below only:
Estimated Cost: ________ Amount Budgeted: ________ Additional Requested: ________ Future Annual Cost: ________
Consistency with Vision 2028 and/or Fiscal Crisis Management Plan (check all that apply): ☐ Not applicable
☒ Well-being of Residents ☒ Public Safety ☐ Infrastructure ☐ Technology Upgrades
☒ Economic Development ☒ Disaster Recovery ☒ County Workforce ☒ Revenue Generation
☐ Community Collaboration ☐ Business Process Efficiency ☒ Clear Lake ☐ Cost Savings
If request for exemption from competitive bid in accordance with County Code Chapter 2 Sec. 2-38, fill in blanks below:
Which exemption is being requested?
How long has Agreement been in place?
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Reason for request to waive bid?
Recommended Action: Approve letters to Governor Newsom, to Senator McGuire and to Assemblymember Aguiar-Curry, authorizing the Chair to sign.