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Extracted from Consolidated Report
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Placer County Grand Jury
• 2020-2021
Independent Special Districts and the Local Agency Formation Commission
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Findings 10 findings
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Alpine Spring County Water, Auburn Cemetery, Auburn Valley Community Services, Christian Valley Park Community District Services, Donner Summit Public Utility, Foresthill Fire Protection, McKinney Water, Newcastle-Rocklin-Gold Hill Cemetery, North Tahoe Fire Protection, North Tahoe Public Utility, Olympic Valley Public Service, Roseville Cemetery, South Placer Municipal Utility, and Tahoe Resource Conservation Districts are in full compliance with AB 2257 and SB 929.
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Heather Glen Community Services, Tahoe Forest Hospital, and Tahoe City Cemetery Districts do not have websites. They are non-compliant with both AB 2257 and SB 929.
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Three districts, Colfax Cemetery, Penryn Fire Protection, and Talmont Resort Improvement Districts are non-compliant with AB 2257. They do not have a prominent, direct link to their current agenda; agendas are not searchable or downloadable.
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Alta Fire Protection, Auburn Area Recreation & Park, Foresthill Public Utility, Lincoln Cemetery #1, Meadow Vista County Water, Midway Heights County Water, Newcastle Fire Protection, Northstar Community Services, Penryn Fire Protection, Placer County Resource Conservation, Placer County Water Agency, Placer Hills Fire Protection, Placer Mosquito & Vector Control, Sierra Lakes County Water, South Placer Fire Protection, Suburban Pines Community Services, Tahoe City Public Utility, Tahoe-Truckee Airport, Tahoe-Truckee Sanitation, and Talmont Resort Improvement Districts do not have a prominent, direct link to the current agenda on the home page of their website.
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The LAFCo website, which is hosted by Placer County, is difficult to locate. Placer County LAFCo does not have an independent website.
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A lack of consistency in independent special district websites makes locating similar information difficult and time consuming for the user.
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Placer County LAFCo does not have an up-to-date listing of the independent special districts with contact information.
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Suburban Pines Community Services District is a non-active district.
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Placer County LAFCo does not keep records of the ethics training, completed by board members of the districts they oversee.
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Colfax Cemetery, South Placer Fire Protection, and Tahoe Resource Conservation District websites do not comply with SB 929. -2021 Final Report
Recommendations 11
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R1Page 36By September 1, 2021, Heather Glen Community Services, Tahoe Forest Hospital, and Tahoe City Cemetery Districts create websites to be compliant with AB 2257 and SB 929.
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R2Page 36By September 1, 2021, Colfax Cemetery, Penryn Fire Protection, and Talmont Resort Improvement Districts update their website so they have a prominent, direct link to the current agenda and the agenda is searchable and downloadable to be compliant with AB 2257.
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R3Page 36By September 1, 2021, Alta Fire Protection, Auburn Area Recreation & Park, Foresthill Public Utility, Lincoln Cemetery #1, Meadow Vista County Water, Midway Heights County Water, Newcastle Fire Protection, Northstar Community Services, Placer County Resource Conservation, Placer County Water Agency, Placer Hills Fire Protection, Placer Mosquito & Vector Control, Sierra Lakes County Water, South Placer Fire Protection, Tahoe City Public Utility, Tahoe-Truckee Airport, and Tahoe- Truckee Sanitation Districts create a prominent, direct link from their home page to their current agenda as required by AB 2257.
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R4Page 36By September 1, 2021, Placer County LAFCo will establish and manage their own up-to-date website.
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R5Page 36By September 1, 2021, Placer County LAFCo will establish and manage their own up-to-date website.
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R6Page 36By September 1, 2021, Placer County LAFCo will establish a plan for each independent special district to update their contact and board information on a yearly basis each January, beginning in January 2022. The document with the information will be placed on the LAFCo website.
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R7Page 36By September 1, 2021, Placer County LAFCo will take the necessary steps to dissolve Suburban Pines Community Services District and incorporate the maintenance of the six fire hydrants to another entity.
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R8Page 36By September 1, 2021, Placer County LAFCo will establish and maintain a list of the ethics training completed by each independent special district board member.
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R9Page 36By September 1, 2021, Colfax Cemetery District will add contact information to its website to be compliant with SB 929.
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R10Page 36By September 1, 2021, South Placer Fire Protection District will add a contact email address to its website to be compliant with SB 929.
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R11Page 36By September 1, 2021, Tahoe Resource Conservation District will list their board members on its webs ite. -2021 Final Report