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Ukiah Council hears wide-ranging reorganization proposal; directs staff to prepare LAFCO application and analyses

3404740 · April 16, 2025
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Summary

City staff outlined a proposal to reorganize water and sanitation districts, amend the general plan and pre-zone territory, and update the city's sphere of influence; after extensive public comment council voted unanimously to direct staff to prepare required applications and analyses for LAFCO review.

City staff on Tuesday presented a draft reorganization plan that would annex parts of Millview County Water District and Willow County Water District, detach and reorganize territory in the Ukiah Valley Sanitation District, adopt the county's Ukiah Valley Area Plan into the city general plan for consistency, and request a sphere-of-influence update to allow those changes to proceed.

The presentation, led by special counsel Philip Williams and Community Development Director Craig Schlatter, stressed that council was being asked only for direction to prepare an application and supporting analyses, not to approve any annexations or to adopt any ordinances this evening. "You're not approving anything tonight, and you're not adopting any resolution or making any formal taking any formal action," Williams said. He described the plan as a multi-phase…

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