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Resident alleges Brown Act concerns as LAFCO processes Redwood Valley annexation; staff says CEQA review, tax-share still pending
Summary
A Mendocino County resident told the Local Agency Formation Committee (LAFCO) on Nov. 3 that he believes the executive officer has already treated a CEQA negative declaration as adequate and moved the process forward without commission discussion, potentially raising Brown Act concerns.
A Mendocino County resident told the Local Agency Formation Committee (LAFCO) on Nov. 3 that he believes the executive officer has already treated a CEQA negative declaration as adequate and moved the process forward without commission discussion, potentially raising Brown Act concerns.
Lee Howard, who gave the commission a printed handout during public expression, said he was not speaking to the substance of the Redwood Valley or flood control proposal but to ‘‘process.’’ He said, “it appears now that that isn't happening in this case,” and that the executive officer ‘‘has at least given an opinion that a negative dec[laration] is plenty good and adequate.’’ Howard suggested two…
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