COUNTY OF SAN MATEO

Inter-Departmental Correspondence

 

PLANNING AND BUILDING DEPARTMENT

 
 

DATE:

July 30, 2008

BOARD MEETING DATE:

August 12, 2008

SPECIAL NOTICE/HEARING:

None

VOTE REQUIRED:

Majority

 
 

TO:

Honorable Board of Supervisors

   

FROM:

Lisa Grote, Community Development Director

   

SUBJECT:

Agreement with the City and County of San Francisco for Reimbursement of Costs for Airport Community/Roundtable Related Activities for FY 2008-2009

 

RECOMMENDATION:

Adopt a resolution authorizing the President of the Board to execute an Agreement between the County of San Mateo and the City and County of San Francisco for partial funding of the Airport/Community Roundtable in the amount of $125,000 for the term July 1, 2008 through June 30, 2009.

 

VISION ALIGNMENT:

Commitment: Responsive, effective and collaborative government.

Goal #22: County and local governments to effectively communicate, collaborate and develop strategic approaches to issues affecting the entire County.

 

The proposed Agreement contributes to this commitment and goal by providing funding from the City and County of San Francisco to support the activities of the Airport/Community Roundtable to address noise impacts in affected neighborhoods and communities from aircraft operations at San Francisco International Airport.

 

Performance Measure:

Measure

FY 2007-08
Actual

FY 2008-09
Projected

Percent of Planner hours spent on Airport Community Roundtable support

50%

50%

BACKGROUND:

The Airport/Community Roundtable is funded by its member agencies. Those agencies include the City and County of San Francisco, the County of San Mateo, 18 of the 20 cities in San Mateo County, and the C/CAG Airport Land Use Committee. The funds are managed by the County of San Mateo through a trust fund.

 

Since 1993, the City and County of San Francisco has provided a minimum of $100,000 per year to the county to help support the activities and operations of the Roundtable. This funding covers a portion of the costs for one member of senior Planning staff to act as Coordinator to manage the Roundtable activities and for contracts for technical and administrative support. The remainder of the Roundtable annual funding comes from: (1) the County of San Mateo ($12,000, an amount previously authorized by the Board of Supervisors), (2) 18 of the 20 cities in the county, and (3) C/CAG, on behalf of the C/CAG Airport Land Use Committee (ALUC). The cities and C/CAG each contribute $1,500. The City and County of San Francisco annual Roundtable funding for FY 2007/2008 was $125,000.

 

DISCUSSION:

The ongoing cost-sharing agreement between the Roundtable member agencies will continue for FY 2008/2009. The City and County of San Francisco has recently approved its annual Roundtable funding in the amount of $125,000 for FY 2008/2009, the same amount as for the previous fiscal year. The annual funding contributions from the other Roundtable member agencies, including the County of San Mateo, will remain constant for FY 2008/2009.

 

County Counsel has reviewed the Resolution and Agreement as to form.

 

FISCAL IMPACT:

The proposed Agreement allows the City and County of San Francisco to reimburse the County of San Mateo, via the Airport/Community Roundtable Trust Fund, for Airport/Community Roundtable related expenses in the amount of $125,000 for FY 2008-2009. There is no net County cost impact.