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Recommendation to adopt resolution supporting the retention of the City’s existing Sphere of Influence (SOI) area, and the addition of a Joint Long Beach-Compton SOI area, and instruct the Director of Planning and Building to submit this resolution to the Los Angeles County Local Agency Formation Commission. (Citywide)
DISCUSSION
In September of 2005, the Los Angeles County Local Agency Formation Commission (LA AFCO)
released its first Draft Municipal Service Reviews (DMSR) for the Gateway Cities communities. Municipal Service Reviews are a new tool being used by LAFCO’s (State agencies) to determine whether or not a local jurisdiction can adequately provide municipal services to an adjacent unincorporated county area. If a positive finding is made, a Sphere of Influence (Sol) is assigned to
the adjacent city. That city could then apply for an annexation of that area. The DMSR recommended that 640 acres of industrial land in the Rancho Dominguez SO1 area, that has been
assigned to the City of Long Beach since1973, be reassigned to the City of Carson (map attached).
On October 18, 2005, the Department of Planning and Building voiced the City’s objection to the
DMSR recommendationrat the LA LAFCO public workshop in Paramount and submitted a letter to
the Executive Officer detailing the City’s concerns and specifying errors and omissions in the DMSR report. This action was reinforced on November 15,2005, when the City Council reviewed staffs report and unanimously supported submitting a resolution to LA LAFCO objecting to the
reassignment of this portion of the Rancho Dominguez SO1 area.
After meeting with City of Long Beach representatives and considering the information submitted,
LA LAFCO staff revised the Municipal Services Review. The revised recommendation calls for the
City of Long Beach to maintain its current SO1 for the eastern portion of Rancho Dominguez, and
also be assigned a new joint City of Long Beach - City of Compton SO1 for a portion ...
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