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Annexation Procedures At this meeting, Council will formally decide whether to request LAFCo to take action on the annexation and enter into a tax sharing arrangement with the County. If City Council supports the subject annexation, the City Council would be taking the following actions: 1. Adopt a resolution formally initiating the annexation with LAFCo; and 2. Adopt a resolution agreeing to the exchange of property taxes with Alameda County by authorizing the City Manager to execute a property tax sharing agreement in a form approved by the City Manager and City Attorney. If Council decides to initiate annexation proceedings, an annexation application is submitted by the City to LAFCo staff for its review. Once LAFCo staff is satisfied that all requirements have been completed, the annexation is scheduled for a public hearing for action by LAFCo. At the hearing, LAFCo will review the staff report and factors related to the annexation, testimony of the public agency and general public, service plan, and environmental review documents. LAFCo may approve the annexation with either revisions or conditions; it may also decide not to approve the annexation. If there is 100% consent by the property owners', LAFCo may proceed to approve the application without an additional hearing. LAFCo will then order the change in organization. The annexation becomes effective when it is formally recorded with Alameda County. Tax Sharing Agreement Staff also recommends Council adopt a resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute a property tax sharing agreement with the County for the distribution of property taxes in a form approved by the City Manager and City Attorney. The County Board of Supervisors must also approve the tax sharing agreement. This item will be scheduled for the County Board of Supervisors meeting after City Council adopts a resolution agreeing to the exchange of property taxes. The three parcels will be incorporated into the City's tax rate area after the completion of the annexation. Under the tax sharing agreement, the City would receive an allocation of the computed property tax revenue equivalent to the average City-wide share of property tax it receives each year. The proposed tax-sharing split would give the City the same percentage it receives on average, City-wide, which is approximately 25% of the 1% property value based tax rate received by the County each year. This proposed tax-sharing agreement has been used with the City's more recent annexations. PUBLIC NOTICE Property owners within a 1,000-foot radius of the sites to be annexed have been notified that the City Council will be considering this annexation. A noticing map is attached as As noted earlier, all of the owners of the three subject parcels are expected to consent to annexation: Ms. Linfoot as the applicant, and the Marks and the Mixes based on their prior agreement to support annexation in exchange for being allowed to connect to City utility services. Page 5 of 6