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Consider approving a fee waiver in the amount of $48,156.04 for the Metropolitan Transportation Commission/Association of Bay Area Governments for certain Assessor/Recorder data; and Consider approving the Assessor/Recorder's long-standing practice of waiving or charging a reduced fee for public agency partners located within Solano County
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Published Notice Required? Yes ____ No _X _
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DEPARTMENTAL RECOMMENDATION:
The Assessor/Recorder Department requests that the Board of Supervisors:
1. Considers approving a fee waiver in the amount of $48,156.04 for the Metropolitan Transportation Commission/Association of Bay Area Governments for certain Assessor/Recorder data; and
2. Considers approving the Assessor/Recorder's long-standing practice of waiving or charging a reduced fee for public agency partners located within Solano County
SUMMARY:
The Assessor/Recorder Department prepares and keeps certain property-related information, including the local assessment roll, property sales, property characteristics, and market data. The Department has been given authority from the Board to provide this information to the public for a fee set and reviewed annually by the Board. Most of this information is a disclosable public record required by law to be kept or prepared by the Department. It has been a long-standing practice of the Department to waive most or all of the fees for Solano County public agency partners who would otherwise be required to pay the full fee for the information. MTC/ABAG has requested the Board waive the fee to acquire secured roll and property characteristics data. The fee for that data totals $48,156.04. As this is the largest request for a fee waiver that the Department is aware of and is made at the request of an agency not located primarily in Solano County, the Department is asking the Board to approve this waiver. Furthermore, the Department is asking the Board to...
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