Measure L Citizens Oversight Committee

Keep an eye on your tax dollars

Measure L is the Transportation Ordinance and Expenditure Plan approved by Stanislaus County voters on November 8, 2016. The measure raises the sales tax in Stanislaus County by one-half cent for a total period of 25 years to improve our local streets and roads, improve connectivity and reduce congestion. This money is administered by the Stanislaus Council of Governments (StanCOG) and pays for specific voter-approved transportation projects for local street and road improvements, and regional projects and transit programs specified in the Plan.

Measure L calls for an independent Citizens Oversight Committee to oversee compliance with the Ordinance as specified in the Transportation Ordinance and Plan.

The responsibilities of the 10-member Measure L Citizens Oversight Committee are to:

Ensure all transportation revenue collected from Measure L is spent in accordance with the Measure L Ordinance and Expenditure Plan;
Hold public meetings as necessary regarding the expenditure and status of funds generated by Measure L;
Review independent audits of the expenditure of tax funds and implementation of the programs and projects in the Expenditure Plan; and
Issue an annual report on its findings regarding compliance with the requirements of the Expenditure Plan and the Ordinance to the StanCOG Board.

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County Receives National Financial Award

GFOA highlights excellence in County budgeting process

Stanislaus County has received the prestigious GFOA Distinguished Budget Presentation Award from the Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA). The award represents a significant achievement by the organization and reflects the commitment of the governing body and staff to meeting the highest principles of governmental budgeting.

The award is the 14th in a row received by Stanislaus County. In order to receive the award, the County has to satisfy nationally recognized guidelines for effective budget presentation. The County’s detailed budget document was reviewed by a national team of financial professionals for quality, completeness and the ability to meet the stringent criteria created by the national association.

“We are thrilled to once again be selected to receive this award,” stated Jody Hayes, the assistant executive officer for Stanislaus County. “The County spends a tremendous amount of time and resources to create a transparent and complete budget document the public can use to understand County finances and how funds are budgeted. This is a great honor.”

An expedition to the County Corner

Staff from four counties converge at historic survey marker for the first time since 1868

In 1868 the County Surveyors of Alameda, San Joaquin and Stanislaus Counties conducted a boundary survey to establish the county lines between the respective counties. An oak tree was selected on Mount Boardman, as the convergence point of these three counties along with the County of Santa Clara.

Approximately 148 years later, Chad Johnson and Larry Fontana from Stanislaus County Public Works had the opportunity to revisit the oak tree “County Corner” with the County Surveyors of Alameda, Santa Clara and San Joaquin. The group consisted of Michael Rubner, County Surveyor for Alameda County, Bill Slepnikoff, County Surveyor and his assistant Chris Wilson from Santa Clara County, Warren Smith County Surveyor from San Joaquin County, the retired Santa Clara County Surveyor Gwen Gee, and Mike Quartaroli with Quartaroli & Associates Inc.

This location was last visited by Stanislaus County Surveyor George Macomber in 1931. He set 1½ iron pipes as 20' witness corners (point marked by a monument) in the four cardinal directions; north, south, east, and west.

The tree is located on the property owned by N3 Cattle Company LLC. Contact was made with their ranch manager who provided access through the locked gates and acted as a guide up the hill. With a little searching, the oak tree was located - still alive - as well as the witness corners set by Macomber. They were able to occupy the witness corners with GPS units to determine coordinates and perform some old fashion chaining between the points on the ground to verify distances. The data collected will be shared by the four counties to improve all of our GIS platforms.

Story by Larry Fontana

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An expedition to the County Corner