Eastern Merced RCD already has zone of influence established for the areas they are working to annex. Recommendation Negotiation, engineering, and many others skills are needed by Districts. A Regional staff is recommended to handle several Districts at one time or coordinate entire counties. If annexation is important to the conservation partners, then one or more partners will need to provide significant service and financial support to the Districts to get this accomplished. The Districts for the most part are not willing to invest the time and money on boundary lines when it is needed so dearly in their primary resource areas of interest.
Consolidation is an even tougher sell.
The team believes that encouraging Districts to work together and to form countywide associations is the best starting point. Directors from all Districts involved must be willing to proceed if any consolidation is to work.