HomeMy WebLinkAbout04.l. Establish 10-6-11 for public hearing re reimbursement fees for Sunnybrook Road CADCentral Contra Costa Sanitary District
' BOARD OF DIRECTORS
POSITION PAPER
Board Meeting Date: September 1, 2011
subject: ESTABLISH OCTOBER 6, 2011 AS THE DATE FOR A PUBLIC HEARING
TO RECEIVE COMMENTS ON PROPOSED REIMBURSEMENT FEES FOR THE
PROPERTIES WHICH COULD DIRECTLY CONNECT TO DISTRICT PROJECT
6476 (SUNNYBROOK ROAD CAD 2010 -1) IN ALAMO
Submitted By: Initiating Dept. /Div.:
Russell Leavitt, Engineering Assistant III Engineering /Environmental Services
REVIEWED AND RECOMMENDED FOR BOARD ACTION:
R. Leavitt
J. Miyamoto -Mills C. Swanson
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A. Farrell
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James . elly,
General Manager
ISSUE: When a reimbursement fee is proposed for properties that could connect to a
Special Facility or a Standard Facility installed by the District or private individuals, the
District Code requires a public hearing be held prior to the Board of Directors' adoption
of the fee.
RECOMMENDATION: Establish the Board's regularly scheduled meeting on
October 6, 2011 as the date for a public hearing to receive comments on proposed
reimbursement fees for properties which could connect to District Project 6476
(Sunnybrook Road CAD 2010 -1) in Alamo.
FINANCIAL IMPACTS: None related to this action. If the recommended fees are
established by the Board following the public hearing, the CAD participants will recover
their investment in the CAD facilities over time as connections occur.
ALTERNATIVES /CONSIDERATIONS: Not applicable.
BACKGROUND: The design and construction of Standard Facilities for Job 6476
were financed by the District under the Contractual Assessment District (CAD)
Program. The District will be repaid by the property owners who chose to participate in
the CADs. Fourteen of the sixteen property owners on Sunnybrook Road have chosen
to participate in the AVAD and will repay the District through assessments. The
remaining two property owners who are not participating in the CADs will repay the
participated property owners through the Sewer Reimbursement Fee Program when
they connect to the public sewer in the future. This sewer has been completed,
accepted by the District and contributed by the CAD participants to the District for public
use.
Through the CADs, the District financed local property owners' assessed share of the
costs of these facilities. Public hearings were held to previously establish those
participant assessments. CAD participants have chosen to pay off their assessment up
front or have begun to finance their assessment on their property tax bill over a period
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POSITION PAPER
Board Meeting Date: September 1, 2011
Subject. ESTABLISH OCTOBER 6, 2011 AS THE DATE FOR A PUBLIC HEARING
TO RECEIVE COMMENTS ON PROPOSED REIMBURSEMENT FEES FOR THE
PROPERTIES WHICH COULD DIRECTLY CONNECT TO DISTRICT PROJECT
6476 (SUNNYBROOK ROAD CAD 2010 -1) IN ALAMO
of up to 10 years. Other property owners who have not volunteered to be assessed,
and thus have not paid or financed an assessment, are known as CAD "non-
participants."
In the future, these non - participants may connect to the contributed public sewers, but
when they do so, the District will charge them a reimbursement fee. In such cases, the
District Code requires that the reimbursement fee structure "provide for full
reimbursement of any and all costs associated with installation of local street sewers"
(Section 6.220.400). The reimbursement fee to be established at a public hearing at
the September 1, 2011 Board meeting will allow the CAD participants to recover the
non - participants' shares of the cost of the CAD - constructed facilities.
The District Code requires that a notice of public hearing be mailed to owners of
properties to which the reimbursement fee could be applicable at least ten days in
advance of the date set for the hearing. The notice is to include a general description
of the reimbursement fee program, a description of the facility which gives rise to the
proposed fee, and the amount of the proposed fee.
RECOMMENDED BOARD ACTION: Establish the Board's regularly scheduled
meeting on October 6, 2011 as the date for a public hearing to receive comments on
proposed reimbursement fees for properties which could connect to the Special
Facilities and the Standard Facilities identified above.
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