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Home My WebLink About03.a. Conduct biennial review of the following Board Policies: a. B P 010 - Contractual Assessment Districts b. BP 022 - Alhambra Valley Assessment DistrictPage 1 of 5 Item 3.a. S Central Contra Costa Sanitary District January 12, 2018 TO: ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE FROM: DONNA M.ANDERSON, PROVISIONAL SECRETARYOF THE DISTRICT REVIEWED BY: RUSS LEAVITT, ENGINEERING ASSISTANT III DANEA GEMMELL, PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DIVISION MANAGER JEAN -MARC PETIT, DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING & TECHNICAL SERVICES ROGER S. BAILEY, GENERAL MANAGER SUBJECT: CONDUCT BIENNIAL REVIEW OF THE FOLLOWING BOARD POLICIES: A. BP 010 -CONTRACTUAL ASSESSMENT DISTRICTS B. BP 022 - ALHAMBRA VALLEYASSESSMENT DISTRICT Attached are copies of the above Board Policies, which are being presented to the Committee for their biennial review. Staff has no recommended changes to either existing policy. If the Committee concurs, the policies will remain as they are and will be reviewed again in two years. However, if the Committee recommends changes, the policies will be brought to the full Board for consideration of any proposed revisions. ATTACHMENTS: 1. Existing BP 010 - Contractual Assessment Districts 2. Existing BP 022 -Alhambra Valley Assessment District January 12, 2018 Special ADMIN Committee Meeting Agenda Packet - Page 3 of 19 Page 2 of 5 Central Contra Costa Number: BP 010 Sanitary District Related Admin. Procedure AP 010 Authority: Board of Directors =- Effective: January 7, 1999 Revised: February 1, 2001, September 5, 2002, October 4, 2012, November 5, 2015 Reviewed: Initiating Dept./Div.: Engineering/Planning & Development Services BOARD POLICY CONTRACTUAL ASSESSMENT DISTRICTS PURPOSE To encourage residential property owners to connect to the public sewer system. The Contractual Assessment District (CAD) program provides financial assistance to small groups of homeowners, often with inadequate septic tank systems, so that they may extend the public sewer system to serve their properties. The CAD program is intended for residential properties, primarily owner -occupied, and not commercial properties. POLICY This policy statement establishes the criteria for formation of CAD projects. Nothing in this policy is intended to bind the District to continue with the program for any predetermined time period, nor does it create any right or entitlement in favor of potential program participants. The Board may consider technical, economic, staffing, budgetary, environmental and other factors in its consideration of whether to form a CAD. Funding The initial funding for design, construction and inspection of the sewer improvements will be provided by the District. This money is repaid by participating property owners, either in a lump sum at the completion of construction or in 10 annual installments. The annual installments include a nominal interest rate, are secured by a lien on the property, and are collected on the property tax bill. Legal CADs are formed pursuant to Streets and Highways Code Section 5898, et seq. While the State Legislature has found that CADs are voluntary, imposed pursuant to an agreement and are not subject to Proposition 218, the District will not proceed with a January 12, 2018 Special ADMIN Committee Meeting Agenda Packet - Page 4 of 19 Page 3 of 5 Number: BP 010 CONTRACTUAL ASSESSMENT DISTRICT POLICY STATEMENT Page 2 of 2 CAD formation if a majority of ballots, weighted by the proposed assessment, are submitted in protest of the project. Formation Criteria In order to be eligible for participation in the District's CAD assessment financing program, the proposed mainline sewer extension project must meet the following criteria: A minimum of five properties must be directly tributary to the proposed CAD facilities. 2. A minimum of 60 percent of the properties directly tributary to the proposed CAD facilities must have existing homes served by septic tank systems. 3. A participant parcel may not have more than two dwellings to participate in a CAD. January 12, 2018 Special ADMIN Committee Meeting Agenda Packet - Page 5 of 19 Number: BP 022 Authority: Board of Directors Effective: November 5, 2015 Page 4 of 5 Central Contra Posta Sanitary District Reviewed: Initiating Dept./Div.: Engineering/Planning & Development Services BOARD POLICY ALHAMBRA VALLEY ASSESSMENT DISTRICT PURPOSE To encourage residential property owners to connect to the public sewer system. The Alhambra Valley Assessment District (AVAD) program provides financial assistance to small groups of homeowners, often with inadequate septic tank systems, so that they may extend the public sewer system to serve their properties. The AVAD program is intended for residential properties, primarily owner -occupied, and not commercial properties. While the AVAD program is similar to the Contractual Assessment District (CAD) Program, it offers several additional incentives for property owners to connect to public sewers tributary to the Alhambra Valley Trunk Sewer, thereby enabling the District to more quickly collect reimbursement for District funds that were used for the planning, design, and 2008 construction of the trunk sewer. POLICY This policy establishes the criteria for formation of AVAD projects. Nothing in this policy is intended to bind the District to continue with the program for any predetermined time period, nor does it create any right or entitlement in favor of potential program participants. The Board may consider technical, economic, staffing, budgetary, environmental and other factors in its consideration of whether to form an AVAD. FUNDING The initial funding for design, construction and inspection of the sewer improvements will be provided by the District. The initial participating property owners repay their share of this money, either in a lump sum at the completion of construction or in 15 annual installments. The annual installments include a nominal interest rate, are secured by a lien on the property, and are collected on the property tax bill. Subsequent participants repay their share of this money when they connect to the sewer main. January 12, 2018 Special ADMIN Committee Meeting Agenda Packet - Page 6 of 19 Page 5 of 5 Number: BP 022 ALHAMBRA VALLEY ASSESSMENT DISTRICT POLICY STATEMENT Page 2 of 2 LEGAL CADs are formed pursuant to Streets and Highways Code Section 5898, et seq. While the State Legislature has found that CADs are voluntary, imposed pursuant to an agreement and are not subject to Proposition 218, the District will not proceed with a CAD formation if a majority of ballots, weighted by the proposed assessment, are submitted in protest of the project. FORMATION CRITERIA In order to be eligible for participation in the District's AVAD financing program, the proposed mainline sewer extension project must meet the following criteria: A minimum of three annexed properties must be directly tributary to a proposed AVAD facility. A minimum of 60 percent of the properties directly tributary to a proposed AVAD facility must already be developed. • A participant parcel may not have more than two dwellings on it to participate in an AVAD. January 12, 2018 Special ADMIN Committee Meeting Agenda Packet - Page 7 of 19