To: Board of Supervisors
From: Warren Lai, Public Works Director/Chief Engineer
Report Title: HEARING on Fiscal Year 2024-2025 Tentative Annual Report for County Service Area L-100; ADOPT resolution confirming the report and levying charges
☒Recommendation of the County Administrator ☐ Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
1. RECEIVE from staff the Fiscal Year 2024-2025 Tentative Annual Report on service charges in County Service Area (CSA) L-100, a copy of which is attached.
2. OPEN the public hearing on the Tentative Annual Report; RECEIVE and CONSIDER all written and oral objections or protests to the Tentative Annual Report; and CLOSE the public hearing.
3. CONSIDER whether to adopt, revise, change, reduce, increase, or modify any estimated service charges set forth in the Tentative Annual Report.
4. APPROVE the estimated service charges set forth in the Tentative Annual Report.
5. ADOPT a Resolution confirming the Tentative Annual Report and levying the charges set forth in the report.
6. DIRECT the Public Works Director or his/her designee to prepare a Fiscal Year 2024-2025 final Annual Report for CSA L-100 that conforms to the County’s official service charge roll for Fiscal Year 2024-2025. (County Service Area L-100 Funds) (Countywide) Project No. 7394-6X5001.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The levy of the annual service charges in CSA L-100 will provide revenues for the continued operation and maintenance of street lighting services. The CSA L-100 total revenue was $2,212,555.02 for Fiscal Year 2023-2024 and is projected to be $2,244,766.66 for Fiscal Year 2024-2025. In Fiscal Year 2023-2024 the basic service charge was $14.94/year per equivalent dwelling unit for a single-family home and will remain the same for Fiscal Year 2024-2025.
BACKGROUND:
As directed by Article 1012-2.602 of the Contra Costa County Ordinance Code, the Public Works Director prepared a Fiscal Year 2024-2025 Tentative Annual Report on service charges in CSA L-100 and filed it with the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors. CSA L-100 provides street lighting services. The Tentative Annual Report contains a description of each parcel of real property receiving services, the basic service charge for CSA L-100 and the estimated amount of the service charge for each parcel for the fiscal year.
Upon the filing of the Tentative Annual Report, the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors fixed a time, date, and place for a Board hearing on the Tentative Annual Report and for filing objections or protests thereto and published a notice of the hearing as provided in Government Code section 6066.
Following the public hearing, the Board may adopt, revise, change, reduce, increase, or modify any estimated service charge, and shall make its determination upon each estimated service charge as described in the Tentative Annual Report. The service charges in the Tentative Annual Report were computed and apportioned according to a formula that fairly distributes the service charge among all subject parcels in proportion to the estimated benefits conferred on each property from the services provided. Staff recommend approval of the service charges in the Tentative Annual Report without modification. The service charge rates are unchanged from the service charge rates levied in CSA L-100 in Fiscal Year 2023-2024.
Adoption of a Resolution confirms the Tentative Annual Report and assesses the service charges set forth therein but does not levy the charges. The levy of the service charges occurs after the preparation of a Final Annual Report that conforms to the official assessor’s roll for Fiscal Year 2024-2025. The official assessor’s roll will be issued by the County Assessor on or about July 1, 2024.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
If the Fiscal Year 2024-2025 Tentative Annual Report for CSA L-100 is not confirmed, either as filed or as modified, the service charges set forth in the Tentative Annual Report may not be levied for Fiscal Year 2024-2025. Street lighting would have to be selectively eliminated throughout the County to meet decreased funding levels.
C: Laura Strobel - County Administrator- CAO, Robert Campbell - Auditor Controller, Thomas L. Geiger- County Counsel, Gus Kramer- County Assessor, Brian Brown - Francisco & Associates, Inc., Diana Oyler - Finance, Jocelyn LaRocque - Engineering Services, Rochelle Johnson - Special Districts, Jessi Duffy - Special Districts
THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA
and for Special Districts, Agencies and Authorities Governed by the Board
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IN THE MATTER OF: Confirmation of the Fiscal Year 2024-2025 Tentative Annual Report for County Service Area L-100 (Countywide Street Lighting);
WHEREAS, the Public Works Director has prepared a Fiscal Year 2024-2025 Tentative Annual Report for County Service Area (CSA) L-100 and filed it with the Clerk of the Board pursuant to Article 1012-2.6 of the Contra Costa County Ordinance Code;
WHEREAS, the Clerk of the Board has fixed a time, date, and place for a public hearing on the Tentative Annual Report and published notice of the hearing as provided in Government Code section 6066;
WHEREAS, the Board conducted the public hearing on July 9, 2024, and considered all written and oral testimony, including any and all objections or protests to the Tentative Annual Report;
WHEREAS, the Tentative Annual Report contains a description of each parcel of real property receiving street lighting services within CSA L-100, the basic service charge for CSA L-100, and the estimated service charge amount for each parcel in Fiscal Year 2024-2025;
WHEREAS, the service charges in the Tentative Annual Report were computed and apportioned by a formula that fairly distributes the service charge among all subject parcels in proportion to the estimated benefits conferred on each property from the street lighting services provided within CSA L-100; and
WHEREAS, the Board finds no cause to revise, change, reduce, increase, or modify any estimated service charge contained in the Tentative Annual Report;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED: The Board hereby CONFIRMS the Fiscal Year 2024-2025 Tentative Annual Report for CSA L-100 and levies the service charges set forth in the report.