To: Board of Supervisors
From: Warren Lai, Public Works Director/Chief Engineer
Report Title: Reimbursement Agreement with East Bay Regional Park District, Knightsen area.
?Recommendation of the County Administrator ? Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Public Works Director, or designee, to execute a reimbursement agreement between the County and East Bay Regional Park District (EBRPD) to reimburse them for pumping activities benefitting the Knightsen area in an amount not to exceed $86,789.86 for the 2022-2023 winter and an amount not to exceed $25,000 each year thereafter, using remaining Knightsen Town Community Services District (CSD) funds.
DETERMINE that using remaining CSD funds for this purpose benefits lands, inhabitants, and taxpayers within the territory of the former CSD.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Reimbursement requests may be paid using remaining CSD funds until depleted. No general fund monies are involved. Project No. 7505-6F8228
BACKGROUND:
The EBRPD owns property in the Knightsen area, identified as Assessor's Parcel Numbers 020-172-001 and 020-171-004. From time to time during heavy rain events, stormwater accumulates on the surface of the property and other properties in the Knightsen area. Historically, EBRPD, and the prior owner of the property, have accepted stormwater from adjacent areas onto the property and pumped the stormwater over a levee and into No Name Slough. Accepting the stormwater onto EBRPD property and pumping the water into No Name Slough benefit surrounding properties by preventing an accumulation of stormwater that could impact other properties and the safety of Knightsen residents. Historically, the CSD would reimburse a portion of these pumping costs using funds generated from a special tax on Knightsen area parcels that was intended to fund pumping and flood control activities in the Knightsen area.
In the winter of 2022-2023, the Knightsen area experienced unusually significant rainfa...
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