To: Board of Directors
From: Wendt Ranch Geological Hazard Abatement District
Report Title: Public Hearing on the Proposed Assessment for Somerset Development
?Recommendation of the County Administrator ? Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
1. OPEN and CONDUCT a public hearing on the proposed assessment for the Somerset Development;
2. CLOSE the hearing and consider any protests against the assessment;
3. DIRECT the GHAD Clerk to tabulate the assessment ballots; and
4. ADOPT Resolution No. 2023/05 accepting tabulation of ballots and considering any objections, and, if the vote supports the approval of the assessment, APPROVE Resolution No. 2023/06 confirming the assessment, and authorizing the levy and collection of the assessment for the Somerset development in the Wendt Ranch GHAD.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The HOA of the Somerset development is responsible for funding all GHAD Improvements, as defined in the Somerset Plan of Control dated June 28, 2021, within the Somerset development up and until the GHAD Improvements are accepted by the GHAD. Thereafter, if the assessment is approved, the GHAD would be funded 100% through those assessments levied on the properties within the Somerset development portion of the GHAD.
BACKGROUND:
The Somerset development (Subdivision 7763) is located north of Camino Tassajara at the intersection with Conejo Drive in Contra Costa County, California. One-hundred fifty residential townhome units currently exist within the Somerset development. As provided by GHAD law, residents within the Somerset development, Subdivision 7763 ("GHAD Annexation Area"), located in the Danville area of unincorporated Contra Costa County submitted a Petition for Annexation to join the existing GHAD which was accepted by the GHAD Board with the approval of Resolution No. 2021/02 on July 13, 2021.
On August 3, 2021, the GHAD Board, pursuant to Resolution No. 2021/02, approved the annexation of the Somerset development into the GHAD and...
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