To: Board of Supervisors
From: Warren Lai, Public Works Director/Chief Engineer
Report Title: APPROVE the Fiscal Year 2024/25 Budget for Dougherty Valley Maintenance for County Service Area M-29, San Ramon (Dougherty Valley) Area
?Recommendation of the County Administrator ? Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
APPROVE the Fiscal Year (FY) 2024/25 Dougherty Valley Maintenance County Service Area M-29 budget totaling $29,064,362, as recommended by the Public Works Director, San Ramon (Dougherty Valley) area. (District II)
FISCAL IMPACT:
100% County Service Area M-29 Funds.
BACKGROUND:
Dougherty Valley is an 11,000 +/- unit development that was approved by and is being processed through Contra Costa County. This territory is annexed into the City of San Ramon as Final Maps are approved, and improvements are accepted as complete. Dougherty Valley began construction in 1996 and currently 100% of the homes have been annexed into San Ramon.
A 1994 Settlement Agreement allowed for the development of Dougherty Valley and laid out a plan to provide long-term operation and maintenance of the increased municipal services provided in Dougherty Valley. These increased services include Police Protection, Park Maintenance, Landscape Maintenance, Street Lighting, increased Library Services, and the operation and maintenance of 3 Community Facilities Buildings (Community Center, Senior Center, and Service Center).
In a 1997 Memorandum of Understanding between Contra Costa County and the City of San Ramon, it was decided that these increased services would be provided by the City of San Ramon and reimbursed through property tax revenue and special assessment revenue. County Service Area M-29 (CSA M-29) was created in 1998 to collect this property tax revenue and special assessment revenue from the properties within Dougherty Valley. At the end of the fiscal year, this property tax revenue and special assessment revenue are reimbursed to the City of San Ramo...
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