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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 12152009 - C.85RECOMMENDATION(S): As the Board of Supervisors, ADOPT Resolution No. 2009/574 consenting to an allocation of up to $50,000 from the Contra Costa County Redevelopment Agency to the Rodeo Sanitary District to fund a public improvements study program in the Rodeo downtown/waterfront area, and MAKE findings required by Health and Safety Code Section 33445 of public benefit, financial need, and blight elimination as recommended by the Redevelopment Director. FISCAL IMPACT: The project budget is $50,000. No General Funds would be utilized. Rodeo redevelopment funds have been budgeted for this purpose. BACKGROUND: A key objective of the Rodeo Redevelopment program is to rehabilitate and upgrade public infrastructure in Downtown Rodeo and at the Rodeo Marina. The Agency has budgeted $4.7 million for Rodeo downtown/waterfront infrastructure improvements. The Rodeo Sanitary District (RSD) would be responsible for preparing preliminary engineering plans and a budget for sanitary sewer improvements that would be included in the larger program. The APPROVE OTHER RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE Action of Board On: 12/15/2009 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER Clerks Notes: VOTE OF SUPERVISORS AYE:John Gioia, District I Supervisor Gayle B. Uilkema, District II Supervisor Mary N. Piepho, District III Supervisor Susan A. Bonilla, District IV Supervisor Federal D. Glover, District V Supervisor Contact: Vincent Manuel 335-7232 I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action taken and entered on the minutes of the Board of Supervisors on the date shown. ATTESTED: December 15, 2009 David J. Twa, County Administrator and Clerk of the Board of Supervisors By: June McHuen, Deputy cc: C.85 To:Board of Supervisors From:Jim Kennedy, County Redevelopment Director Date:December 15, 2009 Contra Costa County Subject:Facilities Design Funding Agreement, Rodeo Sanitary District recommended action will provide the BACKGROUND: (CONT'D) Rodeo Sanitary District with the necessary funds to accomplish the preliminary engineering studies related to the sanitary sewer improvement design. The Public Facilities Design Funding Agreement (the "Design Funding Agreement") provides $50,000 for the following tasks: Existing Information Review: Proposed Marina Layout Topography RSD Infrastructure Annexation of Marina: LAFCO requirements Other Agency Requirements Number and Type of Connections RSD Fee Requirements Sewage Conveyance: Evaluation of options (gravity flow vs. pumped) Costs for Options Cost/Benefit Analysis of Options Recommendation Pursuant to California Redevelopment Law the Agency may fund public improvements owned by another public agency with the consent of the Board, if the Board finds and determines that : (1) the public improvement will be of benefit to the project area, (2) no other reasonable means of financing the public improvement is available to the community, (3) the public improvement will assist in the elimination of one or more blighting conditions inside the project area; and (4) Agency assistance for the public improvement is consistent with the Agency’s current Implementation Plan. (Section 33445 of the Health & Safety Code). The Design Funding Agreement will help the RSD pay for the cost of the study of necessary sanitary sewer public improvements for the Rodeo Marina. The Design Funding Agreement will allow the RSD to accomplish the preliminary engineering studies related to the sanitary sewer improvement design. The necessary public improvements will benefit the Project Area by helping to spur the redevelopment of a site that is an integral part of the Project Area’s waterfront. The public improvements may lead to the renovation and expansion of the Rodeo Marina, thereby stimulating and expanding the existing uses in the waterfront. The RSD has conducted an analysis of its financial capability to fund the Design Funding Agreement and due to limited availability of general funds, the State’s budget crisis, and the RSD’s funding priorities, the RSD does not currently have sufficient funds to pay for the costs of the preliminary engineering studies related to the sanitary sewer improvement design. On December 8, 2009, the District’s Board of Directors met and approved a resolution making the required finding that the District has no other reasonable means of funding the public improvements. The study and future construction of sanitary sewer improvements in the Rodeo Marina will lead to the renovation and expansion of the Rodeo Marina Facilities to accommodate multiple uses, which may include: a restaurant, marine repair facility, boat docks, boat storage, boat launch, a new harbor master building, lodging, mixed use commercial, and public access. Restoration of the Rodeo Marina would stimulate redevelopment activities in the waterfront area by expanding the existing uses, thus eliminating blighting conditions in the Project Area. The funding of the Design Funding Agreement is consistent with the goals and objectives of the Agency’s current Implementation Plan, including the desire to create and implement a Downtown/Waterfront Improvement Program for the older and more historic section of the Project Area, and to initiate development planning processes for specific reuse sites in the Project Area. Therefore the recommendation includes two actions: 1. As the legislative body for the County, the Board of Supervisors is consenting to the use of Redevelopment funds to pay for studies related to the sanitary sewer improvement design i of the Rodeo Sanitary District, and making the required findings pursuant to Section 33445. In making these findings the Board is, in part, relying on findings made by the Rodeo Sanitary District at its meeting of December 8, 2009; and 2. As the Governing Board of the Redevelopment Agency making certain findings pursuant to Section 33445 of the Health and Safety Code, and approving and authorizing execution of the Design Funding Agreement (a separate Board Order is being submitted for this action). CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION: If this contract is not authorized, the proposed scope of work will not be able to be accomplished. ATTACHMENTS Resolution No. 2009/574