HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 03312015 - C.15RECOMMENDATION(S):
ADOPT Resolution No. 2015/108 designating the Martinez City Council as the Board of Directors of Contra Costa
County Sanitation District No. 6, as recommended by the Public Works Director, Martinez area. (District V)
FISCAL IMPACT:
No fiscal impact.
BACKGROUND:
Contra Costa County Sanitation District No. 6 (SD-6) was formed in 1992 to provide sanitary sewer services to the
Stonehurst subdivision in the Alhambra Valley area. Board Resolution 92/57, which formed the district, named the
Board of Supervisors as the governing board of SD-6. Under Health and Safety Code section 4730, a county board of
supervisors is the board of directors of a county sanitation district when the district includes no territory in cities. In
1992, the territory of SD-6 was entirely unincorporated and not within any sanitary district. In 2012, portions of the
Alhambra Valley were annexed by the City of Martinez. The areas annexed included the entire inhabited area of
SD-6. The remainder of SD-6 that was not annexed is unpopulated open space, located beyond the Urban Limit Line.
Under Health and Safety Code section 4731, the resulting change
APPROVE OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
Action of Board On: 03/31/2015 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
Clerks Notes:
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
AYE:Candace Andersen, District II
Supervisor
Mary N. Piepho, District III
Supervisor
Karen Mitchoff, District IV
Supervisor
ABSENT:John Gioia, District I Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V
Supervisor
Contact: Jason Chen, Special Districts,
925-313-3299
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: March 31, 2015
David Twa, County Administrator and Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
By: June McHuen, Deputy
cc: W. Lai, Special Districts, S. Cohen, Special Districts
C. 15
To:Board of Supervisors
From:Julia R. Bueren, Public Works Director/Chief Engineer
Date:March 31, 2015
Contra
Costa
County
Subject:Adoption of Resolution designating the Martinez City Council as the Board of Directors of Contra Costa County
Sanitation District No. 6.
BACKGROUND: (CONT'D)
in character of the territory of SD-6 -- from entirely unincorporated to partially incorporated -- triggered a change
in membership of the SD-6 Board of Directors.
Under Health and Safety Code section 4730, if a sanitation district includes part of a city and unincorporated
territory, and the population of the portion of the city in the sanitation district is greater than half the population of
the entire sanitation district, the county board of supervisors may designate the city council as the sanitation
district’s board of directors. If the board of supervisors does not make this designation, then under Health and
Safety Code section 4730, the sanitation district’s board of directors is the chair of the board of supervisors and
two members of the city council – the council’s presiding officer and one other member.
In this case, the entire population of SD-6 consists of City of Martinez residents. No residents of unincorporated
territory live within the boundaries of SD-6. Under these circumstances, the Contra Costa County Board of
Supervisors is authorized to designate the Martinez City Council as the SD-6 Board of Directors.
Given that the people served by SD-6 are all Martinez residents, staff recommends the Board of Supervisors
designate the Martinez City Council as the SD-6 Board of Directors. It is therefore reasonable that the elected
body that represents residents of the City of Martinez – the Martinez City Council – act as the board of SD-6. It
may also be more cost-effective to have the board of SD-6 be an existing elected body rather than a new board
made up of elected officials from both the County and the City.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
If the Board of Supervisors does not designate the Martinez City Council as the SD-6 Board of Directors, the
SD-6 Board of Directors will be two members of the Martinez City Council and the chair of the Board of
Supervisors.
CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT:
Not applicable.
CLERK'S ADDENDUM
Speaker: Tim Tucker, engineer with the City of Martinez.
Public Works staff will provide the Local Agency Commission with a copy of this executed order to ensure
timely communication between agencies.
ATTACHMENTS
Resolution No. 2015/108