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Home My WebLink AboutMINUTES - 02101987 - T.7 TOS ' --BOARD OF SUPERVISORS FROM: Harvey E. Bragdon Ckl Itra. t`.-.Director of Community Development Costa a DATE: February 4, 1987 Gounty SUBJECT: ' Fire Protection Facilities Fee for East Diablo, Oakley, Riverview, and Rodeo-Hercules Fire Protection Districts SPECIFIC REQUESTS) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION RECOMMENDATIONS 1. Determine that the East Diablo, Oakley, Riverview, and Rodeo- Hercules Fire Protection Districts facilities are "over- extended" in the context of Section 818-4. 212 of the County Ordinance Code. 2. Designate the entire . East Diablo, Oakley, Riverview, and Rodeo-Hercules Fire Protection Districts as overextended service areas � 3 . Establish an administrative fee to cover the average estimated cost of processing such a permit in accordance with Section 818-6 . 210 of the ordinance code. The recom- mended administrative fee is $20/residential unit and 1 percent addition to the amount collected for non-residential buildings. 4. Provide that the fire facility and administrative fees shall be reviewed annually to insure that they cover the costs of their programs. . 5. Determine that the projects outlined in the Notice of Findings Report conform to Fire Facilities Component of the Community Facilities Element of. the County General Plan. 6. Sat the fire facility fees for the-. East Diablo,, Oakley, R,,,verview, and, Rodeo-Hercules Fire Protection Districts as stated in the respective Notice of Findings Reports with the administrative fee added. The final fees shall be as shown on Table 1 (attached) . 7 . Adopt the proposed .fire protection fee ordinances for the East Diablo, Oakley, Riverview, and Rodeo-Hercules Fire Protection Districts as developed by the County CounselIs Office. CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATURE; RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMM AT N OF JIVRD COMMITTEE - APPROVE - OTHER SIGNATURE(S): ACTION OF BOARD ON February 10 , 1987 APPROVED AS. RECOMMENDED X .__OTHER - X _ The Chair opened the public hearing.`The following people appeared to speak: Delmar Kramer, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Rodeo-Hercules Fire Protection District; Dean LaField, Building Industry of Northern;California;; Bob Nyman, Fire District/Financial Consultant and Pedro Jiminez, Rodeo-Hercules Fire Protection District. The i Chair closed the public hearing. In addition to approving the above recommendations, the BOARD ORDERED that i. approval of the fee for the East Diablo District is conditioned to become effective at the time that a similar fee is implemented by the City'of Brentwood. The Fire Chiefs, Mr. Robert Nyman, Consultant, and staff :are REQUESTED to 11 meet with the Building Industry Association to explore the most economical construction of-z,-ire fac'elities. - IJHEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE _X UNANIMOUS (ABSENT AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION'TAKEN AYES: NOES: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD ABSENT: ABSTAIN: OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN. CC: Community Development Department ATTESTED February 10 , 1_9_87_ County Administrator PHIL BATCHELOR, CLERK OF THE BOARD OF County Counsel SUPERVISORS,AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR East Diablo, Oakley, and Riverview Fire Protection District Building Inspection Department BY - M382 '?_R, ,DEPUTY 8. Authorize the Riverview Fire Protection District staff to update the five year financing plan and accept the plan modifications outlined in the District' s February 5, 1987 , letter to the Board. FINANCIAL IMPACT The fire facilities fee is to provide a mechanism to collect funds for needed capital expenditures of the fire districts; the fees will provide funds to allow growth to proceed with the new development paying for its impact on the fire district facili- ties. The fee will provide the fiscal resources for capital facilities needed by the County and to the autonomous fire districts, which are overextended, to serve our growing County. BACKGROUND/JUSTIFICATION In 1984 the Board of Supervisors adopted a Fire Protection Facilities Plan component of the, County General Plan: it established a facility plan and presented options for plan implementation. In June of 1986 that plan was amended to specifically allow for the collection of fire facility fees. Concurrent with that plan amendment consideration, the Fire Protection Development .Fees Ordinance ( 86-49) was adopted by the Board on June 6, 1986. It outlined the requirements for fire districts to receive fees under the ordinance and specified the finding the County needed to make to authorize collection of the . fees. The ordinance placed the initial burden of fee determination on the fire districts by requiring a Notice of Findings Report. The Notice of Finding Report for the East Diablo Fire Protection is Attachment A; for Oakley Fire Protection District is Attach- ment B; for the Riverview Fire Protection District is Attachment C; and for the Rodeo-Hercules Fire Protection District is Attachment D. Several concepts need to be considered in the review of these proposals; each is discussed below: o Public Hearing The Fire Protection Development Fee Ordinance requires the Board of Supervisors to consider the adoption of fees at public hearing. The Clerk of , the Board has recommended that the item be scheduled on February 10, 1987 at 2 : 30 p.m. o General Plan Conformity Staff has reviewed the Notice of Findings Reports for these four districts as they relate to the specifics of the Fire Facilities Component of the Community Facilities Element of the County General Plan. The facilities identified in the District' s Notice of Findings Report are generally identified in the General Plan and are consistent with the plan provisions. o "Overextended" Fire Districts According to the Ordinance Code, one of the findings the district may make and the Board of Supervisors must concur in _ 3 _ is that the fire protection service area ( it can be the whole district) is "overextended. " Overextended means where the fire protection district facilities are not adequate in terms of current needed fire protection and station facilities, response time, present and expected population growth and density, geographical conditions, water supply, and implement- ation of the fire protection plan part of the County General Plan. The Notice of Findings Reports on the four affected districts (Attachments A, B, C and D) make clear the existing deficiencies in terms of these criterion. It is further recommended that the Board concur that the entire area within these districts are overextended based on the Notice of Findings Reports attached. o Proposed Fire Facility Fees The fee requested by the fire districts are as follows: Riverview Fire Protection District All residential construction: $235 for each dwelling unit All non-residential construction: $. 15 ( fifteen cents) per - square foot Oakley Fire Protection District Single family residential: $480 per dwelling unit ( includes zero lot lines) Multiple family residential: $300 for each dwelling unit Mobile home residential: $290 for each dwelling unit Non-residential construction: $ .10 (ten cents) per square foot East Diablo Fire Protection District Single family residential: $450 -per dwelling unit ( includes zero lot lines) Multiple family residential: $290 for each dwelling unit Mobile home residential: $280 for each dwelling unit Non-residential construction: $ .10 (ten cents) per square foot Rodeo-Hercules Fire Protection District All construction: $ .16 (sixteen cents),..- per square foot The fees are based on the Notice of Findings report; the anticipated costs of the capital facilities are outlined in those reports. It is recommended that the Board concur that these costs are at the correct order magnitude and that the fees are reasonable based on the information within the Notice of Findings Reports. o Annual Review of Fee The proposed fees are based on optimistic assumptions of growth within the short term. ' It is possible that growth will occur more slowly than anticipated in the proposed fee schedule. Inflation in the meantime will have the effect of underestimating the cost of the required facilities. With these facts in mind, it is important that the proposed fees be reviewed annually to determine if the fee collections are keeping pace with the need for new facilities and inflation. Annual review of these fees is necessary to insure adequate funds are received to keep pace with growth. If reasons develop for the existing fees to be reduced, then action can be taken to reduce fees at the time of the annual review. If for some reason annual fee review does not occur, the - 4 - established fee will remain in effect until it is changed or the facilities called for in the Notice of Findings Reports are completed. The anticipated levels of development were prepared by the Fire Districts and are found in the Notice of Findings Reports. o Administrative Charge Section 818-6. 120 of the Ordinance Code makes provision for the establishment of an administrative charge to cover the County' s cost of processing building permits and collecting the Fire Facilities Fee. Discussion of this matter with the affected departmental staffs has yielded the following conclusions. Collection of the fee should be by the Building Inspection Department and it should be integrated into their computerized fee determination process. Modifications will be required to their computer program will need to be covered by the cost of the administra- tive fee as well as the costs for daily use. For residential projects a flat administrative fee of $20 is the anticipated correct fee. For non-residential construction a one percent administrative fee is proposed as an addition to the cost of the fire facility fee. This fee should be reviewed annually to reflect actual costs. The monies collected for the administrative fee should go to the General Fund to offset the costs of departments which provide development services. The proposed combined fees are shown on Table 1 . o Notification The public hearing of this fee should be published based on the draft hearing notice prepared by the County Counsel' s Office (under separate cover). The hearings on these four districts' fees should be heard on the same date and time. o Adoption of Fire Protection Fee Ordinances Draft fire protection fee ordinances have;,been -developed by the County Counsel' s Office to implement- the: fire facilities fees discussed in this report. They are included as Attachment E. JWC/jn 4b:fire l ORDINANCE NO. 87-10 (Establishing Riverview Fire Protection District Area Development Fees ) The Board of Supervisors of the County of Contra Costa ordains as follows: SECTION I . AUTHORITY. This Ordinance is enacted pursuant to Division 818 of the County Ordinance Code (Ord. 86-49) . SECTION II . NOTICE AND HEARING. ;, This Ordinance is adopted pursuant to the procedure set forth in Government Code Sections 54986, 54992 and 65962 , and all required notices have been given and public. hearings held. SECTION III . SERVICE' AREA. The service area affected by this Ordinance shall be the entire service area and territory of the Riverview Fire Protection District. SECTION IV. EXISTENCE OF ..OVEREXTENSION: Based upon the findings submitted by the Fire Chief of the Riverview Fire Protection District (which have been reviewed and considered by this Board) , evidence presented at the public hearing, and information known to this Board, it is hereby determined that the fire protection facilities within the service area for the Riverview Fire Protection District are not adequate to serve the fire protection needs of said service area and that, as such, said fire facilities are overextended. SECTION V. FEES. On and after the effective date of this Ordinance the following fees shall be collected pursuant to this Ordinance and County Ordinance Code Sections 818-6. 202 and 818- 6. 210 (Ord. 86-49 ) : A. Fire Protection Facilities Fee. Each person who applies for a building permit within the service area affected by this Ordinance (hereinafter "Applicant" ) shall, at the time of such application and prior to issuance, pay a fire protection facilities fee in accordance with the following schedule: All Residential Construction $235. 00 per dwelling unit All Other New Construction $ 0 .15 per sq. ft. B. Administration Fee. In' addition to the foregoing, each Applicant, at the time of application for and prior to the issuance of a building permit, shall pay an administration fee, which is determined to be the estimated average cost of processing the permit, and which shall be computed as follows: For All Residential Construction $20. 00 per dwelling unit For Non-Residential Construction A sum equal to 1% of the fire protection facilities fee. SECTION VI PLAN AND ACCOUNT. On May 13, 1986 a proposed five year construction and financing plan for fire facilities improvements has been adopted by the District and approved by the County. A separate account entitled Riverview Fire Protection District Area Development Fees" is hereby established (Trust Fund No. .8509 ) and its funds appropriated therefor. All fire protection facilities fees collected pursuant to this Ordinance shall be placed in said account for expenditure and the incurring of obligations to implement the said five year .plan. t. 1 SECTION VII SEVERABILITY. If any fee or provision of this Ordinance is held invalid or unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, that holding shall not affect the validity or enforceability of the remaining fees or provisions, and the Board declares that it would have adopted each part of this Ordinance irrespective of the validity of any other part. . SECTION VIII . DELAY. If for any reason, this Ordinance' s fees are not collected as provided in Section V, they shall also be due and paid at the date of the final inspection, or the date the certificate of occupancy is issued, whichever occurs last. SECTION IX. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Ordinance shall become effective 60 days after passage, and within 15 days of passage, shall be published once with the names of the Supervisors voting for and against it in the Antioch Ledger a newspaper of general circulation published in this County. PASSED and ADOPTED on February 10 1987, by the following vote : AYES: Supervisors Powers , Fand en, Schroder , Torlakson, McPeak. NOES: None . ABSENT: None . ABSTAIN: None . T ATTEST: PHIL BATCHELOR, Clerk of the Board of Chairperson, Board of Supervisors and County Supervisors Administrator ' BY. Deputy VJW:df -2- ORDINANCE NO. 87-_10 r (E ORDINANCE NO. 87-9 (Establishing Rodeo-Hercules Fire Protection District. Area Development Fees ) The Board of Supervisors of the County of Contra Costa ordains as follows: SECTION I . AUTHORITY. This Ordinance is enacted pursuant to Division 818 of the County Ordinance Code (Ord. 86-49 ) . SECTION II . NOTICE AND HEARING. This Ordinance is adopted pursuant to the procedure set forth in Government Code Sections 54986, 54992 and 65962, and all required notices have been given and public hearings held. SECTION III . SERVICE AREA. The service area affected by this Ordinance shall be the entire service area and territory of the Rodeo-Hercules Fire Protection District. SECTION IV. EXISTENCE OF OVEREXTENSION. Based upon the findings submitted by the Fire Chief of the Rodeo-Hercules Fire Protection District (which have been reviewed and considered by this Board) , evidence presented at the public 'hearing, and information known to this Board, it is hereby determined that the fire protection facilities within the service area for the Rodeo-Hercules Fire Protection District are not adequate to serve the fire protection needs of said service area and that, as such, said fire facilities are overextended: SECTION V. FEES. On and after the effective date of this Ordinance the following fees shall be collected pursuant to this Ordinance and County Ordinance Code Sections 818-6 . 202 and 818- 6. 210 (Ord. 86-49 ) : A. Fire Protection Facilities Fee. Each person who applies for a building permit within the service area affected by this Ordinance (hereinafter "Applicant" ) shall, at the time of such application and prior to issuance, pay a fire protection facilities fee in accordance with the following schedule: All Construction $ 0 .16 per sq. ft. B. Administration Fee. In addition to the foregoing, each Applicant, at the time of application for and prior to the issuance of a building permit, shall pay an administration fee, which is determined to be the estimated average cost of processing the permit, and which shall be computed as follows: For All Residential Construction $20. 00 per dwelling unit " For Non-Residential Construction A sum equal to 1% of the fire protection facilities fee. SECTION VI PLAN AND ACCOUNT. A ' five year construction and financing plan for fire facilities improvements has been adopted by the District and approved by the County. A separate account entitled Rodeo-Hercules Fire Protection District Area Development Fees" is hereby established (Trust Fund No. 8514 ) and its funds *appropriated therefor. All fire protection facilities fees collected. pursuant to this Ordinance shall be placed in said account for expenditure and the incurring of obligations to implement the said five year plan. SECTION VII SEVERABILITY. If any fee or provision of this Ordinance is held invalid or unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, that .holding shall not affect the validity or enforceability of the remaining fees or provisions, and the Board declares that it would have adopted each part of this Ordinance irrespective of the validity of any other part. SECTION VIII . DELAY. If for any reason, .this Ordinance' s fees are not collected as provided in Section V, they shall also be due and paid at the date of the final inspection, or the date the certificate of occupancy is issued, whichever occurs last. SECTION IX. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Ordinance shall become effective 60 days after passage, and within 15 days of passage, shall be published once with the names of the Supervisors voting for and against it in the West County Times , a newspaper of general circulation published in this County. PASSED and ADOPTED on February 10 , 1987, by the following vote: AYES• Supervisors Powers , Fanden , Schroder , Torlakson, Powers . NOES: None . ABSENT: None . ABSTAIN: None . ATTEST: PHIL BATCHELOR, Clerk of the Board of Chairperson, Board of Supervisors and County Supervisors Administrator By: ' Deputy VJW:df -2- ORDINANCE N0. 87-9 �f ORDINANCE NO. 87-11 (Establishing East Diablo Fire Protection District Area Development Fees ) The Board of Supervisors of the County of Contra Costa ordains as follows : SECTION I . AUTHORITY. This Ordinance is enacted pursuant to Division 818 of the County Ordinance Code (Ord. 86-49 ) . SECTION II . NOTICE AND HEARING. , This Ordinance is adopted pursuant to the procedure set forth in Government Code Sections 54986, 54992 and 65962, and all required notices have been given and public hearings held. SECTION III : SERVICE AREA. The service area affected by this Ordinance shall be the entire service area and territory of the East Diablo Fire Protection District. SECTION IV. EXISTENCE OF OVEREXTENSION. Based upon the findings submitted by the Fire Chief of the East Diablo Fire Protection District (which have been reviewed and considered by this Board) , evidence presented at the public hearing, and information known to this Board, it is hereby determined that the fire protection facilities within the service area for the East Diablo Fire Protection District are not adequate to serve the fire protection needs of said service area and that, as such, said fire facilities are overextended. SECTION V. FEES . On and after the effective date of this Ordinance the following fees shall be collected pursuant to this Ordinance and County Ordinance Code Sections 818-6 . 202 and 818- 6. 210 (Ord. 86-49 ) : A. Fire Protection Facilities Fee. Each person who applies, for a building permit within the service area affected by this Ordinance (hereinafter ".Applicant" ) shall, at the time of such application and prior to issuance, pay a fire protection facilities fee in accordance with the following schedule: Single Family Residential $450.00 per dwelling unit Multi-Family Residential $290 . 00 per dwelling unit Mobile Home Residential $280 . 00 per dwelling unit All Other. New Construction $ 0 .10 per sq. ft. B. Administration Fee. In addition to the foregoing, each Applicant, at the time of application for and prior to the issuance of a . building permit, shall pay an administration fee, which is determined to be the estimated average cost of processing the permit, and which shall be computed as follows : For All Residential Construction $20. 00 per dwelling unit For Non-Residential Construction A sum equal to 1% of the fire protection facilities fee. Ct SECTION VI PLAN AND ACCOUNT. On March 27, 1986 a proposed five year construction and financing plan for fire facilities improvements was adopted by the District and approved by the County. A separate account entitled "East Diablo Fire Protection District Area Development Fees" is hereby established (Trust Fund No. 8505) and its funds appropriated therefor. All fire protection facilities fees collected pursuant to this Ordinance shall be placed in said account for expenditure and the incurring of obligations to implement the said five year plan. SECTION VII SEVERABILITY. If any fee or provision of this Ordinance is held invalid or unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, that holding shall not affect the validity or enforceability of the remaining fees or provisions, and the Board declares that it would have adopted each part of this Ordinance irrespective of the validity of any other part. SECTION VIII . DELAY. If for any reason, this Ordinance' s fees are not collected as provided in Section V, they shall also be due and paid at the date of the final inspection, or the date the certificate of occupancy is issued, whichever occurs last. SECTION IX. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Ordinance shall become effective 60 days after passage, and within 15 days of passage, shall be published once with the names of the Supervisors voting for and against it in the Antioch Ledger a newspaper of general circulation published in this County. PASSED and ADOPTED on February 10 1987, by the following vote : AYES: Supervisors Powers , Fanden, Schroder , Torlakson, McPeak. NOES: None . ABSENT: None . ABSTAIN: None. ATTEST: PHIL BATCHELOR, Clerk of the Board of Chairperson, Board of Supervisors and County Supervisors Administrator By: Deputy VJW:df ORDINANCE NO. 87-11 ORDINANCE NO. 87-12 (Establishing Oakley Fire Protection District Area Development Fees ) The Board of Supervisors of the County of Contra Costa ordains as follows: SECTION I . AUTHORITY. This Ordinance is enacted pursuant to Division 818 of the County Ordinance Code (Ord. 86-49) . SECTION II . NOTICE .AND HEARING. This Ordinance is adopted pursuant to the procedure set forth in Government Code Sections 54986, 54992 and 65962 , and all required notices have been given and public hearings held. SECTION III . SERVICE AREA. The service area affected by this Ordinance shall be the entire service area and territory of the Oakley Fire Protection District. SECTION IV. EXISTENCE OF OVEREXTENSION. Based upon the findings submitted by the Fire Chief of the Oakley Fire Protection District (which have been reviewed and considered by this Board) , evidence presented at the public hearing, and information known to this Board, it is hereby determined that the fire protection facilities within the service area for the Oakley Fire Protection District are not adequate to serve the fire protection needs of said service area and that, as such, said fire facilities are overextended. SECTION V. FEES. On and after the effective date of this Ordinance the following fees shall be collected pursuant to this Ordinance and County Ordinance Code Sections 818-6 . 202 and 818- 6. 210 (Ord. 86-49 ) : A. Fire Protection Facilities Fee. Each person who applies for a building permit within the service area affected by this Ordinance (hereinafter "Applicant" ) shall, at the time of such application and prior to issuance, pay a fire protection facilities fee in accordance with the following schedule: Single Family Residential $480 .00 per dwelling unit Multi-Family Residential $300. 00 per dwelling unit Mobile Home Residential $290. 00 per dwelling unit All Other New Construction $ 0 .10 per sq. ft. B. Administration Fee. In addition to the foregoing, each Applicant, at the time of application for and prior to the issuance of a building permit, shall pay an administration fee, which is determined to be the estimated average cost of processing the permit, and which shall be computed as follows: For All Residential Construction $20. 00 per dwelling unit For Non-Residential Construction A sum equal to 1% of the fire protection facilities fee. SECTION VI PLAN AND ACCOUNT. On July 7 , 1986 a proposed five year construction and financing plan for fire facilities improvements has been adopted by the District and approved by the County. A separate account entitled Oakley Fire Protection District Area Development Fees" is hereby established (Trust Fund No. 8506) and its funds appropriated therefor. All fire protection facilities fees collected pursuant to this Ordinance shall be placed in said account for expenditure and the incurring of obligations to implement the said five year plana SECTION VII SEVERABILITY. If any fee or provision of this Ordinance is held invalid or unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, that holding shall not affect the validity or enforceability of the remaining fees or provisions, and the. Board declares that it would have adopted each part of this Ordinance irrespective of the validity of any other part. SECTION VIII . DELAY. If for any reason, this Ordinance' s fees are not collected as provided in Section V, they shall also be due and paid at the date of the final inspection, or the date the certificate of occupancy is issued, whichever occurs last. SECTION IX. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Ordinance shall become effective 60 days after passage, and within 15 days of passage, shall be published once with the names of the Supervisors voting for and against it in the Antioch Ledger a newspaper of general circulation published in this County. PASSED and ADOPTED on February 10 , 1987 , by the following vote: AYES: Supervisors Powers , Fanden, Schroder , Torlakson, McPeak. NOES: None. ABSENT: None , ABSTAIN: None . ATTEST: PHIL BATCHELOR, Clerk of the Board of Chairperson, Board of Supervisors and County Supervisors Administrator By: E.i. Deputy VJW:df -2- ORDINANCE NO. 87-12 All ATTACHMENT D BOARD OF SUPERVISORS CONTRA COSTA COUNTY NOTICE OF FINDINGS (Ord. 86-49; Ar.ticle. 818-2) RODEO-HERCULES FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT J Submitted by: PEDRO JIMENEZ, Chief Rodeo-Hercules Fire Protection District SCOTT W. GORDON, ESQ. Gordon, DeFraga. Watrous & Pezzaglia Counsel to the District 611 Las Juntas Street Martinez, CA 94553 n n NOTICE OF FINDINGS (Ordinance 86-49 ; 818-8 . 202) The Rodeo-Hercules Fire Protection District has found that the unique characteristics of the topography and the balance of the industrial , commercial and residen- tial property in the District requires the establishment of development fire facility fees ,for the District, as the District is overextended, without adequate facilities to serve the District and to implement the fire . protection community facilities element of the general plan. Findings of Fact Pursuant to County Ordinance No. 86-49, County Ordinance Code §818-8 . 204 , this report is submitted as the District ' s "Notice of Findings" with respect to the estab- lishment of a fire protection facilities fee pursuant to Division 818 , Chapter 818-2 , of the County Ordinance Code. The findings made herein establish that the Dis- trict ' s fire protection facilities are "overextended" within the meaning of County Ordinance Code §818-4 . 212. and the establishment of the fire protection facilities fee is necessary to provide adequate fire protection ser- vices and facilities to the entire District service area, to implement the general plan fire protection community facilities element. Pursuant to County Ordinance Code §818-8 . 204 , the following information is submitted: Notice of Findings Rodeo-Hercules-Fire Protection District Page 2 .(a) Description. % The proposed service area is the unincorporated portion Rodeo-Hercules Fire Protection District boundaries, as indicated on the map attached as Exhibit . "A" and incorporated by reference herein as through fully set forth. The incorporated City of Her- cules lies wholly within the boundaries of the District, and has already enacted a fire facilities impact fee. (b) Findings . The fire district currently oper- ates from two stations manned by two=men crews . Station 75 is located in the unincorporated town of Rodeo and Sta- tion 76 is located in the City of Hercules, annexed. into the District in 1979 . The District serves an area of approximately twenty-four (24) square miles and a population of 18 ,000. The City' s population of 10,000 is expected to continue to increase to 20, 000 to 25,000 by year 1990. The District is situated at the western end of Contra Costa County about midpoint and is encompassed by San Pablo Bay to the West, the City of. Pinole to the South, the town of Croc- kett to the North and the City of Martinez to _the East. Approximately forty-five (45%) percent of the District consists of the built-up area which include's residential structures , commercial districts and heavy and Notice of Findings Rodeo-Hercules"-Fire Protection District Page 3 light industrial plants. The remaining area consists of range .land on rolling. hills and steep '' terrains . Two major freeways and railroad systems run through the District - the West side of the District is bordered by the San Pablo Bay. In 1979 , when the remaining !! portion of the City of Hercules was annexed into the Fire District, a second fire station was provided within the City to meet the Dis- trict ' s established criteria of a five minute response to . any emergency within the built-up area of the District. Response into the Franklin Canyon area, which includes several light industry plants, a golf course and club- house, ranch homes and residential " structures , exceeds these response requirements by an additional five to ten minutes. which is not acceptable. Should this area, which is within the City of Hercules sphere of influence be N developed as planned, a third station will be required in order, to provide the level of service consistent. with the County' s General Plan. There is currently an EIR being completed for a 627 acre development to be annexed into the City of Her- cules - a 200 to 300 room resort and 1300 residential dwellings at mixed densities , in the , Franklin Canyon Golf Course Area. Notice of Findings . Rodeo-Hercules-Fire Protection District Page 4. The District is essentially divided into two dis- tinct services areas: (1) The City- of Hercules . and those areas to be annexed into the City, and (2) the unincorpor- ate areas remaining, which includes Rodeo. This factor is explored more fully under (c) below, "Costs" .with respect to the expected and proposed residential and non-residen- tial development within the District. Water supply, is provided by the West Bay Munici- pal Utilities District and : flow pressure is provided in accordance to District specifications. Hydrant spacing ranges between 300 to 400 feet in the built-up areas. There are no water mains that extend beyond the Franklin Canyon' Golf Course or adjacent properties . Building construction ranges from all wood to stucco-wood to fire resistant type materials . Roof cover- ing vary from wood shake, tar and gravel, composition to metal . Due to the present 1'ack .of capability for the Fire District to attack fire beyond two stories, the District limits height construction to three (3 ) stories , provided that special fire protective systems are installed . The District has a sprinkler system ordinance that is applied to all buildings within the criteria of the ordinance. Staffing includes seventeen career employees and Notice of Findings Rodeo-Hercules•-Fire Protection District Page 5 twelve (12) reserve firefighters . Stations are operated by two-men. crews assisted by the reserves and off-duty personnel when alerted by a home alterting system. The present two-men crew assignment is not adequate and below the minimum . staffing level of three per shift. The present population and density have peaked the District ' s capabilities, and the growth overextends the District ' s capabilities to meet the level of service required to provide adequate and safety fire protection to its citizens. In 1985 , the District averaged 85 . 8 calls per month with 40% devoted to medical emergencies, with 97% of the average number of calls handled by the on-duty crews. , The District cannot be expected and will . not be able to provide the level of service required for the protection of its citizens or its employees under the present status and projected growth within its boundaries . The present condition of equipment, the need for replacement of the response equipment, and supporting budgetary needs are years behind schedule. The cost figures listed are estimates at today' s prices which will undoubtedly increase on an annual basis . (c) Costs . The District has prepared an esti- mate of capital requirements necessary to serve the District ' s fire protection needs . The identified needed equipment is set forth in Exhibit "B" and incorporated by reference as though fully set forth herein. The Notice of Findings Rodeo-Hercules- Fire Protection District Page 6 District ' s equipment needs noted herein do not include the impact of the proposed development of the Franklin Canyon urea . It is estimated that an additional fire station, plus apparatus and equipment, will be necessary to service the area- In addition, eleven (11) firefighters will be required in terms of manpower allocation. The capital cost of new equipment is $370, 925.00. Within the period 1986 to 1991, the City of Hercules has estimated that - the following amount of devel- opment can occur within. the District: City of Hercules : Residential : 198 Units 536, 400 sq. ft. Non-Residential 823 , 500 sq . ft. Rodeo: Residential : 24 Units 43 , 200 sq. ft. Non-Residential 36 ,_200 sq . 'ft. TOTAL (19.86-1991) 1, 439 , 300 sq. ft. The above figures indicate that 94 .2% of the development in residential and non-residential will occur in the City of Hercules . The. balance of 5 . 8% of the development is attributed to the Rodeo area . As is evident, the primary generator of increased service needs within the District is the city of Hercules . Indeed, this factor will increase even further to the extent that the Franklin Canyon development is undertaken. This area is proposed for annexation into the city of Hercules - a hearing before LAFCO (Local Agency Formation Commission) is now contemplated . Notice of Findings Rodeo-Hercules--Fire Protection District Page 7 (d) Fees.. As indicated under " (c) Costs" above, the devel- opment and population growth in the City of Hercules is the overriding element in consideration of the cost factors for implementation of a fire facilities fee. The. District ' s capital needs as set forth in Exhibit "B" total $370, 925 .00. The City. of Hercules, through fire impact developer fees imposed on existing approved projects; has collected $161, 105 .00 for the benefit of the District. In addition, the City of Hercules will collect $29 , 967.00 in . developer fees for. the benefit of the District to provide a portion of the funding for a fire station in the City. Within the City service area, $226 , 559 .00 will be collected for the District. Within. the County service area, $13 , 228 .00 will be collected for the District, for a total of $239,787 .00. The fire facilities fees will be applied to all new development for funding of new capital - requirements expenditures . On the basis of the cost figures submittal and the City of Hercules estimate of new construction in the District, the City of Hercules estimate of new con- struction in the District, the City of Hercules service areas will prove approximately 94% of the total fee fund- ing. The remainder of the District (unincorporated) will contribute approximately 6% of the total fee funding. The City of Hercules , as part of the implementation of the fee, has adopted by Municipal Ordinance, No. 237 , a fire Notice of Findings Rodeo-Hercules--Fire Protection District Page 8 facilities fee of 16 . 6 cents per square foot for the District City of Hercules -service area, attached hereto as Exhibit "C" and incorporated by reference as though fully set forth herein. The proposed fee pursuant to this Notice of Findings Report is 16 . 6 cents per square foot' for the unincorporated area of the District. (e) The proposal fee adoption is consistent with the Contra Costa County General Plan, and serves to imple- ment the Plan. DATED: October 1986. PEDRO J . J IMENEZ, Chief Rodeo-Hercules Fire Protection District maul ,�. _ 11 It a'tE jig I+ + \ •1 t4# got ,�'' V TO qLVj WW,-A. Evil Evil • � �' �a1�ri' t5 f •�ir�t IRS, ar s ' V- r �► / di r 3� EXHIBIT "B" A. Equipment Schedule .Cost 1. 1500 GPM 75 ' Squirt- $293 ,000.00 2 . Equipment for Squirt Unit 20,000.00 3 . 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CONS T P A COUA COUNTY SEP 23 4 uT �# 14tECEIVED September 17, 1986 SEP� To: Contra Costa County PHIL BATCHELOR Board of Supervisors CLERK'ONTIN r SUPERVISORS CONTA O i C B ............ From: Joseph TovarU,�" . ,s Chief, Oakley Fire District Subject: Notice of Findings Report Re: FIRE PROTECTION FACILITIES FEE for OAKLEY FIRE DISTRICT RECOMMENDED ACTION: 1. hold 'the public _meeting. on this report required by the .County Ord.- Code. (Sec. 8.18-1002).,- 2. 18-1002).;2. if after the public meeting, the Board concurs with the findings of the fire district, adopt an ordinance (per Ord. Code Sec. 818-1006) which: a. determines that the fire facilities of the district are overextend - -ed; b. designates the entire fire district as the overextended service area; c. designates the fee for each type of new construction (developer fee), as proposed in this findings report to mitigate the over . -extended condition; and d. establishes the administration fee, as recommended by the County Administrator, needed to cover the County costs of processing building permits within the Oakley Fire . District (per Ord. Code Sec. 818-6.210) . FINDINGS REPORT Pursuant to provisions of Chapter 818-2 (Community Facility Fees for Fire Protection Facilities) of the County Ordinance Code, this findings report is submitted to justify a determination that the fire protection facilities of the Oakley Fire District are overextended and that the imposition of a Fire Protec- tion Facilities Fee on all new construction is necessary to mitigate that . overextended condition. DISTRIBUTION Board hlombers Cour.:y Administrator Health Services _ Czn.rrurityL-Development _ C,=-my Counsel -two- Oakley Fire District Findings Report of 9/17/86 continued OVERVIEW The Oakley Fire District serves a traditionally rural area of approximately 32. square miles in Eastern Contra Costa County. The district has experienced significant urban development over the last few years in the form of construc- tion of several hundred single family dwellings in an area roughly bordered by Empire Avenue, Laurel Road and State Highway 4. `An estimated additional 2,500 homes are expected to be constructed- within the district during the period covered by the district's recently prepared "Five Year Plan." The personnel of the district is totally volunteer, .with the chief and two assistant chiefs receiving some partial compensation. The volunteers operate out of one station located in the central community of Oakley and another station located in the community of Knightsen. It is typical for volunteers from both stations to respond to structural and other major fires wherever they occur within the district, in order. to providesufficent firefighters and apparatus to suppress the fire and to provide necessary support to. the fire fighters on the scene of the incident. Although the district' has been able to effectively serve the new residential areas under development, response times are beingstretched by the traffic and other problems generated by new development. Some of the communities now under . construction or planned for completion during the next five years will be located significantly further from the main station in Oakley than the 1 .5 miles considered appropriate for proper facility locating planning. Response times will also grow with further traffic and urban congestion in the new communities. The distance and response time problems can be largely mitigated by the con- struction of `a new station in the developing area and by enlarging the existing Oakley station to permit it to properly handle the repair and maintenance of the existing aging apparatus as well as that required to serve the new areas from the proposed new station. The new station was envisaged in the. Fire Protection Plan adopted by the Board of Supervisors in January of 1984. It was also covered in the district's five year plan financing paper approved recently by the Board. The financing proposed for the new station, and enlargement of the existing Oakley station, would be from a fee on all new construction within the district, known as the Fire Protection Facilities Fee, as permitted by the County Ordinance Code. The five year financing plan also includes the creation of the district's first full-time fire fighter position, to be financed by an assessment on all parcels of land within the district, as permitted under state law. The financing of. that new position is not part of this facility-financing report. FINDINGS REPORT Section 818-4.212 of the County Ordinance Code provides that when the fire protection facilities of a service area of a fire district are determined to not be adequate by the fire district and the Board of Supervisors, those facilities are "overextended." The determination of that condition is based on acceptance by the Board of Supervisors of the findings report on the subject submitted by the fire district. - -three- Oakley Fire District-.Findings Report of 9/17/86 continued. ,A determination that the Oakley district is overextended would result in the payment of a "Fire Protection Facilities Fee," as a condition of receiving a building permit, by the builders of all new construction within the district. The findings report submitted by the district to support its conclusion that it is overextended must discuss pertinent data relative to its_ problems. That discussion is presented below. Legal Description and Map of Proposed Service Area. The attached map of the entire fire district is submitted as the proposed service area to be covered under the overextended determination. The legal description of the district (and service area) is as shown on the County Assessor's map for the district. This map is on file and available in the office of the County Assessor. The entire district is proposed as the service area because most or all of the facilities of the district are required to handle structural'or other major fire incidents. This is further illustrated in the following discussion on fire protection facilities. Fire Protection Facilities. Currently the district provides protection to. the estimated 12,000 citizens of its district from one station (Station 93) located at 215 2nd St. in central Oakley, and another station (Station 94) at 2nd and A Streets, in the community of Knightsen. The Oakley station. houses three Class A engines of varying pumping capacity which range in age from 1957 to 1983. This apparatus is supplemented by a 1942 reserve engine, a rescue van and a pickup truck. Thirty volunteer fire fighters operate this apparatus under the direction of a partially-paid assistant chief. The Knightsen station houses two Class A engines, one of which was constructed in 1964, the other in 1983. This apparatus is supplemented by smaller units,, consisting of a 4-wheel drive wild lands unit, a 1950 reserve pumper, a rescue van and a staff sedan. Twenty volunteers and two reserves operate this appara- tus under the direction of a second partially-paid. assistant chief. (A partial- ly-paid chief provides overall direction of the department.) The Knightsen station is located approximately 4.6 miles from central Oakley. All of the personnel (volunteer) of the department carry radio pagers and a majority also have tone-activated radios in their homes. The pagers and other radio devices are activated for dispatching by the Delta Regional Communications. Center located in the Antioch City Hall. The response to 911 emergency calls is also directed from this dispatching point. All of the vehicles of the district have four channel radio transceivers, except the reserve units which have only two channel units. A typical response by the district to a reported structural fire in the new, developing area would consist of three engines (15 volunteers) from the-Oakley _station. If the first arriving officer determines there are complications, the Knightsen station apparatus and volunteers would be directed to the scene of the incident or to provide coverage at the the Oakley station. The existing fire protection facilities have been able to provide reasonable protection to the approximately 800 new single family homes which have been constructed over the last approximately six years in an area roughly bordered by Empire Avenue, Laurel Road and State Highway 4. -four- Oakley.Fire District Findings Report of 9/17/86 continued. New communities, now under development or planned for construction within thea .next five years, will add an estimated 2,500 additional single family dwellings in two areas: one roughly bounded by� Laurel Road, Empire Avenue and Live Oak Avenue; the other roughly bounded by Big Break Road and State Highway 4. At one point in the first area, the distance between this point and the Oakley fire station is approximately 3.2 miles. The distance is approximately 4.5 miles to the Knightsen station. The Big Break area is approximately 2.0 miles from the Oakley Station and nearly 6.0 miles from the Knightsen station. In the county's approved Fire Protection Plan, Objective 1.1 of Goal 1 provides: "All areas planned for urban development should be within a maximum running time of 3 minutes and/or 1 .5 miles for the first-due fire station, within the constraints of cost effective service provision." Both of the developing areas contain points which are well beyond the 1 .5 mile fire station location standard. Both also contain points which are beyond the 3 minute running time standard. Examples of the approximate running times from the Oakley station include: to Laurel Rd.--3.5 minutes; and to Bridgehead/Neroly-- 4.2 minutes. In considering running times, it is also important to realize that approximately 45 seconds to 1.5 minutes can be involved between the time that the volunteers are dispatched and the time that enough arrive to commence the run. It should also be pointed out that in the ''case of the Big Break area, development is moving away from both the Oakley and Knightsen stations. In order to mitigate the distance and running time problems presented by the new developments, it is proposed that a new station be constructed in the general area of Live Oak Ave. , North of Laurel Rd. This station would have to be- equipped with new apparatus consisting of a 1,500 gallon-per-minute Class A pumper and a 275 gallon-per-minute 4-wheel drive wild lands fire unit. The Oakley station would also have to be enlarged to provide for repair and mainte- nance of the new pieces of apparatus and the existing older apparatus which will experience increased useage because of the larger number of fire incidents . generated by the new development. The costs of the new station, apparatus and enlargement of the Oakley station should . be the responsibility of the builders who are creating the impact. These costs are estimated below. Other Factors. As indicated earlier, the present population of the district is thought to be approximately 12,000. Based on 3.2 persons per household, the 2,500 new single family dwellings expected to be constructed over the next five years would, alone, increase the population of the district by some 8,000 persons, for an estimated total of approximately 20,000. This is a substantial increase. It is also significant because it will be concentrated in a relative- ly small portion of the district. The resulting increase in density in the developing areas can be expected to increase fire department calls for service and reduce run times, to the extent there is greater urban congestion 6f the traditionally rural road system serving the district Oakley Fire District' Findings Report of 9/17/86, continued. No particular -impact upon existing geographical conditions is anticipated to result from the new developments, as least as these conditions effect the fire' district. The only possible exception would be congestion impacts upon roads which are narrow or otherwise hard to negotiate because of geographical condi- tions. . Municipal-level water is provided throughout existing and new developments in the Oakley community West of State. Highway 4, generally. Rural-level water is found in the rural areas East of the state highway. It is primarily produced by individual wells. In the Knightsen area, water is typically supplied by individual wells. No particular impact of the new developments upon the fire district's water needs is anticipated, .,because they will receive municipal=level water. Wooden frame construction predominates" throughout the district. New .develop- ments will result in more frame buildings to be protected.by the district. In 1985, the district responded to a total of 725 incidents. Of this total, 510 were assigned to the Oakley station for a first response. As with most fire departments today, the largest, number of incidents involved emergency medical care (233 from the Oakley station). Despite the large percentage of total calls which involved medical care, the district still reported losses buildings -and personal belongings due to fire in an amount of approximately $500,000. Single family dwellings typically generate the greatest number of incidents for a fire department. As a result, the new developments can be expected to generate considerable additional calls for service. Cost of Additional Fire Protection Facilities. The additional facilities, and their estimated costs, needed to mitigate the overextended condition, are presented below. These -items and costs were originally presented in the financing plan for the fire district's Five Year Plan: - Item " Cost New Fire Station: : • site $ 65,000 • design and construction 600,000 • furnishings and equipment 35,000 total $700,000 Enlarge Oakley Station $270,000 Purchase Apparatus: • pumper $150,000 • wild-lands unit , 75,000 total $225,000 grand total $1 ,195,000 •' . -six- Oakley Fire District Findings Report of 9/17/86 continued. Proposed Fire Protection Facilities Fees. As all of the cost of mitigating the district's overextended condition should be the responsibility of builders of new construction, it is proposed that the entire $1,195,000 cost of new facili- ties : be allocated to, and collected from new residential and non-residential construction, according to the following proposed schedule of fees: Single-family residential $480.00 per unit Multi-family residential $300.00 per unit Mobile home residential $290.00 per unit All other new construction $ .10 (ten cents) per square foot The above fees were calculated on the assumption that 2,500 single family units .. would be constructed over the five. year period covered by the district's plan. The 2,500 figure was based on analysis of known development plans. As it appears that it is not possible to predict any new construction other than that related to single family units, that type of construction became the base for the fee schedule. ($1,195,000 divided by 2,500" units = $478.009 rounded to $480.00 per unit.) In other words, the total cost of the necessary new facili- ties, when divided by the 2,500 units of single-family construction anticipated over the next five years, results in a fee of $480 per unit. The fees for other residential units have been reduced to reflect the smaller size of the typical occupancy of those housing units. The rate for all other new construction ($0.10 per square foot) is based on two considerations: it is one-third of the square; footage equivalent of single family units, because it is believed that approximately two-thirds of all structural fires occur in residential units; andlit is desirable that the rate not discourage non-residential construction, as it. generally pays more in property taxes than is required for fire department services, as compared to residential units. General Plan Relationship. The construction of an additional fire . station, equipping that station with apparatus and enlarging the existing station in Oakley to enable it to provide maintenance and support services are all. neces- sary to mitigate the results of anticipated new construction within the dis- trict. Requiring that the cost of these additional facilities be financed from fees collected from builders of new construction within the overextended service area (the entire district) is consistent with the provisions of the caunty's General Plan. Construction of the necessary ;additional fire station was envisaged in the approved Fire Protection Plan, of the Community Facilities Element of the General Plan. It is recommended that the number of units actually constructed be reviewed annually, along with the fee schedule, and that necessary adjustments be made to ensure that the district realizes the revenue necessary to finance the facil- ities within the five-year period following the effective date of the fees. RMN 1/17/86 ATTACHMENT C ,_ O Aw October 1 , 1986 1 1986 To: Contra Costa County i Board of Supervisors y. From: Allen .Little, Chief Riverview Fire District Subject: Notice of Findings Report Re: FIRE. PROTECTION FACILITIES FEE for RIVERVIEW FIRE DISTRICT RECOMMENDED ACTION: 1. hold the public meeting on this report required by the County Ord. Code (Sec. 818-1002); 2. if after the public meeting, the Board concurs with the findings of the fire district,- adopt an ordinance (per Ord. Code Sec. 818-1006) . which: a. determines that the fire facilities of the district are over extended; b. designates the entire fire district as the overextended service area; c. designates the fee for each type of new construction (developer fee), as .proposed in this findings report, to mitigate the over -extended condition;and d. establishes the administration fee, as recommended by the County Administrator, needed to cover the County costs of processing building permits within the unincorporated portion of the River -view Fire District (per Ord. Code Sec. 818-6.210) . FINDINGS REPORT Pursuant to provisions of Chapter 818-2 (Community Facility Fees for Fire Protection Facilities) of the County Ordinance Code, this findings report is submitted to justify a determination that the fire protection facilities of the Riverview Fire District are overextended and that the imposition of a Fire Protection Facilities Fee on all new construction is necessary to mitigate that overextended condition. Although the action requested of the Board of Super- visors is limited to establishing the fee within the unincorporated portion of the district, the City Councils of Antioch and Pittsburg are requested to impose, on . behalf of the fire district, the same fees on all new construction within their respective cities. DISTRIBUTION �soerd mcmbers County Administrator ..W-alth Services Community Cevelopment Public works _,,_ co-jr.!y Counsel -two- . Riverview Fire District-Findings Report of 10/1/86 (continued) OVERVIEW The Riverview Fire District serves an area of approximately 65 square miles with a population conservately estimated at 90,650. Most of the residents of the district live within the cities of Antioch and Pittsburg and the surrounding unincorporated area. The district has experienced substantial urban growth over the past few years, and considerably more is anticipated in the future. Estimates provided by the Cities of Antioch and Pittsburg project the construction of approximately 7,450 additional residential housing units during the next five years. Assuming that most of the anticipated residential units will consist of single-family dwel- lings, over 20,000 additional citizens will require services from the district, as a direct result of planned new construction. This will represent a substan- tial impact upon the fire protection facilities operated by the district. At the current time, district facilities consist of six' fire stations located within the two cities and the unincorporated community of West Pittsburg. The stations typically house a pumping engine and a wild-lands fire unit, with other more, specilized and reserve apparatus appropriately located to serve the entire district. Each station's engine company consists of one Captain and two fire fighters. Additional personnel consist of chief officers, inspectors, education specialists and a variety of other support personnel. This is a full-time, paid department. The impact of new development upon district facilities and personnel has been . studied for several years. It has been determined that four additional stations would be required to adequately serve the developing area, if .existing station locations are maintained. That would require an additional annual operating cost to the district of approximately $2,000,000, just for staffing the four additional stations. As there was no realistic possibility the district could generate the additional annual operating funds to support four new stations, it was necessary to develop a plan that would provide the. necessary services to the developing area, and at the same time conserve annual operating funds. A "five year plan" evolved which provided for building only one additional station that would require new personnel. However, the plan would only work if five of the existing six stations were relocated such that they could serve newly developing areas as well as existing neighborhoods. It was a matter of expending additional one-time-only funds in order to minimize future, continuing annual operating. costs. That plan, with its "shared-financing" proposal, is discussed in consid- erable detail in the body of this report. However, it is important to note in this overview that a portion of the recommended financing would be assigned to the builders of new construction, in order to partially mitigate the impacts upon the district of that new development. As this financing would consist of fees upon all new construction within the entire district, it would take the action of the Board of Supervisors as well as. the City Councils of Antioch and Pittsburg to make it a reality. -three- , Riverview Fire District -Findings Report of 10/1/86 (continued) FINDINGS Section 818-4.212 of the County. Ordinance Code provides that when the fire - protection -facilities of a service area of a fire district are determined not to be adequate by the fire district and the Board of Supervisors, those facilities are "overextended." The determination of that condition is based on acceptance by the Board of Supervisors of the findings report on the subject submitted by the fire district.' A determination that' the Riverview Fire District is overex- tended would result in the payment of a "Fire Protection Facilities Fee," as a condition of receiving a building permit, by the builders of all new construc- tion within the unincorporated portion of thedistrict. .(Since the vast majority of all new construction within the district occurs within the Cities of Antioch and Pittsburg, it is essential that the City Councils of those cities also adopt the fee requirement, on behalf of- the district. It is also desirable that the same fee schedule exist within all three entities, and this proposal has been structured to facilitate" that.) The findings report submitted by the district to support its conclusion that it is overextended -must_ discuss pertinent data relative to ts- fire facility problems: That' discussion is presented below. Legal Description and Map of Proposed Service Area. The attached map of the entire fire district is submitted as the proposed service area to be covered under the overextended. determination. The legal descriptiion of the district (and service area) is as shown on the County 'Assessor's map for the district. This map is on file and available in the office of the County Assessor. The entire district is proposed as the service area because most or all . of the facilities of the district are required t.o handle major structural fires and other emergency incidents. Apparatus is dispatched based on the requirements of the incident and not necessarily on a geographical basis. This is further illustrated in the following discussion of fire protection facilities. Fire Protection Facilities. Currently the district serves its approximate 90,650 residents from six stations located as follows Station 81 (315 W. 10th St., Antioch); Station 82 (2900 Lone Tree Way, Antioch) ; Station 83 (2717 Gentrytown Drive, Antioch); Station 84 (200 E. 6th St. , Pittsburg) ; Station 85 (2555 Harbor St. , Pittsburg); and Station 86 (West,Pittsburg) . As indicated in the overview, the typical apparatus configuration for each station consists of one engine and one wild-lands fire unit. The apparatus actually used for a particular incident depends upon the nature of the call for service (structural VS. grass, as an example.) Additional supporting apparatus (such as a ladder truck or fireboat) is located such that it can respond to any point within the district, as required. The standard operating procedures for the district provide for an initial response of two engines and one truck (ladder) to incidents in "ordinary hazard areas." For "high hazard areas," the initial response consists of three engines and one truck. An initial response of three wild-lands fire units (power wagons) is indicated for fire incidents during the annual high-fire season involving ground cover in an area considered to have poor access, difficult terrain or which involves a fire which is fast moving or covers a large area. Other operating procedures cover every other type of conceivable incident. -four- . Riverview Fire District Findings Report of 10/1/86, (continued) As indicated in the operating procedures, even a fire incident in an "ordinary hazard area," such as a residential- fire, . would normally require an initial response from two different stations to supply the three pieces of apparatus required to handle the problem. As a result, planning for fire station locations must take into, consideration not only the time required for the "'first-due engine" to travel to the incident, but the time required for the response from the second station which conbributes to the assignment. In the county's approved Fire Protection Plan, Objective 1 .1 of Goal 1 provides: "All areas planned for urban development should be within a maximum running time of 3 minutes and/or 1 .5 miles for the first-due station, within the constraints of cost effective service provision." The "running time is only - a portion of the total "response time" associated with any call for service. The (total) response time is typically defined as "the amount of time elapsed from receipt of. the call until arrival of the fire department at the emergency scene." Thus, in an example of a response time of 4 minutes, approximately 1 minute is consumed in receiving the call, extracting pertinent data from the caller and nofifying the appropriate station, resulting in a running time of approximately 3 minutes. The currently existing six stations. enable reasonable response/running times to locations within the fully developed areas served by them. But they are poorly located for incidents in the newly developing areas, based on the standards cited in the Fire Protection Plan, as illustrated in the following examples: "first-due" running time from existing station to Willow Ave, & Highway 4 ' is 6:40 (min. :sec.); 5:03 from proposed new station site from existing station to Hillcrest & Ponderosa is 6:03; 0:20 from proposed new station site. from existing station to Hillcrest &' Lone Tree is 6:53; 1 : 10 from proposed new station site from existing station to Alta Vista & Alta Vista Court is 5:04; 1 :34 from proposed new station site from existing .station to Kirker. Pass & Nortonville- is 4:10; 1 :52. from proposed new station site .1 -five- Riverview Fire District-Findings Report of 10/1/86 (continued) As indicated in the overview, the impact of new development upon district facilities and personnel has been studied for several years. The conclusion of the studies is clear: if the district' is to provide stations which can serve the newly developing areas within the distance and running. time standards enunciated in the approved Fire Protection Plan, and at the same time minimize the construction of additional stations requiring additional fire fighter personnel, while being impacted by the addition of approximately 7,450 residen- tial housing units over the next five years, it will be necessary to relocate five existing stations and to constructa new seventh station. The cost of the necessary improvements is covered later in this report. Other Factors. As indicated. in the overview, the current population of the district is estimated at. 90,650. Based on. 3.2-. persons per household, the 7,450 new residential units estimated to be constructed over the next five years would, alone, . increase the population of the district by some 23,840 persons; for an estimated total district population of approximately 114,500. This is a substantial 'increase. . ' The resulting .increase in density within the developing urban portions of the district can be expected to increase fire district calls for service and, to the extent there is greater urban congestion of the existing city. streets and rural roads which serve much of the district, running times No particular new impact upon existing geographical conditions, is anticipated to result from new development, at least as these conditions effect the fire district. The possible exception would be congestion of the existing rural roads which are narrow or otherwise hard to negotiate because of existing geographical conditions. Municipal-level water is to -be .provided to proposed new developments within the two cities. No significant additional impact of new development upon the fire district's water needs is therefore anticpated. Wooden frame construction predominates throughout the district. The proposed new residential development will result in many additional buildings to be protected by the district. In 1985, the district responded to a total of 6,256 incidents. As with most fire departments . today, the largest number. of incidents involved medical . emergencies (rescue), of which there were 3,666. Of the 999 fire incidents, 227 were in residential units, with a resulting estimated loss of' $1 ,858,948 to the property owners. This is particularly significant since the total estimated fire loss to all property was $2,818,404. (Of the total fire incidents invol— ving structures--276, 820' were in residential units.) New development, particu- larly residential, can be expected to generate considerable additional calls'- for service. s -six- Riverview- Fire District F.Aings Report of 10/1/86 (contii._ad) Cost of Additional Fire'Protection Facilities. The changes in facilities, along with the estimated costs, needed to address the district's overextended condi tion, are presented below. These items- and costs were originally listed in the financing plan for the fire district's Five Year Plan: Item Cost ° relocate Station 81 (to Cavallo & Wilbur) $752,000 ° construct Station 87 (additional) (Southeast Antioch) 970,000 ° relocate Station 82 (to Contra Loma & Longview) ; 770,000 ° relocate Station 83 (Delta Fair Blvd.) '1930,000 ° relocate Station 84 (Civic .& Davy) ' 752,000 ° relocate Station 85 (Buchanan & Railroad) 752,000 ° convert Station 81 (repair facil.);' (downtown Antioch) 1200,000 grand total $5,126,000 Note: not included in this facilities report is: the cost of staffing the additional Station 87. That cost is proposed to' be financed by a benefit assessment.. Proposed Fire Protection Facilities Fees. In the overview, it was indicated that "shared-financing" was proposed to cover the facility changes listed in the district's Five Year Plan (as shown above) . This concept was developed to acknowledge that several factors are involved in ;',the need to relocate five stations and to construct a seventh, and at least, two of these same factors should be recognized in the plan for financing the ', necessary changes. The two factors are: impact of proposed new developments ', (overextension of district facilities); and impact of recent existing ,growth. It was also determined that there were some existing potential financing resources that might be applied to the program._ :.� -seven- Riverview Fire District , indings Report of 10/1/86 The' above grand total cost ($5,126,000) for necessary facility changes is proposed to be financed under a "shared-financing" program as outlined below: Source Amount ° from the cities, for sites $ 256,000 ° from existing Antioch fire facililties developer. fee 20,000 ° from existing Antioch "U.S. Steel" redevelopment project 50,000 °from proceeds of sale of surplus district land (Delta Fair) 3,049,200 ° from district-wide fire facili- ties (new construction) fees 1 ,750,800 grand total $5,126,000 Under this "shared-financing" plan, city governments are requested to provide sites, at no cost to the district, for relocation of four of the five stations which need to be moved. The two existing City of Antioch amounts ($20,000 and $50,000) are amounts which were intended to be used for fire facilties when originally authorized by the City Council. The sale of existing, district owned, land (approx. 10 acres) is proposed to reduce the need for other forms of financing for the total facilities package. Finally, the amount proposed to be provided from fees upon new construction (Fire Protection Facilities Fee) is believed to be a fair share of the total cost of necessary changes to facili- ties, considering the impact upon district facilities which will result from the proposed new development. As outlined above, $1,750,800 is proposed to be assigned to all builders of new construction,- as the cost of mitigating the district's overextended condition resulting from new development. The new construction fees would be collected upon new residential and non-residential, construction according to the following proposed schedule of fees to be used by each city and the county: All residential construction $235.00 for each dwelling unit All other new construction $ .15 (fifteen cents) per square foot The above residential fee was calculated on the assumption that 7,450 residen- tial units (of all types) would be constructed within the next five years. This number, when divided into the amount to be assumed by new construction fees ($1,750,800), results in a fee of $235 per unit. The fee for other new con- struction is based on the approximate square footage equivalent of the rate for residential units. � o a w b rr m F fi m rt At O m n n r- ►� x r• r- O m m FL m rr t ' n b E F-i m z :R: :R:--Fn z33^ Un b > N O O r- P-P- o O G r• r• NN F r• rt0Q t r• rt- f] LQ 0 n F-i H. H F-i P. 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Paul L. Hein, Interim Chie - East Diablo Fire Distric� . - Subject: Notice of Findings Report Re: FIRE PROTECTION FACILITIES FEE ' for EAST DIABLO FIRE DISTRICT RECOMMENDED ACTION: 1. hold the public meeting on this report required by the County Ord. Code (Sec. 818-1002); 2. if. after the public meeting, the Board concurs with the findings of the fire district, adopt an ordinance (per Ord. Code Sec. 818-1006) which: a. � determines that the fire facilities of the district are over extended; b. designates the entire fire district as the overextended service area;. c. designates the fee for each type of new construction (developer fee) , as proposed in this findings report, to mitigate the over extended condition; and d. establishes the administratiion fee, as recommended by .the County Administrator, needed to cover the County costs of processing building permits within the unincorporated portion of the East Diablo Fire District (per Ord. Code Sec. 818-6.210) . FINDINGS REPORT Pursuant to provisions of Chapter 818-2 (Community Facility Fees for` Fire Protection Facilities) of the County Ordinance Code, this findings report is submitted to justify a determination that the fire protection facilities of the East Diablo Fire District are overextended and that the imposition of a Fire Protection Facilities Fee on all new construction is necessary to mitigate that overextended condition. DISTP.!E3UTION Board ! _mtcra County Administrator Health San';CC. _/C_,.:muniy Dzve!cr.#.nt ____ Cc ur..y Co:m581 -two- East Diablo Fire District Findings Report of 9/26/86 (continued) OVERVIEW The East Diablo Fire District spans a diverse variety of terrain and land uses within its approximate 145 square mile area. Included are state and regional parks on the slopes of Mt. Diablo, cattle ranches, large "ranchette" style custom homes along the twisting Morgan Territory Road, grass and oak covered gently rolling hills in the central and southern portions of the district and agricultural fields surrounding the City of Brentwood, the population center of the district. An estimated 10,000 persons live within the district at the present time. Most of the population resides within the City of Brentwood sphere-of-influence area (approximately 7,000 persons) . It is within this !portion of the district that the greatest amount of urban development is taking place. More specifically, the Southwestern portion of the City of Brentwood will have received an esti- mated 433 new residential units during 1986, with several hundred more scheduled to be built under projects already approved. It is anticipated that a total of approximately 1,400 residential units will be constructed over the next five years within the fire district. All but approximately 250 are expected to be constructed within the City of Brentwood. .(That number may be conservative.) The remainder are expected to be concentrated along the Morgan Territory and Deer Valley Roads. The personnel of the district is largely volunteer, with only the Chief and two Captains paid on a full-time basis. The volunteers operate out of four sta- tions, two located in downtown Brentwood and two along Marsh Creek Road in the Western portion of the district. One of the Brentwood stations is not owned by the district and needs to be replaced by a new district-owned station located within the newly developing portion of the City of Brentwood. Additional housing is needed at the main Marsh Creek Road station to facilitate maintenance of the apparatus of the district which will experience much greater useage because of the growth. resulting from new developments. The replacement station within the City of Brentwood is needed because of the distances between the existing station and various points within the newly developing areas. The need for this station was envisaged in the Fire Protec- tion Plan adopted by the Board of Supervisors in January of 1984. It was also covered in the district's five year plan financing paper approved recently by the Board. The addition to the Marsh Creek Road station was also part .of the financing plan. Both installations are proposed to be financed from fees on all new construction within the district. The City of Brentwood would need to enact such fees covering construction within the city. The Board of Supervisors would need to adopt fees covering the unincorporated portion of the district. The City Council of Brentwood has approved the financing plan calling for the fees within the city. The Board of Supervisors is specifically requested bythis report to enact a Fire Protection Facilities Fee,p the technical name for such new construction charges, for the unincorporated area, as permitted by the County Ordinance Code. The five year financing plan also includes the addition of one full-time paid fire fighter position, to be financed by an assessment on all parcels of land within the district (including the city) , as permitted under state law. The of this facility-financing it -financin report. financing of that new position is not part Y 9 P -three- East Diablo Fire District Findings Report of 9/26/86 (continued) FINDINGS REPORT Section 818-4.212 of the County Ordinance Code provides that when the fire protection facilities of a service area of a-fire district are determined to not be adequate by the fire district and the Board of Supervisors, those facilities are "overextended." The determination of that condition is based on acceptance by the Board of Supervisors of the findings report on the subject submitted by the fire district. A determination that the East Diablo district is overextended would result in the payment of a "Fire Protection Facilities Fee," as a condi- tion of receiving a building permit, by the builders of all new construction within the unincorporated portion of the district. (The City of Brentwood,. the only incorporated municipality within the district, has been requested to impose a comparable fee requirement within its jursdiction,. on behalf of the fire district.) The findings report submitted by the district to support its conclusion that it is overextended. must discuss pertinent data relative to its problems. That discussion is presented below. Legal. Description- and Map of Proposed;. Service-- Area. -.-The- attached map of the entire fire district is submitted as the proposed service area to be covered under the overextended determination. The legal description of the district (and service area) is as shown on the County Assessor's map for the district. This map is on file and available in the office of the County Assessor. The entire district is proposed as the service area because most or all of the facilities of the district are required to handle structural or other major fire incidents. This is further illustrated in the following discussion on fire protection facilities. Fire Protection Facilities. Currently the district provides protection to. an estimated 10,000 residents from four stations located as follows: Station 51 (12040 Marsh Creek Rd.); Station 53 (16711 Marsh Creek Rd.); Station 91 (1st St.,Brentwood); and Station 92 (Walnut Blvd. h Dainty Ave. , Brentwood) . Station 92 is only leased by the district, and it is adjacent to railroad tracks and a petroleum products pipeline, both of some potential hazard to the station. The apparatus housed at Station 51. consists of three engines and a number of wild-land units and tankers. Two of the engines have a pump capacity of 1 ,000 gallons per minute, one of 500. They were constructed in 1958, 1964 and 1978. The wild-land units and tankers were constructed between 1952 and 1975. Station 53 houses a non-standard, limited engine constructed in 1955. Station 91 houses a 1984 1 ,000 gallon-per-minute Class A engine and a 1961 750 gallon-per-minute Class A engine. Two wild-land units constructed in 197.5 and 1980 and two tankers constructed in 1965 and 1969 are also housed in this station. Station 92 contains a 1985 1 ,000 gallons-per-minute Class A engine and a 1968 750 gallons-per-minute engine, along with a 1965 wild-lands unit. All of the paid and volunteer personnel of the district carry radio pagers and have tone-activated radios in their homes. The pagers and other radio devices are activated for dispatching by the Delta Regional Communications Center located in the Antioch City Hall. The response to 911 emergency calls is also directed from this dispatching point. All of the vehicles of the district have four channel radio transceivers. -four- East Diablo Fire Distriet Findings Report of 9/26/86 (continued) The central and southern portions of the district are initially served by. Stations 92 and 53, The remainder of the rural portion of the district is served by Station 51 . In the case of major structural fires, apparatus and volunteers from Stations 91 and 92 assist, or cover, Station 51 apparatus and personnel. Currently, responses to reported structural fires within the central portion of the district average approximately twelve minutes for the first-due engine. Because of the long response time, involved structures can suffer considerable, if not complete, destruction unless there has been early intervention by a resident or a properly designed and functioning fire sprinkler system. With the . current fire station locations, it is not feasible 'to significantly shorten the response times to this area. Current response times to the developing area within the City of Brentwood from Stations 91 and 92 (downtown Brentwood) approximate 5 to 6 minutes to both _ Balfour Rd. &. Fairview Ave. and Fairview Ave. & Sand Creek Rd. The time may range as high as 8 to 11. minutes, depending upon conditions. (It is important to point out that of the total resonse time, approximately .1 minute is required to. receive the call and dispatch the volunteers by radio, and another 1 to 1' minutes is required for the fire fighters to reach the apparatus in the sta- tions. This means that you must subtract 2 to 2Z minutes from the total response time to arrive at the "run time".) Volunteers living in the developing area must now first drive to the existing stations in downtown Brentwood, even when the fire incident is in the new area. (The distance from the nearest existing station is a minimum of 1 .5 miles.) In the county's approved Fire Protection Plan, Objective 1 .1 of Goal 1 provides: _ "All areas planned for urban, development should be within a maximum running time of 3 minutes and/or 1 .5 miles for the first-due fire station, within the constraints of cost effective service provision." The newly developing area is roughly bordered by Sand Creek Road on the North, Balfour Rd. on the South, and the existing developments on the East. Fairview. Ave. is the primary existing road to the West. As indicated earlier, approxi- mately 1,400 new residential units are expected to be constructed in this general area during. the next five years, although 'this .figure may be conser- vative. It is clear that much of this area will exceed the 1 .5 mile fire station location standard. It will also .require total response times at least as long as the existing minimum of 5 to 6 minutes reported above, with run times in excess of the 3 minute standard. A new station '; located in the vicinity of Fairview Ave. & Balfour Rd. would greatly reduce the response time to alarms in the developing area, because of the proximity of the station to the new rzsi- dential units and because of the availability of volunteer fire fighters in this new area. (The location of the new station would facilitate the recruitment of volunteers, because of the large pool of potential fire fighters who would reside in this more densely populated community.) The estimated 1 ,400 new residential units in Brentwood plus the estimated 250 expected to be constructed over the next five years along Morgan Territory and Deer Valley Roads will place greatly increased demands upon the existing aging apparatus of the district. (No new apparatus is ' included in this facility- financing proposal.) This .will require the construction of an $85,000 addition to the existing facilities at Station 51 to facilitate maintenance and repair of all district apparatus and equipment. -five- East Diablo Fire District Findings Report of 9/26/86 (continued) Since the need for the new station and the project at Station 51 to facilitate maintenance and -repair of apparatus are directly attributable to impacts from new developments, it is appropriate that the cost of these new facilities be the responsibility of the builders who will create the impacts. A breakdown of the cost of the new facilities is presented later in this report. Other Factors. As indicated earlier, the present population of the district is. thought to be approximately 10,000. Based on 3.2 persons per household, the 1 ,400 new residential units estimated to be constructed over the next five years would, alone, increase the population of the district by some 5,000 persons, for an estimated total of approximatly 15,000. This. is a substantial increase. It is also significant because it will be concentrated in a relatively small portion of the district. The resulting increase in density in the. developing area can be expected to increase fire district calls for service and run times, to the extent there is greater urban congestion of the traditionally rural road system .serving much of the district No particular new impact upon existing geographical conditions is anticipated to result from the new development, at least as these conditions effect the fire district. The possible exception would be congestion impacts upon roads which are narrow or otherwise hard to negotiate because of existing geographical conditions. Municipal-level water is provided to existing and proposed new developments within the City of Brentwood. Rural portions of the district generally receive water from individual wells. No significant additional impact of new develop- ments upon the fire district's water needs is anticipated, because most of the development will, occur within the City- of Brentwood and receive municipal-level water. Wooden frame construction predominates throughout the district. New development will result in more frame buildings to be protected by the district. In 1985, the district responded to a total of 776 incidents. Of this _total, 625 were assigned to Stations 91 and 92 (Brentwood) for first response. As with most fire departments today, the largest number of incidents involved emergency medical care (244 for Stations 91 and 92) , although there were 213 incidents which involved fire (179 for Stations 91 and 92) . New development, particularly residential, can be expected to generate considerable additional calls for service. -six- East Diablo Fire District Findings Report of 9/26/86 (continued) Cost of Additional Fire Protection Facilities. The additional facilities, and their estimated costs, needed to mitigate the overextended condition, are presented below. These items and costs were originally listed in the financing plan for the fire district's Five Year Plan: Item Cost New Fire Station $600,000 (includes site, design and construction) Addition to Station 51 85,000 total $685,000 Proposed Fire Protection Facilities Fees. As all of the cost of mitigating the district's overextended condition should be the responsibility of builders of new construction, it is proposed that the entire $685,000 cost of new facilities be allocated to, and collected from new residential and non-residential construc- tion, according to the following proposed schedule of fees: Single-family residential $480.00 per unit Multi-family residential $300.00 per unit Mobile home residential $290.00 per unit All other new construction $ .10 (ten cents) per square foot The above fees were calculated on the assumption that 1 ,400 single family residential units and 130,000 square feet of non-residential construction will be constructed within the district during the next five years. For purposes of the calculation of the above fees, it was assumed that all but 250 of the single-family residential units and all of the non-residential construction - would be within .the City of Brentwood. The fees for non-single-family residential units have been reduced to reflect the smaller size of the typical occupancy of these housing units. The rate for all other new construction ($0.10 per,square ,foot) is based on two considerations: it is one-third of the square footage equivalent of single-fam- ily units, because it is believed that approximately two-thirds of all structur- al fires occur in residential units; and it is desirable that the rate not discourage non-residential construction, as it generally pays more in property taxes than is 'required for fire department services, as compared to residential units. -seven- East Diablo Fire District Findings Report of 9/26/86 (continued) Because of .the obvious problems connected with attempting to estimate building construction overa future five year.period, it is important to annually review the numbers and types of units actually constructed, along with the fee sched- ule, to ensure that the district realizes the revenue necessary to finance the new facilities within the five-year period following the implementation of the fee requirement. General Plan Relationship. The construction of a new fire station in Brentwood and the addition to Station 51 to enable it to provide maintenance and support for all of the district's apparatus are necessary to mitigate the results of anticipated new construction within the district. Requiring that the cost of these additional facilities be financed from fees collected from builders .of new construction within the overextended service area (the entire district) is consistent with the provisions of the county's General Plan. Construction of the necessary new fire station was envisaged in the approved Fire Protection Plan of the Community Facilities Element of. the General Plan. RMN 9/26/86