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TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
FROM: J. MICHAEL WALFORD, Chief Engineer
DATE: March 13, 1984
SUBJECT: Special District Augmentation Funds for Flood Control District Maintenance.
Specific Requests or Recommendat-Tio-n-FsT & Background & Justification
RECOMMENDATION
Refer to the Finance Committee for recommendation on:
1. Future funding for maintenance of flood control improvements in Flood Control Zones
29 69 99 11, and Storm Drain Maintenance District No. 1.
2. Allocation of $40,000 in special District Augmentation Funds to Flood Control Zone
9 for current fiscal year maintenance and storm damage repairs. .
BACKGROUND
Five Flood Control entities have, or will shortly have, a maintenance responsibility and
no financial means of meeting the obligation. Three of the entities, Flood Control Zones
2 and 9 and Storm Drain Maintenance District No. 1, had a zero tax rate in the year Proposition
13 was enacted. Immediately prior to the passage of Proposition 13 these entities had
sufficient carry-over funds for the forthcoming year. Consequently, being responsive
to the tax payers' desires for lower taxes, the Board set a zero tax rate. Unfortunately,
this resulted in a permanent zero share of the one percent property tax. Two of these
entities have current maintenance responsibilities, i .e. Flood Control Zone 9 (Pinole)
and Storm Drain Maintenance District No. 1 (Concord-Walnut Creek). Flood Control Zone
9 has maintained the Pinole Creek Corps of Engineers improvements for the past six years
by using approximately $110,000 in capital improvement funds, which had been accumulated
for a proposed upstream improvement project. These funds are now gone, and due to the
past two severe winters the Zone 9 Fund now has a deficit balance of $38,000. An immediate
allocation of $40,000 in special District Augmentation Funds is needed for this zone to
Continued on attachment: x yes Signature:
Recommendation of County Administrator Recommendation and ee
Approve Other:
Signature(s):
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Action of Board on: / 31 l y g �l Approved as Recomnended_,X_ Other
The Board also referred the aforesaid report to the County
Administrator .
Vote of Supervisors I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
Unanimous (Absent ) AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE
Ayes: Noes: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ON DATE SHOWN.
Absent: Abstain:
Attested A,2 J� / -3 , i 9 8 '/
Orig. Div.: Public Works Department, Flood Control J.R. OLSSON, COUNff CLERK AND
cc: County Administrator
County Counsel
County Auditor-Controller EX OFFICIO CLERK OF THE BM
Public Works Director
Flood Control Planning
Accounting Division
Finance Committee By quit, DEPUTY
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close the fiscal year with a zero balance. The future Zone 9 annual maintenance
costs are estimated to be $20,000, in 1984 dollars. This estimate is based
on normal rain years.
Storm Drain Maintenance District No. 1 is currently using capital improvement
funds to meet its maintenance responsibility. The annual maintenance cost
in this district is approximately $9,000, at 1984 prices.
Flood Control Zone 2 (Kellogg Creek-Byron Area) presently has only a minor
side channel detention facility to maintain. The other limited maintenance
work performed in Kellogg Creek is funded under County Drainage Maintenance
Fund 330. However, the United States Department of Agriculture, Soil Conser-
vation Service, at the District's request, is developing plans for improving
Kellogg Creek to reduce the frequency of flooding from the creek. If an
acceptable plan is found and the improvements are implemented, the annual
maintenance cost for the improved portion of Kellogg Creek will be between
$8,000 and $10,000. To obtain the 100% federal funding for construction
of the improvement, the Flood Control District or the County will have
to assume future maintenance responsibility for the improvements.
The remaining two entities, Flood Control Zone 6 (San Pablo Creek) and
Flood Control Zone 11 (East Antioch Creek), currently do not have improvements
to maintain. However, improvements are scheduled for construction in both
entities in 1985 and 1984, respectively. The Flood Control Zone 6 improvement
is the San Pablo Creek portion of the Corps of Engineers Wildcat-San Pablo
Creek Improvement Project. This improvement is estimated to cost $9,600,000,
and it is being funded by federal , state, and local assessment district.
As outlined in the District's report for the project, the proposed drainage
fee for the area upstream of the improvements has been adopted. However,
the expected revenue from the fee will not provide sufficient or a steady
enough income for financing the maintenance costs due to the fact that
a substantial portion of the fee area is already urbanized and the fees
are only paid as development occurs. The annual maintenance cost for the
proposed improvements is estimated to be $30,000; after five years, one
half of this cost can be covered by the expected drainage fees.
The improvements in Zone 11 (East Antioch Creek ) to be maintained by the
District consist of major and secondary channel improvements to be constructed
over the next twenty years. These improvements, estimated to cost $10,600,000,
are being installed through drainage fees. Due to the piecemeal construction,
the annual maintenance cost will vary with the extent of improvements
installed. The estimated annual maintenance cost for the completed system
is $35,000. The minor storm drain pipe systems also being installed as
a part of the plan will be maintained by the City of Antioch or the County.
The attached Appendix A summarizes the amounts of additional funds needed
by these entities to meet their respective annual maintenance costs. The
immediate need is for $40,000 to eliminate the Flood Control Zone 9 deficit.
Further, the construction of improvements in Zones 2, 6, and 11 cannot
commence until the long range maintenance funding question is resolved.
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Appendix A - Special District Augmentation Funds
Needed for. Drainage Entity Maintenance
Entity FY 83-84 FY 84-85 FY 85-86 FY 86-87 FY 87-88
Flood Control Zone 2 ==-- ---- ---- $10,000 $10,700
(Byron)
Flood Control Zone 6 ---- _-- ---- $33,700 $35,700
(San Pablo)
Flood Control 9 $409000 $20,000 $219200 $22$ 00 $239700
(Pinole)
Flood Control Zone 11 ---- $19000 $ 49000 $ 6,000 $ 8,000
(Antioch)
Storm Drain Maint. ---- ---- ---- $10,000 $10,700
Dist No.1 (Concord)
Total $40,000 $21,000 $25,200 $82,200 588.800
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