COUNTY OF SAN MATEO

Inter-Departmental Correspondence

Department of Public Works

 

DATE:

February 6, 2004

BOARD MEETING DATE:

February 24, 2004

 

TO:

Honorable Board of Supervisors

FROM:

Neil R. Cullen, Director of Public Works

SUBJECT:

Hearing to Consider the Report of Costs and the Levying of Assessments - El Granada Roadway and Drainage Improvement Project - Paloma, San Carlos, Escalona, Navarra, Ferdinand and San Juan Avenues - Mid-Coast Area (County Projects No. R6F00, R6G00 & R6H00 - F36 [231])

 

Recommendation

After holding a public hearing and considering all comments regarding the proposed assessments, close the hearing and adopt a resolution levying the assessments associated with the El Granada Roadway and Drainage Improvement Project (Project).

 

Previous Board Action

Adopted Resolution No. 66461 setting a time and date for a public hearing to consider the report of costs and the levying of assessments for the Project.

 

Key Facts

1.

The Project was initiated by a petition submitted by the property owners in the area requesting the formation of an assessment district for roadway and drainage improvements.

 

2.

A majority of property owners approved of their fixed assessments through a property owner mail-in election that was held pursuant to the provisions of the State Constitution (Proposition 218), and after your Board considered said assessments at a noticed public hearing.

 

3.

Section 5870 et. seq. of the California Streets and Highways Code requires a public hearing to consider the report on the work that was done, and to consider any and all objections to the assessments to pay for a portion of the improvements, and which are now proposed to be levied against adjacent lots and parcels.

   

4.

The assessments are identical to the assessments that were the subject of the Proposition 218 mail in ballot measure where the majority of the property owners agreed to the assessments.

 

Discussion

Attached is a report specifying the work which has been done, the cost of construction, a description of the real property in front of which the work was done and the amount of the assessment for each parcel as previously determined by your Board prior to construction. We are recommending, if your Board after holding the required public hearing approves the levying of the assessments, that we be directed to notify the property owners that:

 
 

1)

They have 45-days to pay their assessments, or

 
 

2)

the assessments will become a lien against their property and will be collected in equal increments together with the property taxes over a ten-year period at a fixed interest rate of seven percent (7%).

 

Vision Alignment

We believe our recommendation is consistent with the Shared Commitment to be "responsive, effective and collaborative government," as confirming and levying the assessments is a part of the overall process that was envisioned when property owners requested that a project go forward to improve the roads and drainage in the area, understanding their responsibility to fund a proportionate share of the project costs pursuant to your Board's policy on assessment district financing.

 

Fiscal Impact

The total cost of the project including construction, engineering, inspection and administration is $1,862,881.35, and was initially financed as follows:

 
 

Road Funds

$1,508,881.35

   
 

Mitigation Fees

$ 354,000.00

   
 
 

Total

$1,862,881.35

   
 

Property owner assessments as recommended will reimburse the County funds resulting in the final financing to be:

 
 

Road Funds

$1,508,881.35

   
 

Mitigation Fees

$ 164,413.08

   
 

Property Owner Assessments

$ 189,586.92

   
 
 

Total

$1,862,881.35

   
 

There is no impact to the General Fund.

 

A form of resolution has been approved by County Counsel.

 

We notified the property owners and the MidCoast Council of the time and date of the hearing to consider the levying of assessments and the amount of each assessment proposed to be levied on each property.