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Attachment 3 to Resolution No. 2024-01
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NOTICE OF (1) ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION NO. 2024-01 BY THE BOARD OF
DIRECTORS OF THE OAKLAND AREA GEOLOGIC HAZARD ABATEMENT DISTRICT, (2) PROPOSED ASSESSMENT, AND
(3) PUBLIC HEARING FOR JUNE 4, 2024
On July 18, 2006, the Oakland City Council adopted Resolution No. 80058 approving the formation of the Oakland Area Geologic Hazard Abatement District (GHAD) and appointed itself to serve as the GHAD Board of Directors (“GHAD Board”).
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that:
On April 1 6, 2024, the GHAD Board adopted Resolution No. 2024-01 declaring its intention to impose an assessment on the Oak Knoll development included in the GHAD and directing that a public hearing be scheduled to consider adoption of this assessment to finance the Oak Knoll development portion of the Oakland Area GHAD. The total yearly estimated budget for the Oak Knoll development within the Oakland Area GHAD as set forth in the current Engineer’s Report is$342,901. If the assessment is adopted, each single-family residential unit will be assessed a maximum of $ 920.00 per year , adjusted based on residential type as described in Table VII -1 in the Engineer’s Report, and $0.10 per square foot of habitable, non - residential unit (Fiscal Year 2023/2024 dollars), and adjusted annually to reflect the percentage change in the San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward Area Consumers Price Index (CPI) for All Urban Consumers. The assessment will be levied beginning in the first fiscal year after issuance of a building permit and the assessment will continue to be levied in perpetuity.
The attached Engineer’s Report (dated April 3, 2024) for the Oak Knoll development of the Oakland Area GHAD was pre pared by a registered engineer , certified in the State of California, and describes in detail the reason for the assessment and the basis upon which the amount of the proposed assessment was calculated. The Engineer’s Report specifically sets forth the yearly estimated budget, the total assessment, the proposed estimated assessments to be levied each year against each parcel of property, and a description of the method used in formulating the estimated assessment. A copy of GHAD Board Resolution No . 24-01 is available for inspection at ENGEO Incorporated, 2010 Crow Canyon Place, Suite 250, San Ramon, CA 94583.
The GHAD Board wil l conduct the public hearing on June 4, 202 4, at 3:30 p.m. or thereafter at the Chambers of the Oakland City Council, 1 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza, Oakland, CA 94612, on the proposed assessment.
The following paragraph provides the procedure for returning and tabulating the ballots.
Copies of this Notice, a sealable ballot, and the Engineer’s Report have been sent to each of the property owners within the Oak Knoll portion of the Oakland Area GHAD.
The ballot may be completed and mailed or hand delivered to Oakland Area Geologic Hazard Abatement District, ℅ ENGEO Incorporated, GHAD Manager, 2010 Crow Canyon Place, Suite 250, San Ramon, CA 94583 or may be submitted at the public hearing. Each ballot may be submitted, withdrawn, or changed at any time prior to the conclusion of the testimony on the proposed a ssessment at the public hearing. At the hearing, the GHAD Clerk shall tabulate the ballots and the GHAD Board shall consider any objections or protests to the assessment and certify the tabulation of the ballots.
The GHAD Board shall not impose the assessment if there is a majority protest. A majority protest exists if, upon conclusion of the hearing, ballots submitted in opposition to the assessment exceed the ballots submit ted in favor of the assessment. In tabulating the ballots, 017596.0002\6556909.1 Page 2 of 2
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the ballots shall be we ighted according to the proportional financial oblig ation of the affected property.
Inquiries regarding the proposed assessment may be made by mail to: Oakland Area GHAD, ℅ ENGEO Incorporated, Attn: Haley Ralston, 2010 Crow Canyon Place, Suite 250, San Ramon, CA 94583, by phone at (925) 866-9000, or by e-mail at [email protected].
Enclosures: Engineer’s Report(dated April 3, 2024)
Sealable Ballot