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OAKLAND AREA
GEOLOGIC HAZARD ABATEMENT DISTRICT
TO: Oakland Area GHAD
Board of Directors
FROM: GHAD Manager, ENGEO Incorporated. Haley Ralston
GHAD Attorney, Fennemore Wendel Patricia Curtin
BOARD MEETING DATE: June 4, 2024
SUBJECT: Oakland Area GHAD Resolution No. 2024/04
RECOMMENDATION(S):
ADOPT Oakland Area GHAD Resolution No. 2024/04 1) adopting the GHAD budget for Fiscal Year 2024/25 and 2) updating GHAD Manager payment limit under Consulting Services Agreement.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The GHAD is funded 100% through assessments levied on properties within the GHAD; therefore, there is no impact on the City of Oakland General Fund. For Fiscal Year (FY) 2024/25 the GHAD anticipates assessment income of $14,732 from the 10 residential properties (Siena Hill development) currently subject to a levy within the GHAD with total revenue of $19,082 including investment income. Expenses for FY 2024/25 are estimated at $19,953. The current budget projects that at the beginning of FY 2024/25 (July 1, 2024) the cumulative reserve will be approximately $120,792 and approximately $119,921 at the end of FY 2024/25 (June 30, 2025).
BACKGROUND:
On July 18, 2006, the Oakland City Council adopted Resolution 80058 approving the formation of the Oakland Area Geologic Hazard Abatement District (GHAD) and appointed itself to serve as the GHAD Board of Directors.
The GHAD Board of Directors approved monitoring and maintenance by the Oakland GHAD on the 10 constructed residential lots with the adoption of Resolution 16/01 on September 20, 2016. The Oakland GHAD has the maintenance responsibilities as outlined below. Inspection and maintenance of slopes.
Inspection and maintenance of lined ditches.
Monitoring and maintenance of measurement devices, such as piezometers, inclinometers, and tiltmeters.
Inspection and maintenance of retaining walls.
Inspection and maintenance of surface water quality treatment and detention facilities within the development.
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The Siena Hill development is the only area receiving Oakland Area GHAD services. The Kenilworth development was annexed into the Oakland Area GHAD on February 21, 2017; however, GHAD responsibilities as described in the Plan of Control for the Kenilworth development have not been transferred to the GHAD yet; therefore, the development does not currently receive GHAD services. Parcels within the Kenilworth development will be eligible for transfer of Plan of Control responsibilities a minimum of 3 years after the issuance of the last residential building permit. Since residential construction has not yet started within the Kenilworth development, the earliest the development could receive GHAD services is 2027.
Under Condition of Approval No. 51 for the Oak Knoll development, the City of Oakland required annexation of the Oak Knoll development into the existing Oakland Area GHAD. On July 5, 2022, the GHAD Board of Directors approved annexation of the Oak Knoll development into the Oakland Area GHAD; however, the Oak Knoll development does not currently receive GHAD services as Plan of Control responsibilities have not been transferred from the developer to the GHAD yet and the earliest this could occur is 2027.
The GHAD Board is being requested to adopt the budget for FY 2024/25 as prepared by the GHAD Manager, ENGEO Incorporated. The budget is attached to Resolution No. 2024/04 as Exhibit A. In addition, the GHAD Board is being requested to update the GHAD Manager payment limits under the existing Consulting Services Agreement as required by that Agreement. The budget identifies that limit as $9,000.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
The GHAD will not be able to continue operation if the budget is not approved.