Agenda Item: 10
CITY OF SANTA CLARITA
AGENDA REPORT
CONSENT CALENDAR
CITY MANAGER APPROVAL:
DATE: January 9, 2024
SUBJECT: DRAINAGE BENEFIT ASSESSMENT AREA RESOLUTION
INITIATING PROCEEDINGS, APPROVING AN ENGINEER'S
REPORT, AND TAKING OTHER ACTIONS IN CONNECTION
WITH TRACT 82126 (BOUQUET CANYON)
DEPARTMENT: Neighborhood Services
PRESENTER: Darin Seegmiller
RECOMMENDED ACTION
City Council:
1. Adopt resolutions to initiate proceedings to form a Bouquet Canyon Drainage Benefit Assessment Area 2023-1 to benefit parcels in Tract 82126 and approve the Engineer's Report.
2. Set a public hearing for February 27, 2024, as a time and place to hear comments on this proposed action and close the time period to receive ballots.
BACKGROUND
On November 10, 2020, the City Council approved the Bouquet Canyon project, Tentative Tract Map 82126, allowing the development of 371 residential units. The Conditions of Approval for this project require the establishment of a homeowner’s association or a comparable entity, to fund the continued maintenance of any drainage improvements that are not eligible for transfer to the Los Angeles County Flood Control District for maintenance. The creation of the proposed Drainage Benefit Assessment Area (DBAA) fulfills this requirement.
The proposed DBAA 2023-1, Bouquet Canyon, assumes responsibility for administering the maintenance, reporting, monitoring, inspection, storm-damage repair, and cleaning of storm- drain improvements. These include three Continuous Deflection Separation (CDS) systems, along with four filter units, two infiltration basins, two biofiltration basins and one inlet with diversion weir required for Tract No. 82126. The Urban Storm Mitigation Plan (USMP) and the project mitigation measures outlined in the environmental impact report require these devices to
minimize the amount of pollutants in urban runoff prior to its discharge into the Santa Clara River.
Regular maintenance is required in order for the basins to function correctly within the design parameters. Services required for the assessment district include inspections, removal of silt, trash, and soil debris build-up, maintenance and repairs, and an annual assessment and engineer’s report review.
The Engineer’s Report contains the proposed boundaries of DBAA 2023-1, identifies the proposed facilities and services to be funded, determines the general and special benefits received by properties, and the methodology to apportion the annual assessments. All parcels were established concurrently to the conditions set forth for the continued maintenance of landscape and infrastructure improvements, and as a result, each parcel within DBAA 2023-1 receives a special and distinct benefit from these improvements.
The maximum annual assessment to maintain the improvements associated with DBAA 2023-1 will be $97,935. Based on the number of units approved for construction, the annual assessment will be $294.77 per Equivalent Benefit Unit (EBU). Parcels identified as single-family residences and Townhomes/Condominiums are assessed at 1.00 EBU per dwelling unit. Vacant parcels are assessed at a rate of .50 EBU's per planned residential unit for the property or 1.00 EBU per acre if the number of planned residential units is unknown.
The maximum assessment rate will adjust each year based on the annual change in the Consumer Price Index (CPI), all Urban Consumers, for the Los Angeles Riverside-Orange County Area CPI. The actual assessment levied in any fiscal year will be approved by the City Council and may not exceed the maximum assessment rate. If approved, the City will begin levying properties commencing in Fiscal Year 2024-25.
ALTERNATIVE ACTION
1. Do not adopt a resolution to initiate formation of DBAA 2023-1.
2. Other direction as determined by the City Council.
FISCAL IMPACT
All expenses associated with the Drainage Benefit Assessment Area will be borne by the developer. There will be no fiscal impacts to the General Fund.
ATTACHMENTS
DBAA Formation 2023-1 Initiation Resolution
Resolution of Intent for DBAA 2023-1
DBAA 2023-1 Maintenance Exhibit (available in the City Clerk's Reading File) DBAA 2023-1 Engineer's Report (available in the City Clerk's Reading File)