Agenda Item: 3
CITY OF SANTA CLARITA
AGENDA REPORT
CONSENT CALENDAR
CITY MANAGER APPROVAL:
DATE: February 11, 2025
SUBJECT: FUND TRANSFER AGREEMENT WITH LOS ANGELES COUNTY
FOR MEASURE W MUNICIPAL FUNDS
DEPARTMENT: Neighborhood Services
PRESENTER: Darin Seegmiller
RECOMMENDED ACTION
City Council authorize the City Manager, or designee, to sign the required Fund Transfer Agreement from Los Angeles County to accept the 40 percent municipal share of funds collected from City of Santa Clarita properties under the Safe Clean Water Measure W parcel tax, subject to City Attorney approval.
BACKGROUND
The Los Angeles County Flood Control District (District) successfully passed the Measure W Safe Clean Water Program (Measure W) with over two-thirds of the vote on the November 2018 ballot. This established a parcel tax of 2.5 cents per square foot of impermeable area, with collection beginning Fiscal Year 2019-20. Revenues from Measure W are to be distributed as follows:
• 10 percent to the Los Angeles County Flood Control District (District) to administer Measure W and provide District-wide projects and education programs.
• 40 percent to the municipalities within the District’s boundaries.
• 50 percent to the nine watershed areas to fund regional watershed-based multi-benefit projects to be implemented by project developers, to provide technical resources, and to conduct scientific studies.
In order for the City of Santa Clarita (City) to receive the 40 percent municipal share, the City is required to approve a Fund Transfer Agreement (Agreement). Approval of the Agreement is required every four years. The most recent draft of the Agreement was approved by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors on June 9, 2020 and later presented to the City Council for
approval on June 23, 2020.
The City is forecasted to receive $3.23 million annually for the duration of this Agreement.
Funds must be used for implementation, operations and maintenance, and administration of eligible projects and programs. Unlike Measure W regional funding, the municipal funding is not programmed by the Watershed Area Steering Committee (WASC). In past years, the City has utilized Measure W municipal funds to support regional infiltration projects, including the construction of the Canyon Country Community Center and the design of Via Princessa Park, as well as street sweeping activities, amongst other stormwater management initiatives. This item if approved, allows the City Manager or designee to review and sign, in coordination with the City Attorney, the Agreement for Measure W municipal funds.
ALTERNATIVE ACTION
Other action as determined by City Council.
FISCAL IMPACT
Upon signing the Fund Transfer Agreement, the City will continue to receive an estimated $3.23 million annually from the municipal share of the Safe Clean Water Measure W parcel tax.
ATTACHMENTS
Fund Transfer Agreement (available in the City Clerk's Reading File)