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HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso 138-88 AlaCoAreaBridgesRESOLUTION NO. 138- 88 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DUBLIN CONSENTING TO INCLUSION IN THE ALAMEDA COUNTY, COUNTY SERVICE AREA FOR BRIDGES WHEREAS, in an agreement negotiated by the Mayors' Conference between Alameda County and the Cities of Alameda County, the Cities agreed "... to assist the County in seeking means to mitigate the cost of operating and maintaining the Oakland/Alameda estuary crossings, the cost of which are currently borne entirely by the County "- and WHEREAS, the City Council has determined, in accordance with the Plan for the Formation of a County Service Area for Bridges attached hereto as Exhibit A, that a County Service Area for Bridges, for the maintenance and operation of the High Street, Park Street and the Miller- Sweeney Bridges, would benefit all of Alameda County; and WHEREAS, the City Council has further determined that although the Alameda County Board of Supervisors may levy special assessments on properties within a County Service Area, the Board will not institute such charges within the incorporated areas of Alameda County without the affected City or Cities prior review and consent; and WHEREAS, County Service Area Law states that a city may be included in a county service area if a Resolution of Consent, adopted by the majority vote of the membership of the city legislative body, is filed with the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Dublin, by this resolution, hereby consents to and requests inclusion in the Alameda County, County Service Area for Bridges. PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 24th day of October, 1988. AYES: Councilmembers Hegarty, Moffatt, Snyder, Vonheeder and Mayor Jeffery NOES: None ABSENT: None ATTEST: PLAN FOR ~E FOI~MATION (IF A COUNTY SERVICE AREA FOR BRIDGES EXHIBIT A The County maintains three estuary bridges as a result of agreements with the Army Corps of Engineers. Currently, the County's Road Fund bears the entire annual $1.4 million cost of maintaining and operating these bridges. Efforts by the County to transfer responsibility for the bridges to federal and state agencies have not been successful. It will be difficult for the Road Fund to continue to maintain the necessary levels of funding for the operation and maintenance of these bridges in the future as existing Road Fund sources are expected to decrease annually by as much as $3.3 million. Government Code Section 25210.4a specifically authorizes CSAs to provide those miscellaneous . extended serv ices relevant to bridge construction, improvement and maintenarr~. ~.~/:i=~i ';~ , ~, ~' ~, =:.. '~'~!i~,?:,~L ~n .~:. ~ I i ~ ~ ~'.~ ,,, The formation of the CSA would alleviate: the impact:of these revenue losses by ==enabling the County to use Special ~District~Augmentation Funds (SDAF) for br idge maintenance and operation. Prel iminary discussions$1with the County Administrator's Office indicate that projected SDAF growth is expected to be sufficient to fund the maintenance and operation of the bridges for the near future. The Local Agency' Formation Commission (LAFCO) and the Board of Supervisors require that the benefit area of the proposed CSA include the incorporated and unincorporated areas of the County before the CSA can be established. Also, an election is not required to form a CSA nor to receive rovenues. A number of studies by various agencies, including traffic studies, indicate that these bridges are used by residents throughout the County. The Mayor's Conference has determined that although these bridges lie antirely within the incorporated limits of the cities of Oakland and Alameda, they serve the entire County and state in the Mayors' Formula Agreement that the cities agree to assist the County in seeking means to mitigate the cost of operating and maintaining the bridges. In order to pcovide this assistance, all Alameda County cities are being asked to pass a Resolution of Consent, requesting inclusion in the proposed CSA to provide a secure Source of funding for the maintenance and operation of these bridges. Upon receipt of the cities' ~esolutions of Consent, the County may then begin the CSA formation process, which will include public hearings and notices in compliance with County Service Are .Law (Government Code Section 2521~.1 et seq). On June 28, 1988, the Alameda County Board of Supervisors approved in principle the formation of the County Service Area for Bridges. At the meeting of the Alameda County City Managers held on September 21, 1988, the city managers approved in concept the formation of a Countywide County Service Area (CSA) for Bridges. It is anticipated that the growth of the SDAF will be sufficient to fund the maintenance and operation of these bridges at their current level for the foreseeable future. If SDAF revenues should prove insufficient to support the full cost of the bridges at some point in the future, negotiations with the cities to levy special assessment fees would be reopened. Road Fund monies will be used to supplement the SDAF funds as needed, and efforts will continue to obtain any available State or Federal bridge program funds.