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Department of Transportation recommending the Board approve and authorize the Chair to sign a budget transfer request for County Service Area 5 Zone of Benefit to reallocate funds to allow for the posting of Transportation Engineering and administration staff charges and non-road costs during Fiscal Year 2019/20. (4/5 vote required)
FUNDING: County Service Area 5 Zone of Benefit Special Taxes and Assessments.
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND
The Department of Transportation’s (Transportation) County Service Area Zone of Benefit (ZOB) Program is established as a method to finance and provide needed public facilities and services to residents and property owners within these areas. The following budget transfer is necessary in order to post Transportation Engineering and administration staff charges and non-road costs incurred to support the Zone of Benefit program for the CSA #5 Tahoma Drainage Zone of Benefit.
The Department of Transportation is responsible for maintenance activities associated with storm water infrastructure within the County limits in the Tahoe basin. Routine maintenance of storm drain inlets and pipes are completed by maintenance staff using a vactor truck. The Department is obligated to comply with the environmental regulations as set by permits for the disposal of vactor waste. Prior to this year, the only available County vactor disposal site was at the Shakori Maintenance Yard in South Lake Tahoe. In order to allow for proper disposal times when the vactor crew is working on the west shore of Tahoe, the Department determined it necessary to construct a vactor disposal facility along with other best management practices at the County Tahoma Maintenance Yard on Wilson Ave. The Department, in consultation with Counsel, determined that CSA 5 funds, commensurate with the amount of vactor waste attributed to the CSA 5 area, could be used to design and construct the improvements. The increase in costs were due to the remote location of the Tahoma yard, material supply issues, and weather issues associated with late season construction. As a result of the late season start, the project had to be winterized in anticipation for the work to resume the following season, thus contributing to the additional resources to complete the work.
The FY 2019/20 Budget will need to be adjusted as follows:
Budgeted appropriations in the CSA #5 Tahoma Drainage Zone of Benefit budget need to be increased in Interfund: Special Districts by $132,000, offset by a decrease in Appropriations for Contingency in the amount of $132,000.
ALTERNATIVES
The Board could choose not to transfer the available funds from this ZOB budget; however, proper accounting for the Zone of Benefit Program would be jeopardized.
PRIOR BOARD ACTION
N/A
OTHER DEPARTMENT / AGENCY INVOLVEMENT
N/A
CAO RECOMMENDATION / COMMENTS
It is recommended that the Board approve this item.
FINANCIAL IMPACT
There is no financial impact or change to Net County Cost associated with this item.
CLERK OF THE BOARD FOLLOW UP ACTIONS
1) The Clerk of the Board will obtain the Chair's signature on the budget transfer documents.
2) The Clerk of the Board will forward the budget transfer to the Auditor/Controller for processing.
3) The Clerk of the Board will return one (1) copy of the budget transfer to Transportation for further processing.
STRATEGIC PLAN COMPONENT
Good Governance
CONTACT
Rafael Martinez, Director
Department of Transportation