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Home My WebLink About2002-04-22 City Council (2)City of Palo Alto City Manager’s Report TO: FROM: DATE: SUBJECT: HONORABLE CITY COUNCIL CITY MANAGER DEPARTMENT: PLANNING AND COMMUNITY ENVIRONMENT APRIL 22, 2002 CMR:212:02 RESOLUTION MAKING A DETERMINATION OF ZERO PROPERTY TAX EXCHANGE ON THE ANNEXATION OF LANDS OF CONROE AT 800 LOS TRANCOS ROAD TO THE WEST BAY SANITARY DISTRICT RECOMMENDATION Staff recommends that the Council adopt the attached resolution making a determination of no property tax transfer from the City of Palo Alto to the West Bay Sanitary District. BACKGROUND The San Mateo Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCo) has received an application to annex territory located within the city limits of Palo Alto in Santa Clara County to the West Bay Sanitary District. Section 99 of the Revenue and Taxation Code requires that the affected agencies enter into negotiations regarding exchange of property tax revenue. West Bay Sanitary District is not requesting any portion of property taxes received in the area. The City of Palo Alto is required to adopt a Resolution of Zero Tax Exchange in order for the annexation application to be processed. DISCUSSION The owner of Assessors Parcel Number 182-36-022 (see attached parcel map) at 800 Los Trancos Road is requesting annexation to the West Bay Sanitary District in order to obtain sanitary sewer services. Several parcels within this area and within the Palo Alto city limits have previously annexed to West Bay Sanitary District. Since West Bay Sanitary District operates without tax revenues, there is no impact on property taxes. RESOURCE IMPACTS There is no impact to City services, staffing or revenues. CMR:212:02 Page 1 of 2 POLICY IMPLICATIONS This report does not represent any change to existing City policy. TIMELINE Palo Alto is required to act within 60 days of receipt of the notice, which occurred on February 26, 2002. ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW Annexation of pre-zoned lands to a special district is categorically exempt under Section 15319 of the California Environmental Quality Act. ATTACHMENTS Attachment A: Attachment B: Attachment C: Attachment D: Resolution Location Map Notice to Subject and. Interested Agencies,. from County of Santa Clara LAFCo Draft letter from Lisa Grote to Martha Poyatos COURTESY COPIES: Martha Poyatos, 455 County Center, 2nd Floor, Redwood City, CA 94063 Mark G. Conroe, 2090 Broadway Street, San Francisco, CA 94115 PREPARED BY: Lisa Grote, Chief Planning Official DEPARTMENT HEAD REVIEW: STEVEN SLIE Director of Planning and Community Environment CITY MANAGER APPROVAL: EMILY Assistant City Manager CMR:212:02 "Page 2 of 2 Attachment A RESOLUTION NO. RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALO ALTO MAKING DETERMINATION OF PROPERTY TAX EXCHANGE PURSUANT TO PROVISIONS OF CHAPTER 282, SECTION 59, PART .05, IMPLEMENTING OF ARTICLE XIIIA OF THE CALIFORNIA CONSTITUTION COMMENCING WITH SECTION 95, DIVISION i, OF THE REVENUE AND TAXATION CODE The Council of the City of Palo Alto does RESOLVE as follows: WHEREAS, state law requires that the City of Palo Alto and the West Bay Sanitary District negotiate a property tax exchange relating to the proposed annexation of the Lands of Lehman (APN 182-36-010) to the West Bay Sanitary District; and WHEREAS, the City and the District have agreed there is no exchange of service responsibility in regard to sanitary sewer service relating to the proposed annexation; and WHEREAS, the subject determination has been made prior to and as a condition precedent to the Executive Officer of the Local Agency Formation Commission issuing the Certificate of Filing on said proposal; and WHEREAS, it has been agreed that no property tax revenue will be transferred from the City to the West Bay Sanitary District. NOW, THEREFORE, the Council of the City of Palo Alto does hereby RESOLVE ~s follows: SECTION i. No property tax shall be transferred from the City of Pa’lo Alto to West Bay Sanitary District. SECTION 2. In accordance with Section 3a of Article XIIIB of the State Constitution, the appropriation limit of the West Bay Sanitary District shall not be increased based on this agreement. // // // // 020403 syn 0091051 SECTION 3. The council finds that this action is categorically exempt under Section 15312 of the Guidelines to the California Environmental Quality Act. INTRODUCED,AND PASSED: AYES: NAYS: ABSTENTIONS: ABSENT: ATTEST:APPROVED: City Clerk APPROVED AS TO. FORM: Mayor Senior Asst. City Attorney C±ty Manager .Director of Planning and Community Environment 020403 syn 0091051 Attachment B Attachment C NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING BY THE SAN MATE0 LOCAL AGENCY FORMATION COMMISSION NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the San Mateo Local Agency Formation Commission will h01d a public hearing on March 20, 2002, at a meeting scheduled to begin at 2:30 p.m. in the Board of Supe[visors’ Chambers, Hall of Justice and Records, 400 County Center, Redwood .City, to consider the following item: LAFCo File No. 01-13--Amendment to the Sphere of Influence of the West Bay .Sanitary District and annexation of the Lands of Conroe, Gerst, et al. to the West Bay Sanitary District (25.04 acres) The proposal territory is immediately south of Los Trancos Creek in Santa Clara County and includes the following parcel numbers:i82-36-022, 182-34- 023, 182-34-064, 182-34-063, 182-34-053, 182-36-018, 182-36-003, 182-34- 004,182-34-029, 182-34-044, 182-34-046, 182-34-045, 182-34-038, 182-34- 065. At the hearing, the Commission will hear and consider oral and written testimony by any affected agency or interested person and the report of the executive officer. For more information, contact the LAFCo Executive officer, Martha Poyatos, 455 County Center, Redwood City, California, 650/363-4224. Dated:February 26, 2002 500’ MAPN0. 45 .LEGEND ’EXISTING SPHERE OF INFLUENCE ] ’] / //~ROPOSED A~XATION TO WBSD PROPOSEI A NN’EXA -PROPOSED" -A k~EXATIO/~ SOl )N PROPOSED PROPOSED ANNEX&TION TO " WEST BAY SANITARY DISTRICT ,. FEI~RUARY 2002 ., April 23, 2002 Cityof Palo Alto Department of Planning and Community Environment Attachment D Martha Poyatos San Mateo LAFCO 455 County Center, 2nd Floor Redwood City, CA 94063.DRAFT Planning Division Dear Ms, Poyatos; The City of Palo Alto received your referral regarding the proposed annexation of the Conroe parcel (APN 182-36-022) to the West Bay Sanitary District as part of several properties proposed for annexation. The Conroe parcel is both planned and zoned for open space uses. The Open Space land use designation and zoning district allow a single family home as a permitted use. Although the City’s Comprehensive Plan discourages new development outsidethe City’s Urban Service Area, this area was subdivided years ago and single,family homes have already been developed on most’of-the parcels: Under the City’s Comprehensive Plan, the one parcel in, Palo Alto would allow a single-family unit to be constructed; therefore, the prop0sa!:to annex_ .this p~del to the West Bay Saniiary District will not create additional d~eloprnent p6tenti~l. Since septic syst¢~ inthis area are failing due to the local~(d-;~gh water table and given the parce!?:s pro21mi~ to Los Trancos Creek, it is..p~i’~l~irly important that the sewer system f6r.the.C0nr~ site is adequate. Since th~C~!~iil not extend it service area to provid.e~:s .anitary service to this parcel, the propos~exation will eliminate the potential for a he~ltlf;~and~v~at~r quality risk from an inadeq’4~gi~ptic system. -.,-~... : ....,v.._,.o... :, . Furore development of the site is iequired to be in confd~¢~i)~i~ the City’s Open Space developtheiat criteria identified in the City’s C6~~i~)~lan. In addition, since a portion ~fthis pat4el.is",designated Streamside,0~!i~:~!;~:~:.the Comprehensive Plan, a riparian ~bfridor’~:~hp tO 20.0,feet will be re@~ o~ti~ef.~i~de of Los Trancos Creek. A Zero Tax Resolutionallowingannexati0n for this project:.~as reviewed and approved by the Palo Alto City C0uncil..,0n April 2,2_, 2002. If have any questions regar., ding this project, please contact me at (650) 329-2321. Sincerely, Lisa Grote Chief Planning Official 250 Hamilton Avenue EO. Box 10250 Palo Alto, CA 94303 650.329.2441 650.329.2154 fax