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10:05 A.M. Jenner Water System Financing
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To: Board of Supervisors
Department or Agency Name(s): Sonoma County Public Infrastructure
Staff Name and Phone Number: Johannes J. Hoevertsz, 707-565-2550
Vote Requirement: 4/5th
Supervisorial District(s): Fifth
Title:
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10:05 A.M. Jenner Water System Financing
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Recommended Action:
Recommended action
Hold a public hearing on the annual written report for County Service Area No. 41 Jenner Zone of Benefit and adopt a Resolution ordering the annual water charge to be collected on the County of Sonoma tax roll in the amount of $57 per equivalent single-family dwelling for the total amount of $7,662 for Fiscal Year 2025-26. (4/5th Vote Requirement) (Fifth District)
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Executive Summary:
State law and regulations require that an annual public hearing be held by the Board of Supervisors to direct that annual loan repayments be collected on the County of Sonoma tax roll. Staff is recommending that the Board adopt the attached Resolution ordering that the annual repayment charge for a loan used for water system improvements be collected on the County of Sonoma tax roll in the amount of $57 per equivalent single-family dwelling for the total amount of $7,662 for Fiscal Year 2025-26. There is no change from the prior year.
Discussion:
The Jenner Water System is located in the unincorporated County adjacent to the Pacific Ocean (see the attached map). The system has one hundred and twenty-three (123) connections, all with a 5/8-inch meter. Of the total accounts, one hundred and sixteen (116) are residential customers and seven (7) are commercial customers. Several of the commercial property owners have more than one meter on their property. There are one hundred and sixteen (116) property owners that have annual assessments on the County's tax roll to repay the loan obtained from the State of California to rehabilitate the water system.
On December 16, 2008, the Board approved a 20-year agreement with the California Department of Public Health for a Safe Drinking Water Loan, in the amount of $120,000, to fund the purchase, transportation, and installation of a new micro-filtration water treatment plant purchased from the California Water Service Corporation for the then 15-year-old treatment facility to meet more stringent State of California water quality standards. The annual charge levy for repayment of this loan is $57 per equivalent single-family dwelling per year for the term of the loan obligation. The final payment for this loan will be made in Fiscal Year 2029-30.
Each fiscal year, Health and Safety Code section 5473 requires that the Board of Supervisors, as the governing board for the County Service Areas, hold a public hearing and adopt a resolution directing that the annual charge levy be collected on the County's property tax roll.
The total annual charge levy to be collected on each parcel is detailed in the attached Written Report, which is a listing of the Assessor's Parcel Numbers and the dollar amount of the annual charge levy. There is no change from the prior year. The amount of anticipated revenues from the charge levy and the biannual payments to the State of California are budgeted in the Fiscal Year 2025-26 adopted budget for the Jenner Water System debt service funds.
Notice of a Public Hearing was published on September 8, 2025 and September 18, 2025 in a newspaper of general circulation whose distribution includes the Jenner Water System.
Strategic Plan:
N/A
Racial Equity:
Was this item identified as an opportunity to apply the Racial Equity Toolkit?
No
Prior Board Actions:
9/17/24: Board adopted Resolution 23-0375 ordering the annual water charge to be collected on the County of Sonoma tax roll for the amount of $7,662 during Fiscal Year 2024-25.
9/26/23: Board adopted Resolution 23-0484 ordering the annual water charge to be collected on the County of Sonoma tax roll for the amount of $7,662 during Fiscal Year 2023-24.
9/27/22 Board adopted Resolution 22-0413 ordering the annual water charge to be collected on the County of Sonoma tax roll for the amount of $7,662 during Fiscal Year 2022-23.
9/28/21 Board adopted Resolution 21-0407 ordering the annual water charge to be collected on the County of Sonoma tax roll for the amount of $7,662 during Fiscal Year 2021-22.
9/15/20 Board adopted Resolution 20-0348 ordering the annual water charge to be collected on the County of Sonoma tax roll for the amount of $12,518 during Fiscal Year 2020-21.
9/11/19: Board adopted Resolution 19-0383 ordering the annual water charge to be collected on the County of Sonoma tax roll for the amount of $65,458 during Fiscal Year 2019-20.
9/11/18: Board adopted Resolution 18-0370 ordering the annual water charge to be collected on the County of Sonoma tax roll for the amount of $65,458 during Fiscal Year 2018-19.
9/12/17: Board adopted Resolution 17-0333 ordering the annual water charge to be collected on the County of Sonoma tax roll for the amount of $65,458 during Fiscal Year 2017-18.
12/16/09: Board approved a 20-year agreement with the California Department of Public Health.
07/18/89: Board directed the Director of the DTPW to execute a 30-year agreement with the California State Department of Water Resources.
FISCAL SUMMARY
Expenditures
FY25-26 Adopted
FY26-27 Projected
FY27-28 Projected
Budgeted Expenses
$7,662
$7,662
$7,662
Additional Appropriation Requested
Total Expenditures
$7,662
$7,662
$7,662
Funding Sources
General Fund/WA GF
State/Federal
Fees/Other
$7,662
$7,662
$7,662
Use of Fund Balance
General Fund Contingencies
Total Sources
$7,662
$7,662
$7,662
Narrative Explanation of Fiscal Impacts:
The annual repayment charges for the State of California loans used for water system improvements will be collected on the County of Sonoma tax roll for the total amount of $7,662 for Fiscal Year 2025-26. The total amount corresponds to Tax Code 73001.
Appropriations for the revenue and corresponding expenditures were included in the FY 2025-26 Jenner Water Debt Service and Jenner Water Debt Service #2 (45525-34140500) adopted budget.
Narrative Explanation of Staffing Impacts (If Required):
None.
Attachments:
1. Charge Levy Resolution.
2. County Service Area #41 Jenner Zone of Benefit Charge Levy User Inventory ("Written Report").
3. Map of the Jenner Zone of Benefit
Related Items "On File" with the Clerk of the Board:
None.