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Assessment Districts, History & Background
Consolidated Capital Assessment District
Operation & Maintenance Assessment District No. 1
North Area Local Project Capital Assessment District No. 2
American River/South Sacramento Streams Group Assessment District No. 3
Summary of Sources and Uses of SAFCA Funds, 1989 - 2007
SAFCA DEVELOPMENT FEE PROGRAM
Final Report - May 5, 2008
Executive Summary
Draft Report
Comparative Risk Analysis
ASSESSMENT DISTRICTS, HISTORY AND
BACKGROUND
SAFCA was formed in 1989 by local agencies anxious to address the
deficiencies in Sacramento's flood control system identified by
the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) following the flood of
1986. Through a joint exercise of powers agreement, the City of
Sacramento (City), County of Sacramento (County), Sutter County,
the American River Flood Control District (ARFCD), and Reclamation
District 1000 (RD 1000) pooled their common flood control authorities,
established a management structure, and identified a program for
improving Sacramento's flood control system. This program has three
elements:
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Ensure the structural integrity of the existing levee system;
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Provide at least a 100-year level of flood protection as quickly as possible to the
areas within the FEMA 100-year floodplain by, among other actions, increasing
the space available for flood control at Folsom Dam and Reservoir (Folsom); and
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Work toward achieving at least a 200-year level of flood protection for
Sacramento.
SAFCA has carried out its flood risk management program on a step-by-step
basis. The Agency has succeeded in moving flood zone properties
in Natomas and North Sacramento (North Area) from a high- risk status
(less than 100-year protection) to a moderate-risk status (greater
than 100-year but less than 200-year protection) by raising and
strengthening levees around the Natomas basin and along lower Dry
and Arcade Creeks. When this work is completed, these properties
will have greater than a 200-year level of protection and a relatively
low risk of flooding. Outside the North Area, steps have been taken
to ensure the integrity of the levee system along the Sacramento
and American Rivers and to secure additional flood storage space
at Folsom on an interim basis. The fruits of this effort were highlighted
during the flood of 1997, when these measures helped prevent catastrophic
flooding in Sacramento. Nevertheless, pending further improvements
to the existing flood control system, over 80,000 flood zone parcels
remain at a relatively high risk of flooding and 20,000 more are
in a moderate-risk status. The 1997 flood underscored the urgency
of pursuing additional measures to protect these properties. Congress
responded in August 1999 by authorizing the most significant package
of improvements to Sacramento's flood control system since the construction
of Folsom Dam in 1956. This package is contained in the Water Resources
Development Act (WRDA) of 1999.
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CONSOLIDATED CAPITAL ASSESSMENT DISTRICT
APRIL 2007 TO PRESENT
Final Engineer's Report
Consolidated Capital Assessment District (previously referred to as Capital Assessment District #4 in Draft Engineer’s Report)
SAFCA dissolved the two existing capital assessment districts and consolidated them into a new capital assessment district in order to fairly apportion among benefiting property owners:
- The local share of costs for capital improvements to Sacramento area levees and Folsom Dam
- Debt service on bonds sold to pay for the North Area Local Project
- The cost of assuring levee integrity over the life of the project.
How is your assessment calculated?
The method used to apportion costs within the new assessment district will be in full compliance with Proposition 218 (Right to Vote on Taxes Act, 1996). The new district, called the Consolidated Capital Assessment District, would have a life of 30 years. It would be divided into eight benefit zones (see map), which would be assessed for the project features that specifically benefit each zone. Within each benefit zone, the costs would be distributed across the properties in proportion to the flood protection benefits (or avoided flood damages) provided by the new project features. Based on historic experience with flood damages, assessments will be proportional to:
- Depth of Flooding (0-5 feet, 5-10 feet, greater then 10 feet)
- Type of Land Use (Residential, Commercial-Industrial, Vacant or Agricultural)
- Parcel Acreage
- Building Square Footage
Consolidated Capital Assessment District - Assessment Calculator
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OPERATION & MAINTENANCE (O & M)
ASSESSMENT
DISTRICT NO. 1
JUNE 1991 TO PRESENT
Final Engineer's Report
Authority
Section 103 of the Sacramento Area Flood Control Act (West's Water Code Appendix Chapter 130, the ACT) provides the Sacramento Area Flood Control Agency (SAFCA) the Authority to levy annual assessments for the operation and maintenance of projects, for the satisfaction of liabilities arising from projects, for the administrative costs of SAFCA, and to accumulate a fund which may be used to advance the cost of SAFCA projects, provided that the advances be repaid, with interest as determined by the Board of Directors, from assessments, reassessments or special taxes, charged by SAFCA pursuant to the Act.
Purpose
The assessments will be used to fund the operation and maintenance costs of SAFCA to continue coordinated efforts to bring flood protection to the greater Sacramento area.
Boundary
O & M assessments are levied on lands influenced by flows on the American River and contributing tributary creeks and drainage channels within SAFCA's jurisdictional Boundary that benefit by O & M projects. Figure 1 shows SAFCA's overall jurisdictional Boundary which is basically the Boundary of Sacramento County together with a small portion of Sutter County (Natomas Cross Canal to the Sacramento/Sutter County line and Sutter County to the Sutter/Placer County line).
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NORTH AREA LOCAL PROJECT CAPITAL ASSESSMENT
DISTRICT NO. 2 (NALP AD NO. 2)
JUNE 1995 TO APRIL 2007
NOTE: THIS ASSESSMENT DISTRICT WAS DISSOLVED IN APRIL OF 2007 - THIS INFORMATION IS BEING PROVIDED FOR HISTORICAL PURPOSES ONLY.
Final Engineer's Report
Authority
The Sacramento Area Flood Control Agency Act of 1990 ("SAFCA Act") provides the Authority for SAFCA to levy assessments within the entire SAFCA jurisdictional area or within any project area determined to particularly benefit from a project. The Capital Assessment District encompasses lands which benefit from the North Area Local Project. Assessments are apportioned to properties in accordance with the relative benefit received.
Purpose
The Purpose of this assessment is to fund the engineering design, construction, right- of-way acquisition and utility relocation of the North Area Local Project. Please see Flood Protection Projects for details.
Boundary
The North Area Local Project consists of a series of levee and other
flood control improvements designed to provide increased flood protection
to the Natomas basin and portions of Rio Linda and North Sacramento
along the lower Dry and Arcade watersheds. As the 1986 and 1995
floods demonstrated, these areas are vulnerable to flooding due
to high flows, either separately or in combination, in the Sacramento
River, the American River and tributary streams east of the Natomas
basin. See below.
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AMERICAN RIVER/SOUTH SACRAMENTO STREAMS GROUP
(AR/SSSG) CAPITAL ASSESSMENT DISTRICT NO. 3
APRIL 2000 - APRIL 2007
NOTE: THIS ASSESSMENT DISTRICT WAS DISSOLVED IN APRIL OF 2007 - THIS INFORMATION IS BEING PROVIDED FOR HISTORICAL PURPOSES ONLY.
Final Engineer's Report
Authority
The Sacramento Area Flood Control Agency Act authorizes the Sacramento Area Flood Control Agency (SAFCA) to levy assessments "within the entire area of the agency or within any project area determined by the Board to particularly benefit from a given project" (Water Code App., Chapter 130-110). The proposed Assessment District (District) is a single assessment district encompassing properties that derive a special benefit from the American River and South Sacramento Streams Group (AR/SSSG) flood control improvements financed in part through the District. Assessments are apportioned to these properties in accordance with the relative special benefit received.
Purpose
The improvements authorized in the 1999 WRDA include: modifications to the low-level outlet works at Folsom designed to increase Folsom's release capacity during the early stages of a flood event; continuation of the variable flood control storage space operation initiated by SAFCA and the Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) in 1995 with a slight reduction in the maximum space required under this operation; improvements to portions of the north and south levees of the American River and installation of a closure structure at the mouth of the Mayhew Drain designed to ensure safe containment of Folsom's emergency spillway release (160,000 cfs) within the levied channel; and levee improvements designed to increase the conveyance capacity of the SSSG and protect the southern portion of the City and County from the flood waters of the Cosumnes and Mokelumne Rivers. Please see Flood Protection Projects for details.
Boundary
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