Beaumont Staff & Council Submitted Forged Sewer Documents and Included $5 Million Transfer: “General Fund Deficit Now Only $7.47 Million”.
On November 10, 2016 LAFCO Staff will recommend Approval of the Potrero/Hidden Canyon Warehouse Annexation
LAFCO Agenda Item 4.a. Annexation of Potrero/Heartland Warehouse Approval : http://lafco.org/wp-content/up…
In September of this year the City General Fund received a repayment of approximately $5 million, previously advanced to the Wastewater Enterprise Fund in 2014. This significantly improves the City’s negative fund balance position, which was estimated at negative $7.47 million in June of this year.
Provision of Services:
Fire Protection: The City currently contracts with the County of Riverside Fire Department. There will be no change in service. There is no existing fire stations on the south side of Interstate 10 freeway.
Roads: There is currently no access to the subject property. Access will require an approximate one-half mile extension of Forth Street from the east. The Potrero Boulevard interchange was recently approved by the City Council. The subject site includes the propose rights-of-way for portions of the interchange and the Potrero Boulevard alignment south of I-10.
Water Services: One of the factors that must be considered in the review of a proposal is the timely availability of water supply (Cali Govt Sec 56668 (1)). Initially there were concerns regarding water supply. However, BCVWD has provided an extensive response regarding water supply and demand. Overall, the additional information provided by BCVWD indicates that by the mid-2020’s the District would need new water supplies to meet its demand projections through 2035. While there is no guarantee that water will be available, the local and regional agencies charged with providing water service are planning and taking the necessary steps to secure adequate water supplies.
Wastewater Services: The City of Beaumont provides wastewater services, including collection, secondary level treatment and disposal, at a secondary level within the city limits. The City provided a table showing projected demand and treatment capacity through 2030 and the assumptions assumed. The City table report the average daily flows for 2015 as 2.9 ‘mgd and the closest the WWTP demand would come to treatment capacity is in 2019 at 87.5% of capacity. The City is evaluating different options to determine whether it will pursue expansion of its existing WWTP, or whether it will join YVWD to develop a regional wastewater collection system. Based on the City’s staff report to the Council regarding wastewater, all construction, whether it be related to the WWTP expansion or upgrade to connect to YVWD’s wastewater collection system, would begin in March of 2018 and be completed in March of 2020, prior to the WWTP reaching its treatment capacity of 4.0 ‘mgd.
Long term concern still remain. The sewer fund is solvent and generating a growing balance; however, staff is concerned that the City’s overall financial position will negatively impact the City’s ability to issue bonds for large capital projects, such as wastewater treatment plant expansion.
Comments from Affected Agencies/Interested Parties:
City of Calimesa requested the Commission deny the annexation in September, 2015, citing concern of traffic impacts as a result of development in the City of Beaumont that has created heavy impacts to the Cherry Valley Boulevard/I-10 interchange. Calimesa also citied lack of fire stations within the City of Beaumont and that 22% of the calls that Calimesa’s Fire Station #21 receives come from Beaumont’s Summerwind Development, located within Tukwet Canyon. In addition, the City of Calimesa is impacted by the traffic from new residential development within Beaumont, since the City of Beaumont lacked contribution in the WRCOG TUMF program in mitigating traffic impacts.
Based upon the factors outlined above, IT IS RECOMMENDED that the Commission adopt a resolution to Approve Annexation.