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FINANCIAL STATEMENT The property owners would be required to pay all costs associated with extending the water and sewer system, including City, County, LAFCo, and other agency fees and permitting costs. BACKGROUND Arash Moradi, on behalf of Kamil and Nadereh Navai, property owners of the currently vacant parcel located on Sycamore Road (APN 949-0007-016-02), is requesting that water and sewer service be established to serve a planned residence located within the Happy Valley Specific Plan (HVSP) area outside of the City limits. The property owners have obtained approval from the County to subdivide the subject property into two lots, but the County has required that the applicant obtain a "will serve" letter from the City prior to recording the parcel map. In December 2002, the City Council unanimously passed a policy that the City would allow sewer and water connections to any existing, vacant, legal lot in unincorporated Happy Valley area. In accordance with this policy, the City would not provide connections to serve any vacant lot that is created through a subdivision. The subject property was identified as Lot 15, one single lot, by the HVSP, and thus the City would provide only one connection to the City's sewer and water systems. If the owners were to desire two connections, the project site would need to be annexed into the City. Given that the subject site is surrounded by unincorporated properties, staff would recommend the City Council consider annexation only if surrounding property owners were also interested in annexing to the City so that the annexation occurs in a logical and orderly fashion. At this time, the owners are requesting only one connection so that they may construct a new single-family residence, and thus would require a pre-annexation agreement. Site Description The subject property is approximately 4.9 acres in size (the subdivision approved by the County would create one parcel comprising 2.2 acres and one parcel comprising 2.7 acres). The map attached to this report (Attachment 3) shows the location of the subject property. The property is located within Alameda County and is adjacent to City limits, and is within the City's Urban Growth Boundary and Sphere of Influence. Sanitary Sewer and Water Service Connections There is an existing 8-inch sanitary sewer line and an 8-inch water line along Sycamore Road (within 200 feet of the property) that was installed by Greenbriar Homes to service the Bridle Creek development and residences along Sycamore Road (including the subject property). The HVSP requires that property owners benefitting from these sewer and water lines participate in pro-rata cost-sharing for these improvements to reimburse Greenbriar Homes. However, the reimbursement agreement has expired. Accordingly, the owners of the subject property are not required to pay their pro-rata cost to connect to the sewer and water lines but are required to pay a pro-rata cost to reimburse the City for other water infrastructure improvements that include a pump station, a reservoir tank and other appurtenances. A"will serve"letter is acknowledgement from the City to the County that the City will provide the specified utility service(in this case, water and sewer)to a specific property. Page 2 of 4