Benefit Zone 6 - Central Elk Grove

Benefit Zone Information



Benefit Zone 6 - Central Elk Grove, benefits from 8 parks totaling 16 acres. Central Elk Grove is fully built out with no additional parks planned.

Central Elk Grove includes 8 local parks. Elk Grove Park is located in Central Elk Grove but considered a “District Wide” facility, which is accounted for in the District Wide Benefit Zone. There is less than 1 acre of streetscapes in this Benefit Zone.  

Projects

Listed below are the 2018-2019 fiscal year projects staff anticipate completing. Projects are subject to change due to weather and/or unforeseen budgetary changes.

  • The basketball court will be resurfaced at Castello Park.
  • Sidewalks will be repaired or replaced throughout the zone. 
  • The poured in place (PIP) playground surface at Baker, Castello, Mendoza, and Smedberg parks will be resealed.

Note:  The Central Elk Grove Benefit Zone has $2.4 million of unfunded Park Maintenance Management Plan Projects identified.  Due to limited funding in this Benefit Zone, only projects related to health and safety will be completed until additional funding is identified.


Funding Challenges within Benefit Zone 6

All but two of the benefit zones are currently funded at sustainable levels. Benefit Zone 3 (Elk Grove West Vineyard) and Benefit Zone 6 (Central Elk Grove) – are not adequately funded. 

There are 10 parks in Benefit Zone 3 and eight parks in Benefit Zone 6, in addition to streetscapes and trails. Low assessment rates were established in these two benefit zones about 20 years ago and have not been increased since 1997, except for adjustments tied to the CPI (0.50–2.5 percent in past five years). 

Today, there is a gap between maintenance costs and assessment revenues because water rates and service costs have increased faster than these CPI inflation adjustments.

History

Funding challenges in Benefit Zone 3 and Benefit Zone 6 are not new. In 2009, property owners in both zones were given an opportunity to approve higher assessments to offset funding shortages for maintaining parks and other facilities. They overwhelming rejected the proposed assessment increase. 

In November 2017, CSD conducted a survey among all property owners in Benefit Zone 3 and Benefit Zone 6 to determine whether they would support an assessment increase. The survey results were well below the minimum threshold needed for approval. As a result, CSD decided to not proceed with a vote-by-mail procedure pursuant to Prop 218. 

Benefit Zone 6 Map

Benefit Zone 6 Map - Central Elk Grove