Watchdog: Antioch Mello Roos Board to spend final funds on all-abilities playgrounds
The next meeting of the Antioch Area Public Facilities Financing District 1989-1 (CFD), known as the Antioch Mello Roos District, a joint powers authority established by the Antioch Unified School District and the City of Antioch, is scheduled for July 13, 2015. The meeting is being held to update residents on the status of the community facilities district, the projects completed to date and future plans.
The CFD was established by the Antioch Unified School District (AUSD) and the City of Antioch in 1989 to help finance the building of five elementary schools, two middle schools, one high school and a 100-acre community park in the new areas of Southeast Antioch. But also included other new areas of Antioch, as well as parts of Oakley, within the Antioch Unified School District.
To facilitate development, bonds maturing at different times all the way out to 2025 were sold, and the special tax was collected via the Contra Costa County property tax bill. Now, however, due to having received matching construction funds from the State, the Agency anticipates that 2016 will be the last year the special tax will be levied.
After construction of the aforementioned facilities, about $1.7 million of Mello Roos funds remained. Proposed for construction with the use of the remaining funds are an all-abilities playground and an all-abilities water park at Antioch Water Park and a basketball court. The Antioch City County debated the issue at their last meeting and although approving the first two suggestions, voted 3-2 against a basketball court despite pleas from both Mayor Harper and Councilman Tiscareno.
The Mello Roos Board, made up of two representatives from each of the city council and school board, and one at-large member, will make the final decision on the expenditure of the remaining funds at it’s meeting on the 13th.
Thanks for your report Barbara.
This is a good opportunity to remind the public that some of the Melli Roos
Money also went into building a police sub station
At the community center on Lon tree way.
Even there was one already (trailer like) .
The big argent at the time was, the respond time could be cut in half,
Pd could write their reports there, there even is a holding cell.
But guess what , as soon as the community center opened, the sub station was rented out
To political parties, and still is.
Question: what happens to cutting down the respond time?