Welcome to Appaloosa Road CSD
Welcome: The Appaloosa Road Community Services District (ARCSD), is a California Special District (CSD). As such, we are a public agency. Our purpose is the maintenance and improvement of roads within the District. These are public roads, privately maintained with assessments and taxes paid by property owners. The District is staffed by volunteer property owners who reside in the District.
History: Prior to the creation of the District, the Bar XX Subdivision consisted of parcels accessed by Appaloosa Road and Stallion Way. These were County Service Areas (CSAs), meaning that the County was responsible for road maintenance for the entire Bar XX Subdivision and property owners paid a road maintenance fee to the County. At that time, the roads installed were dirt roads, with no gravel or paving.
Disappointed with the level of road maintenance services provided by the County, property owners on the Appaloosa side of the subdivision decided to form the ARCSD, a California Special District, to take road construction and maintenance matters into their own hands.
DESCRIPTION: ARCSD is a Community Services District which was formed by LAFCO (Local Agency Formation Commission) and was approved by the Board of Supervisors of Calaveras County, California on July 17, 1995. This action established a separate zone of benefit for improving and maintaining the roads within the defined boundaries of the District, including Appaloosa Road and thirteen tributary roads. The District is a public agency and is subject to the Brown Act and other requirements of a California governmental entity. The District has no other responsibilities except the maintenance and improvement of roads within the District.
The sphere of influence of the District is the Appaloosa part of the Bar XX subdivision consisting of +/- 20 acre parcels, and is within an unincorporated area of Calaveras County. Officially, there are 18 miles of road within the District. The District is separated into two zones, the Appaloosa Zone, which consists of Appaloosa road and 10 tributary roads, and the Buckskin Zone which consists of Buckskin and two tributary roads. Taxes and assessments from each zone are allocated to each zone respectively.
District roads are open to the general public. There is no homeowner’s association. There are no CC&Rs. There are no other public services provided.
ORGANIZATION: The management of the District consists of an elected Board of five Directors who have voting authority. Other Officers include a Secretary, Road Manager and Treasurer. All of these are volunteer positions.
MEETINGS: The Board meets quarterly in a public location that is an outdoor area within the road easement at the junction of Appaloosa and Chestnut roads. The meeting times are 9:00 am the third Saturdays of January, April, July and October. These meetings are where road issues are discussed, prioritized, voted on, and approved. Property owners within the District are encouraged to attend and participate.
FUNDING: Funds for road maintenance are from assessments and special taxes which are approved by property owners residing in the District. Assessments and taxes are added to County property tax assessment rolls and collected by the County. After deducting a small service fee, the County then returns the proceeds of road assessments and special taxes to the District.
ASSETS: The funds collected through taxes is public money belonging to the property owners within the District. The District owns no property, buildings or equipment, except for a laptop computer utilized by the Treasurer, nor does it maintain an office.
FUNCTIONS: The District performs or oversees the following services;
- Road maintenance and improvements. The District’s Road Manager obtains competitive bids for prospective road work. The District only contracts with licensed and bonded contractors to perform road work within the District. The Board considers the Road Manager’s input regarding priorities and the Board votes to approve the work and the funds necessary.
- Roadside brushing. The District has coordinated with the Calaveras Foothills Fire Safe Council and Cal Fire for brush removal within the road easement areas as necessary for fire fuel reduction.
- Roadside weed abatement spraying. The District contracts with licensed commercial Pest Control companies to spray roadsides for weed and grass abatement for fire deterrence purposes.
- Tree work. The District has retained Tree Service companies to remove tree limbs overhanging roads which, in the opinion of an arborist or tree service company, may have a potential to break off and fall on or over roads, presenting a barrier to traffic or a hazard to transiting vehicles.