In 2022, the Alamo Municipal Advisory Council (MAC) recommended that County Service Area R7 provide recreational programming to the community. The MAC recommended the rental of the Alamo Women’s Club as a venue to provide Music Together classes on Monday and Friday mornings as well as two summer camps in June and July 2023. The cost of the rental for the Music Together classes is $15,000. The cost to provide the summer camps is $4,250.
CSA R-7 was formed in 1974 to provide extended park and recreation services in the San Ramon Valley area. In 1984, the Board of Supervisors established the Alamo area of CSA R-7 as Zone A and the area east of San Ramon as Zone B. Zone B has been dissolved. CSA R-7A is funded primarily through an allocation of a portion of the 1 percent ad valorem property tax levied by the County on parcels located within CSA R-7A. .
According to State Law, a County Service Area may provide any governmental services and facilities within the county service area that the county is authorized to perform and that the county does not perform to the same extent on a countywide basis, including, but not limited to, services and facilities for any of the following:
(c) Recreation, including, but not limited to, parks, parkways, and open space.