REQUEST FOR CITY COUNCIL ACTION
DATE: 07/19/2023
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council Members
FROM: City Manager's Office
SUBJECT:
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PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE PROPOSED INCREASE IN ASSESSMENT FOR CITY OF CORONA LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE DISTRICT NO 84-2 ZONE 19 AND POTENTIAL ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION DECLARING RESULTS OF ASSESSMENT BALLOT PROCEEDINGS
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
This staff report asks the City Council to hold a public hearing for the proposed increase in annual assessment for Landscape Maintenance District 84-2 Zone 19. The annual assessment in Zone 19 has not increased since July 1, 2002, and the zone is currently operating at a deficit due to ongoing increases in labor and maintenance costs. The process to increase assessments involves Proposition 218 mail ballot proceedings to allow property owners to submit ballots supporting or opposing the proposed increase. The City may levy the increased assessments only if a majority of the ballots received by the City are in favor of the increased assessments.
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Recommended action
That the City Council:
a. Conduct a public hearing for the proposed increase in annual assessment for Landscape Maintenance District 84-2 Zone 19.
b. Direct the City Clerk to open and tabulate ballots and report the election results.
c. If the City Clerk can tabulate all ballots received prior to the end of the City Council meeting of July 19, 2023:
1) Accept the statements from the City Clerk as to the canvass of ballots submitted in the mail ballot proceedings for Zone 19 of Landscape Maintenance District No. 84-2.
2) If the canvass of ballots reveals that a majority protest does not exist, adopt Resolution No. 2023-086 approving the Engineer's Report, determining the results of the assessment ballot proceedings on proposition submit to property owners in Zone 19 of Corona Landscape Maintenance District No. 84-2 and confirming the diagram and assessment for Fiscal Year 2024 for Zone 19.
3) If...
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