AGENDA REPORT
REQUEST FOR CITY COUNCIL ACTION
DATE: 7/18/2018
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council Members
FROM: Administrative Services Department
SUBJECT:
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City Council consideration to adopt Resolution No. 2018-068 levying special taxes to be collected during Fiscal Year 2018-19 for Community Facilities District No. 2016-2 (Terrassa) Special Tax B.
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RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Recommended action
That the City Council adopt Resolution No. 2018-068 levying special taxes to be collected during Fiscal Year 2018-19 for the payment of annual cost of maintenance services within Community Facilities District No. 2016-2 (Terrassa) Special Tax B.
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ANALYSIS:
It is necessary that the City Council levy special taxes for the payment of annual costs of maintaining, servicing, cleaning, repairing and/or replacing landscaped areas in public street right-of-ways, public landscaping, public open spaces and other similar landscape areas officially assigned for public use, including landscape maintenance, street sweeping and maintenance of operation of water quality improvements within Community Facilities District No. 2016-2 Special Tax B (the “District”), pursuant to Section 53340 of the Government Code. Special taxes within the District are levied in an amount necessary to satisfy the Operation and Maintenance Special Tax Requirement, as defined in the District’s Rate and Method of Apportionment (RMA). Any necessary replenishment or expenditure of the reserve funds and an amount estimated for administrative expenses during the year are included in the levy. The special taxes levied will not exceed the authorized amounts as provided in the RMA.
COMMITTEE ACTION:
Not Applicable.
STRATEGIC PLAN:
This item supports the City’s Strategic Plan Goal 6: Improve Communications with Our Community; Objective a: Commit to transparency in all City actions. The recommended action will help achieve these goals by providing concise, forthright information regarding the annual special taxes that will be levied on each subject parcel within the District.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The following is a summary of the Fiscal Year 2018-19 budgeted revenues and expenditures for the District:
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District |
Estimated Operating Costs |
Estimated Assessments |
Estimated Excess |
Percentage of Max Tax |
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CFD 2016-2 Tax B |
$4,866 |
$24,385 |
$19,519 |
100% |
The estimated operating excess will be accumulated in the reserve account to pay for current and future capital replacement projects. Pursuant to the Mello-Roos Community Facilities Act of 1982 (the “Act”), an adequate amount is retained in the reserve accounts to maintain the financial stability of the District.
ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS:
This action is exempt pursuant to Section 15061(b)(3) of the Guidelines for the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), which states that a project is exempt from CEQA if the activity is covered by the general rule that CEQA applies only to projects that have the potential for causing a significant effect on the environment. Where it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that the activity in question may have a significant effect on the environment, the action is not subject to CEQA. This action merely sets the special taxes to be levied and collected within the District for Fiscal Year 2018-19, and there is no possibility that adopting the resolution will have a significant effect on the environment.
PREPARED BY: LIEN-CHI CANTUBA, FINANCIAL ANALYST III
REVIEWED BY: JENNIFER SCHAEFER, FINANCE MANAGER
REVIEWED BY: KERRY D. EDEN, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER/ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES DIRECTOR
REVIEWED BY: MICHELE NISSEN, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER
SUBMITTED BY: DARRELL TALBERT, CITY MANAGER