REQUEST FOR CITY COUNCIL ACTION
DATE: 05/17/2023
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council Members
FROM: City Manager's Office
SUBJECT:
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RESOLUTION DECLARING INTENTION TO INCREASE, LEVY AND COLLECT ASSESSMENTS COMMENCING IN FISCAL YEAR 2024 IN ZONE 19 OF LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE DISTRICT NO. 84-2 AND PROPOSING A REVISION OF THE METHODOLOGY FOR DETERMINING THE AMOUNTS OF THE ASSESSMENTS FOR THAT ZONE TO ALLOW FOR AN ANNUAL INCREASE BASED ON THE INCREASE, IF ANY, IN THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX, AND SETTING THE TIME AND PLACE OF A PUBLIC HEARING ON SUCH ASSESSMENTS
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
This staff report asks the City Council to consider approving a resolution declaring intention to increase, levy and collect the annual assessment in Landscape Maintenance District No 84-2, Zone 19, commencing in Fiscal Year 2024; setting a public hearing on July 19, 2023, at 6:30 p.m. with respect to the proposed increased assessments; and approving the preliminary engineer's report. 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. To increase the assessment, a Prop 218 ballot measure is required with a 50% + 1 majority vote of the property owners.
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Recommended action
That the City Council:
a. Adopt Resolution No. 2023-044, declaring intention to increase, levy and collect assessments commencing in Fiscal Year 2024 in Zone 19 of Landscape Maintenance District No. 84-2 and proposing a revision of the methodology for determining the amounts of the assessments for that zone to allow for an annual increase based on the increase, if any, in the consumer price index.
b. Approve the preliminary Engineer's Report and the assessments contained therein.
c. Set a public hearing on July 19, 2023, at 6:30 p.m. with respect to the proposed increased assessments within Zone 19 commencing Fiscal Year 2024.
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BACKGROUND & HISTORY:
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