DATE: May 4, 2021
TO: Mayor and City Council
FROM: Director of Maintenance Services
SUBJECT
Adopt Two Resolutions to 1) Initiate Proceedings Pursuant to Government Code Section 53753, 2) Provide Intention to Levy Assessments for FY 2022, 3) Preliminarily Approve FY 2022 the Engineer's Report, 4) Provide a Notice of Proposition 218 Public Hearing for Stratford Village Flood Control Facilities Improvement Assessment (MD1 - 2021), 5) Approve the Mailing of Ballots, and 6) Adopt Proposition 218 Assessment Ballot Procedures
RECOMMENDATION
That the City Council adopts two resolutions (Attachments II and III):
1. Initiating proceedings pursuant to Government Code Section 53753,
2. Providing intention to levy assessments for FY 2022,
3. Preliminarily approving the FY 2022 Engineer's Report,
4. Providing a notice of Proposition 218 Public Hearing,
5. Approving the mailing of ballots, and
6. Adopting procedures for Proposition 218 Assessment Ballot Proceedings for the Stratford Village Flood Control Facilities Assessment District (MD1-2021).
SUMMARY
Maintenance District #1 ("District") was established in 1995 as a financial funding mechanism to fund the operation, maintenance, and the capital repair and replacement of the Stratford Village Storm Water Lift Station (SWLS). The station provides critical flood protection infrastructure for the neighborhood. Twenty-five years later, the funds generated from the annual assessment revenue are no longer sufficient to provide proper operation, maintenance, and the capital repair and replacement of the District's storm water drainage and pumping infrastructure. Staff is recommending a Proposition 218 assessment balloting procedure to propose adding an annual cost-of-living adjustment mechanism and an increase to the annual assessment to upgrade and restore this neighborhood's flood control infrastructure to the condition, efficiency, reliability, and effectiveness that was originally intended.
In preparation for...
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