DATE: June 28, 2016
TO: Mayor and City Council
FROM: Development Services Director
SUBJECT
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Adopt a Resolution of Intention to Preliminarily Approve the Engineer's Report and Assessments for Fiscal Year 2017; and set July 19, 2016, as the Public Hearing Date for Such Actions for Consolidated Landscaping and Lighting District No. 96-1, Zones 1 through 13
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RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
That the City Council adopts the attached resolution (Attachment I).
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SUMMARY
The annual Engineer's Report (the Report) for Consolidated Landscaping and Lighting District No. 96-1 (the "District"), is included as Attachment II and includes the following information: (1) a description by benefit zone of the improvements to be operated, maintained, and serviced by the District; (2) an estimated budget for each benefit zone for the District; and (3) a list of the assessments proposed to be levied upon each assessable parcel within the District for FY 2017.
The staff recommended FY 2017 assessment rates include three increases (Zones 2, 4, 12), four decreases (Zones 1, 8, 10, 11), and five unchanged (Zones 3, 5, 6, 7, 9, 13) assessment amounts from FY 2016 amounts. As part of establishing the FY 2017 assessment amount, the maximum base annual assessment is evaluated and updated. This amount is the maximum assessment rate that a parcel in a zone can be charged per year. Two of the benefit zones are proposed to be levied at their maximum base annual assessment rate (Zones 6 and 12), while the assessments for the other eleven zones are proposed to be levied below their maximum base annual assessment rate. Only benefit Zones 3 and 7-13 can have their maximum base annual assessment rate increased each fiscal year based upon the prior year's increase in the consumer price index (CPI1). These proposed increases in the maximum base annual assessment rate would be in compliance with the provisions of Proposition 218 becaus...
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