DATE: June 22, 2021
TO: Mayor and City Council
FROM: Director of Maintenance Services
SUBJECT
Stratford Village Prop. 218 Hearing: Proposition 218 Public Hearing to Receive and Tabulate Property Owner Ballots Regarding Formation and Levying of Assessments for the Stratford Village Flood Control Facilities Improvement Assessment District (MD1-2021), Adopt a Resolution Establishing the Stratford Village Flood Control Facilities Improvement Assessment District (MD1-2021), Approving the Final Engineer's Report, Ordering the Levy and Collection of Assessments for Fiscal Year 2022, and Appropriating the Budget
RECOMMENDATION
That Council conducts a public hearing pursuant to Proposition 218 to consider objections and protests to the proposed Stratford Village Flood Control Facilities Improvement Assessment District (MD1-2021). If tabulation of the property owner ballots results in approval of the proposed assessment, that Council adopts a resolution establishing the proposed Assessment District, ordering the levy and collection of the approved assessments for Fiscal Year 2022 (Attachment II), appropriating the budget for FY 2022 (Attachment III), and approving the Final Engineer's Report (Attachment IV).
SUMMARY
Maintenance District 1 ("District") was established in 1995 as a financial funding mechanism to fund the operation, maintenance, administration, and the capital repair and replacement of the Stratford Village Storm Water Lift Station (SWLS). This critical flood protection infrastructure was constructed specifically as a condition of approval when this neighborhood was built. Twenty-five years later, the funds generated from the annual assessment revenue are no longer sufficient to provide proper operation, maintenance, administration, and the capital repair and replacement of the District's storm water drainage and pumping infrastructure.
The Engineer's Report ("Report") has been prepared by SCI Consulting Group (SCI) (Attachment IV). The Report p...
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