For City Council Meeting [July 27, 2021]
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council
APPROVAL: Marcus Fuller, City Manager
FROM: Michael Tahan, Interim Public Works Director
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Request City Council to Conduct a Public Hearing to Adopt (1) Resolution No.7756 Approving the Engineer's Reports and Ordering the Levy of Assessments for Fiscal Year 2021/2022 for Street Light Maintenance District No. 1, (2) Resolution No.7757 for Landscape Maintenance District No. 1, (3) Resolution No.7758 for Landscaping and Lighting District No. 2.
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BACKGROUND
On July 13, 2021, City Council received a presentation outlining the budgets for the three landscape and lighting districts. The Engineer's Reports have been modified to reflect City Council direction to maintain special assessment rates at existing rates with no increase, and to subsidize in amounts required to provide the services. Moreover, the City Manager has met with Staff to discuss preparation of a "Plan of Action" to demonstrate that the reoccurring complaints of poor landscape maintenance services will be addressed. This Plan of Action will be pursued over the next 6 months to ensure by January 2022 the City Manager and Staff can reassess the benefit of the services being provided and the cost therefore.
ANALYSIS/DISCUSSION:
This action is the second and final step in the process for annual levying of special assessments to collect funds for maintenance of improvements within Street Light Maintenance District No. 1 (SLD 1), Landscape Maintenance District No. 1 (LMD 1), and Landscaping and Lighting Maintenance District No. 2 (LLMD 2). The method for calculating the special assessments for these Districts remains unchanged from last year. Formulas apply to the special assessments to the properties in the City based on the benefit of having streetlights and/or landscaping with and without trees, and other District services within the City. Engineer's Reports for SLD 1, LMD 1, and LLMD 2 have been prepa...
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