To: Honorable Mayor and Members of City Council
From: Julie Lucido, Public Works Director
Prepared By: Patrick Melgar, Management Analyst II
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Citywide Landscape Maintenance Assessment District, Fiscal Year 2024-2025
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RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Recommendation
1. Adopt a resolution to order the City Engineer to prepare and file the Preliminary Engineer’s Report describing the improvements to be maintained by the Citywide Landscape Maintenance Assessment District for Fiscal Year 2024-2025, and determining that the actions authorized by this resolution are exempt from CEQA.
2. Adopt a resolution of intention to approve the Preliminary Engineer’s Report, levy and collect assessments, and give notice of a Public Hearing to consider approval of the Citywide Landscape Maintenance Assessment District for Fiscal Year 2024-2025, and determining that the actions authorized by this resolution are exempt from CEQA.
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DISCUSSION:
In 1987, the City Council authorized the establishment of a Citywide Landscape Maintenance District to provide a means for maintaining “back-on” landscaping improvements in new subdivisions and landscaping in street medians. Each year the Council is required to take the necessary actions to receive the Engineer’s Report, hold the protest hearing, and levy the assessments.
The areas included in the maintenance district for Fiscal Year 2024-2025 are: Oakridge Subdivision, Hillview Park Subdivision, Sunrise Meadows Subdivision, Foxridge Subdivision, the Trancas Street Median Landscaping in front of Bel Aire Plaza Shopping Center, Oxford Gardens Subdivision, Glencar Estates Subdivision, Dry Creek Village Subdivision, Rancho Las Flores Subdivision, Woodside Gardens Subdivision, Hyde Park II Subdivision, Walnut Grove Subdivision Unit One, Vineyard Vista Estates Subdivision, Orchard Estates Subdivision, Chaudhary Estates Subdivision, and Mills Subdivision.
Notice of the hearing will be processed pursuant to provisions of Section 22626(a) of the Streets and Highways Code. The notice shall be published once in the local paper at least ten (10) days before the date of the hearing.
FINANCIAL IMPACTS:
Based on the estimated FY25 levy revenues compared to costs, eight (8) of the districts are projected to levy less assessment revenue than maintenance costs. The proposed FY25 budget includes a General Fund transfer to each of these districts to cover the remaining estimated costs in the amount of:
- Zone E Trancas Street Median Landscaping = $900
- Zone F Oxford Gardens Subdivision = $1,390
- Zone I Rancho Las Flores Subdivision = $625
- Zone J Woodside Gardens Subdivision = $1,600
- Zone M Vineyard Vista Subdivision = $2,120
TOTAL General Fund Transfer = $6,635
The City proposes to continue the levy of assessments at the same amounts (no increase) and in the same manner as last year. Each District is currently being assessed the maximum assessment allowable with no provision for increasing the assessment amount further.
Since there is no proposed increase in these assessments, this action does not conflict with the provisions of Proposition 218, as codified in Article XIIID of the California Constitution.
CEQA:
City Staff recommends that the City Council determine that the Recommended Action is exempt from CEQA, pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15301(h) which exempts maintenance of existing landscaping.
DOCUMENTS ATTACHED:
ATCH 1 - Resolution for Engineer’s Report Preparation with EX A (Method of Apportionment of Assessment)
ATCH 2 - Resolution for Public Hearing
EX A - Citywide Preliminary Engineer’s Report
NOTIFICATION:
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