To: Honorable Mayor and Members of City Council
From: Jacques R. LaRochelle, Public Works Director, and John Coates, Parks and Recreation Director
Prepared By: Eric Whan, Deputy Public Works Director - Engineering
TITLE:
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Citywide Landscape Maintenance Assessment District, Fiscal Year 2018-2019
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RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Recommendation
Adopt a resolution approving the Engineer's Report, confirming diagram and assessment, ordering levy of assessment for the Citywide Landscape Maintenance Assessment District for Fiscal Year 2018-2019, 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 along arterial and major collector streets in new subdivisions and landscaping in street medians. Each year, the City Council is required to take the necessary actions to receive the Engineer's Report, hold the protest hearing and levy the assessments. The Engineer's Report, which has been prepared by staff, is attached.
The areas included in the maintenance district for FY 2018-2019 include Oak Ridge 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 1, Vineyard Vista Estates Subdivision, Orchard Estates Subdivision, Chaudhary Estates Subdivision, and Mills Subdivision. The City proposes to continue the levy of assessments at the same amounts (no increase) and in the same manner as last year. Since City Manager Mike Parness owns real property within the district, he has not participated in the preparation of the staff recomm...
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