REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL
FROM: SCOTT L. MOZIER, PE, Director
Public Works Department
BY: BRIAN E. RUSSELL, Assistant Director
Public Works Department, Streets, Landscape, and Graffiti Divisions
VERONICA DIAZ, Management Analyst II
Public Works Department, Administration Division
SUBJECT
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HEARING to consider the proposed Annual Assessment for the City of Fresno Landscaping and Lighting Maintenance District No. 1 (Citywide)
1. ***RESOLUTION - Confirming the diagram and assessment and levy of annual assessment, 2024-2025, for Landscaping and Lighting District No. 1 (Subject to Mayor's Veto)
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RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends the City Council:
1. Adopt a resolution confirming the diagram and assessment.
2. Levy and collect the annual assessments for Landscaping and Lighting Maintenance District No. 1.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The Landscaping and Lighting Maintenance Act of 1972 requires an annual hearing and levy of assessments for the City of Fresno Landscaping and Lighting Maintenance District No. 1 (LLMD). The assessment collected ($712,309) will provide for the maintenance of the City required landscaped easements along streets adjacent to the 145 subdivisions within the District.
Today's hearing is to allow opportunity for public comment about the LLMD and for the Council's approval of the annual assessment.
BACKGROUND
On March 22, 1983, the Council adopted Resolution 83-93 ordering the formation of Assessment District 89 (District) subsequently renamed LLMD No. 1. The District was formed to recover the City's costs of maintaining the landscaping within public rights-of-way and easements adjacent to existing and newly developed subdivisions. The District is comprised of 145 subdivisions with 14,870 individual assessments. The staff report includes the enclosed vicinity maps showing the locations of the subdivisions included in the LLMD.
The landscaping improvements are maintained from funds derived through assessments levied by the L...
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