REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL
July 30, 2015
FROM: SCOTT L. MOZIER, PE, Director
Public Works Department
BY: SCOTT KRAUTER, PE, Assistant Director
Public Works Department, Street Maintenance 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, 2015-2016, for Landscaping and Lighting District No. 1
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RECOMMENDATIONS
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). Due to the limitations created by the passage of Proposition 218, the assessment collected ($703,000) only provides for minimal landscape maintenance services associated along the streets within the District. These basic services for the LLMD include weed removal and cleaning every 60 to 90 days with no reserves for plant replacement.
While today's hearing is intended to provide an opportunity for public to comment about the LLMD and for the Council's approval of the current assessment, it is the intent of staff to return to Council within the next 90-120 days to initiate the Proposition 218 process that would likely include a recommendation to adjust the existing assessment in order to adequately fund the cost of maintaining the District.
BACKGROUND
On March 22, 1983, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 83-93 ordering the formation of Assessment District No. 89 (District), subsequently renamed LLMD. The District was formed to recover the City's costs of maintaining the landscaping within public...
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