REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL
July 28, 2016
FROM: SCOTT L. MOZIER, PE, Director
Public Works Department
THROUGH: ANDREW J. BENELLI, PE City Engineer/Assistant Director
Public Works Department/Traffic Engineering Services Division
BY: AARON A. AGUIRRE, Public Works Manager
Public Works Department, Landscape 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, 2016-2017, 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) is capped to pay for maintaining the landscaped easements along the streets within the District at this time. There is no proposed change to the assessment. The July 28th 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 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 rights-of-way and easements adjacent to certain existing subdivisions. The District is now comprised of 145 subdivisions with 14,870 individual assessments.
The landscaping improvements are maintained by Public Works Department from funds ...
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