REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL
May 10, 2018
FROM: SCOTT L. MOZIER, PE, Director
Public Works Department
THROUGH: ANDREW J. BENELLI, PE City Engineer/Assistant Director
Public Works Department
BY: AARON A. AGUIRRE, Public Works Manager
Public Works Department, Landscape Maintenance Division
SUBJECT
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***RESOLUTION - Of Intention to Increase the Annual Assessment for Tract 3884 of Landscaping and Lighting District No. 1. (Subject to Mayor's veto)
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RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends adopting the attached Resolution of Intention to increase the annual assessment for Tract 3884 of Landscaping and Lighting Maintenance District No. 1 (LLMD No. 1) in accordance with the procedures set forth in Proposition 218 (Prop. 218). This resolution would initiate the process for increasing the annual assessment for Tract 3884 only.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
LLMD No. 1 was formed in 1983 to fund the common area maintenance of landscaping in and around developments within the City of Fresno (City). Tract 3884 was annexed into LLMD No. 1 in May 1988 for these services. The property owners of Tract 3884 have requested the City to initiate the process to increase their annual LLMD assessment so that the landscaping may be upgraded and the services for maintenance may be more frequent and at levels comparable to newer developments within the City.
Increasing the annual LLMD assessments for Tract 3884 requires compliance with Prop. 218's majority protest procedure, as set forth in Section 4 of Article XIII D of the California Constitution. The proposed resolution would initiate this process by setting a public hearing and directing the City Clerk to issue a notice and a majority protest ballot to property owners within the tract notifying them of the hearing and of their right to protest an increase to the assessment.
BACKGROUND
On March 22, 1983, the Council adopted Resolution 83-93 ordering the formation of LLMD 1, originally known as Assessment District 89. LLMD...
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