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Department of Transportation, Maintenance and Operations Division, recommending the Board receive and file the Annual Written Report of Benefit Assessments/Service Charges for the Zones of Benefit within County Service Area 9 for providing certain services including road improvement and maintenance; drainage facility improvement and maintenance, landscape maintenance, street lighting, and/or wetland-related services.
FUNDING: County Service Area Benefit Assessments/Service Charges. (100%)
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND
Chapter 2.5 of the California Government Code, also known as “County Service Area Law," contains the regulations for establishing and governing County Service Areas. The County is authorized to form Zones of Benefit within a County Service Area (CSA). There are 94 Zones of Benefit within CSA 9, which were formed to provide certain services within their boundaries, including road improvement and maintenance, drainage facility improvement and maintenance, landscape maintenance, street lighting, and/or wetland-related services. Of those, 46 are funded through special taxes which do not require annual confirmation but are subject to accountability reporting under section 50075 et seq. of the Government Code and will be filed under separate cover at a later date. There are also six (6) drainage zones that receive no funding, for which Department of Transportation staff continues to work toward resolving.
The Annual Report of each of the zones funded through a benefit assessment/service charge is included herein and includes a description of the types of services provided in each zone of benefit.
The Board may, at its discretion, appoint Advisory Committees for zones of benefit. Advisory Committees that are appointed for zones of benefit providing road, drainage, landscape, street lighting and wetland-related services hold duly noticed meetings each year to consider their proposed budgets and make recommendations regarding work projects. B...
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