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Community Development Services, Administration and Finance Division, recommending the Board approve and authorize the Chair to sign Resolution 158- 2017, setting for mailed ballot election on March 6, 2018, a measure to consider a special tax to provide road improvement and maintenance services in the Pineoakio Road Zone of Benefit 98129, within County Service Area 9, to replace the current benefit assessment.
FUNDING: Zone of Benefit Assessments.
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DEPARTMENT RECOMMENDATION
Community Development Services, Administration and Finance Division (Division), recommending the Board approve and authorize the Chair to sign Resolution 158-2017, setting for mailed ballot election on March 6, 2018, a measure to consider a special tax to provide road improvement and maintenance services in the Pineoakio Road Zone of Benefit 98129, within County Service Area 9, to replace the current benefit assessment.
DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND
The Board of Supervisors formed the Pineoakio Road Zone of Benefit 98129 (Zone) on April 29, 1986, for the purpose of providing road improvement and maintenance services. Beginning with Fiscal Year 1986-1987, Zone operations have been funded through annual benefit assessments on each parcel of land within the Zone boundaries.
A total of 27 parcels within the Zone are currently assessed $250 annually, generating $6,750 in revenue to fund road improvement and maintenance services on 1.96 miles of road within the Zone. If the proposed measure is approved, the current benefit assessment will be replaced with an annual special tax in the amount of $450 per parcel, resulting in annual revenue of $12,150 starting Fiscal Year 2018-2019, an increase of $5,400 over the current assessment. The Zone Advisory Committee has not recommended the special tax be subject to annual adjustments based on an index.
The Zone Advisory Committee notified Division staff of its desire to establish a special tax to replace the current benefit assessment. A mailed...
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