Title HEARING - Department of Transportation recommending the Board:
1) Conduct a public hearing to consider public comment on 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; and
2) Adopt and authorize the Chair to sign Resolution 082-2022 confirming the Annual Written Report and authorizing the benefit assessments/service charges to be collected in the same manner as the County’s ad valorem real property taxes for Fiscal Year 2022-23, noting that the pre-existing benefit assessments/service charges have been in place and collected since before the effective date of Proposition 218, with no increases in the amounts and no change in the methodology for calculating said amounts.
FUNDING: County Service Area Benefit Assessments/Service Charges. (100%)
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND
There are 98 Zones of Benefit within County Service Area 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, an issue which Department of Transportation staff continues to work toward resolving.
In addition, staff has identified that Highlands Village Zone 98507 currently does not generate enough revenue to cover the zones annual expenses due to rising utility rates, administrative costs and insurance premiums. A separate item proposing a ballo...
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