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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 2 for road improvement and maintenance 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 two Zones of Benefit within CSA 2, which were formed to provide road improvement and maintenance services within their boundaries. Advisory Committees appointed by the Board of Supervisors hold duly noticed meetings each year to consider their proposed budgets and make recommendations regarding work projects. Based on this year’s meeting discussions, the Advisory Committees request that the Board receive and file the Annual Report to be applied to the 2025-26 tax roll and detailed in the Annual Report.
All of the benefit assessments/service charges are a continuation of the pre-existing benefit assessments/service charges that have been in place and collected since prior to the effective date of Proposition 218, which was approved by the voters in November of 1996. The continued assessments are not subject to a vote. County Counsel has previously determined that, so long as they are not increased and there is no change to the methodology by which the amounts are calculated, these benefit assessments/service charges are exempt from the procedures and approval process of Article XIIID of the California Constitution, under Section f(a) of the Article. Any increase in any assessment or service charge will be subject to the appropriate vote requirement or procedure to adopt that increase.
Under Chapter 3.30 of the County Ordinanc...
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