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Department of Transportation, Maintenance and Operations Division, and Environmental Management Department recommending the Board receive and file the Annual Written Report of Benefit Assessments/Service Charges for the Zones of Benefit within County Service Area 3 for vector control and snow removal 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. County Service Area 3 was established by Resolution 9-63 on January 21, 1963, to provide “control or destruction of insects injurious to plant life,” and “the eradication of insects which could introduce dangerous infection or communicable diseases” within the City of South Lake Tahoe and unincorporated areas of the Tahoe Basin, which together form the South Lake Tahoe Vector Control District (District). The District encompasses approximately 195 square miles of El Dorado County. The benefit assessments/service charge for Mosquito Abatement is $6 per parcel.
Two snow removal Zones of Benefit within County Service Area 3 were formed to fund snow removal from roads within the County Maintained Mileage System and to offset the cost of acquiring snow removal equipment utilized within the Zone boundaries. The benefit assessment/service charge for the West Shore Snow Zone of Benefit is $50 per improved parcel. The benefit assessment/service charge for the South Shore Snow Removal Zone of Benefit is $20 per improved parcel. The West Shore and South Shore Snow Removal Zones (West Shore/South Shore Zones) include the unincorporated area of County Service Area 3.
In 1989, the City of South Lake Tahoe and the County entered into a Joint Powers Agreement (Agreement) for the purchase of snow removal equipment for t...
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