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HEARING - Community Development Agency, Administration and Finance Division, recommending the Board conduct a public hearing to consider adopting and authorizing the Chair to sign Resolution 094-2015 confirming the annual benefit assessment for the 2015/16 tax year for mosquito abatement and snow removal services within County Service Area No. 3, noting this is a continuation of benefit assessments with no increase over current levels. (Est. Time: 5 Min.)
FUNDING: Benefit Assessments. (No Federal Funds)
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DEPARTMENT RECOMMENDATION
The Community Development Agency recommends the Board conduct a public hearing and adopt a Resolution confirming the annual benefit assessment for the mosquito abatement and snow removal services within County Service Area No. 3.
DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND
County Service Area No. 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 assessment for Mosquito Abatement is $6 per parcel.
Two snow removal zones of benefit within County Service Area No. 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 assessment for the West Shore Snow Removal Zone of Benefit is $50 per improved parcel. The assessment for the South Shore Snow Removal Zone of Benefit is $20 per improved parcel, with the exception of the Forest Service Cabins, which are charged $10 per parcel due to limitations placed on cabin use during the snow season. The West Shore and South Shore Snow Removal Zones include the u...
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