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Community Development Services, Administration and Finance Division, recommending the Board approve and authorize the Chair to sign Resolution 160- 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 Pilot View Drive Road Zone of Benefit 98135, 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 160-2017 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 Pilot View Drive Road Zone of Benefit 98135, within County Service Area 9, to replace the current benefit assessment.
DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND
The Board of Supervisors formed the Pilot View Drive Road Zone of Benefit 98135 (Zone) on December 30, 1986, for the purpose of providing road improvement and maintenance services. Beginning with Fiscal Year 1987-1988, Zone operations have been funded through annual benefit assessments on each parcel of land within the Zone boundaries.
A total of 72 parcels within the Zone are currently assessed $100 annually, generating $7,200 in revenue to fund road improvement and maintenance services on 1.5 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 $200 per parcel. If approved, the special tax will result in annual revenue of $14,400 starting Fiscal Year 2018-2019, an increase of $7,200 over the current assessment. The special tax, if approved, will be subject to annual adjustment by the California Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CCPI-W), to better keep pace with escalating maintenance c...
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