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Transportation Department recommending adoption of a Resolution calling for a mailed ballot election to be set for March 2May 4, 2010 for the establishment of a special tax to provide drainage facility maintenance, street lighting, and landscape maintenance and wetland related services in the Emerald Meadows Zone of Benefit No. 98580 within County Service Area 9, to replace the existing benefit assessment.
FUNDING: Zone of Benefit assessments.
Resolution 260-2009
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BUDGET SUMMARY:
Total Estimated Cost $ 750.00
Funding
Budgeted $ 750.00
New Funding $
Savings $
Other $
Total Funding Available $ 750.00
Change To Net County Cost $ 0.00
Fiscal Impact/Change to Net County Cost:
The estimated cost of the election is $750.00. All costs associated with the election will be funded from the Emerald Meadows Zone of Benefit assessments or special tax.
A total of 111 parcels within the zone are currently assessed $212.00 annually, generating $23,532.00 in revenue to fund zone activities, including drainage facility maintenance, street lighting services, landscape maintenance, and wetland related services within the zone.
If the proposed measure is approved, the special tax amount of $267.00 per parcel will be collected for a period of five years, after which time the amount will be adjusted to $212.00, with annual adjustments thereafter tied to the annualized average Consumer Price Index (CPI-W) for the Sacramento Region. If approved, the special tax will result in annual revenue of $29,637.00 in 2010/2011, an increase of $6,105.00 over the current assessment and $30,525.00 over a period of five years.
Background:
The Board of Supervisors formed the Emerald Meadows Zone of Benefit No. 98580 on October 21, 1991 by Resolution 338-91 for the purpose of providing drainage facility maintenance, street lighting, and landscape mainte...
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