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HEARING - Environmental Management Department recommending the Board consider adoption of Resolution 097-2011 establishing fees for mosquito abatement and snow removal equipment within County Service Area No. 3 (City of South Lake Tahoe) for Fiscal Year 2011-2012, noting the $20 snow removal and $6 mosquito abatement benefit assessments remain unchanged. (Est. Time: 5 Min.)
FUNDING: Zone of benefit assessments.
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BUDGET SUMMARY: |
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Total Estimated Cost |
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$348,780.00 |
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Funding |
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Budgeted |
$348,780.00 |
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New Funding |
$ |
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Savings |
$ |
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Other |
$ |
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Total Funding Available |
$348,780.00 |
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Change To Net County Cost |
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$0 |
Fiscal Impact/Change to Net County Cost: Without adoption of the proposed benefit assessment, the programs would cease. No change to Net County Cost.
Background: County Service Area #3 (CSA #3) benefit assessments are designated for specific programs. There are resolutions and program & benefit assessment schedules for both the Snow Removal Equipment Program and and Mosquito Abatement/Vector Control (East Slope) Program.
The City of South Lake (SLT) established a Joint Powers Agreement in 1989 with the County of El Dorado for the purchase of snow removal equipment. The City of SLT Public Works Department is responsible for the overall program. The Environmental Management Department administers the collection of the benefit assessment.
The Mosquito Abatement Program, established in 1963, serves City and County parcels within the Lake Tahoe Basin that form the SLT Vector Control District. The Vector Control District covers 195 square miles in El Dorado County. A summary of the benefit assessments are attached as Table 1 CSA#3.
Reason for Recommendation: The City Council of the City of SLT on April 19, 2011, held a public hearing regarding the $20 benefit assessment for Snow Removal Equipment. The City Council unanimously approved the continued benefit assessment of $20 in accordance with the extension of the Joint Powers Agreement for the purpose of continuing snow removal services within CSA#3.
The 2011 Mosquito Abatement Program is expected to be very active given the above average precipitation during the 2010/2011 winter season. Monitoring of mosquito breeding areas began in February due to a short period of warm weather and continuous monitoring began in early April. Pesticide treatments (larviciding) began April 19, 2011. There have been 39 pesticide applications to date.
The hearing to adopt the proposed benefit assessments has been duly noticed in accordance with Section 6066 of the California Government Code.
Estimated Revenue
SLT Snow Removal |
$226,763.00 |
Mosquito Abatement |
$122,017.00 |
Total |
$348,780.00 |
Action to be taken following board approval: The Board Clerk will forward executed resolution to the Department for subsequent coordination with the Tax Collector during Fiscal Year 2011-12.
Contact: Gerri Silva, MS, REHS, Director of Environmental Management
Concurrences: County Counsel