Report Prepared by: Ken Elwin, Director of Public Works
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SUBJECT: Maintenance Districts' Engineer's Report and Budgets for Fiscal Year 2017/2018 - Public Meeting
REPORT IN BRIEF
Consider public input on the various Maintenance Districts' budgets during the public meeting, without taking action on the determination of assessment levy until the close of the public hearing scheduled for Monday, June 19, 2017.
RECOMMENDATION
City Council - Adopt a motion seeking public input on the Fiscal Year 2017/2018 Maintenance Districts' budgets, without taking action until the public hearing is closed on June 19, 2017.
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ALTERNATIVES
1. Approve as recommended by the Director of Public Works; seek public input on the Maintenance Districts' budgets, without taking action until the public hearing is closed on June 19, 2017; or,
2. Return to staff with specific direction; or,
3. Deny.
AUTHORITY
Chapter 26 of Part 3 of Division 7 of the State of California Streets and Highway Code provides the applicable general law for Maintenance Districts; and,
Article I (alternative method for the levy of benefit assessments) of Title 13 Division VIII, of the Merced Municipal Code (MMC) dealing with Maintenance Districts, provides for subsequent modification to exiting Maintenance Districts; and,
Initiative Measure (Proposition 218, Sections 2,3,4,5, and 6) approved at the November 5, 1996 election, and also known as, the "Right to Vote on Taxes Act," provides for assessment ballot proceedings.
DISCUSSION
State Law requires each year the Merced City Council hold both a public meeting and public hearing on the various maintenance districts for the coming fiscal year, before final adoption of the budget.
Therefore, on April 17, 2017 at their regularly scheduled meeting Council set the public meeting date for June 5, 2017, and the public hearing for June 19, 2017.
The 2017/2018 City Engineer's Reports and Budgets on the various Maintenance Districts have been submitted ...
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