Report Prepared by: Ken Elwin, Director of Public Works
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SUBJECT: Maintenance Districts Assessment Ballot Proceeding - Northwood Village, East College Homes, Moss Landing & Ridgeview Meadows
REPORT IN BRIEF
Consider authorizing an assessment ballot proceeding and setting a public hearing for Monday, March 19, 2018, for the Northwood Village, East College Homes, Moss Landing, and Ridgeview Meadows Maintenance Districts, to obtain property owner approval in advance of increase in annual levy assessments.
RECOMMENDATION
City Council - Adopt a Motion:
A. Adopting Resolution 2018-04, a Resolution of the City Council of the City of Merced, California authorizing an assessment ballot proceeding for the Northwood Village, East College Homes, Moss Landing, and Ridgeview Meadows Maintenance Districts, and;
B. Setting the public hearing for Monday, March 19, 2018, to obtain property owner approval prior to the increase in annual assessment levy to cover operation and maintenance costs to each identified District; and,
C. Approving a supplemental budget appropriation from the Unreserved Fund Balance of the General Fund in the amount not to exceed $1,990, to cover the assessment balloting noticing costs.
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ALTERNATIVES
1. Approve as recommended by the Public Works Director; or,
2. Refer back to staff for further study; 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 consideration.
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