No
Yes
No
Yes
No
No
Yes
No
Yes
Coordinate with 2
Major owners and City
staff to finalize total
number of properties
and property owner
contact information
Send information to all
property owners regarding
the potential formation of
an assessment district with
postcard survey
Meet (virtually) with 2 Major
property owners to gather names
and contact info for other
property owners
Special
Assessment
District
Formation
Gather postcard
survey results
and prepare
summary letter
with
recommendation
and outline of
next steps
Majority (or some %)of
owners are interested in
Assessment District?
City engages consultant to
prepare a conceptual design
and preliminary cost
estimates. Dry utilities
contacted for underground
costs.
Assessment
District
Process
Ends
W&C, subconsultant, and City
conducts informal neighborhood
meeting to present proposed
project, AD process and potential
costs. Audience polled to
determine if there is still interest
in AD formation
Is audience
predominantly
in favor of AD
formation?
Assessment
District
Process
Ends
City Staff
approaches City
Council for
authorization to
retain Bond
Counsel to prepare
the formal petition
documents
Property owner
volunteers to
circulate the
petition to property
owners within the
proposed district
boundary
Does petition
meet City's
threshold of
support (70%?)?
W&C prepares Construction
plans/Bid Set, detailed cost
estimate, affected properties
map estimated assessments for
each property
Assessment
Engineer
prepares
Engineer's
Report based on
cost estimate
City Council
Approves Report
and Adopts
Resolution of
Intention to Form
Assessment District
Public Hearing Date
Set and
Advertisement for
Bids goes out
Notice of Public
Hearing and
Assessment Ballots
mailed out 45 days
before hearing.
Allow enough time
to receive bids
Engineer's
Report revised
based on bid
results prior to
public hearing
Are individual Assessments greater than
presented in Report adopted by Council?
YES votes exceed 50% based
on total dollars voting yes?
Public hearing held
and ballots
tabulated
City Council approves the
District and awards the
Construction contract
Assessment
District Not
Approved
New Notice of
Public Hearing (45
days) and ballots
sent out.
Reference: Los
Altos, CA
https://www.losaltosca.gov/sites/default/files/fi…
Catherdral City Assessment District Formation Flowchart.mmap - 12/15/2022 - JMRoberts