Agenda #: 6.3
Meeting Date: July 15, 2025
TO: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
FROM: Daniel Fox, City Manager
TITLE: LEVYING ASSESSMENTS ON LANDSCAPE ASSESSMENT
DISTRICT NO. 41-2021 FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025/26.
STRATEGIC
GOAL: Open, Engaged & Responsive Government
RECOMMENDATION:
A. Receive presentation, open Public Hearing to receive testimony, close Public Hearing; and
B. Adopt Resolution No. 2025-27 to levy and collect assessments for Landscape Assessment District No. 41-2021 for Fiscal Year 2025/26.
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
The District will generate an estimated amount of $320,682. Additionally, there will be
3.84% of that generated amount from the City’s General Fund contribution to fulfill the required General Benefit (estimated at $20,017), and a Carryover Fund Balance of $235,563. Sufficient Funding is available in the Adopted FY 2025/26 Budget.
BACKGROUND/DISCUSSION:
As part of the assessment district updates, the City must undergo a three-step process.
This is the final part of the three-step process in which the City Council conducts a public hearing on the District’s proposed annual assessment, and subsequently considers the related resolution confirming the levy assessments. Throughout the entire process, all proceedings for the maintenance of improvements have been pursuant to the provisions of the Landscape and Lighting Act of 1972 of Part 2 Division 15 of the Streets and Highways Code of the State of California and applicable provisions of Proposition 218, Article 10 XIIID of the California Constitution.
On April 1, 2025, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 2025-11, ordering the City Engineer to prepare and file an Engineer's Report related to maintenance of
improvements in Landscaping Assessment District No. 41-2021 (District) and any assessment thereon for Fiscal Year 2025/26.
On June 17, 2025, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 2025-24, declaring the City's intention to levy and collect assessments for the District and directing staff to advertise the Public Hearing to be set for the July 16, 2025, regular meeting.
The attached Engineer’s Report for the City’s Landscaping Assessment District Number 41-2021 (Attachment 2), which has been prepared pursuant to provisions of the Landscaping and Lighting Act of 1972 of Part 2 of Division 15 of the Streets and Highways Code of the State of California, includes authority for the report, estimated costs of operation and maintenance, a diagram for the District and the assessments.
The number of parcels within the District is 554 parcels. The Engineer’s Report contains a full and detailed description of the improvements, the boundaries of the assessment district, and the proposed assessments upon assessable lots and parcels of land within the District for Fiscal Year 2025/26. The proposed assessment amounts for the singlefamily and multi-family parcels are $591.14 and $543.85, respectively, an increase of 3% from Fiscal Year 2024/25.
Additionally, the FY2025/26 Capital Improvement Program includes a landscape/irrigation design and construction project for LAD No. 41-2021, which is funded through the district’s reserve balance and is also programmed in the budget and Engineer’s Report.
LEGAL REVIEW:
The City Attorney has reviewed and approved the Resolution as to form.
PREPARED BY:
REVIEWED BY:
Attachments:
1. 6.3.a Resolution No. 2025-27 (LAD 41-2021)
2. 6.3.b LAD No. 41-2021 Engineer's Final Report for FY2025/26