City Manager – Economic Development DivisionBLOCK 5 MAINTENANCE ASSESSMENT DISTRICT INCREASECity CouncilJune 5, 2023 City Manager – Economic Development DivisionBlock 5
2 Block 5 Ownership MapCity of PasadenaNBlock 5 Boundary Block 5 Parking LotAssessor Parcel6/2023
City Manager – Economic Development DivisionBlock 5 History•1992:>In cooperation with commercial property owners, City entered into a Reciprocal Easement Agreement.Purpose: construct parking lot to support adjacent businesses at Lake & Washington.City paved surface parking lot from all or portion of 11 properties.>City entered into maintenance agreement to maintain and improvement parking lot.Funded by assessment district, similar to PBID: additional property tax collected from commercial properties and used for City maintenance.3 City Manager – Economic Development DivisionBlock 5 Assessments•Assessments:>1992 (Initial Assessment): $12,228.>1996: Increased to $27,620.>No other increases. 4 City Manager – Economic Development DivisionBlock 5 Assessments•April 2022>City proposed assessment increase to property owners.Total: $65,000.»Increment increase: ~33% annually over three years.»Sensitive to economic challenges due to pandemic.>Two on-site meetings with property owners to discuss proposal.Future on-site improvements identified.Owners expressed ideas, challenges related to ADA compliance, drainage, and condition of parking lot.>Verbal consensus among property owners to increase assessment.5 City Manager – Economic Development DivisionCity Maintenance Activities (2022)•Improvements>Addressed safety (replaced parking lot lighting), flooding (cleared storm drains), and made lot ADA-compliant (ramps and striping). 6•Neighborhood Planting and Mulching Day (Nov. 12)>Water & Power Dept. / Pasadena Beautiful Foundation.>Combined purpose of teaching planting, mulching, efficient irrigation techniques and planting new trees and plants with mulch.
City Manager – Economic Development DivisionFuture City Maintenance Activities•Trash Collection.>$27,000/year.•Parking Lot Sweeping / Custodial Service.>$20,000/year.•Landscaping.>$5,000/year.•Remainer as contingency and periodic ‘slurry seal’ and restriping.>$40,000.7 City Manager – Economic Development DivisionBallots•Ballots mailed to property owners (2/17/23).>13 letters to 12 property owners.>Ballots to be returned to City Clerk for tabulation.•Votes ‘weighed’ by relative amount of assessment.>i.e. property owners with higher assessments have their votes weighed accordingly.•If overall vote is in support, City Council can adopt a resolution for assessment increase.8 City Manager – Economic Development DivisionRecommendation•Find property assessment increase is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act.•Adopt a Resolution to increase the property assessments for the properties in the Block 5 Maintenance Assessment District to a total of $64,978.89.9 City Manager – Economic Development DivisionBLOCK 5 MAINTENANCE ASSESSMENT DISTRICT INCREASECity CouncilJune 5, 2023