Date Printed Name Signature
PROPERTY OWNER ASSESSMENT BALLOT
ON THE PROPOSED INCREASE IN ASSESSMENT
CITY OF PLEASANT HILL AD NO. 20
Pleasant Hill, CA 94523 ZONE 1
City Clerk
City of Pleasant Hill
100 Gregory Lane
Owner Name:
Mailing Address:
City, State, Zip:
Current Annual Maximum Assessment: $1,155.60
Proposed assessment Increase & annual Inflationary adjustment for continued maintenance of local landscape and lighting:
Proposed FY 2024-25 Maximum Assessment: $1,411.60
Proposed FY 2025-26 Maximum Assessment: $1,724.60
Proposed FY 2026-27 Maximum Assessment: $2,106.56
Total Amount for the Entire Zone: $386,126.00
The actual assessment rate shall be as approved by the City Council, not to exceed the maximum assessment rate established after a public hearing noticed and conducted as required by law.
It is proposed that the maximum assessment increase be instituted over the course of three (3) years (FY 24/25, FY 25/26, and FY 26/27), with a 3.5% increase added to the proposed maximum assessment during that time. Beginning FY 27/28, the maximum assessment rate shall be annually adjusted by the annual change in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) during the preceding calendar year, for All Urban Consumers, for the San Francisco, Oakland and Hayward areas, published by the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics (or a reasonably equivalent index should the stated index be discontinued).
Please mark and sign your ballot in ink. Do not use pencil.
Upon completion, fold the ballot, place it in the return envelope and seal the envelope. Mail or deliver the assessment ballot to the address shown on the return envelope pursuant to the instructions on the back of this ballot sheet.
Please see the “Summary of Assessment Ballot Procedures” on the back of this sheet.
For additional information about the proposed increase and adjustment, please see the enclosed legal notice.
This is not a bill.
PROPERTY OWNER ASSESSMENT BALLOT – ZONE 1
APN:
Owner Name:
Proposed FY 2024-25, 2025-26, and 2026-27 Assessment Rate Increases and Annual Inflationary Adjustment as described above:
Yes, I am IN FAVOR of the proposed Assessment Rate Increases and Annual Inflationary Adjustment No, I am OPPOSED to the proposed Assessment Rate Increases and Annual Inflationary Adjustment
Date Printed Name Signature
I hereby declare under penalty of perjury that I am the record owner, or the authorized representative of the record owner, of the parcel identified above.
SUMMARY OF ASSESSMENT BALLOT PROCEDURES
If you are the owner of the property described on the enclosed ballot, or the authorized representative of the record owner, you may submit the enclosed ballot to the City to support or oppose the proposed increase in assessments and inflationary adjustment. Please follow the instructions below to complete and return your ballot.
1. Register your vote on the enclosed ballot in favor or against the proposed Assessment Rate Increases and Annual Inflationary Adjustments by placing an “X” in the corresponding box.
2. Sign your ballot in pen. (Assessment Ballots received without a signature will not be counted.) Do not use pencil.
3. Fold your ballot, place it into the provided return envelope, and seal the envelope.
4. Mail or personally deliver your ballot to: City Clerk of the City of Pleasant Hill, 100 Gregory Lane, Pleasant Hill, CA 94523. The City must receive mailed assessment ballots by August 5, 2024.
Postmarks will not be accepted.
5. Assessment Ballots must be received by the City Clerk prior to the close of the Public Hearing concerning the proposed increase on Monday, August 5, 2024, at the Pleasant Hill City Council Chambers located at 100 Gregory Lane, Pleasant Hill, CA 94523. Any ballots received after the close of the Public Hearing cannot legally be counted.
6. Following the close of the Public Hearing, the City Clerk or designee will tabulate the assessment ballots received. The ballots are weighted by the assessment amount for each property.
7. The increase in assessment may be confirmed unless a majority protest exists. A majority protest exists if, upon the close of the August 5, 2024 Public Hearing, the monetary value of the ballots submitted in opposition exceeds the monetary value of the ballots submitted in favor.
8. If a majority protest exists based upon the value of the ballots received by the City Clerk prior to the close of the August 5, 2024 Public Hearing, the increase in Assessment will not be imposed.
9. The Assessment Ballot will remain sealed until after the public hearing, when they are being tabulated. Your Assessment Ballot is a public record however, and following completion of the tabulation process, the content of your ballot is subject to public disclosure under applicable laws.
The information in this notice and the accompanying materials were compiled and distributed at public expense by the City of Pleasant Hill in compliance with Proposition 218. This information is presented in the public interest. It is not intended to influence or attempt to influence the actions of the voters to vote “yes” or “no” on the enclosed ballot.