BRR #26
CITY OF REDONDO BEACH
Budget Response Report #26
June 6, 2017
Question:
What is the status of the City’s Street Landscaping and Lighting Assessment District and what is the process for increasing revenue within the District? Response:
The City’s Street Landscaping and Lighting Assessment District was formed in 1983 under the requirements of the 1972 Landscaping and Lighting Act. The District operates and maintains: 5,127 street lights (3,228 Southern California Edison owned and 1,899 City owned); 102 signals (55 traffic and 23 flashing yellow beacon and 24 flashing red beacon); and 21.85 acres of landscaping. To fund the District, the City collects assessments from residential and commercial parcels based on the street frontage and is supplemented by a subsidy from the General Fund:
For FY 17-18 the District’s Budget is as follows:
District Generated Revenues 1,576,600
Total Street Landscaping and Lighting District Expenditures - 2,560,213 Deficit per Budget - 983,613
Budget General Fund Subsidy 983,613
Deficit Balance 0
The annual assessment fee has not been changed since 1991. In 2006, the City sought voter approval under Proposition 218 to make adjustments to the assessment to pay for all District costs. Redondo Beach property owners voted against the proposed fee increase. The attached document, prepared by the City Attorney’s Office, documents the process that must be followed to increase revenue to the District and meet the requirements of Proposition 218.
Consideration of a District Assessment increase is recommended. Council direction would be needed to initiate actions to retain the services of a registered engineer with assessment district expertise to prepare a detailed engineer’s report. In 2006, Harris & Associates, the firm that prepared the benefit assessment methodology, rate study and engineer’s report for the attempted assessment increase, was paid approximately 70,000 for their services.
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Prop 218 Requirements
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