June 21, 2022
Public Works
DATE: June 21, 2022
TO: Mayor Butt and Members of the City Council
FROM:
Joe Leach, PE, Public Works Director
Greg Hardesty, Parks & Landscaping Superintendent
Subject:
Public Hearing To Consider the Levy of Annual
Assessments for the Hilltop Landscape Maintenance
District
FINANCIAL IMPACT: The total amount proposed to be assessed for Fiscal Year 2022-2023 for the operation of the Hilltop
Landscape Maintenance District (HLMD) is
$1,091,838. The City’s contribution to the District is $16,526 based on the general benefit to the City
conferred by the maintenance work, and there is an
additional $229,115 classified as Additional City Support that will be transferred from the City’s General Fund to the District. Both the City’s contribution and the
Additional City Support will be budgeted in the General Fund. The total of the assessment, the City’s
contribution, and the Additional City Support will then be $1,337,479.
PREVIOUS COUNCIL
ACTION:
N/A
STATEMENT OF THE
ISSUE:
Resolution approving the Engineer’s Report and ordering the levy and collection of assessments in the Hilltop
Landscape Maintenance District for the Fiscal Year 2022- 2023, and hold Public Hearing to consider the levy of
annual assessments for the Hilltop Landscape
Maintenance District.
AGENDA
REPORT
June 21, 2022
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
ADOPT a resolution approving the Engineer’s Report and
ordering the levy and collection of assessments in the
Hilltop Landscape Maintenance District for the Fiscal
Year 2022-2023, providing for a three percent increase in annual assessments - Public Works Department (Joe
Leach 620-5478/Greg Hardesty 620-6920).
DISCUSSION:
The Hilltop Landscape Maintenance District is an area in north Richmond consisting of 878 parcels of land benefited by landscaping improvements and maintenance. At the direction of the City Council, the owner(s) of each parcel within the District may be assessed an annual fee proportional to the benefits conferred on that parcel. Annual assessments may be increased up to a maximum amount stated in Resolution Number 91-98, adopted in 1998 by the City Council in accordance with state law requiring notice, protest, and hearing for the levy of special assessments (commonly called “Proposition 218 requirements”).
Before levying assessments in the District, the City Council must approve a report estimating the costs of proposed improvements to be made within the District and adopt a resolution stating its intention to hold a public hearing to levy assessments. The resolution of intention must state whether the City Council intends to increase assessments from the previous fiscal year.
As directed by the City Council on January 18, 2022, the City Engineer has caused to be prepared an Annual Levy Report for the Hilltop Landscape Maintenance District for Fiscal Year 2022-2023 (“Engineer’s Report”). The Engineer’s Report generally describes existing and proposed improvements and substantial changes to be made to existing improvements within the District. The Engineer’s Report also estimates the costs of such improvements. In order to meet the costs, the Engineer recommends that the Council increase assessments from those levied in Fiscal Year 2021-2022 by an inflation rate of three percent (3%), as permitted in Resolution 91-98.
On May 3, 2022, the City Council approved the preliminary Engineer’s Report and adopted a resolution stating its intention to increase assessments and announcing that a public hearing on the proposed assessments would be held at the City Council’s regular meeting of June 21, 2022, at 6:30 p.m. The City Council’s Resolution of Intention was mailed to all property owners within the Hilltop Landscape Maintenance District.
The attached resolution approves the Engineer’s Report and orders the levy and collection of assessments in the Hilltop Landscape Maintenance District for Fiscal Year 2022-2023.
June 21, 2022
DOCUMENTS ATTACHED:
Attachment 1 – Resolution
Attachment 2 – Engineer’s Report
Attachment 3 – County Certification Letter