July 11, 2023
Public Works
DATE: July 11, 2023
TO: Mayor Martinez and Members of the City Council
FROM:
Daniel Chavarria, Director of Public Works
Greg Hardesty, Parks & Landscaping Superintendent
Subject:
Public Hearing to Consider the Levy of Annual
Assessments for the Marina Bay Landscaping and
Lighting Maintenance District
FINANCIAL IMPACT: The total amount proposed to be assessed for the 2023- 2024 fiscal year (FY) for the operation of the Marina Bay Landscaping and Lighting Maintenance District is
$714,134. The City’s contribution to the District is
$476,309 based on the general benefit to the City
conferred by the public improvements requiring
landscaping and lighting maintenance work. This
contribution will be budgeted in the General Fund for FY 2023-2024. The combined total of the assessment and
the City’s contribution will be $1,190,443. This
assessment includes a collection of $56,381 for the
District’s reserve fund.
PREVIOUS COUNCIL
ACTION:
March 7, 2023 and June 20, 2023
STATEMENT OF THE
ISSUE:
Resolution approving the Marina Bay Landscaping and
Lighting Maintenance District Engineer’s Report for Fiscal Year 2023-2024 and declaring the City Council’s
intention to increase the annual assessment and hold a
public hearing to consider the levy of annual
assessments for the Marina Bay Landscaping and
Lighting Maintenance District.
AGENDA
REPORT
July 11, 2023
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
HOLD a public hearing; and ADOPT a resolution
approving the Engineer’s Report and ordering the levy
and collection of assessments in the Marina Bay
Landscape and Lighting Maintenance District for the
Fiscal Year 2023-2024 providing for a three percent
increase in annual assessments – Public Works
Department (Daniel Chavarria 510-620-5478/Greg
Hardesty 510-620-6920).
DISCUSSION:
On July 28, 2009, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 83-09 approving the formation of the new district and the founding Engineer’s Report, establishing the rate of assessment, authorizing annual increases thereof, and ordering maintenance services within the Marina Bay Landscaping and Lighting Maintenance District. The rate of assessment for this District must be confirmed annually by action of the City Council.
As directed by the City Council on March 7, 2023, the City Engineer has prepared an Annual Levy Report for the Marina Bay Landscaping and Lighting Maintenance District for Fiscal Year 2023-2024 (“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 City Engineer recommends that the City Council increase assessments from those levied in Fiscal Year 2022-2023 by an inflation rate of three percent (3%), as permitted under Resolution No. 83-09.
On June 20, 2023, 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 July 11, 2023, at 6:30 p.m. The City Council’s Resolution of Intention was mailed to all property owners within the Marina Bay Landscaping and Lighting Maintenance District.
The attached resolution approves the Engineer’s Report and orders the levy and collection of assessments in the Marina Bay Landscaping and Lighting Maintenance District for Fiscal Year 2023-2024.
DOCUMENTS ATTACHED:
Attachment 1 - Resolution
Attachment 2 - Engineer’s Report
Attachment 3 - Certification Letter