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CITY OF COLTON AGENDA REPO T All For Council Meeting of Jul 1998 19 TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council APPROVAL: Henry Garcia, City Manager FROM: John C. Hutton, Public Works Director SUBJECT: RESOLUTION ORDERING THE LEVY AND COLLECTION OF ASSESSMENTS WITHIN THE LANDSCAPE AND LIGHTING MAINTENANCE DISTRICT NO. 1 (LLMD NO. 1) DATE: June 24, 1998 BACKGROUND: At the June 2nd, 1998 Council meeting the preliminary engineer's report was presented outlining the proposed revenues and expenditures for the 98/99 fiscal year. Pursuant to provisions of the Streets and Highways. Code, Landscape and Lighting Act of 1972, the City of Colton after preliminary review of the Engineer's reports is required to approve the final engineer's report Herewith, attached is. the 98/99 annual tax levy for the LLMD no. 1. DISCUSSION/ANALYSIS: The District provides maintenance, service and operation of landscapes and lighting improvements and associated appurtenances located within the public right-of-way and dedicated landscape easements, which are throughout the City. As stated above, the District includes five (5) distinct Zones. Each Zone has specific improvement and services that provide special and direct benefit to the parcels within the Zones. The costs associated with the improvements are equitably spread between all benefiting parcels within the zones. Only parcels that receive direct benefit from the improvements are assessed. FINANCIAL IMPACT: The method of assessment spread is assessed on equivalent dwelling units (EDU) per parcel. Pursuant to the Act, the costs of the District may be apportioned by any formula or method that fairly distributes the net amount to be assessed. The formula used for each zone reflects the composition of the parcels, and the improvements and service provided, to fairly proportion the costs. Therefore, the 98/99 proposed assessment are the same as the 97/98 levy. The proposed residential annual assessment for the existing Zones are; Cooley Ranch, $52.82; La Loma Hills $0; Old Colton, $53.56; Reche Canyon $50.62 and West Valley, $85.94. These monies are accounted for in fund 702. RECOMMENDATION: Open the public hearing and accept testimony. Close the public hearing, accept the final engineer's report and adopt the resolution ordering the levy and collection of assessments for the City of Colton 1998/99 landscape and lighting maintenance district No. 1. Attachment: Resolution -� CITY MANAGER'S CONCURRENCE Page 1 of 1 Item # 1