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Item #17 CITY OF COLTON AGENDA REPORT FOR COUNCIL MEETING OF May 18, 2004 TO: HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL FROM: Amer Jakher, City Engineer (� SUBJECT: Approval of 3 Resolutions LLMD2 : 1)Resolution Initiating Proceedings, 2) Preliminary Approval of the Engineer's Report, and 3) Resolution of Intent. DATE: May 3, 2004 BACKGROUND: In compliance with the Landscape and Lighting Act of 1972, Part 2 of Division 15 of the Streets and Highways Code of California, the City Council formed a Landscape and Lighting Maintenance Assessment District. Currently, there are two Landscape Lighting and Maintenance Districts (LLMD) within the City of Colton. Each District provides the services of maintaining lighting and landscaping for applicable facilities within its boundaries. Within the LLMD District 2 there are no zones. The levy for this zone is determined by the benefit units each property type (residential, industrial or commercial) is assigned as compared to the 1.00 Equivalent Benefit Unit (EBU) a single family resident is assigned; the single family unit is used as the basic unit of assessment. In addition to the EBU, the other determining factor in establishing the assessment rate is the acreage of each parcel. The costs associated with maintaining the improvements within each zone are then equally distributed to those parcels within the District. The improvement within the District include: turf, ground cover, street trees, irrigation systems, perimeter landscaping, slopes, open space, lighting systems and all necessary appurtenances. Only parcels that directly benefit from the improvements are assessed. DISCUSSION/ANALYSIS: The Preliminary Report has been prepared by Muni Financial for LLMD 2 indicating that an increase of 6% will be needed to maintain the improvements within this District. The District was created with an inflator that allows up to an annual 3% increase to the initial assessment to allow for reasonable and inflationary increases in its labor and equipment costs. Last fiscal year there was no increase, however it is now apparent that to maintain the improvements within District 2 it is necessary to increase the assessments by the 3% inflator available, but not applied for last FY year as well as the 3% increase that can be used to adjusted for FY 2004/2005; a total of 6%. This fiscal year's levy per EBU for LLMD 2 will increase $3.79 to $129.94; the levy for FY 2003/2004 is 126.15. As the increase does not exceed the adjusted Maximum Allowable Assessment it may be applied without additional property owner balloting. This is in compliance with Proposition 218; its