Title:
Title
Citywide Landscaping & Lighting Assessment District - Initiate Annual Proceedings for Fiscal Year (FY) 2019/20
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FileID
File ID: 2019-00084
Location
Location: Citywide
Recommendation:
Recommendation
Adopt a Resolution approving Engineer’s Annual Report and Intention to Order Maintenance of Improvements for FY2019/20 for the Citywide Landscaping and Lighting Assessment District (District) and setting a time and place for a Public Hearing for June 25, 2019.
Contact: Eric Frederick, Program Specialist, (916) 808-5129; Sheri Smith, Special Districts Manager, (916) 808-7204, Department of Finance
Body
Presenter: None.
Attachments:
1-Description/Analysis
2-Background
3-Schedule of Proceedings
4-Proposed FY2019/20 Citywide L&L District Budget Table
5-Resolution
6-Exhibit A: Proposed FY2019/20 District Budget & Parcel Assessments
Description/Analysis
Issue Detail: Pursuant to the California Streets and Highways Code, the District is required to present an annual Engineer’s Report (Report) to Council that describes the improvements to be maintained by the District and recommends the assessments to be collected to fund such maintenance. Each year Council must approve the Report and adopt a resolution of intention to levy and collect the assessments for the upcoming fiscal year and to set a time and place for a public hearing regarding the proposed annual assessment.
Policy Considerations: The District provides funding for a variety of operations and maintenance services throughout the city including arterial and intersection lighting, neighborhood street lighting, maintenance of medians, street trees, and neighborhood parks, and graffiti abatement.
Economic Impacts: Not applicable.
Environmental Considerations:
California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA): Under CEQA Guidelines, administration of the District does not constitute a project, and is therefore exempt from review (14 Cal. Code Regs. §15378(b)(2) & (5)).
Sustainability: Not applicable.
Commission/Committee Action: None.
Rationale for Recommendation: The actions in the recommended Resolution are required by the Landscaping and Lighting Act of 1972, California Streets and Highways Code Sections 22500, et. seq., for annual proceedings of an existing district.
Financial Considerations: Each year the District assessment and budget are developed taking into consideration several factors including the cost of services, the projected number of parcels in each assessment category, and the amount of projected surplus or deficit in the District fund balance at the end of the current fiscal year. As shown on Attachment 4 to this report, the proposed FY2019/20 District expenditure budget totals $18,022,519, an increase of $395,430, or approximately 2.4 percent more than the current FY2018/19 District expenditure budget.
The proposed increase in the FY2019/20 assessment by land use category is three percent, a percentage determined by the change between April 2018 and April 2019 in the Consumer Price Index - San Francisco All Urban Consumers (CPI), but not to exceed three percent in any year. The FY2019/20 assessments are equal to the highest authorized amount for the District. Based on this increase, the total FY2019/20 assessment revenue is projected to be $17,528,227.
The $494,292 difference between the expenditure budget and the projected assessment revenue is being funded from available fund balance ($5,787,138 as of 06/30/18).
Local Business Enterprise (LBE): Not applicable.