TO: Board of Supervisors
FROM: Jennifer Palmer, Director of Housing & Community Services
REPORT BY: Alex Carrasco, Project Manager
SUBJECT: Adoption of a Resolution Accepting the Engineer's Report and Setting a Public Hearing on the Imposition of Assessments for County Service Area No. 4
RECOMMENDATION
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Adopt a Resolution regarding the assessments for County Service Area No. 4 (CSA No. 4) to accept the Engineer's Report; set a public hearing for June 3, 2024; direct the Clerk of the Board to comply with applicable notice requirements; and designate Alex Carrasco of the Department of Housing & Community Services as the person to answer questions. (Fiscal Impact $659,339 Revenue, County Service Area No. 4 Fund, Budgeted, Discretionary)
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BACKGROUND
The recommended action commences the process necessary for County Service Area No. 4 to impose assessments on qualifying property owners for Fiscal Year 2025-2026. The assessments are imposed to provide funding for the three farmworker housing centers known as the Calistoga, Mondavi and River Ranch Centers ("Centers"). Adoption of the resolution accepts the required Engineer's Report and sets a date for the public hearing to hear any objections to the assessment. In 2022, an election was held at which the property owners who are subject to the assessments reauthorized the assessments for an additional five-years, and up to a maximum of $15.00 per planted acre per year. The proposed assessment for Fiscal Year 2025-2026 is $14.00 per planted acre, the same as last fiscal year.
CSA No. 4 assessments are levied on qualifying property owners who have one acre or more of planted vineyards. The proposed assessments fund the Centers operations and are budgeted in Fund 2810. Government Code section 25213.2 limits assessments to $15.00 per planted vineyard acre per year. Per the Engineer's Report, for Fiscal Year 2025-26 there are 47,096 assessable planted vineyard acres. The per acre assessment within that range is...
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