TO: Board of Supervisors
FROM: Steven Lederer, Director of Public Works
REPORT BY: Justine Leuthold, Staff Services Analyst I
SUBJECT: County Service Area No. 3 - Adoption of Resolution accepting Preliminary Engineer's Report, approving service plan, and setting a public hearing to levy assessments for Fiscal Year 2026-27
RECOMMENDATION
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Adopt a Resolution to accept Preliminary Engineer's Report; approve the service plan; and schedule the public hearing for June 16, 2026, at 9:00 a.m. to levy assessments of $150,811 to fund services in County Service Area No. 3 for Fiscal Year 2026-27. (Fiscal Impact: $150,811 Revenue; County Service Area No. 3; Budgeted; Discretionary)
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BACKGROUND
In 1997, County Service Area (CSA) No. 3 property owners held a Proposition 218 election that approved an assessment methodology for street services (median landscaping, street sweeping, and street lighting). The methodology included ceilings on expenditures for street-related services, but did not include an inflation adjuster. Over time, rising prices eroded the buying power under the ceilings, leaving CSA No. 3 unable to make periodic repair, replacement, and upgrades of aging streetlights and neglected landscape medians and unable to attract vendors for some street services.
In 2023, CSA No. 3 property owners were asked to reauthorize the assessment and assessment methodology, which necessitated a Proposition 218 election held on July 18, 2023. The property owners voted 63% in favor of continuing and increasing the assessment for County-provided street services (including eliminating the expenditure ceilings), which was acknowledged by the Board of Supervisors in Resolution No. 2023-95.
The preliminary Engineer's Report prepared by David Taussig and Associates is included with this item. The report proposes a total assessment of $150,811 for fiscal year 2026-27. A breakdown of the total assessment by parcel is included in Appendix A to the Engineer's Report. A co...
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