TO: Board of Supervisors
FROM: Steven E. Lederer, Director of Public Works
REPORT BY: Michael Karath, Staff Services Analyst II
SUBJECT: County Service Area No. 3 Fiscal Year 2023-24 - Engineer's Report and Initiate Proposition 218 Election
RECOMMENDATION
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Director of Public Works requests adoption of a Resolution regarding the assessment for County Service Area No. 3 (CSA No. 3) for Fiscal Year 2023-24:
1. Approve the Service Plan;
2. Accept Engineer's Report;
3. Initiate Proposition 218 Ballot Process seeking Property Owners' Approval; and
4. Set a Public Hearing for July 18, 2023 at 9:00 a.m. for Proposed Assessment Changes.
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
CSA No. 3's authority to collect assessments for enhanced firefighter coverage by the Greenwood Ranch Fire Station (Station No. 27) and street services for 25 years beginning in Fiscal Year 1997-98 expired on June 30, 2022. After all CSA No. 3 property owners were contacted in April 2023, Public Works found little or no interest in continuing "enhanced" fire service, which requires an assessment, but gauged sufficient interest in continuing street services that include street lighting, street sweeping, landscaping, and other related services. Staff is not recommending the continuation of enhanced fire service but directed its engineering consultant to include enhanced fire in the Engineer's Report for the Board's review. Staff recommends to pursue only street services assessments in anticipation of the Board's approval of a Proposition 218 election and property owners' ballot approval of the assessment. Beginning in Fiscal Year 2023-24, Station No. 27 will provide CSA No. 3 with basic fire service (which is enhanced when compared to 2022 service level), which does not require an assessment.
A Proposition 218 ballot process and public hearing are needed to determine whether property owners want to continue street services and grant the County the authority to assess them for these services. The Resolution...
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