The proposed assessments for the Countywide Landscaping District 1979-3 (LL-2) are for the purpose of maintaining existing facilities within the various benefit zones. The existing Countywide Landscaping District contains thirty (30) zones comprised of frontage and median landscaping and park and recreational facilities installed by developers in conformance with their Conditions of Approval.
The Landscaping and Lighting Act of 1972 requires that an updated Engineer’s Report be prepared to set assessment rates each fiscal year. In addition, any new benefit zones or annexations of additional property into an existing benefit zone also require an Engineer’s Report to be generated.
The Fiscal Year 2012/2013 assessments in the Countywide Landscaping District 1979-3 (LL-2) will be based on information in the Final Engineer’s Report for Fiscal Year 2012/2013 tax roll. Assessments are calculated by considering all anticipated expenditures for maintenance, utilities and administration. Any excess dollars from previous fiscal years are carried over to current reports and the assessment amounts are adjusted accordingly. The assessment rates may or may not change from fiscal year to fiscal year, dependent upon improvements and maintenance to be performed, and cannot exceed the maximum amount set when the benefit zone was originally formed, plus an annual cost of living adjustment, if applicable.
The amounts that will be proposed to be assessed for the Fiscal Year 2012/2013 tax year, in accordance with the Landscaping and Lighting Act of 1972, will be presented in the Preliminary and Final Engineer’s Reports which will be filed with the Board of Supervisors in May and June 2012, respectively, and a noticed public hearing will be held.
Currently, LL-2 Zone 75 is under review by LAFCO and in the future it may be incorporated into the City of Martinez.
Without Board of Supervisors’ approval there would be no initiation of the process to prepare the Engineer’s report and to assess levies for the Countywide Landscape District AD 1979-3 (LL-2) for Fiscal Year 2012/2013 and thus funds would not be available to maintain the landscaping and other improvements in the landscaping zones throughout the County.