RECOMMENDATION(S): (CONT'D)
3. CONSIDER whether to adopt, revise, change, reduce, increase, or modify any estimated service charges set forth in the Tentative Annual Report.
4. APPROVE the estimated service charges set forth in the Tentative Annual Report.
5. ADOPT Resolution No. 2017/122, confirming the Tentative Annual Report and assessing the charges set forth in the report.
6. DIRECT the Public Works Director or her designee to prepare a Fiscal Year 2017-2018 Final Annual Report for CSA L-100 that conforms to the County's official assessment roll for Fiscal Year 2017-2018. (County Service Area L-100 Funds) (Countywide) Project No. 7394-6X5001.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The levy of the annual service charges in CSA L-100 will provide revenues for the continued operation and maintenance of street lighting services. The CSA L-100 total revenue was $1,463,291 for Fiscal Year 2016-2017 and will be $1,464,647 for Fiscal Year 2017-2018. In Fiscal Year 2016-2017 the basic service charge was $15/year per equivalent dwelling unit for a single family home and will remain the same for Fiscal Year 2017-2018.
BACKGROUND:
As directed by Article 1012-2.602 of the Contra Costa County Ordinance Code, the Public Works Director prepared a Fiscal Year 2017-2018 Tentative Annual Report on service charges in CSA L-100 and filed it with the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors. CSA L-100 provides street lighting services. The Tentative Annual Report contains a description of each parcel of real property receiving services, the basic service charge CSA L-100, and the estimated amount of the service charge for each parcel for the fiscal year.
Upon the filing of the Tentative Annual Report, the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors fixed a time, date and place for a Board hearing on the Tentative Annual Report and for filing objections or protests thereto, and published a notice of the hearing as provided in Government Code section 6066.
Following the public hearing, the Board may adopt, revise, change, reduce, increase or modify any estimated service charge, and shall make its determination upon each estimated service charge as described in the Tentative Annual Report. The service charges in the Tentative Annual Report were computed and apportioned according to a formula that fairly distributes the service charge among all subject parcels in proportion to the estimated benefits they will receive from the services provided. Staff recommends approval of the service charge in the Tentative Annual Report without modification. The service charges are unchanged from the service charges levied in CSA L-100 in Fiscal Year 2016-2017.
Adoption of Resolution 2017/122 confirms the Tentative Annual Report and assesses the service charges set forth therein, but does not levy the charges. The levy of the service charges occurs after the preparation of a Final Annual Report that conforms to the official assessment roll for Fiscal Year 2017-2018. The official assessment roll will be issued by County Assessor on or about July 1, 2017.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
If the Fiscal Year 2017-2018 Tentative Annual Report for CSA L-100 is not confirmed, either as filed or as modified, the service charges set forth in the Tentative Annual Report may not be levied for Fiscal Year 2017-2018. Street lighting would have to be selectively eliminated throughout the County to meet decreased funding levels.
CLERK'S ADDENDUM
CLOSED the public hearing; APPROVED the estimated assessment charges set forth in the Tentative Annual Report; ADOPTED Resolution No. 2017/122, confirming the Tentative Annual Report and assessing the charges set forth in the report; and DIRECTED the Public Works Director or her designee to prepare a Fiscal Year 2017-2018 Final Annual Report for CSA L-100 that conforms to the County’s official assessment roll for Fiscal Year 2017-2018