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7.A & 7.B Page 1 REPORT To the Honorable Mayor and City Council From the City Manager July 12, 2010 SUBJECT Levy of Benefit Assessments for Fiscal Year 2010/2011 for the Seaport Centre Maintenance District, and the Seaport Boulevard Landscape Maintenance District RECOMMENDATION Adopt two (2) separate resolutions for the Seaport Centre Maintenance District and the Seaport Boulevard Landscape Maintenance District, contingent to the result of the Districts' property owners' election, to: 1. Approve the assessments for Fiscal Years 2010-2011 through 2014-2015, and 2. Request that the County Controller levy assessments for Fiscal Year 2010/2011 for the Seaport Centre Maintenance District in the amount of $187,000.00, and for the Seaport Boulevard Landscape Maintenance District in the amount of $212,500.00. BACKGROUND These two small districts were formed to pay for the maintenance of facilities that were determined to require a level of service greater than regularly required. The Seaport Centre Maintenance District was established in 1987 to pay for the maintenance of stormwater pump stations, levee systems, and utilities in easement. The Seaport Boulevard Landscape Maintenance District was established in 1987 to pay for the maintenance of additional landscaping and stormwater facility along Seaport Boulevard. The districts are annually and individually assessed to allow assessments to be levied and collected by the San Mateo County Tax Controller and Collector's Office. Both the Seaport Centre Maintenance and the Seaport Boulevard Landscape Maintenance Districts are in the final year of their approved five-year budgets. A public hearing and a property owners' election to approve a five-year budget for FY 2010-11 through FY 2014-15 is set for July 12,2010. -Notices and ballots were mailed to property owners on May 25, 2010, per the procedures required by Proposition 218. Contingent to the outcome of the property owners' election, Council mayor may not order the levy of assessments. Related budgets, assessments, and City Manager's Report are available for review in the City Clerk's Office. ALTERNATIVES Contingent to the outcome of the property owners' election, Council may choose not to authorize one or both of the tax levies, and consequently, not provide additional services to area property owners. Reduced maintenance levels of some systems such as the storm pump stations, and levees may compromise public health and safety. FISCAL IMPACT The districts' finances are separate from the City's General Funds; therefore, this action has no fiscal impact to the City, unless Council decides to use General Funds to subsidize the districts' operations.