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72-Al REPORT, To Me Honorable Mayor and City Council Prom -the City Mana ear j September 8, 2003 Subject Order the Levy of Benefit Assessments for FY 2003 -04 for the Seaport Centre Maintenance District, Seaport Boulevard Landscape Maintenance District, and Redwood Shores Landscape Maintenance District 1995 -1. Recommendation 1. Adopt a Resolution ordering the Levy of Benefit Assessments for FY 2003 -04 for the Seaport Centre Maintenance District 2. Adopt a Resolution ordering the Levy of Benefit Assessments for FY 2003 -04 for the Seaport Boulevard Landscape Maintenance District, and 3. Adopt a Resolution ordering the Levy of Benefit Assessments for FY 2003 -04 for the Redwood Shores Landscape Maintenance District 1995 -1. Background These three, relatively small Assessment Districts have annual assessments amounting anywhere from $125,000 to $300,000. The Seaport Centre Maintenance District and the Seaport Boulevard Landscape Maintenance District were established in 1987, and the Redwood Shores Landscape Maintenance District was formed in 1995. The Districts were formed to pay for the maintenance of facilities that were determined to be above and beyond the normal level of maintenance that is required in the rest of the City (i.e., stormwater pump stations, sewage pump stations, levee systems, and extra landscaping). Proposition No. 218, voted into law in 1996 in an effort to control the increasing use of special taxes, requires any increase in existing assessment levies to be approved by a majority vote of affected property owners. It further requires that existing districts be confirmed by property owners in the district to ensure that districts are still beneficial to the owners. The Districts were confirmed in 1998 and 2000. Prior to the year 2000 confirmation, budgets, assessments, and the authority to levy special taxes were formulated, and enacted on an annual or bi- annual basis. With the Proposition No. 218 confirmation, in an effort to streamline the proceeding and reduce overhead costs, five -year budgets and assessments were prepared for the Seaport Districts, and an automatic escalation clause was formulated for the Redwood Shores Landscape Maintenance District in 1998. The City Manager's Report, budgets, assessments, and authority to levy taxes (for the five years and with the escalation clause) were approved by the City Council in 1998 and 2000. For the past three years, without incident, taxes were levied and collected, through the San Mateo County Tax Controller and Collector's Office using these authorities. However, due to changes in operating policies/procedures at the San Mateo County Page 1 of 2