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a � : � - � , `` ' ' s � M6YOf MI CHAHL J BARRETT � �� I.a� ��A A R T IC � rna ae� �u� o c Vlce Mayor ei�� aMODas COUNC I LMEN � �� �� MAR10 BIAGI � BOARD OF EQUALIZATION ROHEkT M �URY GERALU R CHANDLEH `w Cort�nun�ty Activities Building � HAkGUEf71TE LEIPIIG �� eoe woRw�s August 21, 1978 Meeting of the City Council as � BOARD OF EQUALIZATION The Board of Directors ofi General Improvement District No. 1-64 met on ' this date at 10.00 a.m with Chairman Barrett pres}ding Members present Qiagi, Bury, Norris, Rhodes and Mayor Barrett Members absent: Chandler, Leipzig Officials and staff present City Manager FAles, Assistant City Manager Smith, Director of Finance Ference, Assistant City Attorney Maloney, City Clerk Hildebrand PUBLIC HEARING City Manager Fales noted for the record that a meeting of the Board of Equal�zation of 6ID No 1-64 was called for July 17, 1978 but was ad�ourned for lack of a quorum by Deputy City Clerk Reggetts until this date upon recommendat�on of the Director of Finance. Chairman Barrett declared the public hearing open at 10 00 a.m City Clerk Hildebrand reported the Affidavit of Publication of Notice � of Nearing is on file in her office. Cit�� Manager fales referred to his report of August 17 regarding 197$-79 Tax Rate and Assessments for GID No i-64 and attaching report from Director of Finance Ference dated August 15. Mr. fales noted that the report of Mr Ference is intended to serve as the staff report both for the Soard of Equalization meeting and for the purpose of establishing the 1978-79 tax rate. Mr fales also called attention to the report� of the Director of finance dated August 18 regarding informal protests. He advised that the close of the formal appeal period �s Septembcr• 18, 1978 Marty Stango, President of the Redwood Shores Homeowners Association (RSHA), 520 Keelson Circle, referred to his letter of August 2, 1978 making "formal" pratest of the assessments issued for the 1977-78 fiscal year on behalf of all members of RSHA and all other Redwood Shores homeowners. Mr. Stango commented on the contents of the letter and urged that assessments be rolled back to 1975-76 , Director of Finance Ference advised, as stated in his report, that he had reviewed the matter with the City Attorney and their conclusion is that Article XIIIA of the 5tate Constitution refers only to the County and not to d�stricts such as GID No. 1-64 Mr Ference pointed out that regardless of the rolls used, the 1975-76 rolls involve primarily raw � land since few homes were built in Redwood Shores before March 1975, and, therefore, they would carry a much smaller portion of the district tax than all the rest of the owners. Also, in the future, those who owned their homes prior to t�larch 1975 would pay an even smaller portion which cannot be considered equitable In response to question, Mr. Stango acknowledged he had received the report of August 15 of the Director of F�nance wherein it is pointed out that if Mr. Stango and RSNA's recommendation that the San Mateo County Assessment System be used instead of the present system that