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6.3. B. - Page 1 <br /> RE PO RT <br /> To the Honorable Mayor and City Council <br /> From the Cit Mana er <br /> June 11, 2012 <br /> SUBJECT <br /> Levy of Benefit Assessments for Fiscal Year 2012/2013 for the Redwood Shores <br /> Landscape Maintenance District 1995-1 <br /> RECOMMENDATION <br /> Adopt a resolution to order the Levy of Benefit Assessments for FY 2012/2013 for the <br /> Redwood Shores Landscape Maintenance District 1995-1 in the amount of $212,095. <br /> BACKGROUND <br /> The Redwood Shores Landscape Maintenance District No. 1995-1 was established in <br /> December 1995. The Lido Neighborhood Specific Plan, approved by the City Council, <br /> recommended that a maintenance district be established to maintain public areas and <br /> facilities benefiting the Lido Neighborhood. Creation of the District, which is comprised <br /> of the developments known as The Cove at California Bayside, California Seacrest and <br /> the Lido Neighborhood, establishes a means for financing annual landscape <br /> maintenance costs of public facilities specifically benefiting the parcels within the <br /> District. <br /> ANALYSIS <br /> The district is annually assessed to allow taxes to be levied and collected by the San <br /> Mateo County Tax Controller and Collector's Office. The enabling document for the <br /> District established a District budget with a built-in inflation adjuster based on the <br /> greater of the City's annual percentage increase in labor costs for landscape <br /> maintenance in Redwood Shores or 2%, but in any event not to exceed 3.5% in any <br /> fiscal year. For FY 2012/2013, the labor cost for landscape maintenance did not <br /> increase; therefore, the inflation adjuster defaults to 2%, resulting in a 2% increase in <br /> assessments. <br /> The City's Parks, Recreation, and Community Services Department is responsible for <br /> landscape maintenance for the District, including irrigation, trees, shrubs, perennials, <br /> annuals, and other elements. These landscape improvements are specifically <br /> benefiting the District, but are also available to the public-at-large. Therefore, about <br /> 12% of the District's budget, an amount estimated to reflect the public-at-large's <br /> enjoyment of the public facilities, will be paid for by the City's General Fund. <br /> Related budgets, assessments, and City Manager's Report are available for review in <br />