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TO: The Honorable City Council
FROM: Mary K. Lindley, Parks, Recreation and Community Services Director /
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DATE: June 14, 2007 (CC Meeting of June 20, 2007)
SUBJECT: Consider Final Review of the Assessment Engineer's Report for the
Parks and Recreation Maintenance and Improvement Assessment
District for Fiscal Year 2007/2008 and Resolution Confirming the
Levy Amount
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The City Council is being asked to open the public hearing on the continuation of the
Parks and Recreation Maintenance and Improvement Assessment District for FY
2007/08, receive testimony, close the Public Hearing, approve the final Engineer's
Report (Report), and adopt a resolution confirming the assessment levy.
BACKGROUND
In July 1999, the City successfully established an assessment district for the
maintenance and improvement of City parks. The District was initiated by the Council to
provide funding in place of AD 85-1 (Park Maintenance Assessment District), which was
disbanded in July 1998 as a result of Proposition 218. The current Maintenance District
is based on a "special" assessment. This means that the City assesses property owners
for that portion of park maintenance and improvement activities that generate a "special"
benefit. All activities that generate a "general" benefit must be funded from non-
assessment revenues (typically General Fund and Park Improvement Fund).
The Parks and Recreation Maintenance and Improvement Assessment District
(Assessment District) includes 16 parks, 15 improved parks and one undeveloped park
(Magnolia Park). The amount of the assessment levied to property owners may only
increase by the Cost of Living factor (CPI) for the Los Angeles Metropolitan area, and
not more than 3 percent in any year. In situations when the CPI exceeds 3 percent, the
remaining difference can be carried over to a subsequent year.
On February 7, 2007, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 2007-2563 indicating its
intent to continue the park assessment for FY 2007/08 and directing the preparation of
the Engineer's Report.
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DISCUSSION
The City Council is being asked to receive public testimony on the continuation of the
assessment and to set the assessment levy amount. By approving the Report,
provided to the Council under separate cover, the Council will be establishing the
assessment levy, the formula used to spread the assessment, and the "City's
Contribution" (comprised of General Fund, Park Improvement Fund [PIF],
Redevelopment Agency funds, and state Park Bond funds) for the maintenance and
improvement of parks. This report sets forth certain relevant information, including the
following:
• a Boundary Map(s);
• the reason for the assessments;
• the duration of the assessments;
• the method of assessments;
• the amount of the annual assessments;
• information regarding cost of living adjustments; and
• a description of improvements to be maintained.
The Assessment District includes all 16 City parks, Arroyo Vista Community Center, and
the Serenata Trail. The Report contains a determination regarding the percentage of
benefit deemed "special" and the percentage deemed "general", generated from the
maintenance and improvement of City parks and recreation facilities. The percentage
figure identified by the Engineer is 25 percent "general" benefit and 75 percent "special"
benefit. This percentage is then applied to the total park maintenance and improvement
budget. Under Proposition 218, the City can only assess property owners for the 75
percent portion of the budget related to "special" benefits. When the initial assessment
was set at $39.00 for a single family equivalent (SFE) unit, the total assessment
generated approximately 51.6 percent of the revenue required to support park
maintenance and improvement operations at that time. This percentage was well below
the "special" assessment cap of 75 percent. The City contributed funds to cover the
remaining 48.4 percent. Over the years, as park acreage and amenities expanded and
costs increased, the percentage of City contribution grew. The park assessment
revenue for FY 2007/08 is expected to be only about 32 percent of the proposed
operating costs.
Park Maintenance and Improvement Budget
The budget contained in the Engineer's Report differs from the revised budget
document presented to the Council because it is necessary to finalize the Engineer's
Report in advance to meet printing and public notice deadlines. What is important in the
Engineer's Report is the percentage of the total Park Maintenance and Improvement
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budget that comprises a special benefit, as discussed above. The revised FY 2007/08
City Budget meets the aforementioned threshold.
The total proposed Park Maintenance and Improvement Budget identified in the
Engineer's Report for FY 2007/08 is $5,416,361. This is a combined figure consisting of
maintenance activity, Fund 2400, and capital improvement projects, Fund 2100 — 2113
and 2400, in the City's Budget document. The Engineer's Report estimates that the
assessment will generate approximately $628,554, contingent on the Council's approval
of the proposed levy rate. This is approximately $22,662 more in assessment revenue
than was projected for FY 2006/07. At this rate, assessment revenue will cover
approximately 11.6 percent of the total budget (or 15.4 percent of the "special" benefit).
According to the Engineer's Report, the City's contribution for FY 2007/08 is $4,787,807
and is comprised of the General Fund ($1,335,140), Park Improvement Fund
($2,838,172), MRA ($525,000), and state Park Bond ($89,495). Based on the City's
revised FY 2007/08 Budget, prepared after the Engineer's Report, the contribution from
the General Fund was reduced to $1 ,279,827 as the result of the deletion of several
expenditures.
The capital improvement expenditures included in the Engineer's Report budget figure
includes: Poindexter Park expansion design ($300,000); AVRC expansion ($1,837,604);
Magnolia Park ($525,000); Glenwood Park restrooms and playground improvements
($197,244); Mountain Meadows basketball lights ($55,000); Tierra Rejada Park bocce
ball courts ($29,460); AVCP parking lot and multipurpose court basketball standards
and lights, swings, relocate backflow ($432,359); Miller Park swings ($20,000); replace
College View basketball court lights ($25,000); Campus Canyon ball wall ($25,000);
Peach Hill Park playground improvements ($25,000); and Monte Vista Park landscape
improvements ($25,000).
Assessment Rate
The assessment district was adopted with a CPI cap of 3 percent. However, the
approved assessment language allows the City to carry over any difference in the CPI
that exceeds 3 percent to the following year, as long as it adheres to the cap in
subsequent years. The history of the adjusted assessment levy is as follows:
Fiscal CIP Period CIP Levy Carryover.
Year Adjustment Adjustment
(Running Total)
2000/01 Dec 1998/99 2.3% 2.3% 0
2001/02 Dec 1999/00 3.7% .7% .7%
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2002/03 Dec 2000/01 2.1% 2.8% 0
2003/04 Dec 2001/02 3.7% 3% .7%
2004/05 Dec 2002/03 1.8% 2.5% 0
2005/06 Dec 2003/04 4.39% 3% 1.39%
2006/07 Dec 2004/05 4.042% 3% 2.432%
2007/08 Dec 2005/06 3.701% 3% 3.133%
The CPI increase calculation pertaining to the FY 2007/08 assessment (December 2005
— December 2006) is 3.701 percent. Because of the 3 percent cap on rate adjustments,
the City can only raise the assessment by 3 percent and carry the .701 percent over to
FY 2008/09. The total CPI carryover is now 3.133, of which all or part can be applied to
the assessment levy in subsequent years when the CPI is below 3 percent. The
proposed SFE assessment rate and levy for FY 2007/08 is $48.74, an increase of $1 .42
over FY 2006/07.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION (Roll Call Vote)
1) Open the Public Hearing, take public testimony, and close the Public Hearing.
2) Adopt Resolution No. 2007-
Attachment: A - Resolution
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ATTACHMENT A
RESOLUTION NO. 2007-
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
MOORPARK, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING ENGINEER'S
REPORT, CONFIRMING DIAGRAM AND ASSESSMENT
AND ORDERING LEVY OF ASSESSMENT FOR FISCAL
YEAR 2007/08 FOR THE PARKS MAINTENANCE AND
IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT OF THE CITY OF MOORPARK
WHEREAS, on July 15, 1999, by its Resolution No. 99-1625, after receiving a
weighted majority of ballots in support of the proposed assessment, this Council ordered
the formation of and levied the first assessment within the City of Moorpark Parks and
Recreation Maintenance and Improvement District (the "Assessment District") pursuant
to the provisions of Article XIIID of the California Constitution, and the Landscaping and
Lighting Act of 1972 (the "Act"), Part 2 of Division 15 of the California Streets and
Highways Code (commencing with Section 22500 thereof); and
WHEREAS, by Resolution No. 2007-2563, the City Council ordered the
preparation of an Engineer's Report for the Parks and Recreation Maintenance and
Improvement District (the "District") for fiscal year 2007-08; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to said Resolution, the Engineer's Report was prepared by
SCI Consulting Group, formerly known as Shilts Consultants, Inc., Engineer of Work, in
accordance with Section 22565, et. seq., of the Streets and Highways Code (the
"Report") and Article XIIID of the California Constitution; and
WHEREAS, by Resolution No. 2007- , the City Council preliminarily
approved the Engineer's Report for said District and set a date for a Public Hearing; and
WHEREAS, said report was duly made and filed with the City Clerk and duly
considered by this Council and found to be sufficient in every particular, whereupon it
was determined that the report should stand as the Engineer's Report for all subsequent
proceedings under and pursuant to the aforesaid resolution, and that June 20, 2007, at
the hour of 7:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers, located at 799 Moorpark Avenue,
Moorpark, California 93021, were appointed as the time and place for a hearing by this
Council on the question of the levy of the proposed assessment, notice of which hearing
was given as required by law; and
WHEREAS, at the appointed time and place the hearing was duly and regularly
held, and all persons interested and desiring to be heard were given an opportunity to be
heard, and all matters and things pertaining to the levy were fully heard and considered
by the Council, and all oral statements and all written protests or communications were
duly heard, considered and overruled, and this council thereby acquired jurisdiction to
order the levy and the confirmation of the diagram and assessment prepared by and
made a part of the Engineer's Report to pay the costs and expenses thereof.
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NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MOORPARK
DOES HEREBY RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The public interest, convenience and necessity require that
the levy be made.
SECTION 2. The Assessment District benefited by the improvements and
assessed to pay the costs and expenses thereof, and the exterior boundaries
thereof, are as shown by a map thereof filed in the office of the City Clerk, which
map is made a part hereof by reference thereto.
SECTION 3. The Engineer's Report as a whole and each part thereof, to
wit:
(a) the Engineer's estimate of the itemized and total
costs and expenses of maintaining the improvements and of
the incidental expenses in connection therewith;
(b) the diagram showing the assessment district,
plans and specifications for the improvements to be
maintained and the boundaries and dimensions of the
respective lots and parcels of land within the Assessment
District; and
(c) the assessment of the total amount of the cost
and expenses of the proposed maintenance of the
improvements upon the several lots and parcels of land in the
Assessment District in proportion to the estimated special
benefits to be received by such lots and parcels, respectively,
from the maintenance, and of the expenses incidental thereto;
are finally approved and confirmed.
SECTION 4. Final adoption and approval of the Engineer's Report as a
whole, and of the plans and specifications, estimate of the costs and expenses,
the diagram and the assessment, as contained in the report as hereinabove
determined and ordered, is intended to and shall refer and apply to the report, or
any portion thereof as amended, modified, or revised or corrected by, or pursuant
to and in accordance with, any resolution or order, if any, heretofore duly adopted
or made by this Council.
SECTION 5. The assessment to pay the costs and expenses of the
maintenance of the improvements for fiscal year 2007-08 is hereby levied. For
further particulars pursuant to the provisions of the Landscaping and Lighting Act
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of 1972, reference is hereby made to the Resolution Directing Preparation of
Engineer's Report.
SECTION 6. Based on the oral and documentary evidence, including the
Engineer's Report, offered and received at the hearing, this Council expressly
finds and determines (a) that each of the several lots and parcels of land will be
specially benefited by the maintenance of the improvements at least in the amount
if not more than the amount, of the assessment apportioned against the lots and
parcels of land, respectively, and (b) that there is substantial evidence to support,
and the weight of the evidence preponderates in favor of, the aforesaid finding
and determination as to special benefits.
SECTION 7. Immediately upon the adoption of this resolution, but in no
event later than the third Monday in August following such adoption, the City Clerk
shall file a certified copy of the diagram and assessment and a certified copy of
this resolution with the Auditor of the County of Ventura. Upon such filing, the
County Auditor shall enter on the County assessment roll opposite each lot or
parcel of land the amount of assessment thereupon as shown in the assessment.
The assessments shall be collected at the same time and in the same manner as
County taxes are collected and all laws providing for the collection and
enforcement of County taxes shall apply to the collection and enforcement of the
assessments, After collection by the County, the net amount of the assessments,
after deduction of any compensation due the County for collection, shall be paid to
the City of Moorpark Parks and Recreation Maintenance and Improvement
District.
SECTION 8. Upon receipt of the moneys representing assessments
collected by the County, the County shall deposit the moneys in the City Treasury
to the credit of the improvement fund previously established under the distinctive
designation of the Assessment District. Moneys in the improvement fund shall be
expended only for the maintenance, servicing, construction or installation of the
improvements.
SECTION 9. The assessments levied are in conformance with Proposition
218.
SECTION 10. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this
resolution and shall cause a certified resolution to be filed in the book of original
resolutions.
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PASSED AND ADOPTED this 20th day of June, 2007
Patrick Hunter, Mayor
ATTEST:
Deborah S. Traffenstedt, City Clerk
CITY OF MOORPARK
PARKS&RECREATION MAINTENANCE&IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT
ENGINEER'S REPORT
FISCAL YEAR 2007-08
MAY 2007
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION.......................................................................................................................3
CERTIFICATES........................................................................................................................6
PLANS&SPECIFICATIONS......................................................................................................7
FISCAL YEAR 2007.08 ESTIMATE OF COST AND BUDGET.........................................................8
METHOD OF APPORTIONMENT...........................................................................................9
DISCUSSIONOF BENEFIT..................................................................................................9
GENERAL VERSUS SPECIAL BENEFIT...............................................................................12
METHODOF ASSESSMENT..............................................................................................12
PROXIMITY BENEFITS.....................................................................................................13
ASSESSMENT APPORTIONMENT ......................................................................................13
RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES..............................................................................................14
COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL PROPERTIES...........................................................................15
VACANTRESIDENTIAL LAND............................................................................................16
OTHERPROPERTIES......................................................................................................17
APPEALS AND INTERPRETATION ......................................................................................18
ASSESSMENT.......................................................................................................................19
ASSESSMENTDIAGRAM........................................................................................................22
APPENDIX A-2007-08 ASSESSMENT ROLL...........................................................................23
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INTRODUCTION
The City of Moorpark (the "City") currently provides park facilities and recreation programs
for approximately 30,000 residents. The City currently owns, operates and maintains 14
neighborhood parks and one community park, which are located throughout the developed
areas of the City. (For general locations of the City's park facilities, see the Diagram
following in this Report.) The City's parks are summarized as follows:
❖ Arroyo Vista Community Park and Recreational Center, (69 developed
acres), located near the intersection of Countrywood Drive and Tierra Rejada
Road.
❖ Campus Canyon Neighborhood Park, (6 acres), located at Collins Dr. and
Hearon Drive.
❖ Campus Park Neighborhood Park, (2.5 acres), located on the corner of
Hartford St. and Harvard Street.
❖ Community Center Park, (.5 acres), 799 Moorpark Avenue.
❖ Country Trail Neighborhood Park, (8 acres), located off Countrywood Drive
and Mountain Trail.
❖ Glenwood Neighborhood Park, (4.5 acres), located on the corner of Tierra
Rejada Rd. and Harvester Street.
❖ Griffin Neighborhood Park, (5 acres), located on at the intersection of Campus
Park Drive and College View Avenue.
❖
Magnolia Street Park, (.11 acre, vacant), located on the south west corner of
Magnolia Street and Charles Street.
❖ Miller Neighborhood Park, (6.5 acres), located on Miller Parkway, near Peach
Hill Road.
❖ Monte Vista Nature Park, (5 acres), located on Spring Road.
❖ Mountain Meadows Neighborhood Park, (8 acres), located off Mountain
Meadow Street, near Tierra Rejada Road.
❖ Peach Hill Neighborhood Park, (10 acres), located on Peach Hill Rd. and
Christian Barrett Drive.
❖ Poindexter Neighborhood Park, (9.5 acres), located on Poindexter Ave., west
of Chaparral Middle School.
❖ Tierra Rejada Neighborhood Park, (8 acres), located at the intersection of
Tierra Rejada Road and Mountain Trail.
❖
Virginia Colony Park, (1 acre), located at the intersection of Los Angeles Place
and Condor Drive.
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❖ Villa Campesina Park, (.5 acre), located at Liberty Bell Road.
Prior to 1997, the City funded the majority of the costs for maintenance and improvement
of park facilities with an assessment supported by property owners. With the passage of
Proposition 218 on November 6, 1996, such an assessment could not be continued unless
it is approved by a weighted majority of ballots submitted in an assessment ballot
proceeding. As a result, the City discontinued the park maintenance assessment and
funded a reduced level of park maintenance with reserve funds. To address the City's
shortfall in park maintenance and improvement funding, in 1999 the City proposed a new
assessment for parks. In May and June of 1999, the City conducted an assessment ballot
proceeding pursuant to the requirements of Article XIIID of the California Constitution ("The
Taxpayer's Right to Vote on Taxes Act") and the Landscaping the Lighting Act of 1972.
During this ballot proceeding, property owners in the City were provided with a notice and
ballot for the proposed parks assessment ("the Parks Maintenance and Recreation
Improvement District"). A 45-day period was provided for balloting and a public hearing
was conducted on June 16, 1999. At the public hearing, all ballots returned within the 45-
day balloting period were tabulated.
It was determined at the public hearing that the assessment ballots submitted in opposition
to the proposed assessments did not exceed the assessment ballots submitted in favor of
the assessments (with each ballot weighted by the proportional financial obligation of the
property for which ballot was submitted). In fact, the final balloting result was 71.5%
support for the City of Moorpark Parks Maintenance and Recreation Improvement District
(the"District").
As a result, the Council gained the authority to approve the levy of the assessments for
fiscal year 1999-00 and future years. The authority granted by the ballot proceeding
includes an annual adjustment in the assessment levies equal to the annual change in the
Consumer Price Index for the Los Angeles Area, not to exceed 3%.
In each subsequent year for which the assessments will be levied, the Council must direct
the preparation of an Engineer's Report, budgets and proposed assessments for the
upcoming fiscal year. After the Engineer's Report is completed, the Council may
preliminarily approve the Engineer's Report and proposed assessments and establish the
date for a public hearing on the continuation of the assessments. This Report was
prepared pursuant to the direction of the Council adopted on February 7, 2007.
If the Council approves this Engineer's Report and the proposed assessments by
resolution, a notice of assessment levies must be published in a local paper at least 10
days prior to the date of the public hearing. The resolution preliminarily approving the
Engineer's Report and establishing the date for a public hearing is used for this notice.
Following the minimum 10-day time period after publishing the notice, a public hearing is
held for the purpose of allowing public testimony about the proposed continuation of the
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assessments. This hearing is currently scheduled for June 20, 2007. At this hearing, the
Council would consider approval of a resolution confirming the assessments for fiscal year
2007-08. If so confirmed and approved, the assessments would be submitted to the
County Auditor/Controller for inclusion on the property tax rolls for Fiscal Year 2007-08.
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CERTIFICATES
1. The undersigned respectfully submits the enclosed Engineer's Report and does
hereby certify that this Engineer's Report, and the Assessment and Assessment Diagram
herein, have been prepared by me in accordance with the order of the City Council of the
City of Moorpark, adopted on February 7, 2 7.
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2. I, the Clerk of the City Council, City of Moorpark, County of Ventura, California,
hereby certify that the enclosed Engineer's Report, together with the Assessment and
Assessment Diagram thereto attached, was filed and recorded with me on
, 2007.
Clerk of the City Council
3. I, the Clerk of the City Council, City of Moorpark, County of Ventura, California,
hereby certify that the Assessment in this Engineer's Report was approved and confirmed
by the City Council on 2007, by Resolution No.
Clerk of the City Council
4. I, the Clerk of the City Council of the City of Moorpark, County of Ventura,
California, hereby certify that a copy of the Assessment and Assessment Diagram was
filed in the office of the County Auditor of the County of Ventura, California, on
, 2007.
Clerk of the City Council
5. I, the County Auditor of the County of Ventura, California, hereby certify that a
copy of the Assessment Roll and Assessment Diagram for fiscal year 2007-08 was filed
with me on 2007.
County Auditor, County of Ventura
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PLANS$c SPECIFICATIONS
The City of Moorpark maintains park facilities throughout the City.
The work and improvements proposed to be undertaken by the City of Moorpark Parks &
Recreation Maintenance and Improvement District (the "District") and the cost thereof paid
from the levy of the annual assessment provide special benefit to Assessor Parcels within
the District as defined in the Method of Assessment herein. Consistent with the
Landscaping and Lighting Act of 1972, (the "Act") the work and improvements are
generally described as follows:
Installation, maintenance and servicing of public recreational facilities and improvements,
including but not limited to landscaping, sprinkler systems, park grounds, park facilities,
landscape corridors, ground cover, shrubs and trees, street frontages, playground
equipment and hardcourt areas, water, drainage systems, lighting, fencing, entry
monuments, basketball courts, tennis courts, running tracks, swimming pools, restroom
facilities including sewage systems, other recreational facilities, security guards, graffiti
removal and repainting, and labor, materials, supplies, utilities and equipment, as
applicable, for property owned and maintained by the City of Moorpark. Any plans and
specifications for these improvements will be filed with the Director of Community Services
of the City of Moorpark and are incorporated herein by reference.
As applied herein, "Installation" means the construction of recreational improvements,
including, but not limited to, land preparation, such as grading, leveling, cutting and filling,
sod, landscaping, irrigation systems, sidewalks and drainage, lights, playground
equipment, play courts, recreational facilities and public restrooms.
"Maintenance" means the furnishing of services and materials for the ordinary and usual
maintenance, operation and servicing of any improvement, including repair, removal or
replacement of all or any part of any improvement; providing for the life, growth, health,
and beauty of landscaping, including cultivation, irrigation, trimming, spraying, fertilizing, or
treating for disease or injury; the removal of trimmings, rubbish, debris, and other solid
waste, and the cleaning, sandblasting, and painting of walls and other improvements to
remove or cover graffiti.
"Servicing" means the furnishing of electric current, or energy, gas or other illuminating
agent for any public lighting facilities or for the lighting or operation of any other
improvements; or water for the irrigation of any landscaping, the operation of any
fountains, or the maintenance of any other improvements.
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FISCAL YEAR 2007.08 ESTIMATE OF COST AND BUDGET
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Parks and Recreation Maintenance and Improvement District
Estimate of Cost
Fiscal Year 2007-08
Total
Budget
Installation, Maintenance&Servicing Costs
Capital Outlay $73,029
Capital Improvements $3,521,667
Property Maintenance $270,739
Tree Trimming $40,700
Landscaping Services $397,700
Water $123,640
Utilities $71,924
Supplies and Materials $8,000
Equipment and Vehicle Operation and Maintenance $7,000
Graffiti Abatement $25,000
Maintenance and Operation of Grounds and Recreational Facilities $717,967
Equipment and Repair $4,000
Equipment Rental $5,250
Subtotal- Installation, Maintenance and Servicing $5,266,616
Administrative Costs and Incidentals $149,745
Totals for Installation, Maintenance, Servicing and Administration $5,416,361
Less: City Contribution for General and Special Benefits ($4,787,807)
Net Cost of Installation, Maintenance, Servicing and Administration $628,554
(Total Amount to be Assessed)
Contributions(to)/from Reserve Fund $0
Net Amount to Assessment $628,554
Budget Allocation to Property
Total Assessment Budget"` $628,554
Single Family Equivalent Benefit Units 12,896.06
Assessment per Single Family Equivalent Unit $48.74
.All assessments are rounded to lower even penny. Therefore,the budget amount slightly differs from
the assessment rate
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METHOD OF APPORTIONMENT
METHOD OF APPORTIONMENT
This section of the Engineer's Report includes an explanation of the benefits to be derived
from the installation, maintenance and servicing of park facilities throughout the City, and
the methodology used to apportion the total assessment to properties within the Parks
Maintenance and Recreational Improvement District.
The Parks & Recreation Maintenance and Improvement District consists of all Assessor
Parcels within the boundaries of the City of Moorpark as defined by the County of Ventura
tax code areas. The parcels include all privately or publicly owned parcels within said
boundaries. The method used for apportioning the assessment is based upon the
proportional special benefits to be derived by the properties in the Parks & Recreation
Maintenance and Improvement District over and above general benefits conferred on real
property or to the public at large. The apportionment of special benefit is a two step
process: the first step is to identify the types of special benefit arising from the
improvements, and the second step is to allocate the assessments to property based on
the estimated relative special benefit for each type of property.
DISCUSSION OF BENEFIT
In summary, the assessments can only be levied based on the special benefit to property.
This benefit is received by property over and above any general benefits. Moreover, such
benefit is not based on any one property owner's use of the City's recreational facilities or
a property owner's specific demographic status. With reference to the requirements for
assessments, Section 22573 of the Landscaping and Lighting Act of 1972 states:
"The net amount to be assessed upon lands within an assessment district may
be apportioned by any formula or method which fairly distributes the net
amount among all assessable lots or parcels in proportion to the estimated
benefits to be received by each such lot or parcel from the improvements."
Proposition 218, as codified in Article XIIID of the California Constitution, has confirmed
that assessments must be based on the special benefit to property:
"No assessment shall be imposed on any parcel which exceeds the reasonable
cost of the proportional special benefit conferred on that parcel."
Six benefit categories have been established that represent the types of special benefit to
residential, commercial, industrial and other lots and parcels resulting from the installation,
maintenance and servicing of park and recreation improvements to be provided with the
assessment proceeds. These categories of special benefit are derived from the statutes
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passed by the California Legislature and other studies which describe the types of special
benefit received by property from maintenance and improvements such as those proposed
by the City of Moorpark Parks & Recreation Maintenance and Improvement District.
These types of special benefit are summarized as follows:
• Enhanced recreational opportunities and expanded access to recreational facilities for
all residents throughout the City.
Residential properties benefit from the enhanced recreational opportunities offered by the
improvements and maintenance services that would be made throughout the City. These
maintenance and improvement services include, among others, new playground equipment,
improved playcourt, playfield and turf areas, and higher levels of maintenance and watering than
would be provided in absence of the assessment. These improved park facilities will be available to
residents and guests of property owners within the City, thereby making these properties more
valuable.
Non-residential properties also will benefit from the improved park facilities in many ways.
Employees will have better and well-maintained facilities to utilize for exercise, recreational
activities, sporting events, picnics, company gatherings or other uses. These improvements,
therefore, enhance an employer's ability to attract and keep quality employees. The benefits to
employers ultimately flow to the property because better employees improve the business
prospects for companies and enhanced economic conditions benefit the property by making it
more valuable.
• Protection of views, scenery and other resources values and environmental benefits
enjoyed by residents, employees, customers and guests and preservation of public
assets maintained by the City.
The proposed Parks & Recreation Maintenance and Improvement District will provide
funding to protect and improve the public resources and facilities of the City. For example, the
assessments will provide funding to remove graffiti from City park and recreation facilities, to keep
the City's park grounds clean with consistent trash removal and to adequately maintain the
grounds and facilities so that tun`areas remain green and healthy and the grounds and facilities of
the City do not fall into disrepair. This benefits properties by maintaining and improving the public
resources in the community.
• Increased economic activity.
Well-maintained and improved park facilities will allow for expansion of recreation programs
and increased use of the facilities. Expanded use and activities facilitated by new and refurbished
facilities brings greater numbers of people in the area who can utilize the services of businesses
within the District. The users of the City's recreational facilities will be more likely to shop and eat
locally. Increased use leads to increased economic activity in the area, which is a benefit
ultimately to property.
• Expanded employment opportunity.
Improved recreational facilities and public resources foster business growth which, in turn,
creates additional employment opportunities for City residents. In addition, the assessments
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expand local employment opportunities by funding new projects that may create the need for
additional construction or maintenance jobs.
Improved and well-maintained recreational facilities also provide business properties with an
opportunity to attract and keep employees due to the benefits provided by these recreational
facilities.
• Reduced cost of local government in law enforcement, public health care, fire
prevention and natural disaster response.
High quality recreational facilities allow residents and employees in the City to enjoy activities
close to home,thereby not spending time driving to other areas.
Improved and well-maintained recreational facilities can also serve to improve public safety
and reduce the cost to local government by providing a positive setting for youth and adult
activities.
All of these factors ultimately benefit property by making the community more desirable and
property,in turn,more valuable.
• Enhanced quality of life and desirability of the area.
The assessments will provide funding to improve the City's public recreational facilities and
to ensure that the parks and facilities remain operable, safe, and well maintained. Such improved
and well-maintained facilities enhance the overall quality of life and desirability of the area. This is
a benefit to residential,commercial,industrial and other properties.
• Specific enhancement of property values.
The above benefit factors, when applied to property in the City, create specific enhancement
of property values. For example, the assessments will provide funding to improve the City's public
facilities and grounds and to ensure that the grounds and facilities remain operable, safe, and well
maintained. Such improved and well-maintained facilities enhance the overall quality of life and
desirability of the area. In turn, property values are specifically enhanced by the availability of
improved and well-maintained recreation facilities and public resources within a community. Values
of commercial and industrial property increase based on the economic activity and the quality of
public resources in the area.
Having a system of well-maintained and improved neighborhood parks serves as an
important environmental feature for which the community of Moorpark will be known. This, in turn,
makes the City of Moorpark a more attractive and safer place to live and to locate new businesses
by improving overall quality of the community,providing pleasant places for residents to enjoy, and
increasing recreational opportunities.
The correlation between enhanced property values and improved and well-maintained
recreational facilities has been documented. The United States Department of the Interior,
National Park Service determined that "An investment in parks and recreation helps reduce
pollution and noise, makes communities more livable, and increases property value." Additionally,
the National Recreation and Park Association, in June 1985, stated, "The recreation value is
realized as a rise in the value of land and other property in or near the recreation area, and is of
public interest to the taxpayers, who have a stake in a maximum of total assessed values.
In addition, professional property appraisers have found that well-maintained public
recreational grounds and facilities enhance property values in a community.
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GENERAL VERSUS SPECIAL BENEFIT
The cost of improving and maintaining the grounds and facilities for use and enjoyment by
property owners, residents, employees and customers in the City is a special benefit to
property in the District because the improvements and maintenance confer the special
benefit factors described above. Moreover, in absence of the proposed assessments, the
level of park maintenance and improvement would decline due to City budget constraints.
Therefore, the assessments provide special benefits to the community by supporting a
higher level of park maintenance and improvement than would otherwise be provided.
The maintenance and improvement of the City's parks and recreational facilities from the
assessments also provide a degree of general benefits to the public at large. A measure
of this general benefit is the proportionate amount of time that the City's parks and
recreational facilities are used and enjoyed by the greater public at large'. It is reasonable
to assume that approximately 25% of the usage and enjoyment of the improvements is by
the greater public. Therefore, approximately 25% of the benefits conferred by the
proposed maintenance and improvements are determined to be general in nature. (It
should be noted, however, that benefit factors such as protection of resource values,
reduced cost of local government and specifically enhanced property values are conferred
to property in the District regardless of the use of the parks and facilities.)
The City's total budget for maintenance, operation and improvement of its parks and
recreational facilities is $5,416,361. Of this total budget amount, the proposed contribution
from the City from sources other than the assessments is $4,787,807. If the City Council
approves this level of contribution, the City's contribution would equate to approximately
88% of the total budget for park maintenance and improvement, which more than offsets
the cost of the general benefits resulting from the maintenance and improvements.2
METHOD OF ASSESSMENT
The second step in apportioning assessments is to determine the relative special benefit
for each property. This process involves determining the relative benefit received by each
property in relation to a single family home, or, in other words, on the basis of Single
Family Equivalents (SFE). This SFE methodology is commonly used to distribute
assessments in proportion to estimated special benefit and is generally recognized as
providing the basis for a fair and appropriate distribution of assessments. For the
purposes of this Engineer's Report, all properties are designated a SFE value, which is
each property's relative benefit in relation to a single family home on one parcel. In this
. The greater public at large is generally defined as those who are not residents, property owners,
customers or employees within the District boundaries.
2 . At the proposed City contribution of$4,787,807,the total amount assessable to property would
be$628,554 ,which equates to an assessment rate of$48.74 per single family equivalent.
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case, the "benchmark" property is the single family detached dwelling which is one Single
Family Equivalent or one SFE.
PROXIMITY BENEFITS
The City's park facilities are easily accessible by anyone within a neighborhood or the City.
Therefore, benefits from the proposed improvements do not vary based on proximity of the
parcels to the improvements because the increased benefits of greater proximity to the
improvements are generally offset by a parallel increase in negative factors such as higher
levels of traffic, noise, etc. that comes with increased proximity. Consequently, since all
parcels in the City have good access and proximity to the City's grounds and recreational
facilities and the benefits to relatively closer proximity are offset by other factors, proximity
is not considered to be a factor in determining benefit within the Parks Maintenance and
Improvement District.
ASSESSMENT APPORTIONMENT
In the process of determining the appropriate method of assessment, the Engineer
considered various alternatives. For example, an assessment only for all residential
improved property was considered but was determined to be inappropriate because
commercial, industrial and other property also receive benefits from the assessments.
Moreover, a fixed or flat assessment for all properties of similar type was deemed to be
inappropriate because larger properties receive a higher degree of benefit than other
similarly used properties that are significantly smaller. (For two properties used for
commercial purposes, there is clearly a higher benefit provided to the larger property in
comparison to a smaller commercial property because the larger property generally
supports a larger building and has higher numbers of employees, customers and guests
that would benefit from well maintained and improved parks and recreational facilities.
This benefit ultimately flows to the property) Larger parcels, therefore, receive an
increased benefit from the assessments.
As stated previously, the special benefits derived from the assessments are conferred on
property and are not based on a specific property owner's use of the improvements, or a
specific property owner's occupancy of property or the property owner's demographic
status such as age or number of dependents. However, it is ultimately people who value
the special benefits described above, use and enjoy the City's park and recreational
facilities and control property values by placing a value on the special benefits to be
provided by the improvements. In other words, the benefits derived to property are related
to the average number of people who could potentially live on, work at or otherwise could
use a property, not how the property is currently used by the present owner. Therefore,
the number of people who could or potentially live on, work at or otherwise use a property
is an indicator of the relative level of benefit received by a property.
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Therefore, the Engineer determined that the appropriate method of assessment should be
based on the type of property, the relative size of the property and the potential use of
property by residents and employees. This method is further described below.
RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES
All improved residential properties that represent a single residential dwelling unit are
assigned one Single Family Equivalent or 1.0 SFE. Traditional houses, zero-lot line
houses and townhomes are included in this category.
Properties with more than one residential unit are designated as multi-family residential
properties. These properties benefit from the improvements in proportion to the number of
dwelling units that occupy each property and the average number of people who reside in
multi-family residential units versus the average number of people who reside in a single
family home. The population density factors for the City of Moorpark, as depicted below,
provide the basis for determining the SFE factors for residential properties. Using the total
population in a certain property type within the City of Moorpark from the 1990 Census and
dividing it by the total number of such households, finds that approximately 3.54 persons
occupy each single family residence, whereas an average of 2.78 persons occupy each
multi-family residence. Using the ratio of one SFE for each single-family residence, which
equates to one SFE for every 3.54 persons, 0.78 SFE would equate to one multi-family
unit or 0.78 SFE for every 2.78 residents. Likewise, using the average population density
ratios for other types of residential property, each condominium unit receives 0.80 SFE
and each mobile home receives 0.65 SFE.
Table 1
Residential Assessment Factors
Total Occupied Persons SF
Population Households per Household Facto
Single Family Residential 20,105 5,679 3.54 1.00
Condominium 2,361 835 2.83 0.80
Multi-Family Residential 2,155 776 2.78 0.78
Mobile Homes 672 292 2.30 0.65
Source:1990 Census,City of Moorpark
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COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL PROPERTIES
SFE values for commercial and industrial land uses are based on the equivalence of
special benefit on a land area basis between single family residential property and the
average commercial/industrial property. The SFE values for various commercial and
industrial land uses are further defined by using average employee densities because the
special benefit factors described previously are also related to the average number of
people who work at commercial/industrial properties.
In order to determine employee density factors, the findings from the San Diego
Association of Governments Traffic Generators Study (the "SANDAG Study") are used
because these findings were approved by the State Legislature for use in justifying
commercial and industrial school facilities fees and are considered to be a good
representation of the average number of employees per acre of land area for commercial
and industrial properties. As determined by the SANDAG Study, the average number of
employees per acre for commercial and industrial property is 35.
In comparison, the average number of people residing in a single family home in the area
is 3.54. Since the average lot size for a single family home in Moorpark is approximately
0.17 acres, the average number of residents per acre of residential property is 21.3
The employee density per acre is generally 1.7 times the population density of single
family residential property per acre (35 employees per acre / 21 residents per acre).
Therefore, the average employee density can be used as the basis for allocating benefit to
commercial or industrial property since a property with 1.7 employees receives generally
similar special benefit to a residential property with 1 resident. This factor of equivalence
of benefit between 1 resident to 1.7 employees is the basis for allocating
commercial/industrial benefit. Table 2 shows the average employees per acre of land area
or portion thereof for commercial and industrial properties and lists the relative SFE factors
per fifth acre for properties in each land use category.
Commercial and industrial properties in excess of 5 acres generally involve uses that are
more land intensive relative to building areas and number of employees (lower coverage
ratios). As a result, the benefit factors for commercial and industrial property land area in
excess of 5 acres is determined to be the SFE rate per fifth acre for the first 5 acres and
the relevant SFE rate per each additional acre over 5 acres.
Institutional properties that are used for residential, commercial or industrial purposes are
also assessed at the appropriate residential, commercial or industrial rate.
a. Average lot size determined by an analysis of real property maps and Ventura County assessor
parcel data.
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Table 2
Commercial/Industrial Assessment Factors
Average SFE Units
Type of Commercial/Industrial Employees per
Land Use Per Acre 115 Acre 2
Commercial 24 0.7
Office 68 1.9
Shopping Center 24 0.7
Industrial 24 0.7
Self Storage or Parking Lot 1 0.03
1. Source: San Diego Association of Governments Traffic Generators Study.
2. The SFE factors for commercial and industrial parcels are applied by the fifth acre of
land area or portion thereof. (Therefore, the minimum assessment for any assessable
parcel in these categories is the SFE Units listed herein.)
VACANT RESIDENTIAL LAND
The benefits to be received from the construction and maintenance of recreational facilities
throughout the City include active benefits which are related to the use and enjoyment of
property in the City and passive benefits which are related to the underlying land. An
example of a passive benefit is enhancement of property value that will accrue to a vacant
parcel from the park maintenance and improvements based on its future potential use.
Another example of a passive benefit factor is increased economic activity because all
properties in areas with increased economic activity are generally more valuable.
Undeveloped property also benefits from the installation and maintenance of recreational
facilities because when the property is developed, the recreational facilities will be
available to the developed property.
The benefit to vacant properties is determined to be proportional to the corresponding
benefits for similar type developed properties. It is reasonable to assume that
approximately 25% of the benefits are related to the underlying land and 75% are related
to the day to day use of the property. Using this ratio, the SFE factor for vacant parcels is
0,25 per parcel.
As properties are approved for development, their value increases. Likewise, the special
benefits received by vacant property increases as the property is approved for
development, or becomes closer to being fully improved. When property moves from
vacant status to the point at which a development application and engineering plans have
been submitted to the City for approval, such property is deemed to receive 35% of the
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relative benefits that would be received by the property after it is fully improved or
developed. Thus the SFE factor for property with proposed development applications is
35% of the rate that would be applied to the property when it is fully developed.
At the second stage towards development, tentative parcel maps and site development
plans are approved for the property. At this point, the property is at the final stage and can
shortly undergo construction. Since the property is nearing the point of development, its
special benefits increase. The Engineer has determined that the relative level of benefit
for approved property is 65% of the rate for similar developed property. Therefore, all
approved property is assigned an SFE factor that is equal to 65% of the SFE factor that
would be applied to the property after it is fully developed.4
OTHER PROPERTIES
All properties that are specially benefited are assessed. Public right-of-way parcels, well,
reservoir or other water rights parcels, limited access open space parcels, watershed
parcels and common area parcels typically do not generate employees, residents,
customers or guests. Moreover, many of these parcels have limited economic value and,
therefore, do not benefit from specific enhancement of property value. Such parcels are,
therefore, not specially benefited and are not assessed.
Church parcels, school parcels and other properties used for educational purposes
typically generate a lower number of employees than other non-residential parcels.
Moreover, many of these parcels provide some degree of on-site amenities that serve to
offset some of the benefits from the Parks Maintenance and Improvement District.
Therefore, these parcels receive minimal benefit and are assessed an SFE factor of 1.
Publicly or institutionally owned property that is used for residential, commercial, office or
industrial purposes benefits from the assessments at the same level as any other similarly
used property that is privately owned. Therefore, such publicly or institutionally owned
property is assessed at the same rate as other similarly used property.
4 . For example, if a property is proposed for development of 100 single family homes,the SFE
factor would be 100 SFE*35%,which equals 35 SFE. After the property is approved for
development,the SFE factor would be 65(100 SFE upon completion*65%). The rates for
commercial and industrial property are applied similarly.
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APPEALS AND INTERPRETATION
Any property owner who feels that the assessment levied on the subject property is in error
as a result of incorrect information being used to apply the foregoing method of
assessment, may file a written appeal with the Director of Community Services or her or
his designee. Any such appeal is limited to correction of an assessment during the then
current or, if before July 1, the upcoming fiscal year. Upon the filing of any such appeal,
the Director of Community Services or his or her designee will promptly review the appeal
and any information provided by the property owner. If the Director of Community
Services or her or his designee finds that the assessment should be modified, the
appropriate changes shall be made to the assessment roll. If any such changes are
approved after the assessment roll has been filed with the County for collection, the
Director of Community Services or his or her designee is authorized to refund to the
property owner the amount of any approved reduction. Any property owner who disagrees
with the decision of the Director of Community Services or her or his designee, may refer
their appeal to the City Council of the City of Moorpark and the decision of the City Council
of the City of Moorpark shall be final.
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ASSESSMENT
WHEREAS, on February 7, 2007 the City Council of the City of Moorpark, County
of Ventura, California, pursuant to the provisions of the Landscaping and Lighting Act of
1972 and Article XIIID of the California Constitution (collectively "the Act"), adopted its
Resolution Initiating Proceedings For the Levying of Annual Assessments for "Moorpark
Parks & Recreation Maintenance and Improvement District";
WHEREAS, said Resolution directed the undersigned Engineer of Work to
prepare and file a report presenting an estimate of costs, a diagram for the assessment
district and an assessment of the estimated costs of the improvements upon all
assessable parcels within the assessment district, to which Resolution and the description
of said proposed improvements therein contained, reference is hereby made for further
particulars;
NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned, by virtue of the power vested in me under
said Act and the order of the City Council of said City of Moorpark, hereby make the
following assessment to cover the portion of the estimated cost of said improvements, and
the costs and expenses incidental thereto to be paid by the assessment district.
The amount to be paid for said improvements and the expense incidental thereto,
to be paid by the Parks & Recreation Maintenance and Improvement District for the fiscal
year 2007-08 is generally as follows:
SUMMARY COST ESTIMATE
F.Y.
2007-08
Budget
Parks Maintenance and Improvement $5,266,616
Incidentals, Allowance and Administration Expenses $149,745
TOTAL BUDGET $5,416,361
Less:
City Contribution for General and Special Benefits -$4,787,807
NET AMOUNT TO ASSESSMENTS $628,554
As required by the Act, an Assessment Diagram is hereto attached and made a
part hereof showing the exterior boundaries of said Parks & Recreation Maintenance and
Improvement District. The distinctive number of each parcel or lot of land in the said Parks
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& Recreation Maintenance and Improvement District is its Assessor Parcel Number
appearing on the Assessment Roll.
And I do hereby assess and apportion said net amount of the cost and expenses
of said improvements, including the costs and expenses incident thereto, upon the parcels
and lots of land within said Parks & Recreation Maintenance and Improvement District, in
accordance with the special benefits to be received by each parcel or lot, from the
improvements, and more particularly set forth in the Cost Estimate and Method of
Assessment hereto attached and by reference made a part hereof.
The assessment is made upon the parcels or lots of land within the Parks &
Recreation Maintenance and Improvement District in proportion to the special benefits to
be received by the parcels or lots of land, from said improvements.
The authorized maximum assessment rate for the District includes an annual
adjustment by an amount equal to the annual change in the Los Angeles Consumer Price
Index, not to exceed 3% per year. As the amount of the annual increase in the Los
Angeles Area Consumer Price Index from December 2005 to December 2006 is 3.29%,
the authorized maximum levy rate for fiscal year 2007-08 is 3.0% above the maximum levy
rate for fiscal year 2006-07. Including the authorized annual adjustment, the maximum
authorized assessment rate for fiscal year 2007-08 is $48.74 per single family equivalent
benefit unit and the proposed fiscal year 2007-08 assessment rate per single family
equivalent benefit unit is$48.74.
In the event that the actual assessment rate for any given year is not increased by
an amount equal to the minimum of 3% or the yearly CPI change plus any CPI change in
previous years that was in excess of 3%, the maximum authorized assessment shall
increase by this amount. In such event, the maximum authorized assessment shall be
equal to the base year assessment as adjusted by the increase to the CPI, plus any and all
CPI adjustments deferred in any and all prior years.
Each parcel or lot of land is described in the Assessment Roll by reference to its
parcel number as shown on the Assessor's Maps of the County of Ventura for the fiscal
year 2007-08. For a more particular description of said property, reference is hereby made
to the deeds and maps on file and of record in the office of the County Recorder of said
County.
I hereby place opposite the Assessor Parcel Number for each parcel or lot within
the Assessment Roll, the amount of the assessment for the fiscal year 2007-08 for each
parcel or lot of land within the said Parks and Recreation Maintenance and Improvement
District.
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ASSESSMENT DIAGRAM
The Parks and Recreation Maintenance and Improvement District includes all properties
within the boundaries of the City of Moorpark. The area within the boundaries of the City
encompasses approximately 12.4 square miles, the majority of which is developed for
urban use, or planned or approved for development.
The boundaries of the Parks Maintenance and Improvement District are displayed on the
following Assessment Diagram.
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APPENDIX A-2007-08 ASSESSMENT ROLL
Each lot or parcel listed on the Assessment Roll is shown and illustrated on the latest
County Assessor records and these records are, by reference made part of this report.
These records shall govern for all details concerning the description of the lots or parcels.
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