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AGENDA REPORT
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TO: The Honorable City Council
FROM: Mary K. Lindley, Parks, Recreation and Community Services Directo�!
DATE: May 26, 2006 (CC Meeting of June 7, 2006)
SUBJECT: Consider Final Review of the Assessment Engineer's Report for the
Parks and Recreation Maintenance and Improvement Assessment
District for Fiscal Year 2006/2007 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
2005/06, 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.
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On December 21, 2005, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 2005 -2429 indicating
its intent to continue the park assessment for FY 2006/07 and directing the preparation
of the Engineer's Report. On May 17, 2006, the Council approved the Engineer's Report
and set June 7, 2006, as the date for a Public Hearing
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 on May
17, the Council established 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. The Report was provided to the Council
prior to its May 17 meeting and 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. Although 75 percent is
identified as providing "special" benefit, and consistent with previous years, it is
proposed that property owners be assessed below the 25 percent threshold, at
approximately 11 percent of the total budget. The "City's Contribution" as identified in
the Report is comprised of the General Fund ($1,343,132), Park Improvement Fund
($3,331,600), MRA ($532,992), and state Park Bond ($89,495) sources, makes up the
remaining approximately 89 percent of the total budget for FY 06/07.
Park Maintenance and Improvement Budget
The Engineer's Report addresses the estimated revenue to be generated by the
assessment (approximately $605,892) contingent on the Council's approval of the
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proposed rate. This is approximately $23,000 more in assessment revenue than was
projected for FY 2005/06. The report also identifies the non - assessment contribution,
which is noted in the Report as City Contribution. As mentioned above, consistent with
Proposition 218, the City covers all costs associated with park maintenance activity
expenditures that generate "general" benefits (these activities comprise approximately
25 percent of the budget). Additionally, the City traditionally covers a significant portion
of the cost associated with expenditures that generate "special" benefits. The remaining
costs associated with "special" benefits are covered by the revenue collected from the
assessed levy.
The proposed FY 2006/07 Park Assessment District budget figure of $5,903,111 (an
increase of approximately $2,263,814 from FY 2005/06) includes $1,747,080 for
operation and maintenance (approximately $356,275 over FY 2005/06) and $4,156,031
for capital improvements and equipment (an increase of approximately $1,907,539 from
FY 2005/06). The capital improvement expenditure increase results primarily from the
construction of the following proposed projects: Poindexter Park expansion ($542,380),
AVRC gym expansion ($2,120,510), Magnolia Park ($32,992), Glenwood Park
restrooms and playground improvements ($165,497), Tierra Rejada Park playground
equipment replacement and bocce ball courts ($119,350), AVCP parking lot and
basketball lights, swings, relocate backflow $(432,358), Campus Canyon ball wall
($25,000), Peach Hill Park playground improvements ($25,000), and Monte Vista Park
interpretative nature center ($25,000).
FY 2006/07 Park Asst. District
Budget Summa
Proposed
Expenditures
Funding Source
Operation /Maintenance
$1,747,080
Capital Park Projects
$4,156,031
Total Expenditure Budget
$5,903,111
Assessment Levy
$605,892
General Fund
$1,343,132
Park Improvement
$3,331,600
Redevelopment Bonds
(Magnolia Park
$532,992
State Park Bond
Poindexter Park Exp
$89,495
Total Revenues
$5,903,111
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The budget figures contained in the Engineer's Report may differ slightly from the
figures in the City's draft budget document presented to the City Council. This is a result
of needing to finalize the Report prior to completing the City Budget.
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 -
2.36/o
2.36/6
0
Dec 1999
2001/02
Dec 1999 —
3.7%
.7%
.7%
Dec 2000
2002/03
Dec 2000 —
2.1%
2.8%
0
Dec 2001
2003/04
Dec 2001 —
3.7%
3%
.7%
Dec 2002
2004/05
Dec 2002 —
1.8%
2.5%
0
Dec 2003
2005/06
Dec 2003 —
4.39%
3%
1.39%
Dec 2004
2006/07
Dec 2004-
4.042%
3%
2.432%
Dec 2005
(1.39% +
1.042%
The CPI increase calculation pertaining to the FY 2006/07 assessment (December 2004
— December 2005) is 4.042 percent. Because of the 3 percent cap on rate adjustments,
the City can only raise the assessment by 3 percent and carry the 1.042 percent over to
FY 2007/08. The total CPI carryover is now 2.432, 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 2006/07 is $47.32.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION (Roll Call Vote)
1) Open the Public Hearing, take public testimony, and close the Public Hearing.
2) Adopt Resolution No. 2006-
Attachment: A - Resolution
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ATTACHMENT
RESOLUTION NO. 2006-
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 2006/07 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. 2005 -2429, 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 2006 -07; 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. 2006 -2468, 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 7, 2006, 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
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made a part of the Engineer's Report to pay the costs and expenses thereof.
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.
wit: SECTION 3. The Engineer's Report as a whole and each part thereof, to
(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.
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SECTION 5. The assessment to pay the costs and expenses of the
maintenance of the improvements for fiscal year 2006 -07 is hereby levied. For
further particulars pursuant to the provisions of the Landscaping and Lighting Act
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.
218. SECTION 9. The assessments levied are in conformance with Proposition
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 7th day of June, 2006
Patrick Hunter, Mayor
ATTEST:
Deborah S. Traffenstedt, City Clerk
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