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HomeMy WebLinkAboutRes 88-61 LL AD No. 5 Cook St. and Country Club Dr Median INTEROFFICE MEMORANDUM TO: City Council and City Manager FROM: Richard J. Folkers, Assistant City Manager/Public Works Director SUBJECT: ANNUAL ASSESSMENT FOR LANDSCAPING AND LIGHTING DISTRICT NO. 5 (COOK STREET/COUNTRY CLUB DRIVE MEDIAN ASSESSMENT DISTRICT) DATE: June 9, 1988 RECOMMENDATION: Waive further reading and adopt Resolution No. 88-61 levying the annual assessment tax for fiscal year 1988-89. BACKGROUND: This landscaping and lighting district includes developments to the northeast, northwest, southwest, and southeast of the intersection of Cook Street and Country Club Drive. Each development is responsible for funding its share of the assessment district expenses based upon the extent of the median strip adjacent to the development. Developments participating in this assessment district includes The Lakes Country Club, Desert Falls Country Club, and the Marriott Resort. The Streets and Highways Code requires that a public hearing be held annually during the month of June for 1972 Act assessment districts. The assessment for this district pays for the maintenance of landscaped median strips including all landscaping materials and expenses of the lighting system and the irrigation system. Landscaped median strips exist on Country Club Drive extending approximately one mile east on Cook Street and on Cook Street extending approximately one-half mile south from Country Club Drive. The medians on Country Club Drive west of Cook Street are maintained by the Marriott, but they will be included as part of the assessment district in the future. The estimated costs for fiscal year 1988-89 are as follows: ( 1 ) Landscape Maintenance $21 , 120.00 (2) Electricity (Landscape, Lighting, and Irrigation) 1 ,550.62 (3) Tree Trimming 1 ,875.00 (4) Water 8,946.08 (5) Overseeding 516.75 (6) Annual Flowers 4, 183.24 (7) Repair Fund 189.94 (8) County Assessment Processing Charges 102.00 (9) Assessment Roll Preparation 70.00 ( 10) Administrative Expenses 242.00 TOTAL COST $38,795.63 PROVISION FOR EXISTING CASH BALANCE 10,328.37 TOTAL 1988-89 ASSESSMENT $28,467.26 City Council and City Manager Page 2 June 9, 1988 The city has been receiving taxes from prior years assessments which have created an adequate cash balance to provide for the costs on these median expenditures for half of a year. Therefore, the city will compensate this year's assessment to reduce this fund by over $10,000. Individual assessments are distributed on a proportional basis related to the amount of median strip adjacent to the development. Developed parcels or those under construction are assessed for 87.5 percent of their applicable share of the total assessment while vacant parcels adjacent to the median strips are assessed for 12.5 percent. Parcels within developments that are not yet adjacent to any median strip (e.g. , the area northwest of the Cook Street/Country Club Drive intersection) are charged with a nominal assessment of one dollar each. Public Works staff believes that the proposed assessments are the minimum necessary to insure that the operating and administrative expenses of the assessment district are met. The provision for cash shortage is added to the assessment total to insure that the City of Palm Desert has adequate cash to pay for lighting and maintenance charges six months into the next fiscal year instead of taking the monies out of the general fund. The unused portion of the assessments are subtracted from the future years assessment. //4216/-1-1( RIC ARD J. FOEKERS, P.E. REVIEWED AND CONCUR CITY MANAGER RJF:JMW/ms CITY COUNCIL ACTIOl.Q:DENIED APPROVED -- , ems: _ --- - MEETING r� ,,` t© �- o�✓ - i AYES: ------ NOES: ABSTAIN: .7?-.' VERIFIED BY: Clerk' s Office Orig final on File wi ull �= '�Y