HomeMy WebLinkAboutRes 87-46 LL AD No. 5 Cook St and Country Club Dr Median CITY COI' IL ION:
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FROM: Richard J. Folkers, Director of Public Works/City' E n rat;
SUBJECT: ANNUAL ASSESSMENT FOR LANDSCAPING AND LIGHTING DISTRICT NO. 5 (COOK
STREET/COUNTRY CLUB DRIVE MEDIAN ASSESSMENT DISTRICT)
DATE: June II , 1987
RECOMMENDATION:
Waive further reading and adopt Resolution No. 87-46 levying the annual
assessment tax for fiscal year 1987-88.
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 1987--88 are as follows:
( 1 ) Landscape Maintenance $16,800.00
(2) Electricity (Landscape, Lighting and
Irrigation) 1 ,695.50
(3) Water 9,060.00
(4) Overseeding 3, 111 .00
(5) Annual Flowers 2, 170.00
(6) Repair Fund 503.48
(7) County Assessment Processing Charges 102.00
(8) Assessment Roll Preparation 70.00
(9) Administrative Expenses 242.00
TOTAL COST $33,753.98
PROVISION FOR EXISTING CASH BALANCE 15,000.00
TOTAL 1987-88 ASSESSMENT $18,753.98
City Council and City Manager
Page 2
June 11 , 1987
This year's assessment for Lighting and Landscape District No. 5 will be
one-third of the assessment charged last fiscal year. The city has been
receiving taxes from prior years assessments which have created an adequate cash
balance to provide for the costs of these median expenditures for half of a year.
Therefore, the city will compensate this year's assessment to reduce this fund.
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 year's assessment. We will be
building up the cash provision ten percent per year for the next five years to
allow half of the monies during the billing for these services.
RICHARD J. F LKERS, P.E. REVIEWED AND CONCUR
CITY MANAGER
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