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HomeMy WebLinkAboutRes 86-62 LL AD No. 5 Cook St. and country Club Dr Median p .C': 4� Ci l Y COUNCIL AP (/b INTEROFFICE MEMORANDUM VEY('r • _ 11 City. C©unnc33and City Manager r)60114 FROM: Richard J. Folkers, Director of Public Works/City Engineer SUBJECT: ANNUAL ASSESSMENT FOR LANDSCAPING & LIGHTING DISTRICT NO. 5 (COOK STREET/COUNTRY CLUB DRIVE MEDIAN ASSESSMENT DISTRICT) DATE: June 12, 1986 RECOMMENDATION: Waive further reading and adopt Resolution No. 86-62 levying the annual assessment tax for fiscal year 1986-87. - 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 approxi- mately 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 1986-87 are as follows: ( 1 ) Landscaping maintenance $16,800.00 (2) Electricity ( lighting and irrigation system) 1 ,810.00 (3) Water 10,250.00 (4) Overseeding 3, 111 .00 (5) Tree pruning 5,027.00 (6) Annual flowers 3,255.00 (7) Repair fund 82.00 (8) County assessment processing charges 102.00 (9) Assessment roll preparation 70.00 ( 10) Administrative expenses 242.00 TOTAL COSTS $39,749.00 PROVISION FOR CASH FLOW SHORTAGE 10,400.00 TOTAL 1986-87 ASSESSMENT $50, 149.00 City Council and City Manager Page 2 June 12, 1986 During this fiscal year, the Marriott is maintaining the landscaping in the median west of Cook Street on Country Club Drive. The City of Palm Desert is paying the water bill and the electricity for street lights and median utilities. The charges for the lighting and water for said median will be added evenly to the Marriott parcels instead of being included to all the parcels in the Cook Street and Country Club Drive Lighting and Landscaping Assessment District. Separate Marriott Share for Country Club Drive Median West of Cook Street Water $5, 125.00 Electricity for Water Timer 905.00 DIRECT MARRIOTT BENEFIT $6,030.00 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. ApPe,„ RIC •RD J. Fto ERS, P.E. REVIEWED ANI CONCUR CITY MANAGER JW:RJF/ms