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Special Assessment Funds are used to account for proceeds of assessments collected
from property owners within the respective assessment districts established that are
legally restricted to expenditures for the specific purposes of the district formation.
Various Landscaping and Lighting District Funds - These funds are used to account
for expenditures and receipts of property taxes and service fees levied to the property
owners in the various landscaping and lighting districts which were formed to provide
landscaping and street lighting maintenance. Individual landscaping and lighting funds
are set up for each district. Starting in 2003-2004 the service levels for each of the
districts was reduced down based on the funding level agreed to by the property
owners. Each level of service is described in the expenditure sheets.
El Paseo Assessment District - This fund is used to collect assessments on all
business establishments located within the boundaries set for the El Paseo parking and
business improvement area based on a fee schedule established for the various types
of businesses. Collections are made in the same manner and at the same time as the
city business license fees. Proceeds from all charges are used for the promotion of
business activities in the area.
Zone 1 - President’s Plaza I - Business Improvement District - Established
beginning in 1998/99 after proposition 218 to provide improvements and services within
the boundaries of the district. The services include regular maintenance, repair,
removal or replacement of all or any part of the improvements including removal of
trimmings, rubbish, debris and other solid waste; the cleaning.
Zone 2 - Canyon Cove - These parcels receive benefit from the improvements and the
maintenance of street lighting encompassing all streets within the Zone and the
landscaped area north of Haystack Road.
Zone 3 - Vineyards - These parcels receive benefit from the improvements and
maintenance of street lighting within the Zone and maintenance of the landscaped area
along the West side of Portola Avenue.
Zone 4 - Parkview Estates - These parcels receive benefit from the improvements and
maintenance of street lighting.
Zone 5 - Cook & Country Club Area - These parcels receive benefit from the Tract
street lighting, Parkway landscaping and entrance landscaping improvements. This
includes Desert Mirage, Sandcastles, Primrose.
Zone 6 - Hovley Lane West - These parcels lie generally East of Monterey Avenue and
West of Portola Avenue and includes parcels and tracts along Hovley Lane West.
These parcels receive benefit from the improvements and maintenance of street
lighting, parkway landscaping and some parcels with dry wells. This includes Monterey
Meadows, The Glen, Hovley Estates, Sonata I, Sonata II, Hovley Collection, La Paloma,
La Paloma II, La Paloma III, Sandpiper Court, Sandpiper West, Hovley West,
Diamondback, Palm Court.
Zone 7 - Waring Court - These parcels receive benefit from the improvements and
maintenance of landscaped parkways along Fred Waring Drive adjacent to the tract.
Zone 8 - Palm Gate - These parcels receive benefit from the improvements and
maintenance of local street lighting and the landscaped parkways fronting the tract.
Zone 9 - The Grove - These parcels receive benefit from the improvements and
maintenance of street lighting, landscaping and palm tree trimming within the public
right-of ways.
Zone 11 - Portola Place - These parcels receive benefit from the improvements and
maintenance of the landscaped parkways extending along Portola Avenue adjacent to
the tract.
Zone 13 - Palm Desert Country Club - These parcels receive benefit from the
improvements and maintenance of entryway landscaping and street lighting. This
would include landscaping along Fred Waring Drive and along Hovley Lane East from
Oasis to Washington.
Zone 14 - K & B at Palm Desert - All properties within the Zone benefit from street
lighting, landscaping of the retention basin, and dry well maintenance.
Zone 15 - Canyon Crest - These parcels benefit from Tract street lighting and Parkway
landscaping improvements.
Zone 16 - College View Estates - These parcels benefit from Tract street lighting and
Parkway landscaping improvements. This would includes Sundance West, College
View Estates I, Petuna I, Sundance East and The Boulders.
President’s Plaza III Business Improvement District - The district is located south of
Highway 111 and north of El Paseo, east of Highway 74. The services include regular
maintenance, repair, removal or replacement of all or any part of the improvements
including removal of trimmings, rubbish, debris and other solid waste; the cleaning.
Alessandro Alley - These parcels benefit from street lighting, parking and landscaping
improvements.
Benefit Assessment District No. 1 (Section 29) - These parcels benefit from drainage
basin improvements.