REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Adopt a Resolution to Approve the Final Engineer's Report, Confirm the Assessment, and Levy and Collect an Annual Assessment for the Downtown Parking Maintenance District for Fiscal Year 2026/27
Report
BACKGROUND
The operation and maintenance of certain downtown parking areas are supported by an assessment district (the Downtown Parking Maintenance District, hereinafter called the "District"). On July 28, 2009, in response to property owners' ballot approval, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 398-09 (RTC No. 09-196), ordering the formation of the District. Council also confirmed the final report by the Assessment Engineer ("Engineer's Report") to levy an assessment for fiscal year ("FY") 2009/10 and for each fiscal year thereafter by adjusting the annual assessment rate by the increase in the Consumer Price Index ("CPI") for All Urban Consumers for the San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose area, as determined by the United States Department of Labor, from the previous year.
On May 19, 2026, Council adopted a resolution declaring its intention to levy and collect an assessment for the Downtown Parking Maintenance District for FY 2026/27, approving the preliminary Engineer's Report, and setting June 16, 2026, as the date and time for a public hearing to levy the proposed assessment (RTC No. 26-0328).
EXISTING POLICY
Council Resolution No. 6643, dated September 1, 1964, authorized the City to levy an annual assessment on all lands and improvements within the District to pay debt service, operations, maintenance, and improvement costs.
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW
Adoption of this Resolution is not a project within the meaning of the California Environmental Quality Act as the Act does not apply to governmental funding mechanisms or other government fiscal activities (CEQA Guideline Section 15378(b)(4)).
DISCUSSION
Francisco & Associates, Inc. (the Assessment Engineer) prepared the final Engineer's Report (Attachment 1) for the FY 2026/2...
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