REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Adopt a Resolution to Approve the Final Engineer's Report, Confirm the Assessment, and Levy Annual Assessment for The Downtown Parking Maintenance District Assessment for Fiscal Year 2016/17
Report
BACKGROUND
The operation and maintenance expense of certain downtown parking areas are supported by the Downtown Parking Maintenance District assessment. On July 28, 2009, in response to property owners ballot approval, the City Council adopted Resolution #398-09 (RTC09-196) to levy assessments for Fiscal Year (FY) 2009/10 and for each fiscal year thereafter by adjusting the annual assessment rate based upon the previous year's change in the Consumer Price Index.
On June 14, 2016, the City Council adopted a resolution declaring its intention to levy and collect an assessment for the Downtown Parking Maintenance District for FY 2016/17, approving the preliminary Engineer's Report, and setting July 26, 2016 at 7:00 pm as the date and time for public hearing on the levy of the proposed assessment.
EXISTING POLICY
Council Resolution 6643, dated September 1, 1964 authorized the City to levy an annual assessment on all lands and improvements within the Parking District to pay debt service, operations, maintenance, and improvement costs.
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW
The action being considered does not constitute a "project" with the meaning of the California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA") pursuant to CEQA Guidelines section 15378 (b) (4) in that it is a fiscal activity that does not involve any commitment to any specific project which may result in a potential significant impact on the environment.
DISCUSSION
Francisco & Associates, Inc. (the Assessment Engineer) prepared the final Engineer's report (Attachment 1) for the FY 2016/17 assessment. The assessment rates are proposed to increase +3.0168% based on the Consumer Price Index change between February 2015 and February 2016 (all Urban Consumers for the San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose are...
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