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CC - PUBLIC HEARING: Adoption of a Resolution Approving the Annual Assessment Levy for Benefit Assessment District West Washington Boulevard No. 3 for Fiscal Year 2024/2025.
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Meeting Date: June 10, 2024
Contact Person/Dept: Elaine Warner/ Office of Economic Development and Cultural Development
Phone Number: (310) 253-5777
Fiscal Impact: Yes [X] No [] General Fund: Yes [] No [X]
Attachments: Yes [X] No []
Public Notification: (E-Mail) Meetings and Agendas - City Council (06/06/2024); Publication in Culver City News (05/31/2024); Notification to Affected Property Owners (05/15/2024)
Department Approval: Jesse Mays, Assistant City Manager (06/05/2024)
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RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends the City Council conduct a public hearing and adopt a resolution approving the annual assessment levy for Benefit Assessment District West Washington No. 3 for Fiscal Year 2024/2025.
PROCEDURE:
1. Mayor seeks motion to receive and file the affidavits of publication and posting of notices and correspondence received in response to the public hearing notices; and,
2. Mayor calls for a staff report and the City Council Members may pose questions to staff as desired; and,
3. Mayor seeks a motion to open the public hearing; and,
4. Mayor seeks a motion to close the public hearing after all public testimony has been presented; and
5. City Council discusses the item and arrives at its decision.
BACKGROUND
In August of 2019 the West Washington Benefit Assessment District No. 3 (District 3) was approved by vote of the property owners to construct seven medians located between Beethoven Street and Glencoe Avenue. The project is slated to be bid in the Fall of 2024. Although there are no improvements at this time, the proposed budget includes administrative costs to maintain the district and a nominal allocation for utilities in the event the medians are built within the next fiscal year. The phasing of the construction will be at the discretion of the contractor and is unknown at this time.
DISCUSSION
On May 28, 2024, the City Council approved the Engineer's Report, declared its intention to order the assessment levy and collect assessments, and set the date, time, and place for this public hearing.
Pursuant to Section 15.01.070.H of the Culver City Municipal Code (CCMC), any interested persons may file a written protest with the City Clerk (or withdraw a previously filed protest) until the conclusion of the Public Hearing. Pursuant to CCMC Section 15.01.070.K, the City Council shall not impose an increased assessment if there is a majority protest. In this case, for Fiscal Year 2024/2025, the Engineer’s Report does not propose an assessment increase above the voter approved maximum rate, which is adjusted annually in accordance with the Consumer Price Index. Therefore, the majority protest proceedings do not apply, and the City Council may, after receiving public comment, adopt the resolution confirming the assessment as determined by the Engineer’s report.
Pursuant to CCMC Section 15.01.070.J, the City Council may choose to order changes in any of the matters provided in the report, including changes in the improvements or services, or both, any zones within the district, and the proposed diagram or proposed assessment as long as the changes do not result in an increase of the rates above the voter approved maximum rates adjusted by an inflationary formula, if any, or it may choose to adopt a resolution confirming the diagram and assessment, either as originally proposed or as changed by it. Adoption of such resolution constitutes the assessment levy for Fiscal Year 2024/2025. The City Council may also choose to dissolve the District pursuant to CCMC Section 15.01.065.A.3 or pay for the costs of the District with the City’s General Fund.
FISCAL ANALYSIS
The proposed total assessment for Fiscal Year 2024/2025 is $0.
ATTACHMENTS
1. FY 2024-25 W. Washington Engineer’s Report
2. Proposed Resolution
MOTION
That the City Council:
Adopt a resolution confirming the assessment and ordering the levy for Benefit Assessment District West Washington Boulevard No. 3 for Fiscal Year 2024/2025.