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Public Hearing to Consider Resolution Adopting Final Engineer’s Annual Levy Report for Lodi Consolidated Landscape Maintenance Assessment District No. 2003-1, Fiscal Year 2025/26; and Ordering the Levy and Collection of Assessments (PW)
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MEETING DATE:
June 18, 2025
PREPARED BY:
Public Works Director
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RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Public Hearing to consider resolution adopting Final Engineer’s Annual Levy Report for Lodi Consolidated Landscape Maintenance Assessment District No. 2003-1, Fiscal Year 2025/26; and ordering the levy and collection of assessments.
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BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
Over the past 20 years, the City Council has formed a total of 16 zones of the Lodi Consolidated Landscape Maintenance Assessment District No. 2003-1 (District). The scope of maintenance activities funded by the District includes landscape and irrigation, masonry block walls, and street parkway trees. The activities and levy amounts vary by zone, as described in the City of Lodi, Consolidated Landscape Maintenance Assessment District No. 2003-1, Annual Report (Report), Fiscal Year 2025/26.
The Report includes diagrams of the District showing the area and properties proposed to be assessed; an assessment of the estimated costs of maintenance, operations and servicing of improvements; and the net levy upon all assessable lots and/or parcels within the District.
The cost of maintenance increased slightly compared to last year; however, it is still more than the amount being assessed to the district. Similar to last year, the account has a substantial reserve, generated over many years, which will be utilized to allow the individual zone and the total District’s assessment for Fiscal Year 2025/26 to remain unchanged from Fiscal Year 2025/26. Staff intends to utilize the reserve to offset annual increases until such time that the reserve is reduced to an appropriate level. At that time, the assessment will be adjusted as necessary.
The individual zone assessments range from $18 to $55 per Dwelling Unit Equivalent (DUE). The assessments per DUE vary because the specific improvements maintained in each zone are different. The average assessment per DUE is $44.
The District’s Fiscal Year 2025/26 budget is provided in Exhibit A. The Engineer’s Report is provided in Exhibit B.
Staff recommends conducting a Public Hearing to consider resolution adopting Final Engineer’s Annual Levy Report for Lodi Consolidated Landscape Maintenance Assessment District No. 2003-1, Fiscal Year 2025/26; and ordering the levy and collection of assessments.
STRATEGIC VISION:
3A. Fiscal Health: Promote City's transparency & fiscal fluency.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Funding for District maintenance and the preparation of the Report are included in the assessments. The General Fund will contribute $913.82 this year to account for maintenance costs that do not exclusively benefit the District.
FUNDING AVAILABLE:
Funding is available to continue the existing level of maintenance in the District. This funding is being provided from the current assessment and from existing District reserves.