City Council
MEETING DATE: 2/10/2016
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Contract for an Assessment Engineer to Evaluate the Cost and Feasibility of a City-wide Landscaping and Maintenance District
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FROM:
Tami E. Scott, Administrative Services Director
RECOMMENDATION:
Authorize staff to engage David Taussig & Associates to provide assessment engineering services and to review the potential formation of a City-Wide Landscape and Maintenance District for the purpose of financing, on an on-going basis, the costs and expenses of constructing street improvements, park development and the maintenance, operation and servicing of improvements, prepare an Engineer's Report; and authorize the City Manager to enter into and execute a contract with DTA in the amount not to exceed $126,500 consistent with the staff report.
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BACKGROUND:
The City Council directed staff to look at potential methods of generating a long term funding source of stable, annual revenues. These future funds will be used for Capital Improvement Projects providing a public benefit for the residents of Cathedral City. The primary goal is to determine the assessment capacity of the community to maintain its streets. In addition, a variety of projects such as the Festival Park, Dog Park, North City Park, a passive park, pickleball courts, and street improvements could be included.
DISCUSSION:
The Landscape and Lighting Act of 1972 (Streets and Highways Section 22500-22679) allows local governmental agencies to form Landscape and Lighting Maintenance Districts for the purpose of financing the costs and expenses of improvements and maintenance, operation and servicing of improvements. Assessment Districts, as previously discussed, are not as viable an option because unless there is assurance bonds (debt) will be issued, which would be secured by the assessments to finance facilities, the collections of such assessment would have to occur within 30 days of billing, which is not feasibl...
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