Agenda Item Wording:
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PUBLIC HEARING - To receive ballots and public testimony on proposed funding changes/assessment increases for 2024/25 of the Marseille Landscape and Lighting Maintenance Assessment District (LLMAD) in the City of Visalia.
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Deadline for Action: 6/3/2024
Submitting Department: Community Services
Contact Name and Phone Number: Azalia Chavez, Financial Analyst 713-4316; azalia.chavez@visalia.city Alvin Dias, Parks and Facilities Manager 713-4564; alvin.dias@visalia.city; Renee Nagel, Finance and Technology Director 713-4375; renee.nagel@visalia.city
Department Recommendation:
Staff recommends that City Council takes the following actions:
1. Conduct a Public Hearing to receive ballots and public testimony on the proposed funding changes, amendment, and assessment increases for the maintenance of balloted Marseille Landscape and Lighting Maintenance Assessment District.
2. Direct staff to open and tabulate ballots, and to certify the results.
3. With a majority homeowner vote that approve changes:
a. Direct staff to implement the proposed changes.
b. Authorize the placing of the increased assessment amount on the 2024/25 Property Tax Roll.
Background Discussion:
The Marseille subdivision was originally established and approved by City Council on July 17, 1995, and would be the original 67 lots in phase one of the subdivision. Phase two of the subdivision would be later approved by City Council on November 1, 1999. This would bring the total number of lots assessed in the subdivision to 108. Phase three would be later approved by City Council and annexed into the subdivision on July 16, 2012, bringing the total number of lots to its current total of 175. With each additional phase added to the Marseille subdivision a ballot was mailed to the existing property owners approving the annexation of additional lots.
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