Title
Adoption of Resolution Appointing an Engineer-of-Work and an Attorney-of-Record for Island City Landscaping and Lighting District 84-2 (Public Works 275)
Body
To: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
From: Elizabeth D. Warmerdam, Interim City Manager
Re: Adoption of Resolution Appointing an Engineer-of-Work and an Attorney-of-Record for Island City Landscaping and Lighting District 84-2
BACKGROUND
On June 7, 1984, the City Council established the Island City Landscaping and Lighting District 84-2 (District). The purpose of this assessment district is to provide enhanced maintenance in certain business or neighborhood zones throughout the City. This work, which varies among the zones within the districts, includes regular litter collection, landscape maintenance of the medians and planters, and sidewalk cleaning.
To levy next fiscal year's assessments, the City is required to follow a prescribed legal process. This annual process begins with the City's appointment of an engineer and an attorney for the assessment district. It culminates in a public hearing in May or June in which the City Council approves assessments for the following year.
DISCUSSION
There are currently six zones in the assessment district (Exhibit 1).
Zone 1: Lincoln Avenue, between Sherman Street and St. Charles Street
Zone 4: Park Street, between Blanding Avenue and San Jose Avenue, and Santa Clara Avenue and Central Avenue between Oak Street and Broadway
Zone 5: Harbor Bay Parkway, between Doolittle Drive and the west end of the roadway, including North Loop Road and South Loop Road
Zone 6: Alameda Marina Village
Zone 7: Bay Street, between San Antonio Avenue and the lagoon
Zone 8: Webster Street, between Central Avenue and Ralph Appezzato Memorial Parkway (In 2014, Resolution 14922 combined Zones 2 and 3 into Zone 8)
The City must appoint an Engineer-of-Work for preparation of the assessment diagram and to determine the assessment ...
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