DATE:
May 24, 2023, and June 28, 2023
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TO:
Board of Supervisors
SUBJECT
SET HEARING JUNE 28, 2023:
Title
PUBLIC HEARING TO CONFIRM FISCAL YEAR 2023-24 LEVIES IN THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY STREET LIGHTING DISTRICT AND LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE DISTRICT ZONES NO. 1 - RANCHO SAN DIEGO AND NO. 2 - JESS MARTIN PARK AND RELATED CEQA EXEMPTION (DISTRICTS: ALL)
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OVERVIEW
Special districts are created in order to provide new or enhanced local services and infrastructure to specific communities. The special districts in today's action were created to fund community parks and streetlights in the unincorporated areas of the region. Services are primarily funded by property owners and paid through assessments that are collected through the tax roll, reducing administrative costs from billing and payment collection. District boundaries, services, and maximum rates were established by voters or as a condition of development at the time of formation. The method for calculating how much each parcel pays is established in the ordinance adopted at the time of formation and may be based on a variety of factors, commonly including the type of land use, or parcel acreage. The rate cannot exceed the maximum amount in the adopted ordinance without voter approval from affected property owners. At the time of formation, residents in some districts voted to include cost escalators in their ordinances, which allow the maximum rate to increase each year to keep pace with inflation. The most commonly used cost escalator is the Consumer Price Index (CPI), which measures the cost of consumer goods.
Board of Supervisors Policy B-29: Fees, Grants, Revenue Contracts - Department Responsibility for Cost Recovery directs departments to recover the full cost of services provided to the residents of special districts. County of San Diego (County) staff reviewed budgets for the three districts included in today's action to determine if revenues were adequate for services or if rates should b...
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