1.
Conduct a
public meeting to receive public comment on the modification and
reauthorization of Maintenance District 4 (Gateway Place - Airport Parkway)
2.
Conduct a
public meeting to receive public comment on the modification and
reauthorization of Maintenance District 9 (Santa Teresa - Great Oaks)
3.
Conduct a
public meeting to receive public comment on the modification and reauthorization
of Maintenance District 11 (Brokaw Rd from Junction Ave to Old Oakland Rd)
On May 1, 2001,
City Council adopted resolutions of intention to modify and reauthorize each of
the three districts and directed that an Engineer’s Report be prepared for each
district. On
May 8, 2001,
Council preliminarily approved the Engineer’s Reports and set public meeting,
public hearing and special election dates on the proposed assessments.
These districts
had been approved for five year terms which will end June 30, 2001 and must now
be modified and re-authorized in compliance with the procedures of Proposition
218.
On
May 11, 2001, ballots and notices of the public meetings and hearings were
mailed to property owners in each of the maintenance districts. As a result, property owners in each
district have contacted staff with inquiries about the assessment procedure and
have begun to submit their ballots to the Clerk.
The Departments of
Transportation and Public Works have scheduled neighborhood information
meetings in each district to discuss the services provided by the district, to
provide additional information and address public concerns. The following table indicates the dates,
times and locations of those community meetings.
|
Maintenance District |
Council District |
Date |
Time |
Location |
|
4 |
3 |
06/06/01 |
9 a.m. |
1731 Technology Drive, 3rd floor Conference Room |
|
9 |
2 |
06/12/01 |
10 a.m. and 7 p.m. |
Southside Community Center 5585 Cottle Road, Room 1 |
|
11 |
4 |
06/04/01 |
1 p.m. and 7 p.m. |
City of San Jose Mabury Yard 1404 Mabury Road |
It
is recommended that the City Council conduct a public meeting for each district
to receive and record any public comment presented. The Engineer’s Report and proposed district boundary map for each
district are available in the City Clerk’s Office for public examination.
On
June 26, 2001, for each district, the City Council will conduct the public
hearings, tabulate ballots and take concluding actions based on the ballot
tabulation.
The Departments of Transportation
and Public Works will have conducted public information meetings for each
district with interested property owners.
A separate mailed notice for the informational meetings was also sent to
property owners.
This memorandum and related documents were prepared in cooperation with the Department of Transportation, and the Offices of the City Attorney and the City Clerk.
The Engineer’s
Reports have determined that there are general benefit costs to be paid each
year by the City from the General Fund or other funds that may be generally
available to the City. The general
benefit contributions for the following districts are to pay the City’s cost
for standard maintenance of street islands on major thoroughfares within each district
for the 2001‑02 fiscal year. Each
year the contribution will be evaluated based on the expected cost for standard
city maintenance for that year.
Maintenance District 4
Airport
Parkway street islands - $6,795
Maintenance District 9
Santa
Teresa Boulevard, San Ignacio Avenue and Cottle Road street islands - $27,144
Maintenance District 11
Brokaw
Road street islands - $7,346
Costs incurred by
the City for the reauthorization of the districts will be charged to the
existing districts. If the districts
are reauthorized, they will continue to pay all special benefit maintenance
costs. If not reauthorized, the
maintenance costs will shift to the General Fund, requiring a reevaluation of
the level of maintenance provided.
RAJEEV BATRA
Acting Director, Public Works Department