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Home My WebLink About23-Public Works File No.: 14.40-32 CITy'OF SAN BERNARDINO - REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION From: ROGER G. HARDGRAVE Subject: Termination of Assessment District No. 971 --- Fire Station Construction Reimbursement District in the Tri-City Area Dept: Public Works / Engineering Date: June 2, 1998 JUN 02 1997 Synopsis of Previous Council Action: 02-17-86 - Resolution No. 86-47 was adopted, declaring that all land within the boundaries of Assessment District No. 971 will be benefited by the construction of a fire station. 03-17-86 - Resolution No. 86-82 was adopted, finding that the public interest, convenience and necessity required the formation of Assessment District No. 971 05-19-97 - Authorization was given to terminate Assessment District No. 971 Recommended Motion: ADOPT RESOLUTION cc: Fred Wilson, Acting City Administrator Barbara Pachon, Director of Finance Jim Penman, City Attorney a~ Signature Contact Person: Les Fogassv Phone: 5026 Supporting data attached: StaffReDort. MaD Ward: FUNDING REQUIREMENTS: Amount: $ 292.000 (Amount of remaining assessments) Source (Acet. No.) 254-644-5505 (Acct. Description) Assessment District No. 971 Finance: Council Notes: Res 97- /q/p 1/7/q7 Agenda Item No. ~ 3 vi 07-07-97 . cl'ty 'OF SAN BERNARDINO - REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION STAFF REPORT Assessment District No. 971 is a City-initiated Assessment District that was established to reimburse the City for construction costs of Fire Station No. 11. The assessments were to run for a period of 10 years. Revenues for the construction of the fire station were derived from the sale of Certificates of Participation. The COP's were paid off by the City several years ago, but the assessments, which went to reimburse the City, were to be collected through the 1998-99 Tax Year. Proposition 218, which was approved by the voters last November, requires the continuance of assessments in any existing assessment district to be subject to approval of a majority of the property owners within the district. However, certain types of assessment districts are exempt from Proposition 218' s requirements. After reviewing Assessment District No. 971, it was determined that the district is not exempt, and therefore would require approval by property owners. It is unlikely that approval would be obtained since the fire station has already been built and the assessments were just to reimburse the City. On May 19, 1997, authorization was given to terminate the assessment district. The attached resolution formalizes this action. We recommend termination of Assessment District No. 971.