Consent-Community Services # 6.
Board of Supervisors
County Service Areas
- Meeting Date:
- 05/20/2025
- Brief Title
- Clarksburg Lighting District Annual Assessment Preliminary ER
From:
Michael Webb, County Administrator
Staff Contact:
Yana Pavlova, County Service Area Manager, County Administrator's Office, x8157
Supervisorial District Impact:
District 1
Subject
Grant preliminary approval of Engineer's Report, adopt resolution declaring intent to continue assessments for 2025-26, and order a public hearing for July 8, 2025 to consider the continuance of levying assessments for the Clarksburg Lighting Assessment District for 2025-26 as required by State law. (No general fund impact) (Webb/Pavlova)
Recommended Action
- Grant preliminary approval of Engineer's Report (Attachment A);
- Adopt resolution declaring intent to continue levying assessment for fiscal year 2025-26 (Attachment B); and
- Order a public hearing for July 8, 2025 to consider the continuance of levying assessments for the Clarksburg Lighting Assessment District for fiscal year 2025-26.
Strategic Plan Goal(s)
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Thriving Residents |
Reason for Recommended Action/Background
The Clarksburg Lighting Assessment District was established in August 1982 under the Landscape and Lighting Act of 1972, with the adoption of Resolution 82-108. The Assessment District is responsible for providing street lighting for the community of Clarksburg. In 2021, after gaining property owner ballot support, the benefit assessment was increased from $22 to $35 per parcel to continue providing lighting services to Clarksburg with authority for future inflationary adjustments up to a maximum of 5% per year.
- Ballot Conducted: September to November 2021
- Ballot results: 71.8% of the property owners cast ballots in support of the proposed assessment
- Board Approval of 1st year Assessment Levies: August 10, 1982
- Fiscal Year 2022-2023 Approved Rate: $35 per parcel
- Fiscal Year 2023-2024 Approved Rate: $37 per parcel
- Fiscal Year 2024-2025 Approved Rate: $38 per parcel
- Annual CPI Adjustment: In each subsequent year, the maximum assessment rate increases by the annual change in the Consumer Price Index (CPI-U) for the San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA area for the most recent February to February as compiled by the Bureau of Labor statistics or five percent (5%), whichever is lower. The rate shall be rounded to the nearest dollar.
The change in the CPI from February 2024 to February 2025 is 2.7%. Therefore, the maximum authorized assessment rates for Fiscal Year 2025-26 have been increased by 2.7%, rounded to the nearest whole dollar, resulting in a maximum authorized assessment rate of $39.00 per parcel (an increase of $1.00 from last fiscal year). The proposed assessment rate for the 2025-2026 fiscal year is $39.00 based upon the Engineer's Report and the cost projections therein. A summary of the previous years' assessment rates and the proposed 2025-2026 rate is provided in the table below:
Summary of Assessments:
The Engineer's Report has been prepared by registered, professional engineers of Yolo County Public Works. The Engineer's Report is submitted to the Board as Attachment A. The proposed assessment will fund the cost of the maintenance and operations of the Clarksburg streetlights within the Assessment District boundaries. Adopting the Resolution of Intention (Attachment B) will approve the Engineer's Report, provide notice of the Board's intention to continue levying the assessment with the inflationary adjustment, and provide notice for the required Public Hearing on July 8, 2025, at which time the Board will consider whether to approve the proposed $39.00 assessment on the properties identified in the Engineer's Report for fiscal year 2025-26, which will be collected on the tax roll.
Summary of Assessments:
|
Approved
FY 21-22 (unchanged since 1982)
|
Approved FY 22-23 | Approved FY 23-24 |
Approved FY 24-25 |
Proposed FY 25-26 | |
| Clarksburg Lighting Assessment (per parcel) | $22.00 | $35.00 | $37.00 | $38.00 | $39.00 |
The Engineer's Report has been prepared by registered, professional engineers of Yolo County Public Works. The Engineer's Report is submitted to the Board as Attachment A. The proposed assessment will fund the cost of the maintenance and operations of the Clarksburg streetlights within the Assessment District boundaries. Adopting the Resolution of Intention (Attachment B) will approve the Engineer's Report, provide notice of the Board's intention to continue levying the assessment with the inflationary adjustment, and provide notice for the required Public Hearing on July 8, 2025, at which time the Board will consider whether to approve the proposed $39.00 assessment on the properties identified in the Engineer's Report for fiscal year 2025-26, which will be collected on the tax roll.
Collaborations (including Board advisory groups and external partner agencies)
Public Works, County Counsel
Competitive Bid Process/Vendor Performance
Not applicable
Fiscal Impact
Fiscal impact (see budgetary detail below)
Fiscal Impact (Expenditure)
- Total cost of recommended action:
- $ 1,600
- Amount budgeted for expenditure:
- $ 1,600
- Additional expenditure authority needed:
- $ 0
- On-going commitment (annual cost):
- $ 1,600
Source of Funds for this Expenditure
- General Fund
- $0
- Clarksburg Fund
- $1,600
Further explanation as needed:
There is no general fund impact associated with this action. Staff estimates a $1600 cost to the Clarksburg Fund as a result of staff time to prepare the engineer's report and associated Board of Supervisors agenda items.
Attachments
Form Review
| Inbox | Reviewed By | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Kimberly Hood | Kimberly Hood | 05/05/2025 07:02 AM |
| Mark Bryan | Mark Bryan | 05/05/2025 10:14 AM |
| Michael Webb | Michael Webb | 05/13/2025 02:02 PM |
| Financial Services | mrobertson | 05/13/2025 02:27 PM |
| County Counsel | Hope Welton | 05/13/2025 02:29 PM |
| Cindy Perez | Cindy Perez | 05/13/2025 03:24 PM |
- Form Started By:
- ypavlova
- Started On:
- 04/28/2025 10:51 AM
- Final Approval Date:
- 05/13/2025