HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - No. 2012-156RESOLUTION NO. 2012-156
A RESOLUTION OF THE LODI CITY COUNCIL AUTHORIZING
CITY ATTORNEY TO EXECUTE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
AGREEMENT FOR PERFORMANCE OF GENERAL BENEFIT
ANALYSIS OF THE CITY'S CONSOLIDATED LANDSCAPE
MAINTENANCE DISTRICT NO. 2003-1
WHEREAS, the City's Landscape Maintenance District (LMD) was formed in 2003 to
establish assessments that include ongoing maintenance and replacement of reverse frontage
landscaping and irrigation, parkway trees, a prorated share of public park maintenance, and
masonry sound walls; and
WHEREAS, NBS Government Finance Gtoup has worked as the City's consultant since
2005, performing an annual assessment that covers a portion of the estimated costs of
maintenance, operation, and servicing of the improvements that is paid by the property owners
within the districts; and
WHEREAS, the improvements are said to be special benefits received by the property
owners within the districts in accordance with Proposition 218 and, as such, they pay for the
maintenance of these benefits; however, recent case law has found the methodology used to
create the LMD is flawed; and
WHEREAS, the City is now required to perform a general benefits analysis to separate
and quantify special benefits that only the maintenance districts receive versus a general benefit
that not only the maintenance districts receive but also the general public may receive; and
WHEREAS, staff recommends executing a professional services agreement with NBS
Government Finance Group, of Temecula, California, to provide analysis and numerical support
for the breakdown of special versus general benefit in a report.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Lodi City Council does hereby
authorize the City Attorney to execute a professional services agreement with NBS Government
Finance Group, of Temecula, California, to perform a general benefit analysis cf the City's
Consolidated Landscape Maintenance District No. 2003-1 in the amount of $16,224.85.
Dated: October 3, 2012
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hereby certify that Resolution No. 2012-156 was passed and adopted by the City
Council of the City of Lodi in a regular meeting held October 3, 2012, by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS— Hansen, Johnson, Katzakian, Nakanishi, and
Mayor Mounce
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS — None
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS— None
ABSTAIN: COUNCIL MEMBERS —None �
t� I JO H L
City Clerk
2012-156