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qASPAL+E <br />REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION <br />Date: 02/13/12 <br />Item No.: 7 • e <br />Department Approval City Manager Approval <br />Item Description: Adopt a Resolution to Approve 2012 Apportionment of Assessments <br />1 BACKGROUND <br />2 Whenever the legal description of property changes, it is necessary to reassign levied <br />3 assessments remaining on the property to the proper frontage or area of the lot or lots. This is <br />4 called "Reapportionment of Assessments." This typically happens when a property is <br />5 subdivided or an easement is recorded on the property. The City Council must approve all <br />6 reapportionments. <br />7 <br />s Until 1993, each reapportionment was done with a separate Council Action request and <br />9 Resolution. The need to process separate reapportionments was very costly and time consuming. <br />10 In the past, there have been as many as 30 reapportionments in a single year. By adopting one <br />11 resolution authorizing the Public Works Director to reapportion the assessments, we are saving <br />12 the City time and money. <br />13 POLICY OBJECTIVE <br />14 The City Council must approve the reapportionment of levied assessments. The engineering <br />15 staff does the calculations to reapportion the assessments and processes all support <br />16 documentation for each request. <br />17 STAFF RECOMMENDATION <br />18 This system has been used since 1993 and has worked well. It is the staff recommendation to <br />19 continue this action in 2012. <br />20 REQUESTED COUNCIL ACTION <br />21 Approval of a resolution authorizing the Public Works Director to reapportion assessments in <br />22 2012. <br />23 <br />Prepared by: Sally Ricard, Department Assistant <br />Attachments: A: Resolution <br />Page 1 of 1 <br />