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REQUEST FOR
COUNCIL ACTION
8 CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE:
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CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY:
JULY 6, 2004
TITLE:
ORANGE COUNTY VECTOR
DISTRICT'S PROPOSED
ASSESSMENT DISTRICT
CONTROL
APPROVED
0 As Recommended
0 As Amended
0 Ordinance on 1" Reading
0 Ordinance on 2nd Reading
0 Implementing Resolution
0 Set Public Hearing For
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CITY MANAGER
CONTINUED TO
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FILE NUMBER
RECOMMENDED ACTION
Authorize the City Manager to cast an affirmative vote on ballots
received for City-owned properties related to the Orange County Vector
Control District's Mosquito, Fire Ant and Disease Control Assessment
District.
8 DISCUSSION
The Orange County Vector Control District, which was formed in 1947, is
responsible for protecting public health by controlling rats, flies,
mosquitoes, red fire ants and other vector related problems. The District
has proposed a County wide assessment on all property to provide funding
to continue the red fire ant program, improve mosquito control, establish
the West Nile Virus Disease Program and monitor and test for disease.
Under the provisions of Proposition 218, any publicly owned property must
be assessed when it receives a benefit from a proposed assessment
district. Therefore, the City will receive a ballot as a property owner
in the district. Recognizing the need to continue the program to
eradicate the red fire ant and to monitor and test for diseases
transmitted by mosquitoes, staff recommends that the City Council
authorize the City Manager to cast the ballots in favor of the assessment.
FISCAL IMPACT
If the district is approved, the anticipated combined assessment for the
City and Redevelopment Agency properties will be $2,168. Funds for the
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Vector Control
July 5, 2004
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Assessment District
City's portion of this assessment will be available in the Non-
Departmental, Other Agency Services account (account no. 011-012-6251).
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APPROVED AS TO FUNDS AND ACCOUNTS:
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