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Adopt a resolution authorizing and directing the Auditor-Controller to amend the Fiscal Year (FY) 2021-22 Adopted Budget for County Service Area 66-Las Lomas/Monterra Ranch (also known as Oak Tree Views), Fund 087, Appropriation Unit PFP041, increasing appropriations in the amount of $11,000, to fund necessary open space maintenance, where Fund 087 unassigned fund balance is the financing source (4/5th vote required).
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors adopt a resolution authorizing and directing the Auditor Controller to amend the Fiscal Year (FY) 2021-22 Adopted Budget for County Service Area 66-Las Lomas/Monterra Ranch (also known as Oak Tree Views), Fund 087, Appropriation Unit PFP041, increasing appropriations in the amount of $11,000, to fund necessary open space maintenance, where Fund 087 unassigned fund balance is the financing source (4/5th vote required).
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
The Monterra Ranch development was annexed into County Service Area 66 - Las Lomas/Monterra Ranch (CSA 66) on May 20, 1997, to provide extended county services to the new development. Current active services are street lighting, street and sidewalk maintenance, storm drain maintenance and park/recreation/parkway facilities.
CSA 66 includes open space that surrounds the housing development in the CSA. Annual mowing and tree trimming within the open space area surrounding the development is provided on an annual basis and was completed in August 2021. The amount of tree trimming that was required was greater than anticipated during the development of the FY 2021-22 budget. This was due to a number of large oak trees that required extensive trimming to bring up the tree canopies and provide increased fire fuel protection, approximately $7,000 more than budgeted. Additionally, it has been determined that a second mowing, estimated at $4,000, should be completed prior to the end of the fiscal year to better prepare for the 2022 fire seas...
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