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AGENDA REPORT
Agenda Item
Reviewed: I . A ~
City Manager III41lfl. ..
Finance Director ~~
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MEETING DATE: JULY 6,2004
TO:
FROM:
WILLIAM A. HUSTON, CITY MANAGER
MARIA R. HUIZAR, CHIEF DEPUTY CITY CLERK
SUBJECT:
ASSESSMENT BALLOT FOR MOSQUITO, FIRE ANT & DISEASE
CONTROL ASSESSMENT DISTRICT BY THE ORANGE COUNTY
VECTOR CONTROL DISTRICT
SUMMARY:
The Orange County Vector Control Board of Trustees voted 24-3 to approve a ballot
measure that will allow the property owners of Orange County to decide if they are
willing to pay an increased Benefit Assessment to guarantee continued basic vector
control services and possibly add fire ants to the list of vectors managed by the district.
RECOMMENDATION:
Decide whether to vote "yes" or "no" on the ballot, and direct the City Manager to
complete, sign and return the ballots to the Vector Control.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The total annual fiscal impact to the City is $84.01.
Parcel No.
43218145
40124205
43402109
43402108
43028403
43028315
43027118
43027117
43027110
43027106
40162210
43158501
39519149
39330168
39330167
39321222
Amou nt
$5.42
$5.42
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00.
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$5.42
$5.42
$5.42
$5.42
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Parcel No.
39318110
39318109
50003207
40146502
40121164
40107202
39533507
10461132
10461131
39633302
50247172
50246230
TOTAL
Amou nt
$5.42
$5.42
$5.42
$5.42
$5.42
$5.42
$5.42
$5.42
$5.42
$2.71
$0.00
$0.00
$84.01
BACKGROUND:
The Orange County Vector Control District authorized a direct-mail ballot measure
giving property owners the chance to reestablish funding for the red imported fire ant
eradication program.
The campaign to rid the county of fire ants - known for fierce bites that leave painful,
itchy welts - was dropped in February after the state stopped contributing funds and
district officials said they could not support the program alone.
The ballot asks property owners whether they want to pay an annual tax of about $6 to
maintain existing vector control services and resurrect the fire ant program.
If the benefit assessment tax is approved, it will be added to property tax bills mailed in
August.
The pests were detected in Orange County in 1998, prompting a $5.2-million
eradication program that was terminated in October by the California Department of
Agriculture because of the state budget crisis.
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Maria R. Huizar (.../
Chief Deputy City Clerk
Attachment - Sample Ballot
Haynie & Company, CPAs
4910 Campus Drive
Newport Beach, CA 92660-9676
OFFICIAL ASSESSMENT BALLOT
MOSQUITO, FIRE ANT & DISEASE CONTROL
ASSESSMENT DISTRICT
by the Orange County Vector Control District
a YES, I approve the proposed additional assessment for mosquito, fire ant and
disease control services.
a NO, I do not approve the proposed additional assessment for mosquito, fire
ant and disease control services.
Signed Date
Signature of Record Property Owner.
I hereby declare, under penalty of perjury, that I am the property owner or owner's authorized
representative of the parcel(s) identified on this official ballot.
PARCEL NUMBER: 43218145
TOTAL PROPOSED ASSESSMENT: $ 5.42
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for Ballot
Instructions
FOLD SO THAT YOUR NAME IS ON THE INSIDE OF THE FOLD BEFORE PLACING THIS BALLOT IN THE RETURN ENVELOPE