Kingsburg approves 2017 community facilities district levy, council debates fund balance for Summerlin zone

Kingsburg — The Kingsburg City Council on June 18 adopted a resolution authorizing the levy of a special tax for Community Facilities District (CFD) No. 2017-1 for fiscal year 2025–26 and authorized the city manager to execute an intent-to-levy letter for county tax collection.

City Manager Alex Henderson summarized the CFD background, noting City Council formed CFD No. 2017-1 on June 7, 2017 to finance public services under the Mello-Roos Community Facilities Act of 1982 (California Government Code chapter 2.5). Henderson said the CFD can finance police, fire and ambulance services, parks and open-space maintenance, lighting and alley maintenance, administrative fees and formation costs. He said the city has two zones within the CFD: tax zone 1 covering the majority of the Presidio County housing (as presented) and tax zone 2 associated with the Summerlin project that covers 17 houses; Tulare County collects and remits taxes for a portion of the Summerlin houses that lie in that county.

Henderson and council discussed levy rates and fund balances. Finance figures presented in the report included levy-unit rates of $8.31 and $16.88 for the zones for the year; staff said that represents about a 4% increase from the prior year. Council members questioned raising rates for the Summerlin zone while that zone currently carries a sizable fund balance; staff said the Summerlin fund balance is just under $500,000 and that fund is relatively new and expected to be used for future capital needs such as alley and street reconstruction.

With no public comment, the council voted by voice to adopt resolution 2025-036 authorizing the levy and directed the city manager to execute the intent-to-levy letter to the county. The vote passed; the transcript records a voice vote and does not include a roll-call tally.