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Oxnard committee recommends hearing, resolution to continue Waterways Maintenance District assessments for fiscal 2025-26
Summary
City of Oxnard staff told the Finance and Governance Committee that the Waterways Maintenance District’s assessment rates are expected to remain unchanged for fiscal year 2025-26 and recommended the City Council hold a public hearing and adopt a resolution to levy the assessments; no committee vote was recorded in the transcript.
Anthony Miller, Special Districts Manager in the City of Oxnard Public Works Department, told the Finance and Governance Committee that staff recommends the City Council, acting as the legislative body for the Waterways Maintenance District, 1) hold a public hearing on the proposed assessments for fiscal year 2025-26 and 2) adopt a resolution to levy the special assessment on property within the district.
The recommendation affects the Waterways Maintenance District, which the staff report said consists of two zones — Zone 1 (Mandalay Bay) and Zone 2 (Harbour Island) — and was formed June 16, 1970 pursuant to the Improvement Act of 1911. Miller said the district was created at the developer’s request to finance capital costs and the maintenance and operation of sidewalks, streets, water and flood-control systems, drainage, vector control, landscaping, parking areas and fences.
Miller told the committee that because the district was levied at the maximum assessment for fiscal year 2024-25 and does not have an approved annual adjustment, rates are not expected to change for fiscal year 2025-26. Property owners pay the assessments as part of their annual property tax bills; the assessment proceeds are restricted for district services and do not affect the City of Oxnard general fund. The deadline for the city to deliver assessment information to Ventura County for inclusion on the fiscal year 2025-26 property tax roll is July 7, 2025.
The staff report referenced projected maintenance costs for fiscal year 2025-26 but the transcript does not include dollar amounts. Miller summarized the required process: the City Council must conduct a public hearing to receive input before it may decide to levy assessments in amounts sufficient to raise the funds to pay for district costs. The transcript records the presentation and a question prompt from the committee but does not show a committee vote on the recommendation.
Next steps in the process are for the City Council, in its role as the legislative body for the Waterways Maintenance District, to schedule and hold the public hearing and then consider adopting the resolution to levy the assessments before the county tax-roll deadline.
