Resolution Number 08-07-15-01*PROPERTY OWNER ASSESSMENT BALLOT*
ON PROPOSED ASSESSMENTS
CITY OF SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO
MISSION SPRINGS OPEN SPACE MAINTENANCE DISTRICT
(TO BECOME A LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE DISTRICT)
«OWNER_NAME» APN# «APN»
«OWNER_ADDRESS»
«OWNER_CITY», «OWNER_STATE» «OWNER_ZIP»
Parcel Address:
«PROP_ADDRESS»
«PROP_CITY», «PROP_STATE» «PROP_ZIP»
Proposed Conversion of Open Space District and Formation Landscape Maintenance District
with Increase in Assessment Per Parcel:
Scaled increase as follows: FY 2008-2009 by 10%, FY 2009-2010 by 10%, and FY 2010-2011 by 5%,
with future annual assessments being increased per the cost of living each year, on an as needed
basis to be determined by the City, not to exceed 50% of operating reserves, according to the
change in Consumer Price Index (CPI), All Urban Consumers, for the Los Angeles, Riverside, and
Orange County areas.
The person completing and submitting this assessment ballot must be the record owner of the property identified
above or the representative of the record owner of such property who is legally authorized to complete and submit this
ballot for and on behalf of the record owner. Please see “Summary of Assessment Balloting Procedures” on the back
of this ballot to assist in filling out the ballot. If there are two or more property owners, only one needs to sign and
return the ballot.
Please mark the box and fill out your ballot in ink. Do not use pencil.
Upon completion, fold the ballot, place it in the return envelope and seal the envelope. Mail or deliver the assessment
ballot to the address shown on the return envelope pursuant to the instructions on the back of this ballot sheet.
Please see the “Summary of Assessment Ballot Procedures” on the back of this sheet.
For additional information about the formation of the Mission Springs Landscape Maintenance District, please see the
enclosed notice.
This is not a bill.
Please cut along this line and return the sealed ballot in the provided envelope to the City Clerk.
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PROPERTY OWNER ASSESSMENT BALLOT – FY 2008-2009
MISSION SPRINGS OPEN SPACE MAINTENANCE DISTRICT
Assessor’s Parcel Number: «APN» Owner Name: «OWNER_NAME»
Proposed Assessment Amount:
YES, I am IN FAVOR of the Formation of the Landscape Maintenance District and the Proposed
Assessment for landscape maintenance services that benefit my parcel.
NO, I am OPPOSED to the Formation of the Landscape Maintenance District with and the
Proposed Assessment for landscape maintenance services that benefit my parcel.
I hereby declare under penalty of perjury that I am the record owner, or the authorized representative of
the record owner, of the parcel identified above.
Date Printed Name Signature B B A A L L L L O O T T
EXHIBIT "A"
SUMMARY OF ASSESSMENT BALLOT PROCEDURES
If you are the owner of the property described on the enclosed ballot, or the authorized representative
of the record owner, you must submit the enclosed ballot to the City to either support or oppose the
proposed assessment and conversion of the Open Space District to a Landscape Maintenance
District. Please follow the instructions below to complete and return your ballot.
1. Register your vote on the enclosed ballot in favor or against the proposed Assessment by
placing an “X” in the corresponding box.
2. Mark, sign, and date your ballot in pen. (Assessment Ballots received without a signature will
not be counted.) Do not use pencil.
3. Please use the enclosed return envelope to mail your ballot. Postage has been provided.
4. Seal and mail or personally deliver your ballot to the City Clerk of the City of San Juan
Capistrano, 32400 Paseo Adelanto, San Juan Capistrano, CA 92675. The City must receive
mailed assessment ballots by July 14, 2008. Postmarks will not be accepted.
5. Assessment Ballots must be received by the City Clerk prior to the close of the Public Hearing
concerning the proposed Assessment district on July 15, 2008, at the San Juan Capistrano
City Hall Council Chambers prior to the close of the public hearing thereon. Any ballots
received after the close of the Public Hearing cannot legally be counted.
6. Following the close of the Public Hearing, the City Clerk, or designee, will tabulate the
assessment ballots received.
7. The assessment may be confirmed unless a majority protest exists. A majority protest exists if,
upon the close of the July 15, 2008, Public Hearing, the number of ballots submitted in
opposition to the Assessment exceeds the number of ballots submitted in favor of the
Assessment.
8. If a majority protest exists the proposed increase in assessments will not be imposed, and the
Open Space District will not be converted to a Landscape Maintenance District. Additionally,
the service level of the work proposed will be reduced to a level that can be maintained by the
current assessment.
9. Your assessment ballot is not confidential and may be subject to public disclosure.
10. The Engineer’s Report prepared in connection with the levy of the assessments for FY 2008-
2009 and the conversion of the Open Space to a Landscape Maintenance District is on file in
the office of the City Clerk and open to public inspection. The office of the City Clerk is located
at 32400 Paseo Adelanto, San Juan Capistrano, California.
The information in this notice and the accompanying materials were compiled and is distributed at
public expense by the City of San Juan Capistrano in compliance with Proposition 218. This
information is presented in the public interest. It is not intended to influence or attempt to influence
the actions of the voters to vote “yes” or “no” on the ballot.