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Resolution Number 08-07-15-02*PROPERTY OWNER ASSESSMENT BALLOT* ON PROPOSED ASSESSMENTS CITY OF SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO MISSION WOODS 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 25%, FY 2009-2010 by 25%, and FY 2010-2011 by 10%, 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 Woods 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. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PROPERTY OWNER ASSESSMENT BALLOT – FY 2008-2009 MISSION WOODS 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.