HomeMy WebLinkAbout2018-11-13 - RESOLUTIONS - INITIATING PROCEEDINGS FOR THE PROPOSED MOD FOR PA (2) RESOLUTION NO. 18-69
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
SANTA CLARITA, CALIFORNIA, INITIATING PROCEEDINGS FOR THE
PROPOSED MODIFICATION FOR PARCELS WITHIN DESIGNATED AREAS
OF THE SANTA CLARITA LANDSCAPING AND LIGHTING DISTRICT
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Santa Clarita (City) desires to undertake
proceedings pursuant to the provisions of the "Landscaping and Lighting Act of 1972," being
Part 2 of Division 15 of the California Streets and Highways Code, commencing with Section
22500, (Act) and in accordance with Article XIIID of the California Constitution and the
Proposition 218 Omnibus Implementation Act, commencing with Section 53750 of the
California Government Code, to establish new assessments (modify assessments) for parcels
within designated areas of the City of Santa Clarita Landscaping and Lighting District (LLD),
specifically Streetlight Maintenance District Zone A (SMDA); and Landscape Maintenance
District (LMD) Zones 15, 27, 31, 32, T3, T4, T20, T23, T23-1, T23-2, T33, T46, T47, T65,
T65A, T65B, T67, T68, T69, T71 , and T77 (LMD Zones).
WHEREAS, the boundaries of the LMD Zones including SMDA shall be as described on
the maps previously presented to this Council and on file with the City Clerk including the maps
presented in the Engineer's Report prepared in connection with the proposed Assessment
Modifications referred to as LLD Modification 2018-4 are incorporated herein by reference; and
WHEREAS, the City has approved a consulting engineer's contract with Willdan
Financial Services (Willdan Engineering), naming Willdan Engineering as the Assessment
Engineer and firm responsible for preparing the Engineer's Report and =assisting in the
adjustment of the maximum assessment for parcels within LLD Modification 2018-4.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Santa Clarita, California, does
hereby resolve as follows:
SECTION 1 . The City Council proposes to establish new assessments (modify
assessments) for parcels within LMD Zones of the LLD and to annex all parcels within SMDA
into Streetlight Maintenance District Zone B (SMDB) at the maximum assessment rate
previously established and approved for SMDB, thereby establishing a single Streetlight
Maintenance District Zone (SMD) and maximum assessment. The boundaries of SMDA and the
LMD Zones are described as those previously established at the time SMDA and the LMD
Zones were established within the LLD.
SECTION 2. The improvements maintained within the SMD and LMD Zones confer
distinct and special benefit upon the parcels identified for assessment modification as part of
LLD Modification 2018-4.
SECTION 3. Willdan Engineering, an engineer registered pursuant to the Professional
Engineers Act (Chapter 7, commencing with Section 670, of Division 3 of the Business and
Professions Code), has been designated Assessment Engineer for the proposed modification of
assessments for parcels within designated areas of SMDA and the LMD Zones of the LLD
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identified as LLD Modification 2018-4. Willdan Engineering is hereby ordered to prepare and
file an Engineer's Report for the City Council's review, consideration, and adoption in
accordance with the Act and the laws of the State of California.
SECTION 4. This resolution shall take effect immediately.
SECTION 5. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this resolution;
shall cause the same to be entered in the book of resolutions of the City and shall make a minute
of the passage and adoption thereof in the records of the proceedings of the City Council of the
City in the minutes of the meeting at which the same is presented.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 13th day of November, 2018.
400._ ,or-/
MAYOR
ATTEST:
CITY CLERK
DATE: �_
STATE OF CAL+F ORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) ss.
CITY OF SANTA CLARITA )
I, Mary Cusick, City Clerk of the City of Santa Clarita, do hereby certify that the
foregoing Resolution 18-69 was duly adopted by the City Council of the City of Santa Clarita at
a regular meeting thereof, held on the 13th day of November, 2018, by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS: McLean, Kellar, Miranda, Weste
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS: None
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: Smyth
CITY CLERK
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