HomeMy WebLinkAbout2020-06-09 - RESOLUTIONS - DECLARING THE CITY'S INTENTION TO LEVY ASMT, PRELI (2)RESOLUTION 20-30
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA
CLARITA, CALIFORNIA, DECLARING THE CITY'S INTENTION
TO LEVY ASSESSMENTS, PRELIMINARILY APPROVE THE ENGINEER'S REPORT IN
CONNECTION WITH THE SANTA CLARITA LANDSCAPING
AND LIGHTING DISTRICT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2020-21, AND APPOINTING
A TIME AND PLACE FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THESE MATTERS
WHEREAS, the City Council of Santa Clarita, California (City Council), pursuant to the
provisions of the Landscaping and Lighting Act of 1972, being Division 15 of the Streets and
Highways Code of the State of California (Act), did by previous resolution, initiate proceedings
calling for the preparation and filing of the annual Engineer's Report for the Santa Clarita
Landscape and Lighting District inclusive of Streetlighting Zones A and B, and Landscaping
Zones Nos. 1, 2, 3, 3A, 4, 5, 5A, 6, 7, 7A, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28,
29, 30, 31, 2008-1, T1, T1A, T2, T213, T3, T313, T4, T5, T6, T7, T8, T17, T20, T23-1, T23-2,
T23-B, T29, T31, T31-1, T31-IA, T31-2, T33, T44, T46, T47, T48, T51, T52, T62, T65, T65-A,
T65-13, T67, and T71, (District) and the levy and collection of assessments within the District for
Fiscal Year (FY) 2020-21, for the purposes provided therefore in the Act; and
WHEREAS, the City Council is desirous to undertake proceedings to provide for the
annual levy of District assessments for FY 2020-21 to provide for the costs and expenses
associated with the operation, maintenance, and servicing of the improvements in the District
and zones that provide special benefits to the parcels therein; and
WHEREAS, in order to maintain the improvements and facilities at a standard acceptable
to the City, the assessments within the District will need to be levied for FY 2020-21; and
WHEREAS, the designated Engineer of Work for the District, Willdan Financial
Services (Engineer), has prepared and filed with the City Clerk a preliminary Engineer's Report
(Report) concerning the installation, construction, or maintenance of any authorized
improvements under the Act, including any proposed new improvements or any substantial
changes in existing improvements, and the levy and collection of the proposed FY 2020-21
assessments for the District as required by the provisions of the Act. Pursuant to Chapter 1,
Article 4, Section 22567 of the Act, this Report contains the following:
a. Plans and specifications describing the general nature, location, and extent of the
improvements to be maintained, which incorporate the installation, replacement, construction,
maintenance, and servicing of any authorized improvements under the Act, including, but not
limited to, streetlighting, traffic signals, landscape and irrigation improvements, and any
facilities which are appurtenant to any of the aforementioned, or which are necessary or
convenient for the maintenance or servicing thereof.
b. An estimate of the cost of the operation, maintenance, and servicing of the
improvements for the District for the referenced fiscal year.
c. Diagrams for the District.
d. An assessment of the estimated costs of the operation, maintenance, and servicing, of
the improvements, assessing the net amount upon all assessable lots and parcels within the
District in proportion to the special benefits received; and
WHEREAS, this City Council has examined and considered the Report, improvements,
diagrams, and assessments, and the proceedings prior thereto; and
WHEREAS, the FY 2020-21 Consumer Price Index (CPI) has been determined to be
2.96 percent calculated from the annual change in the CPI, during the preceding year ending in
December, for All Urban Consumers, and the Los Angeles, Long Beach, and Anaheim areas; and
WHEREAS, the FY 2020-21 assessments as described in the Report for the District are
not proposed to be increased above the previously approved and adopted CPI and such
assessments are adequate to maintain the facilities.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Santa Clarita, California, does
hereby resolve as follows:
SECTION 1. Recitals: That the above recitals are all true and correct.
SECTION 2. Declaration of Intention: That the public interest and convenience requires,
and it is the intention of this legislative body, to levy and collect assessments to pay the net
annual special benefit costs and expenses for the installation, replacement, construction,
maintenance, and servicing of the improvements and facilities for the above -referenced District.
No new improvements or any substantial changes in existing improvements are proposed as a
part of these proceedings.
SECTION 3. Fiscal Year: That the assessments described in the Report and proposed to
be levied as part of these proceedings will provide revenue related to the installation,
replacement, construction, maintenance, and/or servicing of any authorized improvements under
the Act as outlined in the Report for the fiscal year, commencing July 1, 2020, and ending
June 30, 2021.
SECTION 4. Preliminarily Approves Report: The City Council hereby finds that the
Engineer's Report sufficiently describes the proposed improvements, estimated costs, method of
apportionment and the assessments for FY 2020-21, and the City Council hereby preliminarily
approves, passes on, and adopts the Engineer's Report as submitted to the City Council and filed
with the City Clerk. The preliminary report shall stand as the Engineer's Report for the purposes
of all subsequent proceedings pursuant to this resolution of intention.
SECTION 5. Assessments: The proposed assessments as described in the Report for FY
2020-21 are not proposed to be increased above the previously approved and adopted CPI
adjustment.
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SECTION 6. Districts Improvements: The installation, construction, or maintenance of
any authorized improvements under the Act, including, but not limited to, street lighting,
landscape and irrigation improvements, and any facilities which are appurtenant to any of the
aforementioned, or which are necessary or convenient for the maintenance or servicing thereof.
SECTION 7. Public Hearing Date: The City Council hereby appoints June 23, 2020, at
6:00 p.m., in the City of Santa Clarita, California, as the time, place, and date of the public
hearing regarding the District, the Report prepared and filed in connection therewith and the levy
of assessments for FY 2020-21. At the hearing, the City Council shall hear and consider all
discussion regarding the proposed assessments as described in the Report.
SECTION 8. Notice of Public Hearing: The City Council hereby directs the City Clerk or
their authorized representative to cause Notice of the Public Hearing to be given in the manner
provided by applicable law.
SECTION 9. Adoption of Resolution: The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this
resolution.
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED this 9th day of June 2020.
ATTEST:
CITY CLERK
DATE:
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MAYOR
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
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 No. 20-30 was duly adopted by the City Council of the City of Santa
Clarita at a regular meeting thereof, held on the 9th day of June 2020, by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS: McLean, Miranda, Kellar, Weste, Smyth
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS: None
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: None
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