HomeMy WebLinkAbout2021-02-09 - ORDINANCES - CFD #2020-1 COOPER ST PARKING STRUCTURE (2)' ORDINANCE NO.21-2
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA
CLARITA, CALIFORNIA, ACTING AS THE LEGISLATIVE BODY OF THE
CITY OF SANTA CLARITA COMMUNITY FACILITIES DISTRICT NO.
2020-1 (COOPER STREET PARKING STRUCTURE), AUTHORIZING THE
LEVY OF SPECIAL TAXES
WHEREAS, on December 8, 2020, the City Council (the "Council") of the City of Santa
Clarita (the "City") adopted a resolution of intention and further amended on January 12, 2021
(the "Resolution of Intention"), by stating its intention to form City of Santa Clarita Community
Facilities District No. 2020-1 (Cooper Street Parking Structure) (the "CFD") pursuant to the
Mello -Roos Community Facilities Act of 1982, as amended, commencing with Section 53311 of
the California Government Code (the "Act"), to finance certain public services, including
operation and maintenance of a public parking structure located at 17265 Rouse Place in the City
of Santa Clarita, commonly known as the Cooper Street Parking Structure (the "Services");
WHEREAS, notice was published as required by law relative to the intention of the
Council to form the CFD within the boundaries of the CFD; and
WHEREAS, on January 26, 2021, this Council held a noticed public hearing as required
by law relative to the determination to proceed with the formation of the CFD and the rate and
' method of apportion and manner of collection of the special taxes (the "Special Taxes") to be
levied within the CFD for the Services; and
WHEREAS, at said hearing all persons desiring to be heard on all matters pertaining to
the formation of the CFD and the levy of the Special Taxes were heard and a full and fair hearing
was held; and
WHEREAS, the Council subsequent to said hearing adopted Resolution No. 21-2 (the
"Resolution of Formation") determining the validity of prior proceedings and establishing the
CFD; and
WHEREAS, the Council subsequent to said hearing adopted Resolution No. 21-3 which
called an election within the CFD for January 26, 2021 on the propositions of levying the Special
Taxes within the CFD and setting an appropriations limit; and
WHEREAS, on January 26, 2021, an election was held within the CFD in which the
eligible electors approved by more than two-thirds vote the proposition of levying the Special
Taxes within the CFD and setting an appropriations limit.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA CLARITA,
CALIFORNIA, DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION L A special tax (the "Special Tax") is hereby levied within the boundaries of
the CFD pursuant to the formula set forth in Exhibit "A" attached to the Resolution of
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Formation, and incorporated herein by reference, or as such special tax may be modified or '
amended from time to time by a resolution of change or annexation adopted pursuant to the
provisions of the Act (the "RMA"), in an amount necessary to finance all or a portion of the cost
of providing the Services that are in addition to those provided in the territory within the CFD
prior to the formation of, or annexation to, the CFD, periodic costs, and costs of the tax levy and
collection, as provided in the RMA.
SECTION 2. The Director of Administrative Services is hereby further authorized as
provided in section 53340 of the Act on or before June 30 of each year to determine the specific
special tax rate and amount to be levied for the next fiscal year in accordance with the RMA and
to prepare or cause to be prepared a list of all nonexempt parcels within the CFD and the specific
amount of the special taxes for each parcel, except that the special tax rates to be levied shall not
exceed the maximum rates contained in the RMA.
SECTION 3. All of the collections of the Special Tax shall be used as provided for in
the Act and the Resolution of Formation and any resolution of change or annexation adopted
from time to time by the Council.
SECTION 4. The above authorized Special Tax shall be collected in the same manner as
ordinary ad valorem property taxes are collected and shall be subject to the same penalties and
the same procedure, sale and lien priority in cases of delinquency as is provided for ad valorem
taxes; provided, however, the CFD may collect the Special Tax at a different time or in a
different manner if necessary to meet its financial obligations. '
SECTION 5. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or portion of this
ordinance, or the application thereof to any person or place, is for any reason held to be invalid
or unconstitutional by the final decision of any court of competent jurisdiction, the remainder of
this Ordinance shall remain in full force and effect.
SECTION 6. Pursuant to Government Code Section 36933(c)(1), the City Attorney was
designated to prepare, and the City Clerk published, a summary of this ordinance, and a certified
copy of this ordinance was posted in the office of the City Clerk a minimum of five days before
the City Council's adoption of this ordinance.
SECTION 7. The Mayor shall sign this ordinance and the City Clerk shall attest to such
signature. The City Clerk is directed to cause the title and summary or text of this ordinance,
together with the vote thereon, to be published within fifteen (15) days after its passage at least
once in a newspaper of general circulation published and circulated within the territorial
jurisdiction of the City, and to post at the offices of the City a certified copy of the full text of the
adopted ordinance along with the names of the Council Members voting for and against the
ordinance.
SECTION 8. This ordinance relating to the levy of the special taxes takes effect and
shall be in force immediately after the date of final passage pursuant to Government Code
Section 36937(a). A copy of this ordinance shall be transmitted to the Assessor and the I
Treasurer -Tax Collector of Los Angeles County.
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PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED th'
ATTEST:
CITY CLERK
DATE '
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES
CITY OF SANTA CLARITA
' I, Mary Cusick, City Clerk of the City of Santa Clarita, do hereby certify that the
foregoing Ordinance No. 21-2 was regularly introduced and placed upon its first reading at a
regular meeting of the City Council on 26"' of January 2021. That thereafter, said Ordinance was
duly passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council on the 9°i day of February
2021, by the following vote, to wit:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS:
McLean, Smyth, Gibbs, Weste, Miranda
None
None
AND I FURTHER CERTIFY that the forgoing is the original of Ordinance No. 21-2 and
was published in The Signal newspaper in accordance with State Law (G.C. 40806).
L4W'a WA
CITY CLERK
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