HomeMy WebLinkAbout1999-05-25 - AGENDA REPORTS - SMD 1 ANNAUL ASMT (2)CITY OF SANTA CLARITA
AGENDA REPORT
CONSENT CALENDAR City Manager Approval
Item to be presented by: T. Brad Therrien
DATE: May 25, 1999
SUBJECT: ORDER THE PRELIMINARY ENGINEER'S REPORT FOR
STREETLIGHT MAINTENANCE ASSESSMENT DISTRICT NO. 1
DECLARING THE CITY S INTENTION TO LEVY ANNUAL
ASSESSMENTS
RESOLUTION NO. 99-91
DEPARTMENT: Transportation & Engineering Services
RECOMMENDED ACTION
City Council adopt Resolution No. 99-91 ordering the preliminary Engineer's Report
declaring the City's intention to levy and collect assessments for Fiscal Year 1999/2000, and
setting the public hearing for June 22, 1999.
BACKGROUND
Prior to Fiscal Year 1998/1999, street lighting services in the City were provided by a
special benefit district administered by the County of Los Angeles. The Santa Clarita area
was included in two separate districts within the County Lighting Maintenance District.
One district, CLMD 1867, is funded from ad valorem property tax revenue pursuant to the
Improvement Act of 1911, with the rate set by Proposition 13. The district that is now
under the City's jurisdiction, Street Light Maintenance District No. 1, was established and
funded by assessments levied pursuant to the Landscape and Lighting Act of 1972.
Each year the City Council must order an Engineer's Report detailing Santa Clarita
Lighting Maintenance District No. 1 and determining the necessary assessments to collect
for the coming fiscal year. This report and the appropriate resolutions are then presented
to the Council at a regularly scheduled Council meeting. It is at this meeting that a date is
set for a public hearing on the proposed annual assessments.
If the assessments are approved at the public hearing, they are then transferred to the
County for placement on the County tax rolls. The public hearing for this district is set for
June 22, 1999. However, should the assessments not be approved on that date, the City
will lose the ability to place the assessment on the County tax rolls for Fiscal Year
1999/2000, and will have to manually invoice all parcels within the district or not collect
assessments for the coming year.
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ORDER THE PRELIMINARY ENGINEER'S REPORT FOR
STREETLIGHT MAINTENANCE ASSESSMENT DISTRICT NO.
May 25, 1999 — Page 2
In accordance with Proposition 218, "The Right to Vote on Taxes Act," any increase in the
annual assessments requires that all property owners affected must vote on the new
assessments. There will be no increases in the assessments for the district covered by the
attached resolution for Fiscal Year 1999/2000; therefore, there will be no need to notify the
property owners by mail.
ALTERNATIVE ACTIONS
1. Do not approve the annual levy.
2. Other action as determined by City Council
FISCAL IMPACT
The annual levy of assessments currently covers the expected expenses.
ATTACHMENTS
Resolution No. 99-91
Exhibit "A!'- Location Map
Engineer's Report (available in the City Clerk's reading file)
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