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Home My WebLink About2006-05-23 - RESOLUTIONS - LEVY ASMT LMD 1 T1 (2)RESOLUTION NO. 06-51 FFi Y�)KIyYCi7�►[i :l yy�ZK�i�1►L 100 lorm 1001 SANTA CLARITA, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING AN ENGINEER'S REPORT AND DECLARING ITS INTENTION TO ORDER ANNEXATIONS INTO LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE DISTRICT NOS. 1 AND Tl AND TO LEVY AN ASSESSMENT THEREON, AND TAKING CERTAIN OTHER ACTIONS IN CONNECTION THEREWITH WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Santa Clarita (the "City") has initiated proceedings to annex properties into Landscape Maintenance District Nos. 1 and TI (the "Annexations") 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) (the "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 fund the costs of installation, servicing and maintenance of landscaped improvements within public rights-of-way and dedicated landscape easements within various areas in the City; and WHEREAS, the boundaries of the proposed Annexations shall be as described on the —' map entitled "City of Santa Clarita Annexations to Landscape Maintenance District Nos. 1 and Tl" presented to this Council and on file with the City Clerk and incorporated herein by reference; and WHEREAS, the Assessment Engineer, Harris & Associates, has filed with the City Clerk of the City and the City Clerk has presented to the City Council a report dated May 16, 2006 (the "Engineer's Report") regarding the proposed Annexations and containing the matters specified in Section 22586 of the Act; and WHEREAS, the Engineer's Report has been duly presented by the City Clerk for consideration and has been fully considered by the City Council. NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Santa Clarita does hereby resolve as follows: SECTION 1. The above recitals are true and correct. SECTION 2. The Engineer's Report, including the plans, specifications, general descriptions, estimate of the cost of fund the costs of installation, servicing and maintenance of landscaped improvements within public rights-of-way and dedicated landscape easements within various areas in the City (the "Improvements") and incidental expenses in connection therewith, the diagram and the proposed assessments, is hereby approved as filed and incorporated herein by this reference. The Engineer's Report shall stand as the report for the purpose of all subsequent proceedings under the Act and Article XITID, except that it may be confirmed, modified or corrected as provided in the Act. SECTION 3. The City Council hereby finds that the public interest, necessity and convenience require the installation, servicing and maintenance of the Improvements, and this City Council hereby declares its intention to annex properties into the "City of Santa Clarita Landscape Maintenance District Nos. 1 and Tl." The boundaries of the Annexations shall cover the real property benefited by the Improvements and are described on the map entitled "City of Santa Clarita Annexations into Landscape Maintenance District Nos. 1 and Tl Diagram/Boundary Map," on file with the City Clerk. The City Council hereby declares and finds the land within the boundaries of the Annexations to be specially benefited by the Improvements and/or the maintenance thereof. SECTION 4. The purpose of Annexations is to fund the costs of installation, servicing and maintenance of landscaped improvements within public rights-of-way and dedicated landscape easements within various areas in the City of benefit to the Property within the Annexations. All improvements and work to be funded by the Annexations shall be done in accordance with the Engineer's Report, on file in the office of the City Clerk and which is hereby referred to and by this reference incorporated herein and made a part hereof. The Engineer's Report and its exhibits contain a full and detailed description of the Improvements and the maintenance thereof which may be funded by the Annexations, the boundaries of the Annexations and the proposed assessments upon the assessable properties in the Annexations. SECTION 5. As set forth in the Engineer's Report, each year the maximum annual assessment rate will be increased for cost of living according to the change in consumer price index (CPI) for the Los Angeles, Riverside, Orange County area. The actual assessment to be levied each year will be as determined by the City Council, not to exceed the maximum annual assessment rate period. If approved, the assessment will be levied beginning in FY 2006-07. SECTION 6. The City Council appoints July 11, 2006 at 6:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers, 23920 Valencia Boulevard, Santa Clarita, California, or as soon thereafter as the matter may be heard, as the time and place for hearing protests to the proposed Improvements and maintenance thereof, the proposed levy of assessments, the amount of the individual assessments, and related matters as set forth in the Engineer's Report, and any interested person may appear and object to the Improvements, or to the extent of the Annexations or to said proposed assessments. SECTION 7. The City Clerk is hereby directed to give notice of such hearing by mailing notices thereof, together with assessment ballots, in the time, form and manner provided by Section 53753 of the California Government Code, and upon the completion of the mailing of said notices and assessment ballots, the City Clerk is hereby directed to file with the City Council an affidavit setting forth the time and manner of the compliance with the requirements of law for mailing said notices and assessment ballots. The City Clerk shall cause notice of the public 2 hearing to be given by mailing, postage prepaid, in the United States mail, and such notice shall be deemed to have been given when deposited in such mail. The notice shall be mailed not less than forty-five (45) days before the date of the public hearing ordered herein. SECTION 8. The City Council designates Dennis Luppens, Special Districts Administrator, to answer inquiries regarding the assessment proceedings, the assessments or the Annexations. The Engineer's Report and other written material about the Annexations may also be reviewed at the office of the City Clerk, 23920 Valencia Boulevard, Santa Clarita, California, during regular business hours. SECTION 9. This resolution shall take effect immediately. SECTION 10. 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 23rd day of May, 2006. 1 ATTEST: C- I. .� cLEtzx. STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) ss. CITY OF SANTA CLARITA ) I, Sharon L. Dawson, CMC, City Clerk of the City of Santa Clarita, do hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was duly adopted by the City Council of the City of Santa Clarita at a regular meeting thereof, held on the 23rd day of May, 2006, by the following vote: AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS: Ferry, Smyth, Kellar, McLean, Weste NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS: None ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: None 0 CITY CLERK STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) ss. CITY OF SANTA CLARTTA ) CERTIFICATION OF CITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION I, Sharon L. Dawson, City Clerk of the City of Santa Clarita, do hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of the original Resolution No. 06-51, adopted by the City Council of the City of Santa Clarita, California on May 23, 2006, which is now on file in my office. Witness my hand and seal of the City of Santa Clarita, California, this __ day of 20_. Sharon L. Dawson, CMC City Clerk By Susan Coffman Deputy City Clerk