HomeMy WebLinkAbout2008-06-24 - AGENDA REPORTS - SMD 1 ANNEX L 86 (2)PUBLIC HEARING
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SUBJECT:
DEPARTMENT
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CITY OF SANTA CLARITA
AGENDA REPORT
City Manager Approval:
Item to be presented by: Dennis Luppens
June 24, 2008
ANNEXATION OF TERRITORY INTO STREETLIGHT
MAINTENANCE DISTRICT NO. 1 (ANNEXATION NO. L-86)
Administrative Services
RECOMMENDED ACTION
City Council conduct public hearing, and open and review the ballot. If no protest exists, adopt
resolution ordering said annexation, and authorize the annual levy and collection of assessment
within the District. If a protest exists, no action will be required.
BACKGROUND
At the regular City Council meeting of June 10, 2008, Council approved a resolution initiating
proceedings and setting the public hearing for June 24, 2008, to annex one parcel into the
Streetlight Maintenance District pursuant to the 1972 Landscaping and Lighting Act and Article
XIII D of the California Constitution.
Streetlight Maintenance District (SMD) No. 1
SMD No. 1 was established to collect funds to cover the expenses for energy and maintenance of
City streetlights. The costs associated with the streetlights, inclusive of approximately 15,153,
are billed by Southern California Edison to the City.
Properties are required to annex into SMD No. 1 as a condition of development, as they require
the safety and other benefits from streetlighting, which are allowable under the 1972
Landscaping and Lighting Act.
The property owner waived the 45 -day notice period to expedite the annexation process and was
mailed an assessment ballot after the June 10, 2008 Council Meeting. The purpose of tonight's
meeting is to conduct a public hearing and tabulate the returned assessment ballot. Barring a
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protest, the City Council will be asked to give final approval of the annexation.
The maximum annual assessment will be adjusted according to the change in the
Los Angeles -Anaheim -Riverside Area Consumer Price Index ("CPI"), as determined by the
United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics. The City Council may adopt a
lesser assessment amount, but may not exceed the maximum annual assessment rate.
ALTERNATIVE ACTION
1. Do not annex the parcel into Streetlight Maintenance District No. 1.
2. Other direction as determined by City Council.
FISCAL IMPACT
The total estimated revenues collected from the parcel within the annexation for annual
maintenance expenditures will be $224.80. (See attached assessment roll.) The maximum
annual assessment rates may only increase by CPI.
ATTACHMENTS
Approving SMD Annexation L-86
Engineer's Report available in the City Clerks Reading File
L-86 Boundary Map
Assessment Roll
CITY OF SANTA CLARITA
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN:
A Public Hearing will be held before the City Council of the City of Santa Clarita in the City Hall
Council Chambers, 23920 Valencia Boulevard, first floor, Santa Clarita, California, on the 240' day of
June 2008, at or after 6:00 p.m., to consider annexation of parcel 2844-015-016 into City Streetlight
Maintenance District No.l, as described in the Assessment Engineer's Report and pursuant to the
Landscaping and Lighting Act of 1972, being a division of the Streets and Highways Code of the State of
California. Proponents, opponents, and any interested persons may appear and be heard on this matter at
that time.
Further information may be obtained by contacting the Administrative Services Department, 23920
Valencia Boulevard, Suite 260, Santa Clarita, CA 91355; (661) 286-4005, Dennis Luppens, Special
Districts Administrator.
If you wish to challenge this action in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or
someone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered
to the City Council, at, or prior to, the public hearing.
Dated: June 4, 2008
Sharon L. Dawson, CMC
City Clerk
Publish Date: June 12, 2008
RESOLUTION NO. 08-
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
SANTA CLARITA, CALIFORNIA, DECLARING THE RESULTS OF THE
ASSESSMENT BALLOT TABULATION FOR L-86, ANNEXING ONE PARCEL INTO THE
CITY OF SANTA CLARITA STREETLIGHT MAINTENANCE DISTRICT NO. 1,
ORDERING MAINTENANCE WORK THEREIN AND CONFIRMING THE
DIAGRAMS AND ASSESSMENTS AND PROVIDING FOR THE LEVY AND
COLLECTION OF THE ANNUAL ASSESSMENTS THEREIN
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Santa' Clarita, California, has initiated
proceedings for the annexation of territory and levy of an annual assessment into a special
maintenance district created pursuant to the terms of the "Landscaping and Lighting Act of
1972", being Division 15, Part 2 of the Streets and Highways Code of the State of California (the
"Landscaping Act"), Article XIIID of the Constitution of the State of California ("Article XIIID")
and the Proposition 218 Omnibus Implementation Act (Government Code Section 53750 and
following) (the "Implementation Act") (the Landscaping Act, Article XIIID and the
Implementation Act may be referred to collectively herein as the "Assessment Law"), such
special maintenance district is known and designated as the City of Santa Clarita Streetlight
Maintenance District No. 1, (the "District") Annexation L-86, (the "Annexation"); and
WHEREAS, the City Council did order and subsequently receive a report prepared by
Harris & Associates (the "Assessment Engineer") prepared in accordance with the Assessment
Law (the "Assessment Engineer's Report"); and
WHEREAS, the City Council did set the time and place for a Public Hearing to consider
the annexation of one parcel into the District and the authorization to levy the annual assessment
therein and did order that notice of such Public Hearing, accompanied by an assessment ballot;
be given to the record owner of property within the proposed Annexation in accordance with the
provisions of the Assessment Law; and
WHEREAS, notice of such Public Hearing accompanied by the assessment ballot was
mailed to the record owner of property within the proposed Annexation in accordance with the
provisions of the Assessment Law.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Santa Clarita does hereby resolve as
follows:
SECTION 1. Recitals. The above recitals are all true and correct.
SECTION 2. Procedures. The City Council hereby finds and 'determines that the
procedures for the consideration of the levy of the assessments have been undertaken in
accordance with the Assessment Law.
SECTION 3. Assessment Ballot Procedures. Assessment ballots were mailed as
required by Assessment Law to the record owners of the properties within the Annexation which
are proposed to be assessed. The assessment ballots that were completed and received by the City
Clerk prior to the close of the Public Hearing have been tabulated in accordance with the
procedures established by Assessment Law, and the City Council and the results of such
tabulation have been submitted to the City Council.
This City Council hereby finds that the assessment ballots submitted in favor of the levy
of assessments, as weighted in accordance with Assessment Law, exceed the assessment ballots
submitted in opposition to such levy, also as weighted in accordance with Assessment Law.
Therefore no majority protest to the levy of assessments within the Annexation has been found to
exist.
SECTION 4. Annexation of Parcels. This City Council hereby orders the Annexation.
SECTION 5. Determination and Confirmation. Based upon the Assessment Engineer's
Report and the testimony and other evidence presented at the Public Hearing, the City Council
hereby makes the following determinations regarding the assessments for Fiscal Year 2008/09
and the maximum annual assessments proposed to be imposed to pay for the estimated costs of
the maintenance of all of the improvements to ultimately be maintained upon the completion and
acceptance of thereof:
a. The proportionate special benefit derived by each individual parcel assessed has been
determined in relationship to the entirety of the cost of the operations and'
maintenance expenses.
b. The assessments do not exceed the reasonable cost of the proportional special benefit
conferred on each parcel.
c. Only the special benefits have been assessed.
The maximum assessments for the Annexation contained in the Assessment Engineer's
Report for Fiscal Year 2008/09 are hereby confirmed. Subsequent annual assessments in amounts
not to exceed the maximum annual assessment of the estimated costs of the maintenance of all of
the improvements to ultimately be maintained upon the completion and acceptance of thereof as
set forth in the Assessment Engineer's Report may be.subsequently confirmed and levied without
further assessment ballot proceedings pursuant to the Assessment Law. Each fiscal year after the
base year (Fiscal Year 2008/09), the maximum assessment shall be increased by the Consumer
Price Index, (CPI) for all Urban Consumers, Los Angeles — Orange — Riverside County Area
without further compliance with the assessment ballot procedures required under the Assessment
Law.
SECTION 6. Ordering of Maintenance. The public interest and convenience requires,
and this legislative body does hereby order, the maintenance work to be made and performed as
said maintenance work is set forth in the Final Assessment Engineer's Report.
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SECTION 7. Filing with Secretary. The above -referenced diagram and assessment shall
be filed in the office of the City Clerk. Said diagram and assessment, and the certified copy
thereof, shall be open for public inspection.
SECTION 8. Filing with the County Auditor. The City Clerk is hereby ordered and
directed to immediately file a certified copy of the diagram and assessment with the County
Auditor. Said filing to be made no later than the 3rd Monday in August.
SECTION 9. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this Resolution.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this _day of , 2008.
MAYOR
ATTEST:
CITY CLERK
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 th day of , 2008, by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS:
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS:
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS:
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CITY CLERK
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) ss.
CITY OF SANTA CLARITA )
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. , adopted by the City Council of the City of
Santa Clarita, California on , 2008, which is now on file in my office.
Witness my hand and seal of the City of Santa Clarita, California, this _ day of
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Sharon L. Dawson, CMC
City Clerk
By
Susan Caputo
Deputy City Clerk
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Final
Engineer's Report
For
City of Santa Clarita
Streetlight Maintenance
District No. 1
Annexation No. L-86
Fiscal Year 2008-09
Submitted To:
Santa Clarita, California
Prepared By:
Harris & Associates -
June 17, 2008
City of Santa Clarita Annexation No. L-86
Streetliqht Maintenance District No.1
ENGINEER'S REPORT
CITY OF SANTA CLARITA
ANNEXATION NO. L-86
STREETLIGHT MAINTENANCE DISTRICT NO. I
TABLE OF CONTENTS
June 17, 2008
Page
I. Introduction..............................................................................................................1
H. Plans and Specifications..........................................................................................2
III. Estimated Costs of the Improvements.....................................................................3
IV. Assessment Diagram................................................................................................4
V. Assessment...............................................................................................................4
VI. Method of Assessment.............................................................................................4
VII. Certifications............................................................................................................9
Appendices
A Assessment Diagram
B Assessment Roll
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' ENGINEER'S REPORT
CITY OF SANTA CLARITA
ANNEXATION NO. L-86 INTO
STREETLIGHT MAINTENANCE DISTRICT NO. 1
' I. INTRODUCTION
This report is prepared in compliance with the requirements of Article 4, Chapter 1, of the Landscaping
and Lighting Act of 1972, (hereinafter referred to as the "Act") which is Part 2, Division 15 of the
California Streets and Highways Code. This report considers the annexation of territory to be known as
Annexation No. L-86, into the existing Santa Clarita Streetlight Maintenance District No. 1.
Pursuant to the Act, the City Council is the legislative body for the District and may annex territory and
levy annual assessments acting as the governing body for the operations and administration of the
District.
In addition, the Act provides for the levy of annual assessments after annexation into or formation of an
assessment district for the continued maintenance and servicing of the district improvements. The Act
further allows various areas to be annexed into an existing district when the territory in the annexation
receives substantially the same degree of benefit from the improvements. The costs associated with the
installation, maintenance and service of the improvements may be assessed to those properties, which are
benefited by the installation, maintenance and service.
' Section 22608 of the Streets and Highways Code further states that annexation proceedings will be
limited to the territory proposed to be annexed into an existing district. This report will be limited to
those properties associated with Annexation No. L-86 as shown on Appendix "A."
RIGHT TO VOTE ON TAXES ACT (PROPOSITION 218)
On November 5, 1996, the electorate approved Proposition 218, Right to Vote on Taxes Act, which
added articles XIIIC and XIIID to the California Constitution. The Proposition affects all assessments
upon real property for a special benefit conferred on the property. Assessments imposed under the
Landscaping and Lighting Act of 1972 are these types of benefit assessments.
As written, Proposition 218 exempts assessments for street purposes. The maintenance services in
Streetlight Maintenance District No. 1 are for streetlights. They are an integral part of the entire street,
the same as curb, gutter, pavement, signage and striping.
Each property owner who owns parcels subject to the assessment will be sent an Assessment Ballot
requesting their approval to annex into the district and approve the assessments being imposed.
Subsequent owners of parcels would be made aware through title reports and Department of Real Estate
"White Paper" reports that the parcels are in the district and subject to the assessments. Purchase of the
parcel(s) is also an agreement by the new owners to be subject to the assessments. Future increases, if
any, will be subject to the procedures and approval process of Section 4 of Article XIIID. This report is
being provided to show that there will be no proposed increase in the assessments to pay for costs
incurred for maintenance, servicing and operation of the existing District. However, the assessments will
be proposed for the first time to those parcels proposed to be included in this annexation.
The City may initiate proceedings for the annexation of territory for continued maintenance and servicing
of streetlight improvements by passing a resolution. This Resolution of Intention generally describes the
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territory to be annexed into the district and any proposed new improvements or any substantial changes
in existing improvements and orders an engineer to prepare and file a detailed report.
This report prepared by the engineer details only the proposed annexation to the existing district and
must include; plans and specifications of the improvements; an estimate of the costs of the
improvements, including maintenance and servicing; a diagram, i.e., map of the assessment district
showing the boundary of the district and annexation; and the parcels or lots which benefit. Once the
report is completed, it is presented to the City Council (the legislative body) for its review and approval
as presented, or may be modified and approved.
After the report is approved, the City adopts the Resolution of Intention which declares its intent to annex
territory and levy and collect assessments, describes the improvements, including maintenance and
servicing, refers to the assessment district and annexation by its distinctive designation, refers to the
report for the details of the district and annexation, and sets a time and place for a public hearing on the
levy of the proposed assessment.
Following the initial Council Meeting, the City will send an Assessment Ballot with which the property
owners can vote on the annexation and assessment.
At the public hearing, the City will count the Assessment Ballots returned and consider the public
testimony in favor of and/or opposing the annexation and assessment. At that time, the City Council may
adopt a resolution confirming and levying the assessments to fund the maintenance and servicing of the
improvements or abandon the proposed annexation.
H. PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS
DESCRIPTION OF IMPROVEMENTS AND SERVICES
The proposed improvements for Annexation No. L-86 into Streetlight Maintenance District No. 1,
include, but are not limited to, and may be generally described as follows: Installation of streetlighting,
traffic signals, and other appurtenant facilities. Services and maintenance include all work necessary for
the daily maintenance required to maintain said lights in proper operation including providing said lights
with the proper energy necessary to operate the lights.
Streetlight improvements are owned either by the Southern California Edison Company, the State of
California Department of Transportation, or the City of Santa Clarita. Facilities constructed for or by the
City of Santa Clarita are on file in the City offices.
Proposed streetlight facilities are located in the City of Santa Clarita, in the vicinity of: an area on
Soledad Canyon east of Galeton Road and west of Deep Creek Drive.
PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS
Streetlight Maintenance District No. 1 ("SMD No. 1") was established to collect funds to cover the
expenses for energy and maintenance of a majority of streetlights in the City. These costs are billed
by the Southern California Edison Company for all of the approximate 14,435 streetlights currently
owned and maintained by Edison and all of the approximate 718 streetlights owned by the City and
maintained by the City through a maintenance contract with the County of Los Angeles. The
proposed new and/or existing improvements for Streetlight Maintenance District No. 1 include, but
are not limited to, and may be generally described as follows:
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• The installation of streetlighting, traffic signals and other appurtenant facilities that are
necessary for the daily operation of said lighting located within City road rights-of-way.
' Installation covers all work necessary for the installment or replacement of said lighting and
all appurtenant work necessary to complete said installation or replacement.
' • The operation, maintenance, and servicing of all existing streetlighting, traffic signals, and
other appurtenant facilities that are necessary for the daily operation of said lighting located
within City road rights-of-way. Operation, maintenance, and servicing means all work
1 necessary for the daily maintenance required to maintain said lights in proper operation
including providing said lights with the proper energy necessary to operate the lights.
Plans and Specifications for the improvements for Annexation No. L-86 to the Streetlight Maintenance
District are voluminous and are not bound in this report but by this reference are incorporated and made a
part of this report. The plans and specifications are on file at the City.
' III. ESTIMATED COSTS OF THE IMPROVEMENTS
The Act provides that the estimated costs of the improvements shall include the total cost of the
improvements, including incidentals, which may include reserves to operate the District until funds are
transferred to the City from the County around December 10 of the next fiscal year.
The Act also provides that the amount of any surplus, deficit or contribution be included in the estimated
cost of improvements. The net amount to be assessed on the lots or parcels within the district is the total
cost of installation, maintenance and servicing with adjustments either positive or negative for reserves,
surpluses, deficits and/or contributions.
Estimated costs of improvements for Streetlight Maintenance District No. 1, including Annexation No.
L-86, are voluminous and are not bound in this report but by this reference are incorporated and made a
part of this report. The estimated costs are on file at the City where they are available for public
inspection.
' 2008-09 FISCAL YEAR BUDGET ESTIMATE
ASSESSMENT LOTS OR PARCELS: 1
TYPE OF LAND USE: Commercial
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Reference is made to the assessment roll included herein as Appendix "B" for individual parcel
assessments.
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MAXIMUM
FY 2008/09
ACTUAL
BUDGET ITEM
ASSESSMENT
FY 2008/09
Total Funds Required
$224.80
$0.00
Available Carryover
$0.00
$0.00
Other Revenue
$0.00
$0.00
To be Raised by Parcel Assessment
$0.00
$0.00
$224.80
$0.00
Reference is made to the assessment roll included herein as Appendix "B" for individual parcel
assessments.
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' IV. ASSESSMENT DIAGRAM
' The boundary map/diagram is included herein as "Appendix A".
V. ASSESSMENT
' All assessed lots or parcels of real property within the annexation are listed on the assessment roll, which
is on file at the City and is hereby made a part of this report by reference. The assessment roll states the
net amount to be assessed upon assessable lands within Annexation No. L-86 for Fiscal Year 2008/2009,
shows the Fiscal Year 2008/2009 maximum assessment upon each lot or parcel within the annexation
and the Fiscal Year 2008/2009 actual assessment, and describes each assessable lot or parcel of land
within the annexation. These lots or parcels are more particularly described in the County Assessment
Roll, which is on file in the office of the Los Angeles County Assessor and by reference is made a part of
this report as "Appendix B."
' Commencing with Fiscal Year 2008/2009, the amount of the maximum assessments for Annexation No.
L-86 will include a yearly increase, based upon the Consumer Price Index, All Urban Consumers, for the
Los Angeles -Riverside -Orange County Area ("CPI"), as determined by the United States Department of
' Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, or its successor. The engineer shall compute the percentage difference
between the CPI of each current year and the CPI for the previous year, and shall then adjust the existing
assessment by an amount not to exceed such percentage for the following fiscal year. Should the Bureau
of Labor Statistics revise such index or discontinue the preparation of such index, the engineer shall use
the revised index or a comparable system as approved by the City Council for determining fluctuations in
the cost of living.
VI. METHOD OF ASSESSMENT
BACKGROUND
' The Landscaping and Lighting Act of 1972 provides that assessments may be apportioned upon all
assessable lots or parcels of land within an assessment district or annexation in proportion to the
estimated benefits to be received by each lot or parcel from the improvements. In addition, Proposition
' 218 requires that a parcel's assessment may not exceed the reasonable cost of the proportional special
benefit conferred on that parcel. The Proposition provides that only special benefits are assessable, and
the City must separate the general benefits from the special benefits conferred on a parcel. A special
benefit is a particular and distinct benefit over and above general benefits conferred on the public at
large, including real property within the district or annexation. The general enhancement of property
value does not constitute a special benefit.
SPECIAL BENEFIT ANALYSIS
The City, in determining the necessity of annexing territory into the existing street light maintenance
district, took into account the cost of providing services to the residents, businesses and properties
located within the annexation. Each and every parcel within the annexation receives a particular and
distinct special benefit from the improvements over and above general benefits conferred by the
improvements.
In the existing District, most of the streetlight improvements were installed by the developers,
subdividers of the land, and the continued maintenance was guaranteed through the establishment of a
Streetlight Maintenance District. If the installation of the improvements and the guaranteed maintenance
did not occur, the lots would not have been established and could not have been sold to any distinct and
' separate owner. The establishment of each distinct and separate lot is a special benefit which permits the
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' construction of a building or structure on the property and the ownership and sale of the distinct lot in
perpetuity.
' In the annexation, all the lots are established at the same time once the conditions regarding the
improvements and the continued maintenance are guaranteed. As a result, each lot within the district
' receives a special and distinct benefit from the improvements and to the same degree.
The improvements also continue to confer a particular and distinct special benefit upon parcels within the
annexation because of the nature of the improvements. The proper maintenance of the streetl>ghtmg and
appurtenant facilities specially benefit parcels within the annexation. The proper maintenance of the
streetlightmg, and appurtenant facilities reduces property -related crimes (especially vandalism) against
properties in the annexation. The streetlightmg located in Streetlight Maintenance District No. 1 and the
proposed Annexation No. L-86 helps to visually join the various segments of the community, which
enhance property. All of the above mentioned contributes to a specific enhancement of the property
values of each of the parcels within the annexation.
' The benefit provided by streetlighting consists of safety for pedestrians and motorists involved with the
property in the Annexation during the nighttime hours. This is a particular and distinct special benefit to
all developed parcels in the annexation.
Streets are constructed for the safe and convenient travel by vehicles and pedestrians. They also provide
an area for underground and overhead utilities.
Streetlightmg can be determined to be an integral part of streets as a permanent public improvement.
One of the principal purposes of fixed roadway lighting is to create a nighttime environment conducive to
quick, accurate, and comfortable seeing for the user of the facility. These factors, if attained, combine to
improve traffic safety and achieve efficient traffic movement. Fixed lighting can enable the motorist to
see detail more distinctly and to react safely toward roadway and traffic conditions present'on or near the
' roadway facility.
Streetlights are installed on and are for street purposes and are maintained and serviced to allow the street
to perform to the standards it was designed. Assessments for the maintenance and servicing of streets,
may include streetlights.
Streetlights are considered an integral part of the entire street, the same as curb, gutter, pavement,
signage and striping. Taken as a group, they are the elements that provide a safe route for motorists and
pedestrians. Streetlights are installed to make streets safer.
Streetlights are installed to provide better visibility for drivers. One hundred (100) percent of the
illumination from the lights is directed to the street, ninety (90) percent on the street side of the curb and
ten (10) percent behind the curb. The spacing of the lights is based on the design speed of the street and
the natural ability of the motorist's eyes to adjust to light and dark areas.
The system of streets adjacent to the annexation is established to provide access to each parcel in the
annexation. Streetlights provide a safer street environment for owners of the parcels served. If the
parcels were not subdivided to provide individual parcels to owners within the annexation, there would
be no need for a system of streets with safety lighting.
' The City has determined that streetlights are also an integral part of the quality of life within the City.
This quality of life is a special benefit to some degree to all parcels, except government owned parcels,
including easements, and flood channel parcels.
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' Therefore, the installation, operation and maintenance of streetlights are for the express, special benefit
of the parcels within the District.
GENERAL BENEFIT ANALYSIS
In addition to the special benefits received by the parcels within the proposed annexation, there are
incidental general benefits conferred by the improvements.
It is estimated that the general benefit portion of the benefit received from the improvements for any
annexation is less than one (1) percent of the total benefit. Nonetheless, the City has agreed to ensure
that no property is assessed in excess of the reasonable cost of the proportional special benefit conferred
on that property.
However, since the installation of streetlights is for the express special benefit of the parcels within the
annexation and since each and every parcel within the annexation receives a particular and distinct
' benefit from the improvements, there is considered no general benefits conferred by the improvements to
the public at large.
APPORTIONMENT
For Fiscal Year 2008-09, the parcels originally included in Streetlight Maintenance District No. 1 will
continue with the rate schedule as used by Los Angeles County at the time of the transfer of jurisdiction
' in 1998. Parcels annexed into the Distnct after 1998 are assessed at a higher rate as approved by the City
Council.
' The Landscape and Lighting Act of 1972 indicates that lighting assessments may be apportioned by any
formula or method which fairly distributes costs among all lots or parcels within the D>stnct in
proportion to the estimated benefits received. The primary benefits of streetl>ghtmg are for the
convenience, safety, and protection of people and to a lesser extent the secunty or protection of property,
1 property improvements, and goods. The intensity or degree of illumination provided can have a bearing
on both.
' The proposed maximum assessment rate for Fiscal Year 2008-09 is $56.20 per unit. This maximum
assessment rate may increase based on the annual change in the Consumer Price Index (CPI), during
the preceding year, for All Urban Consumers, for the Los Angeles, Riverside and Orange County
' areas, published by the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics (or a
reasonably equivalent index should the stated index be discontinued).
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The following information can be used to determine the unit count per parcel.
Based on land use information provided by the County Assessor, it has been determined that in the
existing district approximately 96 percent of the parcels are in a residential category. Approximately 95
percent are single-family homes or condominiums, and the remainder are duplexes, tnplexes, or
apartments. In view of this and the benefits derived by the family unit, both at and in the proximity of
their property, a value of 1 has been assigned to the basic family unit or Equivalent Dwelling Unit
(EDU), i.e. the single-family home or condominium. The existing district includes some properties that
may not actually have streetlights in their block but which do receive a neighborhood benefit from the
lights in the area. These properties were also included in the District. Therefore a value of 1/2 was given
to "People Use" while "Intensity" and "Security Benefit" were each rated at 1/4 to form the basic unit.
Parcels in other land use categories were then rated by comparison with the basic EDU.
In the remainder of the residential category, which is comprised of multiple rental type properties, the
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value for Intensity would remain at 1/4, but the other two items would increase 1n proportion to the
number of family dwelling units on the parcel. For example, a duplex was assigned 1/4 for Intensity, 1
for People Use and 1/2 for Secunty Benefit for a total of 1-3/4 EDU's. The owner of such property
would therefore pay 1-3/4 times as much for lighting as the owner of a single-family unit. In
consideration of the distance some units would be from the lighted roadway, Security Benefits in the
residential category would not be increased beyond a value of 1. Thus, a 5 -unit apartment would be
assigned 1/4 for Intensity, 2-1/2 for People Use and 1 for Secunty Benefits for a total of 3-3/4 EDU's. As
the number of apartments on a parcel increases, the service charge units assigned for people would
follow a declining scale.
Table 1 summarizes the Residential EDU Calculation.
Table 1— Residential EDU Calculations
People Use Security Intensity Total EDU's
SFR and Condos 050 025 025 1 00 per parcel
APT2 Apartments (2-4 units) 1/2 x units 0.25 x units 0.25
2 1 00 0.50 0.25 1.75 per parcel
3 1 50 0.75 025 2 50 per parcel
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APT5 Apartments (5-20 units)
5
200 100 025
1/2 x units 1.00 0.25
250 1.00 0.25
3 25 per parcel
3.75 per parcel
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APT21 Apartments (21-50 units)
1000 1.00 0.25
1/3 x (units - 20) + 20 -unit apartment EDU's
11 25
per
parcel
50
1000 11 25
21 25
per
parcel
APT51 Apartments (51-100 units)
1/4 x (units - 50) + 50 -unit apartment EDU's
100
12.50 2125
33.75
per
parcel
APT101 Apartments (100+ units)
1/5 x (units -100) + 100 -unit apartment EDU's
175
1500 3375
48 75
per
parcel
The non-residential lots or parcels are separated into 38 land use categories as determined by the County
Assessor. Equivalent Dwelling Units (EDU's) are assigned on the basis of average benefits for different
groups of land uses, Groups A - K. Properties within the 10 land use categories in Group K varied
widely from the norm and therefore these lots or parcels were considered on an individual basis. Each of
the parcels or lots in these land use categories was identified on the official lighting district maps and
each streetlight or portion thereof in the immediate proximity of the lots or parcels benefiting the lots or
parcels was assigned a number of units as identified below. The total number of EDU's so determined
for that category would be distributed among the lots or parcels in that category in proportion to the lot or
parcel area as shown in the table below. A minimum of 3 EDU's would be assessed to each lot or parcel
to be compatible with group D which contains many of the smaller business categories. Several large
lots or parcels in outlying areas within the existing lighting district have no lights in the immediate
proximity and therefore those lots or parcels would be assessed the minimum amount.
Since benefits have been related to property use and property users, no charge would be assessed on
vacant lots or parcels within the district.
Table 2 summarizes the Non -Residential EDU calculation:
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Intensity
Total EDU's
Group A
Irrigated Farms, Dry Farms, Cemeteries, Dump
Sites
1 EDU minimum charge
1 00 per parcel
Group B
Animal Kennels, Nurseries and greenhouses,
Industrial parking lots, Churches, Private Schools,
Petroleum and Gas, Utility
1 00
050
050
2 00 per parcel
Group C
Commercial Parking Lots
1 00
050
1 00
250 per parcel
Group D
Office & Professional building, Bank, Savings &
Loan, Service Shop, Lumber Yard, Golf Course,
Race track/stable, Camp, Home for the Aged
1 00
1 00
100
300 per parcel
Group E
Store, Store w/ office or residence, Service Station,
Club & Lodge Hall
200
100
100
400 per parcel
Group F
Rooming House (same as 6 unit apartment)
1 00
300
025
425 per parcel
Group G
Restaurant, Theater
300
1 00
100
500 per parcel
Group H
Light Manufacturing, Food Processing Plant,
Warehousing
200
200
100
500 per pa reel
Group I
Auto, Recreational Equipment Sales & Service
200
200
200
600 per parcel
Group J
Market, Bowing Alley, Skating Pink, Department
Store, Hotel/Motel, Mobile Home Park
400
200
200
800 per parcel
Group K
Group K-1
All parcels In Group K are assessed a minimum of 3 EDU's
300 1 00 125 525
Open Storage
0014973 per 100sf
Mineral Processing
0005615 per 100sf
Group K-2
400
100
1 25
625
Private College/University
0001736 per 100sf
Wholesale and manufacturing outlets
0059858 per 100sf
Athletic and Amusement Facilities
0027431 per 100sf
Heavy Manufacturing
0006382 per 100sf
Hospitals
0012886 per 100sf
Group K-3
400
1 00
1 50
650
Motion Picture, Radio, T V
0 010938 per 100sf
Neighborhood Shopping Centers
0014449 per 100sf
Regional Shopping Centers
0021812 per 100sf
Vacant
000
000
000
0 00 per parcel
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ASSESSMENT ROLL
Fiscal Year 2008/09
Assessment Roll
June 17, 2008
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FY 2008/09
Assessor's Parcel Assessment FY 08/09 EDU Maximum
Number Parcel Type Group Max. Rate Count Assessment
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Assessment Roll
Ownership
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Group
FY
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Count
FY 2008/09
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Soledad Canyon Office Center LLC
SCOC LLC
2844-015-016
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4.00
$224.80
4.00
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