HomeMy WebLinkAbout2015-05-26 - RESOLUTIONS - LEVY OF ASSMNT DBAA (2)RESOLUTION NO. 15-21
1 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF SANTA CLARITA, CALIFORNIA,
DECLARING THE CITY'S INTENTION TO LEVY ASSESSMENTS, PRELIMINARILY
APPROVING AN ENGINEER'S REPORT, AND APPOINTING A TIME AND PLACE FOR
COMMENT (PUBLIC HEARING) ON THE ENGINEER'S REPORT FOR
THE CITY OF SANTA CLARITA DRAINAGE BENEFIT ASSESSMENT AREA
NOS. 3, 6, 18, 19, 20, 22, 2008-1, 2008-2, 2013-1, AND 2014-1 FOR FISCAL YEAR 2015-16
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Santa Clarita, California, has previously
formed a special maintenance district pursuant to the terms of the Benefit Assessment Act of
1982, Chapter 6.4 of Part 1, Division 2, Title 5 of the California Government Code, commencing
with Section 54703 (Act), said benefit assessment areas known and designated as Drainage
Benefit Assessment Area Nos. 3, 6, 18, 19, 20, 2008-1, 2008-2, 2013-1; and 2014-1 (Areas); and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Santa Clarita (City) is desirous to take
proceedings to provide for the annual levy of assessments for Fiscal Year 2015-16 to provide for
the costs and expenses necessary to pay for the maintenance of the drainage benefit
improvements in said Areas; and
WHEREAS, the assessment rate for Drainage Benefit Assessment Area Nos. 3, 20, 2008-
1, 2008-2, 2013-1, and 2014-1 are adequate to maintain the facilities, and Drainage Benefit
Assessment Area Nos. 6, 18, and 19 are not adequate to maintain the facilities; and
WHEREAS, in order to maintain the facilities at a standard acceptable to the City, the
assessments within the Areas will need to be levied for Fiscal Year 2015-16; and
WHEREAS, Proposition 218, the Right to Vote on Taxes Act, does hereby require that if
the assessment rate is to be increased, a notice of the proposed assessment along with a ballot
shall be mailed to all owners of identified parcels within the Areas, and that the agency shall
conduct a public hearing not less than 45 days atter the mailing of said notice; and
WHEREAS, the assessments for Fiscal Year 2015-16 for Drainage Benefit Assessment
Areas Nos. 3, 6, 18, and 19 are not proposed to be increased from the previous year's
assessments, as the establishment of these Areas did not include a Consumer's Price Index (CPI)
escalation clause; and
WHEREAS, the assessments for Fiscal Year 2015-16 for Drainage Benefit Assessment
Areas Nos. 20, 2008-1, 2008-2, 2013-1, and 2014-1 are not proposed to be increased above the
approved Consumer's Price Index (CPI); and
WHEREAS, the CPI has been determined to be 0.10 percent calculated as the annual
change in the CPI, during the preceding year ending in February, for All Urban Consumers, for
the Los Angeles, Riverside, and Orange County areas; and
SECTION 5. Areas Improvements: The maintenance of drainage improvements shall
include the furnishing of services and materials for the ordinary and usual maintenance,
operation, and servicing of the improvements.
SECTION 6. Public Hearing: The City Council hereby appoints June 9, 2015, at
6:00 p.m., in the City of Santa Clarita, California as the time, place, and date of the Public
Hearing on the Report. At the hearing, the City Council shall hear and consider all discussion
regarding the proposed assessment as described in the Report.
SECTION 7. Adoption of Resolution: The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of
this Resolution.
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED this 26th day of May 2015.
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ATTEST:
CITY
DATE:
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) ss.
CITY OF SANTA CLARITA )
I, Kevin Tonoian, 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 26th day of May 2015, by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS: Weste, Acosta, Kellar, Boydston, McLean
NOES
COUNCILMEMBERS: None
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: None
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