HomeMy WebLinkAbout7627 RESOLUTION NO. 7627
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDLANDS
DECLARING ITS INTENTION TO LEVY AND COLLECT ASSESSMENTS WITHIN
REDLANDS LANDSCAPE ASSESSMENT DISTRICT NO. 1 FOR FISCAL YEAR
2016-17 PURSUANT TO THE LANDSCAPING AND LIGHTING ACT OF 1972,
AND ESTABLISHING A TIME AND PLACE FOR HEARING PROTESTS
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDLANDS AS
FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The City Council of the City of Redlands hereby (1) finds that the public
interest and convenience requires, and (2) declares its intention to levy and collect, assessments
against the lots and parcels of property within an existing assessment district designated
"Redlands Landscape Assessment District No. 1" (the "District") pursuant to the provisions of
the Landscaping and Lighting Act of 1972, Part 2 of Division 15 of the Streets and Highways
Code (commencing with Section 22500) (the "Act") for fiscal year 2016-17, commencing July 1,
2016, and ending June 30, 2017, to pay for the costs and expenses of the improvements
described in Section 3 hereof.
Section 2. Reference is hereby made to a map on file in the office of the City Clerk and
open for public inspection for a description of the exterior boundaries of the District.
Section 3. The existing improvements are briefly described as follows: The operation,
maintenance and servicing of public streets within the District, specifically the operation,
maintenance and servicing of landscaping, including trees, shrubs, grass and other ornamental
vegetation, and appurtenant facilities, including irrigation systems and drainage devices, located
in public roadways, streets and rights-of-way within the boundaries of the District.
"Maintenance" means the furnishing of services and materials for the ordinary and usual
maintenance, operation and servicing of the landscaping and appurtenant facilities, including
repair, removal or replacement of all or part of any of the landscaping and appurtenant facilities;
providing for the life, growth, health and beauty of the landscaping, including cultivation,
irrigation, trimming, spraying, fertilizing and treating for disease or injury; the removal of
trimmings, rubbish, debris and other solid waste; and the cleaning, sandblasting, and painting of
landscaping and appurtenant facilities to remove or cover graffiti. "Servicing" means the
furnishing of electric current, energy or gas for the operation of any of the appurtenant facilities
and the furnishing of water for the irrigation of the landscaping and the maintenance of any of
the appurtenant facilities.
Section 4. The assessments to be levied and collected against the assessable lots and
parcels of property within the District for fiscal year 2016-17 have not been increased since the
assessments levied and collected for fiscal year 1997-1998.
Section 5. Public property owned by any public agency and in use in the performance of
a public function which is included within the boundaries of the District shall not be subject to
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assessment to be made under these proceedings to cover any of the costs and expenses of the
improvements.
Section 6. All railroad, gas, water and electric utility rights-of-way are included within
the District and shall be assessed in accordance with the benefits received from the
improvements.
Section 7. Reference is hereby made to the Report of the Engineer entitled "Engineer's
Report for Redlands Landscape Assessment District No. 1, Fiscal Year 2016-17" on file in the
office of the City Clerk for a full and detailed description of the improvements, the boundaries of
the District and any zones therein and the proposed assessments upon assessable lots and parcels
of land within the District.
Section 8. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE CITY COUNCIL APPOINTS
TUESDAY, THE 5TH DAY OF JULY, 2016, AT THE HOUR OF 6.00 P.M., IN THE
COUNCIL CHAMBERS AT CITY HALL, CITY OF REDLANDS, 35 CAJON STREET,
SUITE 2, REDLANDS, CALIFORNIA 92373, AS THE TIME AND PLACE FOR THE
HEARING OF PROTESTS OR OBJECTIONS TO THE LEVY OF THE PROPOSED
ASSESSMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH THE DISTRICT. All interested persons shall be
afforded the opportunity to hear and be heard. Any interested person may file a written protest
with the City Clerk prior to the conclusion of the hearing. A written protest shall state all
grounds of objection. A protest by a property owner shall contain a description sufficient to
identify the property owned by the signer thereof. The City Council shall consider all oral
statements and all written protests made or filed by any interested person.
Section 9. The City Clerk is hereby authorized and directed to give notice of such
hearing in accordance with law.
Section 10. The City Council hereby deterinines and declares that the proposed
assessments constitute a continuation of assessments existing on the effective date of Article
XIIID, that the assessments are unposed exclusively to finance the maintenance and operation
expenses for streets and that the assessments are exempt from the requirements of Article XIIID,
Section 4 of the California Constitution.
Section 11. The City Council hereby designates Michael Pool, Interim City Engineer,
telephone number (909) 798-7698, to answer inquiries regarding the hearing, protest proceedings
and procedural or technical matters.
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ADOPTED, SIGNED AND APPROVED this 7"' day of June, 2016.
ATTEST:
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San lrwin�;'City,/Clerk
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1, Sam Irwin, City Clerk of the City of Redlands, hereby certify that the foregoing resolution was
adopted by the City Council at a regular meeting thereof, held on the 7th day of June, 2016 by the
following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers Harrison, Gilbreath, Barich, James; Mayor Foster
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
Sam Irwin, City Clerk
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