CC RES 2005-045RESOLUTION NO. 200545
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS
VERDES INITIATING PROCEEDINGS FOR THE LEVY AND COLLECTION OF
ASSESSMENTS WITHIN THE CITYWIDE LANDSCAPING AND LIGHTING
MAINTENANCE DISTRICT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2005 -2006 AND ORDERING THE
PREPARATION OF AN ENGINEER'S REPORT PURSUANT TO THE LANDSCAPING
AND LIGHTING ACT OF 1972, PART 2 OF DIVISION 15 OF THE CALIFORNIA
STREETS AND HIGHWAYS CODE,
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES HEREBY FINDS,
DETERMINES, RESOLVES AND ORDERS AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. 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'), the City Council of the City of Rancho Palos Verdes desires to initiate
proceedings for the levy and collection of assessments against the assessable lots and
parcels. of property within an existing assessment district designated "Citywide
Landscaping and Lighting Maintenance District" (the "District ") for the fiscal year
commencing July 1, 2005, and ending June 30, 2006, to pay for the costs and expenses
of the improvements described below in Section 3 of this Resolution.
Section 2. The boundaries of the District are coterminous with the boundaries of
the City of Rancho Palos Verdes.
Section 3. The proposed improvements are briefly described as follows: The
operation, maintenance and servicing of public streets and sidewalks within the District,
including the operation, maintenance and servicing of public lighting facilities, including
safety lighting and traffic signals, landscaping, including trees, shrubs, grass and other
ornamental vegetation, and appurtenant facilities, including irrigation systems, located
along public roadways, streets and rights -of -way within the boundaries of the City.
Maintenance means the furnishing of services and materials for the ordinary and usual
maintenance, operation and servicing of the landscaping, public lighting facilities, and
appurtenant facilities, including repair, removal or replacement of all or part of any of the
Landscaping, public lighting facilities, or 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 walls and
other improvements to remove or to cover graffiti. Servicing means the furnishing of
water for irrigation of the landscaping and the maintenance of any of the public lighting
facilities or appurtenant facilities and the furnishing of electric current or energy, gas or
other illuminating agent for the public lighting facilities or for the lighting or operation of
landscaping or appurtenant facilities.
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Section 4. Public property owned by any public agency and in use in the
performance of a public function that is included within the boundaries of the District
shall not be subject to assessment to be made under these proceedings to cover any
costs and expenses of the improvements.
Section 5. The City Council designates Harris & Associates as the engineer for the
purposes of these assessment proceedings (the "Engineer ").
Section 6. The City Council authorizes and directs the Engineer to prepare and to
file with the City Clerk a report for the District for the fiscal year commencing July 1,
2005, and ending June 30, 2006, in accordance with Article 4 (commencing with
Section 22565) of Chapter 1 of the Act.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 17th day of May 2005.
Mayor
Attest:
Cat Clerk
State of California )
County of Los Angeles ) ss
City of Rancho Palos Verdes )
I, Carolynn Petru, City Clerk of the City of Rancho Palos Verdes, hereby certify that the
above Resolution No. 2005 -45 was duly and regularly passed and adopted by the said
City Council at a regular meeting thereof held on May 17, 2005.
Cit Clerk
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