CC RES 2003-033RESOLUTION NO. 2003-33
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 2003 -2004 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, 2003 and ending June 30, 2004, 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 cover graffiti. Servicing means the furnishing of water for the
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.
Section 4. 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 assessment to be made under these proceedings to cover any of the cost and
expenses of the improvements.
Section 5. The City Council hereby designates Harris &Associates as the engineer for
the purposes of these assessment proceedings (the "Engineer ").
Section 6. The City Council hereby authorizes and directs the Engineer to prepare
and file with the City Clerk a report for the District for the fiscal year commencing July 1,
2003 and ending June 30, 2004 in accordance with Article 4 (commencing with Section
22565) of Chapter 1 of the Act.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 20t' da�(pf M'a***y 2003.
Mayor
Attest:
City Clerk
State of California )
County of Los Angeles )ss
City of Rancho Palos Verdes )
I, JO PURCELL, City Clerk of the City of Rancho Palos Verdes, hereby certify that the
above Resolution No. 2003 -33 was duly and regularly passed and adopted by the said City
Council at a regular meeting thereof held on May 20, 2003.
Resolution No. 2003 -33
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