CC RES 2000-018 RESOLUTION NO. 2000-18
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 2000-2001
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, 2000 and ending June 30, 2001, to pay for the costs
and expenses of the improvements described in Section 3 hereof.
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 maintenance and operation 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 costs 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, 2000 and ending June 30, 2001 in accordance with Article 4
(commencing with Section 22565) of Chapter 1 of the Act.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 2nd day of May, 2000.
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I, JO PURCELL, City Clerk of the City of Rancho Palos Verdes, hereby
certify that the above Resolution No.2000- 18 was duly and regularly passed and
adopted by the said City Council at a regular meeting thereof held on May 2, 2000.
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City of Rancho Palos Verdes
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