CC RES 1999-024 RESOLUTION NO. 99-24
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 1999-2000
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, 1999 and ending June 30, 2000, 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 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, 1999 and ending June 30, 2000 in accordance with Article 4
(commencing with Section 22565) of Chapter 1 of the Act.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 4th day of May, 1999.
May.,
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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.99-24 was duly and regularly passed and adopted
by the said City Council at a regular meeting thereof held on May 4, 1999.
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