CC RES 1997-031RESOLUTION NO. 97 -31
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
RANCHO PALOS VERDES INITIATING PROCEEDINGS FOR
THE LEVY AND COLLECTION OF ASSESSMENTS WITHIN
CITYWIDE LANDSCAPING AND LIGHTING MAINTENANCE
DISTRICT FOR FISCAL YEAR 1997 -98 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, 1997 and ending June 30, 1998, 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 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.
Proposed improvements shall no longer include the operation,
maintenance and servicing of park and recreational improvements and appurtenant
facilities.
Section .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 Berryman & Henigar 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, 1997 and ending June 30, 1998 in accordance with Article 4
(commencing with Section 22565) of Chapter 1 of the Act.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 6th day of May, 1997.
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. 97 -31 was duly and regularly passed and adopted
by the said City Council at a regular meeting thereof held on May 6, 1997.
City Cl
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