CC RES 1995-046RESOLUTION NO. 95 -46
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS
VERDES DECLARING ITS INTENTION TO LEVY AND COLLECT
ASSESSMENTS WITHIN CITYWIDE LANDSCAPING AND LIGHTING
MAINTENANCE DISTRICT FOR FISCAL YEAR 1995 -96 PURSUANT TO THE
LANDSCAPING AND LIGHTING ACT OF 1972, PART 2 OF DIVISION 15
OF THE CALIFORNIA STREETS AND HIGHWAYS CODE, AND APPOINTING
A TIME AND PLACE FOR HEARING OBJECTIONS THERETO
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES HEREBY
FINDS, DETERMINES, RESOLVES AND ORDERS AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The City Council hereby declares its
intention to levy and collect assessments against the assessable
lots and parcels of property within an existing assessment
district designated "Citywide Landscaping and Lighting
Maintenance District" (the "District ") 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
2 2 5 0 0 ) (the "Act" ) for the fiscal year commencing July 1, 1995
and ending June 30, 1996, to pay for the costs and expenses of
the improvements described in Section 3 below.
Section 2. The boundaries of the District are
coterminous with the boundaries of the City of Rancho Palos
Verdes,,
Section 3. The existing improvements are briefly
described as follows: The operation, maintenance and servicing
of landscaping, including trees, shrubs, grass and other
ornamental vegetation, and appurtenant facilities, including
irrigation systems; the operation, maintenance and servicing of
public lighting facilities, including safety lighting and traffic
signals, and appurtenant facilities; and the operation,
maintenance and servicing of park and recreational improvements,
including lights, athletic fields, playgrounds, playground
equipment, public restrooms, park furniture, site amenities and
appurtenant facilities. Maintenance means the furnishing of
services and materials for the ordinary and usual maintenance,
operation and servicing of the landscaping, public lighting
facilities, park and recreational improvements and appurtenant
facilities, including repair, removal or replacement of all or
part of any of the landscaping, public lighting facilities, park
and recreational improvements 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, park and
recreational improvements 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, park and recreational
improvements or appurtenant facilities.
New improvements to be provided beginning in fiscal
year 1995 -96 include the operation, maintenance and servicing of
street lights previously operated, maintained and serviced by the
County of Los Angeles.
Section 4. The assessments to be levied and collected
against the assessable lots and parcels of property within the
District for fiscal year 1995 -96 are not proposed to increase
from the assessments levied and collected for fiscal year 1994-
95.
Section 5. By previous resolution, the City Council
ordered the Engineer, Berryman & Henigar, to prepare and file an
engineer's report- pursuant to the provisions of the Act. The
Engineer has prepared and filed a written report with the City
Clerk entitled "Engineer's Report for Citywide Landscaping and
Lighting Maintenance District, Fiscal Year 1995 -96" (the
"Engineer's Report ") and by previous resolution the City Council
approved the Engineer's Report as filed.
Section 6. Reference is hereby made to the Engineer's
Report on file in the office of the City Clerk and open to public
inspection for a full and detailed description of the
improvements, the boundaries of the District and the zones
therein, and the proposed assessments upon assessable lots and
parcels of land within the District. The office of the City
Clerk is located at 30940 Hawthorne Boulevard, Rancho Palos
Verdes, California 90274.
Section 7. 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 pay
for any of the costs and expenses of the improvements.
Section 8. Notice is hereby given that the City
Council appoints June'20, 1995 at 7:00 P.M. in the Council
Chambers, Hesse Park Community Center, 29301 Hawthorne Boulevard,
Rancho Palos Verdes, California, as the date, time and place for
the hearing of protests or objections to the levy of the proposed
assessments in connection with the District. All interested
persons shall be afforded the opportunity to hear and be heard.
The City Council shall consider all oral statements and all
written protests or communications made or filed by any
interested person. Prior to the conclusion of the hearing, any
interested person may file a written protest with the City Clerk
or, having previously filed a protest, may file a written
withdrawal of that protest. A written protest shall state all
grounds of objection. A protest by a property owner shall
contain'a description sufficient to identify the property owned
by the signer thereof. Written protests may be delivered in
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person to the City Clerk or may be mailed to the City Clerk at
City Hall, 30940 Hawthorne Boulevard,' Rancho Palos Verdes,
California 90274. Any written protest which is mailed must be
received at City Hall at or prior to 4:30 p.m. on June 20, 19950
Section 9. The City Clerk shall give notice of the
aforesaid date, time and place of hearing in accordance with law.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 16th day of May, 1995.
Mayor
ATTEST:
Citl C1'er
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. 95 -46 was
duly and regularly passed and adopted by the said City Council at
a regular meeting thereof held on May 16, 19950
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City l lerk
City f Rancho Palos Verdes
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