CC RES 1994-038RESOLUTION NO. 94 -38
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 1994 -95 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 22500) (the "Act ") for the
fiscal year commencing July 1, 1994 and ending June 30, 1995, 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 facilities and appurtenant facilities, including
repair, removal or replacement of all or part of any of the
landscaping, public lighting facilities, park and recreational
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, park and recreational 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, park
and recreational facilities or appurtenant facilities.
Substantial changes to the existing improvements to be
provided beginning in fiscal year 1994 -95 include the trimming of
an increased number of street trees located throughout the City.
Section 4. By previous resolution, the City Council
ordered the Engineer, BSI Consultants, Inc., 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 1994 -95" (the
"Engineer's Report ") and by previous resolution the City Council
approved the Engineer's Report as filed.
Section 5. 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 6. 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 7. Notice is hereby given that the City Council
appoints Wednesday, June 8, 1994 at 7:00 P.M. in the Council
Chambers, Hesse Park Community Center, 29301 Hawthorne Boulevard,
Rancho Palos Verdes, California, as the 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 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 8, 1994.
Section 8. The City Clerk shall give notice of the
aforesaid date, time and place of hearing in accordance with law.
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PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 17th day of May, 1994.
ATTEST:/ � Mayor
CXI:y Clerk
S 'fate 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. 94 -38
was duly and regularly passed and adopted by the said City Council
at a regular meeting thereof held on May 17 , 1994.
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