CC RES 1993-036RESOLUTION NO. 93 -36
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 1993 -94 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, 1993 and
ending June 30, 1994, 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 and drainage devices; the operation, maintenance and
servicing of public lighting facilities, including 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; and the removal
of trimmings, rubbish, debris and other solid waste. 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
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for the lighting or operation of landscaping, park and recreation
facilities or appurtenant facilities.
There are no proposed new improvements or substantial
changes to the existing improvements to be provided beginning in
fiscal year 1993 -94.
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 1993 -94" (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 Tuesday, July 6, 1993 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 July 6, 19930
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Section 8, The City Clerk shall give notice of the
aforesaid date, time and place of hearing in accordance with law.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED ON May 4, 1993.
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ty Clerk
State of California
County of Los Angeles ) ss
City of Rancho Palos Verdes
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I, JO PURCELL, City Clerk of the City of Rancho Palos
Verdes, hereby certify that the above Resolution No. 93 -36 was
duly and regularly passed and adopted by the said City Council at
a regular meeting thereof held on May 4, 19930
City °? lerk
City f Rancho Palos Verdes
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