CC RES 2023-024 RESOLUTION NO. 2023- 24
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO
PALOS VERDES DECLARING ITS INTENTION TO SET THE LEVY AT
ZERO WITHIN THE CITYWIDE LANDSCAPING AND LIGHTING
MAINTENANCE DISTRICT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2023-2024 PURSUANT
TO THE LANDSCAPING AND LIGHTING ACT OF 1972, PART 2 OF
DIVISION 15 OF THE CALIFORNIA STREETS AND HIGHWAYS CODE
WHEREAS, on August 6, 1992, the City Council of the City of Rancho Palos
Verdes formed an assessment district designated as the "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"); and
WHEREAS, assessments levied within the District provided revenue for the
purpose of financing the installation, construction, and maintenance of certain public
projects eligible under the Act, including without limitation the operation, maintenance and
servicing of public street and sidewalk landscaping, irrigation systems, and other
appurtenant facilities; and
WHEREAS, the assessments levied by the District have not been increased on
any date on or after July 1, 1997; and
WHEREAS, in accordance with Section 22624 of the Act, the City Council now
desired to declare its intention to set the levy at zero for assessments within the District
for Fiscal Year 2023-2024; and
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES HEREBY
FINDS, DETERMINES, RESOLVES AND ORDERS AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The above recitals are true and correct and are hereby incorporated
herein by this reference.
Section 2. The City Council hereby (1) finds that the public interest and
convenience requires and (2) declares its intention to set the levy at zero 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, 2023, and ending June 30, 2024, which previously paid for the
improvements described below in Section 4 of this Resolution.
Section 3. The boundaries of the District are coterminous with the boundaries of
the City of Rancho Palos Verdes.
Section 4. The proposed improvements are briefly described as follows: The
operation, maintenance and servicing of public streets and sidewalk landscaping 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 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 5. The City Council may elect to levy an assessment in future years
following a noticed public hearing as required by Section 22625 of the Act at a rate that
shall not exceed the rate which was in effect on July 1, 1997.
Section 6. The City Council hereby declares its intent to apply any remaining 1911
Act Lighting Maintenance District Fund balance to the costs and expenses of operating,
maintaining and servicing traffic signals and safety lighting. The City Council hereby finds
and determines that the foregoing application of the fund balance will be just and equitable
and in the public interest.
Section 7. Public property owned by any public agency and in use in the
performance of a public function that is included within the boundaries of the District shall
not be subject to assessment to be made under these proceedings to pay for any costs
and expenses of the improvements.
Section 8. A public hearing will be held on June 20, 2023, at 7:00 p.m., in the City
Council Chambers, John C. McTaggart Memorial Hall, at the Hesse Park Community
Center, 29301 Hawthorne Boulevard, Rancho Palos Verdes, California, for the hearing of
protests or objections to the levy of the proposed assessments inconnection with the
District.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 6th day of June, 2023.
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Barbara Ferra , Mayor
ATTEST:
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Tz esa - .lcaoka, City Clerk
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, ) ss
CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES )
I, TERESA TAKAOKA, City Clerk of the City of Rancho Palos Verdes, hereby certify
that the above Resolution No. 2023-24 was duly and regularly passed and adopted by
the said City Council at a regular meeting thereof held on June 6, 2023.
,
-res Takaoka, City Clerk
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