HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Resolution 11-024 RESOLUTION NO. 11 - 024
A RESOLUTION OF INTENTION TO ORDER THE
LEVY AND COLLECTION OF ASSESSMENTS PURSUANT
TO THE LANDSCAPING AND LIGHTING ACT OF 1972
CITY OF SARATOGA LANDSCAPING AND
LIGHTING ASSESSMENT DISTRICT LLA -1
FISCAL YEAR 2011 -2012
WHEREAS, pursuant to (1) Resolution No. 11 -009, "A Resolution Describing
Improvements and Directing Preparation of Engineer's Report for Fiscal Year 2011 - 2012 ", for
City of Saratoga Landscaping and Lighting District LLA -1, adopted on March 2, 2011, by the
City Council of Saratoga, pursuant to the Landscaping and Lighting Act of 1972 and (2)
Resolution No. 11 -017, "A Resolution Describing Improvements and Directing Preparation of
Engineer's Report For Annexation of a New Zone to City of Saratoga Landscaping and Lighting
District LLA -1" adopted on April 6, 2011, the Engineer of said City has prepared and filed with
the City Clerk the written report called for under the Act and by the Resolutions, and the report
has been submitted and preliminarily approved by this Council in accordance with the Act;
NOW, THEREFORE, it is hereby found, determined and ordered, as follows:
1. In its opinion the public interest and convenience require and it is the intention of
this Council to order the levy and collection of assessments for Fiscal Year 2011 -2012 pursuant
to the provisions of the Landscaping and Lighting Act of 1972, Part 2, Division 15 of the Streets
and Highways Code of the State of California, for the construction, installation, maintenance,
and/or servicing of the improvements, , more particularly described in Exhibit "A" hereto
attached and by reference incorporated herein.
2. The cost and expenses of said improvements, including the maintenance and/or
servicing thereof, are to be made chargeable upon the assessment district designated as "City of
Saratoga Landscaping and Lighting District LLA -1," the exterior boundaries of which are more
particularly described on a map thereof on file in the office of the Clerk of the City of Saratoga,
which is incorporated by reference herein. Said map indicates by a boundary line the extent of
the territory included in the district and of any zone thereof and the general location of said
district.
3. The Engineer's Report preliminarily approved by this Council on the day this
Resolution is adopted and on file with the City Clerk of this City, is hereby referred to for a full
and detailed description of the improvements and the boundaries of the assessment district and
any zones therein, and the proposed assessments upon assessable lots and parcels of land within
the district.
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4. Notice is hereby given that Wednesday, the 15th day of June, 2011, at the hour of
7:00 p.m. in the City Council Chambers at 13777 Fruitvale Avenue, Saratoga, California, a
public hearing will be held by this Council on the question of the levy and collection of the
proposed assessment for the construction, installation, maintenance, and/or servicing of said
improvements. At this public hearing, the City Council will consider all oral statements and all
written protests made or filed by any interested person at or before the conclusion of said hearing,
against said improvements, the boundaries of the assessment district and any zone therein, the
proposed diagram or the proposed assessment, or to the Engineer's estimate of the cost of the
improvements. At the close of this public hearing, the City Council will consider and finally act
upon the Engineer's report and tabulate the ballots.
5. The City Clerk is hereby directed to give notice of said hearing by causing a copy
of this Resolution to be published once in the Saratoga News, a newspaper published and
circulated in the City, and by conspicuously posting a copy thereof upon the official bulletin
board customarily used by the City of Saratoga for the posting of notices, said posting and
publication to be had and completed at least ten (10) days prior to the date of hearing specified
herein. The Clerk is further directed to post all notices and distribute all ballots required by
Article XIIID and sections 4(c) and (d) of the California Constitution in accordance with the
requirements thereof.
6. The Office of the City Engineer is designated as the office to answer inquiries
regarding any protest proceedings to be had herein, and may be contacted during the regular
office hours at the City Hall, 13777 Fruitvale Avenue, Saratoga, California 95070, or by calling
(408) 868 -1241.
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Passed and adopted by the City Council of the City of Saratoga, California, at a meeting
thereof held on the 20th day of April, 2011, by the following vote of the members thereof:
AYES: Councilmember Manny Cappello, Emily Lo, Jill Hunter,
Vice Mayor Chuck Page, Mayor. Howard Miller
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
414/14444
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Howard A. Miller, Mayor
Attest:
DATE: 2 - , 2 O /}
Ann Sullivan, City Clerk
Exhibit A
DESCRIPTION OF IMPROVEMENTS
The design, construction or installation, including the maintenance or servicing, or both, thereof,
of landscaping, including trees, shrubs, grass or other ornamental vegetation, statuary, fountains
and other ornamental structures and facilities, and public lighting facilities for the lighting of any
public places, including traffic signals, ornamental standards, luminaries, poles, supports,
tunnels, manholes, vaults, conduits, pipes, wires, conductors, guys, stubs, platforms, braces,
transformers, insulators, contacts, switches, capacitors, meters, communication circuits,
appliances, attachments and appurtenances, including the cost of repair, removal or replacement
of all or any part thereof, providing for the life, growth, health and beauty of landscaping,
including cultivation, irrigation, trimming, spraying, fertilizing and treating for disease or injury;
the removal of trimmings, rubbish, debris and other solid waste; electric current or energy, gas or
other illuminating agent for any public lighting facilities or for the lighting or operation of any
other improvements; and the operation of any fountains or the maintenance of any other
improvements all as more particularly described in the City of Saratoga Landscaping and
Lighting District LLA -1 Engineer's Report Fiscal Year 2011/2012 dated April 11, 2011 and the
City of Saratoga Westbrook Landscaping and Lighting District Annexation to Landscaping &
Lighting Assessment District LLA -1, Zone 34 Engineer's Report for fiscal year 2011/2012.
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