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HomeMy WebLinkAbout13-025 Resolution of Intention to Order Levy and Collectionof Assessment Pursuant to Landscaping and Lighting Act of 1972 - LLA-1 - Zone 35RESOLUTION NO. 13 -025 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 ANNEXATION OF A NEW ZONE (ZONE 35 — HILL AVENUE) FISCAL YEAR 2013 -2014 RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City of Saratoga, California, as follows: WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution No. 13-021, "A Resolution Describing Improvements and Directing Preparation of Engineer's Report for Fiscal Year 2013 - 2014 ", for City of Saratoga Landscaping and Lighting District LLA -1, adopted on April 17, 2013, by the City Council of said City, pursuant to the Landscaping and Lighting Act of 1972, the Engineer of said City has prepared and filed with the Clerk of this City the written report called for under said Act and by said Resolution No. 13 -021, which said report has been submitted and preliminarily approved by this Council in accordance with said 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 2013 -2014 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 or installation of the improvements, including the maintenance or servicing, or both, thereof, more particularly described in Exhibit "A" hereto attached and by reference incorporated herein. 2. The cost and expenses of said improvements, including the maintenance or servicing, or both, 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 the composite and consolidated areas as more particularly described on a map thereof on file in the office of the Clerk of said City, to which reference is hereby made for further particulars. 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. Said Engineer's Report prepared by the Engineer of said City, preliminarily approved by this Council, 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. 4. Notice is hereby given that Wednesday, the 19th day of June, 2013, at the hour of 7:00 p.m. in the City Council Chambers at 13777 Fruitvale Avenue, Saratoga, California, be and the same are hereby appointed and fixed as the time and place for a hearing by this Council on the question of the levy and collection of the proposed assessment for the construction or installation of said improvements, including the maintenance and servicing, or both, thereof, and when and where it 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, to the Engineer's estimate of the cost thereof, and when and where it will consider and finally act upon the Engineer's report, and tabulate the ballots. 5. The Clerk of said City be, and hereby is, 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 said 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. 6. The Office of the City Engineer be, and hereby 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. Passed and adopted by the City Council of the City of Saratoga, California, at a meeting thereof held on the 1St day of May, 2013, by the following vote of the members thereof: AYES: Council Member Chuck Page, Manny Cappello, Howard Miller, Vice Mayor Emily Lo, Mayor Jill Hunter NOES: None ABSENT: None ABSTAIN: None r',� Ca 4 Uk Jill Hunter, Mayor ATTEST: (�VW<f X� ( /' O DATE: 1 7� Cry al Bothelio, City Clerk Exhibit "A" Hill Avenue Tract 10168 - Zone 35 Description of Improvements The District provides a funding mechanism for the ongoing maintenance, operation and servicing of landscaping and public lighting improvements that provide special benefit to the parcels within the Zone. These improvements may include, but are not limited to, 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, curbs, gutters, walls, sidewalks, or paving, or water, irrigation, drainage, or electrical facilities, 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 for any electrical facilities or operation of any other improvements; and the maintenance of any other improvements. Maintenance services will be provided by City personnel and /or private contractors. The proposed improvements to be maintained and services are generally described as follows: Zone 35 (Tract No. 10168 Landscaping and Lighting District) — Provides for maintenance of landscaping (bioretention treatment swale) on each lot of Tract 10168.