HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Resolution 14-010 Resolution Describing Improvements and Directing Prepartion of Engineer's report - LLA-1 for FY 1415RESOLUTION NO. 14 -010
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SARATOGA
DESCRIBING IMPROVEMENTS AND DIRECTING PREPARATION OF ENGINEER'S
REPORT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2014 -2015
CITY OF SARATOGA LANDSCAPING AND LIGHTING
ASSESSMENT DISTRICT LLA -1
RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City of Saratoga, California, as follows:
1. The City Council did, 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, conduct
proceedings for the formation of the City of Saratoga Landscaping and Lighting Assessment District
LLA -1 and for the levy and collection of assessments for fiscal year 1980 - 1981, and did, on June 18,
1980, pursuant to proceedings duly had, adopt its Resolution No. 950 -D, a Resolution Overruling
Protests and Ordering the Formation of an Assessment District and the Improvements and Confirming
the Diagram and Assessments;
2. The public interest, convenience and necessity require, and it is the intention of said
Council to undertake proceedings for the levy and collection of assessments upon the several lots or
parcels of land in said District, for the construction or installation of improvements, including the
maintenance or servicing, or both, thereof, for the fiscal year 2014 -2015.
3. The improvements to be constructed or installed, including the maintenance or servicing,
or both, thereof, are more particularly described in Exhibit "A" hereto attached and by reference
incorporated herein.
4. The costs and expenses of said improvements, including the maintenance or servicing, or
both, thereof, are to be made chargeable upon said District, the exterior boundaries of which District are
the composite and consolidated area as more particularly shown on a map thereof on file in the office of
the Clerk of the City of Saratoga to which reference is hereby made for further particulars. Said map
indicates by a boundary line the extent of the territory included in said District and of any zone thereof
and shall govern for all details as to the extent of the assessment district.
5. The Engineer of said City be, and is hereby, directed to prepare and file with said Clerk a
report, in writing, referring to the assessment district by its distinctive designation, specifying the fiscal
year to which the report applies, and, with respect to that year, presenting the following:
a) plans and specification of the existing improvements and for proposed new
improvements, if any, to be made within the assessment district or within any
zone thereof,
b) an estimate of the costs of said proposed new improvements, if any, to be made,
the costs of maintenance or servicing, or both, thereof, and of any existing
improvements, together with the incidental expenses in connection therewith;
C) a diagram showing the exterior boundaries of the assessment district and of any
zones within said district and the lines and dimensions of each lot or parcel of
land within the district as such lot or parcel of land is shown on the County
Assessor's map for the fiscal year to which the report applies, each of which lots
or parcels of land shall be identified by a distinctive number or letter on said
diagram; and
d) a proposed assessment of the total amount of the estimated costs and expenses of
the proposed new improvements, including the maintenance or servicing, or both,
thereof, and of any existing improvements upon the several lots or parcels of land
in said district in proportion to the estimated particular and distinct benefits to be
received by each of such lots or parcels of land, respectively, from said
improvements, including the maintenance or servicing, or both, thereof, and of the
expenses incidental thereto.
6. The Office of the Public Works Director of said City be, and is hereby, designated as the
office to answer inquiries regarding any protest proceedings to be had herein, and may be contacted
during regular office hours at the City Hall, 13777 Fruitvale Avenue, Saratoga, California 95070 or by
calling (408) 868 -1241.
The above and foregoing resolution was passed and adopted at an adjourned meeting of the Saratoga
City Council held on the 5th day of March, 2014 by the following vote:
AYES: Mayor Emily Lo, Vice Mayor Howard Miller, Council Member Manny
Cappello, Chuck Page, Jill Hunter
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
Emily Lo, Mayor
ATTEST:
(147/ &ffW16 DATE:
Coal Bothelio, 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.
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