HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Resolution 14-054 - Intention to Order the Levy and Collectoin of Assessment - Zone 37 - FY 2015-2016 RESOLUTION N0. 14-054
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 NO. 1 (ZONE NO. 37)
FISCAL YEAR 2015-2016
WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution No. 14-046, "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 July 2, 2014, 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 2015-2016 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.
4. Notice is hereby given that Wednesday, the Sth day of November, 2014, 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
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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 August, 2014, by the following vote of the members thereof:
AYES: Mayor Emily Lo, Vice Mayor Howard Miller, Council Member Manny
Cappello, Chuck Page, Jill Hunter
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
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Emily Lo, Mayor
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Cry�t�ll Bothelio, City Clerk
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E�ibit 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 Annexation to Landscaping & Lighting Assessment District LLA-1, Zone 37
Engineer's Report for fiscal year 2015/2016.
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