HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Resolution 18-057 --LLADRESOLUTION NO. 18-057
A RESOLUTION DESCRIBING IMPROVEMENTS AND
DIRECTING PREPARATION OF ENGINEER'S REPORT
FOR FISCAL YEAR 2019-2020
CITY OF SARATOGA LANDSCAPING AND LIGHTING
ASSESSMENT DISTRICT LLA-1
WHEREAS, 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; and
WHEREAS, 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 and/or several lots of parcels of land
which are proposed to be annexed into said District for the construction or installation of
improvements, including the maintenance or servicing, or both, thereof, for the fiscal year 2019-
2020; and
WHEREAS, 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; and
WHEREAS, The costs and expenses of said improvements, including the maintenance or
servicing, or both, thereof, are to be made chargeable upon said District and/or upon the lots
within the territory proposed to be annexed into 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/or to be annexed into said District and shall govern for all details as to the
extent of the assessment district, and the proposed annexation; and
WHEREAS, 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 and/or proposed
annexation by its distinctive designation, specifying the fiscal year to which the report applies,
and, with respect to that year, presenting the following:
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a) plans and specification of the existing improvements and for proposed
new improvements, if any, to be made within the assessment district or
within the territory to be annexed into said District;
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.
WHEREAS, 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.
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BE IT RESOLVED, The above and foregoing resolution was passed and adopted at a
regular meeting of the Saratoga City Council held on the 7th day of November, 2018 by the
following vote:
AYES: Mayor Mary -Lynne Bernald, Vice Mayor E. Manny Cappello, Council
Members Howard A. Miller, Emily Lo, Rishi Kumar
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
Br SC eider, Acting City Clerk
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e Bernald, Mayor
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 including storm water improvements connected to National Pollutant Discharge
Elimination System (NPDES) permit requirements.
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