HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Resolution 23-021 Resolution of Intent LLA-1RESOLUTION NO.23-021
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 2023-2024
RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City of Saratoga, California, as follows:
WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution No. 22-038, "A Resolution Describing Improvements and
Directing Preparation of Engineer's Report for Fiscal Year 2023-2024", for City of Saratoga
Landscaping and Lighting District LLA-I, adopted on September 21, 2022, 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.
22-038, 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 2023-2024 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-I," 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 7th day of June, 2023, at the hour of 7:00
p.m. at the City Council Chambers at 13777 Fruitvale Avenue, Saratoga, California, is 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.
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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 (except when closed
due to emergency orders), by e-mailing jcherbone@saratoga.ca.us, or by calling (408) 868-1241.
The above and foregoing resolution was passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the Saratoga City
Council held on the 19th day of April 2023 by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS AFTAB, PAGE, WALIA, VICE MAYOR ZHAO, MAYOR
FITZSIMMONS
NOES: NONE
ABSENT: NONE
ABSTAIN: NONE
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Kookie Fitzsimmons, Mayor
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Britt Avrit, MMC, City Clerk
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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 and automated license plate
readers more particularly described in the City of Saratoga Engineer's Report for fiscal year 2023/2024.