HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Resolution 59-B ~?dESOLUTION NO. 59-B
RESOLUTION Ct::~LEATING SPECIAL ASSESSPZ~ii!T
DISTi<ICT PURSUANT TO STREET L!GtlTIlqG
ACT OF 1919
~[HEREAS, in the opinion oj~5 the City Council .oj!: tt'~.e City
o~ Saratoga, the public interest and convenier~ce :~::y~,-quires
furnishing of electric current for' illu:~'~ination o:f a street
ins system for the ar.ea described in Exhibit "'~ATM l:'::.=~:reof,
ti',at a special assessmf~nt district should be created 5o;:' t]tz~e
pu~"suant to the Street Ligh~i~ Act of 1'919, and
~IER~S puz,::"suant thereto the .City Counc:il has
ordered ti'ke cle:i~:z:'k of said city to pri~pare a rc'~port in x.~iting
accord ~,~itt':~. Streets and. High~,~ays Code Section I~04i, v~hich report
~.~as thereafter' prepared and presented to said. City Co'~ncil and
considered by it, and
1958 said City Council.
WHBEKEAS thereafter on Decembe:~' 17, ,
passed and adopted Resolution Nos. 59 and 59-A, ~reference to
resolutions is hereby specifically made, and
WHEI~AS pursaant to said. resolutions, th.e 2tst day of
Ja~uary, 1959, at the hour of 8:00 o~clock P.~'[. of said day, at
the Council Chambers of the City of Saratoga, Fruitvale
Fruitvale A.~..re~ue, Saratoga, Cati~fornia, ~.~as set as ti.r'~e tithe and
place for hearing protests in accord ~,~tl:~t Street Lighting; Act
1919, and that prior thereto a notice in a. cco:~:'d with. Streets
Highv.rays Code Section 18071 was conspicuously posted alon~!.; all
streets in t'IEr~te district not more than 300 feet apart and ~ne'z,c'e
th. ree in nu~ber were so posted, ~vhich posting..: x..7as con~p!eted
at least 'Con (10) days prior to January 21, 1959, and
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WHEREAS a notice similar in substance was published by
two successive insertions in the .Saratoga Ne~,~s, ~,~i~!.ich publ. ication
~as at least ten (10) days. prior ~o sai~ January 21,
1959 ~ and
WHER~S at the aforesaid time and place, n~nely, at
hour of 8:00 o~clock P.M on January 21, 1959, at the Council
Cha~z~bers of the City of Saratoga, at Fruitvale School, Fruitvale
Avenue, Saratoga, California, th.e Council heard, considered anti
passed on all protests to the creation of said. proposed assess'~rrnencz
and assessment district, and said Council finding that no
have be~ made or filed, and good cause appearing ~herefor,
NOW, THEREFOI~:~:, the City Council o~ the City o:f
hereby resolves as follows:
Section 1: All of the statements in th.e preamble to
re s o lu ti on are hereby referred t,:D and incorp o'::::'a ted
into this section by reference.and are hereb};, declared to
the of this City Council.
Section 2: There is hereby established a special assessmen~z
district to be kno~ as thee ~'Azule Ligtxting
District. '~ The boundaries of said district are mor~ partic'~.~-
larly set forth and described in Exhibit ~=~A'=~ attacf'ne~] here. t.c~
and incorporated herein by reference.
Section 3: Said improvement consists in tl~e furnishing
supplyin~ of electric current for and tln~'zz~e ~nainten-
a~'~ce of electroliers an8 other physi, cal equipment to
the streets in said district. .Said lit furnishing and
of electricity shall conmnence on April 1, 1959, or as soon
thereafter as the electroliers and other physical structures
are in place and the City Council is in a position to
a contract for the aforementioned furnishing of electric
current and the maintenance of said system in accord
said g~reet Ligh'~ng Act of 1919, and said improve~"nent shal]l
continue thereafter indefinitely until such ti~ne as t]'z.e
Council shall teminate the stone by resolution.
Section 4: The estimat.ed cost of the afo'a:'.",~said in~lprovenz~ent
for the first year shall be the sun~ o~l' $1,269.8C,,
which cost shall be borne exclusively by said district, and
a spe.ciat lighting district fund is hereby created and
tern'~ed the "'Azule ~igh. ting Dis tri c t Fund"' anti all o f said
cost shall be paid out .of and charged against said fund.
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Section 5: Said proposed improven~ent of the furnistling: and sup-
plying of electric current and the ~naintenance of
said system is hereby ordered to be tnade and done. anC:.~ ~he City
Clerk is hereby directed to open said proposed in'~prove'~ner'~t
bid in accord ~;ith Streets and Highways Code Sections~
et seq.
Section 6: Said assessment district constitutes one single
zone. and is not divided into separate zon. es.
Each parcel of land within said district is hereby c~eclared
to be benefited by such improven~ent in the proportion
its assessed valuation bears to the total asse;ssed valuatiorm
of the entire district. and it is hereby o ..f::' de :h::'.' ed that all
the cost of said improve'~nent shall be paid. by special assessn~.en'~
'taxes levied upon all of the lands x~ithin said district,
clusive of improvements. and shall be prc~z'ated. ove:~a,::' all
tt:~e pa:a':.ce!s of said land in direct propor 'tion to each' s a:ns~:
valuation.
Section 7: A. ;certified cepy of tt'~:.is resol~.rtion and of ~i]:~e
and plat .of the district shall be fi. ted ~,~.'.j[.'t]l':::
'F.~ix As s e s s o r o f t b.e C.oun t y o f .S an t a C 1 a :~"a, af'::, d s ][:~a. 11 a. 1 s..o b
f i ! e d ~"~[ ;t I::~. t h e S t a t e B o a r d..o f]E. qua 1 i z a t i ,:::, a~::'~ p u :~::'.'s u arl t t::: o C b. a. [::3, ;i::~ e :::"
8 Part 1 Division 2, Title V of the G.o;:e'rnf:~:~,,n;~s::nt Code of
State of (l:alifo:t:::'nia. The Asse. s;sor cf ;tk'::,e Coun:sy of Santa Cl~;;~:~:'."a
shall. in nnking up :tke city as ses sme. nt rc,].].. segregate the
proper ty inc ].uded vi thin tt:~e dis tric 't on tt~.e as s es smen t rc~t].
under the ~.strict designation contained in this resolution.
The above and foregoing resolution ~as duly and z'egt:~ta:~']..y
introduced and passed by the Council of the City of Saratoga at
a regular meeting held on the 21st day of Janua,:v. 1959 by
following vote:
AYES: Brazil, Glennon, Langwlll, Jepsen
NOES: None
ABSENT: Rosasco
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: ATTESt:
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