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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council resolution 95-22.2 1 RESOLUTION NO. 95-22.2 A RESOLUTION OF INTENTION TO ORDER THE ANNEXATION OF TERRITORY TO AN EXISTING ASSESSMENT DISTRICT AND THE LEVY AND COLLECTION OF ASSESSMENTS WITHIN SAID TERRITORY PURSUANT TO THE LANDSCAPING AND LIGHTING ACT'OF 1972 CITY OF SARATOGA LANDSCAPING AND LIGHTING DISTRICT LLA-1 ANNEXATION NO. 1995.1 FISCAL YEAR 1995-1996 RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City of Saratoga, California, as follows: WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution 95-22, "A Resolution Determining to Undertake Proceedings for the Annexation of Territory to an Existing Assessment District Known As "City of Saratoga Landscaping and Lighting District LLA-1", Pursuant To The Landscaping And Lighting Act of 1972 - Annexation No. 1995-1" adopted on April 19, 1995, by the Council of said City, pursuant to the Landscaping and Lighting Act of 1972, the Engineer of said City has prepared and filed with the City Clerk of this City the written report called for under said Act and by said Resolution No. 95-22, 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 annexation of territory to an existing assessment district and the levy and collection of assessments therein 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 acquisition of improvements, more particularly described in Exhibit "A" hereto attached and by reference incorporated herein. 2. The cost and expenses of said improvements, are to be made chargeable upon the areas proposed to be annexed to an existing assessment district designated as "City of Saratoga Landscaping and Lighting District LLA-1 Annexation 1995-1", the exterior boundaries of which are the composite and consolidated areas as more 1 particularly described on a map thereof on file in the office of the City 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 proposed annexation and areas to be assessed and of any zone thereof and the general location of said areas. 3. Said Engineer's Report prepared by the Engineer, 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 areas proposed to be annexed herein and any zones thereof, and the proposed assessments upon assessable lots and parcels of land within said areas. 4. Notice is hereby given that Wednesday, the 7th day of June, 1995, at the hour of 8:00 p.m. in the City Council Chambers at 13777 Fruitvale Avenue, Saratoga, California, be and the same are hereby appointed and fixed as the time and place for a meeting by this Council pursuant to Section 54954.6 of the California Government Code to receive public testimony regarding proposed assessments. 5. Notice is hereby given that Wednesday, the 21st day of June, 1995 at the hour of 8:00 p.m. in the City Council Chambers at 13777 Fruitvale Avenue, Saratoga, California, be and the same are hereby appointed and fixed as the time and place for a hearing by this Council on the question of the annexation of territory to an existing assessment district and the levy and collection of the proposed assessment and when and where it will consider and determine whether the owners of a majority of the area of the property to be assessed in each area proposed to be annexed herein have, at or before the conclusion of said hearing, filed written protests against the acquisition of said improvements, the boundaries of the area proposed to be annexed herein and any zone therein, the proposed diagram or the proposed assessment, the Engineer's estimate of cost thereof, and when and where it will consider and finally act upon the Engineer's Report. 6. The Clerk of said City be, and 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 said City, said publication to be had and completed at least ten (10) days prior to the date of hearing specified herein. 7. Said Clerk is hereby further directed to mail or cause to be mailed a copy of this Resolution by first class mail, postage prepaid, to all persons owning real property in the areas proposed to be annexed and assessed herein,whose names and addresses appear on the last equalized County assessment roll or, where applicable, on the State Board of Equalization assessment roll, said mailing to be had and completed 2 1 at least fifteen (15) days prior to the date of said hearing. 8. The Office of the City Engineer be, and is hereby designated as the department 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) 867-3438. Passed and adopted by the City Council of the City of Saratoga, California, at a meeting thereof held on the 3rd day of May, 1995, by the following vote of the members thereof: AYES: Council members Jacobs, Moran, Tucker, Wolfe and Mayor Burger None NOES: None ABSENT: Mayor Attest: t 3 A�ctk Ca d City Clerk mnrsw\273kes\intntlla.w61 3 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, luminaires, 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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