HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Resolution 20-018 LLAD Dissolution of ZonesRESOLUTION NO. 20-018
A RESOLUTION OF INTENTION TO
UNDERTAKE PROCEEDINGS FOR
DISSOLUTION OF ZONES 4, 5, 7, AND 24 FROM THE CITY OF SARATOGA
LANDSCAPING AND LIGHTING ASSESSMENT LLA-1 PURSUANT
TO THE LANDSCAPING AND LIGHTING ACT OF 1972
AND TO SET A HEARING THEREON
FISCAL YEAR 2020-2021
RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City of Saratoga, California, as follows:
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Landscaping and Lighting Act of 1972, the City Council is
in the process of renewing for Fiscal Year 2020-2021 the City of Saratoga Landscaping and
Lighting District LLA-1;
WHEREAS, the City Council has, over time, formed individual assessment districts,
denoted as "Zones," which the City Council manages under the umbrella of Landscaping and
Lighting District LLA-1;
WHEREAS, the City formed, has treated, and continues to treat each Zone as an
independent assessment district;
WHEREAS, Zone 4 consists of that assessment district known as the Quito Lighting
District;
WHEREAS, Zone 5 consists of that assessment district known as the Azule Lighting
District;
WHEREAS, Zone 7 consists of that assessment district known as the Village Lighting
District;
WHEREAS, Zone 24 consists of that assessment district known as the Village
Commercial Landscape Maintenance District;
WHEREAS, the City does not levy assessments on Zones 4, 5, 7, or 24, but instead
allocates a portion of the property tax paid in said Zones to fund certain lighting and landscaping
improvements and maintenance within said Zones;
WHEREAS, the City Council desires to undertake dissolution proceedings for the
dissolution of Zones 4, 5, 7, and 24, which Zones include lighting improvements and
maintenance of parking and landscaping facilities that the City intends to support from its
general fund.
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 undertake proceedings for the dissolution of Zones 4, 5, 7, and 24 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. Said Zones are independent assessment districts which
together comprise a portion of the assessment district designated as "City of Saratoga
Landscaping and Lighting District LLA-1," 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 and attached hereto as "Attachment A," 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.
The following are descriptions of the Zones proposed to be dissolved:
a. Zone 4 (Quito Lighting District) Street lighting and landscape
maintenance in the El Quito Park residential neighborhood: Tracts 669,
708, 748, 6785, 7833 and 8700.
b. Zone 5 (Azule Lighting District) Street lighting in the Azule Crossing
residential neighborhoods: Tracts 184, 485, 787, 1111, and 1800.
Zone 7 (Village Lighting District) Street lighting in four separate
residential neighborhoods surrounding Saratoga Village, and in Saratoga
Village. Includes all or a portion of Cunningham Acres, La Paloma
Terrace, Mary Springer # 1 and #2, McCartysville, Saratoga Park,
Williams, and Tracts 270, 336, 416, 2399, 2502, 4477, 5350, 5377, 5503,
5676, 6419, 6431 and Saratoga Village.
d. Zone 24 (Village Commercial Landscape Maintenance District) Routine
maintenance of Village Parking Districts 1-4 and Big Basin Way
landscaping.
2. Notice is hereby given that Wednesday, the 17th day of June, 2020, at the hour of
7:00 p.m. in the City Council Chambers at either (1) the City Council Chambers at 13777
Fruitvale Avenue, Saratoga, California, or (2) a teleconference location to be specified in the
agenda for the City Council meeting to be held on that day is hereby appointed and fixed as the
time and place for a hearing by this Council on the question of the dissolution of Zones 4, 5, 7,
and 24. At said hearing the City Council will accept testimony given by any interested person
regarding the dissolution of Zones 4, 5, 7, and 24, and the City Council will consider said
dissolution.
3. 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 together with any other notice required by law.
Passed and adopted by the City Council of the City of Saratoga, California, at a meeting
thereof held on the 15'h day of April 2020, by the following vote of the members thereof:
AYES: Mayor Howard A. Miller, Vice Mayor Mary -Lynne Bernald, Council Members E.
Manny Cappello, Yan Zhao, Rishi Kumar
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
Attest:
ebbie Bretschneider, City Clerk DATE
1229721.2
Howard A. Miller, Mayor
City of Saratoga