HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Resolution 08-031RESOLUTION N0.08-031
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 2008-2009
WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution No. 08-010, "A Resolution Describing Improvements and
Directing Preparation of Engineer's Report for Fiscal Year 2008-2009", for City of Saratoga
Landscaping and Lighting District LLA-1, adopted on March 5, 2008, 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. 08-010, 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 2008-2009 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-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, 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 general location of the district is
shown on Exhibit "B" hereto attached and by reference incorporated herein.
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 18th day of June, 2008, at the hour of
7:00 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 levy and collection of the proposed assessment for the construction or
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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.
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 maybe contacted
during the regular office hours at the City Hall, 13777 Fruitvale Avenue, Saratoga, California
95070, or by calling (408) 868-1241.
7. Resolution number 08-026 adopted by the City Council on the 16th day of April,
2008 is hereby repealed and replaced in its entirety by this resolution.
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Passed and adopted by the City Council of the City of Saratoga, California, at a meeting
thereof held on the 7th day of May, 2008, by the following vote of the members thereof:
AYES: Councilmembers Jill Hunter, Aileen Kao, Kathleen King,
Vice Mayor Chuck Page, Mayor Ann Waltonsmith
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None ~ mar/ ~ , ~~~
Ann Waltonsmith, Mayor
City of Saratoga
Attest:
'van, Acting City Clerk
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