HomeMy WebLinkAbout22090 - RESOLUTIONS - 11/7/2007 RESOLUTION NO. 22090
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA, INITIATING
PROCEEDINGS FOR A PROPOSED ASSESSMENT
INCREASE FOR PROPERTIES WITHIN STREET
LIGHTING MAINTENANCE DISTRICT NO. 4 EAGLE WAY
AREA, COMMENCING IN FISCAL YEAR 2008-09.
WHEREAS, the City Council through previous resolutions has established and levied
annual assessments for the Palm Springs Street Lighting Maintenance District No. 4 —
Eagle Way Area (hereinafter referred to as "SLMD-4"), pursuant to the provisions of the
Landscaping and Lighting Act of 1972, Part 2 of Division 15 of the Streets and
Highways Code of California, beginning with Section 22500 (hereinafter referred to as
the "Act") that provides for the collection of assessments by the County of Riverside on
behalf of the City of Palm Springs to pay for the maintenance and operation of street
lighting improvements and facilities related thereto; and
WHEREAS, the City Council desires to initiate proceedings for a proposed assessment
increase associated with the street lighting improvements to be provided within SLMD-
4; and the establishment of new maximum assessments related thereto; and the levy
and collection of the annual assessments for fiscal year 2008/2009 against the lots and
parcels of land within SLMD-4 for the improvements and services that will provide
special benefits to those properties, pursuant to the Act and the California Constitution
Article XIIID.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA, DOES
HEREBY RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1 Recitals: The above recitals are true and correct.
SECTION 2 Engineer's Report: The City Council hereby orders the City Engineer
(the Assessment Engineer of Work) to prepare and file with the City Clerk an Engineer's
Report (hereinafter referred to as the "Report") concerning the proposed assessment
increase for SLMD-4; the improvements and services connected therewith and the
proposed levy of assessments for the fiscal year commencing July 1, 2008, and ending
June 30, 2009, in accordance with Section 22623 of the Act. Said Reports shall contain
a description of the improvements, an estimate of the costs financed by the levy of the
assessments, the properties benefiting from the improvements and the method of
apportioning the assessments connected with SLMD-4.
SECTION 3 Improvements: The proposed improvements and services to be provided
and for which properties shall be assessed, include but are not limited to the regular
maintenance, operation and incidental expenses related to the public street lighting
improvements, facilities and energy costs associated with the properties within SLMD-4
in connection with the special benefit received by those parcels. The Report to be
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prepared in connection with these proceedings for a proposed assessment increase for
SLMD-4 shall provide a more detailed description of the improvements and associated
costs.
SECTION 4 Assessments. The City Council hereby determines that in order to
adequately maintain and support the public street lighting improvements within SLMD-4
as generally described in Section 3 of this resolution, it is necessary to increase the
annual assessments to be levied against lots and parcels within SLMD-4 commencing
in fiscal year 2008/2009. The Report referred to in Section 2 of this resolution shall
establish the estimated budget of anticipated expenses and the resulting new maximum
assessments including an annual inflationary adjustment, that will be necessary to
provide ongoing funding for the maintenance and servicing of the improvements being
proposed; and the proposed assessment increases may only be imposed pursuant to
the provisions of the California Constitution, Article XIIID.
ADOPTED this 7th day of November, 2007.
- David H. Ready, City M
ATTEST:
mes Thompson, City Clerk
CERTIFICATION
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE ) ss.
CITY OF PALM SPRINGS )
I, JAMES THOMPSON, City Clerk of the City of Palm Springs, hereby certify that
Resolution No. 22090 is a full, true and correct copy, and was duly adopted at a regular
meeting of the City Council of the City of Palm Springs on the 7ch day of November,
2007, by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmember Foat, Councilmember McCulloch, Councilmember Mills,
Mayor Pro Tern Pougnet, and Mayor Oden.
NOES: None.
ABSENT: None.
ABSTAIN: None.
es Thompson, City Clerk
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