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TO: The Honorable City Council
FROM: Mary K. Lindley, Director of Community Service��
DATE: January 28, 1999 (CC Meeting of February 3, 1999)
SUBJECT: Consider Adoption of a Resolution Initiating the
Proceedings for the Formation of a Parks and
Recreation Maintenance and Improvement District
SUMMARY
The City Council is being asked to consider the adoption of
Resolution No. 99- , initiating proceedings for the formation
of a parks and recreation maintenance and improvement district.
If approved, it is proposed that ballots would be mailed to
property owners on April 30, and 45 days after that date the
City would hold a public hearing to tabulate the ballots. If
approved by a majority of the voters returning ballots, the
district would take effect in FY 1999/2000.
DISCUSSION
On November 4, 1998, the City Council authorized staff to
proceed with the formation of a parks and recreation maintenance
and improvement district, and to secure the services of a
consultant, Shilts Consultants. Staff has been working with the
consultant for the past month and efforts are proceeding towards
the target date of late April for the release of the mail
ballot.
Consistent with the action taken by the City Council on January
20, regarding the City's Street Lighting and Parkway /Median
Landscaping Assessment (AD 84 -2), the Council is being asked to
adopt Resolution No. 99- (Exhibit A) . The resolution
authorizes the preparation of an Engineer's Report and is
required by Article XIIID of the California Constitution, and
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the Landscape and Lighting Act of 1972 of the Streets and
Highway Code.
With the adoption of the resolution, the consultant will draft
the engineer's report, which sets forth the services and
activities proposed to be funded by the district and the methods
to be used to distribute the cost of those services and
activities to all of the affected property owners. Once
completed, the City Council will be asked to consider and
approve the report along with the mail ballot. It is
anticipated that this will take place in April.
The following is a tentative identifying when staff would perfer
the various steps in the process take place:
TENTATIVE SCHEDULE
Council Approves Engineer's Report /Ballot
April 7
Ballots Mailed
April 30
Public Hearing
June 16
The Council should be advised that the consultant is
recommending that the City delay the mailing of the ballot until
May 6. This means that the public hearing could not be schedule
prior to June 21. The consultant believes that this later
schedule provides then necessary time to plan and conduct public
educational efforts that will be important to the success of the
assessment district measure.
STAFF REC0141ENDATION
Staff recommends that the City Council adopt Resolution No. 99-
, (Exhibit A) authorizing preparation of an Engineer's report
for the formation of a Parks and Recreation Maintenance and
Improvement District.
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RESOLUTION NO. 99-
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF MOORPARK,
CALIFORNIA INITIATING PROCEEDINGS FOR THE
FORMATION OF A PARKS AND RECREATION
MAINTENANCE AND IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT AND
ORDERING THE PREPARATION AND FILING OF AN
ENGINEERS REPORT
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Moorpark, at
its meeting on November 4, 1998, directed staff to proceed
with efforts to form a Parks and Recreation Maintenance and
Improvement District; and
WHEREAS, the Lighting and Landscape Act of 1972
requires the adoption of a resolution initiating
proceedings related to the formation of an assessment
district and the preparation of an engineer's report.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
MOORPARK, CALIFORNIA, DOES HEREBY RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The Council hereby proposes the
formation of a landscaping and lighting district pursuant
to Article XIIID of the California Constitution, and the
Landscaping and Lighting Act of 1972 (the "Act "), Part 2 of
Division 15 of the California Streets and Highways Code
(commencing with Section 22500 thereof).
SECTION 2. The purpose of the landscaping and
lighting district shall be for the installation,
maintenance and servicing of improvements, to the City of
Moorpark described in Section 3 below.
SECTION 3. Within the landscaping and lighting
district, the existing and proposed improvements to be
undertaken by the Parks and Recreation Maintenance and
Improvement District are described as installation,
maintenance and servicing of public parks and park
facilities, including but not limited to, landscaping,
irrigation systems, grounds, sports fields and courts,
amenities, trees, playground equipment, and hardscape
areas, as applicable, for public park property owned and
maintained by the City of Moorpark. Maintenance means the
furnishing of services and materials for the ordinary and
usual maintenance, operation and servicing of said
improvements, including repair, removal, or replacement of
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all, or part of any improvement; providing for the life,
growth, health and beauty of landscaping; and cleaning,
sandblasting and painting of walls and other improvements
to remove or cover graffiti. Servicing shall also mean the
furnishing all necessary utilities for maintaining park
improvements including, but not limited to, electricity for
lighting, timers, and irrigation clocks, and water for
irrigation of all landscaping, park restroom service, and
general maintenance requirements for all park improvements.
SECTION 4. The landscaping and lighting district
proposed in this resolution is hereby given the distinctive
designation of the "City of Moorpark Parks and Recreation
Maintenance and Improvement District," which proposed
landscaping and lighting district is primarily described as
all of the park lands within the current boundaries of the
City of Moorpark.
SECTION S. Shilts Consultants, Inc. is hereby
designated as Engineer of Work for the purposes of these
proceedings and is hereby authorized to prepare an
Engineer's Report in accordance with Article 4 of Chapter 1
of the Act and Article XIIID of the California
Constitution. Upon completion, the Engineer shall file the
Engineer's Report with the Clerk of the City Council for
submission to the Council.
SECTION 6. The City Clerk shall certify to the
adoption of this resolution.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 3rd day of February, 1999.
Patrick Hunter, Mayor
ATTEST:
Deborah S. Traffenstedt, City Clerk
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