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HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES CC 2019 3813 2019 0605 RESOLUTION NO. 2019-3813 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MOORPARK, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING ENGINEER'S REPORT, CONFIRMING DIAGRAM AND ASSESSMENT AND ORDERING THE CONTINUATION OF ASSESSMENT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2019/2020 FOR THE PARKS AND RECREATION MAINTENANCE AND IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT OF THE CITY OF MOORPARK WHEREAS, on July 15, 1999, by its Resolution No. 99-1625, after receiving a weighted majority of ballots in support of the proposed assessment, this Council ordered the formation of and levied the first assessment within the City of Moorpark Parks and Recreation Maintenance and Improvement District (the "Assessment District") pursuant to the provisions of 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); and WHEREAS, by Resolution No. 2019-3783, the City Council ordered the preparation of an Engineer's Report for the Parks and Recreation Maintenance and Improvement District (the "District") for fiscal year 2019/2020; and WHEREAS, pursuant to said Resolution, the Engineer's Report was prepared by SCI Consulting Group, Engineer of Work, in accordance with Section 22565, et. seq., of the Streets and Highways Code (the "Report") and Article XIIID of the California Constitution; and WHEREAS, by Resolution No. 2019-3807, the City Council preliminarily approved the Engineer's Report for said District and set a date for a Public Hearing; and WHEREAS, said report was duly made and filed with the City Clerk and duly considered by this Council and found to be sufficient in every particular, whereupon it was determined that the report should stand as the Engineer's Report for all subsequent proceedings under and pursuant to the aforesaid resolution, and that June 5, 2019, at the hour of 6:30 p.m. in the Community Center Apricot Room, located at 799 Moorpark Avenue, Moorpark, California 93021, were appointed as the time and place for a hearing by this Council on the question of the levy of the proposed assessment, notice of which hearing was given as required by law; and WHEREAS, at the appointed time and place the hearing was duly and regularly held, and all persons interested and desiring to be heard were given an opportunity to be heard, and all matters and things pertaining to the continuation were fully heard and considered by the Council, and all oral statements and all written protests or communications were duly heard, considered and overruled, and this Council thereby acquired jurisdiction to order the confirmation of the diagram and the continuation of the assessment set forth in the Engineer's Report to pay the costs and expenses of the improvements described in the Engineer's Report. Resolution No. 2019-3813 Page 2 NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MOORPARK DOES HEREBY RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. The public interest, convenience and necessity require that the continuation be made. SECTION 2. The Assessment District benefited by the improvements, being the installation, maintenance and servicing of public recreational facilities and improvements (the "Improvements") and assessed to pay the costs and expenses thereof, and the exterior boundaries thereof, are as shown by a map thereof filed in the office of the City Clerk, which map is made a part hereof by reference thereto. SECTION 3. The Engineer's Report as a whole and each part thereof, to wit: (a) the Engineer's estimate of the itemized and total costs and expenses of the Improvements and of the incidental expenses in connection therewith; (b) the diagram showing the assessment district, plans and specifications for the Improvements and the boundaries and dimensions of the respective lots and parcels of land within the Assessment District; and (c) the assessment of the total amount of the cost and expenses of the Improvements upon the several lots and parcels of land in the Assessment District in proportion to the estimated special benefits to be received by such lots and parcels, respectively, from the Improvements, and of the expenses incidental thereto; are finally approved and confirmed. SECTION 4. Final adoption and approval of the Engineer's Report as a whole, and of the plans and specifications, estimate of the costs and expenses, the diagram and the assessment, as contained in the report as hereinabove determined and ordered, is intended to and shall refer and apply to the report, or any portion thereof as amended, modified, or revised or corrected by, or pursuant to and in accordance with, any resolution or order, if any, heretofore duly adopted or made by this Council. SECTION 5. The assessment to pay the costs and expenses of the Improvements for fiscal year 2019/2020 is hereby levied. For further particulars pursuant to the provisions of the Landscaping and Lighting Act of 1972, reference is hereby made to the Resolution Directing Preparation of Engineer's Report. Resolution No. 2019-3813 Page 3 SECTION 6. Based on the oral and documentary evidence, including the Engineer's Report, offered and received at the hearing, this Council expressly finds and determines (a) the land with the Assessment District will be benefited by the Improvements, (b) the Assessment District includes all of the lands so benefited, and (c) the net amount to be assessed upon the lands within the Assessment District for the 2019/2020 fiscal year, in accordance with the Engineer's Report, is apportioned by a formula and method which fairly distributes the net amount among all assessable lots or parcels in proportion to the estimated benefits to be received by each such lot or parcel from the Improvements and (d) only special benefits are assessed and no assessment is imposed on any parcel which exceeds the reasonable costs of the proportional special benefits conferred on that parcel. SECTION 7. Immediately upon the adoption of this resolution, but in no event later than the third Monday in August following such adoption, the City Clerk shall file a certified copy of the diagram and assessment and a certified copy of this resolution with the Auditor of the County of Ventura. Upon such filing, the County Auditor shall enter on the County assessment roll opposite each lot or parcel of land the amount of assessment thereupon as shown in the assessment. The assessments shall be collected at the same time and in the same manner as County taxes are collected and all laws providing for the collection and enforcement of County taxes shall apply to the collection and enforcement of the assessments. After collection by the County, the net amount of the assessments, after deduction of any compensation due the County for collection, shall be paid to the City of Moorpark Parks and Recreation Maintenance and Improvement District. SECTION 8. Upon receipt of the moneys representing assessments collected by the County, the County shall deposit the moneys in the City Treasury to the credit of the improvement fund previously established under the distinctive designation of the Assessment District. Moneys in the improvement fund shall be expended only for the Improvements. SECTION 9. The assessments levied are in conformance with Proposition 218. SECTION 10. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this resolution and shall cause a certified resolution to be filed in the book of original resolutions. Resolution No. 2019-3813 Page 4 PASSED AND ADOPTED this 5th day of June, 2019. r � Janice S. Parvin, Mayor ATTEST: D k Deborah Traffenstedt PpK Assistant City Manager/City Clerk oP�►'0 4 751\ iiiip 09 y,00 I?.00J1)t-. Resolution No. 2019-3813 Page 5 STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF VENTURA ) ss. CITY OF MOORPARK ) I, Deborah Traffenstedt, Assistant City Manager/City Clerk of the City of Moorpark, California, do hereby certify under penalty of perjury that the foregoing Resolution No. 2019-3813 was adopted by the City Council of the City of Moorpark at a regular meeting held on the 5th day of June, 2019, and that the same was adopted by the following vote: AYES: Councilmembers Enegren, Mikos, Pollock, Simons, and Mayor Parvin NOES: None ABSENT: None ABSTAIN: None WITNESS my hand and the official seal of said City this 5th day of June, 2019. !ado agr-Nez,k, 1.7v3,ego-y Deborah Traffenstedt Assistant City Manager/City Clerk (seal) ARK O .q 4.0 ,, Jul-Y