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Home My WebLink AboutRES CC 2006 2467 2006 0517RESOLUTION NO. 2006 -2467 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MOORPARK, CALIFORNIA OF INTENTION TO LEVY ASSESSMENTS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2006 -07, PRELIMINARILY APPROVING ENGINEER'S REPORT, AND PROVIDING FOR NOTICE OF HEARING FOR THE CITY OF MOORPARK LANDSCAPING AND LIGHTING MAINTENANCE ASSESSMENT DISTRICTS WHEREAS, by Resolution No. 2005 -2428, the City Counci preparation of an Engineer's Report for the City's Landscaping Maintenance Assessment Districts (the "Assessment Districts") for fi I and sca ordered the and Lighting year 2006 -07; WHEREAS, pursuant to said Resolution, the Engineer's Report was prepared by SCI Consulting Group, formerly known as Shilts Consultants, Inc., Engineer of Work, in accordance with 22565, et. seq., of the Streets and Highways Code (the "Report") and Article XIIID of the California Constitution; and WHEREAS, said Engineer's Report was filed with the City Clerk and the City Council has reviewed the Report and wishes to take certain actions relative to said Report and the levy of assessments recommended therein. NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MOORPARK DOES RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. The Report for "Moorpark Landscaping and Lighting Maintenance Assessment Districts ", for the fiscal year commencing on July 1, 2006 and ending on June 30, 2007, on file with the City Clerk, has been duly considered by the Moorpark City Council and is hereby deemed sufficient and approved. The Report shall stand as the Engineer's Report for all subsequent proceedings under, and pursuant to, the foregoing resolution. SECTION 2. It is the intention of this Council to levy and collect assessments within the Assessment Districts for fiscal year 2006 -07. Within the Assessment Districts, the existing and proposed improvements, and any substantial changes proposed to be made to the existing improvements, are generally described as the installation, maintenance and servicing of public facilities, including but not limited to, street lights, public lighting facilities, landscaping, sprinkler systems, statuary, fountains, other ornamental structures and facilities, landscape corridors, ground cover, shrubs and trees, street frontages, drainage systems, fencing, entry monuments, graffiti removal and repainting, and labor, materials, supplies, utilities and equipment, as applicable, for property owned, operated or maintained by the City of Moorpark. Installation means the construction of lighting and landscaping improvements, including, but not limited to, land preparation, such as grading, leveling, cutting and filling, sod, landscaping, irrigation systems, sidewalks and drainage and lights. 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 Resolution No. 2006 -2467 Page 2 of 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 means the furnishing of electric current or energy for the operation or lighting of any improvements, and water for irrigation of any landscaping or the maintenance of any other improvements. SECTION 3. The Assessment Districts consists of the lots and parcels shown on the boundary map of the Assessment Districts on file with the City Clerk, and reference is hereby made to such map for further particulars. SECTION 4. Reference is hereby made to the Engineer's Report for a full and detailed description of the improvements, the boundaries of the Assessment Districts, and the proposed assessments upon assessable lots and parcels of land within the Assessment Districts. The Engineer's Report identifies all parcels which will have a special benefit conferred upon them and upon which an assessment will be imposed. SECTION 5. The fiscal year 2006 -07 levy rates are not proposed to increase, with the exception of Zone 12, District 14, District 15, District 16, District 18 and District 19. The authorized maximum assessment rate for these Districts includes an annual adjustment by an amount equal to the annual change in the Los Angeles Area Consumer Price Index. As the amount of the annual increase in the Los Angeles Area Consumer Price Index from December 2004 to December 2005 is 4.042 %, the authorized maximum levy rate for fiscal year 2006 -07 is 4.042% above the maximum levy rate for fiscal year 2006 -07. Including the authorized annual adjustment, the maximum authorized assessment rates for fiscal year 2006 -07 are as follows: Zone 12 $468.68 per single family benefit unit $169.73 per acre of commercial or industrial property $1,528.27 per acre of institutional property District 14 $138.10 per single family benefit unit District 15 $1,665.41 per single family benefit unit District 16 $402.34 per single family benefit unit District 18 $846.97 per single family benefit unit District 19 $7,678.19 per acre of commercial or industrial property SECTION 6. Notice is hereby given that on June 7, 2006, at the hour of 7:00 o'clock p.m. in the Council Chambers, located at 799 Moorpark Avenue, Moorpark, California 93021, the Council will hold a public hearing to consider the ordering of the improvements and the levy of the proposed assessments. SECTION 7. Prior to the conclusion of the hearing, any interested person may file a written protest with the City Clerk, or, having previously filed a protest, may file a written withdrawal of that protest. A written protest shall state all grounds of objection. A protest by a property owner shall contain a description sufficient to identify the property owned by such owner. Such protest or withdrawal of protest should be mailed to the City Clerk, City of Moorpark, 799 Moorpark Avenue, Moorpark, California 93021. Resolution No. 2006 -2467 Page 3 SECTION 8. The City Clerk shall cause a notice of the hearing to be given by publishing a copy of this resolution once, at least ten (10 days prior to the date of the hearing above specified, in a newspaper circulated ' e City Moorpark. SECTION 9. The City Clerk sha ertify to the adoptio of this resoluti n and shall cause a certified resolution to be fi din the book of original esol ons. PASSED AND ADOPTED th' 17th day of May 2006. ATTEST: Deborah S. Traffenstedt, ity Clerk Hunter, yor Resolution No. 2006 -2467 Page 4 STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF VENTURA ) ss. CITY OF MOORPARK ) I, Deborah S. Traffenstedt, City Clerk of the City of Moorpark, California, do hereby certify under penalty of perjury that the foregoing Resolution No. 2006 -2467 was adopted by the City Council of the City of Moorpark at a regular meeting held on the 17th day of May, 2006, and that the same was adopted by the following vote: AYES: Councilmembers Harper, Millhouse, Parvin, and Mayor Pro Tempore Mikos NOES: None ABSENT: Mayor Hunter ABSTAIN: None WITNESS my hand and the official seal of said City this 30th day of May, 2006. Deborah S. Traffenstedt, Ci lerk (seal)