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Home My WebLink AboutRES CC 1999 1597 1999 0414RESOLUTION NO. 99 -1597 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF MOORPARK, CALIFORNIA, OF INTENTION TO LEVY ASSESSMENTS FOR FISCAL YEAR 1999 -00, PRELIMINARILY APPROVING ENGINEER'S REPORT, AND PROVIDING FOR NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING WHEREAS, by Resolution No. 99 -1566, the City Council ordered the preparation of an Engineer's Report initiating proceedings for the formation of a Parks and Recreation Maintenance and Improvement District (the "District "); WHEREAS, pursuant to said Resolution, the Engineer's Report was prepared by Shilts Consultants, Inc., Engineer of Work, in accordance with Section 25210.let. seq., of the California Government 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. NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MOORPARK, CALIFORNIA, DOES RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. The Report for "PARKS AND RECREATION MAINTENANCE AND IMPROVEMENT ASSESSMENT DISTRICT ", on file with the City Clerk, has been duly considered by the Moorpark City Council and is hereby deemed sufficient and preliminarily 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 the City Council to levy and collect assessments within the District for fiscal year 1999 -00. Within the District, the existing and proposed improvements are generally described as the installation, maintenance and servicing of public facilities, including but not limited to, landscaping, sprinkler systems, park grounds, park facilities, landscape corridors, ground cover, shrubs and trees, street frontages, playground equipment and hardcourt areas, drainage systems, lighting, fencing, entry monuments, basketball courts, tennis courts, running tracks, swimming pools, other recreational facilities, security guards, graffiti removal and repainting, and labor, materials, supplies, utilities and equipment, as applicable, for property owned and maintained by the City of Moorpark. Installation means the construction of recreational improvements, including, but not limited to, land preparation, such as grading, leveling, cutting and filling, sod, landscaping, irrigation systems, sidewalks and drainage, lights, playground equipment, play courts, recreational facilities and public restrooms. Maintenance means the furnishing of services Resolution No. 99 -1597 Page 2 and materials for the ordinary and usual maintenance, operation and servicing of said improvements, including repair, removal, or replacement 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 District consists of the lots and parcels shown on the boundary map on the District 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 Report for a full and detailed description of the Improvements, the boundaries of the District and the proposed assessments upon assessable lots and parcels of land within the District. SECTION 5. The public hearing shall be held, before the City Council in the Council Chambers, located at 799 Moorpark Avenue, Moorpark, California 93021 as follows: on Wednesday, June 16, 1999 at the hour of 7 p.m. for the purpose of the City Council's determination whether the public interest, convenience and necessity require the improvements and this Council's final action upon the Engineer's Report and the assessments therein. SECTION 6. The Clerk of the Council is hereby authorized and directed to cause Notice of the hearing ordered under Section 5 hereof to be given in accordance with law by mailing, postage prepaid, in the United States mail, and such Notice shall be deemed to have been given when so deposited in the mail. The envelope or cover of the mailing shall include the name of the City and the return address care of Shilts Consultants, Inc. as the agent for the sender. The mailed Notice shall be given to all property owners within the District by such mailing by name to those persons whose names and addresses appear on the last equalized secured property tax assessment roll of the County of Ventura, or in the case of any public entity, the representative of such public entity at the address thereof known to the Clerk. The Notice shall include, but not be limited to, the total amount of assessment proposed to be levied in the District for fiscal year 1999 -00, the assessment proposed for the owner's particular parcel(s) and the duration thereof, the reason for the assessment and the basis upon which the amount of the assessment was calculated. Each Notice shall also contain an assessment ballot, a summary of the procedures applicable to the completion, return and tabulation of assessment ballots, and a statement that the existence of a majority protest will result in the assessment not Resolution No. 99 -1597 Page 3 being imposed. The Notice herein provided shall be mailed not less than forty -five (45) days before the date of the public hearing. SECTION 7. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this resolution. PASSED AND ADOPTED this 1 ATTEST: Deborah S. Traffen edt, City Resolution No. 99 -1597 Page 4 STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF VENTURA ) CITY OF MOORPARK ) ss. I, Deborah S. Traffenstedt, City Clerk Moorpark, California, do hereby certify perjury that the foregoing Resolution adopted by the City Council of the City meeting held on the 14th day of April, 1 same was adopted by the following vote: of the City of under penalty of No. 99 -1597 was of Moorpark at a 999, and that the AYES: Councilmembers Evans, Harper, Rodgers, Wozniak and Mayor Hunter NOES: None ABSENT: None ABSTAIN: None WITNESS my hand and the official seal of said City this 19th day of May, 1999. Deborah S. TraffeKgtedt, City Clerk (seal)