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HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES CC 2002 1975 2002 0605RESOLUTION NO. 2002 -1975 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MOORPARK, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING ENGINEER'S REPORT, CONFIRMING DIAGRAM AND ASSESSMENT AND ORDERING LEVY OF ASSESSMENT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2002/03 FOR THE CITY OF MOORPARK LANDSCAPING AND LIGHTING MAINTENANCE ASSESSMENT DISTRICTS WHEREAS, by Resolution No. 2002 -1944, the City Council ordered the preparation of an Engineer's Report for the City's Landscaping and Lighting Maintenance Assessment Districts (the "Assessment Districts ") for fiscal year 2002- 03; and rP WHEREAS, pursuant to said Resolution, the Engineer's Report ( "Report ") was prepared by Shilts Consultants, Inc., Engineer of Work, in accordance with Section 22565, et. seq., of the Streets and Highways Code and Article XIIID of the California Constitution; and WHEREAS, by Resolution No. 2002 -1972 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, 2002, at the hour of 6:30 p.m. in the Council Chambers, located at 799 Moorpark Avenue, Moorpark, California 93021, was 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 levy 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 levy and the confirmation of the diagram and assessment prepared by and made a part of the Engineer's Report to pay the costs and expenses thereof. NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MOORPARK DOES HEREBY RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS: Resolution No. 2002 -1975 Page 2 SECTION 1. The public interest, convenience and necessity require that the levy be made. SECTION 2. The Assessment Districts benefited by 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 maintaining the improvements and of the incidental expenses in connection therewith; (b) the diagram showing the Assessment Districts, plans and specifications for the improvements to be maintained and the boundaries and dimensions of the respective lots and parcels of land within the Assessment Districts; and (c) the assessment of the total amount of the cost and expenses of the proposed maintenance of the improvements upon the several lots and parcels of land in the Assessment Districts in proportion to the estimated special benefits to be received by such lots and parcels, respectively, from the maintenance, 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 maintenance of the improvements for fiscal year 2002- 03 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. 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) Resolution No. 2002 -1975 Page 3 that each of the several lots and parcels of land will be specially benefited by the maintenance of the improvements at least in the amount if not more than the amount, of the assessment apportioned against the lots and parcels of land, respectively, and (b) that there is substantial evidence to support, and the weight of the evidence preponderates in favor of, the aforesaid finding and determination as to special benefits. 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. Won 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 Landscaping and Lighting Maintenance Assessment Districts. 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 funds previously established under the distinctive designation of the Assessment Districts. Moneys in the improvement funds shall be expended only for the maintenance, servicing, construction or installation of the improvements. SECTION 9. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this resolution and shall cause a certif' d re�°lution to be filed in the book of original /tNsoluti / PASSED AND ADOPTED this 5`� da)/ of Punk , _20 Mayor ATTEST: Deborah S. Traffenstedt, City Clerk Resolution No. 2002 -1975 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. 2002 -1975 was adopted by the City Council of the City of Moorpark at a regular meeting held on the 5th day of June, 2002, and that the same was adopted by the following vote: AYES: Councilmembers Wozniak NOES: None ABSENT: Mayor Hunter ABSTAIN: None Harper, Mikos, Millhouse, and WITNESS my hand and the official seal of said City this 14th day of June, 2002. 1 G' Deborah S. Trafferf9tedt, City Clerk (seal)