HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES CC 2005 2322 2005 0504RESOLUTION NO. 2005 -2322
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF MOORPARK, OF INTENTION TO LEVY ASSESSMENTS
FOR FISCAL YEAR 2005 -06, 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 -2276, 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 2005 -06; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to said Resolution, the Engineer's Report
was prepared by 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 HEREBY RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The Report for "Moorpark Landscaping and
Lighting Maintenance Assessment Districts ", for the fiscal year
commencing on July 1, 2005 and ending on June 30, 2006, 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 2005 -06. 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
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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 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 2005 -06 levy rates are not
proposed to increase, with the exception of Zone 12, District 14,
District 15, District 16 and District 18. 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 2003 to
December 2004 is 4.40, the authorized maximum levy rate for
fiscal year 2005 -06 is 4.4% above the maximum levy rate for
fiscal year 2004 -05. Including the authorized annual adjustment,
the maximum authorized assessment rates for fiscal year 2005 -06
are as follows:
Zone 12 $ 450.64 per single family benefit unit
$ 163.14 per acre of commercial or industrial
$1,468.90
Dist.
14
$ 132.74
Dist.
15
$1,600.71
Dist.
16
$ 386.70
Dist.
18
$ 814.06
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SECTION 6. Notice is hereby given that on June 1, 2005, 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.
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 in the City of Moorpark.
SECTION 9. The
this resolution and
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PASSED AND ADOPTED this 4t
ATTEST:
to the adoption of
resolution to be
Deborah S. Traffenst , City Clerk
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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. 2005 -2322 was adopted by the
City Council of the City of Moorpark at a regular meeting held on
the 4th day of May, 2005, and that the same was adopted by the
following vote:
AYES:
Councilmembers Harper,
Hunter
NOES:
None
ABSENT:
Councilmember Millhouse
ABSTAIN:
None
Mikos, Parvin, and Mayor
WITNESS my hand and the official seal of said City this 10th
day of May, 2005.
Deborah S. Traffenste , City Clerk
(seal)