CITY OF ALAMEDA RESOLUTION NO. ______
INTENTION TO DISSOLVE ZONE 7 OF THE ISLAND CITY LANDSCAPING AND LIGHTING DISTRICT, 84-2 WHEREAS, the City’s Island City Landscape & Lighting District 84-2 (the “District”) is organized and exists pursuant to the Landscaping and Lighting Act of 1972, (Streets and Highways Code §§ 22500) (the “Act”); and WHEREAS, the purpose of the District is to fund costs associated with certain landscaping and lighting improvements; and WHEREAS, the District is divided into six zones (collectively the “Zones” and each a “Zone”), each of which has its own set of improvements and its own assessment rate; and WHEREAS, the District’s Zone 7, comprising the 1100 and 1200 blocks of Bay Street, was annexed to the District in 1986; and WHEREAS, the purpose of Zone 7 was to accommodate the desire of property owners to Zone 7 landscaped with special, larger non-standard, street trees requiring enhanced maintenance compared with typical landscaping in the City, such as annual tree injections, more intensive pest management, and a more frequent tree trimming schedule; and WHEREAS, over the past two years, the non-standard trees, have been replaced by street trees that are more typical of street landscaping in the City and the remaining landscaping and improvements in Zone 7 have been restored to good condition; and WHEREAS, there is no longer a need for Zone 7 to have a special funding source for enhanced maintenance and improvement; and WHEREAS, the City Council desires to dissolve Zone 7.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Alameda that:
The City Council declares its intention to dissolve Zone 7.
The City Council intends that any moneys in the improvement fund for the district at the time of dissolution shall be divided equally amongst the assessable parcels in Zone 7 and paid by the City to the current record owner of each parcel as shown on the Alameda County Assessor’s most recently equalized assessment roll as of the date on which dissolution is ordered by the City Council.
3. On June 16, 2026, at the hour of 7:00 P.M., the City Council will hold a public hearing on the dissolution of Zone 7. The hearing will be held at the meeting place of the City Council, in the Alameda City Hall, 2263 Santa Clara Avenue, Third Floor, Council Chambers, Alameda, California, 94501.
4. Any interested person may provide oral testimony or written testimony or protests at the public hearing, and the City Clerk will also accept written testimony and protests prior to the hearing at Alameda City Hall, 2263 Santa Clara Avenue, Alameda, California, 94501. Written testimony and protests must be received by the City Clerk prior to the close of the public input portion of the public hearing in order to be considered by the City Council.
5. The City Clerk is authorized and directed to give notice of the hearing required by the Act by publishing a copy of this resolution at least once in the Alameda Journal, a newspaper regularly published and circulated in the City. The first publication shall be no later than 10 days before the date of said hearing.
6. Interested persons should contact Emily Antenen, Management Analyst, City of Alameda Public Works Department, 950 W. Mall Square, Room 110, Alameda, California 94501, telephone number (510) 747-7934, regarding this hearing or the proposed dissolution.
7. If any provision of this Resolution or the application of any such provision is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of this Resolution that can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this Resolution are severable and that the City Council declares that it would have adopted this Resolution irrespective of the invalidity of any particular portion of this Resolution.
8. This Resolution shall be effective immediately upon adoption.
9. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this Resolution and shall maintain it on file as a public record. * * * * *
I, the undersigned, hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was duly and regularly adopted and passed by the Council of the City of Alameda in a regular meeting assembled on the 5th day of May 2026, by the following vote to wit:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTENTIONS:
IN WITNESS, WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said City this 6th day of May 2026. _____________________
Lara Weisiger, City Clerk
City of Alameda
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
______________________
Yibin Shen, City Attorney
City of Alameda
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