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RESOLUTION OF INTENTION NO. 2262
A RESOLUTION OF INTENTION PRELIMINARILY
ADOPTING, CONFIRMING AND APPROVING THE
DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DIRECTOR'S REPORT FOR
TWENTY-EIGHT (28) TRAFFIC SIGNAL MAINTENANCE
DISTRICTS AND THEIR 2026-2027 BUDGETS AND
SETTING THE TIME AND PLACE FOR HEAR ING PROTESTS
REGARDING THE AMOUNT OF ASSESSMENTS TO BE
LEVIED THROUGHOUT EACH OF THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL
MAINTENANCE DISTRICTS. (ALL WARDS)
WHEREAS, Chapter 13.04 of Title 13 of the Municipal Code of the City of Bakersfield provides for an alternative procedure by which the City Council may provide for the payment of the whole or any part of the costs and expenses of maintaining and operating any public improvements which are local in nature, from annual benefit assessments apportioned among the several lots or parcels of property within the maintenance district established therefore; and
WHEREAS, the Council approved Resolution 161 -94 on September 28, 1994, which provides for the collection of maintenance and operating costs for “convenience” traffic signals (as that term is defined in said resolution) through a maintenance district; and
WHEREAS, the Development Services Director has on this date filed with the Clerk of said Council his Report, attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference as Exhibit " 1", which includes the following attachments:
a) The Director’s Report benefit formula, attached to the Director’s Report as Exhibit "A";
b) The Director’s Report budget for each district, containing the matters specified in Section 13.04.120 of the Bakersfield Municipal Code, attached to the Director’s Report as Exhibit “B”; and
WHEREAS, the amount of assessment to be levied against each parcel within the Traffic Signal Maintenance Districts is on file with the office of Development Services Land Development.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Bakersfield, State of California, as follows:
1. The foregoing recitals are true and correct and are incorporated herein.
2. The City Council hereby reserves the right to perform the work of maintenance and operation of the public improvements within each of the Traffic Signal Maintenance Districts by City forces or by private contractor.
Such determination and election is to be made for each year at the time the budget and assessment is approved for the year in question.
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3. The City Council hereby preliminarily adopts and approves the Development Services Director's Report and declares that the territory within the boundaries so specified and described are the Traffic Signal Maintenance Districts which benefit from said local improvements; that the expense of maintaining and operating said improvements is hereby made assessable upon the parcels and lots within each district; and that the exterior boundaries of said Traffic Signal Maintenance Districts are hereby specified and described on the "Map and Assessment Diagram for Traffic Signal Maintenance Districts, Bakersfield, California" now on file in the Office of the City Clerk of the City of Bakersfield and in the Office of the Development Services Director, attached as Exhibit "B" to the respective Resolution creating each Traffic Signal Maintenance District.
4. The City Council hereby sets WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10, 2026, AT 5:15 P.M., or as soon thereafter as may be heard, at the Council Chambers of the City Council, 1501 Truxtun Avenue, Bakersfield, California, as the time and place for hearing protests on the following matters:
Fairness of the benefit formula;
The amount of the assessment on any parcel of property to be assessed;
Reservation by City of right to elect whether to proceed to perform work by city forces or by private contractor.
Any interested person may object to any of the above-listed matters by filing a written pro test with the City Clerk at 1600 Truxtun Avenue, Bakersfield, California, at or before said time set for the protest hearing; and said City Clerk shall endorse on each protest the date and hour of its receipt, and at said time appointed for said hearing shall present to the Council all such protests filed with said Clerk.
5. The City Clerk is hereby further directed to cause notice of said protest hearing to be published in accordance with Chapter 13.04 of the Bakersfield Municipal Code.
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I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution of Intention was passed and adopted by the Council of the City of Bakersfield at a regular meeting thereof held on _________________________________, by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBER ARIAS, GONZALES, WEIR, SMITH, KOMAN, BASHIRTASH, KAUR NOES: COUNCILMEMBER
ABSTAIN: COUNCILMEMBER
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBER
_______________________________________
JULIE DRIMAKIS, MMC
CITY CLERK and Ex Officio Clerk
of the Council of the City of Bakersfield
APPROVED ___________________________
By: ___________________________________
KAREN GOH
MAYOR of the City of Bakersfield
APPROVED as to form:
VIRGINIA GENNARO
CITY ATTORNEY
By: _______________________________________
VIRIDIANA GALLARDO-KING
DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY II
Attachments: Exhibit “1” - Director’s Report Traffic
Exhibit “A” - Benefit Formula
Exhibit “B” - Budget 2025-2026 TS