Garden Grove City Council
Resolution No. ______
GARDEN GROVE CITY COUNCIL
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A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GARDEN GROVE PURSUANT TO THE LANDSCAPING AND LIGHTING ACT OF 1972 (SECTIONS 22500 ET SEQ. OF THE CALIFORNIA STREETS AND
HIGHWAYS CODE) DECLARING ITS INTENTION TO LEVY AND COLLECT ASSESSMENTS WITHIN THE CITY OF GARDEN GROVE PARK MAINTENANCE DISTRICT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2026-27 AND SETTING A TIME AND
PLACE FOR A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE LEVY OF THE PROPOSED ASSESSMENTS The City Council of the City of Garden Grove adopted Resolution No. _____, initiating proceedings to levy annual assessments for Fiscal Year 2026-27 within the City of Garden Grove Park Maintenance District, describing the proposed improvements and ordering the City Engineer to prepare and file a report pursuant to the provisions of the Landscaping and Lighting Act of 1972, i.e., Division 15, Part 2 (commencing with Section 22500) of the California Streets and Highways Code (herein “Act”).
The City Engineer has prepared the report, filed same with the City Clerk and presented same to the City Council with the City Council examining and approving the report.
Under the Act, before levying and collecting assessments in the Assessment District, the City Council is required to adopt a Resolution declaring its intention to do so.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GARDEN GROVE RESOLVES, DETERMINES, AND ORDERS AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The City Council hereby finds and declares that the public interest and necessity require the maintenance of public parks in the city, and the City Council hereby declares its intention to levy and collect assessments for Fiscal Year 2026-27 covering the real property specially benefited by the park maintenance, pursuant to the Act.
SECTION 2. The proposed improvements are generally described as the maintenance of public parks throughout the city.
SECTION 3. The Assessment District is designated as the “City of Garden Grove Park Maintenance District.” The boundaries of the District are coterminous with the boundaries of the city of Garden Grove, and generally include all parcels within the city.
SECTION 4. Reference is hereby made to the City Engineer’s report, on file with the City Clerk, for a full and detailed description of the improvements, the boundaries of the Assessment District and any zones therein, and the proposed assessments upon assessable lots and parcels of land within the Assessment District.
SECTION 5. An assessment will be levied pursuant to the Act upon all property in the City of Garden Grove Park Maintenance District for Fiscal Year 2026-27, subject to assessment under the Act, as described in the City Engineer’s report. Parcels within the District that are owned or used by any county, city, city and county, special district or any other local or regional governmental agency, the State of California, or the United States shall be assessed unless the City demonstrates by clear and convincing evidence that such lots or parcels receive no special benefit from the proposed improvements. The rates Garden Grove City Council
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of the assessment to be levied for Fiscal Year 2026-27 are not proposed to increase from the rates levied in Fiscal Year 2025-26.
SECTION 6. Notice is hereby given that June 9, 2026, at 6:30 p.m. (or as soon thereafter as the City Council may hear same), in the Community Meeting Center, 11300 Stanford Avenue, Garden Grove, California, is hereby fixed as the time and place for a Public Hearing on the question of the levy of the proposed assessments. Any interested person may file a written protest with the City Clerk stating all grounds of objection. Protests by property owners must contain a description of the property, in which each signer thereof is interested, sufficient to identify the same, and must be delivered to the City Clerk of the City prior to the conclusion of the hearing. In addition, all interested persons shall be afforded the opportunity to hear and be heard at the hearing. The City Council shall consider all oral statements and all written protests or communications made or filed by any interested person.
SECTION 7. The City Clerk shall cause this Resolution of Intention to be published once in a newspaper of general circulation in the city of Garden Grove, California, with the publication being not less than ten (10) days prior to the date herein fixed for the Public Hearing.