RESOLUTION NO.
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LANCASTER, CALIFORNIA,
INITIATING PROCEEDINGS FOR THE ANNEXATION OF TERRITOR IES INTO THE
LANCASTER MAINTENANCE DISTRICTS
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Lancaster desires to initiate proceedings to annex territory (the “Annexation s”) into the City’s Maintenance Districts, specifically the City of Lancaster’s Lighting Maintenance District (“LLMD”); Landscape Maintenance District (“LMD”); and Drainage Maintenance District (“DMD”) (collectively, the “Districts”), and to levy and collect annual assessments therein, pursuant to the terms of the Landscape and Lighting Act of 1972, being Division 15, Part 2 of the Streets and Highways Code of the State of California (commencing with Section 22500) (the “1972 Act”); the Benefit Assessment Act of 1982, being Chapter 6.4, Part 1, Division 2 of the Government Code (the “1982 Act”); and the provisions of Section 53753 of the California Government Code, and Chapter 1, Article 4 of the Act and the provisions of the California Constitution , Article XIII D (“Proposition 218”).
Said Annexations are designated as: (Refer to Exhibit 1 for details) WHEREAS, as a condition of development approval, the City has required that all new developments annex into the existing District s for which their parcels will receive benefit, to provide funding for the street lighting, landscaping and/or drainage improvements as described below; and, WHEREAS, in response to the City’s conditions of development approval, the owners of the Annexations have executed and returned a Waiver and Consent to annex into the District s, waiving certain statutory requirements related to protest, report, resolutions and notice of hearing; and,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LANCASTER, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. That the foregoing recitals are true and correct.
Section 2. That the City Council proposes to annex territory into the District s, and to levy and collect annual assessments for the Annexations, to pay for the continued operation, maintenance and servicing of the street lighting, landscaping and /or drainage improvements and appurtenant facilities related thereto; and,
Section 3. T hat the Annexations consist of the lots and parcels of land that will receive special benefit from the improvements and services provided, and are within the boundaries of the City; and, Section 4. The improvements for which the Annexations are proposed to be assessed generally include, but are not limited to: for the LLMD – street lighting, public parking lot lighting; for the LMD – landscaping, graffiti abatement, water and electrical power; for the DMD – catch basins, pipes, retention/detention basins, channels, parkway drains, spillways, streets and gutters . These improvements are more fully described in the corresponding Engineer’s Reports for the Districts.
Section 5. The distinctive designation of each of the Annexations are included as Exhibit 1.
Section 6. The City hereby directs the preparation and a written report (the “Engineer’s Report”), and file it with the City Clerk pursuant to State Law.
Resolution No.
PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED this 13th day of January, 2026, by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSTAIN:
ABSENT:
ATTEST: APPROVED:
____________________________ ______________________________ ANDREA ALEXANDER R. REX PARRIS
City Clerk Mayor
City of Lancaster City of Lancaster
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) ss
CITY OF LANCASTER )
CERTIFICATION OF RESOLUTION
CITY COUNCIL
I, __________________________, ________________________ City of Lancaster, California, do hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of the original Resolution No. , for which the original is on file in my office.
WITNESS MY HAND AND THE SEAL OF THE CITY OF LANCASTER, on this 13th day of January, 2026.
(seal)
_____________________________
ANDREA ALEXANDER
City Clerk
City of Lancaster