RESOLUTION R2024-__
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NAPA, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, TO ORDER THE CITY ENGINEER TO PREPARE AND FILE THE PRELIMINARY ENGINEER’S REPORT DESCRIBING THE IMPROVEMENTS TO BE MAINTAINED BY THE ANNUAL AND SUPPLEMENTAL NAPA VALLEY CORPORATE PARK LANDSCAPE AND LIGHTING ASSESSMENT DISTRICT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024-2025, AND DETERMINING THAT THE ACTIONS AUTHORIZED BY THIS RESOLUTION ARE EXEMPT FROM CEQA WHEREAS, the City Council did, pursuant to the provisions of the Landscaping and Lighting Act of 1972, Part 2, Division 15 of the Streets and Highways Code of the State of California, conduct proceedings for the formation of the Napa Valley Corporate Park Landscape and Lighting District and on March 20, 1984, pursuant to proceedings duly had, adopt its Resolution No. 84‑100, ordering the formation of the district and levying the first assessment within the Napa Valley Corporate Park Landscape and Lighting District; and WHEREAS, the City Council did, pursuant to the provisions of the Landscape and Lighting Act of 1972, Part 2, Division 15, of the California Streets and Highways Code of the State of California, conduct proceedings for the formation of the Supplemental Napa Valley Corporate Park Landscape and Lighting District and on July 15, 1997, pursuant to proceedings duly had, adopt its Resolution No. 97-189, ordering the formation of the district and levying the first supplemental assessment within the Supplemental Napa Valley Corporate Park Landscape and Lighting District; and WHEREAS, the public interest, convenience and necessity require, and it is the intention of said City Council to undertake proceedings for the levy and collection of assessments upon the lots or parcels of land in said District, for the construction or installation of improvements, including the maintenance or servicing, or both, thereof for the Fiscal Year 2024-2025; and WHEREAS, the improvements to be constructed or installed, including the maintenance or servicing, or both, thereof, are more particularly described in Exhibit "A" attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference; and WHEREAS, the improvements described in Exhibit “A” do not include any substantial changes from the improvements described in Resolution No. 84-100 and No. 97-189; and WHEREAS, the costs and expenses of said improvements, including the maintenance or servicing, or both, thereof, are to be made chargeable upon said district, the exterior boundaries of which district are the composite and consolidated area as more particularly shown on a map thereof on file in the office of the City Clerk, City of Napa, to which reference is hereby made for further particulars. Said map indicates by a boundary line, the extent of the territory included in said district and of any one thereof and shall govern for all details as to the extent of the assessment district; and WHEREAS, the City Council has considered all information related to this matter, as presented at the public meetings of the City Council identified herein, including any supporting reports by City Staff, and any information provided during public meetings.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City of Napa, as follows:
1. The City Council hereby finds that the facts set forth in the recitals to this Resolution are true and correct, and establish the factual basis for the City Council’s adoption of this Resolution.
2. The City Council hereby determines that the actions authorized by this Resolution are exempt from CEQA pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15301(h) which exempts maintenance of existing landscaping and lighting.
3. The City Council hereby finds that the Engineer of Work, NBS, of 32605 Temecula Parkway, Suite 100, Temecula, CA 92592, is hereby directed to prepare and file with said City Clerk a report, in writing, referring to the assessment district by its distinctive designation, specifying the fiscal year to which the report applies and, with respect to that year, presenting the following:
a. Plans and specifications of the existing improvements to be made within the assessment district; and b. An estimate of the costs of said proposed new improvements, if any, to be made, cost of maintenance or servicing, or both, thereof, and of any existing improvements, together with the incidental expenses in connection therewith; and c. A diagram showing the exterior boundaries of the assessment district and of any zones within said district and the lines and dimensions of each lot or parcel of land as shown on the County Assessor's map for the fiscal year to which the report applies, each of which lots or parcels of land shall be identified by a distinctive number or letter on said diagram; and d. A proposed assessment of the total amount of the estimated costs and expenses of the proposed new improvements, including maintenance or servicing, or both, thereof, and of any existing improvements upon the several lots or parcels of land in said district in proportion to the estimated benefits to be received by such lots or parcels of land respectively from said improvements, including the maintenance or servicing, or both, thereof, and of the expenses incidental thereto.
4. This Resolution shall take effect immediately upon its adoption.
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution was duly adopted by the City Council of the City of Napa at a public meeting of said City Council held on the 7th day of May, 2024, by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
ATTEST: ________________________
Tiffany Carranza
City Clerk
Approved as to form:
_________________________
Sabrina Wolfson
Interim City Attorney
EXHIBIT A
Maintaining and servicing all walkways, crosswalks, fences, signs, park and parkways, retaining walls, and embankment and all structures or other facilities necessary for park and parkway purposes; drainage facilities; poles, posts, wires, pipes, conduits, and other suitable or necessary appliances for the purpose of lighting said place or public ways; sprinkler systems; and ornamental planting, including lawns, shrubs and trees.
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