Attachment B
Petition
City of Palm Springs UUD Petition Package
C
ITY OF PALM SPRINGS
UNDERGROUND UTILITY ASSESSMENT DISTRICT
I
NSTRUCTIONS FOR PETITION SIGNATURES
T
he City’s policies require that the petition be signed by property owners representing at least 60% in area of the assessable property within the boundaries of the proposed Underground Utility Assessment District. The signatures shall be by owners of assessable acreage. "Owner" means only:
a
person who, at the time the petition is filed . . ., appears to be the owner upon the assessor's roll or, in the case of transfers of land, or parts thereof, subsequent to the date upon which the last assessor's roll was prepared, appear[s] to be the owner on the records in the county assessor's office which the county assessor will use to prepare the next assessor's roll. If any person signing the petition appears . . . as a joint tenant or tenant-in-common, or as a husband and wife, that property shall be counted as if those persons had signed the petition.
If t
he person signing the Petition does not appear to be the owner as shown on the records of the County Assessor, evidence should be submitted to support the ownership. If the person is signing on behalf of a corporation, etc., documentation should be presented to show that the person signing the Petition has the authority to do so.
P
lease note that the Petition should include the following information:
1. P
roperty owner's name
2. Signature of property owner
3. Date of signature
4. Address of Property
5. Telephone and email contact information
6. Assessor's parcel number
FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK
THIS _____ DAY OF _______________, 20 ___
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BRENDA PREE, MMC, CERA, CITY CLERK
City of Palm Springs UUD Petition Package
CITY OF PALM SPRINGS
PROPOSED UNDERGROUND UTILITY ASSESSMENT DISTRICT NO. 2
PETITION FOR SPECIAL ASSESSMENT PROCEEDINGS
TO THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM SPRINGS:
1. This petition is submitted to you pursuant to Sections 2804, 5896.5 and 5896.6 of the California Streets and Highways Code to request that the City Council initiate and conduct special assessment proceedings pursuant to the Municipal Improvement Act of 191 3 (Sections 10000 and following, Streets and Highways Code) (the "1913 Act") to establish an assessment district, to be known as the "Underground Utility Assessment District No. 2" (the "Assessment District"), for the purpose of financing a project for the undergrounding of existing overhead utility facilities within the Assessment District (the "Project"), as follows:
a. relocation of existing electricity, telephone and cable television facilities from their present above -ground locations to locations underground, including the removal of existing utility poles and overhead wires;
2. We, the undersigned, are the owners of one or more of the parcels of property located within the boundary shown on the exhibit map attached hereto as Exhibit 1, all of which property is situated within the City of PALM SPRINGS (the "City").
3. We have been advised that the present best estimate of the cost and expense of the Project, bond financing and administration of the Assessment District and bonds issued thereof and therefore the total amount to be assessed to the parcels in this Assessme nt District is approximately $4,200,000.00 (estimated cost of $105,000 for each of the 40 parcels included in Old Las Palmas Assessment District No. 2 ). We are aware that this amount is subject to modification (increase or decrease) during the course of the legal proceedings. We are also aware that these costs do NOT include the costs of connecting the structures on our property to the newly underground facilities, which costs will vary from parcel to parcel and will be an additional cost to each property owner which will not be financed through the Assessment District.
4. In the event that the City Council certifies this petition and the Assessment District is ultimately established, we acknowledge that:
a. The cost of the Project will be charged to the parcels in the Assessment District in proportion to benefit, as determined by you following a public hearing; b. A report will be prepared and filed on the Project and Assessment District, including a detailed cost estimate and a proposed allocation among the benefited parcels of the portion of the costs representing special benefit on the basis of proportionality to the estimated special benefit to each parcel, and that you will conduct a public hearing on the report and will City of Palm Springs UUD Petition Package
conduct the assessment ballot procedure required by Article XIII D of the California Constitution;
c. The cost of engineering, legal and other incidental and financing costs, including administration of the Assessment District and the bonds, will be included in the amounts being assessed against the property in the Assessment District, and the cost of connecting our structure to the newly undergrounded facilities will not be included in the assessment;
d. If assessments are levied and recorded as requested by this petition, we will have 30 days following the recording of assessments to pay our assessment in cash, at a discount and without interest; that, upon expiration of the 30-day cash payment period, you will take the required steps to authorize and sell limited obligation improvement bonds under the Improvement Bond Act of 1915 (Section 8500 and following, Streets and Highways Code) or such other provision of law authorized for the financing of such improvements, in the amount of the unpaid assessments; that if we do not pre -pay our assessment in cash, it will become payable over a period of years, with interest and annual administrative costs added; and that the determination respecting the period of years and the interest rate or rates to be established by the bond sale;
e. If assessments are levied, and if we do not pre -pay our assessments, annual installments of principal, interest and administrative costs will be collected on the property tax roll; that such installments will be subject to the same late charges and penalties as for property taxes if we do not pay such installments by the annual December 10 and April 10 deadlines; and that our parcel is subject to foreclosure (no notice of delinquency or grace period) if we do not pay by said annual deadlines; and
f. Pursuant to provisions of Article XIIID of the California Constitution, protests to the proceedings will be counted solely upon the amount proposed to be assessed to the property for which a protest assessment ballot is submitted, as said proposed assessm ent amount is set forth in the engineer's report (which will NOT include the cost of undergrounding our individual service connection work on our parcel).
g. The boundaries are preliminary and subject to change based on the final assessment engineering.
5. We waive investigation proceedings and all other provisions of Division 4, Streets and Highways Code, as provided in Section 2804 of that Code.
City of Palm Springs UUD Petition Package
THE UNDERSIGNED HEREBY CERTIFY AND ACKNOWLEDGE THE FOLLOWING:
1. I AM THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY IDENTIFIED BELOW.
2. I HAVE REVIEWED A MAP DEPICTING THE PROPOSED BOUNDARIES OF UNDERGROUND UTILITY ASSESSMENT DISTRICT NO. 2.
3. I UNDERSTAND THAT THE PROJECT CONSISTS OF THE RELOCATION OF EXISTING OVERHEAD UTILITY FACILITIES TO LOCATIONS.
4. I UNDERSTAND THAT THE ESTIMATED COST TO UNDERGROUND
OVERHEAD UTILITIES IS $105,000.00 PER PARCEL.
5. I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE IS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THE PROJECT ON THE CITY’S WEBSITE:
6. I UNDERSTAND THAT ANY PETITION SUBMITTED TO THE CITY WILL BE A PUBLIC RECORD AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTION.
STREET ADDRESS OF PROPERTY:
ASSESSOR’S PARCEL NO.:
OWNERS NAME (PRINTED):
OWNER’S SIGNATURE:
DATE OF SIGNATURE:
OWNER’S MAILING ADDRESS (IF DIFFERENT):
PHONE:
E-MAIL:
PLEASE SEE NEXT PAGE
FOR THE BOUNDARY MAP FOR PROPOSED
UNDERGROUND UTILITY ASSESSMENT DISTRICT NO. 2
W VIA LOLA
W HERMOSA PL
W MOUNTAIN VIEW PL
W CANYON PLMENTO PL
CAMINO SUR
N PALM CANYON DR
N VIA MONTE VISTA
N CAMINO DEL CORTO
N PATENCIO RD
N MISSION RD
N PRESCOTT DRN PATENCIO RD
02/08/2026
ASSESSMENT DIAGRAM
PREPARED BY:CITY OF PALM SPRINGSOLD LAS PALMAS ASSESSMENT DISTRICT NO. 2 PARCELS: 40DISTANCE: 3,345 LFPOWER POLES TO BE REMOVED: 28 LEGENDON-SITE PARCELOFF-SITE PARCELSPOWER POLE TO BE REMOVEDASSESSMENT DISTRICT AREA BOUNDARYPOWER LINE TO BE REMOVEDPARCEL 48 AND 75 ARE HOLD PARCELS FOR CONDO/APARTMENT BUILDINGS City of Palm Springs UUD Petition Package
Signature
Printed Name
CERTIFICATE OF PETITION CIRCULATION
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
RIVERSIDE COUNTY
CITY OF PALM SPRINGS
The undersigned, being first duly sworn, deposes and says:
I circulated the petition accompanying this affidavit within the territory shown on the attached petition for UNDERGROUND UTILITY ASSESSMENT DISTRICT NO. 2. The persons whose signatures appear on said petition are, to the best of my knowledge, owners of property within the boundary of the district proposed to be formed. Each and all of said persons signed said petition in my presence OR submitted a notarized signature OR acknowledged their signature on the petition to me.
I HEREBY DECLARE UNDER PENALTY OF PERJURY THAT THE ABOVE IS TRUE AND CORRECT.
Executed this _____ day of ________________, 20____, at PALM SPRINGS, California.
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