RESOLUTION NO. ___-22
A RESOLUTION OF INTENTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PLEASANT
HILL TO ORDER IMPROVEMENTS, LEVY ASSESSMENTS AND PROVIDE FOR PUBLIC HEARING AND NOTICE IN ASSESSMENT DISTRICT NO. 20 FOR THE 2022/2023 FISCAL YEAR
WHEREAS, on February 7, 2022, the City Council of the City of Pleasant Hill adopted Resolution No. 9-22, a Resolution directing preparation and filing of the 2022/2023 annual report for maintenance of Assessment District No. 20 (Commercial Landscaping and Lighting District) (AD 20); and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution No. 9-22, the City directed Harris & Associates, Inc., as Engineer of Work for AD 20, to prepare a report in accordance with Sections 22565 et seq., of the California Streets and Highways Code (the “Report”); and WHEREAS, the Report has been prepared and filed with the City Clerk and duly considered by the City Council; and
WHEREAS, it is the intention of the City Council to levy and collect assessments within AD 20 for fiscal year 2022/23 (“FY 22/23”) in order to accomplish the installation, service, and maintenance of public landscape and street lighting as described in Exhibit A, which is incorporated by this reference and made a part of this resolution; and WHEREAS, the individual assessments for FY 22/23 in Zones 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 are not proposed to increase beyond the approved assessment range from the previous year; and WHEREAS, the assessment rate for Zone 6 is proposed to be increased by the annual CPI of 3.21%, which is within the approved assessment range for the Zone and does not constitute an “increased assessment;” and
WHEREAS, the proposed assessments in all of AD 20 will be imposed exclusively to finance the operation and maintenance costs of lighting and landscape improvements within AD 20; and WHEREAS, the district consists of the lots and parcels shown on the assessment diagram of AD 20 on file with the City Clerk, and reference is hereby made to such diagram for further particulars; and
WHEREAS, reference is hereby made to the Report for a full and detailed description of the improvements, the boundaries of AD 20, and the proposed assessments upon assessable lots and parcels of land within AD 20.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City of Pleasant Hill that:
1. The Report is hereby deemed sufficient and preliminarily approved, and the Report shall stand as the Engineer’s Report for all subsequent proceedings under and pursuant to this resolution.
2. It is the intent of the City Council to levy and collect assessments within AD 20 to accomplish the installation, service, and maintenance of public landscape and street lighting, as described in Exhibit A.
3. Notice is hereby given that on June 27, 2022, at 7:00 p.m., the City Council will hold a public hearing during its regular meeting on the question of the ordering of the proposed improvements and the levying of the proposed assessments for the fiscal year 2022/2023. Please check the City’s website or posted agenda for information regarding whether the hearing will be held virtually or at City Hall at 100 Gregory Lane, Pleasant Hill, California. Prior to the conclusion of the hearing, any interested person may be afforded the opportunity to “hear and be heard” or may file a written protest with the City Clerk, or having previously filed a protest, may file a written withdrawal of that protest. A written protest shall state all grounds of objection. A protest by a property owner shall contain a description sufficient to identify the property owned by such owner.
4. The City Clerk is directed to give notice of the public hearing by publishing this resolution of intention in accordance with Section 6061 of the Government Code.
ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Pleasant Hill at a regular meeting held on the 16th day of May, 2022, by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
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MICHAEL G. HARRIS, OD, Mayor
ATTEST:
DANIELLE K. HABR, City Clerk
EXHIBIT A
TO
A RESOLUTION OF INTENTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PLEASANT
HILL TO ORDER IMPROVEMENTS, LEVY ASSESSMENTS AND PROVIDE FOR
HEARING AND NOTICE
CITY OF PLEASANT HILL COUNTY OF CONTRA COSTA, STATE OF CALIFORNIA ASSESSMENT DISTRICT NO. 20
(COMMERCIAL LANDSCAPING AND LIGHTING)
2021-22 FISCAL YEAR
DESCRIPTION OF IMPROVEMENT
The installation, service, and maintenance of public landscape and street lighting within the boundaries of Assessment District No. 20 (AD 20).
In Zone 6, $90,000 has been budgeted from the capital reserves for the construction of the first phase of the Downtown tree replacement project scheduled to begin in FY 2022/2023.
No other improvements are planned for the 2022/2023 fiscal year.