RESOLUTION NO. ____-24
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PLEASANT HILL
DECLARING THE INTENTION TO LEVY AND COLLECT ANNUAL ASSESSMENTS IN ASSESSMENT DISTRICT NO. 22 FOR THE
2024-25 FISCAL YEAR AND SETTING THE TIME AND PLACE FOR A PUBLIC HEARING WHEREAS, as authorized by the Landscaping and Lighting Act of 1972, Part 2 (commencing with Section 22500) of Division 15 of the Streets and Highways Code (the “Act”), the City Council of the City of Pleasant Hill (the “City Council” and “City”) has established Assessment District No. 22 (“AD 22” or the “District”) in order to provide certain landscaping and lighting maintenance, operation, and services, as authorized by the Act and more particularly described herein (the “Services”); and
WHEREAS, AD 22 consists of the Grayson Woods subdivision which contains 104 residential lots, a golf course, and a clubhouse, and the Gallery Walk subdivision which contains 133 residential lots, as identified in the District diagram in Exhibit B of the Report; and WHEREAS, the City Council previously determined that the public interest, convenience, and necessity require the continued levy of assessments within the District for the purpose of installing, constructing, operating, acquiring and maintaining public landscaping and appurtenant facilities as authorized by the Act, and pursuant to the Act, ordered the preparation of an engineer’s report (“Report”) by the City’s assessment engineer, Harris & Associates, Inc., (“Engineer”), which has been presented to the City Council for review; and
WHEREAS, the Report demonstrates that the District requires an increased assessment in order to continue to provide the Services, and the City Council desires to move forward with the necessary steps to continue the levy of the assessment at a higher rate, as required by the Act, article XIII D, section 4 of the California Constitution, and Government Code section 53753.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City of Pleasant Hill that:
1. The City Council does hereby declare its intent to levy and collect assessments within Assessment District No. 22 for the Fiscal Year 2024-25. The public hearing is scheduled for August 5, 2024, at approximately 7:00 p.m. and will be conducted in the City Council Chambers located at Pleasant Hill City Hall, 100 Gregory Lane, Pleasant Hill, CA 94523. Information on how to participate in the public hearing will be posted on the City’s website, on the agenda for the August 5, 2024 City Council meeting.
2. The public interest, convenience and necessity require, and it is the intention of the City Council to order the installation, service, and maintenance of public landscape and street lighting within the boundaries of AD 22, as more specifically described in the Report. No new improvements are proposed for AD 22 for Fiscal Year 2024-25.
3. The City Council hereby makes the expenses of said maintenance chargeable upon the District hereby declared to be the areas benefitted by said maintenance and to be assessed to pay the costs and expenses thereof, said assessments to be collected as part of the annual property tax assessment by the County Auditor of the County of Contra Costa.
4. All of the work shall be performed in accordance with the Report on file in the Office of the City Clerk. The Report includes a full and detailed description of the improvements, the boundaries of the District and its zones, and the proposed assessments upon assessable lots and parcels of land within the district. The City Council hereby approves the Engineer’s Report and reference is hereby made to same for a more particular description of said work; and the same is incorporated herein as Attachment “A” to the staff report.
5. The assessment is proposed to increase from prior years. The public hearing called pursuant to Section 1 above shall be held in accordance with the requirements of article XIII D of the California Constitution, and Government Code section 53753.
6. All of the work herein proposed shall be accomplished pursuant to the “Landscaping and Lighting Act of 1972", of the State of California, Part 2 of Division 15, Section 22500, et seq., of the California Streets and Highways Code and Article XIII D, Section 4, of the California Constitution (Proposition 218) which became effective on November 6, 1996.
ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Pleasant Hill at a regular meeting of the Council held on the 3rd day of June, 2024, by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
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MATTHEW RINN, Mayor
ATTEST:
LYONE P. CONNER, City Clerk