RESOLUTION NO. _______
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND PRELIMINARILY APPROVING THE ENGINEER’S ANNUAL LEVY REPORT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2023-2024 FOR THE HILLTOP LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE DISTRICT, DECLARING THE COUNCIL’S INTENTION TO LEVY AND COLLECT ASSESSMENTS
IN THE DISTRICT, AND ANNOUNCING A PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING
ASSESSMENTS
WHEREAS, the Hilltop Landscape Maintenance District was established in 1986 to provide landscaping and maintenance improvements in an area in the northeaster n portion of the City of Richmond generally adjacent to the I -80 freeway, north of the City of San Pablo, and extending west to the Richmond Country Club and north to the border with unincorporated lands within Contra Costa County; and
WHEREAS, on June 23, 1998 by Resolution No. 91 -98 the City Council of the City of Richmond approved a maximum amount of individual maintenance assessments that may be levied by the City Council in the Hilltop Landscape Maintenance District (the “HLMD” or “District”) in future fiscal years and approved the index by which the stated maximum amount of individual assessments may be increased; and
WHEREAS, on March 7, 2023, the City Council ordered preparation of an Engineer's Report for Fiscal Year 2023-2024 regarding proposed improvements and costs of improvements for the HLMD; and
WHEREAS, the Engineer has prepared the Engineer’s Annual Levy Report Hilltop Landscape Maintenance District Fiscal Year 2023-2024 (“Engineer’s Report”) which describes existing and proposed improvements and substantial changes to be made to existing improvements within the HLMD, and which estimates the costs of such improvements; and
WHEREAS, the City has reviewed the Engineer’s Report on file with the City Clerk’s Office at Richmond City Hall at 450 Civic Center Plaza in the City of Richmond and determined that in order to pay the costs of proposed improvements for Fiscal Year 2023-2024 the City would have t o increase District assessments from those levied in Fiscal Year 2022-2023 by an inflation rate of 3%, as permitted under Resolution 91-98.
NOW, THEREFORE, by this resolution the City Council hereby approves the Engineer’s Report on file with the City Clerk’s Office , declares its intention to levy and collect assessments in the Hilltop Landscape Maintenance District for Fiscal Year 2023-2024, proposes to increase District assessments from those levied in Fiscal Year 2022-2023 by an inflation rate of 3%, as permitted under Resolution 91- 98, and further resolves to conduct a hearing on the le vy of the proposed assessment at a regular meeting of the Richmond City Council to be held at 6:30 p.m. on July 11, 2023 at the Council Chambers in City Hall at 440 Civic Center Plaza in the City of Richmond.
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I certify that the foregoing Resolution No. was duly passed, approved and adopted by the City Council of the City of Richmond, California, at a regular meeting of said City Council held on the 20th of June 2023, by the following vote:
Ayes:
Noes:
Absent:
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Clerk of the City of Richmond
Approved:
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Mayor
Approved as to form:
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City Attorney