1 RESOLUTION NO. _______
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND APPROVING THE ENGINEER’S REPORT AND ORDERING THE LEVY AND COLLECTION OF
ASSESSMENTS IN THE HILLTOP LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE DISTRICT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2023-2024
WHEREAS, the Hi lltop Landscape Maintenance District was established in 1986 to provide landscaping and lighting improvements and maintenance in an area in the northeastern 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 Final 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 cost s of prop osed improvements for Fiscal Year 2023-2024 the City would have to increase District assessments from those levied in Fiscal Year 2022-2023 by an inflation rate of 3%, as permitted under Resolution 91-98.
WHEREAS, on June 20, 2023 , the City Counc il approved the preliminary Engineer’s Report on file with the City Clerk’s Office , declared its intention to levy and collect assessments in the Hilltop Landscape Maintenance District for Fiscal Year 2023-2024, proposed to increase District assessments from those levied in Fiscal Year 2022-2023 under the maximum amount permissible under Resolution 91-98, and further resolved to conduct a hearing on the levy 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.
WHEREAS, the City Council conducted a duly noticed public hearing on July 11, 2023, on the proposal to increase District assessments from those levied in Fiscal Year 2022-2023 under the maximum amount permissible under Resolution 91-98,
NOW THEREFORE THE C ITY COUNCIL of the City of Richmond does hereby approve the Engineer’s Report and the increase in District assessments from those levied in Fiscal Year 2022-2023 in accordance with the Engineer’s Report and under the maximum amount permissible under Resoluti on 91-98 and does hereby approve the levy and collection of assessments in the Hilltop Landscape Maintenance District for Fiscal Year 2023-2024.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Clerk is hereby directed to record this resolution, together with Exhibit A as may be amended, with the office of the County Recorder of Contra Costa County, California.
2 I certify that the foregoing resolution was adopt ed by the City Council of the City of Richmond at a regular meeting held on July 11, 2023:
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