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 MARINA BAY LANDSCAPING AND LIGHTING
MAINTENANCE DISTRICT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024-2025
WHEREAS, the Marina Bay Landscaping and Lighting Maintenance District was established in 2009 to provide landscaping and lighting improvements and maintenance in an area of the City known as Marina Bay; and
WHEREAS, on July 28, 2009 by Resolution No. 83 -09 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 Marina Bay Landscaping and Lighting Maintenance District (the “MBLLMD” or “District”) in future fiscal years and approved the index by which the stated maximum amount of individual assessments may be increased; and
WHEREAS, the City Engineer caused the preparation of an Engineer's Report for Fiscal Year 2024-2025 regarding proposed improvements and costs o f improvements and maintenance for the MBLLMD; and
WHEREAS, the Engineer has prepared the Engineer’s Final Annual Levy Report for the Marina Bay Landscaping and Lighting Maintenance District for Fiscal Year 202 4-2025 (“Engineer’s Report”) which describes existing and proposed improvements and substantial changes to be made to existing improvements within the MBLLMD, 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 2024-2025 the City would have to increase District assessments from those levied in Fiscal Y ear 2023-2024 by an inflation rate of 3%, as permitted under Resolution No. 83-09.
WHEREAS, on June 4, 2024, the City Council approved the preliminary Engineer’s Report on file with the City Clerk’s Office, declared its intention to levy and collect assessments in the Marina Bay Landscape and Lighting Maintenance District for Fiscal Year 2024-2025, proposed to increase District assessments from those levied in Fiscal Year 202 3-2024 under the maximum amount permissible under Resolution 83-09, and further resolved to conduct a hearing on the levy of the proposed assessments at a regular meeting of the Richmond City Council to be held at 6:30 p.m. on June 25, 2024; and
WHEREAS, the City Council conducted a duly noticed public hearing on Ju ne 25, 2024 on the proposal to increase District assessments from those levied in Fiscal Year 2023-2024 under the maximum amount permissible under Resolution 83-09.
NOW THEREFORE THE CITY COUNCIL of the City of Richmond does hereby approve the Engineer’s Report and the three percent increase in District assessments from those levied in Fiscal Year 2023-2024 in accordance with the Engineer’s Report and under the maximum amount permissible under Resolution 83-09, and does hereby approve a three percent increase in Dist rict assessments for the Marina Bay Landscape and Lighting Maintenance District for Fiscal Year 2024-2025
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 adopted by the City Council of the City of Richmond at a regular meeting held on June 25, 2024:
Ayes:
Noes:
Absent:
Clerk of the City of Richmond
Approved:
Mayor
Approved as to form:
City Attorney