City Council
259 N. Wilma Avenue
Ripon, CA 95366
MEMO
To: Honorable City Council
From: Kevin Werner, City Administrator
Date: 01/09/2024
Subject: Lighting District - 1st Annual Resolution
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Requesting Council order the City Engineer to prepare the report for the Fiscal Year 2024-2025 pertaining to the annual assessments for Assessment District 05-1 (City of Ripon Lighting District).
BACKGROUND:
Pursuant to the provision of the Landscaping and Lighting Act of 1972, Part 2, Division 15 of the Streets and Highways Code of the State of California and Proposition 218, the City Council undertook proceedings as outlined below for the formation of the City of Ripon Lighting District.
At the October 19, 2004 City Council meeting, Council adopted Resolution No. 04-60 proposing the formation of a new assessment district and directing the City Engineer to prepare a report in connection with the proposed formation of the assessment district.
At the November 2, 2004 City Council meeting, Council adopted Resolution No. 04-66 approving the Engineer’s Report in connection with the proposed formation of the assessment district, declaring its intention to form an assessment district and setting a time and place for a public hearing.
On November 20, 2004, the City of Ripon, by and through the San Joaquin County Board of Supervisors, held a public hearing on the issues of formation of the proposed new assessment district, to be called the Ripon Lighting District and to be governed by this City Council (previously governed by the County of San Joaquin), and the proposed increase of the annual assessment from $25.00 to $42.00 upon assessable lots and parcels of land.
At the December 7, 2004 City Council meeting, Council adopted Resolution No. 04-70 ordering the formation of the Ripon Lighting District and increasing the annual assessment upon assessable lots and parcel of land within the Ripon Lighting District from $25.00 to $42.00 effective July 1, 2005.
At the February 4, 2005 City Council meeting, Council adopted Resolution No. 05-02 renaming the “Ripon Lighting District” to the “City of Ripon Lighting District”.
DISCUSSION:
Upon formation of assessment district, the City is required to go through a process to approve the levying of the annual assessment district fees. The following table outlines the steps required to approve the levying of the annual assessments.
Annual Levy of Lighting District Assessment Check List
Step Description
1 City Council initiates the Lighting District proceedings and adopts a resolution directing City Engineer to prepare the Engineer’s Report pertaining to the annual assessments. (1st Annual Resolution)
2 City Council adopts (1) a resolution giving preliminary approval of the Engineer’s Report, and (2) a resolution declaring its intention to order the levy and collection of the annual assessments and setting a time and place for a public hearing. (2nd & 3rd Annual Resolution)
3 City Council adopts a resolution determining the amount of and approving the levy and collection of the annual assessments. (4th Annual Resolution) 4 City submits required documents to County to levy annual assessments for the coming fiscal year.
The attached resolution is the 1st step in the annual process to levy assessments for the City of Ripon Lighting District for the coming fiscal year.
RESOLUTION NO. 24-2
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
RIPON ORDERING THE CITY ENGINEER TO PREPARE ON
BEHALF OF THE CITY OF RIPON THE ENGINEER'S
REPORT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2024-2025 PERTAINING
TO THE ANNUAL ASSESSMENTS FOR ASSESSMENT
DISTRICT NO. 05-1, CITY OF RIPON, COUNTY OF SAN
JOAQUIN CALIFORNIA, COMMONLY KNOWN AS CITY OF
RIPON LIGHTING DISTRICT
WHEREAS, previous hereto pursuant to Resolution No. 04-70 and 05-2 adopted by the City Council of the City of Ripon, Assessment District No. 05-1, commonly known as City of Ripon Lighting District, was formed creating an assessment district pursuant to the Landscaping and Lighting Act of 1972 for the maintenance of street lights in the City of Ripon; and WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 22565, et seq. of the Streets and Highways Code of the State of California, the City Engineer is required to prepare and file with the City of Ripon a report for each fiscal year for which assessments are to be levied and collected by the City within said district in order to pay for the costs of maintaining improvements as described in the engineer’s report.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Ripon that the City Engineer is hereby ordered pursuant to Section 22565 of the Streets and Highways Code of the State of California to prepare and file the annual engineer’s report in reference to Assessment District No. 05-1 for City of Ripon Lighting District pursuant to the Landscaping and Lighting Act of 1972, for approval by the City Council, which said report shall indicate the present boundaries, the description of the work of improvements for which assessments are to be levied for the fiscal year, the method of assessment spread, his estimate of the maintenance costs, the assessment roll, and the assessment diagram and boundary map within said Assessment District No. 05-1 and their proposed annual assessments for the fiscal year commencing July 1, 2024, to and including June 30, 2025.
PASSED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Ripon this 9th day of January, 2024, by the following vote:
RESULT: ADOPTED BY CONSENT VOTE [UNANIMOUS]
MOVER: Michael Restuccia, Council Member
SECONDER:Daniel de Graaf, Vice Mayor
AYES: Zuber, de Graaf, Barton, Uecker, Restuccia
THE CITY OF RIPON,
A Municipal Corporation
By ________________________________
LEO ZUBER, Mayor
ATTEST:
By: ___________________________
LISA ROOS, City Clerk