1 RESOLUTION NO. 23988
2 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RIVERSIDE,
CALIFORNIA, DECLARING ITS INTENTION TO LEVY AND COLLECT 3 ASSESSMENTS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2023-2024 WITHIN LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE DISTRICT NO. 88-1 (SYCAMORE HIGHLANDS),
4 PURSUANT TO THE LANDSCAPING AND LIGHTING ACT OF 1972, 5 APPROVING REPORT, AND GIVING NOTICE OF THE TIME AND PLACE OF A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PROPOSED ASSESSMENTS.
6 WHEREAS, the City Council ("City Council") of the City of Riverside, California ("City"), 7 has established Landscape Maintenance District No. 88-1 (Sycamore Highlands, formerly known as 8 Lusk Highlander or Highlander) (hereafter referred to as "District"), pursuant to the Landscaping 9 and Lighting Act of 1972, as set forth in Part 2 (commencing with section 22500) of Division 15 of 10 the Streets and Highways Code; and
11 WHEREAS, on February 7, 2023, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 23953, which 12 initiated proceedings to levy and collect assessments for fiscal year 2023-2024 within the District, 13 and ordered the preparation of an engineer's report regarding assessments to be levied and collected 14 within the District for fiscal year 2023-2024 to pay the costs of the maintenance and servicing of 15 public landscaping and appurtenant facilities; and
16 WHEREAS, in accordance with Resolution No. 23953, Webb Municipal Finance, LLC, has 17 prepared and filed the engineer's report ("Report" with the City Clerk, and the Report has been 18 presented to and considered by the City Council; and 19 WHEREAS, the adjustment to the maximum annual assessment was originally based on the 20 cumulative percentage increase, if any, in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI- 21 U) for the Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, California Standard Metropolitan Statistical area 22 ("Index") published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the United States Department of Labor, 23 which has been discontinued; and
24 WHEREAS, the City Council hereby finds and determines that the Riverside-San 25 Bernardino-Ontario Index is the most comparable index and has generally replaced the prior index in 26 Riverside County; and
27 WHEREAS, the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario Index has a beginning value of 100 and 28 CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE
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1 accordingly, the City Council finds and determines that the maximum assessment per EDU shall be 2 adjusted for each Fiscal Year at the 2018-19 cumulative increase of 63.75 percent plus the 3 cumulative annual percentage increase, if any, of the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario Index as it 4 stands on January of each year over the base index of January 2018 not to exceed 10 percent in any 5 fiscal year; and
6 WHEREAS, it is necessary that the City Council adopt a resolution of intention pursuant to 7 section 22624 of the Streets and Highways Code fixing and giving notice of the time and place of a 8 hearing on said Report and the proposed assessments for said fiscal year. 9 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Riverside, 10 California, as follows:
11 Section 1. Findings. The City Council finds that:
12 (a) The foregoing recitals are true and correct;
13 (b) The Report contains all matters required by sections 22565 through 22574 of 14 the Streets and Highways Code and may, therefore, be approved by the Council; and 15 (c) No new improvements or substantial changes in existing improvements, as 16 such improvements are described in Section 3 hereof, are proposed. 17 Section 2. Intention. The City Council declares that it intends to levy assessments on all lots 18 and parcels of assessable land within the District for fiscal year 2023-2024, as set forth in the Report. 19 Those assessments will be collected at the same time and in the same manner as County taxes are 20 collected, and all laws providing for the collection and enforcement of County taxes shall apply to 21 the collection and enforcement of the assessments.
22 Section 3. Improvements. The improvements authorized for the District are:
23 (a) The installation and planting of landscaping, including trees, shrubs, grass, 24 and other ornamental vegetation;
25 (b) The installation of park and recreation improvements including, but not 26 limited to, all of the following:
27 (i) the preparation of land, such as grading, leveling, cutting and filling, 28 sod, landscaping, irrigation systems, sidewalks, and drainage;
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1 (ii) lights, playground equipment, play courts, and public restrooms; 2 (c) The maintenance and/or servicing of the aforementioned improvements; and 3 (d) The acquisition of land for park, recreational, or open space purposes. 4 Section 4. Assessment District. The distinctive designation of the District is: Landscape 5 Maintenance District No. 88-1 (Sycamore Highlands). The boundaries of the assessment district are 6 described and shown in the Report.
7 Section 5. Report. The Report, which is on file with the City Clerk, and which has been 8 presented to the City Council at the meeting at which this resolution is adopted, is approved. 9 Reference is made to the Report for a full and detailed description of the improvements, the 10 boundaries of the District, and any zones therein, and the proposed assessments upon assessable lots 11 and parcels of land therein for fiscal year 2023-2024. 12 Section 6. Hearing. The time and place of the hearing required by sections 22624 through 13 22629 of the Streets and Highways Code is set for 3:00 p.m. on June 27, 2023, at the Art Pick 14 Council Chamber of the City of Riverside at 3900 Main Street in the City of Riverside. The agenda 15 for the meeting will be published on June 15, 2023, and will be available at 16 www.Riversideca.gov/meeting or may be requested from the City Clerk's Office at 17 City_ [email protected].
18 Section 7. Notice of Hearing. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that at 3:00 p.m. on June 27, 19 2023, the City Council will hold an in-person and/or virtual public hearing with regard to the 20 assessments to be levied on assessable lots and parcels in the District for fiscal year 2023-2024, as 21 set forth in the Report on file with the City Clerk. 22 Any interested person may file a written protest with the City Clerk prior to the conclusion of 23 the hearing, which protest must state all grounds of objection and describe the property within the 24 District owned by any such person. Mail written statements to City Clerk, City Hall, 3900 Main 25 Street, Riverside, CA 92522, or email City [email protected]. Comments via the eComment 26 feature can be submitted until 11 a.m. on Tuesday, June 27, 2023, at www.Riversideca.gov/meeting. 27 Interested persons will be afforded the opportunity to speak and be heard at 3:00 p.m. on June 27, 28 2023, by appearing in person at the public hearing at the Art Pick Council Chamber at 3900 Main
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1 Street, Riverside, California or calling (669) 900-6833 and entering Meeting ID: 926 9699 1265. 2 Section 8. Publication of Resolution and Notice. The City Clerk shall cause a copy of this 3 Resolution to be published once, at least ten (10) days prior to the date of the hearing, in The Press- 4 Enterprise as required by section 6061 of the Government Code and sections 22552 and 22553 of the 5 Streets and Highway Code.
6 Section 9: Assessment Amount. The annual assessment is not proposed to increase from the 7 previous year.
8 Section 10: Designated Person. The City Council designates the Chief Financial Officer, 9 telephone number (951) 826-5454, as the person to answer inquiries regarding the levying and 10 collection of assessments in the District for fiscal year 2023-2024.
ADOPTED by the City Council this 23rd day of May, 2023. 12 13 Patricia Fortnerson
PATRICIA LOCK DAWSON
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1 1, Donesia Gause, City Clerk of the City of Riverside, California, certify that the foregoing 2 resolution was duly and regularly adopted by the City Council of the City of Riverside, at a regular 3 meeting held on the 23rd day of May, 2023, by the following vote of the City Council:
4 Ayes: Edwards, Cervantes, Fierro, Councilwoman Plascencia, Perry and Hemenway 5 Noes:
6 Absent: Conder
7 Disqualified:
8 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of the 9 City of Riverside, California, this 24th day of May, 2023. 1 10 11 DONESIA GAUSE
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