W Webb
MUNICIPAL FINANCE
Preliminary Annual Engineer's Report
Fiscal Year 2024-25
Street Lighting Assessment District No. 1
Prepared For
CITY OF
RIVERSIDE
May 2024
Table of Contents
Sections
Section 1. Authority for Report 1
Section 2. General Description 1
Section 3. Plans and Specifications_ 1
Section 4. Existing Improvements 1
Section 5. Luminary Operation Costs _ 2
Section 6. Assessment Diagram
Section 7. Assessment Roll
Section 8. Proposition 218
Section 9. Method of Assessment
Section 10. Zone Cost of Operation and Maintenance 7
Section 11. Incidental Costs 10
Section 12. Assessments 11
Section 13. Cost Estimate & Projected Assessment _ 12
Tables
Table 5-1. Luminary Operation Costs _ 3
Table 5-2. Luminary Operation Costs _ 3
Table 10-1. Summary of Excluded Streetlights 7
Table 10-2. Streetlight Summary 8
Table 10-3. Intersection Safety Lighting Summary 10
Table 12-1. Parcels, Lots, and Units of Benefit 11
Table 13-1. Cost Estimate & Projected Assessment 12
Appendices
Appendix A. Resolution No. 24087 A-1
Appendix B. Assessment Diagrams B-1
Appendix C. Assessment Roll C-1
Section 1. - Authority for Report
Pursuant to the provisions of the Landscaping and Lighting Act of 1972, said act being Part 2 of Division 15 of the Streets and Highways Code as amended commencing with Section 22500 of the State of California, and the provisions of Proposition 218, and in accordance with Resolution No. 24087, adopted by the City Council of the City of Riverside, California, ordering preparation of the Engineer's Report for Street Lighting District No. 1.
Section 2. - General Description
The City Council of the City of Riverside, California, has considered the benefits received by residents and property owners in the City from street lighting facilities and services. The City Council ordered the preparation of an Engineer's Report including assessment diagram, boundary map, resolutions, cost estimates, assessment roll, and necessary accompanying work, and held a public hearing to consider the formation of Street Lighting District No.
1. The boundaries of proposed Street Lighting District No. 1 included the entire territory within the corporate boundaries of the City of Riverside, California (the "City"), as they existed on September 1, 1987, and as shown on the map entitled "Proposed Boundary of Street Lighting District No. 1, City of Riverside, County of Riverside, State of California" which is on file in the office of the City Clerk of the City of Riverside.
Upon the conclusion of the public hearing held on July 26, 1988, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 16873 which confirmed the formation of Street Lighting District No. 1. Since formation of the Street Lighting District, the City of Riverside has authorized annexations of property to the City. The parcels within the annexation areas are included in this Report.
Section 3. - Plans and Specifications
The majority of the existing streetlight improvements are owned by the City of Riverside Public Utilities Department. Lighting at freeway ramp intersections with local streets are owned either by the State of California Department of Transportation or the City of Riverside. Facilities owned by the State Department of Transportation were constructed in accordance with plans and specifications on file with the State of California. With few exceptions, plans and specifications for street lighting facilities constructed by either private developers as a condition of approval of development projects or the City of Riverside are on file in the Public Utilities Department, Electrical Division. Reference is hereby made to said plans and specifications and they are by reference made a part of this report.
Section 4. - Existing Improvements
The Landscaping and Lighting Act of 1972 allows levying of benefit assessments for the construction of improvements in addition to maintenance and operation of existing facilities. Assessments are not proposed to be levied under Street Lighting District No. 1 to fund the installation of streetlights during the 2024-25 Fiscal Year.
There are a wide variety of streetlight luminaries in the City of Riverside, ranging from the common mast arm light to the ornamental lantern, raincross, or other shapes. The illuminating unit can be incandescent, high-pressure sodium vapor, mercury vapor, or light-emitting diode (LED). In Fiscal Year 2022-23, the City completed Phase I of a two-phase project, retrofitting all types of illuminating units to more cost-efficient LEDs. The second phase commenced in Fiscal Year 2023-24.
The wattage for the luminaries varies depending upon the land use and classification of roadway. In residential areas, the lights are primarily mast arm type, either mounted on ornamental standards or, in some instances, on wooden poles. In addition to the mast arm lights there are several others, including Town & Country, Acorn, Globe and the symbol of the City, the Raincross. The City's commercial areas have primarily 100-watt and 200-watt LED or high-pressure sodium vapor luminaries.
An inventory of existing lights was prepared prior to forming the District. Due to the City's LED Streetlight Electric project, the Riverside Public Utilities performed an entire recount of the City's streetlights in preparation for the retrofit project; this inventory was updated once Phase I was completed.
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Section 5. - Luminary Operation Costs
The City of Riverside Public Utilities Department maintains all existing street lights within City boundaries, with the exception of lights at freeway ramp intersections, which are maintained by the State of California Department of Transportation.
Streetlights at intersections with traffic signals are referred to in this report as "safety lighting". The operation and maintenance costs for City-owned safety lighting at signalized intersections are included as direct costs to Street Lighting District No. 1. The costs of operation and maintenance of the traffic signals are not included, as these are not part of the street lighting system.
The estimated costs to be paid to the State of California Department of Transportation where maintenance and energy costs are shared at intersections are included as direct costs to Street Lighting District No. 1. This cost has been determined based upon the type and wattage of luminaries at the intersection.
Expenses related to maintenance and operation of the City of Riverside street lighting system are paid from the City's General Fund based on an average annual energy usage rate per streetlight. These average annual costs vary depending upon the type and wattage of luminaries, as shown in Tables 5-1 and 5-2.
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Table 5-1
Luminary Operation Costs (1)
For Retrofitted Street Lights
Wattage
From
75 75
75 75
125
125
125
125
175
175
175
175
Table 5-2
Luminary Operation Costs (1)
For Legacy Street Lights
Luminaire Cost
Incandescent $6.82
Incandescent $10.12
Incandescent $13.44
Mercury Vapor $10.77
Mercury Vapor $12.08
Mercury Vapor $12.76
Mercury Vapor $15.68
Sodium Vapor Lamps $10.51
Sodium Vapor Lamps $11.85
Sodium Vapor Lamps $13.88
Sodium Vapor Lamps $15.75
Sodium Vapor Lamps $17.39
Sodium Vapor Lamps $21.84
(' Source: City of Riverside Public Utilities Electric LS-1 Rate Schedule, as of January 1, 2024.
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Section 6. - Assessment Diagram
The assessment diagram has been prepared and is on file with the office of the City Clerk. The diagram consists of index sheets and bound books of Riverside County Assessor's Maps. The index sheets show the areas, which include properties to be assessed, and which refer to the Riverside County Assessor's Maps for a more detailed description of the properties.
Since the Fiscal Year 2023-24 Engineer's Report, revisions have been made to the assessor's maps. These revisions have resulted in changes of parcel numbers within the City and annexed areas which must be reflected on the assessment roll. The revised assessor's maps showing the new or revised assessment parcel numbers will be filed with the City Clerk along with the Engineer's Report.
The amended assessment diagram is referenced in Appendix B of this report.
Section 7. - Assessment Roll
Following the City Council's approval of the levy of assessments for Fiscal Year 2024-25, a final Assessment Roll will be prepared. A copy of the final Assessment Roll is incorporated by reference in Appendix C. The final Assessment Roll will be on file with the office of the City Clerk and the Riverside County Auditor/Tax Collector. The Assessment Roll will include the Riverside County Parcel Identification Number. The preliminary Roll will include the expected assessment for each parcel, and the final Roll will include the confirmed assessment for each parcel.
Section 8. - Proposition 218
On November 5, 1996, California voters approved Proposition 218, entitled the "Right to Vote on Taxes Act"; it added Article XIIID to the California Constitution. While its title refers only to taxes, Proposition 218 established new procedural requirements for the formation and administration of assessment districts.
Proposition 218 defines the term "assessment" as "any levy or charge upon real property by an agency for a special benefit conferred upon the real property." Cal. Const., art. XIIID, §2(b). A special assessment, sometimes called a "benefit assessment," is a charge generally levied upon parcels of real property to pay for benefits the parcels receive from local improvements. The key feature that identifies a charge as an assessment is the existence of a special benefit to real property.
Proposition 218 does not define the term "streets"; however, based on the opinions of the public agency officials, attorneys, assessment engineers, and Senate Bill 919, it has been determined that streets include all public improvements located within the street right-of-way. This would include median and parkway landscaping, traffic signals, safety lighting, and street lighting.
The Street Lighting District No. 01 was formed in 1988, prior to the passage of Proposition 218. After the passage of Proposition 218 the Riverside City Council adopted a resolution that called for a special election, which was held on June 17, 1997. The purpose of that election was to determine whether the electorate wished to continue the City's already existing Street Lighting District No. 1 by enacting an Ordinance Number 6360. The ballot measure is identified as Measure EE.
Subsequently, the Riverside City Attorney stated, in his Impartial Analysis of Measure EE, that under the terms of Proposition 218, existing assessments previously approved by the voters are exempt from otherwise applicable procedural and approval processes. The Attorney further stated that future increases in the annual assessment would require further voter approval; in other words, although a Proposition 218 Ballot proceeding was not required to continue assessing the District, a successful Proposition 218 Ballot proceeding would be necessary before rates could be increased in the District.
The Riverside City Council has determined that there will not be an increase in the Street Lighting Assessment charge for Fiscal Year 2024-25 and, therefore, will not conduct a ballot proceeding for this fiscal year's lighting assessment.
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Distinguishing General and Special Benefit
Proposition 218 added a set of procedures and requirements to Article XIII D of the California Constitution which a local government must follow to levy an assessment. In addition to notice, hearing, and assessment ballot proceedings, Proposition 218 provides that "only special benefits are assessable" and requires a local government to "separate the general benefits from the special benefits conferred on a parcel." By its nature, most public improvements financed through an assessment district contain an element of public benefit. The test is: does there exist, with relation to the improvement, a special benefit to the property assessed? The law requires that the portion of the cost of the improvement, which benefits the public generally, be separated from that portion of the cost of the improvement which specially benefits assessed properties. Article XIII D Section 2(i) defines Special Benefit as follows:
"Special benefit" means a particular and distinct benefit over and above general benefits conferred on real property located in the district or to the public at large. General enhancement of property value does not constitute "special benefit."
The Riverside City Council determined that it was necessary to utilize the provisions of the Landscaping and Lighting Act of 1972, a benefit assessment act, to form Street Lighting District No. 1 over the entire City and to assess benefiting properties in proportion to the benefits that the various properties will receive. The benefit accruing to the properties is a direct benefit to all lots within the City, which have the capability of being developed, whether or not they currently have improvements on them. This direct benefit provides increased property protection, personal safety, visibility, traffic safety, as well as provides an image of a progressive, well-lit city to outsiders and enhances property values citywide. The lighting of public facilities and parks also benefits the City as a whole. Therefore, street lighting is a direct and special benefit to all residents in the City.
Section 9. - Method of Assessment
With the exception of the condominium, apartment, and mobile home park properties, the benefits properties receive are assessed as increments of units of benefit (UOB). A single unit of benefit is considered to be the street frontage associated with one developable lot having lot frontage not exceeding 199 feet. See Units of Benefit on page 6 for more details.
To determine the units of benefit for lots, the records of the Riverside County Assessor as well as the City's Zoning Maps have been utilized. Properties have been reviewed using both the Assessor's Maps and the Assessor's Tax Roll in addition to the City's Zoning Maps to determine the zoning and use of the properties. Properties were exempted from assessment that are listed as tax exempt by the Assessor, or which are not capable of being developed because of their small size. Lots which do not have frontage on dedicated city streets were also omitted with the exception of condominium, private residential communities, and planned unit developments. Parcels owned by churches or non-profit organizations were reviewed to determine their use. Those parcels were exempted from assessments by City Council action.
The field inventory of streetlights originally indicated that two main areas of lighting existed, which are referred to as "urban" and "rural". Ongoing inventory adjustments since the original survey continue to show that these are the two main areas of lighting within the City, though the City is becoming more industrialized. The urban area comprises areas within the City of Riverside having levels of street lighting which are found in most urbanized areas. The urban area does not strictly refer to a type of land use, as there may be agricultural or other uses within this classification.
An assessment zone designated as "residential rural" has been defined in the urban area. This designation defines all lots within the urban area having this City of Riverside land designation and that are in agricultural or very low- density areas. These lots have a lower level of street lighting and are therefore assessed as a separate zone.
Both the rural and the residential rural assessment zones will receive special consideration in the maximum units of benefit. On March 20, 1990, the City Council determined that parcels in both assessment zones should not be City of Riverside Street Lighting Assessment District No. 1 5 Annual Engineer's Report for Fiscal Year 2024-25
assessed for more than three units of benefit. Assessments for excess units of benefit will be subsidized by the City's General Fund. The same basis will be used for the Fiscal Year 2024-25 report. See Table 12-1 for details.
Residential lots in the urban area are designated as the residential assessment zone. An evaluation of benefit received by condominium living units, apartments, and mobile home parks determined that they should be included in separate assessment zones, because condominium living units, apartment units, and mobile home park units benefit from the lighting on the public streets even though neither the condominium units, apartment units, nor mobile home park units directly abut the public street. The assessment for the condominium, apartment unit, and mobile home park unit zones was established to be midway between the residential and the residential rural assessments.
The rural area includes areas in the northeasterly, southwesterly, and southeasterly portions of the City of Riverside, which have minimal lighting. Much of the rural area is presently either undeveloped or in agricultural land use. As development expands into the rural area and street lighting is provided, the properties will be removed from this assessment classification and either included in the urban assessment area or assessed through an individual Community Facilities District maintenance special tax.
Assessments proposed for individual lots within Street Lighting District No. 1 will be for benefits received and will be determined based upon six assessment zones within the two assessment areas.
Urban Area
• Zone 1. Residential (R) - This will include all residential lots within the urban area whether they are developed or undeveloped.
• Zone 2. Residential Rural (X) - This will include all residential-rural land use zones and lots within the urban area that are in agricultural or very low-density areas. • Zone 3. Condominium (L) - This will include all condominium developments within the urban area. • Zone 4. Apartment and Mobile Home (A) - This will include all apartment and mobile home developments.
• Zone 5. Non-Residential (M) - This will include all commercial, manufacturing, administrative, professional, and other non-residential lots within the urban area whether they are developed or undeveloped.
Rural Area
• Zone 6. Rural (C) - This will include all lots outside the urban area.
Units of Benefit
The units of benefit are assigned by using lot frontage for the residential, residential rural, non-residential, and rural areas. The frontage is determined as follows:
• A lot having less than 199' of frontage will receive 1 UOB • A lot having between 200' and 299' of frontage will receive 2 UOBs • A lot having between 300' and 399' of frontage will receive 3 UOBs There will be an increase of one unit of benefit for each additional 100-foot increment, or fraction thereof, of lot street frontage.
If a residential or residential rural lot has frontage on two or more streets, only the shortest frontage dimension will be used to determine units of benefit. Commercial and other non-residential uses will have all street frontage dimensions included to determine their units of benefit.
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The units of benefit are assigned for the apartment area or mobile home park area by using the number of apartment units within an apartment house or complex or the number of mobile home parking spaces within a mobile home park. An apartment is defined as a parcel having two or more dwelling units on the parcel. The units of benefit are assigned for the condominium area on a dwelling unit basis whether or not the dwelling unit has street frontage.
Section 10. - Zone Cost of Operation and Maintenance
The cost of operation and maintenance of streetlights will be separated between the six assessment zones.
The inventory of the existing street lighting system was completed prior to the preparation of the Engineer's Report for the formation of the District. The City of Riverside Public Utilities Department has accounted for all additions or deletions from the street lighting system since that time and has provided the information to the assessment engineer for use in the preparation of this annual report.
In order to pay for the costs associated with providing certain services in newly developed areas of the City, including increased streetlighting, the City Council of the City of Riverside has approved a services component to be included with the formation of two new Community Facilities Districts (CFD). City Staff will continue to recommend the inclusion of services components in future new developments as well. The streetlights maintained within such a CFD will be excluded from Street Lighting District No. 1, and property owners will pay for their streetlights through a Special Tax, rather than the Street Lighting District No. 1 Special Assessment. The first such district formed is Community Facilities District No. 2021-3 (Bridle Ridge).
The following table summarizes the streetlights within the boundaries of CFD 2021-3 that will be excluded from the Streetlight Assessment District's inventory, summarized on the following page.
Table 10-1
Summary of Excluded Streetlights
District 26W LED 55W LED Total
Community Facilities District No. 2021-3 (Bridle Ridge) 61 5 66 The streetlight summary found in Table 10-2 includes the most recent information received from the City's Public Utilities Department.
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Table 10-2
Streetlight Summary (2)
Monthly Cost Annual Cost Total Annual
Street Type Luminaire Lamp Type Lights per Unit per Unit Cost Major HPS/MV/Various Acorn 100 177 $11.85 $142.20 $25,169.40 Major HPS/MV/Various Acorn 150 46 $13.88 $166.56 $7,661.76 Major HPS/MV/Various Cobra 100 2 $11.85 $142.20 $284.40 Major HPS/MV/Various Cobra 150 1 $13.88 $166.56 $166.56 Major HPS/MV/Various Cobra 200 37 $15.75 $189.00 $6,993.00 Major HPS/MV/Various Cobra 250 1 $17.39 $208.68 $208.68 Major HPS/MV/Various Globe 100 6 $11.85 $142.20 $853.20 Major HPS/MV/Various RAINCROSS 100 61 $11.85 $142.20 $8,674.20 Major HPS/MV/Various RAINCROSS 150 31 $13.88 $166.56 $5,163.36 Major HPS/MV/Various RAINCROSS 100 91 $14.95 $179.40 $16,325.40 Major HPS/MV/Various TC 100 45 $11.85 $142.20 $6,399.00 Major HPS/MV/Various Various 100 21 $11.85 $142.20 $2,986.20 Major HPS/MV/Various Various 150 2 $13.88 $166.56 $333.12 Major LED Cobra $12.53 $150.36 $150.36
Major LED Cobra 2,200-6,645 4 $13.33 $159.90 $639.60
Major LED Cobra 9,500-11,000 34 $14.95 $179.40 $6,099.60 Major LED Cobra 9,889-10,376 305 $15.87 $190.44 $58,084.20 Major LED Cobra 13,064 $16.20 $194.40 $482,112.00
Major LED Cobra 11,866-12,451 70 $16.31 $195.72 $13,700.40 Major LED Cobra 15,677 $16.77 $201.18 $187,902.12
Major LED Cobra 14,833 10 $16.98 $203.76 $2,037.60
Major LED Cobra 19,596 $17.62 $211.38 $34,032.18
Major LED Cobra 9,600-20,753 $18.29 $219.42 $41,250.96
Major LED Cobra 26,129-31,511 $19.28 $231.36 $550,636.80 Wide Collector HPS/MV/Various Cobra 100 $11.85 $142.20 $853.20 Wide Collector HPS/MV/Various Cobra 200 2 $15.75 $189.00 $378.00 Wide Collector LED Cobra 9,889-10,376 $15.87 $190.44 $74,271.60 Wide Collector LED Cobra 11,866-12,451 70 $16.31 $195.72 $13,700.40 Wide Collector LED Cobra 14,833-15,564 65 $16.98 $203.76 $13,244.40 Wide Collector LED Cobra 14,095-20,753 $18.29 $219.42 $22,600.26 Local HPS/MV/Various Acorn 100 $11.85 $142.20 $46,926.00 Local HPS/MV/Various BELL 70 15 $10.51 $126.12 $1,891.80 Local HPS/MV/Various BELL 100 2 $10.77 $129.24 $258.48
Local HPS/MV/Various BELL 100 10 $11.85 $142.20 $1,422.00 Local HPS/MV/Various BELL 150 4 $12.08 $144.96 $579.84
Local HPS/MV/Various BELL 150 6 $13.88 $166.56 $999.36| Local HPS/MV/Various Cobra 70 $10.51 $126.12 $378.36
Local HPS/MV/Various Cobra 100 81 $11.85 $142.20 $11,518.20 Local HPS/MV/Various Cobra 150 9 $13.88 $166.56 $1,499.04 Local HPS/MV/Various Cobra 200 35 $15.75 $189.00 $6,615.00 Local HPS/MV/Various Globe 100 15 $11.85 $142.20 $2,133.00 Local HPS/MV/Various Post Top 100 12 $11.85 $142.20 $1,706.40 Local HPS/MV/Various RAINCROSS 100 22 $11.85 $142.20 $3,128.40 Local HPS/MV/Various RAINCROSS 150 47 $13.88 $166.56 $7,828.32 Local HPS/MV/Various RAINCROSS 100 11 $14.95 $179.40 $1,973.40 Local HPS/MV/Various TC 100 40 $10.77 $129.24 $5,169.60 Local HPS/MV/Various TC 100 4,091 $11.85 $142.20 $581,740.20 Local HPS/MV/Various TC 150 1 $13.88 $166.56 $166.56
12) Source: City of Riverside Public Utilities Street Light Department and the Electric LS-1 Rate Schedule, effective January 1, 2024.
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Street Type Luminaire Lamp Type per Unit per Unit
Local HPS/MV/Various Various 100 66 $11.85 $142.20 $9,385.20 Local HPS/MV/Various Various 175 16 $12.76 $153.12 $2,449.92 Local LED Cobra $12.53 $150.36 $2,120,376.72
Local LED Cobra 605 $12.68 $152.10 $92,020.50
Local LED Cobra 4,983 189 $12.90 $154.74 $29,245.86
Local LED Cobra $13.33 $159.90 $238,091.10
Local LED 11,000 10 $14.95 $179.40 $1,794.00
Local LED 13,064 1 $16.20 $194.40 $194.40
Local LED 11,866 1 $16.31 $195.72 $195.72
Local LED 7 $18.29 $219.42 $1,535.94
Local LED 26,129 2 $19.28 $231.36 $462.72
Skinny Collector 100 43 $11.85 $142.20 $6,114.60
Skinny Collector 100 5 $11.85 $142.20 $711.00
Skinny Collector 200 3 $15.75 $189.00 $567.00
Skinny Collector 100 152 $11.85 $142.20 $21,614.40
Skinny Collector 100 5 $11.85 $142.20 $711.00
Skinny Collector LED 3,322 1 $12.53 $150.36 $150.36
Skinny Collector LED 4 $13.33 $159.90 $639.60
Skinny Collector LED 5,362 $13.70 $164.40 $174,099.60
Skinny Collector LED 6,434 183 $13.93 $167.16 $30,590.28 Skinny Collector LED 8,043 148 $14.52 $174.18 $25,778.64 Skinny Collector LED 10,724 219 $14.95 $179.40 $39,288.60 Skinny Collector LED 15,677 1 $16.77 $201.18 $201.18
Skinny Collector LED 4 $18.29 $219.42 $877.68
Skinny Collector LED 26,129 1 $19.28 $231.36 $231.36
Various LED 3,322 1 $12.53 $150.36 $150.36
Various LED 6,590 $13.33 $159.90 $959.40
Various LED 3,322 13 $12.53 $150.36 $1,954.68
Various an u $14.52 $174.18 $2,090.16
LED 8,043 12
Various LED 20,753 2 $18.29 $219.42 $438.84
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Intersection Lighting
Although there is not an assessment zone for intersection safety lighting associated with traffic signals, these costs will be kept separate from the assessment zones noted in Table 12-1. See Incidental Costs, on this page, for further details.
Table 10-3
Intersection Safety Lighting Summary
LED Wattage Lumens Lights Annual Cost per Light | Total Cost 55 6,645 $159.90 $479.70
82 10,637 65 $179.40 $11,661.00
200 13,064 1 $231.36 $231.36
200 26,129 $231.36 $3,470.40
200 26,129 $194.40 $388.80
200 26,129 $201.18 $201.18
200 26,129 1 $231.36 $231.36
260 31,511 1,246 $231.36 $288,274.56
Totals 1,334 $304,938.36
Section 11. - Incidental Costs
Cost adjustments can occur during the fiscal year and can consist of several different items. These adjustments could affect the lighting zones and will therefore be applied on a uniform basis as part of the incidental expenses.
Cost adjustments can include billing rate adjustments, which account for longer or shorter nights in the seasons, increases in the costs to deliver energy, and the addition of streetlights during the fiscal year.
The cost of professional services, which includes the costs associated with the preparation of the Fiscal Year 2024- 25 Engineer's Report, is $23,080.00.
The City of Riverside also had street lighting expenses in the amount of $5,500.00 for State Energy Tax, and $48,000.00 for Southern California Edison fees and expenses. Additionally, to pay for programs such as energy efficiency and conservation, research for renewables, and low-income assistance, a Public Benefits Charge of $138,700.00 is included.
The residential, residential-rural, non-residential, and rural street lighting costs are assessed directly to the respective zones. Since the intersection safety lighting category is an equal benefit, this cost will be assessed to all parcels on an equal assessment per unit of benefit. Professional services will also be assessed equally to all parcels on a unit of benefit basis.
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Sect and amit of besee out by the six assment ones, along with a summary of City subsidied Units of Benefit (UOBs) are as follows:
Table 12-1
Parcels, Lots, and Units of Benefit
Levied City-Subsidized Total Charge City-Subsidize
Zone Parcels UOBS UOBs (3) UOBS per UOB Total (3)
R Zone 1: Residential 60,476 61,715 61,715 $31.44 $0.00 (Urban Area)
Zone 2: Residential-Rural 1,092 1,792 552 2,344 $23.76 $13,115.52 (Urban Area
L Zone 3: Condominium 7,380 7,521 7,521 $27.60 $0.00
(Urban Area
A Zone 4: Apartment and Mobile Home 29,902 $27.60| $0.00 1,302 29,902
Park
(Urban Area
M Zone 5: Non-Residential 3,799 8,642 8,642 $67.04 $0.00 (Urban Area
C Zone 6: Rural Area 207 316 139 455 $2.44 $339.16
Total 74,256 109,888 691 110,579 $13,454.68
(3) In Rural areas, the District has set a cap of 3 UOBs per parcel. The City has historically subsidized the remainder.
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Section 13. - Cost Estimate
Table 13-1
Fiscal Year 2024-25 Cost Estimate and Projected Assessment This table uses the Fiscal Year 2023-24 Unit of Benefit counts to project the expected costs and the revenue by Assessment Zone for the Lighting District per the assessments authorized by the approved ordinance.
Lighting Costs (4)
Major Streets $1,457,864.10
Wide Collector Streets $125,047.86
Skinny Collector Streets $301,575.30
Local Streets $3,171,686.04
Various $5,593.44
Total Lighting Costs $5,061,766.74
Incidental Expenses
Intersection Safety Lighting $304,938.36
Professional Services $23,080.00
State Energy Tax $5,500.00
Public Benefits Charge $138,700.00
Southern California Edison $48,000.00
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Total Incidental Expenses $520,218.36
Total Costs $5,581,985.10
Levied Charge
Assessment by Zone UOBS per UOB Assessment
1 Residential within Urban Area (R) 61,715 $31.44 $1,940,319.60 2 Residential-Rural within Urban Area (X) 1,792 $23.76 $42,577.92 3 Condominium within Urban Area (L) 7,521 $27.60 $207,579.60 Apartment and Mobile Home Park within Urban Area (A) 29,902 $27.60 $825,295.20 Non-Residential within Urban Area (M) 8,642 $67.04 $579,359.68 6 Rural Area (C) 316 $2.44 $771.04
Proposed Assessment $3,595,903.04
City Contribution
Under Recovery/General Fund Subsidy $1,972,627.38
City Rural Subsidy $13,454.68
Total City Contribution $1,986,082.06
(4) Lighting Costs as provided by the City of Riverside Public Utilities Street Light Department and the LS-1 Electric Rate Schedule, effective January 1, 2024.
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AGENCY: CITY OF RIVERSIDE
PROJECT: STREET LIGHTING DISTRICT NO. 1
TO: CITY COUNCIL
CITY of RIVERSIDE
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
REPORT PURSUANT TO THE "LANDSCAPING AND LIGHTING ACT OF 1972" AND PROPOSITION 218 1, Matthew E. Webb, a Professional Civil Engineer (employed by Albert A. Webb Associates and retained through an agreement between my employer and Webb Municipal Finance, LLC), acting on behalf of the City of Riverside, pursuant to the Landscaping and Lighting Act of 1972 (California Streets and Highways Code Section 22500 et seq.) (the "1972 Act"'), said act being Part 2 of Division 15 of the Streets and Highways Code of the State of California, and pursuant to the provisions of Proposition 218 which was approved on November 5, 1996 and added articles XIIIC and XIIID to the California Constitution, and in accordance with Resolution No. 24087 adopted by the City Council of the City of Riverside, California, ordering the preparation of the Engineer's Report for the Street Lighting District No. 1, submit herewith this Report for the District. Please note that Albert A. Webb Associates provides engineering advice and related consulting engineering services. Albert A. Webb Associates is not a registered municipal advisor and does not participate in municipal advisory activities, and nothing in this Engineer's Report for the District is, or should be interpreted to be, municipal advisory services or advice.
Executed this 18th day of April, 2024.
Prepared By:
PROFESSTDNAL
REGISTERED WEBB ENGINEER
Matthew E. Webb Digay 24.0418 Matthew -5. ebt
Date: 2024.04.18 10:52:25 -07'00
NO. 37385
Matthew E. Webb
Assessment Engineer
CIVIL Street Lighting District No. 1
TATE OF CALFORELY
City of Riverside
State of California
City of Riverside Street Lighting Assessment District No. 1 13 Annual Engineer's Report for Fiscal Year 2024-25
APPENDIX A
Resolution No. R-24087
1 RESOLUTION NO. 24087
2 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RIVERSIDE,
CALIFORNIA, INITIATING PROCEEDINGS TO LEVY AND COLLECT
3 ASSESSMENTS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024-2025 IN THE STREET LIGHTING 4 DISTRICT NO. 1 PURSUANT TO THE LANDSCAPING AND LIGHTING ACT OF 1972, APPOINTING THE ENGINEER OF RECORD, AND
5 ORDERING PREPARATION OF AN ENGINEER'S REPORT.
6 WHEREAS, the City Council (the "City Council") of the City of Riverside, California 7 (the "City") has conducted proceedings for and has established Street Lighting District No. 1 8 pursuant to the Landscaping and Lighting Act of 1972, Part 2 (commencing with § 22500) of Division 15 of the Streets and Highways Code ("the Act"), for the installation, construction, 10 maintenance, and servicing of public lighting facilities, the installation or construction of any = facilities which are appurtenant to such public lighting facilities or which are necessary or 12 convenient for the maintenance or servicing thereof, including grading, clearing, removal of 13 debris, and the installation or construction of curbs, gutters, walls, sidewalks, paving, or 14 electrical facilities, and the maintenance and servicing of such public lighting facilities, and on 15 July 26, 1988, adopted Resolution No. 16873 ordering the formation of Street Lighting District 16 No. 1; and
17 WHEREAS, Chapter 3 (commencing with § 22620) of Part 2 of Division 15 of the 18 Streets and Highways Code provides for the levy of annual assessments after formation of an 19 assessment district pursuant to the Landscaping and Lighting Act of 1972; and 20 WHEREAS, Section 22622 of the Act provides that the legislative body shall adopt a 21 resolution which shall generally describe any proposed new improvements or any substantial 22 changes in existing improvements and order the engineers to prepare and file a report; and 23 WHEREAS, it is necessary that the City Council adopt a resolution pursuant to Section 24 22622 of the Streets and Highways Code finding and determining that no new improvements or 25 any substantial changes in the existing improvements are proposed and ordering the preparation 26 and filing of an engineer's report in accordance with Article 4 (commencing with § 22565) of 27 Chapter 1 of Part 2 of Division 15 of the Streets and Highways Code with regard to the 28 assessments which are proposed to be levied on assessable lots and parcels of land in Street
ITY ATTORNEY'S OFFIC
900 MAIN STREE
RIVERSIDE, CA 92522 1
(951) 826-5567
Lighting District No. 1 for the 2024-2025 fiscal year.
2 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of 3 Riverside, California, as follows:
4 Section 1: Improvements. The existing improvements authorized in Resolution No. 5 16873 for Street Lighting District No. 1 are:
6 (a) the installation or construction of public lighting facilities; 7 (b) the installation or construction of any facilities which are appurtenant to such public 8 lighting facilities or which are necessary or convenient for the maintenance or servicing thereof, 9 including grading, clearing, removal of debris, and the installation of curbs, gutters, walls, 10 sidewalks, paving, or electrical facilities; and
= (c) the maintenance and servicing of public lighting facilities in the City. 12 No new improvements or any substantial changes in the existing improvements, as 13 described above, are proposed.
14 Section 2: Report. Webb Municipal Finance, LLC, is hereby appointed as the engineer 15 of record (the "Engineer") and is ordered to prepare and file with the City Clerk an engineer's 16 report (the "Report") which meets the requirements of Sections 22565 through 22574 of the Act 17 with regard to the assessments proposed to be levied within the District for the 2024-2025 Fiscal 18 Year.
19 ADOPTED by the City Council this 27th day of February, 2024. 20 21
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23 PATRICIA LOCK DAWSON
Mayor of the City of Riverside
24 Attest:
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27 JONESIÁ GAUSI
City Clerk of the City of Riverside
28 CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE
3900 MAIN STREET
RIVERSIDE, CA 92522 2
(951) 826-5567
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I, Donesia Gause, City Clerk of the City of Riverside, California, hereby certify that the 3 foregoing resolution was duly and regularly adopted at a meeting of the City Council this 27th 4 day of February, 2024, by the following vote, to wit:
5 6 Ayes: Edwards, Cervantes, Conder, Plascencia, and Perry 7 Noes:
8 Absent: Fierro and Hemenway
Abstain:
10 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of =
the City of Riverside, California, this 28th day of February, 2024. 12 13
14 DONESIA GAUS
15 City Clerk of the City of Riverside
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APPENDIX B
Assessment Diagrams
The revised assessor's maps showing the new or revised assessment parcel numbers will be filed with the City Clerk along with the Engineer's Report.
APPENDIX C
Assessment Roll
The actual assessment and the amount of the assessment for the Fiscal Year 2024-25 apportioned to each parcel as shown on the latest equalized roll at the Riverside County Assessor's office are listed under separate cover.
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