RESOLUTION NO. 2025-06-6941
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SIGNAL HILL, CALIFORNIA, CONFIRMING THE DIAGRAM AND ASSESSMENT FOR LANDSCAPE AND LIGHTING MAINTENANCE DISTRICT NO. 1 AND LEVYING ASSESSMENTS ON ASSESSABLE LOTS AND PARCELS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2026-27 WHEREAS, on May 26, 2026, the City Council (the "City Council") of the City of Signal Hill (the "City") adopted Resolution No. 2026-05-6933, a Resolution of Intention pursuant to Section 22624 of the Streets and Highways Code, which, among other things, approved the Engineer's Report and declared its intention to levy and collect assessments on the lots and parcels of assessable property within Landscape and Lighting Maintenance District No. 1 (the "District") for Fiscal Year 2026-27 pursuant to the Landscaping and Lighting Act of 1972, Part 2 (commencing with Section 22500) of Division 15 of the Streets and Highways Code (the "Act"); and WHEREAS, by Resolution No. 2026-05-6933, the City Council approved a report prepared by NV5, the City’s assessment engineer (the “Report”), which contains the proposed amounts of the assessments to be levied on assessable lots and parcels of property in the District for fiscal year 2026-27, and the other matters required by Sections 22565 through 22574 of the Act; and WHEREAS, on June 9, 2026, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 2026-06-6937 amending Resolution No. 2026-05-6933 and revising the public hearing date from June 9, 2026, to June 23, 2026, in order to satisfy the public notice publication requirements prescribed by the Act; and WHEREAS, the City published a notice of a public hearing as required by Sections 22552 and 22553 of the Act; and WHEREAS, at its regular meeting on June 23, 2026, the City Council held the public hearing and afforded all interested persons an opportunity to be heard, and considered all oral statements and all written protests or communications made or filed by any interested persons, and there was no majority protest against the annual levy of the assessments; and WHEREAS, the City Council may proceed, pursuant to Section 22631 of the Act, to adopt a resolution confirming the diagram and the assessments on the assessable parcels of property in the District, and the adoption of such a resolution shall constitute the levy of assessments on all assessable lots and parcels of property within the District for fiscal year 2026-27; and WHEREAS, the assessments contained in the Report and proposed to be levied on parcels of assessable property within the District do not exceed the amounts approved by the property owners through the Proposition 218 assessment ballot proceedings conducted in 2022.
NOW, THEREFORE THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SIGNAL HILL, CALIFORNIA, DOES HEREBY RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Findings - The City Council finds that:
The preceding recitals are true and correct and are incorporated herein by this reference; Compliance has been had with all of the requirements of the Act; The assessments proposed to be levied on the assessable lots and parcels of land in the District for the maintenance, servicing, acquisition, and replacement of public landscaping and lighting facilities during fiscal year 2026-27, as contained in the Report, which is on file in the Office of the City Clerk, are based on benefits derived by such lots and parcels from the availability of such public landscaping and lighting facilities, and are not based on the ownership or value of such lots and parcels; For purposes of levying the proposed assessments on the lots and parcels of property, the Report and the assessment contained therein allocates the estimated costs of the maintenance, servicing, acquisition, and replacement of public landscaping and lighting facilities proportionately upon the properties within the District; Such assessments are based on special benefit conferred upon each such lot or parcel from the payment of the costs of the maintenance, servicing, acquisition, and replacement of the public landscaping and lighting facilities; The proportionate special benefit derived by each such lot or parcel has been determined in relationship to the entirety of the cost of the maintenance, servicing, acquisition, and replacement of the public landscaping and lighting facilities; The amount of the assessment which is to be levied on each such lot or parcel is based upon and will not exceed the reasonable cost of the proportional special benefit conferred on each such lot or parcel; The assessments which are contained in the Report and which will be levied on parcels of assessable property will not exceed the amounts of the assessments which were approved by the property owners by assessment ballots in proceedings for the formation of the District; and The City Council may proceed to adopt a resolution confirming the diagram and assessments to be levied on assessable parcels of property in the District.
Section 2. Improvements - The improvements authorized for the District are:
The installation, construction or acquisition, and replacement of landscaping and lighting improvements within the District, including landscaping, lighting, water, electricity, planting, shrubbery, trees, turf, irrigation systems, hardscapes, fixtures and appurtenant facilities in public rights-of-way within the boundaries of the District, pursuant to and authorized by the Act; The installation, construction or acquisition, and replacement of any facilities which are appurtenant to such public landscaping and lighting facilities or which are necessary or convenient for the maintenance, servicing or acquisition thereof, including, but not limited to all matters specified in subdivision (d) of Section 22525 of the Act; and The maintenance, servicing and acquisition of any of the foregoing.
Section 3. Confirmation of Diagram and Assessment - The Report and the assessment diagram and the assessment contained therein for the payment of the costs of the maintenance, servicing, acquisition, and replacement of public landscaping and lighting facilities in the District for fiscal year 2026-27 are confirmed.
Section 4. Levy of Assessments - Pursuant to Section 22631 of the Act, the adoption of this resolution constitutes the levy of the assessments for the maintenance, servicing, acquisition, and replacement of public landscaping and lighting facilities within the District during fiscal year 2026-27, as contained in the Report, and such assessments are hereby levied. The City Clerk is directed to file a certified copy of this Resolution together with the diagram and assessments contained in the Report with the County Auditor of the County of Los Angeles, who, pursuant to Section 22645 of the Act, shall enter on the County Assessment Roll opposite each lot or parcel of land the amount assessed thereupon, as shown in said assessment.
Section 5. Effective Date - This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption.
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Signal Hill, California, on this 23th day of June 2026.
TINA L. HANSEN
MAYOR
ATTEST:
JOY POST
ASSISTANT CITY CLERK
STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) ss. CITY OF SIGNAL HILL ) I, JOY POST, City Clerk of the City of Signal Hill, California, hereby certify that Resolution No. 2026-06-6941 adopted by the City Council of the City of Signal Hill at a regular meeting held on the 23th day of June 2026, and that the same was adopted by the following vote:
AYES: NOES: ABSENT: ABSTAIN:
JOY POST
ASSISTANT CITY CLERK
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