HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 2017-105B N.C.S. 07/03/2017Resolution No. 2017 -105B N.C.S.
of the City of Petaluma, California
RESOLUTION SETTING A PUBLIC HEARING TO ORDER THE
LEVY AND COLLECTION OF ASSESSMENTS PURSUANT
TO THE LANDSCAPING AND LIGHTING ACT OF 1972
FOR LANDSCAPE ASSESSMENT DISTRICTS
FISCAL YEAR 2017 -2018
WHEREAS, on July 3, 2017, the City Council of Petaluma adopted a Resolution
Describing Improvements and Directing Preparation of Engineer's Report for Fiscal Year 2017-
2018 Annual Assessments for Landscape Assessment Districts, pursuant to the Landscaping and
Lighting Act of 1972, Streets and Highways Code sections 22500 et seq.; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to said Resolution, the designated Engineer of Work has prepared
and filed with the City Clerk the written Engineer's Report for the districts listed in Exhibit A to
this resolution and in Exhibit A of the Engineer's Report, called for under said Act and by said
Resolution; and
WHEREAS, the Engineer's Report has been submitted to and preliminarily approved by
the City Council in accordance with said Act.
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY FOUND, DETERMINED AND
ORDERED:
1. The public interest and convenience require, and it is the intention of the City Council
to order the levy and collection of assessments for fiscal year 2017 -2018, pursuant to
the provisions of the Landscaping and Lighting Act of 1972, Streets and Highways
Code sections 22500 et seq., for the construction or installation of the improvements,
if any, including maintenance, more particularly described for each district in Exhibit
B of the Engineer's Report, Descriptions and Maps.
2. The cost and expenses of said improvements, if any, for each assessment district,
including maintenance, are to be made chargeable upon the specified assessment
district, the exterior boundaries of which district are the composite and consolidated
area as more particularly described on a map thereof on file in the office of the City
Clerk, to which reference is hereby made for further particulars. Said map indicates
by a boundary line the extent of the territory included in each of the districts and of
any zone thereof and the general location of said districts.
3. The Engineer's Report approved by this Council and on file with the City Clerk is
hereby referred to for a full and detailed description of the improvements, the
boundaries of the assessment district and any zones therein, and the proposed
assessments upon assessable lots and parcels of land within the districts.
4. Notice is hereby given that Monday, July 17, 2017, at the hour of 6:45 PM or shortly
thereafter, in the regular meeting place of said Council, Council Chambers, City Hall,
11 English Street, Petaluma, California, is hereby appointed and fixed as the time and
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place for a hearing by this Council on the question of the levy and collection of the
proposed assessments for each district for the construction or installation of said
improvements, if any, including the maintenance, at which time the City Council will:
(i) consider all oral or written protests made or filed by any interested person at or
before the conclusion of the public hearing relating to or opposing said
improvements, the boundaries of each assessment district and any zone therein,
the proposed diagram or the proposed assessments, the Engineer's estimate of the
cost thereof, and
(ii) consider and finally act upon the Engineer's Report for the districts.
The City Cleric is hereby directed to give notice of said hearing by causing a copy of
this resolution to be published once in a newspaper of general circulation circulated in
said City, and by conspicuously posting a copy thereof upon the official bulletin
board customarily used by the Council for the posting of notices, said posting and
publication to be had and completed at least ten (10) days prior to the date of hearing
specified herein.
6. The Director of Public Works and Utilities and/or the Director of Finance of said City
are hereby designated as the persons to answer inquiries regarding any protest
proceedings to be had herein, and may be contacted during regular office hours at the
Petaluma City Hall, 11 English Street, Petaluma, CA 94952, or by calling 707 -778-
4303.
Under the power and authority conferred upon this Council by the Charter of said City.
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EXHIBIT A TO
RESOLUTION 2017 -105B N.C.S.
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