For City Council Meeting May 27, 2025
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council
APPROVAL: Tanya Williams, City Manager
FROM: Tim Sullivan, Assistant City Manager
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Request City Council to (1) Set a Public Hearing for June 10, 2025, to Conduct a Property Owner Protest Ballot Proceeding; (2) Adopt Resolution No. 8345 Initiating the Proceedings for the Annexation of Properties to the Rialto Landscaping and Lighting Maintenance District No. 2 and to Levy and Authorize Collection of Assessments Commencing with Fiscal Year 2024/2025; and (3) Adopt Resolution No. 8346 Declaring the Intention to Annex Properties to the Rialto Landscaping and Lighting Maintenance District No. 2 and Conduct a Property Owner Protest Ballot Proceeding On The Matter of the New Assessments Related Thereto Commencing with Fiscal Year 2024/2025.
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RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that the City Council:
1) Set a Public Hearing for June 10, 2025,
2) Adopt a Resolution initiating the proceedings for the annexation of properties to the Rialto Landscaping and Lighting Maintenance District No. 2, and to levy and authorize the collection of assessments commencing with Fiscal Year 2024/2025,
3) Adopt a Resolution declaring the intention to annex properties to the Rialto Landscaping and Lighting Maintenance District No. 2 and conduct a property owner protest ballot proceeding on the matter of the new assessments related thereto commencing with Fiscal Year 2024/2025; and,
4) Direct Webb Municipal Finance, on behalf of the City Clerk, to mail a public notice and official ballot to all affected property owners prior to the Public Hearing.
BACKGROUND:
The Landscaping and Lighting Act of 1972, (the "Act"), beginning with Section 22500 of the California Streets and Highways Code, authorizes the City Council to establish a special district to pay for the costs to operate and maintain public improvements that benefit private properties. In January 2005, the City Council established Rialto Landscaping and...
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