For City Council Meeting [April 24, 2018]
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council
APPROVAL: Robb R. Steel, Interim City Administrator
FROM: Robert G. Eisenbeisz, P.E., Public Works Director/City Engineer
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Request City Council to 1) Conduct a Public Hearing Regarding the Proposed Annexation of Territory to the Rialto Landscaping and Lighting District No. 2; 2) Adopt Resolution No. 7325 Declaring the Results of the Property Owner Protest Ballot Proceedings Conducted for the Proposed Levy of Assessments Related to the Annexation of Territory to the Rialto Landscaping and Lighting District No. 2, Commencing in Fiscal Year 2018/2019; 3)Adopt Resolution No. 7326 Confirming the Engineer's Report Regarding the Annexation of Territory to the Rialto Landscaping and Lighting District No. 2, the Levy of Annual Assessments Described Therein, and the Assessment Diagram Connected Therewith, and Ordering the Levy and Collection of Assessments Commencing in Fiscal Year 2018/2019 for Said Annexation.
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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 Lighting Maintenance District No. 2 (LLMD 2) to fund costs for the operation of new street lights added to the City's street light system, and to fund costs for the maintenance of exterior parkway and median irrigation and landscaping adjacent to and associated with private land development.
The City established LLMD 2 to annex the public landscaping and lighting related to all new developments within the City. In contrast with LLMD 1, the City may annually adjust the special assessments for inflation, using the Consumer Price Index (CPI). The City conditions that new development annex int...
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