For City Council Meeting [July 28, 2020]
TO: Honorable City Council
APPROVAL: Rod Foster, City Manager
FROM: Savat Khamphou, Public Works Director/City Engineer
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Request City Council to Conduct a Public Hearing to Adopt (1) Resolution No. 7656 Approving the Engineer's Reports and Ordering the Levy of Assessments for Fiscal Year 2020/2021 for Street Light Maintenance District No. 1, (2) Resolution No. 7657 for Landscape Maintenance District No. 1, (3) Resolution No. 7658 for Landscaping and Lighting District No. 2.
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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, requires the City Council to order the preparation of an Engineer's Report each year which details the levying of special assessments for the three separate Special Districts established within the City of Rialto. The Act allows the City to establish Special Districts to pay for the costs of installation and maintenance of various improvements, which provide special benefits to properties within the district.
Street Light Maintenance District No. 1 ("SLD 1"):
SLD 1 was established throughout the entire City to fund the operation of the City's streetlight system consisting of over 3,750 streetlights, and to fund costs for tree trimming and maintenance. Because Proposition 218 limits the special assessments levied in SLD 1 to the historic maximum special assessment prior to November 1996, the assessments collected cannot increase. To offset the rising maintenance costs and energy costs of the street lights, the Public Works Department, through a capital improvement project and funded through a loan, purchased the street lights from Southern California Edison (SCE) and converted the light fixtures from High Pressure Sodium Vapor (HPSV) to Light Emitting Diodes (LED). The savings from the LED conversion goes into repaying the loan used to fund the project. Sufficient funds remain in the dis...
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