For City Council Meeting [January 26, 2021]
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council
APPROVAL: Sean Grayson, Acting City Manager
FROM: Michael Tahan, Interim Public Works Director
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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 Maintenance District No. 2; 2) Request City Council to Adopt Resolution No. 7698 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 Maintenance District No. 2, Commencing in Fiscal Year 2020/2021; and 3) Request City Council to Adopt Resolution No. 7699 Confirming the Engineer's Report Regarding the Annexation of Territory to the Rialto Landscaping and Lighting Maintenance District No. 2, the Levy of Annual Assessments Described Therein, and the Assessment Diagram Connected Therewith Commencing in Fiscal Year 2020/2021, and Ordering the Levy and Collection of Assessments Commencing in Fiscal Year 2021/2022 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 No. 2) to fund costs for the operation of new streetlights 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. LLMD No. 2 is currently comprised of seventy-three (73) separate areas throughout the City, the annexation of which occurred along with various developments approved after 2005. Within LLMD No. 2, the City current...
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