HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution - 2910 STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) RESOLUTION NO: 2910
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CITY OF SAN JACINTO )
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN
JACINTO, CALIFORNIA, DECLARING ITS INTENTION TO LEVY AND
COLLECT ASSESSMENTS WITHIN LANDSCAPING, LIGHTING AND
PARK DISTRICT NO. 2 (LLPD NO. 2) FOR FISCAL YEAR 2006-2007
ACCEPTING THE ENGINEER'S REPORT AND GIVING NOTICE OF
AND SETTING THE TIME AND PLACE OF THE HEARING ON THE
LEVY OF THE PROPOSED ASSESSMENT (LLPD NO. 2 2006-2007
LEVY)
WHEREAS, on April 4, 2002 the City Council of the City of San Jacinto, ("City")
adopted Landscaping, Lighting and Park District No. 2 pursuant to the Landscaping and
Lighting Act of 1972, Part 2 of Division 15 of the Streets and Highways Code (the "Act"),
for the maintenance and servicing of street lights, traffic signals, street trees,
landscaping, parkways, median islands,drainage facilities, parks and appurtenant
improvements; and
WHEREAS, in November 1996 the voters of the State of Califomia passed
Proposition 218 which added Articles XIIIC and XIIID to the California Constitution
requiring, among other things, new procedures for the approval of the levying of
`.. assessments against real property; and
WHEREAS, Article XIIID of the Califomia Constitution requires that assessments
comply with stated procedural and approval provisions by July 1, 1997, unless an
assessment district meets certain exemptions as set forth in Section 5 of the Article
which exemptions include the following:
"(a) any assessment imposed exclusively to finance the capital costs or
maintenance and operation expenses for sidewalks, streets, sewers, water,
flood control, drainage system or vector control."
"(b) any assessment imposed pursuant to a petition signed by the persons
owning all of the parcels subject to the assessment at the time the assessment is
initially imposed;" and
WHEREAS, the District assessments proposed for the 2006-2007 Fiscal Year
are exempt from Proposition 218 because the assessments either generate revenue for
the operation and maintenance of streets and highways, all expenditures thereunder
qualifying as street maintenance as defined by the State of California or they were
approved by petition of the property owners when the assessments were originally
imposed; and
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