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Adoption of a Resolution Confirming the Assessment and Ordering the Levy for the Albright Avenue Street Lighting Assessment District - Fiscal Year 2014/2015.
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City of Culver City, California
Agenda Item Report
Meeting Date: 06/23/2014 Item Number: PH-3
CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM: PUBLIC HEARING - Adoption of a Resolution
Confirming the Assessment and Ordering the Levy for the Albright Avenue Street
Lighting Assessment District - Fiscal Year 2014/2015
Contact Person/Dept.: Mate Gaspar/PW Phone Number: 310-253-5602
Fiscal Impact: Yes [X] No [] General Fund: Yes [] No [X]
Public Hearing: [X] Action Item: [] Attachments: [X]
Commission Action Required: Yes [] No [X] Date: _______________
Public Notification: (E-Mail) Agenda and Meetings – City Council (06/17/2014);
Public Hearing published in the Culver City News on June 12, 2014. Property owners
were mailed a courtesy notice on June 10, 2014.
Department Approval:
Charles D. Herbertson (06/12/14)
City Attorney Approval:
Carol Schwab (by H. Baker) (06/16/14)
Chief Financial Officer Approval:
Jeff Muir (by M. Noller) (06/17/14)
City Manager Approval:
John M. Nachbar (06/17/14)
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends the City Council adopt a resolution confirming the assessment
and ordering the levy for the Albright Avenue Street Lighting Assessment District for
Fiscal Year 2014/2015.
PROCEDURE:
1. Mayor seeks motion to receive and file the affidavits of publication and posting of
notices and correspondence received in response to the public hearing notices;
and,
2. Mayor calls for a staff report and the City Council Members may pose questions
to staff as desired; and,
3. Mayor seeks a motion to open the public hearing; and,
4. Mayor seeks a motion to close the public hearing after all public testimony has
been presented; and,
5. City Council discusses the item and arrives at its decision.
City of Culver City, California
Agenda Item Report
BACKGROUND:
On May 27, 2014, the City Council adopted a Resolution which approved the
Engineer's Report, declared its intention to order the assessment levy and
collection of assessments, and set the date, time and place for this public hearing
for the Albright Avenue Streetlight Assessment District.
DISCUSSION:
The total cost incurred for the improvement was $53,152 which was the basis for the
subject assessment levy. The cost to be assessed during each fiscal year beginning
in Fiscal Year 2005/2006 is $6,552.00, including Fiscal Year 2014/2015. This is the
tenth and final year of the ten year assessment plan to recoup the cost of the
project.
Pursuant to Section 15.01.070.H of the Culver City Municipal Code (CCMC), any
interested persons may file a written protest with the City Clerk (or withdrawal a
previously filed protest) until the conclusion of the Public Hearing. Pursuant to
CCMC Section 15.01.070.K, the City Council shall not impose an increased
assessment if there is a majority protest. In this case, for Fiscal Year 2014/2015,
the Engineer’s Report does not propose an increased assessment. Therefore,
notwithstanding any written protests received, the City Council may adopt the
resolution confirming the assessment as determined by the Engineer’s Report.
Pursuant to CCMC Section 15.01.070 (J and K), the City Council may choose to
order changes in any of the matters provided in the report, including changes in the
improvements or services, or both, any zones within the district, and the proposed
diagram or proposed assessment so long as the changes do not result in an
increase of the rates above the voter approved maximum rates adjusted by an
inflationary formula, if any (if such formula received prior voter approval), or it may
choose to adopt a resolution confirming the diagram and assessment, either as
originally proposed or as changed by it. Adoption of such resolution constitutes the
assessment levy for Fiscal Year 2014/2015. The City Council may also choose to
dissolve the District pursuant to CCMC Section 15.01.065.A.3 or pay for the
improvements with the City’s General Fund.
FISCAL ANALYSIS:
The Albright Avenue Street Lighting Assessment District budget is 100 percent
self-supporting for all expenditures related to the street lighting installation
improvement. Property owners within the District are charged for their fair share of
these costs, as described in the Engineer’s Report. The cost of operations and
maintenance are assumed by the City as part of the City’s street lighting system
grid.
City of Culver City, California
Agenda Item Report
ATTACHMENT:
1. Proposed Resolution
MOTION:
That the City Council:
Adopt a resolution confirming the assessment and ordering the levy for the
Albright Avenue Street Lighting Assessment District - Fiscal Year 2014/2015.