Resolution 15519CITY OF ALAMEDA RESOLUTION NO. 15519
INITIATING PROCEEDINGS FOR A PROPOSED INCREASE IN
ASSESSMENTS AND ORDERING THE PREPARATION OF AN
ASSESSMENT ENGINEER'S REPORT FOR ISLAND CITY
LANDSCAPING AND LIGHTING DISTRICT 84-2, ZONE 4 (PARK
STREET)
WHEREAS, the City of Alameda (the "City") has duly created the Island City
Landscaping and Lighting District 84-2 (the "District") under the Landscaping and Lighting
Act of 1972 (Sections 22500 and following of the Streets and Highways Code of
California) (the "Act") to install and maintain certain landscaping and lighting
improvements (the "Improvements"); and
WHEREAS, the City Council and the local business associations desire to increase
the assessments within the Zones; and
WHEREAS, NBS Government Finance Group was awarded a contract by the City
Council to prepare an Engineer's Report and to conduct the increase proceedings
pursuant to the Act; and
WHEREAS, the proceedings for the increase of the assessments and the levy of
special benefit assessments shall relate to the Fiscal Year ("FY") commencing July 1,
2019 and ending June 30, 2020.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, DETERMINED AND ORDERED by the
City Council of the City of Alameda, pursuant to Chapter 2, Section 22585 of the Act that:
1. The City Council hereby proposes to increase the assessments within Zone 4 to pay
for the costs to provide improvements and services within the Zone 4 of the District
pursuant to the Assessment Act and the provisions of Article XIIID of the California
Constitution (Proposition 218).
2. Generally, the improvements which shall be maintained for the benefit of the Zone 4 of
the District through the increased assessment include, but are not limited to, the
operating, maintaining, and servicing of all public landscaping improvements, consisting
of trees, medians, refuse containers, sidewalks, plant materials, pathways, irrigation
systems, lighting systems, and associated appurtenant facilities. Services include, but are
not limited to, personnel, materials, contracting services, electrical energy, water required
for all necessary maintenance, replacement, repair and administration, required to keep
the above mentioned improvements in a healthy, vigorous and satisfactory condition. The
Maintenance and Cleaning Program includes regular sidewalk sweeping, alley cleaning,
refuse removal, regularly scheduled steam cleanings, pressure washing, graffiti removal,
tree pruning and watering, tree well weeding with crushed granite replenishment, as well
as other related activities.
3. The boundaries of the Zone 4 of the Island City Landscaping and Lighting Maintenance
District 84-2 is located in the City of Alameda and covers Park Street from the Park Street
Bridge to San Jose Avenue, including some adjacent streets.
4. The proposed Zone 4 is within the boundaries of the City of Alameda, within the County
of Alameda, State of California; as shown upon the boundary diagram included in the
Engineer's Report, which is on file in the office of the City Clerk. The distinctive
designation of the District is "Island City Landscaping and Lighting District 84-2, Zone 4
of the City of Alameda".
5. The City Council hereby orders NBS to prepare the Engineer's Report concerning the
proposed increased assessments for Zone 4, which will take effect for FY 2019-20, in
accordance with the requirements of the Act, to be filed with the City Clerk. Said report
will contain detailed descriptions of the Zone 4 of the District and the improvements to be
constructed, maintained, and serviced.
I, the undersigned, hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was duly and
regularly adopted and passed by the Council of the City of Alameda in a regular meeting
assembled on the 16th day of April, 2019, by the following vote to wit:
AYES: Councilmembers Daysog, Knox White, Oddie, Vella and
Mayor Ezzy Ashcraft — 5.
NOES: None.
ABSENT: None.
ABSTENTIONS: None.
IN WITNESS, WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official
seal of said City this 17th day of April, 2019.
Lara Weisiger(pity Clerk
City of Alameda
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
/h
Michael H. Roush, Interim City Attorney
City of Alameda