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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2001-31 - Assessment District 82 Setting Public HearingRESOLUTION NO.2001- 31 RESOLUTION GIVING PRELIMINARY APPROVAL TO THE REPORT OF THE ASSESSMENT ENGINEER, SETTING A TIME AND PLACE FOR A PUBLIC HEARING AND ORDERING THE INITIATION OF ASSESSMENT BALLOT PROCEDURES FOR ASSESSMENT DISTRICT NO. 82 WHEREAS, this legislative body has instituted proceedings for the formation of a special assessment district designated as Assessment District No. 82 (hereinafter referred to as the "Assessment District ") to provide for the conversion of certain overhead electrical and communication facilities to underground locations, together with appurtenances and appurtenant work in connection therewith, pursuant to the terms and provisions of the "Municipal Improvement Act of 1913 ", being Division 12 of the Streets and Highways Code of the State of California (the "Act "); WHEREAS, a resolution of intention (the "Resolution of Intention ") for the formation of the Assessment District and the utility conversion was previously adopted by this legislative body; WHEREAS, there has been prepared and filed with this legislative body for its consideration a Report of the Assessment Engineer (the "Report") as provided for in and required by the Resolution of Intention, Sections 10203 and 10204 of the Act, Article XIIID of the Constitution of the State of California ( "Article XIIID "), and the Proposition 218 Omnibus Implementation Act (commencing with Section 53750 of the Government Code) (the "Implementation Act ") (the Act, Article XIIID, and the Implementation Act are referred to herein collectively as the "Assessment Law"); NOW, THEREFORE, It is hereby Determined, Resolved, and Ordered as follows: SECTION 1. The above recitals are all true and correct. SECTION 2. The Report is adopted, passed upon, and preliminarily approved, as follows: A. The plans and specifications for the improvements proposed to be constructed, as contained in the Report, are hereby preliminarily approved and adopted; B. The Assessment Engineer's estimate of the itemized and total costs and expenses of the construction of the improvements and of the incidental expenses in connection therewith contained in the Report, and each of them are hereby preliminarily approved and adopted; C. The diagram showing the Assessment District referred to and described in the Resolution of Intention, and also the boundaries and dimensions of the respective real property interests within the Assessment District, as the same existed at the time of the passage of said Resolution of Intention, each of which have been given a separate number upon the diagram, as contained in the Report, is hereby preliminarily approved and adopted; D. The proposed assessment upon the several property interests in the Assessment District, in proportion to the estimated special benefits to be received by such property interests, respectively, from the improvements to be constructed, and of the incidental expenses thereof, as contained in the Report, are hereby preliminarily approved and adopted; E. The descriptions of the improvements to be constructed contained in the Report are hereby preliminarily approved. SECTION 3. The Report shall stand as the Assessment Engineer's Report for the purpose of all subsequent proceedings had pursuant to the Resolution of Intention. SECTION 4. NOTICE IS HEREBY given that the City Council of the City Of Newport Beach will hold a public hearing on the assessment district and the proposed assessments at its regular meeting place, being the Council Chambers at 3300 Newport Boulevard, Newport Beach, California, on June 26, 2001 at 7:00 p.m. Pursuant to the provisions of the Assessment Law, each record owner of property proposed to be assessed has the right to submit an assessment ballot in favor of or in opposition to the proposed assessment. Assessment ballots will be mailed to the record owner of each property interest located Within the assessment district and subject to a proposed assessment. Each such owner may complete such ballot and thereby indicate their support for or opposition to the proposed assessment. All such ballots must be received by the City Clerk at the following address at or before the time set for the close of the public hearing: City Clerk City of Newport Beach 3300 Newport Boulevard Newport Beach, CA 92658 A postmark prior to such date and time will not be sufficient. At the conclusion of the public hearing, the City Council shall cause the assessment ballots timely received to be opened and tabulated. If a majority protest exists, the City Council shall not impose an assessment within the assessment district. A majority protest exists if, upon the conclusion of the public hearing, assessment ballots submitted in opposition to the assessments within the assessment district exceed the ballots submitted in favor of such assessments. In tabulating the ballots, the ballots shall be weighted according to the proportional financial obligation of the affected property. SECTION 5. The City Clerk is hereby directed to mail, in the form and manner prescribed in the Assessment Law and at least 45 days prior to the date of the public hearing, notice of the public hearing and the adoption of the Resolution of Intention and of the filing of the Report, together with the assessment ballot materials, to the record owners of all real property proposed to be assessed. SECTION 6. The City Clerk is hereby further directed to file a copy of the proposed boundary map in the Office of the County Recorder within fifteen (15) days of the adoption of this resolution; said boundary map to be filed in the manner and form as set forth in Division 4.5 of the Streets and Highways Code of the State of California. PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Newport Beach, held on the 8th day of May, 2001, by the following vote: AYES: Heffernan, O'Neil, Ridgeway, Glover, Bromberg, Proctor, and Mayor Adams NOES: None ABSENT: None ABSTAIN: None ATTEST: City Clerk F:\ Users \PBW \ Shared \Resolutlons\AD82- BALLOT.doc Mayor 3 STATE OF CALIFORNIA } COUNTY OF ORANGE } ss. CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH } I, LEILANI I. BROWN, Deputy City Clerk of the City of Newport Beach, California, do hereby certify that the whole number of members of the City Council is seven; that the foregoing resolution, being Resolution No. 2001 -31 was duly and regularly introduced before and adopted by the City Council of said City at a regular meeting of said Council, duly and regularly held on the 8th day of May, 2001, and that the same was so passed and adopted by the following vote, to wit: Ayes: Heffernan, O'Neil, Ridgeway, Glover, Bromberg, Proctor, Mayor Adams Noes: None Absent: None Abstain: None IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the official seal of said City this 91h day of May, 2001. (Seal) Deputy City Clerk 1c'nk= Newport Beach, California 3 x er O,1UFORN�P