1995-163-Initiating Proceedings To Annex The Santa Rosa Heights Open Space Maintenance District Into Landscaping And Lighting Assessment District #1RESOLUTION 1995 - 163
RESOLUTION OF THE TOWN OF LOS GATOS INITIATING PROCEEDINGS TO
ANNEX THE SANTA ROSA HEIGHTS OPEN SPACE MAINTENANCE DISTRICT INTO
LANDSCAPING AND LIGHTING ASSESSMENT DISTRICT #1, DESIGNATING IT AS
SANTA ROSA HEIGHTS BENEFIT ZONE, AND DIRECTING PREPARATION OF AN
ENGINEERING REPORT
WHEREAS, property owners within the Town of Los Gatos Open Space
Maintenance District #2 (Santa Rosa Heights) have asked the Town to convert that District
into a Benefit Zone as shown on Exhibit A hereto and annex it to the Town's Landscaping &
Lighting District #1, and
WHEREAS, this conversion would result in a more equitable apportionment of
costs of maintaining the open space shown on Exhibit B hereto, and
WHEREAS, there is a fund balance remaining in the Open Space Maintenance
District #2 account and this fund balance should be devoted to providing maintenance to the
open space area for which it was assessed and deposited, and
WHEREAS, it is important that a capital replacement fund be established for the
new Benefit Zone in order to ensure that capital funds are available when the end of the
service life of the improvements of the open space area is reached, and
WHEREAS, the equitable apportionment of future assessments in the new Benefit
Zone should probably be based on a uniform and equal assessment on each parcel because
each of the parcels appears to enjoy an equivalent benefit from the open space area as shown
on Exhibit B, and
WHEREAS, the new Benefit Zone should be assessed only for the maintenance,
repair, and upkeep of the open space area as shown on Exhibit B, and any enlargement in the
area of this benefit zone should only occur after a resolution of intention has been adopted by
the Council, a public hearing held, the increase subjected to majority protest of the property
owners, and a determination by Council then made pursuant to the procedures of the
Landscaping & Lighting District Act of 1972,
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS RESOLVED AS FOLLOWS:
A. Proceedings to form the Vasona Heights Benefit Zone as described in Exhibit
A hereto of the Town Landscaping & Lighting District #1 are hereby initiated.
B. The Town Manager is ordered to prepare and file a report in accordance with
Article 4 of Chapter 1 of the Landscaping & Lighting District (commencing with Streets &
Highways Code § 22565) and Streets & Highways Code § 22586.
PASSED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the Town Council of the Town
of Los Gatos, California, held on the 4th day of December, 1995 by the following vote:
COUNCIL MEMBERS:
AYES: Joanne Benjamin, Steven Blanton, Linda Lubeck, Patrick O'Laughlin
Mayor Randy Attaway
NAYS: None
ABSENT: None
ATTEST:
CLERK OF THE TOWN OF L ,GATOS
LOS GATOS, CALIFORNIA
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