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City Council Meeting: 4-9-96 Santa Monica, California
RESOLUTION NUMBER 9017 (CCS)
(CITY COUNCIL SERIES)
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF SANTA MONICA DECLARING ITS INTENTION
TO ESTABLISH AN ASSESSMENT DISTRICT TO PROVIDE
FOR THE LEVY AND COLLECTION OF ASSESSMENTS TO
FINANCE IMPROVEMENTS TO THE MAIN STREET AREA
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Santa Monica, at
its meeting of November 14, 1995, approved, in concepti the
construction and financing of certain improvements relating to
that portion of Main Street from pico Boulevard to the southerly
City limit, and directed staff to prepare a Resolution of
Intention to establish a Main Street Streetscape Improvement
Assessment Districtj and
WHEREAS, Ordinance Number 1377 (CCS) of the City of Santa
Monica sets forth the procedures by which new assessment
districts may be formed within the cityj and
WHEREAS, it has been determined by the City Council that
proceedings pursuant to Ordinance Number 1377 be commenced and
conducted for the preliminary steps for the formation of an
assessment district and the levying of assessments to finance
such improvementsj
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NOW I THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA
DOES HEREBY RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. That this City Council hereby declares its
intention to establish an assessment district.
SECTION 2. That the "Main Street Streetscape Improvement
Assessment District Report" (the "Report") dated March 21, 1996
and prepared by Keyser Marston Associates in accordance with City
Ordinance Number 1377, is hereby confirmed and ratified, subject
to any corrections of data recommended by City staff or revisions
directed by the City Council. The Report shall be filed with the
City Clerk. A copy of the Report is attached hereto and
incorporated herein by reference.
SECTION 3. That it is the intention of the city Council to
determine that the public convenience and necessity require
improvements to be made in the Main street area. The proposed
improvements (the "Improvements") shall include, but not be
limited to the items set forth in Section III of the Report, and
as more fully described in the November 7, 1995 Staff Report
prepared for the city council1s consideration of this project.
SECTION 4. That any assessments to be levied in the
proposed assessment district shall be levied and collected by the
County of Los Angeles in the same manner and at the same time as
property taxes are levied and collected, including the imposition
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of penalties for delinquent paymentsl commencing in Fiscal Year
1998-1999.
SECTION 5. That the district to be benefitted by the
improvements and to be known as an assessment district be
assessed to pay approximately eighty percent (80%) of the costs
and expenses thereof, such district being all that part of the
City of Santa Monica described as follows: All commercially
zoned parcels within that area bounded on the north by pico
Boulevard, the west by Neilson Way, the south by the southerly
boundary of the City and the east by Second Street and an
imaginary line extending Second Street north to pico Boulevard.
A map showing the boundaries of the assessment district is
included as Exhibit H to the Report.
SECTION 6. The city Council proposes to find and determine
that the public convenience and necessity require that
Improvements. A public hearing for protests and objections to be
proposed Improvements will be held on Tuesday, May 14, 1996 at
6:30 p.m. in the city Council Chambers, 1685 Main Street Santa
Monica, California. The city Clerk shall cause all notices of
the hearing to be posted and mailed as required by applicable
law. When notice by publication is required, the City Clerk
shall publish such notice in the Outlook, a newspaper of general
circulation published in the City of Santa Monica. After such
hearing, if the City Council finds and determines that the public
convenience and necessity require the Improvements, it may
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establish the assessment districtl confirm the assessment to be
levied and order that the Improvements be made.
SECTION 7. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of
this Resolution, and thenceforth and thereafter the same shall be
in full force and effect.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
MARSHA JON MO~
City Attorney
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Adopted and approved thIS 9th of AprIl, 1996
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Mayor
I hereby certIfy that the foregolllg ResolutIOn 9017 (CCS) was duly adopted at a meeting
of the City CouncIl held on the 9th of ApnL 1996 by the followlllg vote
Ayes
Counctlmembers
Abdo, Ebner, Greenberg, Holbrook, O'Connor
Noes
Counctlmembers
None
Abstalll
Counctlmembers
None
Absent
CouncIlmembers
Genser, Rosenstem
ATTEST
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City Clerk