2024/07/09 City Council Resolution 2024-054 RESOLUTION NO. 2024-054
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROHNERT PARK
INITIATING PROCEEDINGS FOR THE FORMATION OF LANDSCAPING AND
LIGHTING DISTRICT NO. 2024-01 (WESTSIDE SERVICES) PURSUANT TO
PROVISIONS OF DIVISION 15, PART 2, OF THE STREETS AND HIGHWAYS CODE
OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA,AND DIRECTING RELATED ACTIONS
WHEREAS, on January 24, 2017, the City Council adopted Ordinance No. 903,
approving a Development Agreement with Stadium RP Development Partners, LLC ("The
Stadium Lands Development Agreement"), for a mixed-use development including a hotel, 135
multi-family residential units and a commercial and retail center; and
WHEREAS, among other things the Stadium Lands Development Agreement required
the establishment of a financing district that would fund public services for the residential
portion of the development over the term of the development; and
WHEREAS, on March 10, 2020, the City Council adopted Ordinance No. 946,
approving the first amendment to The Stadium Lands Development Agreement, which supported
the rezoning a portion of the site from retail commercial use to multi-family residential use
allowing for 74 additional multi-family residential units; and
WHEREAS, the first amendment to the Stadium Lands Development Agreement
continues to require a financing district to fund services for the new residential portion of the
development over the term of the development; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Rohnert Park intends this Resolution to
serve as the initiation of proceedings for the formation of a landscaping and lighting district
pursuant to the Landscaping and Lighting Act of 1972 (Part 2 of Division 15 of the California
Streets and Highways Code (commencing with Section 22500 thereof), "the Act"); and
WHEREAS, the Landscape and Lighting District No. 2014-01 (Westside Services) is
intended to satisfy the property owner's obligations under its Development Agreement to
establish a funding mechanism for services; and
WHEREAS, the purpose of the landscaping and lighting district shall be to install,
maintain and service those improvements described in Section 2 below.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Rohnert
Park as follows:
SECTION 1: The City hereby proposes to form a new landscaping and lighting district
as described in this Resolution and that district is hereby given the distinctive designation
of"Landscape and Lighting District No. 2024-01 (Westside Services)" (the "Assessment
District"), which includes the territory on the Proposed Boundary Map for City of
Rohnert Park Landscape and Lighting District No. 2024-01 (Westside Services), attached
as Exhibit A and incorporated herein.
SECTION 2: It is proposed that the Assessment District undertake the following
improvements: installation, maintenance, and servicing of public areas and facilities,
including but not limited to, park landscaping, streetscaping, all irrigation systems,
landscape corridors, ground cover, shrubs and trees, street frontages, lighting, fencing,
entry monuments, stormwater collection, detention,treatment and water quality
monitoring, graffiti removal and repainting, and labor, materials, supplies, utilities and
equipment, as applicable, for property owned and/or maintained by the City. Installation
means the construction of landscape improvements, including, but not limited to, land
preparation, such as grading, leveling, cutting and filling, sod, landscaping, irrigation
systems, sidewalks and drainage, and lights. Maintenance means the furnishing of
services and materials for the ordinary and usual maintenance, operation and servicing of
said improvements, including (a) repair, removal, or replacement of all or part of any
improvement; (b)providing for the life, growth, health and beauty of landscaping,
including cultivation, irrigation, trimming, spraying, fertilizing, or treating for disease or
injury; (c) the removal of trimmings, rubbish, debris, and other solid waste; and(d) the
cleaning, sandblasting, and painting of walls and other improvements to remove or cover
graffiti. Servicing means the furnishing of(a) electric current or energy, gas, or other
illuminating agent for any public lighting facilities or for the lighting or operation of any
other improvements, (b) water for the irrigation of any landscaping, the operation of any
fountains, or the maintenance of any other improvements and (c) water quality
monitoring and reporting in accordance with the City's stormwater permit.
SECTION 3: Mary Grace Pawson, PE, with the City's Development Services
Department is hereby designated as Engineer of Work for purposes of these proceedings
and is directed to prepare an Engineer's Report in accordance with Article 4 of Chapter 1
of the Act and Article XIII D of the California Constitution. Upon completion, the
Engineer shall file the Engineer's Report with the City Clerk for submission to the City
Council.
DULY AND REGULARLY ADOPTED this 9th •. of . y 20►4.
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ATTEST: Susan H. Adams, Mayor
izabet Machado, Assistant City Clerk
PRO AS TO FO M:
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