Resolution - 2017-63RESOLUTION NO. 2017-63
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST
COVINA, CALIFORNIA, SETTING THE ASSESSMENT FOR WEST
COVINA LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE DISTRICT NO. 1 AND
FIXING THE TAX RATE FOR SAID MAINTENANCE DISTRICT FOR
FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING JULY 1, 2017
The City Council of the City of West Covina, California, does hereby resolve as follows:
SECTION 1. As applicable, the tax levied on the real property is exempt from
the application of Article XIII A, Section 1(A) and Article XIII C of the Constitution of the State
of California and is levied for the benefit of the residents of the district.
SECTION 2. The amount of funds necessary to be raised by the tax, upon the
assessable property within Maintenance District No. 1, City of West Covina, for the current
Fiscal Year beginning July 1, 2017, is hereby fixed as follows:
For the cost of maintaining and operating the open space, improvements, and
facilities thereon within the Maintenance District No. 1, City of West Covina: $585,322
SECTION 3. For the purpose of raising the funding necessary to be raised by the
tax upon the assessable property within Maintenance District No. I, City of West Covina as
revenue to maintain and operate the open space, improvements and facilities within the said
Maintenance District, the rate is hereby fixed and taxes are hereby set on all assessable real
property in the said Maintenance District for the Fiscal Year beginning July 1, 2017, at the rate
of 11.88 cents upon one hundred dollars of assessed value of said assessable real property as
assessed by the County Assessor and equalized by the Assessment Appeals Board of the County
of Los Angeles and with respect to certain property as assessed by the State Board of
Equalization and equalized by said Board as follows:
Estimated Assessed Value of Land within. Entire District $268,129,522
Benefit Tax Rate $0.1188 per one hundred dollars
No separate tax is being levied upon the assessable property within any zone in
Maintenance District No. 1 for the Fiscal Year beginning July 1, 2017, and no funds are being
raised to finance special services within any such zone.
SECTION 4. The City Council fmds that the levy and collection of these
assessments is statutorily exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act under § 15273
of the Guidelines. In addition, the capital improvements proposed for District No. 1 are of a
minor nature and, therefore, categorically exempt from the requirements for Environmental
Impact Report as Negative Declaration of Environmental Impact Report.
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED this 20th day of June, 2017.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
KiMberly Harr B arlow
City Attorney
ATTEST:
I, HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing resolution was duly adopted by the City
Council of the City of West Covina, California, at a regular meeting thereof on the 20 th day of
June, 2017 by the following vote of the City Council:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
Johnson, Spence, Toma, Wu, Warshaw
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