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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC Reso No 2006-041RESOLUTION NO. 2006-41 RESOLUTION OF INTENTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LAKE ELSINORE TO ESTABLISH COMMUNITY FACILITIES DISTRICT NO. 2006-5 (PARKS, OPEN SPACE AND STORM DRAIN MAINTENANCE) AND TO AUTHORIZE THE LEVY OF A SPECIAL TAX WITHIN SAID DISTRICT WHEREAS, the City Council (the "Council") of the City of Lake Elsinore (the "City") intends to establish City of Lake Elsinore Community Facilities District No. 2006-5 (Parks, Open Space and Storm Drain Maintenance) (the "DistricY') pursuant to the Mello-Roos Community Facilities Act of 1982, as amended, commencing with Section 53311 of the Government Code of the State of California (the "AcY'); and WHEREAS, the Council intends to finance parks, open space and storm drain maintenance services that are in addition to those provided in the territory within the District prior to the formation of the District and do not supplant services already available within the territory proposed to be included in the District through the formation of the District subject to the levy of a special taY to pay far such services, being approved at an election to be held within the boundaries of the District; and WHEREAS, the Council intends to provide for the annexation in the future of territory (the "Future Annexation Area") to the District pursuant to the terms and provisions of the Act. NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LAKE ELSINORE DOES HEREBY RESOLVE, DETERMINE AND ORDER AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. The Council hereby determines to institute proceedings for the formation of a community facilities district under the terms of the Act. The exterior boundaries of the community facilities district are hereby specified and described to be as shown on that certain map now on file in the office of the City Clerk entitled "Proposed Boundaries, CiTy of Lake Elsinore, Community Facilities District No. 2006-5 (Parks, Open Space and Storm Drain Maintenance)," which map indicates by a boundary line the extent of the territory included in the proposed community facilities district and shall govern for all details as to the extent of the District. On the original and one copy of the map of such District on file in the City Clerk's office, the City Clerk shall endorse the certificate evidencing the date and adoption of this Resolution. The City Clerk shall file the original of such map in her office and, within fifteen (15) days after the adoption of this Resolution, the City Clerk shall file a copy of such map so endorsed in the records of the County Recorder, County of Riverside, State of California. CITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION NO. 2006-41 Page 2 of 5 - SECTION 2. The Future Annexation Area, which area is to be subject to a special tax to be levied, shall be comprised of undeveloped parcels within the boundaries of the City, other than those parcels already within the boundaries of the proposed District, that require a discretionary approval for development of four or more dwelling units which are developed far private residential purposes. Such Future Annexation Area may be annexed only with the unanimous approval of the owner or owners of each parcel or pazcels at the time that parcel or those parcels are annexed. SECTION 3. The name of the proposed community facilities district shall be "City of Lake Elsinore Community Facilities District No. 2006-5 (Parks, Open Space and Storm Drain Maintenance)." SECTION 4. Except where funds are otherwise available, it is the intention of the City Council to levy annually in accordance with procedures contained in the Act a special tax (the "Special Tax") sufficient to finance a portion of the cost of providing parks, open space and storm drain maintenance services that are in addition to those provided in the territory within the District prior to the formation of the District and do not supplant services already available within the territory proposed to be included in the District, the costs of administering the levy and collection of the Special Tax and all other costs of the levy of the Special TaY, including any foreclosure proceedings, legal, fiscal, and financial consultant fees, election costs, and all other administrative costs of the tax levy. The Special Tax will be secured by recordation of a continuing lien against all non- exempt real properiy in the proposed District. The schedule of the rate and method of apportionment and manner of collection of the Special Tax is described in detail in E~ibit "A" attached hereto and by this reference incorparated herein. The Special T~ is apportioned to each parcel on the foregoing basis pursuant to Section 533253 of the Act and such Special Tax is not on or based upon the ownership of real property. The maximum Special TaY applicable to a parcel to be used for private residential purposes, as set forth in E~ibit A, is specified as a dollar amount which shall be calculated and established not later than the date on which the parcel is first subject to tax because of its use for private residential purposes, and such amount shall not be increased over time by an amount in excess of 2 percent per year. Under no circumstances will the Special Tax to be levied against any parcel used for private residential purposes be increased as a consequence of delinquency or default by the owner of any other parcel or parcels within the proposed District. As specified by the Act, for purposes of this paragraph, a parcel shall be considered "used for private residential purposes" not later than the date on which an occupancy permit for private residential use is issued. SECTION 5. A public hearing (the "Hearing") on the establishment of the District and the proposed rate and method of apportionment of the Special Tax shall be CITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION NO. 2006-41 Page 3 of 5 held on May 9, 2006, at 7:00 o'clock p.m., or as soon thereafter as practicable, at the chambers of the City Council of the City of Lake Elsinore, 183 North Main Street, Lake Elsinore, California 92530. SECTION 6. At the time and place set forth above for the hearing, any interested person, including all persons owning lands or registered to vote within the proposed District, may appear and be heard. SECTION 7. Each City officer who is or will be responsible for the District, if it is established, is hereby directed to study the proposed District and, at or before the time of the above-mentioned Hearing, file a report with the City Council, and which is to be made a part of the record of the Hearing, containing a brief description of the District and his or her estimate of the cost of providing additional parks, open space and storm drain maintenance services within the boundary of the District. The City Manager is directed to estimate the fair and reasonable cost of all incidental expenses, including all costs associated with the creation of the District, determination of the amount of any special taxes, collection of any special taxes, or costs otherwise incurred in order to carry out the authorized purposes of the City with respect to the District. SECTION 8. The City may accept advances of funds from any sources, including private persons or private entities, and is authorized and directed to use such funds for any authorized purpose, including any cost incurred by the City in creating the District. The City may enter into an agreement to repay all of such funds as are not expended or committed for any authorized purpose at the time of the election on the levy of the Special Tax, if the proposal to levy such tax should fail, and to repay all of such funds advanced if the levy of the Special Tax shall be approved by the qualified electars of the District. SECTION 9. The City Clerk is hereby directed to publish a notice ("Notice") of the Hearing pursuant to Section 6061 of the Govemment Code in a newspaper of general circulation published in the area of the proposed District. Such Notice shall contain the text of this Resolution, state the time and place of the Hearing, a statement that the testimony of all interested persons or taxpayers will be heard, a description of the protest rights of the registered voters and landowners in the proposed District as provided in Section 53324 of the Act and a description of the proposed voting procedure for the election required by the Act. Such publication shall be completed at least 7 days prior to the date of the Hearing. SECTION 10. The voting procedure with respect to the establishment of the District and the imposition of the special tax shall be by hand delivered ballot election. SECTION 11. This Resolution shall take effect from and after the date of its passage and adoption. CITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION NO. 2006-41 Page 4 of 5 PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 28th day of March, 2006. AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS: BUCKLEY, KELLEY, SCHIFFNER, MAGEE NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: HICKMAN ABSTAIN: COUNCILMEMBERS: I~ert E. Magee, City of Lake Elsi~ ATTE T: rederick R , City Clerk City of Lake Elsinore APPROVED AS TO FORM: ~~ ~ V v`G~--~ ~ Barbara Zeid Leibold, City Attorney City of Lake Elsinore CITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION NO. 2006-41 Page 5 of 5 EXHIBIT A RATE AND METHOD OF APPORTIONMENT OF SPECIAL TAX RATE AND METHOD OF APPORTIONMENT Introduction Special ta~ces shall be annually levied on all Developed Residential Properly and Developed Multi-Family Property (as hereinafter defined) in City of Lake Elsinore Community Facilities District No. 2006-5 (Pazks, Open Space and Storm Drain Maintenance) (the "DistricY'), in accordanoe with the rate and method of apportionment of special ta~ces hereinafter set forth. All of the proper[y within the District that is not Developed Residential Properiy or Developed Multi-Family Property shall be exempt from the Maacimum Annual Special Taaces of the District. Aefinitions "Assessor's Parcel" means a parcel of land in the District designated and assigned a discrete identifying number on a map of the County Assessor of the County of Riverside. "City" means the City of Lake Elsinore, California. "Developed Multifamily Unit" means a residential dwelling unit within a building in which each of the individual dwelling units has or shall have at least one common wall with another dwelling unit and a building permit has been issued by the City for such dwelling unit on or prior to May 1 preceding the Fiscal Year in which the Special Taac is being levied. "Developed Non-Residential Property" means all Assessor's Parcels far which a building permit was issued by the City for any type of non-residential use on or prior to May 1 preceding the Fiscal Year in which the Special Tax is being levied. "Developed Single Family Unit" means a residential dwelling unit other than a Developed Multifamily Unit on an Assessor's Parcel for which a building permit has been issued by the City on or prior to May 1 preceding the Fiscal Yeaz in which the Special Tax is being levied. "Fiscal Year" means the period beginning on July 1 and ending on the following June 30. "Maximum Special Tax" means the maximum Special Tax that can be levied by CFD No. 2006- 5 in any Fiscal Year on any Assessor's PazceL "Operating Fund" means a fund that shall be maintained for CFD No. 2006-5 for any Fiscal Year to pay for the actual costs of maintenance related to the Service Area, and the applicable Administrative Expenses. "Operating Fuud Balance" means the amount of funds in the Operating Fund at the end of the preceding Fiscal Year. "Service Area" means pazks, open space, and storm drains. "Special Tax" means any of the special taxes authorized to be levied within CFD No. 2006-5 pursuant to the Act to fund the Special Tax Requirement. "Special Tax Requirement" means the amount determined in any Fiscal Yeaz for CFD No. 2006-5 equal to (i) the budgeted costs direct(y related to the Service Area, including maintenance, repair and replacement of ceRain components of the Service Area which have been accepted and maintained or aze reasonably expected to be accepted and maintained during the current Fiscal Yeaz, (ii) Administrative Expenses, and (iii) anticipated delinquent Special Taxes based on the delinquency rate in CFD No. 2006- 5 for the previous Fiscal Year, less (iv) the Operating Fund Balance, as determined by the CFD Administrator. "Unit" means each sepazate residential dwelling unit, which comprises an independent facility capable of conveyance or use separate from adjacent dwelling units. Rate and Method of Apportionment of the Special Tax Commencing Fiscal Year 2005-2006 and for each subsequent Fiscal Year, the City Council shall levy Special Taxes on (i) all Assessor's Parcels containing a Developed Single Family Unit or Developed Multifamily Unit and (ii) all Assessor's Parcels of Non-Residenrial Property, up to the applicable Maximum Special Tax to fund the Special Tax Requirement. The Maximum Special Tax for Fiscal Yeaz 2005-2006 shall be $242 per Developed Single Family Unit, $121 per Developed Multifamily Unit, and $545 per Acre for each Assessor's Parcel of Non-Residential Property. On each July 1, commencing July 1, 2006, the Masimum Special Tax shall be increased by two percent (2,00%) of the amount in effect in the prior Fiscal Year. Duration of the Special Tax The Special Tas shall be levied in perpetuity to fund the Special Taac Requirement, unless no longer required as determined at the sole discretion of the City Council. Collection of the Special Tax The Special Taac shall be collected in the same manner and at the same time as ordinary ad valorem property taxes, provided, however, that CFD No. 2006-5 may collect the Special Tas at a different time or in a different manner if necessary to meet its funding requirements.