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RESOLUTION NO. 2024-021
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM
DESERT, CALIFORNIA, INITIATING PROCEEDINGS FOR THE LEVY
AND COLLECTION OF ASSESSMENTS FOR PALM DESERT BENEFIT
ASSESSMENT DISTRICT NO. 1 FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024/2025
The City Council of the City of Palm Desert (hereafter referred to as the “City Council”)
does resolve as follows:
WHEREAS, the City Council, by previous action and resolution, formed the ”Palm
Desert Benefit Assessment District No. 1” (hereafter referred to as the “District”), pursuant
to the Benefit Assessment Act of 1982, chapter 6.45, division 2, title 5 of the Government
Code of the State of California, commencing with section 54703 (hereafter referred to as
the “Act”), that provides for the collection of assessments by the County of Riverside on
behalf of the City of Palm Desert to pay for the maintenance, operation, and services of
improvements related thereto; and,
WHEREAS, the City Council desires to initiate proceedings for the levy and
collection of annual assessments for the f iscal year 2024/2025 for the maintenance,
operation, and servicing of the drainage basin and facilities that provide benefit to the
property within the District pursuant of the provisions of the Act; and,
WHEREAS, the City has retained Willdan Financial Services for the purpose of
assisting with the annual levy of the District, including the preparation and filing of an
Engineer’s Annual Levy Report (hereafter referred to as the “Report”) with the city clerk,
in accordance with the provisions of the Act.
NOW, THEREFORE, LET IT BE RESOLVED, DETERMINED, AND ORDERED BY THE
CITY COUNCIL, THE LEGISLATIVE BODY FOR THE DISTRICT, AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The above recitals are true and correct.
SECTION 2. Order. The City Council hereby orders Willdan Financial Services
for the purpose of assisting with the annual levy of the District, including the preparation
and filing of the Report with the city clerk, in accordance with the provisions of the Act.
SECTION 3. Purpose of District. The purpose of this District is to fund the
activities necessary to operate, maintain, and serve the drainage basin constructed in a
portion of Section 29, Township 4 South, Range 6, East SBM and to be enlarged in
connection with current and new development of properties. The maintenance, operation,
and servicing of these improvements may include, but are not limited to, all materials,
equipment, labor and incidental expenses deemed necessary to keep the drainage basin
in satisfactory condition. The Report will provide a more detailed description of the
improvements and services that the District provides and will describe any new
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improvements or substantial changes of the improvements for which properties are
assessed.
SECTION 4. Necessity for Levy and Collection of Assessments. The City Council
hereby determines that to provide the improvements generally described in section 3 of
this resolution and shown, in detail, in the Report, it is necessary to levy and collect
assessments within the District for fiscal year 2024/2025 and that such improvements will
be outlined and described in the Report and imposed , pursuant to the provisions of the
Act and the requirements of California Constitution articles XIII C and XIII D.
ADOPTED ON MAY 9, 2024.
KARINA QUINTANILLA
MAYOR
ATTEST:
ANTHONY J. MEJIA
CITY CLERK
I, Anthony J. Mejia, City Clerk of the City of Palm Desert, hereby certify that
Resolution No. 2024-021 is a full, true, and correct copy, and was duly adopted at a
regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Palm Desert on May 9, 2024, by the
following vote:
AYES: HARNIK, KELLY, NESTANDE, TRUBEE, AND QUINTANILLA
NOES: NONE
ABSENT: NONE
ABSTAIN: NONE
RECUSED: NONE
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of
the City of Palm Desert, California, on _______________.
_____________________
ANTHONY J. MEJIA
CITY CLERK
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