HomeMy WebLinkAboutOB 1 ST. LGHTNG ORGAN 06-16-80DATE: JUNE 5, 1980
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6-16-80
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TO: HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL
FROM: DAN BLANKENSHIP -.CITY ADMINISTRATOR
SUBJECT: STREET LIGHTING ORGANIZATION AND POLICY
The staff (Bob Ledendecker, Ed Bushong and myself) has been researching the best
method of assuming responsibility of the street lighting function from the County.
We are now prepared to recommend that City Council approve the following:
1. Request County to do the following:
ao
Consolidate all street lighting district areas from
the four street lighting districts that are within the
City of Tustin into the Tustin Lighting District and
transfer to other districts the area within the Tustin
Lighting District that is located outside the City of
Tustin.
Consolidate the street lighting district areas outside
the City but within the City's sphere of influence into
one district if possible.
Upon consolidation of the Tustin Lighting District as
provided in "a" above, notify City.
d. Verify the following:
l)
The City may, by resolution pursuant to Street
and Highway Code Section 19271, assume admini-
stration of the Tustin Lighting District once it
is solely located within the City.
2)
The City~'s act of assuming the district will not
dissolve the district nor terminate the district
receiving its entitlement to property tax revenues.
3)
The City will automatically receive the portion of
funds allocated to the Special District Augmentation
Fund pursuant to AB 8 derived from the tax rate areas
within the district for street lighting purposes.
(The street lighting districts contribution to the
Special District Augmentation Fund.)
Nonorable Mayor and City Council
Re: Street Lighting Organization
June 5, 1980
4)
The Tustin Lighting District, and those areas annexed to
it from the numbered lighting districts, will be
exempt from the "appropriations subject to limita-
tion'' provisions of Proposition 4, since it had a
1977-78 tax rate below 12.5¢/$100 A.V. as provided
in Section 9 (c) of the proposition.
Co~mit to protect the existing reserves of the Tustin
Lighting District from unnecessary use prior to the
City's assumption of administration by funding the
district insofar as possible with the district's basic
property taxes and the district's contribution to the
Special District Augmentation Fund. This commitment
is necessary, since the County is not prepared to accom-
modate the transfer of administration to the City for six-.
to-twelve month~. (The City will be faced with enough
problems in funding the street lighting service without
having to re-establish an adequate level of reserves.)
Complete the updating of district maps with current boun-
daries and lighting details such as type of standard and
lamp, size of lamp, and location; and complete the in-
ventory of lights, revenue projections, and appropriation
requirements.
City to adopt its resolution assuming administration of the district when
the County is ready for the transfer.
City to later form a city-wide district (within a year from the date of trans-
fer) under the Landscaping and Street Lighting Act of 1972 to assume the
functions of the present district. The 1972 Act provides the most efficient
method of levying an additional charge, when necessary, to supplement the
available property tax revenue of the district.
4. City to form zones within the 1972 district as follows:
Bo
Zone 1 consisting of the existing Tustin Lighting District area
where the assessment need only cover the deficit of the property
tax revenue.
bo
Zone 2 consisting of newly lighted areas where no property tax for
lighting is received and where the assessment is needed to recover
the full cost of the service.
Honorable Mayor and City Council
Re: Street Lighting Organization
June 5, 1980
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Zone 3 consisting of areas not served by lighting, where no
assessment is needed? fAs lighting is installed, an area will
be transferred to Zone 2 or another Zone as specified in Sec-
tion "d" below.
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Additional zones where residents may need construction or
installation of lighting in existing developments and where
the assessment must cover both service costs and construction
costs.
All new developments shall be required to install street lighting,
to deposit the estimated cost of service until annexation to a light-
ing district is effective, to consent to annexation if necessary, and
to consent to the necessary assessments to sustain the service.
City to consider the placement of street lighting on existing poles
provided there are no plans to remove the poles. This will avoid
duplicate poles on a street. Each such project must come before the
Planning Agency for a waiver, as provided in the City's undergrounding
ordinance.
City Council consider providing Engineering with additional temporary
help in 9 months to a year to establish the street lighting records in
a sound and accurate manner. This will save time in the long run and
simplify administration. This help may also need to work on a land parcel
inventory to be used in the event assessments are required.
Areas such as the Debusk Lane, Raleigh Place and Walter Avenue (which was
an island annexation of an unlighted neighborhood located in a lighting
district) not have lighting installed at City expense. Instead, the City
agree to pay a percentage of the installation if the residents will agree
to pay for the balance (either in cash or through assessments over a per-
iod of time, such as ten years, for a major expenditure per parcel).
RECOMMENDED ACTION
Council approve the above recommendations.
tfully submitted,
Dan Bla~
City Administrator '~
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