Public hearing on annexation to Community Facilities District No. 20171 in Artesia.

NOTICE OF HEARING ON RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARTESIA DECLARING INTENTION TO ANNEX TERRITORY TO CITY OF ARTESIA, COMMUNITY FACILITIES DISTRICT NO. 20171 (SERVICES) (ANNEXATION NO. 4) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on January 12, 2026 the City Council (the City Council) of the City of Artesia (the City) adopted Resolution No. 253072 (the Resolution), declaring the intention of the City Council to annex territory to the City of Artesia, Community Facilities District No. 20171 (Services), County of Los Angeles, State of California (the Community Facilities District), and fixing the time and place of a public hearing thereon for 7:00 p.m., or as soon thereafter as the matter may be heard, on March 9, 2026 in the Council Chambers, 18747 Clarkdale Avenue, Artesia, CA 90701, at which time the City Council will hear the testimony of all interested persons for or against the annexation of said territory to the Community Facilities District or the levying of special taxes within such territory to pay the costs of providing certain services which are necessary to meet increased demands placed upon the City as a result of the development of said real property. The Resolution provides in summary as follows: 1. The City Council declared its intention to conduct proceedings for the annexation to the Community Facilities District of the territory described in Exhibit B to the Resolution. The City Council determined that the public convenience and necessity require that such territory be annexed to the Community Facilities District. 2. The territory proposed to be annexed to the Community Facilities District is described on the map thereof entitled Annexation Map No. 4, Community Facilities District No. 20171 (Services), City of Artesia, Los Angeles County, State of California, which is on file with the City Clerk of the City (the City Clerk). 3. The types of public services to be provided within the Community Facilities District are as follows: (a) Police protection services. (b) Fire protection and suppression services, and ambulance and paramedic services. (c) Flood and storm protection services, including, but not limited to, the operation and maintenance of storm drainage systems. (d) Maintenance and lighting of parks, parkways, streets, roads, and open space. The services shall include the estimated and reasonable costs of providing the services including, without limitation: (i) the costs of contracting for services, (ii) the salaries and benefits of City staff, if the City directly provides services, (iii) the expense related to equipment, apparatus, and supplies related to these services and authorized by the MelloRoos Community Facilities District Act of 1982, and (iv) a proportionate share of City overhead costs associated with providing such services within the Community Facilities District. 4. Except where funds are otherwise available, special taxes sufficient to pay the costs of the services provided above and the annual administrative expenses of the City and the Community Facilities District in determining, apportioning, levying and collecting such special taxes, shall be annually levied within the Community Facilities District. Pursuant to Section 53340 of the California Government Code, the special taxes shall be collected in the same manner as ordinary ad valorem property taxes are collected and shall be subject to the same penalties and the same procedure, sale, and lien priority in case of delinquency as is provided for ad valorem taxes. However, under no circumstances shall the special tax levied against any parcel subject to the levy of the special tax pursuant to the rates and method of apportionment be increased as a consequence of delinquency or default by the owner of any other parcel or parcels within the Community Facilities District by more than ten percent (10%). The rate and method of apportionment of said special taxes shall be as set forth in Exhibit C of the Resolution. NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that at the time and place of said hearing, all persons interested for or against the annexation of said territory to the Community Facilities District or the levying of special taxes within such territory to pay the costs of providing certain services within the territory proposed to be annexed to the Community Facilities District will be heard. At the hearing, protests against the proposals described in the Resolution may be made by any interested person. Any protests pertaining to the regularity or sufficiency of the proceedings shall be in writing and shall clearly set forth the irregularities or defects to which objection is made. All written protests shall be filed with the City Clerk prior to the time fixed for the hearing. The City Council may waive any irregularities in the form or content of any written protests and at the hearing may correct minor defects in the proceedings. Written protests may be withdrawn in writing at any time before the conclusion of the hearing. If the owners of onehalf or more of the area of land in the territory included in the existing district, or if the owners of onehalf or more of the area of land in the territory proposed to be annexed to the Community Facilities District file written protests against the proposed annexation of such territory to the Community Facilities District, and protests are not withdrawn so as to reduce the protest to less than a majority, no further proceedings shall be undertaken for a period of one year from the date of decision of the City Council on the issues discussed at the hearing. The hearing may be continued from time to time, but shall be completed within 30 days. At the conclusion of the hearing, the City Council may abandon the proceedings or may, after passing upon all protests, submit the questions of levying the special tax within the area proposed to be annexed to the Community Facilities District to the qualified electors of the area proposed to be annexed. The Resolution contains other related information not summarize herein and a copy of the Resolution may be reviewed or obtained at the City Clerk's office located at 18747 Clarkdale Avenue, Artesia, CA 90701. DATED: February 27, 2026 /s/Jennifer Alderete, City Clerk Long Beach PressTelegram Published: 2/27/26