TO:
Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
THROUGH:
Talyn Mirzakhanian, City Manager
FROM:
Libby Bretthauer, Finance Director
Julie Bondarchuk, Financial Controller
SUBJECT:Title
Conduct Public Hearing and Consider a Resolution Providing for the Annual Levy and Collection of Street Lighting and Landscaping District Maintenance Assessments for Fiscal Year 2026-2027 (Budgeted) (Finance Director Bretthauer).
(Estimated Time: 15 Mins.)
A) CONDUCT PUBLIC HEARING
B) ADOPT RESOLUTION NO. 26-0057 PROVIDING FOR ANNUAL LEVY AND COLLECTION OF FISCAL YEAR 2026-2027 MAINTENANCE ASSESSMENTS
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RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that, after conducting a public hearing, the City Council adopt Resolution No. 26-0057 to provide for the annual levy and collection of Street Lighting and Landscaping District maintenance assessments for Fiscal Year (FY) 2026-2027.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
The assessment rates remain unchanged from FY 2025-2026. The total assessments for FY 2026-2027 are $377,026.
Assessments have been fixed since 1996 with most single-family residences paying $17.03 per year. Costs, however, have continued to rise (notably electricity, gas, and capital improvements) and now exceed the revenue generated by the assessments. As a result, the General Fund has subsidized the Street Lighting and Landscape Fund since 2007, totaling nearly $3.9 million. The estimated subsidy in the upcoming fiscal year 2026-2027 is $270,687.
BACKGROUND:
The City provides for the maintenance costs of Citywide street lighting and downtown landscaping through a Street Lighting and Landscaping Assessment District. The district was formed pursuant to the California Landscaping and Lighting Act of 1972. The district must be renewed annually through a series of City Council resolutions, culminating with the June 16, 2026, public hearing and consideration of Resolution No. 26-0057.
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