Approve annual assessment rates for Hilltop neighborhood landscaping district
In Plain English
The Hilltop Landscape Maintenance District provides landscaping, irrigation repairs, and graffiti removal for the Hilltop neighborhood. Property owners in the district pay annual assessments to fund these services. If approved, the council schedules a public hearing on June 24 for residents to comment on the proposed rates.
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Votes
To adopt the resolution approving the preliminary Engineer's Report for Fiscal Year 2025-2026 for the Hilltop Landscaping Maintenance District, bringing it back June 24th with updates from the community, and declaring the City Council's intention to increase and collect the annual assessment and schedule a public hearing about the proposed increased assessment on June 24, 2025
To adopt the resolution approving the preliminary Engineer's Report for Fiscal Year 2025-2026 for the Hilltop Landscaping Maintenance District, bringing it back June 24th with updates from the community, and declaring the City Council's intention to increase and collect the annual assessment and schedule a public hearing about the proposed increased assessment on June 24, 2025, at 5:00 PM in City Council Chambers
To adopt the resolution as written and also to create an ad hoc committee which will work with staff on a long-term solution for the recurring inequity issue in landscape maintenance services
6 to 1
Why This Vote Matters
Property owners in the Hilltop Landscape Maintenance District will face higher annual fees for the 2025-2026 budget year, after the council approved the preliminary fee increase with broad support in a 6-1 vote. Councilmember Cesar Zepeda cast the lone dissenting vote. The council also agreed to form a special committee to work with city staff on addressing what they called "recurring inequity issues" in landscape maintenance services across different districts. Residents can still comment on the proposed fee increase at a public hearing scheduled for June 24, 2025, before the council makes its final decision.
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To adopt the resolution as written and also to create an ad hoc committee which will work with staff on a long-term solution for the recurring inequity issue in landscape maintenance services
6 to 1
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