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Resident asks council to add a swing at Swanson Park; council directs staff to explore LMD process

5532935 · August 5, 2025
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Summary

A resident asked the council to add a swing at Swanson Park. City staff outlined Local Maintenance District (LMD) funding and the procedures required — including a potential Proposition 218/majority-protest process for LMD-funded improvements — and offered to return with cost and site information.

Robert Prada Grama, a Swanson Park neighbor, asked the Escalon City Council on Aug. 4 to approve installation of a swing at Swanson Park and asked the council to work with the park’s Local Maintenance District (LMD) property owners to fund the improvement. Grama said neighbors and LMD property owners support adding a swing and that he would help gather signatures and cost information.

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