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Council confirms Landscape Maintenance District assessments for FY 2025–26
Summary
Council held a public hearing and confirmed the engineer's report and assessments for Glendora Landscape Maintenance District No. 1 for fiscal year 2025–26, applying a 3.02% CPI adjustment where permitted; vote 5-0.
The Glendora City Council on June 24 held a public hearing and adopted resolutions approving the engineer’s report and confirming the diagram and assessments for Landscape Maintenance District (LMD) No. 1 for fiscal year 2025–26.
Valerie Velasquez Santoya, assistant public works director, reported that the LMD — established in 1976 — covers seven benefit zones that receive enhanced landscaping services. Six of the seven zones allow an annual Consumer Price Index adjustment up to 5 percent; staff applied an effective CPI of 3.02 percent for the coming fiscal year. Zone 5 does not receive CPI adjustments and remains at the existing flat rate.
The engineer’s report presented parcel counts, existing assessment rates, proposed CPI increases, and projected operations-and-maintenance costs. Staff said assessments will not fully cover all costs this year and that the shortfall will be covered by a mix of general fund and water operations resources already identified in the engineer’s report.
Council opened the hearing and no members of the public spoke; staff reported no correspondence. Councilmembers asked whether any of the remaining seven maintenance sites might be candidates to be abandoned or conveyed; staff said prior work had addressed several deficient areas, that most parcels in the LMD function like public rights-of-way, and the city had already made permanent fixes where warranted.
Councilmember Michael moved to adopt the staff recommendations; Mendel seconded. The motion carried 5-0.
The adopted resolutions finalize assessments for levy to the county assessor before the August deadline. Staff told the council these measures are annual and will be re-evaluated in future budget cycles.
