The Yorba Linda City Council voted unanimously to adopt a resolution confirming the citywide landscape and lighting assessments for fiscal year 2025–26 after a public hearing on the engineer's report. Public Works Director and City Engineer Jamie Lai presented the report and recommended adoption.

The assessment funds landscape maintenance, irrigation, lighting and traffic signal maintenance across local and arterial zones and are collected through property owners' tax bills. "The LMA does consist of five overall zone classifications...the improvements maintained in these zones are funded in part by the LMA annual assessments, which are collected as part of the property owner's tax bills," Public Works Director Jamie Lai explained during the presentation.

At the hearing, resident and licensed professional engineer Peter Meng opposed the resolution and urged the council to delay confirmation pending independent safety studies. "Approving this resolution will fund maintenance that perpetuate fire risk...I urge you to deny Resolution No. 25‑5943 until hazards are eliminated," Meng said, citing hazardous pine and sycamore trees near homes and requesting a state‑certified safety assessment and vegetation removal.

City staff and council members responded that the engineer's report and the process to confirm assessments followed the schedule established when the council declared its intent at the May 6 meeting, and that no substantive public comments had been received to staff prior to the hearing beyond those submitted to the city clerk. City Attorney Todd Lifkin reviewed the conflict‑of‑interest procedures required by law for council members who own property within assessment zones and noted prior recusal arrangements made under that legal framework.

Council members emphasized that the assessments require no general fund subsidy and that community petition processes under Proposition 218 are available to residents in zones that wish to pursue changes. Councilwoman Tara Campbell said, "It's great to see that there's no general fund subsidy in this report." After discussion, the council voted to adopt the resolution; the motion was recorded as passing unanimously.

Staff said, if approved, the assessment roll will be submitted to the county assessor by August 8, 2025. The council did not adopt any of the specific safety measures requested by the public commenter on the record; the meeting record shows staff and the council encouraged continued community engagement and indicated the Prop 218 petition process remains available for zone residents who seek change.