Twentynine Palms council considers annual District 1 lighting and landscaping assessment confirmation

The Twentynine Palms City Council opened a public hearing and moved to confirm its annual lighting and landscaping assessment for Assessment District 1, citing the Lighting and Landscaping Act of 1972.

City staff told the council the district covers two locations. Staff recommended keeping the rate at Location 1 unchanged and increasing Location 2 — near the Homestead area — by inflation plus 2 percent for the coming fiscal year. Staff said the resolution, if adopted, would place the confirmed assessments on next year’s tax roll and that the assessment is due by the council’s second meeting in August.

There were no public speakers on the item. A council member asked staff for the resolution number; the motion recorded in the meeting audio identified the resolution as “25 11” and moved adoption. The meeting transcript records an “Aye” following the motion. The transcript does not include a full roll‑call vote tally in the record provided.

City staff characterized this as the routine annual report and invited questions from the council. No changes to the assessment boundaries were described in the meeting record.

Council members’ discussion was limited to clarifying questions to staff about the resolution and assessment rates; no additional motions or amendments were recorded in the transcript supplied.

The council’s next procedural step, as described by staff, would be to place the confirmed assessment on the tax roll if the resolution is adopted and to complete any follow‑up required before the second meeting in August.