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Wasco council adopts traffic impact fee update and five landscape assessments
Summary
After two public hearings with no public comment, the council adopted an amended traffic-impact fee schedule and confirmed assessments for five landscape-and-lighting districts; both actions passed 3-0 with two members absent.
The Wasco City Council held public hearings and adopted a resolution amending the city's traffic impact fee schedule and separate resolutions confirming diagrams and assessments for five landscape-and-lighting maintenance districts for fiscal year 2025–26.
City staff described the traffic impact fee update as the annual engineering review that adjusts rates using the Engineering News-Record construction cost index for Los Angeles and San Francisco. Staff recommended adopting the amended rate schedule; the council adopted the resolution after a public hearing with no speakers. The staff presentation noted the updated fee would take effect 60 days after the meeting.
On the second hearing, the city engineer presented annual updates for five landscape-and-lighting maintenance districts and recommended increases tied to the consumer price index. Staff said the CPI adjustment for the districts this year is 2.4 percent. The council opened the public hearing; no members of the public spoke and the council adopted each resolution.
Both items passed on voice/roll-call with three affirmative votes and two absences. The meeting minutes record the outcome as "motion approved with 3 ayes with Mayor Pro Tem Saldana and Councilmember Martinez absent."
Details of the motions recorded on the meeting record: for the traffic fee resolution the motion was recorded as "Motion by Mayor Medina, seconded by Councilmember Reina to adopt the resolution;" for the landscape assessments the motion was recorded as "Motion by Councilmember Reina, seconded by Mayor Medina to adopt the resolutions." Staff said the traffic fee amendment takes effect 60 days after the council action; the landscape assessments will fund routine operation and maintenance within each district.
