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Council levies annual landscape and lighting assessments; public hearing held, motion passed
Summary
After a public hearing, the council approved annual levies for three special assessment districts (two lighting-and-landscape overlays and a plaza arcade district) and confirmed engineer's reports for transmittal to the county assessor.
The Ojai City Council held a public hearing and adopted resolutions to levy and collect assessments for the city's landscape and lighting districts, approving the final engineer's reports for each district and directing staff to forward the plats and assessment rolls to the county assessor.
Public Works staff explained the city has three special-assessment districts covering citywide lighting and landscapes and a local plaza arcade area. Because the districts lack an automatic escalator clause, assessments are reproposed annually; staff said small fund balances are maintained for emergencies.
Council members asked about the balance in the district funds and the role of general-fund support; staff said the districts carry modest fund balances to cover emergencies and noted the city previously incorporated a small general-fund contribution where the public benefit portion was identified. After public comment there were no raised hands on Zoom and no speakers opposed. Council approved the levies on roll call.
