Beautification committee reviews rate study, landscaping contract and entrance renovations; insurance and irrigation discussed

City of Winter Springs staff told the Beautification Advisory Committee on an evening meeting that they will ask a consultant to complete a rate study to set a new maximum assessment (cap) for the community—landscaping assessment district and that crews will begin entrance landscaping work in June.

The study, which staff said will be performed by MBS, will model historical actuals, the draft 2026 budget and projected contract increases to recommend a new cap for the assessment district. Committee members were told the current legal cap is $63 per equivalent unit (EU), the district contains 967 EUs and annual revenue at the current charge is roughly $60,000. Staff said the cap-setting exercise does not itself change this year—s charge; the cap establishes the ceiling the city could assess in future years.

Committee members discussed near-term landscaping work that staff said would begin in June at Winter Springs Boulevard and Troutwood Boulevard, with two additional entrances targeted for completion by August. Staff described the work as regrading medians, trimming or shaving root flares where safe, replacing annual flower…