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Council approves Marina Bay LMD preliminary report; asks for advisory committee review of budget items
Summary
The council advanced the Marina Bay Landscaping & Lighting Maintenance District engineer’s report for a June 24 hearing and added a direction that the district advisory committee review the budget section before final council consideration; the action passed unanimously.
City consultants and staff presented the Marina Bay Landscape and Lighting Maintenance District draft engineer’s report on June 3. Willdan Financial summarized the district budget and the split between property assessments and city funding: the presentation showed a $758,000 total assessment for FY 2025–26 and a proposed city contribution of about $505,000 (roughly 42% of the district’s annual cost), reflecting the district’s higher share of parks, trails and public open space.
Tony Thrasher of Willdan explained that many Marina Bay parcels receive special benefits from trails, park and streetscape improvements and that Proposition 218 requires separating special benefits (which can be assessed to parcels) from general benefits (which must be city‑funded). As with the Hilltop District, the report will be finalized only after the June 24 hearing and the county assessor’s deadline.
Council discussion was shorter than on Hilltop; Council Member Claudia Jimenez and other members asked that the budget portion of the engineer’s report be presented to the Marina Bay LMD advisory committee for input at least two weeks prior to council consideration in future years. The council adopted the resolution advancing the process and added language directing staff to include the advisory committee review as part of next year’s schedule. The motion passed unanimously.
Staff stressed that the presentation was a procedural step to set the hearing; subsequent edits and answers to parcel‑level questions will be provided before the final report is mailed to property owners.
