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Council sets June 24 hearing for Hilltop Landscaping assessment, creates ad hoc to study district equity after heated debate
Summary
Council voted to approve the preliminary engineer’s report and set a June 24 public hearing for the Hilltop Landscape Maintenance District assessment increase, while directing staff to form an ad hoc to study equity across special assessment districts. Vice Mayor Zepeda cast the lone no vote.
City staff and a consulting engineer on June 3 presented a draft engineer’s report proposing the annual assessment for the Hilltop Landscape Maintenance District for fiscal year 2025–26. The report estimated total assessments across the district at about $1,260,000 and calculated the legally required “general benefit” portion at roughly $88,878.
Edrick Kwan of SCI Consulting Group explained the Proposition 218–required separation between special benefits that can be assessed to property owners and general benefits that the city must fund. He told the council the district’s 2025–26 draft…
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