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Staff detail district finances, contracts and maintenance responsibilities
Summary
Parks and streetscapes staff described how 27 districts and multiple funding vehicles sustain maintenance, why some legacy Landscaping & Lighting Districts have constrained assessments, and why the city split landscape contracts among multiple vendors to improve competition and service.
Parks and open-space superintendents Eric Dexter and Jana Repetti briefed the commission on district maintenance, contract compliance and the city’s approach to streetscape and park maintenance funding.
Staff said the department manages 27 districts, which include Lighting and Landscaping Districts (LLDs) formed in earlier decades and newer Community Facilities Districts (CFDs). They told the commission the districts vary widely in acreage and authorized services and that CFD documents tend to include annual hearing reports and escalators while some older LLDs still carry assessments set decades ago.
Eric said the combined…
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