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Council weighs bringing privately maintained medians and parkways into city LLDs
Summary
Staff told council that nine privately maintained medians (about 250,000 sq ft) and about 10 HOA-maintained parkway segments (roughly 68,000 sq ft) could be candidates for inclusion in Palm Desert—s consolidated Landscape and Lighting District (LLD). Staff recommended outreach and legal review; councilors asked for cost estimates, owner consent requirements under Proposition 218 and how aesthetics and HOA fees would be handled.
Public Works Manager Chris Gary briefed the Palm Desert City Council on whether certain privately maintained medians and parkways should be evaluated for inclusion in the city-managed Landscape and Lighting District (LLD) program.
Gary explained the basics of an LLD: a state-authorized financing and management tool (subject to Proposition 218 validation) that allows the city to maintain public-right-of-way landscaping and recover costs via annual property tax assessments. Palm Desert—s…
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