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Council delays ballot process for LMD 43 lighting overlay after residents raise cost and outreach concerns
Summary
Council voted 3–2 to postpone initiating a Proposition 218 mail‑ballot process for a greenbelt lighting overlay in Landscape Maintenance District 43, directing staff to conduct additional community outreach after residents questioned estimated costs, administrative fees and whether taxes would be passed to tenants.
The City Council on Jan. 20 postponed action on a proposed Proposition 218 mail‑ballot to fund replacement of greenbelt lighting in Landscape Maintenance District 43 after neighbors and council members raised concerns about cost estimates, administrative overhead and outreach sufficiency.
Public Works staff asked the council to appropriate $40,000 from the general fund reserve to prepare an engineer’s report and mail ballots for a proposed overlay assessment district that would fund a project estimated in staff materials at roughly $700,000 (project C2407). Anthony Miller, special districts manager, said the project…
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