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Albany council weighs parcel tax to fund street trees and relamp city lights
Summary
City staff proposed a citywide parcel tax to pay a $1.3 million street-lighting relamp project and expanded street-tree maintenance, offering three revenue scenarios; council favored a middle-to-robust option to finance relamping now and build reserves for new lights.
Albany City Council on March 2 heard details of a proposed citywide parcel tax designed to fund a $1.3 million capital investment to relamp aging streetlights and to provide ongoing funding for street-tree maintenance.
Devorah Zotterer, program manager in public works, and Amanda Welker of consultant NBS presented three revenue scenarios: a conservative Scenario 1 that would raise about $405,000 annually; Scenario 2 to fully fund optimal tree maintenance and the lighting loan repayment; and Scenario 3, which adds a modest ongoing reserve. The relamping project carries an estimated loan repayment of about $185,000 per year, and staff estimated current unmet street-tree needs at roughly $600,000. Under the consultant's…
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