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Council approves $1.1M land purchase for public safety building; forms CFD for Lunaria subdivision
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Summary
During the March 3 regular meeting Hanford City Council approved a purchase agreement for five parcels from Mia Farms to site a future public safety building (purchase price $1,100,000; due diligence and environmental review provisions) with a 4‑0‑1 vote (one recusal). The council also formed Community Facilities District 2026‑3 (Lunaria) and approved special taxes after a unanimous landowner vote (29‑0) and 5‑0 council adoption.
Hanford City Council approved two formal land‑use and financing actions at its March 3 regular meeting: a purchase agreement for five parcels for a planned public safety building and formation of a Community Facilities District (CFD) to fund maintenance for the Lunaria subdivision.
City staff summarized the purchase and sale agreement for five Mia Farms parcels at the southeast corner of Harrison and 7th, totaling roughly 56,000 square feet and currently occupied by small businesses. City staff said the purchase price is $1,100,000; the agreement requires a 3% deposit within five business days and includes a 45‑day due‑diligence period that may be extended by 90 days if a Phase II environmental report is required. "The purchase price for these 5 parcels is $1,100,000," city staff stated during the presentation.
Council moved, seconded and approved the agreement. The clerk recorded the vote as passing 4‑0‑1, with Council Member Martinez recused because of proximity to the property.
Later in the meeting the council held a public hearing and landowner election to form Community Facilities District 2026‑3 (the Lunaria subdivision) for public maintenance services. Assistant engineer Steve Cooty explained the initial formation covers phases 1A and 1B (107 single‑family parcels), includes a 5.8‑acre park and a retention basin, and will allow annexation of later phases. The landowner vote was 29 in favor, 0 opposed. The council adopted the required resolutions and an ordinance to levy special taxes; projected assessments for each detached residential property in the district were estimated at $896 annually to fund landscape, lighting, drainage and street maintenance.
Both the landowner ballot and the council’s adoption passed without opposition: the landowner ballot was 29‑0 and the council adoption votes were 5‑0. City staff said future phases of Lunaria will be annexed as development proceeds, and the CFD formation authority will allow the city to levy the special tax once final parceling and annexation are complete.
