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Council hears plan to address underfunded landscape assessment districts; staff recommends phased ballots
Summary
City staff outlined a five‑point plan to address 43 landscape assessment districts in Hanford, focusing on rescoping consultants, targeted outreach and balloting to raise assessments in deficient districts; council generally agreed to rescope the Willdan contract and directed staff to return with candidate districts and outreach materials.
City staff, led by Director Brad Albert, briefed the council on the history, current condition and recommended next steps for Hanford’s landscape assessment districts (LADs).
Albert said the city has 43 LADs, 11 of which are financially deficient (many lack CPI escalators) and seven of which have been downgraded to a ‘triple x’ rating with no contracted landscape services. Using a sample property in District 0403 (Cambridge Homes), staff showed how an annual assessment of about $154 is allocated — roughly 51% to contract maintenance, 18% to utilities, about 7% for city service…
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