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Hanford council authorizes April balloting on six landscape‑lighting districts, hears plan for new maintenance contract and in‑house option
Summary
Council accepted a staff report showing 44 landscape/lighting assessment districts, authorized staff to place six districts on a public hearing ballot for April 7, 2026, and directed an RFB for a revised, simplified maintenance contract while evaluating a possible in‑house public works division to deliver services.
Alvin Diaz, deputy public works director, told the Hanford City Council on Jan. 20 that the city oversees 44 separate landscape and lighting assessment districts and that several are in poor financial health. "So currently, the city has 44 total landscape assessment districts," Diaz said, and he identified shortfalls including Quail RunEstates, which he said "is in a deficit of $40,000."
Diaz presented an engineer's estimate and a draft outreach plan and recommended council authorize staff to place six districts on the April 7 public hearing ballot to consider assessment increases for fiscal years 2026-27. The districts identified for balloting were Quail Run Estates, Portofino Gateway Estates, Crystal Springs, Cielo/Tara, Hyde…
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