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Council votes to send measure to voters on CFD (Mello‑Roo s) taxes after public pleas to spare another year of levies
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Summary
The council adopted Resolution No. 2026-14 by a 3-0 vote to submit a measure to qualified voters of Community Facilities District No. 2004-2 to repeal or reduce Mello‑Roo s taxes; city attorney described the item as a procedural step and public commenters urged approval to avoid another year of taxation.
The Imperial City Council voted 3-0 to adopt Resolution No. 2026-14 to submit a measure to the qualified voters of Community Facilities District (CFD) No. 2004-2 asking whether to repeal or reduce Mello‑Roo s (Mello‑Roo s) CFD taxes.
City Attorney Katie Turner told the council that her role was procedural: "This is not to comment on the content. It's not to review the the merits of it, but it's simply a procedural requirement in order to pass this on to the next step," she said, explaining that the city clerk and outside counsel will coordinate with the registrar of voters as the matter moves forward.
Several members of the public urged the council to consider approving the measure. Andrew Rausch, who said he was representing local stakeholders, told the council: "Under the elections code, you can approve this measure today," and argued that approving the measure would spare district residents the cost of another election and stop an additional year of taxes. Contractor Mario Maresca, who said he had discussed the project for years with city staff, warned of site-access and traffic concerns and urged the council to help advance housing construction in the district.
Turner said staff had not prepared full backup materials to proceed with immediate approval and recommended moving forward as presented to the next procedural step; the council then approved the resolution 3-0 (motion by Amparano, second by Tucker).
Next steps: staff will work with the registrar of voters and outside counsel to complete required filings and returns to council if any changes are required before finalizing the measure for the ballot.
