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Council receives LLMD update; city reports $36,000 grant preapproval to remove turf and save water
Summary
City engineer reported a Landscape and Lighting Maintenance District update outlining water-cost pressures, Proposition 218 constraints, and a recent preapproval for a $36,000 turf-removal grant for Zone 3; council received and filed the report and discussed outreach and potential Proposition 218 measures.
City engineer Cody Howling briefed the City Council on March 16 about the status of La Vernes Landscape and Lighting Maintenance Districts (LLMDs), flagging rising water costs, Proposition 218 assessment limits and a grant preapproval to remove turf in one zone.
Howling described three active LLMDs (districts 6, 7 and 8) and multiple zones within them, explained that most zones assign assessments equally across properties and noted that Proposition 218 limits increase options for raising assessments except where a CPI or…
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