| Date | County | City | Meeting Type | Item Type | Item | Description |
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| 20250805 | LA County | Lynwood | City Council | Order of Business 9 | 9.2 LYNWOOD LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE ASSESSMENT DISTRICT, FY 2025/2026 Comments: The Lynwood Landscape Maintenance Assessment District was first established in 1978 under the Landscaping and Lighting Act of 1972. The cost of maintenance, including the assessment engineering costs and administration, can be levied annually against the properties that receive the benefits thereby relieving the General Fund of those costs. Property owners can be assessed only for the special benefits received. The assessments are levied as a fair and equitable way to provide funds to maintain, operate and improve the landscaped areas in the City. The plans and specifications for the District are on file in the Office of the Director of Public Works. On June 3, 2025, the City Council adopted the following three resolutions: 1. Resolution Initiating Proceedings for the Annual Levy of Assessments and Balloting Procedures to Levy Proposed New or Increased Assessments 2. Resolution Declaring its Intention to Order the Levy and Collection of Annual Assessments and to Ballot Property Owners for Fiscal Year 2025/2026 within the Landscape Maintenance Assessment District 3. Resolution Preliminary Approval of the Annual Engineer’s Report Including Proposed New or Increased Assessments for the Landscape Maintenance Assessment District Notices and ballots prepared in compliance with Proposition 218 were mailed to all property owners on June 20, 2025, 45 days in advance of the Public Hearing scheduled for August 5, 2025. (FIN/PW) Recommendation: Staff recommends that the City Council hold a public hearing, and after considering all oral statements and all written protests made or filed by any interested person, to close the public hearing and approve the following actions: 1. Adopt - A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LYNWOOD APPROVING THE FINAL ENGINEER’S REPORT INCLUDING PROPOSED INCREASED ASSESSMENTS, CONFIRMING THE DISTRICT DIAGRAM AND CURRENT ASSESSMENTS, ORDERING THE LEVY AND COLLECTION OF ANNUAL ASSESSMENTS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025/2026 FOR THE LYNWOOD LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE ASSESSMENT DISTRICT TO BE LEVIED BY THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, AND STATING THAT IF NO MAJORITY PROTEST IS RECEIVED IN THE PROPERTY OWNER BALLOTING, THE NEW ASSESSMENT RATES SHALL SUPERSEDE PRIOR APPROVED ASSESSMENTS UPON CERTIFICATION OF BALLOT RESULTS AT THE NEXT SCHEDULED COUNCIL MEETING 2. City Clerk shall direct Willdan to start the tabulation of the ballots. 3. Announce that ballot tabulation is open for public witnesses, may be continued to the next day, and the results of the ballot tabulation may be declared at the next Council meeting. | August 05, 2025 LA County Lynwood City Council Order of Business 9 #2 |
| 20250805 | LA County | Lynwood | City Council | Order of Business 9 | 9.1 LYNWOOD LIGHTING ASSESSMENT DISTRICT, FY 2025/2026 Comments: The Lynwood Lighting Assessment District was formed in 1981 under the Landscaping and Lighting Act of 1972. The cost of maintenance, including the assessment engineering costs and administration, can be levied annually against the properties that receive the benefits thereby relieving the General Fund of those costs. Property owners can be assessed only for the special benefits received. The assessments are levied as a fair and equitable way to provide funds to maintain, operate and improve the lighting throughout the City. The plans and specifications for the District are on file in the Office of the Director of Public Works. On June 3, 2025, the City Council adopted the following three resolutions: 1. Resolution Initiating Proceedings for the Annual Levy of Assessments and Balloting Procedures to Levy Proposed New or Increased Assessments 2. Resolution Declaring its Intention to Order the Levy and Collection of Annual Assessments and to Ballot Property Owners for Fiscal Year 2025/2026 within the Lighting Assessment District 3. Resolution Preliminary Approval of the Annual Engineer’s Report Including Proposed New or Increased Assessments for the Lighting Assessment District Notices and ballots prepared in compliance with Proposition 218 were mailed to all property owners on June 20, 2025, 45 days in advance of the Public Hearing scheduled for August 5, 2025. (FIN/PW) Recommendation: Staff recommends that the City Council hold a public hearing, and after considering all oral statements and all written protests made or filed by any interested person, to close the public hearing and approve the following actions: 1. Adopt - A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LYNWOOD APPROVING THE FINAL ENGINEER’S REPORT INCLUDING PROPOSED INCREASED ASSESSMENTS, CONFIRMING THE DISTRICT DIAGRAM AND CURRENT ASSESSMENTS, ORDERING THE LEVY AND COLLECTION OF ANNUAL ASSESSMENTS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025/2026 FOR THE LYNWOOD LIGHTING ASSESSMENT DISTRICT TO BE LEVIED BY THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, AND STATING THAT IF NO MAJORITY PROTEST IS RECEIVED IN THE PROPERTY OWNER BALLOTING, THE NEW ASSESSMENT RATES SHALL SUPERSEDE PRIOR APPROVED ASSESSMENTS UPON CERTIFICATION OF BALLOT RESULTS AT THE NEXT SCHEDULED COUNCIL MEETING 2. City Clerk shall direct Willdan to start the tabulation of the ballots. 3. Announce that ballot tabulation is open for public witnesses, may be continued to the next day, and the results of the ballot tabulation may be declared at the next Council meeting. | August 05, 2025 LA County Lynwood City Council Order of Business 9 #1 |