For City Council Meeting February 10, 2026
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council
APPROVAL: Tanya Williams, City Manager
FROM: Yazdan Emrani, P.E., Director of Public Works
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Request City Council to: (1) Set a Public Hearing for March 10, 2026, to Conduct a Property Owner Protest Ballot Proceeding; (2) Adopt Resolution No. 8460 Initiating the Proceedings for the Annexation of Properties to the Rialto Landscaping and Lighting Maintenance District No. 2 and to Levy and Authorize Collection of Assessments Commencing with Fiscal Year 2025/2026; and (3) Adopt Resolution No. 8461 Declaring the Intention to Annex Properties to the Rialto Landscaping and Lighting Maintenance District No. 2 and Conduct a Property Owner Protest Ballot Proceeding On The Matter of the New Assessments Related Thereto Commencing with Fiscal Year 2025/2026.
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RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that the City Council:
1) Set a Public Hearing for March 10, 2026;
2) Adopt a resolution initiating the proceedings for the annexation of properties to the Rialto Landscaping and Lighting Maintenance District No. 2, and to levy and authorize collection of assessments commencing with Fiscal Year 2025/2026; and
3) Adopt a resolution declaring the intention to annex properties to the Rialto Landscaping and Lighting Maintenance District No. 2 and conduct a property owner protest ballot proceeding on the matter of the new assessments related thereto commencing with Fiscal Year 2025/2026.
BACKGROUND:
The Landscaping and Lighting Act of 1972 (the "Act"), beginning with Section 22500 of the California Streets and Highways Code, authorizes the City Council to establish a special district to pay for the costs to operate and maintain public improvements that benefit private properties. In January 2005, the City Council established Rialto Landscaping and Lighting Maintenance District No. 2 (LLMD No. 2) to fund costs for the operation of new streetlights added to the City's streetlight system and to fund co...
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