Item 6.1 - Workshop Request for Landscape Maintenance District 83-1 and 86-11 of 1 June 4, 2019, Item #6.1
CITY OF POWAY
MEMORANDUM
TO: Mayor and Members of the City Council
FROM: Dave Grosch, Deputy Mayor
Caylin Frank, Councilmember
DATE: June 4, 2019
SUBJECT: Workshop Request for Landscape Maintenance District 83-1 and 86-1
The assessment revenue collected in Landscape Maintenance Districts (LMDs) 83-1 and 86-1
are no longer sufficient to fund their improvements and services. Reserve funds have been
gradually depleted as expenses have grown and revenues have not. Consequently, the level of
landscape maintenance service has gradually been reduced, based on the available funding,
causing a deterioration of landscape conditions.
Following a failed Prop 218 ballot process last year to increase assessment rates for these two
districts, the City Council authorized staff to establish a Volunteer Advisory Group and
appropriated one-time funding to the LMDs for water costs and emergency tree removal. The
Advisory Group presented the City Council with its recommendations at a workshop on March 19,
2019. While the workshop discussion acknowledged the dire conditions of the LMDs, including
the health and safety risks caused by dead and diseased trees along main arterials, the meeting
did not provide enough direction to staff for further action to be taken.
There are still many questions and options to consider in addressing the future of LMDs 83-1 and
86-1, including:
Creating a landscape master plan
Costs and funding options for recommendations
Strategy and costs for a re-balloting and/or reengineering
Capital improvements needed in each LMD
Per Council direction on May 7, 2019, another LMD Workshop will be held on July 16, 2019, to
elaborate on these options and come to a consensus on a clear plan of action for staff to execute.