STAFF REPORT
City of Lancaster
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8/11/2026
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Date: August 11, 2026
To: Mayor Parris and City Council Members
From: Patti Garibay, Director - Community Development
Nicole Jones, Manager – Community Development
Subject: Lancaster Landscape Maintenance District No. 1 Annual Assessment for Fiscal Year 2026/27
Recommendation:
Adopt Resolution No. 26- , confirming the diagram and assessments, and ordering the levying of an assessment in the Lancaster Landscape Maintenance District No. 1 for Fiscal Year 2026- 2027.
G.C. Section 84308: No
Fiscal Impact:
Each parcel annexed prior to Fiscal Year 2005-2006 will be assessed $80.00 per benefit unit, which is the same as the previous year’s assessment. Each parcel annexed beginning Fiscal Year 2005-2006 and later will be assessed $148.04 per benefit unit. Each parcel in the Fox Field Industrial Corridor will be assessed $0.4872 per benefit unit. The proposed assessment include the CPI adjustment of 2.93%. An estimated total of $2,133,549.00 will be assessed against the benefiting properties, which will be used for maintenance expenses.
Background:
Lancaster Landscape Maintenance District No. 1 and Fox Field Industrial Corridor Landscape Maintenance District were formed, including subsequent annexations thereto, for the purpose of providing maintenance services to landscaping and appurtenant improvements for various developments within the City, and assessing those properties which benefit from this service.
Each year the City Council must, by law, order the preparation of an Engineer’s Report describing the existing and proposed maintenance services, and conduct a public hearing to 2 4
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establish and order the amount of assessment for the next fiscal year.
Funds collected through the Landscape Maintenance District are used to maintain landscaping improvements throughout the District.
Assessment Rates for Fiscal Year 2026/27
Parcels annexed before FY 2005/06
oAnnual assessment remains $80.00 per benefit unit. This rate is unchanged from FY 2004/05.
Parcels annexed in FY 2005/06 or later
oAssessments are adjusted annually based on the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for the Los Angeles–Riverside–Orange Counties region.
oThe approved CPI adjustment for FY 2026/27 is 2.93%. The assessment increases from $143.83 to $148.04 per benefit unit.
Fox Field Industrial Corridor Landscape Maintenance District oThe assessment is also adjusted annually using the same 2.93% CPI increase.
The rate increases from $0.4734 to $0.4872 per benefit unit.
On July 14, 2026, after hearing all protests to the landscape maintenance assessment, the City Council continued the public hearing to August 11, 2026 at 1:30 p.m. in the Council Chambers, City of Lancaster.
Attachment:
Resolution No. 26-
Lancaster Landscape Maintenance District No. 1 Engineer’s Report