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Frequently Asked Questions About San Ramon’s Landscaping and Lighting Assessment District (LLAD) Q: What is the Landscaping and Lighting Assessment District? A: The Landscaping and Lighting District provides maintenance for the landscaped areas located throughout the City’s streets, trails and medians. Citywide Landscaping includes median landscaping and lighting. There are also several special assessment zones that include landscaped areas that benefit adjacent property owners specifically. Q: What services are provided by the Landscape and Lighting Assessment District? A: The Landscaping and Lighting program provides horticultural care and routine landscape maintenance to improved landscaped areas. This includes weekly mowing and edging of turf areas, weed abatement and trash and debris pick-up. Trees and shrubs are pruned and fertilized for health and safety. Turf areas are fertilized, aerated and de-thatched as needed. Annual color is replaced throughout the District with seasonal flowers three times a year. Dead and dying plant material is replaced when necessary to improve the appearance and health of landscaped areas throughout the City. Q: What are the current lighting and landscape needs in San Ramon? A: The City has done everything it can to maintain and increase the efficiency of our landscape and lighting services. Nevertheless, the costs of energy, water materials and labor continue to rise. We need to increase the lighting and landscape assessment so that we are able to continue to repair lights and preserve our landscaping in our neighborhoods. Q: Why do we need to act now? A: Our property values are higher because our city is clean, well-lit, and nicely landscaped. It’s in our best interests to provide funding for the City to maintain and improve these services and keep our property values high. Q: What are the benefits of the lighting and landscape services? A: This assessment will help keep our streets safe for drivers. Well-maintained street lighting means that even at night and in bad weather, drivers can see traffic signs, other drivers, pedestrians and bicyclists – avoiding serious injuries and fatal accidents. This measure will only increase taxes for city landscaping and street lighting by about a dollar and sixteen cents per month – that’s not much to pay for keeping San Ramon’s streets clean, attractive and safe. Q: What properties are in the District? A: All properties in San Ramon (except for those in Dougherty Valley) including single family residential, apartment complexes, business parks, commercial and industrial businesses, churches, schools and City properties are in the Landscaping and Lighting District. Q: Why aren’t the properties in the Dougherty Valley included in the Landscaping and Lighting Assessment District? A: The Dougherty Valley has a different funding mechanism called a County Service Area (CSA) that property owners pay into to fund the maintenance of city street lights and landscaping. Q: When was the City’s LLAD formed, and when were the assessments last increased? A: The District was formed in 1984 and has been
re-established each year under the provisions of state law (Landscaping and
Lighting Act of 1972) and by annual action of the San Ramon City Council. The
annual assessment of $59 per residential property has been in place since July
1, 1998. Prior to 1998, the assessment was $53 per year. |
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