CITY COUNCIL MIGHT PUT PARK TAX TO VOTERS : PALMDALE TO TAKE ACTION UNDER PROP. 218.Byline: Jim Skeen Do you mean:
Prompted by the passage of Proposition 218 earlier, Palmdale officials are considering calling a special election March 4 to ask voters to authorize To empower another with the legal right to perform an action. The Constitution authorizes Congress to regulate interstate commerce. authorize v. to officially empower someone to act. (See: authority) the continuation of a citywide landscape assessment fee. The 5-year-old assessment, which raises about $650,000 annually, funds graffiti graffiti Form of visual communication, usually illegal, involving the unauthorized marking of public space by an individual or group. Technically the term applies to designs scratched through a layer of paint or plaster, but its meaning has been extended to other markings. removal, and pays for maintaining landscaping at highway interchanges, major streets' parkways and medians, retention and detention basins Noun 1. detention basin - a storage site (such as a small reservoir) that delays the flow of water downstream catchment area, catchment basin, drainage area, drainage basin, river basin, watershed, basin - the entire geographical area drained by a river and its and other landscaping in public areas. ``We are trying to do what Proposition 218 says and put the question before the voters,'' said Councilman David Myers. ``We're working hard to do what 218 says because the voters have spoken very clearly.'' Passed 56 percent to 44 percent statewide Nov. 5, Proposition 218 blocks municipal governments from enacting property-based assessments or increasing existing assessments without the approval of voters. The council Wednesday will consider the matter at a special meeting at 7 p.m. Wednesday in the council chambers, 708 E. Palmdale Blvd. The tax measure, which requires a two-thirds vote to pass, is proposed to go to voters at the same time as a Palmdale School District The Palmdale School District is a school district that serves a major part of the city of Palmdale, California (USA). The Palmdale School District was first formed in 1888. Approximately 28,000 students are enrolled in the Palmdale School District. bond election. If a voters approve, the tax rate would remain $12 for a home and between $48 and $96 an acre for commercial property - according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a report prepared by Steve Williams Steve Williams may refer to:
pl.n. Construction projects, such as highways or dams, financed by public funds and constructed by a government for the benefit or use of the general public. Noun 1. . The council also will consider a staff recommendation to begin reshaping what the city refers to as the ``Local Zone'' landscape assessment, amounts to $105.06 a year per home and raises about $2.2 million annually in newer housing tracts and commercial areas. That fee amounts to $105.06 a year per home. That assessment, established in 1990, is for maintenance of landscape associated with particular housing tracts and commercial developments. The staff report recommends breaking the zone into distinct subzones and then conducting public meetings and elections by mail to set assessments from each. In addition to seeking a special election on the citywide assessment and reshaping the Local Zone assessment, Williams is recommending that the city staff contract community associations and homeowner organizations to see whether any are willing to take on maintaining landscaping for their areas. Williams also is recommending that the city prepare an information campaign on the implications of Proposition 218 on existing improvements and for the city to reduce spending to allow for maintenance of existing improvements for as long as possible given the uncertainty over the future of the assessments. |
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