HomeMy WebLinkAbout031025-03.5 Updated LLAD PresentationLighting & Landscape
Assessment District
(LLAD)
2025 Annual Danville Town Council
& Town Commission Workshop
1March 10, 2025 (presentation updated March 11, 2025)
Overview
Lighting and Landscape Assessment District
1.What it is, What it does & and Why it
Matters
2.Fiscal Challenges
3.The Funding Gap
4.2025 Rate Adjustment
5.Process & Next Steps
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The LLAD
What It Is
•Lighting and Landscape Assessment Districts
(LLADs) established under state law .
•Since incorporation, Danville has had an LLAD
•All properties in Danville currently pay LLAD
assessments
•Assessments are set based upon degree of
benefit received by each property
•Crucial for maintaining parks, landscaping,
street lighting, and public facilities
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The LLAD
What it does
•Maintains +/- 200 acres of public parks,
including 5 community parks & 5 school parks
•Maintains community facilities (i.e. library,
community centers, etc.)
•Maintains +/- 60 acres of roadside and
median landscaping
•Maintains +/- 3,500 street lights
•Public assets that support public safety and
quality of life
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The LLAD
Why It Matters
•Danville is a Low Property Tax City – receives
$70 of every $1,000 Property Tax dollar
•LLAD an essential funding source (3rd largest)
•No rate increase since 2003
•Revenues not kept pace with rising costs,
most of which are attributable to utility and
maintenance costs.
•LLAD revenues are being subsidized by the
General Fund and LLAD Reserves
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Other
CDA/Successor Agency CDA Loan Repayments
Town of
Danville
Operating
Budget
General
Purpose
Revenues
Special
Purpose
Revenues
Municipal
Services
Transfers
Revenues & Expenditures | Overview
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Unrestricted revenue
(“General Fund”)
Operating Budget
•Police Services
•Maintenance Services
•Administrative Services
•Development Services
•Recreation Services
•General Government
Restricted revenue,
only spent for specific
purposes (LLAD)
Capital Budget
•Pavement Management
•Capital Improvements
Other Transfers
•LLAD Subsidy
•Asset Replacement
•Reserves
Other
CDA/Successor Agency CDA Loan Repayments
Town of
Danville
Operating
Budget
General
Purpose
Revenues
Special
Purpose
Revenues
Municipal
Services
Transfers
General Fund | Growing Operating & Capital Demands
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Unrestricted revenue
(“General Fund”)
Operating Budget
•Police Services
•Maintenance Services
•Administrative Services
•Development Services
•Recreation Services
•General Government
Restricted revenue,
only spent for specific
purposes (LLAD)
Capital Budget
•Pavement Management
•Capital Improvements
Other Transfers
•LLAD Subsidy
•Asset Replacement
•Operating Reserve
Flat Revenues,
Surging Costs
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43%
16%
7%
LLAD Funding Gap
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Fund Activity
Assessment Revenues $3.05 million
2023/24 Expenditures ($4.85 million)
Balance or (Shortfall)($1.79 million)
Fund Subsidies
General Fund $1.35 million
LLAD Reserves $0.44 million
Total Subsidies: $1.79 million
LLAD Funding Gap
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Fund Activity
Assessment Revenues $3.05 million
2023/24 Expenditures ($4.85 million)
Balance or (Shortfall)($1.79 million)
Fund Subsidies
General Fund $1.35 million
LLAD Reserves $0.44 million
Total Subsidies: $1.79 million
LLAD Funding Gap
Forecast to be depleted by FY 2026/27
General Fund under pressure to support
other operating and capital functions
Rate Adjustment
LLAD 2025-1 Partially Closes the Funding Gap
•Preserve current standards of park, roadside
landscape, facility and street light maintenance.
•Reduce pressure on the General Fund,
freeing resource for infrastructure and public
safety priorities.
•Ensure long-term financial sustainability,
aligning LLAD revenues with actual
maintenance costs.
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LLAD Rate Adjustment | What It Means in Real Dollars
Balloting Process
Procedural Requirements (Proposition 218 )
•Notices and ballots mailed → all affected
property owners.
•Major protest rule: If a majority of the
*returned ballots* do not oppose the rate
adjustment, then it can be implemented.
•Ballots are weighted based on the
assessment paid. All votes count in a
Proposition 218 procedure, just not equally.
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LLAD No. 2025-1
Balloting Timeline
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February 4: Resolution of Initiation for LLAD
No. 2025-1.
March 18: Resolution of Intent and
preliminary approval of Engineer’s Report.
April 4: Deadline to mail notices and ballots.
May 20: Public hearing to declare balloting
period has closed. Continue item to June 3.
June 3: Declare results of ballot tabulation.
If property owners favor LLAD No. 2025-1,
adopt resolution confirming assessment.
August 10: Deadline to submit LLAD No.
2025-1 assessments to Contra Costa County
for placement on next year’s tax roll.
43%
16%
7%
Learn More
www.danville.ca.gov/LLAD
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