The Redlands City Council held public hearings and called special elections to consider levying annual special taxes within territory proposed to be annexed to Community Facilities District (CFD) No. 2004-1 for two separate development tracts. The council canvassed ballots and declared that the required supermajority voted in favor in each case.

What was before the council

Development Services staff described two annexations to CFD No. 2004-1: annexation No. 28 (related to a residential tract at San Bernardino and Wabash Avenue, described as street-tree maintenance adjacent to tract map 20473) and annexation No. 30 (Bergamot tract, related to maintenance of parking lot, infiltration basin, stormwater treatment devices, landscaping, and street trees adjacent to Track No. 20528). Notices of hearing were published and mailed as required.

Elections and results

For annexation No. 28 the city clerk canvassed certified ballots from the qualified electors (Tri Pointe Homes, IESD, and KLLB BY 2, LLC) and reported 39 yes votes and 0 no votes, meeting the two-thirds requirement. For annexation No. 30, Meritage Homes of California cast 13 yes votes and 0 no votes, likewise meeting the two-thirds threshold. The council adopted resolutions calling the special elections and declaring the results, and determined both annexations are added to CFD No. 2004-1 with full legal effect.

Public comment and objections

One public speaker (Steve Rogers) raised allegations about earlier development approvals for Tri Pointe/other projects; staff and council said no evidence had been presented to staff indicating an illegal track and that allegations are reviewed when raised. No formal protests were filed in the hearings.

Next steps

The council instructed the city clerk to conduct and announce canvasses of the votes cast and adopted the implementing resolutions; the council also moved that the adoption of the resolutions is exempt from CEQA pursuant to the city's CEQA guidelines section cited in the staff report. The clerk will record maps of the district boundaries incorporating the annexed territories as ordered by resolution.