Wildomar City Council agrees to hold public hearing on park fee
The annual assesment will pay for the operating, maintenance and landscaping of Marna O’Brien, Windsong and Heritage Regency parks. If the city decides to build a fourth park, the fee could hike up to $45.
Thursday, July 15, 2010
Wildomar City Council Thursday unanimously agreed to hold a public hearing for city residents to pay a $28 assessment fee to help maintain the city’s three parks, city officials said Thursday.
A public hearing has been set for July 28.
The annual assessment will pay for the operating, maintenance and landscaping of Marna O’Brien, Windsong and Heritage Regency parks. If the city decides to build a fourth park in upcoming years, Wildomar Finance Director Gary Nordquist said the fee could hike up to $45.
In May, the parks were in jeopardy of closing down after the fee was challenged by the state Court of Appeals when Wildomar resident Steven Buetz, claimed it was an illegal assessment. City residents voted in favor of the annual fee two years before the city’s incorporation while Wildomar was still under county jurisdiction, but the California 4th District Court of Appeal ruled in favor of Buetz, after finding an error in the county’s report of the fee.
Nordquist said since the city has not been directed to stop proceeding with the routine annual assesment, business regarding the parks fee will continue as usual.
Nordquist said county officials are taking the next step in appealing the case to the state Supreme Court.
Yazmin Alvarez can be reached at yazmin.alvarez@swrnn.com.
Wildomar City Council Thursday unanimously approved a proposed public hearing for city residents to pay a $28 assesment fee to help maintain the city’s three parks, city officials said Thursday.
A public hearing has been set for July 28.
The annual assesment will pay for the operating, maintenance and landscaping of Marna O’Brien, Windsong and Heritage Regency parks. If the city decides to build a fourth park in upcoming years, Wildomar Finance Director Gary Nordquist said the fee could hike up to $45.
In May, the parks were in jeopardy of closing down after the fee was challenged by the state Court of Appeals when Wildomar resident Steven Buetz, claimed it was an illegal assestment. City residents voted in favor of the annual fee two years before the city’s incorporation while Wildomar was still under county jursisdiction, but the California 4th District Court of Appeal ruled in favor of Buetz, after finding an error in the county’s report of the fee.
Nordquist said since the city has not been directed to stop proceeding with the routine annual assesment, business regarding the parks fee will continue as usual.
Nordquist said county officials are taking the next step in appealing the case to the state Supreme Court.
Tags: California 4th District Court of Appeal, Heritage Regency, Marna O’Brien, park fees, state Supreme Court, SWRNN, wildomar, Wildomar city council, Wildomar parks, Windsong Park
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