PROCEDURE FOR REQUESTING A REBALLOT FOR A DEFEATED MAINTENANCE ASSESSMENT LIGHTING DISTRICT
 Since the City has already expended significant effort and expense to comply with  Proposition 218 on the first ballot proceeding, and the results of that ballot election are respected, the requirements below are necessary to assure that the property owners want a 2nd ballot election, and that a new effort will not be wasted.

A petition (English or Spanish) must be received by the Bureau of Street Lighting, Proposition 218 Compliance Section - see links to forms below - showing that approximately 60% of the property owners in the lighting district, weighted by assessment amounts, are willing to vote “YES” in the reballot to institute maintenance assessments for the lights.

The petitions below are in Adobe Acrobat PDF file format. If you do not have the Acrobat Reader, you can download the free reader at the Adobe site. This site will provide the program and instructions for installation on your computer.
Click here  to go to the Adobe site.

Reballot Petition (English)

La Peticion Para Iniciar Un Re-voto (Espanol)

The reballot will be processed as a 12 to 36 month assessment, whatever was assessed for in the original defeated district.
 

TIME ALLOWED FOR RECEIPT OF PETITION

The Bureau of Street Lighting, Proposition 218 Compliance Section must be contacted  in writing (FAX is acceptable) within two (2) weeks of the date on the notification letter (sent to property owners within the lighting district indicating that lights will be de-energized) to indicate that a petition will possibly be sent to the Bureau.  The streetlights will not be turned off during this 2 week period if the lights have not yet been de-energized.  After the time the Bureau is contacted, the de-energization of the streetlights will be postponed, and your district is allowed 30 days for districts with up to 50 parcels, or 60 days if there are more than 50 parcels in the district, to submit the petition.  If the streetlights have already been turned off, then we will make arrangements to turn the lights back on after receiving the required petition.
 

DE-ENERGIZATION OF LIGHTS

Affected streetlights in your lighting district will be turned off if:

1) no inquiries are received within the 2 week period as mentioned above, or
2) no petition received within the allotted time, or
3) invalid petition was received.
 
RESULTS OF REBALLOT

Regardless of the outcome of the reballot, the results will hold, and no reballot will be conducted for a minimum of one (1) year.

8/15/02