Lauren Hughes-Leslie

Neighborhood flooding and traffic safety complaints

Full build-out of the drainage master plan was estimated at nearly $700 million in 2020; recent vandalism at one pump station alone cost about $171,000 in damage and repairs.

Appointment transparency concerns

Housing subdivisions continued to December

Future homeowners in these tracts will pay the CFD special tax; existing residents' taxes are unaffected.

Homeless outreach results and encampment process

Mayor Parris estimates over $36,000 per year in city costs per non-indigenous unhoused person.

$1.02 Million Federal Grant for Police Operations

$1 million federal grant for police technology.

Roadway Maintenance and Traffic Safety Committee

A CHP grant funds seven DUI checkpoints and twelve saturation patrols this year.

Mayor and Council Salaries

Roughly $23,400 more per councilmember per year and about $38,700 for the mayor.

Resilient Recovery facility expansion on Clark Court

Project Stride youth literacy and attendance pilot

No money changes hands between agencies under the MOU; program costs like IXL subscriptions are covered in the city budget.

AVPH community event hall at 44247 10th Street West

Residential trash nuisance ordinance request

SB 1383 Organic Waste Compliance

$1.46 more per month for single-family homes; $1.13 for seniors.

Bartz-Altadonna Health Center Bond Financing

No fiscal impact to the city; repayment is the borrower's responsibility.

State Park Grant Applications for Local Recreation

$488,223.40 plus 5% contingency, funded with $512,634.57 from the General Fund.

Moving City Elections to November

Standalone elections cost taxpayers roughly $89,000 in postage alone; November elections could cut costs and boost turnout.

Prop 218 Assessment and Sewer Fee Increases

Residents face a more than doubled sewer rate increase; a low-income rebate program is now live.

Maintenance District Annexations Rejected by Property Owners

Property owners in the annexation areas will not pay the new annual maintenance assessments since the measure failed.

El Malecón live entertainment and alcohol permit

Sierra Gateway Neighborhood Plan

No direct cost to residents now; the plan is meant to attract housing and investment near transit.

Pilot Travel Center freeway pylon sign

NB1 — SPP Grant Application, Pierre Bain Park/Eastside Pool

NB2 — LWCF Grant Applications, American Heroes Park and Soccer Center

NB3 — Ordinance Moving City Elections to November

NB4 — Accept $1,023,000 Federal Public Safety Funding

PH1 — TEFRA Bonds for Bartz-Altadonna Health Center

CC 1-9 — City Consent Calendar

SA CC 1-2 — Successor Agency Budgets and ROPS

Waive further reading of any proposed ordinance. (This permits reading the title only in lieu of reciting the entire text.)

Adoption of an Ordinance to Amend Sections 13.17.050 and 13.18.100 of the Lancaster Municipal Code to Address Findings Identified in CalRecycle's Draft SB 1383 Compliance Evaluation Findings Report

Resolution of Necessity — 1511 West Avenue K (Avenue K Interchange)

Consent calendar

Appointment of Mayor to Westside School District Police Services Authority

Approval of Minutes from the Regular Meeting of August 17, 2026

Chair and Vice Chair Confirmation

Conditional Use Permit No. 26-006 — AVPH community event hall

Conditional Use Permit No. 26-011 — Pilot Travel Center pylon sign

Tentative Tract Map No. 23-009 (83793) — continued

Tentative Tract Map No. 22-005 (62349) — continued

NB 1 – Ordinance establishing Roadway Maintenance and Traffic Safety Committee (introduction)

NB 2 – Project Stride MOU with Lancaster School District

the City Council approved item number PH 3 as comprised

NB 1: Introduction of Ordinance No. 1156 (City Social Media Accounts)

PH 1: Landscaping, Water-Efficient Landscape Design and Root Barrier Requirements

PH 2: 2025-2026 CAPER Filing with HUD

the City Council approved item number PH 2 as comprised

the Lancaster Housing Authority approved the Housing Authority consent calendar as comprised

the City Council approved item number PH 1 as comprised

the City Council approved item number CC 13 as comprised

the City Council approved the introduction and conducted the first reading of Ordinance No. 1156, an ordinance of the City Council of the City of Lancaster, California, adding Chapter 2.64 (City Socia

the City Council approved the consent calendar as comprised pulling item number CC 13 for separate discussion

PH 3: Substantial Amendment to the 2017-2018 Annual Action Plan

Consent Calendar (Items CC 1 through CC 12, CC 14 through CC 18, minus CC 13)

CC 13: $2.2 Million Appropriation for HD Development of Maryland Reimbursement

HA Consent Calendar (HA CC 1-3)

the City Council approved item NB 2 as comprised

the City Council approved item CC 5

the City Council approved the contract amendment for the Chief Executive/City Manager and the authorization to execute Chief Executive/ City Manager contract amendment, revising Section 4(b) of the co

the City Council approved item number NB 1 as comprised

the City Council approved the consent calendar pulling item CC 5 for separate discussion

the City Council approved item PH 2 as comprised

the City Council Mann, approved item PH 1 as comprised

the City Council introduced, and conducted the first reading of Ordinance No. 1154, an ordinance of the City Council of the City of Lancaster, California, Amending Section 2.04.030 City council and Ma

NB 1 – Marvin E. Crist Aquatics Facility MOU and Design-Build Award

NB 2 – Safe Streets and Roads for All Grant Agreement (Challenger Way)

NB 3 – Ordinance No. 1154: Mayor and Council Salaries

PH 2 – Sierra Gateway Neighborhood Plan (GPA/ZC/ZTA/SP No. 26-001)

CA 2 – City Manager Contract Amendment

approved PH 2 as comprised

(i) adopted Resolution 26-60 approving the proposed maximum sewer service charge increases and directing their placement on the County tax roll; (ii) directed staff to immediately implement a rebate p

approved the Housing Authority Consent Calendar as comprised

adopted Resolution No. 26-62, confirming the diagram and assessments, and ordering the levy of an assessment in the Lancaster Lighting Maintenance District for Fiscal Year 2026-2027

(1) Adopted Resolution No. 26-58 approving the Shop. Drive. Fuel. Earn. rebate program as an expansion of the City’s existing Shop.Drive.Earn. program; (2) Authorized the City Manager, or his designee

adopted Resolution No. 26-64, confirming the diagram and assessments, and ordering the levy of an assessment in the Lancaster Drainage Benefit Assessment District for Fiscal Year 2026-2027

adopted Resolution No. 26-59, establishing a Minor Use Permit entitlement application fee

Shop. Drive. Fuel. Earn. Rebate Program (Resolution No. 26-58)

Mayor and Council Salary Increase Ordinance (NB 2)

Minor Use Permit Fee (Resolution No. 26-59)

Substantial Amendment to 2026-2027 Annual Action Plan (PH 2)

approved the Consent Calendar as comprised

adopted Resolution No. 26-63, confirming the diagram and assessments, and ordering the levying of an assessment in the Lancaster Landscape Maintenance District No. 1 for Fiscal Year 2026-2027

TABLED this item

Motion to Hold Sewer Service Charges in Abeyance (CPH 1)

Sewer Service Charge Increases and Rebate Program (Resolution No. 26-60)

Lighting Maintenance District Assessment (Resolution No. 26-62)

Landscape Maintenance District No. 1 Assessment (Resolution No. 26-63)

Drainage Benefit Assessment District Assessment (Resolution No. 26-64)

Consent Calendar (CC 1–CC 10)

Housing Authority Consent Calendar (HA CC 1–2)

the City Council approved the introduction of Ordinance No.1153, for Zone Text Amendment No. 26-002 (ZTA26-002) for the 2026 Zone Text Amendment to Title 17 of the Lancaster Municipal Code to provide

the City Council opened the public hearing on the Fiscal Year 2026/27 annual assessment for the Lancaster Lighting Maintenance District, received testimony, and adopted Resolution No. 26-54, continuin