Title
Preliminary Street Lighting Assessments- Set a Public Hearing
Action
ACTION:
Adopt Preliminary Assessment Roll Resolutions for the operating cost of streetlights in the Capps Hollow, Cardinal Woods and Cardinal Woods Estate, Hearthstone, McGinnis Village, Mountain Point, Mountain Point Estates, Royal Oaks and Spicewood subdivisions and set a public hearing on October 20, 2026 on the preliminary assessment rolls.
Staff Contact: Amy E. Johnson, LUESA, Accounting Manager
Presentation: No
BACKGROUND/JUSTIFICATION:
Mecklenburg County Storm Water Services coordinates an assessment program as provided for in the General Statutes GS 153A: 185-206 and approved by the BOCC for residential subdivisions in the Extra Territorial Jurisdictions (ETJs) that are interested in installing and operating street lighting in order to increase safety in their respective areas.
As part of the process, homeowners could petition the BOCC for upfront funding in the form of a loan for the installation and/or operation of streetlights. The cost is then assessed annually to each homeowner for the original installation and/or the operating costs until the subdivisions are annexed into local jurisdictions.
This public hearing, as required by General Statutes, will provide an opportunity for the property owners in these subdivisions where an annual assessment is due, to comment on the street lighting operating costs paid during the FY26 fiscal year.
PROCUREMENT BACKGROUND:
N/A
POLICY IMPACT:
N/A
FISCAL IMPACT:
Represents $33,181.32 that will be assessed to property owners to reimburse the County for street lighting operating costs, along with an 8% interest rate if not paid on time incurred in FY26 (July 2025 through June 2026).