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MADs usually pay for maintenance services but can also pay for construction/ installation in limited circumstances.
Maintenance Services
MADs are usually used to provide funding for higher levels of maintenance services in the public
right-of-way, for example: landscape maintenance (irrigation, fertilization, weeding, pruning, pest
control, dead tree removal, plant replacement and turf mowing/edging); hardscape maintenance
(sweeping and weeding of hardscape medians and curbs/gutters; removal of graffiti; and maintenance
of street benches); open space maintenance (safety tree trimming and removal, and litter removal);
street light maintenance for light fixtures which exceed what the City provides (energy costs;
light bulb and damaged post replacement; and graffiti removal); litter removal; sidewalk
steam cleaning; sign maintenance; banner installation/removal; and seasonal decoration
installation/removal.
Note: Some of the services MADs do not pay for are: brush removal (which is performed on a
City wide limited basis by a Brush Management Unit); maintenance of slopes which cannot
be seen from roadways; retaining walls, clean water retention basins, and landscaping
along Caltrans property approaching freeway on-and-off ramps.
Construction Project
A MAD can be used to provide funding for construction/ installation on a limited basis. Only a few
existing MADs fund constructing or installing improvements in a District. Most of the assets
maintained by MADs are installed by developers or with Community Development Block Grant
(CDBG) or Facilities Benefit Assessment (FBA) funds. Assessments to fund construction/installation
are limited to 5 years for landscaping, statues, fountains and lighting; and to 30 years for
acquisition of parkland or open space land; and park and recreation improvements and maintenance.
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