Greenfield City Council unanimously approved 3-0, on Tuesday, Oct. 27 initial steps to bring the Poppy truck stop at 802 El Camino Real into two city maintenance districts, advancing proceedings for landscaping and lighting as well as streets and storm drains.
The gas station with a future quick-serve restaurant, would join the city’s Lighting and Landscaping Maintenance District No. 4 and Streets and Storm Drains Maintenance District No. 4, with a proposed annual assessment of $26,204 for the two developments in the 2026-27 fiscal year.
According to the city’s assessment notice, the proposed annual charge for the Streets and Storm Drains Maintenance District would be divided between two parcels. Parcel 1, would be assessed $16,550 annually, while Parcel 2, would be assessed $9,654.
The districts would fund maintenance of landscaping, lighting, streets and storm-drain areas serving the property, according to Public Works Director Jamie Tugul.
Council members gave preliminary approval to the engineer’s report and set in motion a property-owner ballot and public hearing, scheduled for 6 pm on Jan. 12, 2027, in the City Council chambers at 599 El Camino Real. Interested parties may submit written or oral testimony and raise objections concerning the proposed improvements, district boundaries, estimated costs or assessments.
The property owner’s ballot must be signed and returned to the City before public testimony concludes at the hearing.
The hearing will give the council an opportunity to consider public input and ballot results before deciding whether to finalize the annexations and levy the proposed assessments.
District 3 Councilmember Rachel Ortiz, welcomed the project, saying, “we do need a real truck stop,” while noting the question of whether Greenfield needs another gas station remained unanswered.
Tugul said the property owner would vote on joining the districts, and annual payments would support upkeep of the facilities.