Lancaster Meeting of November 10, 2026

The Lancaster City Council meeting on November 10, 2026, considered several funding and infrastructure items. Council unanimously authorized grant applications for park improvements: up to $8.5 million through California’s Statewide Park Development and Community Revitalization Program for Pure Bane Park and East Side Pool, with no required match, and two Land and Water Conservation Fund applications for American Heroes Park and Lancaster National Soccer Center, each estimated at up to $6 million with a 50% local match. Council also unanimously accepted an approximately $1.023 million Department of Justice Community Project Funding award for police equipment, including vehicles, public safety cameras, substance-testing units, and dispatch consoles. A public hearing and replacement resolution authorized up to $20 million in tax-exempt bonds through the California Enterprise Development Authority for improvements and expansion at Bart’s Altadena Community Health Center locations; the city has no repayment obligation. Staff also reported that Measure H funding had been awarded to eight new community programs and would expand two existing programs, with contracts being processed.

Staff presented research on possible technology/data center development standards, covering land use, utility capacity, environmental review, community input, and potential development agreements and community benefits; no data-center ordinance or project approval was taken. Staff cited an $800,000 community benefit secured in a previously approved development agreement and discussed possible local vendor, sales-tax, workforce, and power arrangements for future projects. Council also approved moving municipal elections to even-numbered Novembers. No procurement award for a data center was made.