CARLSBAD — The Carlsbad City Council approved annual property assessments to fund street lighting, trees and landscaped medians in two assessment districts for the upcoming fiscal year. The city plans to use revenue from the assessments to maintain and replace street lighting, street trees and landscaped medians in those districts. The total budget for District 1 — including street lighting, street trees and medians — totals just over $4.4 million, according to city documents. “Street lighting along the city’s arterial roads is considered a general benefit, therefore it’s not assessed to individual properties.” Nine zones have assessment rates below $85 per unit, while the remaining seven exceed $125, according to the documents.