CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING AGENDA PACKET

Page 1 of 8 Item #12 CITY COUNCIL AGENDA REPORT May 21, 2024 Public Works - Engineering Division TITLE: ADOPT RESOLUTIONS APPROVING THE ENGINEER’S REPORTS FOR LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE DISTRICTS 1984-1 (PONDEROSA-DEL PRADO), 1993-1 (WINDSOR), 1993-2 (BONDE RANCH), 1994-1 (OAK TREE FARM), AND 1995-1 (MOLLER RANCH), DECLARING THE CITY’S INTENTION TO ASSESS THE PROPERTIES FOR THE COST TO OPERATE AND MAINTAIN THE DISTRICTS; AND SETTING JUNE 18, 2024, AT 7:00 P.M. AS THE DATE AND TIME FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING SUMMARY The annual Engineer’s Reports for the Landscape Maintenance Districts (LMDs) in the Ponderosa-Del Prado, Windsor, Bonde Ranch, Oak Tree Farm, and Moller Ranch subdivisions have been completed for FY 2024/25. The Engineer’s Reports determine the tax assessments that will be levied against property owners within each LMD for the electrical costs, maintenance, and irrigation for the special district improvements installed as part of each development. All assessment amounts remain unchanged from previous years because the original district formation documents did not include an escalation clause to address inflation. While maintenance costs and water rates have increased, the level of maintenance has decreased a corresponding amount thus depleting funding reserves, such that staff will be proceeding with initiation of the Proposition 218 process for two of the districts. Staff recommends the City Council approve the Engineer’s Report for each LMD, declare the intention to levy and collect assessments, and schedule a public hearing for 7 p.m. on June 18, 2024, to receive testimony from those that will be subject to the assessments, and direct the City Clerk to advertise a Notice of Annual Hearing 10 days prior to the hearing. RECOMMENDATION Adopt resolutions approving the Engineer’s reports for Landscape Maintenance Districts 1984- 1 (Ponderosa-Del Prado), 1993-1 (Windsor), 1993-2 (Bonde Ranch), 1994-1 (Oak Tree Farm), and 1995-1 (Moller Ranch), declaring the City’s intention to assess the properties for the cost to operate and maintain the Districts; and setting June 18, 2024, at 7 p.m. as the date and time for the public hearing, and authorize the City Clerk to advertise a Notice of Annual Hearing (Cal. Streets & Highways Code §22626) 10 days prior to the hearing. BACKGROUND The Landscaping and Lighting Act of 1972 authorizes local agencies to impose an annual assessment on real property benefiting from project-specific improvements to pay for the construction and maintenance of landscaping and lighting special improvements that benefit those parcels. The assessments are collected by the Alameda County Assessor’s Office to be applied to each owner’s property tax bill. For each LMD, City staff follows a statutorily imposed process for yearly administration. Staff Page 266 of 720