CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING AGENDA PACKET

Page 3 of 7 The assessments for the coming year for District 1993-1 (Windsor) will be the same as last year at $269.62 per privately-owned parcel. With a total of 90 parcels in the district, this year's total assessment will be $24,265.80. This amount is not enough to fund the maintenance of the district areas to the same level of maintenance as in past years. The county assessment fee will continue to be paid, as will the City administration fee, but due to the increasing cost of water and maintenance services and the aging plant material, irrigation system, and improvements, the cash reserve for the district has been depleted. Despite a significant reduction in the level of maintenance of the landscaped areas, there is a fund deficit of $14,000 for this district due to the significant irrigation breaks and repairs and the tree and tree limb failures that have occurred over the last few years. The winter storms of 2023/24 especially impacted the trees in the Windsor LMD due to a lack of funding for pruning. Staff began the process of increasing the assessments for the Windsor LMD in early 2022 by initiating a Proposition 218 discussion about an assessment increase. However, the HOA instead chose to accept responsibility for the routine plant maintenance and water costs and entered into an agreement with the City to do so in February 2024. This positive step forward from the HOA equates to approximately $17,000 annually in cost reductions to the LMD. The other LMD maintenance responsibilities beyond plant care and water costs, such as maintenance of the sound wall, irrigation repairs, tree pruning, etc., continue to be managed by the City as part of the Windsor LMD. Although the transfer of the routine LMD maintenance responsibilities and water costs to the Windsor HOA is a significant step toward returning the LMD to a positive fund balance, an increase in the annual assessment will still be necessary over the long term to continue the maintenance standards of the district and replenish the reserve needed to fund eventual capital repair and replacement costs. Landscape Maintenance District 1993-2, Bonde Ranch The Bonde Ranch subdivision (District 1993-2) has 103 parcels, and the district has been in place for 31 years. Maintenance in this district includes the care of entry features, open space areas, firebreaks, trees, shrubbery, groundcover and irrigation systems for the subdivision (Tracts 6483 and 6518 in the city of Pleasanton). The assessments for the coming year for District 1993-2 (Bonde Ranch) will be the same as last year at $257.22 per privately-owned parcel and $252.91 for the one City-owned parcel. With a total of 103 parcels in the district (including the City-owned Bonde Ranch water tank parcel), this year's total assessment will be $26,489.35. The assessments are not enough to fund the maintenance of the district areas to the same level as in past years. This amount will fund the district’s reduced maintenance, County assessment fees, and City administration fees but will not fund capital repair or replacement costs. Despite shutting off the water due to existing leaks in the irrigation system, the district’s fund balance of $25,000 for Bonde Ranch is insufficient for other basic maintenance tasks such as mulch replacement and more extensive fence repair, replacement, and painting. An increase in the annual assessment will be necessary to continue the maintenance standards of the district and replenish the reserve needed to fund eventual capital repair and replacement costs. Page 142 of 248