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Page 4 of 11 <br />Table 1. <br /> <br /> <br />The engineer’s budget for each district includes a reserve fund to provide for replacement and <br />capital improvements such as planting, irrigation, decorative entry walls, signage, light fixtures, <br />etc. Currently, the reserve funds are insufficient to cover these costs. Irrigation systems have <br />been turned off at Bonde Ranch and Oak Tree Farms and portions of Moller Ranch and <br />Ponderosa due to numerous necessary repairs. Turning off the irrigation systems has led to a <br />decline in the landscape that will have long-term detrimental impacts, limiting the ability for <br />future landscape renovations. <br /> <br />Assembly Bill 1572, the nonfunctional turf bill, will also require the removal of the <br />nonfunctional turf at Moller Ranch and Windsor, thus adding further maintenance costs by <br />2028. The Windsor at Laguna Oaks HOA is now performing the landscape maintenance and <br />paying for the irrigation water to address the depletion of reserves at the Windsor LMD, but <br />that alone will not provide the necessary changes for fiscal sustainability for the district. <br /> <br />This coming fiscal year, the City is proposing to restore the assessment amounts to the <br />1997/98 post-Proposition 218 amounts, with the exception of Ponderosa LMD, which is being <br />restored back to the amount indicated in Resolution 88-375, the first assessment the city has <br />on record. Staff is also consulting with an attorney and an engineering firm, both of whom <br />specialize in assessment districts, to implement a more sustainable assessment amount in <br />compliance with Proposition 218. The fees for the consultants will be added to the costs for <br />each district. The Proposition 218-compliance process is necessary for both fiscal <br />sustainability and to maintain the standard of care for the properties when the developments <br />were approved, which would reduce liabilities associated with the current reduced level of <br />maintenance. <br /> <br />Landscape Maintenance District 1984-1, Ponderosa-Del Prado <br />Landscape Maintenance District 1984-1, established in 1984, provides for the maintenance of <br />public landscaping along Paseo Santa Cruz, between Corte Santa Maria and Corte Pacifica, <br />within the Ponderosa Homes Subdivision. The scope of services includes maintenance of <br />masonry walls, trees, shrubs, groundcover, and irrigation systems. <br />Page 216 of 864