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this District, the City will be responsible for paying $9,719.62 of maintenance within the District. Lighting and Landscape District 1993-1, Windsor Maintenance in this District includes masonry walls, lighting, trees, shrubbery, groundcover, and irrigation systems situated on the northeast side of Tapestry Way and Minton Court, Lot A in the northwest corner of the subdivision, and also Lot C in the southwest corner of the subdivision. The assessment for the coming year for District 1993-1 (Windsor) will be the same as last year, $269.62 per parcel per year. With a total of 90 parcels in the District, this year's total assessment will be $24,265.80. This amount will not be sufficient to fund the maintenance of all common areas including water and electrical costs, county assessment fees, city administration fees, or long-term replacement of plantings, irrigation systems, masonry walls, signage and other district improvements. The Engineer's Report projects that $5,526.10 will be required from the reserve fund to cover projected maintenance costs. Due to the ever-increasing cost of water and maintenance services and because of the aging plant material and improvements, the cash reserve for the District is minimal. City staff continues to work closely with the maintenance contractor in order to reduce water use and to increase the efficiency of landscape maintenance operations, but despite this, an increase in the annual assessment will be necessary in order to maintain the maintenance standards of the District. City staff have met with the Windsor at Laguna Oaks Homeowners Association to discuss increased assessments to meet their maintenance requirements and are working towards a vote on the increased assessment before the end of fiscal year 2017/18. As there are no city-owned parcels within the boundaries of this District, the City will not be assessed. Lighting and Landscape District 1993-2, Bonde Ranch Maintenance in this District includes entry features, open space areas, firebreaks, trees, shrubbery, groundcover and irrigation systems. The assessment for the coming year for District 1993-2 (Bonde Ranch) will remain at $257.22 per parcel per year. With a total of 103 parcels in the District (including one City-owned parcel, the Bonde Ranch water tank), this year's total assessment will be $26,489.35. This amount will not be sufficient to fund the maintenance of all common areas including water costs, county assessment fees, city administration fees, or for the long-term replacement of plantings, irrigation systems, fencing, tree removal and trimming, and other district improvements. The Engineer's Report projects that $961.27 will be required from the reserve fund to cover projected maintenance costs. The cash reserve for the District has been depleted due to the significant maintenance costs of the eucalyptus trees along the southwest edge of the Bonde Ranch open space. In order to address this situation, staff proposes and the Engineer's Report reflects the Page 3 of 5