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compliance with Proposition 218. As with last year's total assessments, staff recommends that this total of $11,560 be appropriated from the General Fund after the public hearing. The cost of City administration of these Landscape Maintenance Districts will be paid from the respective District's funds. BACKGROUND The Landscaping and Lighting Act of 1972 ("the Act") authorizes local agencies to impose an annual assessment on real property benefiting from improvements in order to pay for constructing and maintaining lighting and landscaping improvements. The assessments are collected by Alameda County as part of the annual tax bill. At the meeting of May 21, 2019, City Council approved the updated Engineer's Report prepared by SCI relating to each respective assessment district and scheduled the June 18, 2019, public hearing in conformance with the requirements of the State of California Landscaping and Lighting Act of 1972. DISCUSSION As required by the Landscaping and Lighting Act of 1972, the City must levy an annual assessment to all parcels benefited by their District. The resolutions adopted at the meeting of May 21, 2019, authorized the City Clerk to give the required notice of public hearing regarding the levy of proposed annual assessments for the respective Districts. At the meeting of June 18, 2019, City Council will hear and consider all public comments, and make modifications if determined to be necessary, to the proposed assessments. After the close of the public hearing, the Council will, if desired, adopt a resolution confirming the Engineer's Report and levying assessments for each of the Districts for fiscal year 2019-20. Landscape Maintenance District 1984-1, Ponderosa-Del Prado The Ponderosa Homes subdivision (L & L District 1984-1) has been in place for 35 years. Maintenance in this District includes the care of masonry walls, trees, shrubbery, groundcover and irrigation systems along Paseo Santa Cruz, between Corte Santa Maria and Corte Pacifica. The overall assessments for the coming year for District 1984-1 (Ponderosa-Del Prado) will remain unchanged at $16.90 per privately owned parcel, and $16.62 for the one City- owned parcel. With a total of 344 units, including the City-owned parcel, this amounts to $5,813.32 in total assessments. This amount provides enough funding for the maintenance and plant replacement costs in all the special district areas along Paseo Santa Cruz, including water and electrical costs, County administration fees, and City administration fees. This amount does not provide adequate funding to cover the eventual capital replacement cost of irrigation systems, masonry walls, and any additional emergency repair services or other required improvements. Page 2 of 6