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RECOMMENDATION 1. Approve the Engineer's Reports. 2. Adopt the resolutions that direct filing of the annual reports, declaring the intention to order improvements and the intention to levy and collect assessments. 3. Schedule a public hearing for 7 p.m. on June 20, 2023, and authorize the City Clerk to advertise a Notice of Annual Hearing (Cal. Streets & Highways Code §22626) ten days prior to the hearing. 4. Authorize the City Manager to enter into an agreement with the Windsor HOA to accept partial maintenance responsibilities for the Windsor LIVID. FINANCIAL STATEMENT As required by law, the City will continue to incur a fiscal impact for those parcels that provide a "general benefit" and are City-owned. To that end, the City will pay for LIVID parcels as follows: Location Fiscal Impact Parcel 946-4563-125 Del Prado Park $16.62 General benefit area along the Alamo Canal in District 1984- 1 Ponderosa-Del Prado) $9,703.00 Parcel 948-0014-1-39 (water tank site) in District 1993-2 $252.91 Bonde Ranch Parcels 941-1803-62 and 941-1801-02 (water tank site and $1 ,121 .06 trails staging area) in District 1995-1 Moller Ranch Parcel 946-4585-044 (sewer lift station) in District 1994-1 $465.75 Oak Tree Farm Total $11,559.34 These fiscal impacts will be analyzed as part of the review to confirm compliance with Proposition 218. As with last year's total assessments, staff will recommend that the total of $11,560 be appropriated from the General Fund to the LMDs as part of the public hearing agenda report. The proposed FY 2023/24 budget includes this cost in the General Fund. The cost of City administration for the Landscape Maintenance Districts will be paid for 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 project-specific improvements in order to pay for the construction and maintenance of landscaping and lighting special improvements that benefit those parcels. The assessments are collected by Alameda County as part of the annual property tax bill. For each Landscape Maintenance District, City staff follows a statutorily imposed process for yearly administration. Staff performs regular field inspections to ensure satisfactory performance by the maintenance contractor, complete reviews, address Page 2 of 10