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aging plant material, irrigation system, and improvements, the cash reserve forth district has been depleted. Over the last few years, major breaks in the irrigation system have led to sign ificant water loss, high water bills, and expensive repairs. City staff continues to work closely with the maintenance contractor to reduce water loss due to the aging irrigation system but has had to reduce the amount spent on the maintenance contract to 25 percent of the recommended maintenance, specifically the labor hours spent on maintenance, in order to maintain a balanced operational budget. There is no funding available to cover capital repair and/or replacement costs, nor is there sufficient funding to cover emergency repair costs such as the damage caused by recent storms. Despite a significant reduction in the level of maintenance of the landscaped areas, there is a fund deficit of approximately ($18,000)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 2022 and 2023 especially impacted the trees in the Windsor LIVID with four major failures and several broken limbs. City staff began the process of increasing the assessments for the Windsor LIVID in early 2022 through a Proposition 218 compliant voting procedure. However, the property owners that attended the neighborhood outreach meeting on February 2, 2022, voiced their desire that the City undertake more significant outreach to discuss increasing the assessment prior to deciding to vote. Staff conducted fu rther outreach and met with homeowners on October 18, 2022. The homeowners expressed a desire to have more control over the landscape maintenance and how money was spent but opposed approval of an assessment increase. Staff worked with the HOA Board to pursue an alternative route that the HOA would approve. The HOA chose to take over the routine plant maintenance and water costs starting in January 2024. The HOA Board President provided a letter to the City stating its intent to take over those responsibilities, which equates to approximately$17,000 annually in cost reductions to the LIVID. The City and HOA will need to enter into an agreement, to be approved by the City Manager,for the HOA to accept partial maintenance responsibilities for the district. The other LIVID maintenance responsibilities beyond plant care and water costs, such as maintenance of the sound wall,irrigation repairs, tree pruning,etc. would continue to be managed by the City as part of the Windsor LIVID. The transfer of the routine LIVID maintenance responsibilities and water costs to the Windsor HOA will be a significant step toward returning the LIVID to a positive fund balance, but in the long term, an increase in the annual assessmentwill still be necessary 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 30 years. Maintenance in this district includes the care of entry features, Page 4 of 8