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replacement costs or additional emergency repair services. City staff continues to work closely with the maintenance contractor to increase the efficiency of landscape maintenance operations and has shut off the water due to existing leaks in the irrigation system. An increase in the annual assessmentwill ben ecessaryin the future to meet the maintenance standards of the district. The fund balance for capital repair and replacement is approximately $61,000 forthis district. This amountis notenough forseveral improvements for which replacementmust be considered in the nearterm. The improvements consist of extensive irrigation system replacement and plant replacement, decorative fence repairs, tree pruning, lighting replacement, and repair or replacement of other featu res. Landscape Maintenance District 1995-1, Moller Ranch The Moller Ranch subdivision (District 1995-1)has 101 parcels and the district has been in place for 28 years. Maintenance in this district includes the care of open space areas, entry features, lighting,firebreaks, trees, shrubbery, groundcover and irrigation systems. The assessments forthe coming yearfor District 1995-1 (Moller Ranch)will remain at $570.06 per privately-owned parcel and $1,121.06 ($560.53 per parcel)fortwo City- owned parcels. With a total of 101 parcels in the district(including the City-owned Moller Ranch watertank parcel and a staging area for Pleasanton Ridge),this year's total assessmentwill be $57,557. This amountwill be sufficientto fund the reduced maintenance level of the district including water and electrical costs, county assessment fees, city administration fees,and operating and maintenance costs, butis not enough to increase the capital repair or replacement reserve. Although the fund balance for capital repair and replacement is approximately $263,000 for this district, there are several improvements for which replacement must be considered in the near term. The improvements consist of extensive irrigation system replacement and plant replacement, decorative fence repairs, and repair or replacement of other features. A portion of the irrigation system that waters established plants has been turned off due to numerous breaks and needs replacement. Several years ago, staff met with the Moller Ranch HOA to discuss increased assessments to meet its repair/replacement capital improvement requirements. While support for an increase in the assessment amount was not overwhelming,the HOA was interested in exploring the cost-benefit aspects of an increase. Further discussions with the Moller Ranch HOA are on hold until progress has been made on the other more financially challenged LMDs. The table below lists (A)the number of parcels in each district, (B)the proposed annual assessment per property forthe upcoming fiscal year, (C)the total assessment amount for the district for the upcoming fiscal year, and (D)the existing reserve/deficit for all five landscape maintenance districts. Page 6 of 8