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THE CITY OF 5 CITY COUNCIL AGENDA REPORT pLEASANTON© June 19, 2018 Engineering TITLE: 2018-19 ANNUAL ASSESSMENTS FOR LIGHTING AND LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE DISTRICTS 1984-1 (PONDEROSA-DEL PRADO), 1993-1 (WINDSOR), 1993-2 (BONDE RANCH), 1994-1 (OAK TREE FARM) AND 1995-1 (MOLLER RANCH) SUMMARY The annual assessments for the maintenance of Lighting and Landscape Maintenance Districts in the Ponderosa-Del Prado, Windsor, Bonde Ranch, Oak Tree Farm, and Moller Ranch subdivisions have been calculated for fiscal year 2018-19. All districts are underfunded as assessments have not been increased since the passage of Proposition 218 in 1996. Discussions with residents in Windsor, Oak Tree Farm, and Moller Ranch are underway to consider modifying the assessment amounts so that they are sufficient to meet future maintenance and capital improvement requirements. Staff also intends to hire a consultant to analyze the special assessments paid by the property owners, the benefit areas, and the maintenance requirements to confirm compliance with Proposition 218 and determine what special assessment fees would be necessary to implement a sustainable landscape maintenance and replacement program. Currently, all assessment amounts are proposed to remain unchanged until such analysis is complete. RECOMMENDATION 1. Open and hold a Public Hearing to receive comments regarding the levy of annual assessments for each of the Lighting and Landscape Maintenance Districts. 2. Adopt a resolution confirming the Engineer's Report and levying assessments for each of the Lighting and Landscape Maintenance Districts. 3. Appropriate $11,560 from the applicable City Funds (General Fund, Water Fund and Sewer Fund) to the respective Lighting and Landscape Maintenance Districts. 4. Authorize a loan from the General Fund to Lighting and Landscape Maintenance District 1993-1 (Windsor) in the amount of $5,375.10. 5. Authorize a loan from the General Fund to Lighting and Landscape Maintenance District 1993-2(Bonde Ranch) in the amount of $9,680.27. 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. As the City determined that the nearly mile-long landscape strip located along the eastern bank of the Arroyo de la Laguna in the Ponderosa Homes Del Prado subdivision is of "general benefit," the City will pay approximately $9,703 for its maintenance including water, electrical, and a reserve for emergency repairs. In addition, the City owns one or more parcels of land in four of the