LANDSCAPE AND
LIGHTING ASSSESSMENT
DISTRICT
Public Hearing
July 8, 2025
Introduction
• The Landscaping and Lighting Act of 1972 requires the City to prepare an annual Engineer’s Report for the City’s Landscape and Lighting Assessment District (“LLAD”)
• The LLAD report presents expenses and proposed annual assessment to be levied for the upcoming year. The assessments are levied per Equivalent Singlefamily Dwelling (ESD). • In 1989, ten Districts were formed to pay for costs associated with maintaining landscaping and streetlights within developments. In 2017, to simplify the report and reduce costs, the ten Districts were consolidated into one District. This District has ten “Zones” each retaining separate characteristics.
LLAD Zones:
1. Valparaiso Vista
2. Quail Hollow
3. Sommers
4. Macklin
5. Sierra Meadows
6. Oak Knoll
7. Garden Gate*
8. Park Meadows*
9. Santero Way*
10. Altman Acres*
1 7
3 5
6 9
8 2
4 10
* Allows for annual inflation
adjustments based on the San
Francisco Construction Cost Index.
Proposed FY 25/26 Assessments/Property
Assessment Zone FY 24/25
Assessment
Maximum
Assessment
Proposed FY 25/26
Assessment Per ESD
Percent Increase
from FY 24/25
1. Valparaiso Vista $158.00 $158.00 $158.00 -
2. Quail Hollow IV $40.00 $40.00 $40.00 -
3. Sommers $290.00 $290.00 $290.00 -
4. Macklin Phase 1 $32.00 $32.00 $32.00 -
5. Sierra Meadows $36.74 $36.74 $36.74 -
6. Oak Knoll $133.50 $133.50 $133.50 -
7. Garden Gate $278.30 $309.62 $292.20 5%
8. Park Meadows $556.40 $804.91 $584.20 5%
9. Santero Way $236.40 $313.51 $313.50 33%
10. Altman Acres $455.96 $675.90 $478.74 5%
Zone Reserves
Assessment Zone Number of
Properties
Est. Reserves
End of 24/25
Est. Reserves
End of 25/26
Annual Assessment
FY25/26
1. Valparaiso Vista 15 $6,277 $6,287 $2,370
2. Quail Hollow IV 31 $0 $0 $1,240
3. Sommers 8 $18,400 $19,845 $2,465
4. Macklin Phase 1 39 $0 $0 $1,248
5. Sierra Meadows 30 $0 $0 $1,102
6. Oak Knoll 24 $24,178 $24,912 $3,204
7. Garden Gate 15 $1,691 $2,868 $4,383
8. Park Meadows 39 $2,833 $2,896 $19,891
9. Santero Way 70 $0 $0 $21,318
10. Altman Acres 14 $10,026 $11,394 $6,702
Assessment Zone Reserve Outlook
1. Valparaiso Vista Healthy, steady
2. Quail Hollow IV Depleted, reliant on large General Fund subsidy
3. Sommers Healthy, increasing
4. Macklin Phase 1 Depleted, recovering
5. Sierra Meadows Depleted, reliant on small General Fund subsidy
6. Oak Knoll Healthy, increasing
7. Garden Gate Small, increasing
8. Park Meadows Small, steady
9. Santero Way Depleted, reliant on small General Fund subsidy
10. Altman Acres Healthy, increasing
Zone Outlooks
Expected Changes for FY25/26
Zone 3: Costs expected to slightly increase as the City plans to prune street trees in FY25/26.
Zone 4: Costs may increase as the City may competitively bid for contract landscaping services in FY25/26; however, the quality of services should improve.
Zone 6: Costs expected to slightly decrease as two dead oak trees were removed in FY24/25.
Zone 9: Costs expected to decrease as FY24/25 had watering above normal levels and up to a dozen trees trimmed back. City PWs to take over irrigation scheduling from contractor for FY25/26.
All Zones: Administration Costs predicted to drop due to effort in FY24/25 to streamline reporting process.
Recommendation
Adopt Resolution approving the Annual Engineer’s Report, confirming the assessment diagram and annual assessment amounts, and levying and collection of annual
assessments for the City of Cotati Landscape
and Lighting Assessment District for Zones 1,
2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10 (Pursuant to the
Landscaping and Lighting Act of 1972).