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D. Professional Liability (Errors and Omission): $1,000,000 combined single limit per occurrence, and annual aggregate.
3. Deductible and Self-Insured Retention. Any deductibles or self-insured retention must be declared to and approved by the City. At the option of the City, either: the insurer shall reduce or eliminate such deductibles or self-insured retention as respects the City of Vallejo, its officers, officials, employees and volunteers; or the Consultant shall procure a bond guaranteeing payment of losses and related investigations, claim administration and defense expenses.
4. Other Insurance Provisions. The general liability and automobile liability policies, as can be provided, are to contain, or be endorsed to contain, the following provisions:
A. The City of Vallejo, its officers, officials, employees, agents and volunteers are to be covered as additional insureds as respects; liability, including defense costs, arising out of activities performed by or on behalf of the Consultant; products and completed operations of the Consultant; premises owned, occupied or used by the Consultant; or automobiles owned, leased hired or borrowed by the Consultant. The coverage shall contain no special limitations on the scope of protection afforded to the City of Vallejo, its officers, officials, employees, agents or volunteers. The insurance is to be issued by companies licensed to do business in the State of California.
B. For any claims related to this project, the Consultant’s insurance coverage shall be primary insurance as respects the City of Vallejo, its officers, officials, employees, agents, and volunteers. Any insurance or self-insurance maintained by the City of Vallejo, its officers, officials, employees, agents, or volunteers shall be excess of the Consultant’s insurance and shall not contribute with it.
C. Any failure to comply with reporting or other provisions of the policies including breaches of warranties shall not affect coverage provided to the City, its officers, officials, employees, agents, or volunteers.
D. The Consultant’s insurance shall apply separately to each insured against whom claim is made or suit is brought, except with respect to the limits of the insurer’s liability.
E. Each insurance policy required by this clause shall be endorsed to state that coverage shall not be suspended, voided, canceled by either party, reduced in coverage or in limits except after thirty (30) days’ prior written notice by certified mail, return receipt requested, has been given to the City.
F. The workers’ compensation and employer’s liability policy required hereunder shall be endorsed to state that the workers’ compensation carrier Docusign Envelope ID: 852AC43E-A54B-4289-AFF3-7392FAC08CC4
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waives its right of subrogation against City, its officers, officials, employees, agents and volunteers, which might arise by reason of payment under such policy in connection with Consultant’s performance under this Agreement.
5. Acceptability of Insurers. Insurance is to be placed with insurers with a current A.M. Best’s rating of no less than A:VII.
6. Verification of Coverage. Consultant shall furnish the City with certificates of insurance and original endorsements effecting general and automobile liability insurance coverage required by this clause. The certificates and endorsements are to be signed by a person authorized by that insurer to bind coverage on its behalf. All endorsements are to be received and approved by the City before work commences.
7. Subcontractors. Consultant shall include all subcontractors as insureds under its policies or shall furnish separate certificates and endorsements for each subcontractor. All coverages for subcontractors shall be subject to all of the requirements stated herein.
8. Payment Withhold. City will withhold payments to Consultant if the certificates of insurance and endorsements required in Paragraph F, above, are canceled or Consultant otherwise ceases to be insured as required herein.
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ACTION ITEM 9.A.
DATE: June 9, 2026
TO: Mayor and Members of the City Council
FROM: Leonard Job, Public Works Director
SUBJECT: HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER AND ADOPT A RESOLUTION APPROVING
THE ENGINEER'S REPORT AND ORDERING THE LEVY AND COLLECTION OF
ASSESSMENTS ON PROPERTIES IN THE CIMARRON HILLS-MADIGAN, COLLEGE
HILLS, COSTA DEL RIO (SEAVIEW), SOMERSET HIGHLANDS I/II,
GREENMONT/SEAPORT HILLS, MONICA PLACE, SOMERSET HIGHLANDS III,
SPRINGTREE-FLEMING, SUMMIT II, TOWN & COUNTRY I, WOODRIDGE, HUNTER
RANCH I/II, AND GLEN COVE I/II LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE DISTRICTS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2026-2027
RECOMMENDATION
Hold a public hearing to consider and adopt a resolution approving the Engineer's Report and ordering the levy and collection of assessments on properties in the Cimmaron Hills-Madigan, College Hills, Costa del Rio (Seaview), Somerset Highlands I/II, Greemont/Seaport Hills, Monica Place, Somerset Highlands III, Springtree-Fleming, Summit II, Town & Country I, Woodridge, Hunter Ranch I/II, and Glen Cove I/II Landscape Maintenance Districts for Fiscal Year 2026-2027.
REASONS FOR RECOMMENDATION
The City Council authorized SCI Consulting Group, Inc. to prepare an Engineer's Report to determine fiscal information for each Landscape Maintenance District regulated by the Improvement Act of 1911. The City Council will hold a public hearing to receive public comments regarding Fiscal Year 2026-2027 assessments within the following Landscape Maintenance Districts: Cimarron Hills-Madigan; College Hills; Costa Del Rio (Seaview); Somerset Highlands I/II; Greemont/Seaport Hills; Monica Place; Somerset Highlands III; Springtree-Fleming; Summit II; Town & Country I; Woodridge; Hunter Ranch I/II; and Glen Cove I/II.
The 1911 Act requires an annual determination of each district's costs, and an allocation of those costs by means of annual assessments upon the parcels within each district. It is required that the City Council conduct a public hearing to allow the City Council to consider the Engineer's Report and to receive input from the public on this item prior to ordering the levying and collection of assessments.
BACKGROUND AND DISCUSSION
The City of Vallejo has 27 Landscape Maintenance Districts (LMDs), thirteen of which were established in accordance with the Landscape and Lighting Act of 1972 (1972 Act), and fourteen of which were established in accordance with the Improvement Act of 1911 (1911 Act). These districts require annual determination of each district’s costs, and allocation of these costs by means of annual assessment to the dwelling units within
Date: June 9, 2026
Subject: HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER AND ADOPT A RESOLUTION APPROVING
THE ENGINEER'S REPORT AND ORDERING THE LEVY AND COLLECTION OF
ASSESSMENTS ON PROPERTIES IN THE CIMARRON HILLS-MADIGAN, COLLEGE
HILLS, COSTA DEL RIO (SEAVIEW), SOMERSET HIGHLANDS I/II,
GREENMONT/SEAPORT HILLS, MONICA PLACE, SOMERSET HIGHLANDS III,
SPRINGTREE-FLEMING, SUMMIT II, TOWN & COUNTRY I, WOODRIDGE,
HUNTER RANCH I/II, AND GLEN COVE I/II LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE DISTRICTS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2026-2027
each district. The City Council will be considering the Ridgecrest Landscape Maintenance District and the 1972 Act districts under separate Council actions.
Prior actions of the City Council established the 1911 Act LMDs and set a maximum annual assessment rate, as determined by the City. The formation of each LMD was approved by a majority of the affected parcel owners at the time of its establishment. The City has not exceeded the authorized maximum assessment rate for any LMD. LMDs formed pursuant to the 1911 Act are exempt from the procedural and approval requirements of Proposition 218 unless and until an increase beyond the authorized maximum assessment rate is proposed.
The attached Engineer's Report, prepared by SCI Consulting Group, Inc., describes the proposed assessments, which are based on the estimated cost to maintain the improvements within each district. The Engineer's Report also details each district’s landscape improvements, financial information, budget and boundaries. Assessments for the 1911 Act LMDs are determined by applying the established assessment rate to each $100.00 in assessed value of each parcel.
The assessments are collected by the County of Solano and forwarded to the City for deposit into specific fund accounts specific to each LMD. All assessments are expended on landscape maintenance, repair of damage due to vandalism or natural occurrence, site rehabilitation or improvements, water and utilities, and City administration and inspection costs.
The approved Fiscal Year 2025-26 and the proposed Fiscal Year 2026-27 assessment rates are as follows:
DISTRICT MAX RATE/ $100 APPROVED FY 25-26
ASSESSMENT
PROPOSED FY 26-27
ASSESSMENT
Cimmarron Hills- Madigan $1.50 $0.162 $0.055
College Hills $1.50 $0.100 $0.100
Costa del Rio (Seaview) $4.00 $0.287 $0.287
Somerset Highlands I/II $1.25 $0.060 $0.022
Greenmont/Seaport Hills $1.25 $0.032 $0.032
Monica Place $1.25 $0.187 $0.187
Somerset Highlands III $1.50 $0.144 $0.070
Springtree-Fleming $1.50 $0.195 $0.195
Summit II $1.50 $0.095 $0.030
Town & Country I $1.50 $0.150 $0.150
Woodridge $1.50 $0.071 $0.071
Hunter Ranch I/II $1.50 $0.100 $0.035
Glen Cove I/II $1.50 $0.190 $0.190
Date: June 9, 2026
Subject: HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER AND ADOPT A RESOLUTION APPROVING
THE ENGINEER'S REPORT AND ORDERING THE LEVY AND COLLECTION OF
ASSESSMENTS ON PROPERTIES IN THE CIMARRON HILLS-MADIGAN, COLLEGE
HILLS, COSTA DEL RIO (SEAVIEW), SOMERSET HIGHLANDS I/II,
GREENMONT/SEAPORT HILLS, MONICA PLACE, SOMERSET HIGHLANDS III,
SPRINGTREE-FLEMING, SUMMIT II, TOWN & COUNTRY I, WOODRIDGE,
HUNTER RANCH I/II, AND GLEN COVE I/II LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE DISTRICTS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2026-2027
The assessment rates for all of the LMDs are proposed to remain the same as for fiscal year 2025-2026, with the exception of Cimarron Hills-Madigan, Hunter Ranch I/II, Somerset Highlands I/II, Somerset Highlands III and Summit II. As the rehabilitation reserve funds for these LMDs are adequately funded, the rates for these LMDs have been lowered to reduce the contribution to the rehabilitation reserve fund. The overall assessed value of a majority of the properties within the LMDs has increased by 4.44% since last year’s determination.
The current assessed value for these properties is $1,403,705,937.
Rehabilitation projects will focus on areas such as:
• Improving landscape services
• Reducing water costs
• Street tree maintenance
• Additional rehabilitation of ornamental landscape and plant replacement. • Reducing graffiti and other common area blight
• Extension of the grass cutting to provide a wider fire-defensive perimeter away from the residential structures.
All of the costs associated with the above landscape maintenance districts are paid by the assessments levied upon the parcels within those districts. The amount of funds projected to be assessed for these 1911 Act Districts in FY 2026-2027 is $1,122,974.46.
The FY 2026-2027 Engineer's Report for the 1911 Act LMDs is included as an attachment to this staff report and is also on file in the City Clerk’s Office (3rd floor) and in the Department of Public Works (4th Floor), City Hall, 555 Santa Clara Street, Vallejo, CA 94590.
Should the City Council elect not to approve this item, the process will be delayed, which may jeopardize the timely submittal of Landscape Maintenance District (LMD) levy information to Solano County by the August 10, 2026, deadline. Failure to meet this deadline would result in no levies being placed for the LMDs for Fiscal Year 2026–27, leading to insufficient funding to support required maintenance activities within the districts.
FISCAL IMPACT
There is no fiscal impact from this action on the General Fund.
Landscape District budgets are separate from the City’s General Fund. Landscape Maintenance District assessments finance the maintenance of the districts. The Public Works Department costs for labor and materials associated with the Landscape Maintenance Districts are charged to the individual district budgets.
Date: June 9, 2026
Subject: HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER AND ADOPT A RESOLUTION APPROVING
THE ENGINEER'S REPORT AND ORDERING THE LEVY AND COLLECTION OF
ASSESSMENTS ON PROPERTIES IN THE CIMARRON HILLS-MADIGAN, COLLEGE
HILLS, COSTA DEL RIO (SEAVIEW), SOMERSET HIGHLANDS I/II,
GREENMONT/SEAPORT HILLS, MONICA PLACE, SOMERSET HIGHLANDS III,
SPRINGTREE-FLEMING, SUMMIT II, TOWN & COUNTRY I, WOODRIDGE,
HUNTER RANCH I/II, AND GLEN COVE I/II LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE DISTRICTS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2026-2027
All City costs associated with maintaining and administering the Districts are covered by the annual assessments.
The financial health of the previously identified districts has been described in the Engineer's Report. The FY 2026-2027 proposed assessments in the total amount of $1,122,974.46 are adequate to maintain the current minimal service levels and sustain the required operating reserves of the 1911 Act LMDs.
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW
This action is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) because it is not a project which has a potential for resulting in either a direct physical change in the environment, or a reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment, pursuant to CEQA Guideline section 15378.
ATTACHMENTS
1. Reso - Public Hearing 1911 Act_CAO Stamp
2. Vallejo 1911 Act ER 26-27
CONTACT
Leonard Job, Public Works Director (707) 648-4433
[email protected]
RESOLUTION NO. 26-___ N.C.
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF VALLEJO
APPROVING THE ENGINEER’S REPORT AND ORDERING THE
LEVY AND COLLECTION OF ASSESSMENTS ON PROPERTIES
IN THE CIMARRON HILLS/MADIGAN, COLLEGE HILLS, COSTA DEL RIO (SEAVIEW), SOMERSET HIGHLANDS I/II, GREENMONT/SEAPORT HILLS, MONICA PLACE, SOMERSET HIGHLANDS Ill, SPRINGTREE/FLEMING HILL,
SUMMIT II, TOWN AND COUNTRY I, WOODRIDGE, HUNTER RANCH I/II, AND
GLEN COVE I/II LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE DISTRICTS
FOR FISCAL YEAR 2026-2027
WHEREAS, the City of Vallejo currently has 27 Landscape Maintenance Districts, thirteen of which were established pursuant to the Improvement Act of 1911 and which are as follows:
Cimarron Hills/Madigan, College Hills, Costa Del Rio (Seaview), Somerset Highlands I/II, Greenmont/Seaport Hills, Monica Place, Somerset Highlands III, Springtree/Fleming Hill, Summit II, Town & Country I, Woodridge, Hunter Ranch I/II; and Glen Cove I/II (hereinafter referred to as the “Districts”); and
WHEREAS, the Improvement Act of 1911 (California Streets and Highways Code section 5000 et seq.) (hereafter referred to as the "1911 Act") provides for the levy and collection of assessments by the County of Solano on behalf of the City of Vallejo to pay the costs and expenses of operating, maintaining, and servicing the landscaping and all appurtenant facilities and operations related thereto located within the Districts; and WHEREAS, the City Council has, by prior Resolution, preliminarily approved the Engineer’s Report (hereinafter referred to as the "Report") that describes the assessments against the parcels of land within the Districts for the Fiscal Year commencing July 1, 2026 and ending June 30, 2027; and
WHEREAS, the Fiscal Year 2026-2027 Engineer's Report for the 1911 Act Districts is on file in the City Clerk’s Office (3rd floor) and in the Department of Public Works (4th Floor), City Hall, 555 Santa Clara Street, Vallejo, California 94590; and
WHEREAS, the City Council desires to levy and collect assessments against the parcels of land within the Districts for the fiscal year commencing July 1, 2026 and ending June 30, 2027, to pay the costs and expenses of operating, maintaining and servicing the landscaping and all appurtenant facilities and operations related thereto located within the Districts.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, DETERMINED, AND ORDERED BY THE CITY COUNCIL AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1 Following notice duly given, the City Council has held a full and fair public hearing regarding the levy and collection of assessments in the Districts, the Engineer’s Report prepared in connection therewith, and has considered all oral and written statements, protests and communications made or filed by interested persons regarding these matters.
Section 2 Based upon its review of the Engineer’s Report, the City Council hereby approves
the Report estimating the costs to operate, maintain and service the Districts for Fiscal Year 2026-2027 and finds and determines that the net amount to be assessed upon the lands within the Districts for the fiscal year commencing July 1, 2026 and ending June 30, 2027 shall be apportioned by a formula and method which fairly distributes the net amount among all eligible parcels in proportion to the estimated special benefits to be received by each parcel from the improvements and services.
Section 3 The City Council hereby levies against and upon all of the real property within the Districts a special assessment upon each $100.00 of assessed value thereof, for the maintenance and operating costs of the Districts for the fiscal year commencing July 1, 2026 and ending June 30, 2027, as follows:
DISTRICT
Cimarron Hills-Madigan $0.055/$100.00
College Hills $0.100/$100.00
Costa Del Rio (Seaview) $0.287/$100.00
Somerset Highlands I/II $0.022/$100.00
Hunter Ranch I/II $0.035/$100.00
Monica Place $0.187/$100.00
Somerset Highlands Ill $0.070/$100.00
Springtree-Fleming $0.195/$100.00
Summit II $0.030/$100.00
Town & Country I $0.150/$100.00
Woodridge $0.071/$100.00
Greenmont/Seaport Hills $0.032/$100.00
Glen Cove I/II $0.190/$100.00
Section 4 Immediately upon the adoption of this Resolution, but in no event later than the third Monday in August following such adoption, the City Clerk shall file a certified copy of the assessments and a certified copy of this Resolution with the Auditor of the County of Solano. Upon such filing, the County Auditor shall enter on the County assessment roll opposite each lot or parcel of land the amount of assessment thereupon as shown in the assessment. The assessments shall be collected at the same time and in the same manner as County taxes are collected and all laws providing for the collection and enforcement of County taxes shall apply to the collection and enforcement of the assessments. After collection by the County, the net amount of the assessments, after deduction of any compensation due the County for collection, shall be paid to the City of Vallejo, City Treasurer.
Section 5 The Finance Director shall deposit all money representing assessments collected by the County for the Districts to the credit of a fund for each of the thirteen Landscape Maintenance Districts and such money shall be expended only for the maintenance, operation and servicing of each of the Landscape Maintenance Districts.
Adopted by the City Council of the City of Vallejo at a regular meeting held on June 9, 2026 with the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
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ANDREA SORCE, MAYOR
ATTEST:
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DAWN G. ABRAHAMSON, CITY CLERK
OVERVIEW REPORT
City of Vallejo
Landscape Maintenance Districts
Fiscal Year 2026-27
Pursuant to the Improvement Act of 1911
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Table of Contents
Table of Contents......................................................................................................... ii Introduction................................................................................................................. 1 Overview.................................................................................................................................... 1 Assessment Process .................................................................................................................. 2 Overview Report........................................................................................................................ 3 Legal Requirements...................................................................................................... 4 Method of Apportionment........................................................................................... 5 Method of Apportionment........................................................................................................ 5 Discussion of Benefit................................................................................................................. 5 General versus Special Benefit.................................................................................................. 6 Benefit Finding .......................................................................................................................... 7 Budget Definitions ..................................................................................................... 10 Description of the Districts and Budgets..................................................................... 14 Cimarron Hills – Madigan Ranch ............................................................................................. 14 College Hills ............................................................................................................................. 17 Sea View (Costa Del Rio).......................................................................................................... 20 Glen Cove I & II ........................................................................................................................ 23 Greenmont – Seaport Hills...................................................................................................... 26 Hunter Ranch I/II ..................................................................................................................... 29 Monica Place ........................................................................................................................... 32 Ridgecrest................................................................................................................................ 35 Somerset Highlands (I/II)......................................................................................................... 37 Somerset Highlands III............................................................................................................. 40 Springtree ................................................................................................................................ 43 Summit II ................................................................................................................................. 46 Town & Country ...................................................................................................................... 49 Woodridge............................................................................................................................... 52
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City of Vallejo
Landscape Maintenance Districts
Overview Report, FY 2026-2027
Introduction
Overview
The City of Vallejo (the “City”) annually levies and collects special assessments in order to provide and maintain the improvements within the fourteen (14) separate landscape maintenance districts (“District” or “Districts”). The Districts have been formed between the years 1977 and 1981 pursuant to the Improvement Act of 1911, Part 3 of Division 7 of the California Streets and Highways Code (the “1911 Act”). The Districts are as follows:
Cimarron Hills/Madigan Ranch
College Hills
Seaview (Costa del Rio)
Glen Cove I/II
Greenmont-Seaport Hills
Hunter Ranch I/II
Monica Place
Ridegecrest
Somerset I/II
Somerset III
Springtree
Summit II
Town & Country I
Woodridge
This Overview Report (the “Report”) describes the Districts, any changes to the Districts, and the proposed assessments for Fiscal Year 2026-2027. The proposed assessments are based on the estimated cost to maintain the improvements within each District. The Report also details each District’s landscaped improvements, financial information, budget and boundaries.
The Report contains a section for recommendations and analysis based on the financial information presented for each District.
The various improvements provided and assessed within each District may include local street lighting, local landscaping improvements and special services. All local landscaping improvements maintained by the Districts and associated with each District were either installed as a condition of development for properties within the District or were installed for the benefit of the properties within the Districts. The landscaping improvements associated with each District may include parkways, perimeters, entryways, medians, slopes, retention and detention basin areas, internal landscaped amenities, neighborhood parks, open space areas and other easements and public right-of-ways within the Districts.
City of Vallejo
Landscape Maintenance Districts
Overview Report, FY 2026-2027
Improvements within each District may also include turf, ground cover, shrubs and trees, irrigation systems, lighting, water features, entry monuments, drainage systems and associated appurtenances. Special services provided include tree trimming, graffiti removal, weed abatement and landscape maintenance of flood control areas, operations, administration and all services and maintenance required to keep the improvements in a healthy, vigorous, and satisfactory condition.
Similar to landscape improvements, street lighting improvements funded through District assessments were installed for the benefit of properties within each of the Districts. The assessments in each District provide for the maintenance, operation and energy costs related to their specific street light improvements.
Assessment Process
This Report was prepared to establish the budgets for the continued maintenance and services expenditures that would be funded by the proposed 2026-2027 assessments. This Report and the proposed assessments have been made pursuant to the provisions of the 1911 Act.
In each subsequent year for which the assessments will be continued, the City must determine the budgets and costs for the upcoming year and allocate these costs to parcels within each District. This Report includes this information. After the Report is completed, the Council may approve the proposed assessments and establish the date for a public hearing on the continuation of the assessments. If the Council approves the proposed assessments by resolution, a notice of public hearing must be published in a local paper.
Following the minimum 10-day time period after publishing the notice, a public hearing is held for the purpose of allowing public testimony about the proposed continuation of the assessments.
This hearing is currently scheduled for June 9, 2026. At this hearing, the Council would consider approval of a resolution ordering the levy of assessments for fiscal year 2026-2027. If so confirmed and approved, the assessments would be submitted to the County Auditor/Controller for inclusion on the property tax rolls for Fiscal Year 2026-2027.
City of Vallejo
Landscape Maintenance Districts
Overview Report, FY 2026-2027
Overview Report
Beginning in 2011-12, SCI Consulting Group became the Assessment Engineer for these Assessments. To maintain an accurate reference and legally defensible record of the Assessments, pertinent language used in the previous Overview Reports has been retained herein, and the fundamental methodology has been maintained, essentially verbatim. (In most cases, language taken from the previous Overview Report is shown in Times New Roman, 10 pt.
Font.)
City of Vallejo
Landscape Maintenance Districts
Overview Report, FY 2026-2027
Legal Requirements
All assessments described in this Report and approved by the City Council are prepared in accordance with the 1911 Act and are in compliance with the provisions of the California Constitution Article XIIID (Proposition 218).
The 1911 Act provides that assessments be determined by applying the established assessment rate to each one hundred dollars of assessed value of each parcel.
On November 5, 1996, California voters approved Proposition 218, which subsequently became a California Constitutional Amendment (Articles XIIIC and XIIID). Proposition 218 established additional requirements with respect to taxes, fees and assessments levied by California agencies. All new and existing assessments (with some exceptions) are required to comply with the substantive and procedural requirements of Article XIIIC & XIIID.
Pursuant to the California Constitution Article XIIID Section 5, certain existing assessments are exempt from the substantive and procedural requirements of Article XIIID Section 4 and property owner balloting for the assessments is not required until such time that the assessments are increased. Specifically, the City determined that all improvements and the annual assessments originally established for the District were part of the conditions of property development and approved by the original property owner (developer). As such, pursuant to Article XIIID Section 5(b), all the property owners approved the existing District assessments at the time the assessments were created (originally imposed pursuant to a 100% landowner petition). Therefore, the existing assessment amount (the maximum assessment rate for each District identified in this Report) is exempt from the procedural requirements Article XIIID Section 4.
The current maximum assessment rates per each one hundred dollars of assessed value of each parcel were originally approved by the property owners. Accordingly, any assessment amount equal to or below the maximum amount is considered an exempt assessment pursuant to Article XIIID Section 5(b). The annual assessments for this fiscal year 2026-2027 are significantly less than the maximum assessment allowed. The proposed assessment for any fiscal year may be increased over the previous fiscal year provided the assessment rate does not exceed the maximum assessment rate for each District. Any proposed new or increased assessment that exceeds the current maximum assessment shall comply with all provisions of Article XIIID Section 4 including a property owner protest proceeding (property owner assessment balloting).
City of Vallejo
Landscape Maintenance Districts
Overview Report, FY 2026-2027
Method of Apportionment
Method of Apportionment
Assessments for the 1911 Act landscape maintenance districts of the City of Vallejo are determined by applying the established assessment rate to each one hundred dollars ($100) of assessed value of each parcel.
The word “parcel” refers to an individual property assigned its own Assessor Parcel Number by the Solano County Assessor’s Office. The Solano County Auditor/Controller uses Assessor Parcel Numbers and specific Fund Numbers to identify assessed properties on the tax roll. The annual assessments outlined in this Report are proposed to cover the estimated costs to provide all necessary service, operation, administration, and maintenance required each year to keep these improvements in a healthy, vigorous, and satisfactory condition.
Discussion of Benefit
In summary, the assessments can only be levied based on the special benefit to property. This benefit is received by property over and above any general benefits.
Proposition 218, which added Article XIIID of the California Constitution, provides as follows:
"No assessment shall be imposed on any parcel which exceeds the reasonable cost of the proportional special benefit conferred on that parcel." Benefit categories have been established that represent the types of special benefit to residential, commercial, industrial and other lots and parcels resulting from the installation, maintenance and servicing lighting and landscaping improvements to be provided with the assessment proceeds.
These categories of special benefit are summarized as follows:
A. Proximity to Improved Landscaped Areas and Other Public Improvements within the Assessment Districts.
B. Access to Improved landscaped areas and Other Public Improvements within the Assessment Districts.
C. Improved Views within the Assessment Districts.
D. Extension of a property’s outdoor areas and green spaces for properties within close proximity to the Improvements.
E. Creation of individual lots for residential and commercial use that, in absence of the assessments, would not have been created.
City of Vallejo
Landscape Maintenance Districts
Overview Report, FY 2026-2027
Case law interpreting Proposition 218 provides enhanced clarity to the definitions of special benefits to properties in three distinct areas:
Proximity
Expanded or improved access
Views
This case law also clarifies that a special benefit is a service or improvement that provides a direct advantage to a parcel and that indirect or derivative advantages resulting from the overall public benefits from a service or improvement are general benefits. The case law also provides specific guidance that park improvements are a direct advantage and special benefit to property that is proximate to a park that is improved by an assessment:
the characterization of a benefit may depend on whether the parcel receives a direct advantage from the improvement (e.g. proximity to a park) or receives an indirect, derivative advantage resulting from the overall public benefits of the improvement (e.g. general enhancement of the district’s property values).
Proximity, improved access and views, in addition to the other special benefits listed above further strengthen the basis of these assessments.
General versus Special Benefit
In absence of the assessments, the Improvements in the Districts would not be provided, so the Improvements are “over and above” what otherwise would be provided. Many of the parcels would not even exist if the assessments were not established because an assessment for the specific Improvements within the Districts was a condition of development approval.
All of the Assessment proceeds derived from the Districts will be utilized to fund the cost of providing a level of tangible “special benefits” in the form of landscaped parkways, landscaped medians, landscaped corridors, open space areas and other Improvements and costs incidental to providing the Improvements and collecting the Assessments.
Although these Improvements may be available to the general public at large, the permanent public Improvements in the Districts were specifically designed, located and created to provide additional and improved public resources for the direct advantage of property inside the Districts, and not the public at large. Other properties that are either outside the Districts or within the Districts and not assessed, do not enjoy the unique proximity, access, views and other special benefit factors described previously. Moreover, the homes in the Districts would not have been built if the Assessments were not established because an assessment for the Improvements was a condition of development approval.
City of Vallejo
Landscape Maintenance Districts
Overview Report, FY 2026-2027
Benefit Finding
In summary, real property located within the boundaries of the Districts distinctly and directly benefits from closer proximity, access and views of Improvements funded by the Assessments, the creation of developable parcels and from the extension of usable land area provided by the assessments. The Improvements are specifically designed to serve properties in the Districts, not other properties or the public at large. The Districts have been narrowly drawn to include those parcels that receive a direct advantage from the Improvements. The public at large and other properties outside the Districtsreceive only limited benefits from the Improvements because they do not have proximity, good access or views of the Improvements. These are special benefits to property in the Districts in much the same way that sewer and water facilities, sidewalks and paved streets enhance the utility and desirability of property and make them more functional to use, safer and easier to access.
Without the Assessments, the public improvements within the Districts would not be maintained and would turn into brown, unmaintained and unusable public improvements and public lands.
If this happened, it would create a significant and material negative impact on the desirability, utility and value of property in the Districts. Most importantly, without the Assessments, the developed properties would not exist, because the subdivisions and development proposals would not have been approved. The Improvements are, therefore, clearly above what otherwise would be provided and the Improvements uniquely and specially benefit parcels in the Districts in a way that is not enjoyed by the general public or other property. We therefore conclude that all the Improvements funded by the Assessment are of special benefit to the identified benefiting properties located within the Districts and that the value of the special benefits from such Improvements to property in the Districts reasonably exceeds the cost of the Assessments for every assessed parcel in the Districts. (In other words, as required by Proposition 218; the reasonable cost of the proportional special benefit conferred on each parcel reasonably exceeds the cost of the assessments.) Any general benefits to surrounding properties outside of the Districts, if there were any, are collateral and conferred concomitantly.
The original determination of benefits to property and the method of special benefit apportionment to property were developed by Willdan Financial Services when the Districts were originally approved by property owners as noted in the Description of Districts section of this Report. The description of benefits and the determination and apportionment of benefits to property in this Report are consistent with the original benefit determination and apportionment.
The original method of apportionment of assessment and other relevant elements of the original Reports for the Districts are hereby incorporated by reference.
City of Vallejo
Landscape Maintenance Districts
Overview Report, FY 2026-2027
Quantification of General Benefit
Although the analysis used to support these assessments concludes that the benefits are solely special, as described above, consideration is made for the suggestion that a portion of the benefits are general. General benefits cannot be funded by these assessments - the funding must come from other sources.
The maintenance and servicing of these improvements is also partially funded, directly and indirectly from other sources including the City of Vallejo, Solano County and the State of California. This funding comes in the form of grants, development fees, special programs, and general funds, as well as direct maintenance and servicing of facilities (e.g. curbs, gutters and streets, etc.) This funding from other sources more than compensates for general benefits, if any, received by the properties within the assessments district.
The General Benefits from these Assessments may be quantified as illustrated in the following table.
Benefit Factor
Relative
Weight
General Benefit
Contribution
Relative General
Benefit
Creation of parcels 90 0% 0
Proximity and access to open space and landscape areas 5 10% 0.5 Improved views 5 10% 0.5
100 1
Total Calculated General Benefit = 1.0%
As a result, City of Vallejo will contribute at least 1% of the total budget from sources other than the assessment. This contribution offsets any general benefits from the assessment services.
This general benefit contribution is the sum of the following components:
The City of Vallejo owns, maintains, rehabilitates and replaces curb and gutter along the border of the Districts improvements. This curb and gutter serves to support, contain, retain, manage irrigation flow and growth, and provide a boundary for the improvements. The contribution from the City of Vallejo towards general benefit from the maintenance, rehabilitation and replacement of the curb and gutter is conservatively estimated to be 1%.
The City of Vallejo owns and maintains local public streets along the border of the Districts improvements. These public streets provide access to the improvements for its enjoyment as well as efficient maintenance. The contribution from the City of Vallejo towards general benefit from the maintenance of local public streets is conservatively estimated to be 1%.
City of Vallejo
Landscape Maintenance Districts
Overview Report, FY 2026-2027
The value of the construction of the improvements can be quantified and monetized as an annuity. Since this construction was performed and paid for by non-assessment funds, this “annuity” can be used to offset general benefit costs, and is conservatively estimated to contribute 25%.
Therefore, the total General Benefit is conservatively quantified at 1.0% which is more than offset by the total non-assessment contribution towards general benefit of 27%.
City of Vallejo
Landscape Maintenance Districts
Overview Report, FY 2026-2027
Budget Definitions
The following provides a summary of the services and costs that are included in the District Budgets:
Direct Costs:
Contract Maintenance Costs — Includes all contracted labor, material and equipment required to properly maintain the landscaping, irrigation systems, drainage systems, fencing, and entry monuments within the District. All improvements within the District are maintained and serviced on a regular basis.
Salaries & Benefits — Staff time devoted to managing and inspecting Districts. The Public Works LMD reimbursement is proportionally spread amongst twenty-seven (27) Districts based on each District’s budgeted direct and maintenance expense, inspections as a percentage of total costs in these categories for all Districts. Inspection costs are budgeted directly to the District as Field Inspection based on the historical and projected time spent in the inspection efforts.
Services & Supplies - Vehicles, supplies and services devoted to managing and inspecting Districts.
Landscape Water — Utility costs for water required to irrigate landscaped areas.
Utilities — Includes the cost of the furnishing of electricity required for the irrigation systems and hardwire telephone connections at upgraded irrigation controllers, monitored by City Staff.
Landscape Rehabilitation & Vandalism — Landscape projects, which significantly benefit and upgrade a specific Landscape Maintenance District. These costs reflect only a proportional share of the entire cost of the project and are noted because the amount of design, planning, coordination and execution. This budget item represents a cost to the individual Landscape Maintenance District, which is representative and has been identified by the city as above normal routine landscape maintenance inspection.
Vandalism includes repairs and rehabilitation that are generally unforeseen and not normally included in the yearly maintenance contract costs. This may include repair of damaged amenities due to vandalism, storms, frost, etc. These upgrades could include replacing plant materials and/or renovation of irrigation or lighting systems.
Capital Projects – This item includes major repairs or capital improvement projects.
City of Vallejo
Landscape Maintenance Districts
Overview Report, FY 2026-2027
Administration Costs:
Administration & Overhead — The cost allocation of all particular departments and staff of the City, for providing general support, services and operations related to the various districts, enterprises and accounts of the City.
County Administration Fee — This is the estimated cost to the District for the County to collect District assessments on the property tax bills. This charge is based on a flat rate per fund number plus a charge per assessment levied.
Professional Services — This is the estimated cost to the District for the Assessment Engineer to prepare this report and to calculate and submit the assessments to the Solano County Auditor’s office.
Levy Breakdown:
Operating Reserve Collection/(Transfer) — This budget item is provided to illustrate collection by the District of funds to operate the District from the time period of July 1 (beginning of the Fiscal Year) through January or when the County provides the City with the first installment of assessments collected from the property tax bills. Transfer amounts (Negative amounts) shown for this budget item represent transfers from the reserve fund that reduces the Balance to Levy.
Maintaining an adequately funded reserve fund eliminates the need for the City to transfer funds from non-District accounts to pay for operational expenses during the first half of the fiscal year and also provides the District with sufficient funds to address any unforeseen or unusual expenditures that may occur during the year.
Rehabilitation Fund Collection/(Transfer) — This budget item is provided to illustrate collection by the District of funds to cover costs of repairs, landscape maintenance that may be unforeseen and are not normally included in the yearly maintenance contract costs or for planned capital improvement projects. These amounts are held in or paid from the refurbishment/rehabilitation fund. Negative amounts shown for this budget item are transfers from the refurbishment/rehabilitation fund to be used to reduce the Balance to Levy. Transfer amounts (Negative amounts) will only occur after the planned projects have been completed and excess funds are being credited back to the District’s regular accounts. The refurbishment/rehabilitation fund eliminates the need for the City to transfer funds from non-District accounts. The Rehabilitation fund can be utilized to cover operating costs should the revenue and reserve fund be insufficient.
Other Revenue Source — This item includes additional funds designated for the District that are not annual assessments. These funds are applied to reduce assessments, and may be from nonDistrict or District sources including City General Fund Contributions and/or interest earnings. Any funds indicated on this line will be shown as a negative number indicating a reduction in the amount to be levied and represent funds that do not have to be repaid.
City of Vallejo
Landscape Maintenance Districts
Overview Report, FY 2026-2027
Balance to Levy — This is the total amount to be collected for the current fiscal year through assessments. The Balance to Levy represents the sum of Total Direct and Administration Costs, Reserve collections or transfers, Rehabilitation collections or transfers, contributions from other sources and contribution repayments. Only those costs related to the improvements identified as special benefits are levied and collected on the tax roll.
Districts Statistics:
Total Parcels Levied — The total number of parcels levied within the District boundary.
Anticipated Total Assessed Values/$100 — The sum of all the assessed values of all parcels within the District as established by the Solano County Assessor’s Office divided by $100.
Rate per $100 of AV — The established assessment rate to each one hundred dollars ($100) of assessed value of each parcel.
Minimum Cost Recovery Rate per $100 of AV— The estimated assessment rate to each one hundred dollars ($100) of assessed value of each parcel to recover sufficient revenue for the District Direct, Administration and Rehabilitation costs.
Fund Balance Information:
Beginning Operating Reserve Fund Balance — The projected reserve fund balance as provided by the City of Vallejo.
Operating Reserve Fund Adjustments — Positive amounts shown for this budget item represent additions to the reserve fund from levy revenue exceeding the total of all Direct, District Administration and Rehabilitation Costs. Surplus levy revenue is allocated to the reserve fund until the balance is equivalent to six months of levy revenue. The reserve fund negative amounts shown for this budget item represent transfers from the reserve fund to be used to reduce the Balance to Levy as a result of total Direct and District Administration Costs exceeding total levy revenue.
Additionally, negative amounts shown for this budget item may represent a reduction of the reserve fund balance in excess of six months of levy revenue; excess balances may be used to increase the refurbishment/rehabilitation fund.
Anticipated Operating Reserve Balance — The projected ending balance in the reserve fund as based on activity provided by the City of Vallejo. A negative Operating Reserve Fund balance represents cumulative contributions from the General Fund.
Beginning Rehabilitation Reserve Fund Balance — The projected rehabilitation fund balance as provided by the City of Vallejo.
City of Vallejo
Landscape Maintenance Districts
Overview Report, FY 2026-2027
Rehabilitation Reserve Fund Adjustments — Positive amounts shown for this budget item represents additions to the rehabilitation fund from levy revenue. The rehabilitation fund negative amounts shown for this budget item represent transfers from the rehabilitation fund to be used to reduce the Balance to Levy as a result of excess funds on project completion.
Anticipated Rehabilitation Reserve Balance — The projected ending balance in the rehabilitation fund as based on activity provided by the City of Vallejo. A negative Rehabilitation Reserve Fund balance represents cumulative contributions from the General Fund.
City of Vallejo
Landscape Maintenance Districts
Overview Report, FY 2026-2027
Description of the Districts and Budgets
Cimarron Hills – Madigan Ranch
The Cimarron Hills – Madigan Ranch Landscape Maintenance District serves a residential neighborhood of ten developments located in northeast Vallejo. The District is fully developed.
Special District Features
The District was formed in 1979.
The District has 12 acres of native and ornamental ground cover, shrubbery and trees. The District has 13 acres of weed control and plantings. Weed control in open space areas assists in fire protection. Ad Valorem rate per $100 of assessed valuation: Current Rate: $0.055, Maximum Rate:
$1.50.
Boundaries
The District lies within the City of Vallejo, generally located within the area bounded by Fairgrounds Drive, Napa County line, Borges Lane, and Griffin Drive including open space below Highway 80.
Improvements
The District maintains landscaping and weed control on the following areas:
Along Fairgrounds Drive near the intersection of Taper to the Napa County Line. Borges Lane to Griffin Drive.
Open space below Highway 80 including the water tank site.
Financial Information
The Direct Costs of the District have not changed significantly from fiscal year 2025-2026 to fiscal year 2026-2027. The proposed assessment is below the maximum rate and is considered an exempt assessment pursuant to Californian Constitution Article XIIID Section 5(b).
City of Vallejo
Landscape Maintenance Districts
Overview Report, FY 2026-2027
The amounts identified as “Landscape Rehabilitation” or “Capital Projects” may be budgeted and spent each fiscal year as shown, or collected and held for the future in the Rehabilitation Fund.
The program can also draw from the Operating Reserve Fund as necessary if funds are in excess of six months of levy revenue. Replacement, rehabilitation or refurbishment of the improvements is an essential part of maintenance, but these projects and expenses will often impact the longterm financial stability of the District. Prior to the implementation of any rehabilitation plan, the City should closely evaluate the merits of the project.
City of Vallejo
Landscape Maintenance Districts
Overview Report, FY 2026-2027
Direct Costs 2026-27 Budget
Contract Maintenance Costs $53,665
Salaries & Benefits $46,083
Services & Supplies $4,443
Landscape Water $16,000
Utilities $1,680
Landscape Rehabilitation / Vandalism $20,000
Capital Projects $0
Total Direct Costs $141,871
Administration Costs
Administration & Overhead $23,713
County Administration Fees $0
Professional Fees $2,347
Total Administration Costs $26,060
Collections / (Credits) Applied To Levy
Total Direct and Administration Costs $167,931
Contribution to / (from) Reserve Fund $0
Contribution to / (from) Rehabilitation Fund $2,202
Contribution (from) General Fund / Other Revenue ($23,564) Balance to Levy $146,569
District Statistics
Total Parcels 811
Total Parcels Levied 811
Anticipated Total Assessed Value / $100 $2,664,882.46
Proposed Rate per $100 of Assessed Value $0.055
Maximum Rate per $100 of Assessed Value $1.50
Total Assessment Levy $146,568.54
Fund Balance Information
Beginning Operating Reserve Fund Balance $83,965.50
Operating Reserve Fund Adjustments $0.00
Anticipated Operating Reserve Fund Balance $83,965.50
Beginning Rehabilitation Reserve Fund Balance $3,148,701.50 Rehabilitation Reserve Fund Adjustments $2,201.54
Anticipated Rehabilitation Reserve Fund Balance $3,150,903.04 Anticipated Total Ending Fund Balance $3,234,868.54
Estimate of Cost
City of Vallejo
Cimarron Hills / Madigan Ranch Landscape Maintenance District Fund Number 0189 (#171)
City of Vallejo
Landscape Maintenance Districts
Overview Report, FY 2026-2027
Recommendations
The Reserve Fund balance for the District is adequately funded.
The following are recommendations to the City:
Ensure the District Reserve Fund remains adequately funded.
College Hills
The College Hills Landscape Maintenance District (District) is a residential neighborhood consisting of two developments located in northeast Vallejo. The District is fully developed.
Special District Features
The District was formed in 1977.
The District has 2 acres of ornamental and native ground cover, shrubbery, and trees. The District has 0.5 acre of weed control and plantings. Weed control in open space areas assists in fire protection. Concrete walkway and sound wall.
Ad Valorem rate per $100 of assessed valuation: Current Rate: $0.100, Maximum Rate:
$1.50.
Boundaries
The District lies within the city of Vallejo, generally located within the area bounded by Fairgrounds Drive, Whitney Avenue, and Olympic Drive.
Improvements
The District maintains landscaping and weed control in the following areas:
Slope along the west side of Fairgrounds Drive, including the concrete walkway and sound wall.
North side of Whitney Avenue, between Fairgrounds Drive and Pembroke Drive. Easement behind Chapman and above Frodham Circle up to the access walkway.
Financial Information
The Direct Costs of the District have not changed significantly from fiscal year 2025-2026 to fiscal year 2026-2027. The proposed assessment is below the maximum rate and is considered an exempt assessment pursuant to Californian Constitution Article XIIID Section 5(b).
City of Vallejo
Landscape Maintenance Districts
Overview Report, FY 2026-2027
The amounts identified as “Landscape Rehabilitation” or “Capital Projects” may be budgeted and spent each fiscal year as shown, or collected and held for the future in the Rehabilitation Fund.
The program can also draw from the Operating Reserve Fund as necessary if funds are in excess of six months of levy revenue. Replacement, rehabilitation or refurbishment of the improvements is an essential part of maintenance, but these projects and expenses will often impact the longterm financial stability of the District. Prior to the implementation of any rehabilitation plan, the City should closely evaluate the merits of the project.
City of Vallejo
Landscape Maintenance Districts
Overview Report, FY 2026-2027
Direct Costs 2026-27 Budget
Contract Maintenance Costs $12,989
Salaries & Benefits $11,632
Services & Supplies $1,121
Landscape Water $2,500
Utilities $568
Landscape Rehabilitation / Vandalism $7,000
Capital Projects $0
Total Direct Costs $35,810
Administration Costs
Administration & Overhead $5,986
County Administration Fees $0
Professional Fees $316
Total Administration Costs $6,302
Collections / (Credits) Applied To Levy
Total Direct and Administration Costs $42,112
Contribution to / (from) Reserve Fund $0
Contribution to / (from) Rehabilitation Fund $19,674
Contribution (from) General Fund / Other Revenue ($3,637) Balance to Levy $58,149
District Statistics
Total Parcels 213
Total Parcels Levied 213
Anticipated Total Assessed Value / $100 $581,492.24
Proposed Rate per $100 of Assessed Value $0.100
Maximum Rate per $100 of Assessed Value $1.50
Total Assessment Levy $58,149.22
Fund Balance Information
Beginning Operating Reserve Fund Balance $21,056.00
Operating Reserve Fund Adjustments $0.00
Anticipated Operating Reserve Fund Balance $21,056.00
Beginning Rehabilitation Reserve Fund Balance $434,961.00 Rehabilitation Reserve Fund Adjustments $19,674.00
Anticipated Rehabilitation Reserve Fund Balance $454,635.00 Anticipated Total Ending Fund Balance $475,691.00
Estimate of Cost
City of Vallejo
College Hills Landscape Maintenance District
Fund Number 0119 (#175)
City of Vallejo
Landscape Maintenance Districts
Overview Report, FY 2026-2027
Recommendations
The Reserve Fund balance for the District is adequately funded. The following are recommendations to the City:
Ensure the District Reserve Fund remains adequately funded. Consider decreasing the assessment rate if direct costs are anticipated to remain at the current level.
Sea View (Costa Del Rio)
The District lies within the City of Vallejo, generally located within the area bounded by Seaport Drive, Seawind Drive, Moonraker Drive, Sea Crest, and Schooner Way.
Special District Features
The District was formed in 1980.
The District has 5 acres of native and ornamental ground cover, shrubbery and trees.
The District has 1.5 acre of weed control and plantings.
Weed control in open space areas assists in fire protection.
Ad Valorem rate per $100 of assessed valuation: Current Rate: $0.287, Maximum Rate:
$4.00.
Boundaries
The District lies within the City of Vallejo, generally located within the area bounded by Seaport Drive, Seawind Drive, Moonraker Drive, Sea Crest, and Schooner Way.
Improvements
The District maintains landscaping and weed control in the following areas:
Landscaping and irrigation along Seaport Drive, Seawind Drive, Moonraker Drive, the upper most north facing slope of Sea Crest and Schooner Way. Open space weed control at the point on Seawind Drive. Street lights
Sidewalks including curbs, gutters and striping
Retaining walls
Street signs
Street maintenance
Fiscal year 2026-2027 rehabilitation projects include street paving and installation of new street signs.
City of Vallejo
Landscape Maintenance Districts
Overview Report, FY 2026-2027
Financial Information
The Direct Costs of the District have not significantly changed from fiscal year 2025-2026 to fiscal year 2026-2027. As noted above there are rehabilitation projects pending that the rehabilitation reserve fund is currently not adequate to fund. The assessment was increased fiscal year 2017- 2018 in order to accumulate enough funds to complete these projects in the future. The proposed assessment is below the maximum rate and is considered an exempt assessment pursuant to Californian Constitution Article XIIID Section 5(b).
The amounts identified as “Landscape Rehabilitation” or “Capital Projects” may be budgeted and spent each fiscal year as shown, or collected and held for the future in the Rehabilitation Fund.
The program can also draw from the Operating Reserve Fund as necessary if funds are in excess of six months of levy revenue. Replacement, rehabilitation or refurbishment of the improvements is an essential part of maintenance, but these projects and expenses will often impact the longterm financial stability of the District. Prior to the implementation of any rehabilitation plan, the City should closely evaluate the merits of the project.
City of Vallejo
Landscape Maintenance Districts
Overview Report, FY 2026-2027
Direct Costs 2026-27 Budget
Contract Maintenance Costs $20,419
Salaries & Benefits $24,377
Services & Supplies $2,350
Landscape Water $15,000
Utilities $400
Landscape Rehabilitation / Vandalism / Street Sweeping $12,500 Capital Projects $0
Total Direct Costs $75,046
Administration Costs
Administration & Overhead $12,544
County Administration Fees $0
Professional Fees $809
Total Administration Costs $13,353
Collections / (Credits) Applied To Levy
Total Direct and Administration Costs $88,399
Contribution to / (from) Reserve Fund $0
Contribution to / (from) Rehabilitation Fund $66,710
Contribution (from) General Fund / Other Revenue ($6,224) Balance to Levy $148,885
District Statistics
Total Parcels 125
Total Parcels Levied 125
Anticipated Total Assessed Value / $100 $518,764.76
Proposed Rate per $100 of Assessed Value $0.287
Maximum Rate per $100 of Assessed Value $4.00
Total Assessment Levy $148,885.49
Fund Balance Information
Beginning Operating Reserve Fund Balance $44,199.50
Operating Reserve Fund Adjustments $0.00
Anticipated Operating Reserve Fund Balance $44,199.50
Beginning Rehabilitation Reserve Fund Balance $828,216.50 Rehabilitation Reserve Fund Adjustments $66,710.00
Anticipated Rehabilitation Reserve Fund Balance $894,926.50 Anticipated Total Ending Fund Balance $939,126.00
Estimate of Cost
City of Vallejo
Seaview (Costa Del Rio) Landscape Maintenance District
Fund Number 0121 (#166)
City of Vallejo
Landscape Maintenance Districts
Overview Report, FY 2026-2027
Recommendations
The Reserve Fund balance for the District is not adequately funded due to pending rehabilitation projects in the District.
The following are recommendations to the City:
Ensure the District Reserve Fund is adequately funded.
Glen Cove I & II
The Glen Cove One and Two Landscape Maintenance District (District) serves a residential neighborhood located in southeast Vallejo. The District is fully developed.
Special District Features
The District was formed in 1978 with three annexations occurring in 1979 and 1980. The District has 3 acre of ornamental and native landscaping which includes ground cover, shrubbery and trees.
The District has 7 acres of weed control and plantings. Weed control in open space areas assists in fire protection. Ad Valorem rate per $100 of assessed valuation: Current Rate: $0.19, Maximum Rate:
$1.50.
Boundaries
The District lies within the City of Vallejo, generally located within the area bounded by Honeydew Drive, Highway 780, Peppercorn & Wildberry Court, Wildflower Drive, Shady Lane and Silktree Lane.
Improvements
The District maintains landscaping and weed control in the following areas:
South side of the street just across from the entrance to the shopping center and east to the rear fence line of lot 60 on Honeydew Drive.
Stonewood Court cul-de-sac along the east side of the Highway 780 fence line and along the rear yard fences of Peppercorn and Wildberry Court. East and west sides of Shady Lane to Wildflower Drive including the v-ditches and fence line of Highway 780.
Downhill slope side of Wildflower Drive including the v-ditches and the out fall structures as well as the siltation basin on Wildflower Drive. The east and west sides of Silktree up to the fence lines on each side.
City of Vallejo
Landscape Maintenance Districts
Overview Report, FY 2026-2027
The median island on Bluebell Place and the landscaped slopes of Wildflower, Ironwood, Buckeye, Applenut, and Dogwood Lane.
Financial Information
The Direct Costs of the District have not changed significantly from fiscal year 2025-2026 to fiscal year 2026-2027. The proposed assessment is below the maximum rate and is considered an exempt assessment pursuant to Californian Constitution Article XIIID Section 5(b).
The amounts identified as “Landscape Rehabilitation” or “Capital Projects” may be budgeted and spent each fiscal year as shown, or collected and held for the future in the Rehabilitation Fund.
The program can also draw from the Operating Reserve Fund as necessary if funds are in excess of six months of levy revenue. Replacement, rehabilitation or refurbishment of the improvements is an essential part of maintenance, but these projects and expenses will often impact the longterm financial stability of the District. Prior to the implementation of any rehabilitation plan, the City should closely evaluate the merits of the project.
City of Vallejo
Landscape Maintenance Districts
Overview Report, FY 2026-2027
Direct Costs 2026-27 Budget
Contract Maintenance Costs $34,564
Salaries & Benefits $38,960
Services & Supplies $3,756
Landscape Water $10,861
Utilities $1,800
Landscape Rehabilitation / Vandalism $30,000
Capital Projects $0
Total Direct Costs $119,941
Administration Costs
Administration & Overhead $20,048
County Administration Fees $0
Professional Fees $1,085
Total Administration Costs $21,133
Collections / (Credits) Applied To Levy
Total Direct and Administration Costs $141,074
Contribution to / (from) Reserve Fund $0
Contribution to / (from) Rehabilitation Fund $72,861
Contribution (from) General Fund / Other Revenue ($14,224) Balance to Levy $199,711
District Statistics
Total Parcels 239
Total Parcels Levied 239
Anticipated Total Assessed Value / $100 $1,051,112.86
Proposed Rate per $100 of Assessed Value $0.190
Maximum Rate per $100 of Assessed Value $1.50
Total Assessment Levy $199,711.44
Fund Balance Information
Beginning Operating Reserve Fund Balance $70,537.00
Operating Reserve Fund Adjustments $0.00
Anticipated Operating Reserve Fund Balance $70,537.00
Beginning Rehabilitation Reserve Fund Balance $1,760,606.00 Rehabilitation Reserve Fund Adjustments $72,861.00
Anticipated Rehabilitation Reserve Fund Balance $1,833,467.00 Anticipated Total Ending Fund Balance $1,904,004.00
Estimate of Cost
City of Vallejo
Glen Cove I & II Landscape Maintenance District
Fund Number 0191 (#182)
City of Vallejo
Landscape Maintenance Districts
Overview Report, FY 2026-2027
Recommendations
The Reserve Fund balance for the District is adequately funded.
The following are recommendations to the City:
Ensure the District Reserve Fund continues to be adequately funded. Decrease the assessment rate if direct costs are anticipated to remain at the current level in order to decrease the contribution to the Reserve Fund.
Greenmont – Seaport Hills
The Greenmont – Seaport Hills Landscape Maintenance District (District) serves a residential area of 4 developments located in northeast Vallejo. The District is fully developed.
Special District Features
The District was formed in 1978 with one annexation in 1979.
The District has 10 acres of ornamental and native landscaping which includes wild flowers and native grasses acting as ground cover, shrubbery and trees.
The entire District is treated as a weed control District for purposes of fire protection when fire season is declared each year in May.
Ad Valorem rate per $100 of assessed valuation: Current Rate: $.032, Maximum Rate: $1.25.
Boundaries
The District lies within the City of Vallejo, generally located within the area bounded by Columbus Parkway, Greenmont Drive, and Devlin Drive.
Improvements
The District maintains landscaping and weed control in the following areas:
Slopes surrounding the residential neighborhood primarily overlooking Columbus Parkway and Greenmont Drive as well as Devlin Drive.
Financial Information
The Direct Costs of the District have not significantly changed from fiscal year 2025-2026 to fiscal year 2026-2027. The proposed assessment is below the maximum rate and is considered an exempt assessment pursuant to Californian Constitution Article XIIID Section 5(b).
City of Vallejo
Landscape Maintenance Districts
Overview Report, FY 2026-2027
The amounts identified as “Landscape Rehabilitation” or “Capital Projects” may be budgeted and spent each fiscal year as shown, or collected and held for the future in the Rehabilitation Fund.
The program can also draw from the Operating Reserve Fund as necessary if funds are in excess of six months of levy revenue. Replacement, rehabilitation or refurbishment of the improvements is an essential part of maintenance, but these projects and expenses will often impact the longterm financial stability of the District. Prior to the implementation of any rehabilitation plan, the City should closely evaluate the merits of the project.
City of Vallejo
Landscape Maintenance Districts
Overview Report, FY 2026-2027
Direct Costs 2026-27 Budget
Contract Maintenance Costs $17,836
Salaries & Benefits $16,566
Services & Supplies $1,597
Landscape Water $0
Utilities $0
Landscape Rehabilitation / Vandalism $15,000
Capital Projects $0
Total Direct Costs $50,999
Administration Costs
Administration & Overhead $8,524
County Administration Fees $0
Professional Fees $268
Total Administration Costs $8,792
Collections / (Credits) Applied To Levy
Total Direct and Administration Costs $59,791
Contribution to / (from) Reserve Fund $0
Contribution to / (from) Rehabilitation Fund ($8,082)
Contribution (from) General Fund / Other Revenue ($2,378) Balance to Levy $49,331
District Statistics
Total Parcels 407
Total Parcels Levied 407
Anticipated Total Assessed Value / $100 $1,541,586.17
Proposed Rate per $100 of Assessed Value $0.032
Maximum Rate per $100 of Assessed Value $1.25
Total Assessment Levy $49,330.76
Fund Balance Information
Beginning Operating Reserve Fund Balance $29,895.50
Operating Reserve Fund Adjustments $0.00
Anticipated Operating Reserve Fund Balance $29,895.50
Beginning Rehabilitation Reserve Fund Balance $230,310.50 Rehabilitation Reserve Fund Adjustments ($8,082.00)
Anticipated Rehabilitation Reserve Fund Balance $222,228.50 Anticipated Total Ending Fund Balance $252,124.00
Estimate of Cost
City of Vallejo
Greenmont Seaport Hills Landscape Maintenance District
Fund Number 0187 (#168)
City of Vallejo
Landscape Maintenance Districts
Overview Report, FY 2026-2027
Recommendations
The Reserve Fund balance for the District is adequately funded.
The following are recommendations to the City:
Ensure the District Reserve Fund remains adequately funded.
Hunter Ranch I/II
The Hunter Ranch I/II Landscape Maintenance District serves a residential neighborhood of two developments located in northeast Vallejo. The District is fully developed.
Special District Features
The District was initially formed in 1981.
The District has 2 acres of native and ornamental ground cover, shrubbery and trees. The District has 6 acres of plantings and weed control. Weed control in open areas assists in fire protection. Ad Valorem rate per $100 of assessed valuation: Current Rate: $.035, Maximum Rate: $1.50.
Boundaries
The District lies within the City of Vallejo, generally located within the areas bounded by Foothill Drive, Sterling Drive, Redwood Parkway, and Doncaster.
Improvements
The District maintains landscaping and weed control in the following areas:
South side of Sterling from the sound wall at Ascot Drive to the curve at Legend Drive. North and south sides of each crossing at Clydesdale, Pacer, and Dapples Drives including the open spaces between each street crossing to Redwood Parkway behind the fence line.
Landscaping strip on the east and west side of the intersection of Doncaster and Redwood Parkway.
Planned capital improvement projects include remove and replace landscape and irrigation to keep up with current standards.
City of Vallejo
Landscape Maintenance Districts
Overview Report, FY 2026-2027
Financial Information
The Direct Costs of the District have not changed significantly from fiscal year 2025-2026 to fiscal year 2026-2027. The proposed assessment is below the maximum rate and is considered an exempt assessment pursuant to Californian Constitution Article XIIID Section 5(b).
The amounts identified as “Landscape Rehabilitation” or “Capital Projects” may be budgeted and spent each fiscal year as shown, or collected and held for the future in the Rehabilitation Fund.
The program can also draw from the Operating Reserve Fund as necessary if funds are in excess of six months of levy revenue. Replacement, rehabilitation or refurbishment of the improvements is an essential part of maintenance, but these projects and expenses will often impact the longterm financial stability of the District. Prior to the implementation of any rehabilitation plan, the City should closely evaluate the merits of the project.
City of Vallejo
Landscape Maintenance Districts
Overview Report, FY 2026-2027
Direct Costs 2026-27 Budget
Contract Maintenance Costs $6,667
Salaries & Benefits $13,529
Services & Supplies $1,304
Landscape Water $15,000
Utilities $150
Landscape Rehabilitation / Vandalism $5,000
Capital Projects $0
Total Direct Costs $41,650
Administration Costs
Administration & Overhead $6,962
County Administration Fees $0
Professional Fees $680
Total Administration Costs $7,642
Collections / (Credits) Applied To Levy
Total Direct and Administration Costs $49,292
Contribution to / (from) Reserve Fund $0
Contribution to / (from) Rehabilitation Fund $3,641
Contribution (from) General Fund / Other Revenue ($9,137) Balance to Levy $43,796
District Statistics
Total Parcels 377
Total Parcels Levied 377
Anticipated Total Assessed Value / $100 $1,251,320.11
Proposed Rate per $100 of Assessed Value $0.035
Maximum Rate per $100 of Assessed Value $1.50
Total Assessment Levy $43,796.20
Fund Balance Information
Beginning Operating Reserve Fund Balance $24,646.00
Operating Reserve Fund Adjustments $0.00
Anticipated Operating Reserve Fund Balance $24,646.00
Beginning Rehabilitation Reserve Fund Balance $1,165,898.00 Rehabilitation Reserve Fund Adjustments $3,641.20
Anticipated Rehabilitation Reserve Fund Balance $1,169,539.20 Anticipated Total Ending Fund Balance $1,194,185.20
Estimate of Cost
City of Vallejo
Hunter Ranch I & II Landscape Maintenance District
Fund Number 0172 (#181)
City of Vallejo
Landscape Maintenance Districts
Overview Report, FY 2026-2027
Recommendations
The Reserve Fund balance for the District is adequately funded.
The following are recommendations to the City:
Ensure the District Reserve Fund remains adequately funded.
Monica Place
The Monica Place Landscape Maintenance District (District) serves a residential neighborhood located in northeast Vallejo. The District is fully developed.
Special District Features
The District was formed in 1976.
The District has 1,000 square feet of weed control and plantings. Landscape is ornamental ground cover.
Weed control areas along Monica Place assist in fire protection and protection of the asphalt.
Ad Valorem rate per $100 of assessed valuation: Current Rate: $.187, Maximum Rate:
$1.25.
Boundaries
The District lies within the City of Vallejo, generally located along the roadside of Monica Place.
Improvements
The District maintains weed control easements found along the edge of the asphalt and behind the sidewalk along Monica Place.
Financial Information
The Direct Costs of the District have not changed significantly from fiscal year 2025-2026 to fiscal year 2026-2027. The proposed assessment is below the maximum rate and is considered an exempt assessment pursuant to Californian Constitution Article XIIID Section 5(b).
City of Vallejo
Landscape Maintenance Districts
Overview Report, FY 2026-2027
The amounts identified as “Landscape Rehabilitation” or “Capital Projects” may be budgeted and spent each fiscal year as shown, or collected and held for the future in the Rehabilitation Fund.
The program can also draw from the Operating Reserve Fund as necessary if funds are in excess of six months of levy revenue. Replacement, rehabilitation or refurbishment of the improvements is an essential part of maintenance, but these projects and expenses will often impact the longterm financial stability of the District. Prior to the implementation of any rehabilitation plan, the City should closely evaluate the merits of the project.
City of Vallejo
Landscape Maintenance Districts
Overview Report, FY 2026-2027
Direct Costs 2026-27 Budget
Contract Maintenance Costs $3,322
Salaries & Benefits $0
Services & Supplies $0
Landscape Water $0
Utilities $0
Landscape Rehabilitation / Vandalism $0
Capital Projects $0
Total Direct Costs $3,322
Administration Costs
Administration & Overhead $0
County Administration Fees $0
Professional Fees $17
Total Administration Costs $17
Collections / (Credits) Applied To Levy
Total Direct and Administration Costs $3,339
Contribution to / (from) Reserve Fund $0
Contribution to / (from) Rehabilitation Fund $224
Contribution (from) General Fund / Other Revenue ($418) Balance to Levy $3,145
District Statistics
Total Parcels 5
Total Parcels Levied 5
Anticipated Total Assessed Value / $100 $16,817.57
Proposed Rate per $100 of Assessed Value $0.187
Maximum Rate per $100 of Assessed Value $1.25
Total Assessment Levy $3,144.89
Fund Balance Information
Beginning Operating Reserve Fund Balance $1,669.50
Operating Reserve Fund Adjustments $0.00
Anticipated Operating Reserve Fund Balance $1,669.50
Beginning Rehabilitation Reserve Fund Balance $46,927.50 Rehabilitation Reserve Fund Adjustments $224.00
Anticipated Rehabilitation Reserve Fund Balance $47,151.50 Anticipated Total Ending Fund Balance $48,821.00
Estimate of Cost
City of Vallejo
Monica Place Road Landscape Maintenance District
Fund Number 0163 (#167)
City of Vallejo
Landscape Maintenance Districts
Overview Report, FY 2026-2027
Recommendations
The Reserve Fund balance for the District is adequately funded.
The following are recommendations to the City:
Ensure the District Reserve Fund remains adequately funded.
Ridgecrest
The Ridgecrest Point Landscape Maintenance District (District) serves a residential neighborhood located in northeast Vallejo. The District is fully developed.
Special District Features
The District was formed in 1978.
Ad Valorem rate per $100 of assessed valuation: Current Rate: $0.115, Maximum Rate:
$1.50.
The District is composed of six Pacific Gas & Electric easements and one area of ornamental plantings. The PG&E easements are composed of four with ornamental plants and two with weed height control and native/drought resistant plants. Weed control assists in fire protection.
Boundaries
The District lies within the City of Vallejo, generally located within the Woodvale Court cul-de-sac and the area bounded by Sylvia Court, Hale Street, Delgado Street, Clayton Court, Elna Drive, Henry Street, and Woodvale Court.
Improvements
The District maintains landscaping and weed control in the following areas:
The PG&E easements found within chain-link fence enclosures on each side of Woodvale Street crossing extending north to and crossing Skyline Drive and along the south side of Goheen Circle
Rear yard fence lines.
Financial Information
The Direct Costs of the District not changed significantly from fiscal year 2025-2026 to fiscal year 2026-2027. This proposed assessment is below the maximum rate and is considered an exempt assessment pursuant to Californian Constitution Article XIIID Section 5(b).
City of Vallejo
Landscape Maintenance Districts
Overview Report, FY 2026-2027
Direct Costs 2026-27 Budget
Contract Maintenance Costs $19,988
Salaries & Benefits $0
Services & Supplies $0
Landscape Water $4,000
Utilities $0
Landscape Rehabilitation / Vandalism $10,000
Capital Projects $0
Total Direct Costs $33,988
Administration Costs
Administration & Overhead $0
County Administration Fees $0
Professional Fees $406
Total Administration Costs $406
Collections / (Credits) Applied To Levy
Total Direct and Administration Costs $34,394
Contribution to / (from) Reserve Fund $0
Contribution to / (from) Rehabilitation Fund $42,625
Contribution (from) General Fund / Other Revenue ($2,468) Balance to Levy $74,551
District Statistics
Total Parcels 171
Total Parcels Levied 171
Anticipated Total Assessed Value / $100 $648,266.71
Proposed Rate per $100 of Assessed Value $0.115
Maximum Rate per $100 of Assessed Value $1.50
Total Assessment Levy $74,550.67
Fund Balance Information
Beginning Operating Reserve Fund Balance $17,197.00
Operating Reserve Fund Adjustments $0.00
Anticipated Operating Reserve Fund Balance $17,197.00
Beginning Rehabilitation Reserve Fund Balance $331,772.00 Rehabilitation Reserve Fund Adjustments $42,625.00
Anticipated Rehabilitation Reserve Fund Balance $374,397.00 Anticipated Total Ending Fund Balance $391,594.00
Estimate of Cost
City of Vallejo
Ridgecrest Landscape Maintenance District
Fund Number 0193 (#169)
City of Vallejo
Landscape Maintenance Districts
Overview Report, FY 2026-2027
Recommendations
The Reserve Fund balance for the District is adequately funded.
The following are recommendations to the City:
Ensure the District Reserve Fund is adequately funded. Consider decreasing the assessment in the future provided the current level of service is unchanged and there are no unforeseen expenditures.
Somerset Highlands (I/II)
The District lies within the City of Vallejo, generally located within the area bounded by Columbus Parkway, Georgia Street, and Regents Parkway.
Special District Features
The District was originally formed in 1975.
The District has 2 acres of native and ornamental ground cover, shrubbery and trees. The District has 5 acres of weed control.
Weed control in open space areas assists in fire protection. Ad Valorem rate per $100 of assessed valuation: Current Rate: $.022, Maximum Rate:
$1.25.
Boundaries
The District lies within the City of Vallejo, generally located within the area bounded by Columbus Parkway, Georgia Street, and Regents Parkway.
Improvements
The District maintains landscaping and weed control in the following areas:
Slope along Columbus Parkway from Georgia Street north to the rail fence and south to Regents Parkway.
Open space along Regents Parkway to Brunswick.
Financial Information
The Direct Costs of the District have not changed significantly from fiscal year 2025-2026 to fiscal year 2026-2027. The proposed assessment is below the maximum rate and is considered an exempt assessment pursuant to Californian Constitution Article XIIID Section 5(b).
City of Vallejo
Landscape Maintenance Districts
Overview Report, FY 2026-2027
The amounts identified as “Landscape Rehabilitation” or “Capital Projects” may be budgeted and spent each fiscal year as shown, or collected and held for the future in the Rehabilitation Fund.
The program can also draw from the Operating Reserve Fund as necessary if funds are in excess of six months of levy revenue. Replacement, rehabilitation or refurbishment of the improvements is an essential part of maintenance, but these projects and expenses will often impact the longterm financial stability of the District. Prior to the implementation of any rehabilitation plan, the City should closely evaluate the merits of the project.
City of Vallejo
Landscape Maintenance Districts
Overview Report, FY 2026-2027
Direct Costs 2026-27 Budget
Contract Maintenance Costs $17,221
Salaries & Benefits $12,875
Services & Supplies $1,241
Landscape Water $3,000
Utilities $300
Landscape Rehabilitation / Vandalism $5,000
Capital Projects $0
Total Direct Costs $39,637
Administration Costs
Administration & Overhead $6,625
County Administration Fees $0
Professional Fees $657
Total Administration Costs $7,282
Collections / (Credits) Applied To Levy
Total Direct and Administration Costs $46,919
Contribution to / (from) Reserve Fund $0
Contribution to / (from) Rehabilitation Fund $1,594
Contribution (from) General Fund / Other Revenue ($4,191) Balance to Levy $44,322
District Statistics
Total Parcels 533
Total Parcels Levied 533
Anticipated Total Assessed Value / $100 $2,014,630.06
Proposed Rate per $100 of Assessed Value $0.022
Maximum Rate per $100 of Assessed Value $1.25
Total Assessment Levy $44,321.86
Fund Balance Information
Beginning Operating Reserve Fund Balance $23,459.50
Operating Reserve Fund Adjustments $0.00
Anticipated Operating Reserve Fund Balance $23,459.50
Beginning Rehabilitation Reserve Fund Balance $542,894.50 Rehabilitation Reserve Fund Adjustments $1,593.86
Anticipated Rehabilitation Reserve Fund Balance $544,488.36 Anticipated Total Ending Fund Balance $567,947.86
City of Vallejo
Somerset Highlands I & II Landscape Maintenance District Fund Number 0109 (#173)
Estimate of Cost
City of Vallejo
Landscape Maintenance Districts
Overview Report, FY 2026-2027
Recommendations
The Reserve Fund balance for the District is adequately funded.
The following are recommendations to the City:
Ensure the District Reserve Fund remains adequately funded.
Somerset Highlands III
The Somerset Highlands Three Landscape Maintenance District (District) serves a residential neighborhood located in northeast Vallejo. The District is fully developed.
Special District Features
The District was formed in 1981.
The District has 7 acres of native and ornamental ground cover, shrubbery and trees.
The District has 4 acres of weed control.
Weed control in open space areas assists in fire protection. Ad Valorem rate per $100 of assessed valuation: Current Rate: $.07, Maximum Rate:
$1.50.
Boundaries
The District lies within the City of Vallejo, generally located within the area bounded by Locust Drive, Ascot Parkway, Columbus Parkway, and Rock Springs Golf Course.
Improvements
The District maintains landscaped areas and weed control in the following areas:
Landscape slope along the east and west side of Ascot Parkway. Medians from just south of Hawksbury Drive to the intersection of Columbus Parkway to the end of the sound wall along the north side of Columbus Parkway. Strip of landscaping running along two hundred feet east of the intersection of Columbus and Ascot Parkways at the sound wall to the back of the curb. Interior slope beneath the power lines and slope overlooking the Blue Rock Springs Golf Course.
City of Vallejo
Landscape Maintenance Districts
Overview Report, FY 2026-2027
Financial Information
The Direct Costs of the District have not changed significantly from fiscal year 2025-2026 to fiscal year 2026-2027. The proposed assessment is below the maximum rate and is considered an exempt assessment pursuant to Californian Constitution Article XIIID Section 5(b).
The amounts identified as “Landscape Rehabilitation” or “Capital Projects” may be budgeted and spent each fiscal year as shown, or collected and held for the future in the Rehabilitation Fund.
The program can also draw from the Operating Reserve Fund as necessary if funds are in excess of six months of levy revenue. Replacement, rehabilitation or refurbishment of the improvements is an essential part of maintenance, but these projects and expenses will often impact the longterm financial stability of the District. Prior to the implementation of any rehabilitation plan, the City should closely evaluate the merits of the project.
City of Vallejo
Landscape Maintenance Districts
Overview Report, FY 2026-2027
Direct Costs 2026-27 Budget
Contract Maintenance Costs $10,000
Salaries & Benefits $18,505
Services & Supplies $1,784
Landscape Water $14,000
Utilities $180
Landscape Rehabilitation / Vandalism $12,500
Capital Projects $0
Total Direct Costs $56,969
Administration Costs
Administration & Overhead $9,522
County Administration Fees $0
Professional Fees $749
Total Administration Costs $10,271
Collections / (Credits) Applied To Levy
Total Direct and Administration Costs $67,240
Contribution to / (from) Reserve Fund $0
Contribution to / (from) Rehabilitation Fund $2,938
Contribution (from) General Fund / Other Revenue ($3,221) Balance to Levy $66,957
District Statistics
Total Parcels 233
Total Parcels Levied 233
Anticipated Total Assessed Value / $100 $956,524.66
Proposed Rate per $100 of Assessed Value $0.070
Maximum Rate per $100 of Assessed Value $1.50
Total Assessment Levy $66,956.73
Fund Balance Information
Beginning Operating Reserve Fund Balance $33,620.00
Operating Reserve Fund Adjustments $0.00
Anticipated Operating Reserve Fund Balance $33,620.00
Beginning Rehabilitation Reserve Fund Balance $492,939.00 Rehabilitation Reserve Fund Adjustments $2,937.73
Anticipated Rehabilitation Reserve Fund Balance $495,876.73 Anticipated Total Ending Fund Balance $529,496.73
City of Vallejo
Somerset Highlands III Landscape Maintenance District
Fund Number 0171 (#176)
Estimate of Cost
City of Vallejo
Landscape Maintenance Districts
Overview Report, FY 2026-2027
Recommendations
The Reserve Fund balance for the District is adequately funded.
The following are recommendations to the City:
Ensure the District Reserve Fund is adequately funded.
Springtree
The Springtree Landscape Maintenance District (District) serves a residential neighborhood consisting of four developments located in northeast Vallejo. The District is fully developed.
Special District Features
The District was formed in 1978 with one annexation in 1979. The District has 1 acre of native and ornamental ground cover, shrubbery and trees The District has 10 acres of weed control.
Weed control in open space areas assists in fire protection. Ad Valorem rate per $100 of assessed valuation: Current Rate: $.195, Maximum Rate:
$1.50.
Boundaries
The District lies within the City of Vallejo, generally located within the area bounded by Tuolumne Street, Guava Court, Platt and Wake Court, Parkview Terrace, Phoenix Circle and the water treatment fence line.
Improvements
The District maintains landscaping and weed control in the following areas:
Landscaping along Tuolumne Street starting from Parkview Terrace, Public LMD behind lot 7, ending at the intersection of Phoenix Circle.
South side of Tuolumne Street beginning at Ridgeview Drive and ending at the rear of lot 8 at Guava Court.
Behind the residences along the south side of Mitchell Court and Riverview Drive. Open space bounded by Platt and Wake Court and Parkview Terrace and the water treatment plant fence line.
Public LMD on the north side of Amber Avenue, south side adjoining the park. Public LMD situated below Phoenix Circle from lots 27-42 and behind the homes on Pepper Avenue.
City of Vallejo
Landscape Maintenance Districts
Overview Report, FY 2026-2027
Capital projects include remove and replace landscape and irrigation to keep up with current standards.
Financial Information
The Direct Costs of the District have not significantly changed from fiscal year 2025-2026 to fiscal year 2026-2027. The proposed assessment is below the maximum rate and is considered an exempt assessment pursuant to Californian Constitution Article XIIID Section 5(b).
The amounts identified as “Landscape Rehabilitation” or “Capital Projects” may be budgeted and spent each fiscal year as shown, or collected and held for the future in the Rehabilitation Fund.
The program can also draw from the Operating Reserve Fund as necessary if funds are in excess of six months of levy revenue. Replacement, rehabilitation or refurbishment of the improvements is an essential part of maintenance, but these projects and expenses will often impact the longterm financial stability of the District. Prior to the implementation of any rehabilitation plan, the City should closely evaluate the merits of the project.
City of Vallejo
Landscape Maintenance Districts
Overview Report, FY 2026-2027
Direct Costs 2026-27 Budget
Contract Maintenance Costs $27,307
Salaries & Benefits $29,516
Services & Supplies $2,846
Landscape Water $10,000
Utilities $1,200
Landscape Rehabilitation / Vandalism $20,000
Capital Projects $0
Total Direct Costs $90,869
Administration Costs
Administration & Overhead $15,188
County Administration Fees $0
Professional Fees $968
Total Administration Costs $16,156
Collections / (Credits) Applied To Levy
Total Direct and Administration Costs $107,025
Contribution to / (from) Reserve Fund $0
Contribution to / (from) Rehabilitation Fund $84,531
Contribution (from) General Fund / Other Revenue ($13,545) Balance to Levy $178,011
District Statistics
Total Parcels 297
Total Parcels Levied 297
Anticipated Total Assessed Value / $100 $912,879.32
Proposed Rate per $100 of Assessed Value $0.195
Maximum Rate per $100 of Assessed Value $1.50
Total Assessment Levy $178,011.47
Fund Balance Information
Beginning Operating Reserve Fund Balance $53,512.50
Operating Reserve Fund Adjustments $0.00
Anticipated Operating Reserve Fund Balance $53,512.50
Beginning Rehabilitation Reserve Fund Balance $1,654,404.50 Rehabilitation Reserve Fund Adjustments $84,531.00
Anticipated Rehabilitation Reserve Fund Balance $1,738,935.50 Anticipated Total Ending Fund Balance $1,792,448.00
City of Vallejo
Springtree Landscape Maintenance District
Fund Number 0192 (#172)
Estimate of Cost
City of Vallejo
Landscape Maintenance Districts
Overview Report, FY 2026-2027
Recommendations
The Reserve Fund balance for the District is adequately funded.
The following are recommendations to the City:
Ensure the District Reserve Fund remains adequately funded. Consider decreasing the assessment in the future provided the current level of service is unchanged and there are no unforeseen expenditures.
Summit II
The Summit Two Landscape Maintenance District (District) serves a residential neighborhood made from two subdivisions located in northeast Vallejo. The District is fully developed.
Special District Features
The District was formed in 1978 with one annexation in 1979. The District has 3.5 acres of weed control.
Weed control in open space areas assists in fire protection. Ad Valorem rate per $100 of assessed valuation: Current Rate: $.03, Maximum Rate:
$1.50.
Boundaries
The District lies within the City of Vallejo, generally located within the area bounded by Hillview Drive, Sunrise Way and the P.G. & E. towers.
Improvements
The District maintains landscaping and weed control in the following areas:
Remove the hazardous tree conditions behind the homes on Hillview and Sunrise Drive. Improve the fire protection grass control under the PGE power lines.
Financial Information
The Direct Costs of the District have not changed significantly from fiscal year 2025-2026 to fiscal year 2026-2027. The proposed assessment is below the maximum rate and is considered an exempt assessment pursuant to Californian Constitution Article XIIID Section 5(b).
City of Vallejo
Landscape Maintenance Districts
Overview Report, FY 2026-2027
The amounts identified as “Landscape Rehabilitation” or “Capital Projects” may be budgeted and spent each fiscal year as shown, or collected and held for the future in the Rehabilitation Fund.
The program can also draw from the Operating Reserve Fund as necessary if funds are in excess of six months of levy revenue. Replacement, rehabilitation or refurbishment of the improvements is an essential part of maintenance, but these projects and expenses will often impact the longterm financial stability of the District. Prior to the implementation of any rehabilitation plan, the City should closely evaluate the merits of the project.
City of Vallejo
Landscape Maintenance Districts
Overview Report, FY 2026-2027
Direct Costs 2026-27 Budget
Contract Maintenance Costs $6,667
Salaries & Benefits $5,886
Services & Supplies $567
Landscape Water $0
Utilities $0
Landscape Rehabilitation / Vandalism $5,000
Capital Projects $0
Total Direct Costs $18,120
Administration Costs
Administration & Overhead $3,029
County Administration Fees $0
Professional Fees $309
Total Administration Costs $3,338
Collections / (Credits) Applied To Levy
Total Direct and Administration Costs $21,458
Contribution to / (from) Reserve Fund $0
Contribution to / (from) Rehabilitation Fund $543
Contribution (from) General Fund / Other Revenue ($4,051) Balance to Levy $17,950
District Statistics
Total Parcels 171
Total Parcels Levied 171
Anticipated Total Assessed Value / $100 $598,346.03
Proposed Rate per $100 of Assessed Value $0.030
Maximum Rate per $100 of Assessed Value $1.50
Total Assessment Levy $17,950.38
Fund Balance Information
Beginning Operating Reserve Fund Balance $10,729.00
Operating Reserve Fund Adjustments $0.00
Anticipated Operating Reserve Fund Balance $10,729.00
Beginning Rehabilitation Reserve Fund Balance $525,404.00 Rehabilitation Reserve Fund Adjustments $543.38
Anticipated Rehabilitation Reserve Fund Balance $525,947.38 Anticipated Total Ending Fund Balance $536,676.38
City of Vallejo
Summit II Landscape Maintenance District
Fund Number 0188 (#164)
Estimate of Cost
City of Vallejo
Landscape Maintenance Districts
Overview Report, FY 2026-2027
Recommendations
The Reserve Fund balance for the District is adequately funded.
The following are recommendations to the City:
Ensure the District Reserve Fund remains adequately funded.
Town & Country
The Town & Country One Landscape Maintenance District (District) serves a residential neighborhood located in northwest Vallejo. The District is fully developed.
Special District Features
The District was formed in 1980.
The District has 1.5 acres of ornamental shrubbery and trees. Weed control assists in fire protection.
Ad Valorem rate per $100 of assessed valuation: Current Rate: $.150, Maximum Rate:
$1.50.
Boundaries
The District lies within the City of Vallejo, generally located within the area bounded by Fairgrounds Drive, Marine World Parkway fence, and the North Vallejo Community Park Ball Field.
Improvements
The District maintains landscaping and weed control in the following areas:
Slope on Fairgrounds Drive from Marine World Parkway fence to the North Vallejo Community Park Ball Field.
Walkway from Basalt down to the North Vallejo Community Park Ball Field.
Financial Information
The Direct Costs of the District have not significantly changed from fiscal year 2025-2026 to fiscal year 2026-2027. The proposed assessment is below the maximum rate and is considered an exempt assessment pursuant to Californian Constitution Article XIIID Section 5(b).
City of Vallejo
Landscape Maintenance Districts
Overview Report, FY 2026-2027
The amounts identified as “Landscape Rehabilitation” or “Capital Projects” may be budgeted and spent each fiscal year as shown, or collected and held for the future in the Rehabilitation Fund.
The program can also draw from the Operating Reserve Fund as necessary if funds are in excess of six months of levy revenue. Replacement, rehabilitation or refurbishment of the improvements is an essential part of maintenance, but these projects and expenses will often impact the longterm financial stability of the District. Prior to the implementation of any rehabilitation plan, the City should closely evaluate the merits of the project.
City of Vallejo
Landscape Maintenance Districts
Overview Report, FY 2026-2027
Direct Costs 2026-27 Budget
Contract Maintenance Costs $13,777
Salaries & Benefits $10,179
Services & Supplies $981
Landscape Water $1,000
Utilities $400
Landscape Rehabilitation / Vandalism $5,000
Capital Projects $0
Total Direct Costs $31,337
Administration Costs
Administration & Overhead $5,238
County Administration Fees $0
Professional Fees $301
Total Administration Costs $5,539
Collections / (Credits) Applied To Levy
Total Direct and Administration Costs $36,876
Contribution to / (from) Reserve Fund $0
Contribution to / (from) Rehabilitation Fund $20,797
Contribution (from) General Fund / Other Revenue ($2,212) Balance to Levy $55,461
District Statistics
Total Parcels 124
Total Parcels Levied 124
Anticipated Total Assessed Value / $100 $369,741.40
Proposed Rate per $100 of Assessed Value $0.150
Maximum Rate per $100 of Assessed Value $1.50
Total Assessment Levy $55,461.21
Fund Balance Information
Beginning Operating Reserve Fund Balance $18,438.00
Operating Reserve Fund Adjustments $0.00
Anticipated Operating Reserve Fund Balance $18,438.00
Beginning Rehabilitation Reserve Fund Balance $198,823.00 Rehabilitation Reserve Fund Adjustments $20,797.00
Anticipated Rehabilitation Reserve Fund Balance $219,620.00 Anticipated Total Ending Fund Balance $238,058.00
Estimate of Cost
City of Vallejo
Town & Country 1 Landscape Maintenance District
Fund Number 0122 (#165)
City of Vallejo
Landscape Maintenance Districts
Overview Report, FY 2026-2027
Recommendations
The Reserve Fund balance for the District is adequately funded.
The following are recommendations to the City:
Ensure the District Reserve Fund remains adequately funded. Consider decreasing the assessment in the future provided the current level of service is unchanged and there are no unforeseen expenditures.
Woodridge
The Woodridge Landscape Maintenance District (District) serves a residential neighborhood located in northeast Vallejo. The District is fully developed.
Special District Features
The District was formed in 1977.
The District has 6 acres of native and ornamental ground cover, shrubbery and trees. The District has 11 acres of weed control.
Weed control in open space areas assists in fire protection. Ad Valorem rate per $100 of assessed valuation: Current Rate: $.071, Maximum Rate:
$1.50.
Boundaries
The District lies within the City of Vallejo, made up of several islands as generally located within the area bounded by Tennessee Street and Oakwood; Masonic Drive and Oakwood; Evergreen, Parhaven Court and Temple; Woodson Way, Blue Bird, Robin Courts, Skyline Drive and Blue Rock Springs Corridor.
Improvements
The District maintains landscaping and weed control in the following areas:
Landscaped slope along the north side of Tennessee Street behind Lain Court. Island at the corner of Tennessee and Oakwood, the easement directly west of the island and behind the homes of Bridge Court.
Easement off Evergreen Way on the south side bounded by the rear yard fences of Curtis and Springbrook.
City of Vallejo
Landscape Maintenance Districts
Overview Report, FY 2026-2027
Easement open space up slope of Evergreen and behind Park Haven Court and down slope of Temple.
Open space between Masonic Drive and Oakwood just south of Justin Court. Open space above Woodson Way and below Blue Bid and Robin Courts. The rear slope of Wood Court, Skyline Drive, and Masonic Court above Blue Rock Springs Corridor including the eucalyptus grove to within one hundred feet of the creak at high stage.
Slope behind Creekview, Glenview, and the open space entrance to the rear slope and frontage along the creek behind the private frontage road along Redwood. The islands of Redwood and the frontage landscaping from just west of Foothill to Doncaster on the north side and 500 feet west of Topley on the south side.
Financial Information
The Direct Costs of the District have not changed significantly from fiscal year 2025-2026 to fiscal year 2026-2027. The proposed assessment is below the maximum rate and is considered an exempt assessment pursuant to Californian Constitution Article XIIID Section 5(b).
The amounts identified as “Landscape Rehabilitation” or “Capital Projects” may be budgeted and spent each fiscal year as shown, or collected and held for the future in the Rehabilitation Fund.
The program can also draw from the Operating Reserve Fund as necessary if funds are in excess of six months of levy revenue. Replacement, rehabilitation or refurbishment of the improvements is an essential part of maintenance, but these projects and expenses will often impact the longterm financial stability of the District. Prior to the implementation of any rehabilitation plan, the City should closely evaluate the merits of the project.
City of Vallejo
Landscape Maintenance Districts
Overview Report, FY 2026-2027
Direct Costs 2026-27 Budget
Contract Maintenance Costs $13,334
Salaries & Benefits $24,505
Services & Supplies $2,362
Landscape Water $15,000
Utilities $240
Landscape Rehabilitation / Vandalism $20,000
Capital Projects $0
Total Direct Costs $75,441
Administration Costs
Administration & Overhead $12,610
County Administration Fees $0
Professional Fees $601
Total Administration Costs $13,211
Collections / (Credits) Applied To Levy
Total Direct and Administration Costs $88,652
Contribution to / (from) Reserve Fund $0
Contribution to / (from) Rehabilitation Fund $26,806
Contribution (from) General Fund / Other Revenue ($4,772) Balance to Levy $110,686
District Statistics
Total Parcels 449
Total Parcels Levied 449
Anticipated Total Assessed Value / $100 $1,558,961.73
Proposed Rate per $100 of Assessed Value $0.071
Maximum Rate per $100 of Assessed Value $1.50
Total Assessment Levy $110,686.28
Fund Balance Information
Beginning Operating Reserve Fund Balance $44,326.00
Operating Reserve Fund Adjustments $0.00
Anticipated Operating Reserve Fund Balance $44,326.00
Beginning Rehabilitation Reserve Fund Balance $584,734.00 Rehabilitation Reserve Fund Adjustments $26,806.00
Anticipated Rehabilitation Reserve Fund Balance $611,540.00 Anticipated Total Ending Fund Balance $655,866.00
City of Vallejo
Woodridge Landscape Maintenance District
Fund Number 0118 (#174)
Estimate of Cost
City of Vallejo
Landscape Maintenance Districts
Overview Report, FY 2026-2027
Recommendations
The Reserve Fund balance for the District is adequately funded.
The following are recommendations to the City:
Ensure the District Reserve Fund remains adequately funded. Consider decreasing the assessment in the future provided the current level of service is unchanged and there are no unforeseen expenditures.
ACTION ITEM 9.B.
DATE: June 9, 2026
TO: Mayor and Members of the City Council
FROM: Leonard Job, Public Works Director
SUBJECT: HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER AND ADOPT A RESOLUTION APPROVING
THE ENGINEER'S REPORT AND ORDERING THE LEVY AND COLLECTION OF
ASSESSMENTS ON PROPERTIES IN THE RIDGECREST LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE DISTRICT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2026-2027
RECOMMENDATION
Hold a public hearing to consider and adopt a resolution approving the Engineer's Report and ordering the levy and collection of assessments on properties in the Ridgecrest Landscape Maintenance District for Fiscal Year 2026-2027.
REASONS FOR RECOMMENDATION
The City Council authorized SCI Consulting Group, Inc. to prepare an Engineer's Report to determine fiscal information for the Ridgecrest Landscape Maintenance District (District) regulated by the Improvement Act of 1911. The City Council will hold a public hearing to receive public comments regarding Fiscal Year 2026-2027 assessments within the District.
The 1911 Act requires an annual determination of the District’s costs, and an allocation of those costs by means of annual assessments upon the parcels within the District. It is required that the City Council conduct a public hearing to allow the City Council to consider the Engineer's Report and to receive input from the public on this item prior to ordering the levying and collection of assessments.
BACKGROUND AND DISCUSSION
The City of Vallejo has 27 Landscape Maintenance Districts (LMDs), thirteen of which were established in accordance with the Landscape and Lighting Act of 1972 (1972 Act), and fourteen of which were established in accordance with the Improvement Act of 1911 (1911 Act). These districts require annual determination of each district’s costs, and allocation of these costs by means of annual assessment to the dwelling units within each district. The City Council will be considering the remaining 1911 Act districts and the 1972 Act districts under separate Council actions.
Prior actions of the City Council established the 1911 Act LMDs and set a maximum annual assessment rate, as determined by the City. The formation of each LMD was approved by a majority of the affected parcel owners at the time of its establishment. The City has not exceeded the authorized maximum assessment rate for any LMD. LMDs formed pursuant to the 1911 Act are exempt from the procedural and approval requirements of Proposition 218 unless and until an increase beyond the authorized maximum assessment rate is proposed.
Date: June 9, 2026
Subject: HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER AND ADOPT A RESOLUTION APPROVING
THE ENGINEER'S REPORT AND ORDERING THE LEVY AND COLLECTION OF
ASSESSMENTS ON PROPERTIES IN THE RIDGECREST LANDSCAPE
MAINTENANCE DISTRICT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2026-2027
The attached Engineer's Report, prepared by SCI Consulting Group, Inc., describes the proposed assessments, which are based on the estimated cost to maintain the improvements within the District. The Report also details the District’s landscape improvements, financial information, budget and boundaries.
Assessments for the District are determined by applying the established assessment rate to each $100.00 in assessed value of each parcel.
The assessments are collected by the County of Solano and forwarded to the City for deposit into a specific fund account for the District. All assessments are expended on landscape maintenance, repair of damage due to vandalism or natural occurrence, site rehabilitation or improvements, water and utilities, and City administration and inspection costs.
The proposed annual assessment rate for Fiscal Year 2026-2027 is $0.115, the maximum assessment rate is $1.50. This proposed assessment rate is the same assessment rate levied for Fiscal Year 2025-2026. The assessed value of the properties within the District has increased by 5.60% since last year’s determination.
Rehabilitation projects will focus on areas such as:
• Improving landscape services
• Reducing water costs
• Street tree maintenance
• Additional rehabilitation of ornamental landscape and plant replacement. • Reducing graffiti and other common area blight
• Extension of the grass cutting to provide a wider fire-defensive perimeter away from the residential structures.
All of the costs associated with the District are paid by the assessments levied upon the parcels within the District. The amount of funds projected to be assessed for the District in Fiscal Year 2026-2027 is $74,550.67.
The Fiscal Year 2026-2027 Engineer's Report for the 1911 Act LMDs is included as an attachment to this staff report and is also on file in the City Clerk’s Office (3rd floor) and in the Department of Public Works (4th Floor), City Hall, 555 Santa Clara Street, Vallejo, CA 94590.
Should the City Council elect not to approve this item, the process will be delayed, which may jeopardize the timely submittal of the District’s levy information to Solano County by the August 10, 2026, deadline. Failure to meet this deadline would result in no levies being placed for the District for Fiscal Year 2026–2027, leading to insufficient funding to support required maintenance activities within the District.
FISCAL IMPACT
There is no fiscal impact from this action on the General Fund.
Landscape Maintenance District budgets are separate from the City’s General Fund. Landscape Maintenance District assessments finance the maintenance of the districts. The Public Works Department costs for labor
Date: June 9, 2026
Subject: HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER AND ADOPT A RESOLUTION APPROVING
THE ENGINEER'S REPORT AND ORDERING THE LEVY AND COLLECTION OF
ASSESSMENTS ON PROPERTIES IN THE RIDGECREST LANDSCAPE
MAINTENANCE DISTRICT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2026-2027
and materials associated with the Landscape Maintenance Districts are charged to the individual district budgets. All City costs associated with maintaining and administering the Districts are covered by the annual assessments.
The financial health of the District has been described in the Engineer's Report. The Fiscal Year 2026-2027 proposed assessments are adequate to maintain the current minimal service levels and sustain the required operating reserves of this 1911 Act LMD.
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW
This action is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) because it is not a project which has a potential for resulting in either a direct physical change in the environment, or a reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment, pursuant to CEQA Guideline section 15378.
ATTACHMENTS
1. Reso - Public Hearing 1911 - Ridgecrest_CAO Stamp
2. Vallejo 1911 Act ER 26-27
CONTACT
Leonard Job, Public Works Director (707) 648-4433
[email protected]
RESOLUTION NO. 26-___ N.C.
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF VALLEJO
APPROVING ENGINEER’S REPORT AND ORDERING THE
LEVY AND COLLECTION OF ASSESSMENTS ON PROPERTIES
IN THE RIDGECREST LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE DISTRICT
FOR FISCAL YEAR 2026-2027
WHEREAS, the City Council, by prior Resolution, formed the Ridgecrest Landscape Maintenance District (hereinafter referred to as the "District"), pursuant to the provisions of the Improvement Act of 1911 (California Streets and Highways Code section 5000 et seq.) (hereinafter referred to as the "1911 Act"); and
WHEREAS, the 1911 Act provides for the levy and collection of assessments by the County of Solano on behalf of the City of Vallejo to pay the costs and expenses of operating, maintaining, and servicing the landscaping and all appurtenant facilities and operations related thereto located within the District; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has, by prior Resolution, preliminarily approved the Engineer’s Report (hereinafter referred to as the "Report") that describes the assessments against the parcels of land within the District for the Fiscal Year commencing July 1, 2026 and ending June 30, 2027; and
WHEREAS, the Fiscal Year 2026-2027 Engineer's Report for the District is on file in the City Clerk’s Office (3rd floor) and in the Department of Public Works (4th Floor), City Hall, 555 Santa Clara Street, Vallejo, California 94590; and
WHEREAS, the City Council desires to levy and collect assessments against the parcels of land within the District for the fiscal year commencing July 1, 2026 and ending June 30, 2027, to pay the costs and expenses of operating, maintaining and servicing the landscaping and all appurtenant facilities and operations related thereto located within the District.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, DETERMINED, AND ORDERED BY THE CITY COUNCIL AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1 Following notice duly given, the City Council has held a full and fair public hearing regarding the levy and collection of assessments in the District, the Engineer’s Report prepared in connection therewith, and has considered all oral and written statements, protests and communications made or filed by interested persons regarding these matters.
Section 2 Based upon its review of the Engineer’s Report, the City Council hereby approves the Report estimating the costs to operate, maintain and service the District for Fiscal
Year 2026-2027 and finds and determines that the net amount to be assessed upon the lands within the District for the fiscal year commencing July 1, 2026 and ending June 30, 2027 shall be apportioned by a formula and method which fairly distributes the net amount among all eligible parcels in proportion to the estimated special benefits to be received by each parcel from the improvements and services.
Section 3 The City Council hereby levies against and upon all of the real property within the District a special assessment of $0.115 upon each $100.00 of assessed value thereof, for the maintenance and operating costs of the District for the fiscal year commencing July 1, 2026 and ending June 30, 2027.
Section 4 Immediately upon the adoption of this Resolution, but in no event later than the third Monday in August following such adoption, the City Clerk shall file a certified copy of the assessments and a certified copy of this Resolution with the Auditor of the County of Solano. Upon such filing, the County Auditor shall enter on the County assessment roll opposite each lot or parcel of land the amount of assessment thereupon as shown in the assessment. The assessments shall be collected at the same time and in the same manner as County taxes are collected and all laws providing for the collection and enforcement of County taxes shall apply to the collection and enforcement of the assessments. After collection by the County, the net amount of the assessments, after deduction of any compensation due the County for collection, shall be paid to the City of Vallejo, City Treasurer.
Section 5 The Finance Director shall deposit all money representing assessments collected by the County for the District to the credit of a fund for Ridgecrest Landscape Maintenance District and such money shall be expended only for the maintenance, operation and servicing of the District.
Adopted by the City Council of the City of Vallejo at a regular meeting held on June 9, 2026 with the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
___________________________________
ANDREA SORCE, MAYOR
ATTEST:
___________________________________
DAWN G. ABRAHAMSON, CITY CLERK
OVERVIEW REPORT
City of Vallejo
Landscape Maintenance Districts
Fiscal Year 2026-27
Pursuant to the Improvement Act of 1911
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Table of Contents......................................................................................................... ii Introduction................................................................................................................. 1 Overview.................................................................................................................................... 1 Assessment Process .................................................................................................................. 2 Overview Report........................................................................................................................ 3 Legal Requirements...................................................................................................... 4 Method of Apportionment........................................................................................... 5 Method of Apportionment........................................................................................................ 5 Discussion of Benefit................................................................................................................. 5 General versus Special Benefit.................................................................................................. 6 Benefit Finding .......................................................................................................................... 7 Budget Definitions ..................................................................................................... 10 Description of the Districts and Budgets..................................................................... 14 Cimarron Hills – Madigan Ranch ............................................................................................. 14 College Hills ............................................................................................................................. 17 Sea View (Costa Del Rio).......................................................................................................... 20 Glen Cove I & II ........................................................................................................................ 23 Greenmont – Seaport Hills...................................................................................................... 26 Hunter Ranch I/II ..................................................................................................................... 29 Monica Place ........................................................................................................................... 32 Ridgecrest................................................................................................................................ 35 Somerset Highlands (I/II)......................................................................................................... 37 Somerset Highlands III............................................................................................................. 40 Springtree ................................................................................................................................ 43 Summit II ................................................................................................................................. 46 Town & Country ...................................................................................................................... 49 Woodridge............................................................................................................................... 52
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City of Vallejo
Landscape Maintenance Districts
Overview Report, FY 2026-2027
Introduction
Overview
The City of Vallejo (the “City”) annually levies and collects special assessments in order to provide and maintain the improvements within the fourteen (14) separate landscape maintenance districts (“District” or “Districts”). The Districts have been formed between the years 1977 and 1981 pursuant to the Improvement Act of 1911, Part 3 of Division 7 of the California Streets and Highways Code (the “1911 Act”). The Districts are as follows:
Cimarron Hills/Madigan Ranch
College Hills
Seaview (Costa del Rio)
Glen Cove I/II
Greenmont-Seaport Hills
Hunter Ranch I/II
Monica Place
Ridegecrest
Somerset I/II
Somerset III
Springtree
Summit II
Town & Country I
Woodridge
This Overview Report (the “Report”) describes the Districts, any changes to the Districts, and the proposed assessments for Fiscal Year 2026-2027. The proposed assessments are based on the estimated cost to maintain the improvements within each District. The Report also details each District’s landscaped improvements, financial information, budget and boundaries.
The Report contains a section for recommendations and analysis based on the financial information presented for each District.
The various improvements provided and assessed within each District may include local street lighting, local landscaping improvements and special services. All local landscaping improvements maintained by the Districts and associated with each District were either installed as a condition of development for properties within the District or were installed for the benefit of the properties within the Districts. The landscaping improvements associated with each District may include parkways, perimeters, entryways, medians, slopes, retention and detention basin areas, internal landscaped amenities, neighborhood parks, open space areas and other easements and public right-of-ways within the Districts.
City of Vallejo
Landscape Maintenance Districts
Overview Report, FY 2026-2027
Improvements within each District may also include turf, ground cover, shrubs and trees, irrigation systems, lighting, water features, entry monuments, drainage systems and associated appurtenances. Special services provided include tree trimming, graffiti removal, weed abatement and landscape maintenance of flood control areas, operations, administration and all services and maintenance required to keep the improvements in a healthy, vigorous, and satisfactory condition.
Similar to landscape improvements, street lighting improvements funded through District assessments were installed for the benefit of properties within each of the Districts. The assessments in each District provide for the maintenance, operation and energy costs related to their specific street light improvements.
Assessment Process
This Report was prepared to establish the budgets for the continued maintenance and services expenditures that would be funded by the proposed 2026-2027 assessments. This Report and the proposed assessments have been made pursuant to the provisions of the 1911 Act.
In each subsequent year for which the assessments will be continued, the City must determine the budgets and costs for the upcoming year and allocate these costs to parcels within each District. This Report includes this information. After the Report is completed, the Council may approve the proposed assessments and establish the date for a public hearing on the continuation of the assessments. If the Council approves the proposed assessments by resolution, a notice of public hearing must be published in a local paper.
Following the minimum 10-day time period after publishing the notice, a public hearing is held for the purpose of allowing public testimony about the proposed continuation of the assessments.
This hearing is currently scheduled for June 9, 2026. At this hearing, the Council would consider approval of a resolution ordering the levy of assessments for fiscal year 2026-2027. If so confirmed and approved, the assessments would be submitted to the County Auditor/Controller for inclusion on the property tax rolls for Fiscal Year 2026-2027.
City of Vallejo
Landscape Maintenance Districts
Overview Report, FY 2026-2027
Overview Report
Beginning in 2011-12, SCI Consulting Group became the Assessment Engineer for these Assessments. To maintain an accurate reference and legally defensible record of the Assessments, pertinent language used in the previous Overview Reports has been retained herein, and the fundamental methodology has been maintained, essentially verbatim. (In most cases, language taken from the previous Overview Report is shown in Times New Roman, 10 pt.
Font.)
City of Vallejo
Landscape Maintenance Districts
Overview Report, FY 2026-2027
Legal Requirements
All assessments described in this Report and approved by the City Council are prepared in accordance with the 1911 Act and are in compliance with the provisions of the California Constitution Article XIIID (Proposition 218).
The 1911 Act provides that assessments be determined by applying the established assessment rate to each one hundred dollars of assessed value of each parcel.
On November 5, 1996, California voters approved Proposition 218, which subsequently became a California Constitutional Amendment (Articles XIIIC and XIIID). Proposition 218 established additional requirements with respect to taxes, fees and assessments levied by California agencies. All new and existing assessments (with some exceptions) are required to comply with the substantive and procedural requirements of Article XIIIC & XIIID.
Pursuant to the California Constitution Article XIIID Section 5, certain existing assessments are exempt from the substantive and procedural requirements of Article XIIID Section 4 and property owner balloting for the assessments is not required until such time that the assessments are increased. Specifically, the City determined that all improvements and the annual assessments originally established for the District were part of the conditions of property development and approved by the original property owner (developer). As such, pursuant to Article XIIID Section 5(b), all the property owners approved the existing District assessments at the time the assessments were created (originally imposed pursuant to a 100% landowner petition). Therefore, the existing assessment amount (the maximum assessment rate for each District identified in this Report) is exempt from the procedural requirements Article XIIID Section 4.
The current maximum assessment rates per each one hundred dollars of assessed value of each parcel were originally approved by the property owners. Accordingly, any assessment amount equal to or below the maximum amount is considered an exempt assessment pursuant to Article XIIID Section 5(b). The annual assessments for this fiscal year 2026-2027 are significantly less than the maximum assessment allowed. The proposed assessment for any fiscal year may be increased over the previous fiscal year provided the assessment rate does not exceed the maximum assessment rate for each District. Any proposed new or increased assessment that exceeds the current maximum assessment shall comply with all provisions of Article XIIID Section 4 including a property owner protest proceeding (property owner assessment balloting).
City of Vallejo
Landscape Maintenance Districts
Overview Report, FY 2026-2027
Method of Apportionment
Method of Apportionment
Assessments for the 1911 Act landscape maintenance districts of the City of Vallejo are determined by applying the established assessment rate to each one hundred dollars ($100) of assessed value of each parcel.
The word “parcel” refers to an individual property assigned its own Assessor Parcel Number by the Solano County Assessor’s Office. The Solano County Auditor/Controller uses Assessor Parcel Numbers and specific Fund Numbers to identify assessed properties on the tax roll. The annual assessments outlined in this Report are proposed to cover the estimated costs to provide all necessary service, operation, administration, and maintenance required each year to keep these improvements in a healthy, vigorous, and satisfactory condition.
Discussion of Benefit
In summary, the assessments can only be levied based on the special benefit to property. This benefit is received by property over and above any general benefits.
Proposition 218, which added Article XIIID of the California Constitution, provides as follows:
"No assessment shall be imposed on any parcel which exceeds the reasonable cost of the proportional special benefit conferred on that parcel." Benefit categories have been established that represent the types of special benefit to residential, commercial, industrial and other lots and parcels resulting from the installation, maintenance and servicing lighting and landscaping improvements to be provided with the assessment proceeds.
These categories of special benefit are summarized as follows:
A. Proximity to Improved Landscaped Areas and Other Public Improvements within the Assessment Districts.
B. Access to Improved landscaped areas and Other Public Improvements within the Assessment Districts.
C. Improved Views within the Assessment Districts.
D. Extension of a property’s outdoor areas and green spaces for properties within close proximity to the Improvements.
E. Creation of individual lots for residential and commercial use that, in absence of the assessments, would not have been created.
City of Vallejo
Landscape Maintenance Districts
Overview Report, FY 2026-2027
Case law interpreting Proposition 218 provides enhanced clarity to the definitions of special benefits to properties in three distinct areas:
Proximity
Expanded or improved access
Views
This case law also clarifies that a special benefit is a service or improvement that provides a direct advantage to a parcel and that indirect or derivative advantages resulting from the overall public benefits from a service or improvement are general benefits. The case law also provides specific guidance that park improvements are a direct advantage and special benefit to property that is proximate to a park that is improved by an assessment:
the characterization of a benefit may depend on whether the parcel receives a direct advantage from the improvement (e.g. proximity to a park) or receives an indirect, derivative advantage resulting from the overall public benefits of the improvement (e.g. general enhancement of the district’s property values).
Proximity, improved access and views, in addition to the other special benefits listed above further strengthen the basis of these assessments.
General versus Special Benefit
In absence of the assessments, the Improvements in the Districts would not be provided, so the Improvements are “over and above” what otherwise would be provided. Many of the parcels would not even exist if the assessments were not established because an assessment for the specific Improvements within the Districts was a condition of development approval.
All of the Assessment proceeds derived from the Districts will be utilized to fund the cost of providing a level of tangible “special benefits” in the form of landscaped parkways, landscaped medians, landscaped corridors, open space areas and other Improvements and costs incidental to providing the Improvements and collecting the Assessments.
Although these Improvements may be available to the general public at large, the permanent public Improvements in the Districts were specifically designed, located and created to provide additional and improved public resources for the direct advantage of property inside the Districts, and not the public at large. Other properties that are either outside the Districts or within the Districts and not assessed, do not enjoy the unique proximity, access, views and other special benefit factors described previously. Moreover, the homes in the Districts would not have been built if the Assessments were not established because an assessment for the Improvements was a condition of development approval.
City of Vallejo
Landscape Maintenance Districts
Overview Report, FY 2026-2027
Benefit Finding
In summary, real property located within the boundaries of the Districts distinctly and directly benefits from closer proximity, access and views of Improvements funded by the Assessments, the creation of developable parcels and from the extension of usable land area provided by the assessments. The Improvements are specifically designed to serve properties in the Districts, not other properties or the public at large. The Districts have been narrowly drawn to include those parcels that receive a direct advantage from the Improvements. The public at large and other properties outside the Districtsreceive only limited benefits from the Improvements because they do not have proximity, good access or views of the Improvements. These are special benefits to property in the Districts in much the same way that sewer and water facilities, sidewalks and paved streets enhance the utility and desirability of property and make them more functional to use, safer and easier to access.
Without the Assessments, the public improvements within the Districts would not be maintained and would turn into brown, unmaintained and unusable public improvements and public lands.
If this happened, it would create a significant and material negative impact on the desirability, utility and value of property in the Districts. Most importantly, without the Assessments, the developed properties would not exist, because the subdivisions and development proposals would not have been approved. The Improvements are, therefore, clearly above what otherwise would be provided and the Improvements uniquely and specially benefit parcels in the Districts in a way that is not enjoyed by the general public or other property. We therefore conclude that all the Improvements funded by the Assessment are of special benefit to the identified benefiting properties located within the Districts and that the value of the special benefits from such Improvements to property in the Districts reasonably exceeds the cost of the Assessments for every assessed parcel in the Districts. (In other words, as required by Proposition 218; the reasonable cost of the proportional special benefit conferred on each parcel reasonably exceeds the cost of the assessments.) Any general benefits to surrounding properties outside of the Districts, if there were any, are collateral and conferred concomitantly.
The original determination of benefits to property and the method of special benefit apportionment to property were developed by Willdan Financial Services when the Districts were originally approved by property owners as noted in the Description of Districts section of this Report. The description of benefits and the determination and apportionment of benefits to property in this Report are consistent with the original benefit determination and apportionment.
The original method of apportionment of assessment and other relevant elements of the original Reports for the Districts are hereby incorporated by reference.
City of Vallejo
Landscape Maintenance Districts
Overview Report, FY 2026-2027
Quantification of General Benefit
Although the analysis used to support these assessments concludes that the benefits are solely special, as described above, consideration is made for the suggestion that a portion of the benefits are general. General benefits cannot be funded by these assessments - the funding must come from other sources.
The maintenance and servicing of these improvements is also partially funded, directly and indirectly from other sources including the City of Vallejo, Solano County and the State of California. This funding comes in the form of grants, development fees, special programs, and general funds, as well as direct maintenance and servicing of facilities (e.g. curbs, gutters and streets, etc.) This funding from other sources more than compensates for general benefits, if any, received by the properties within the assessments district.
The General Benefits from these Assessments may be quantified as illustrated in the following table.
Benefit Factor
Relative
Weight
General Benefit
Contribution
Relative General
Benefit
Creation of parcels 90 0% 0
Proximity and access to open space and landscape areas 5 10% 0.5 Improved views 5 10% 0.5
100 1
Total Calculated General Benefit = 1.0%
As a result, City of Vallejo will contribute at least 1% of the total budget from sources other than the assessment. This contribution offsets any general benefits from the assessment services.
This general benefit contribution is the sum of the following components:
The City of Vallejo owns, maintains, rehabilitates and replaces curb and gutter along the border of the Districts improvements. This curb and gutter serves to support, contain, retain, manage irrigation flow and growth, and provide a boundary for the improvements. The contribution from the City of Vallejo towards general benefit from the maintenance, rehabilitation and replacement of the curb and gutter is conservatively estimated to be 1%.
The City of Vallejo owns and maintains local public streets along the border of the Districts improvements. These public streets provide access to the improvements for its enjoyment as well as efficient maintenance. The contribution from the City of Vallejo towards general benefit from the maintenance of local public streets is conservatively estimated to be 1%.
City of Vallejo
Landscape Maintenance Districts
Overview Report, FY 2026-2027
The value of the construction of the improvements can be quantified and monetized as an annuity. Since this construction was performed and paid for by non-assessment funds, this “annuity” can be used to offset general benefit costs, and is conservatively estimated to contribute 25%.
Therefore, the total General Benefit is conservatively quantified at 1.0% which is more than offset by the total non-assessment contribution towards general benefit of 27%.
City of Vallejo
Landscape Maintenance Districts
Overview Report, FY 2026-2027
Budget Definitions
The following provides a summary of the services and costs that are included in the District Budgets:
Direct Costs:
Contract Maintenance Costs — Includes all contracted labor, material and equipment required to properly maintain the landscaping, irrigation systems, drainage systems, fencing, and entry monuments within the District. All improvements within the District are maintained and serviced on a regular basis.
Salaries & Benefits — Staff time devoted to managing and inspecting Districts. The Public Works LMD reimbursement is proportionally spread amongst twenty-seven (27) Districts based on each District’s budgeted direct and maintenance expense, inspections as a percentage of total costs in these categories for all Districts. Inspection costs are budgeted directly to the District as Field Inspection based on the historical and projected time spent in the inspection efforts.
Services & Supplies - Vehicles, supplies and services devoted to managing and inspecting Districts.
Landscape Water — Utility costs for water required to irrigate landscaped areas.
Utilities — Includes the cost of the furnishing of electricity required for the irrigation systems and hardwire telephone connections at upgraded irrigation controllers, monitored by City Staff.
Landscape Rehabilitation & Vandalism — Landscape projects, which significantly benefit and upgrade a specific Landscape Maintenance District. These costs reflect only a proportional share of the entire cost of the project and are noted because the amount of design, planning, coordination and execution. This budget item represents a cost to the individual Landscape Maintenance District, which is representative and has been identified by the city as above normal routine landscape maintenance inspection.
Vandalism includes repairs and rehabilitation that are generally unforeseen and not normally included in the yearly maintenance contract costs. This may include repair of damaged amenities due to vandalism, storms, frost, etc. These upgrades could include replacing plant materials and/or renovation of irrigation or lighting systems.
Capital Projects – This item includes major repairs or capital improvement projects.
City of Vallejo
Landscape Maintenance Districts
Overview Report, FY 2026-2027
Administration Costs:
Administration & Overhead — The cost allocation of all particular departments and staff of the City, for providing general support, services and operations related to the various districts, enterprises and accounts of the City.
County Administration Fee — This is the estimated cost to the District for the County to collect District assessments on the property tax bills. This charge is based on a flat rate per fund number plus a charge per assessment levied.
Professional Services — This is the estimated cost to the District for the Assessment Engineer to prepare this report and to calculate and submit the assessments to the Solano County Auditor’s office.
Levy Breakdown:
Operating Reserve Collection/(Transfer) — This budget item is provided to illustrate collection by the District of funds to operate the District from the time period of July 1 (beginning of the Fiscal Year) through January or when the County provides the City with the first installment of assessments collected from the property tax bills. Transfer amounts (Negative amounts) shown for this budget item represent transfers from the reserve fund that reduces the Balance to Levy.
Maintaining an adequately funded reserve fund eliminates the need for the City to transfer funds from non-District accounts to pay for operational expenses during the first half of the fiscal year and also provides the District with sufficient funds to address any unforeseen or unusual expenditures that may occur during the year.
Rehabilitation Fund Collection/(Transfer) — This budget item is provided to illustrate collection by the District of funds to cover costs of repairs, landscape maintenance that may be unforeseen and are not normally included in the yearly maintenance contract costs or for planned capital improvement projects. These amounts are held in or paid from the refurbishment/rehabilitation fund. Negative amounts shown for this budget item are transfers from the refurbishment/rehabilitation fund to be used to reduce the Balance to Levy. Transfer amounts (Negative amounts) will only occur after the planned projects have been completed and excess funds are being credited back to the District’s regular accounts. The refurbishment/rehabilitation fund eliminates the need for the City to transfer funds from non-District accounts. The Rehabilitation fund can be utilized to cover operating costs should the revenue and reserve fund be insufficient.
Other Revenue Source — This item includes additional funds designated for the District that are not annual assessments. These funds are applied to reduce assessments, and may be from nonDistrict or District sources including City General Fund Contributions and/or interest earnings. Any funds indicated on this line will be shown as a negative number indicating a reduction in the amount to be levied and represent funds that do not have to be repaid.
City of Vallejo
Landscape Maintenance Districts
Overview Report, FY 2026-2027
Balance to Levy — This is the total amount to be collected for the current fiscal year through assessments. The Balance to Levy represents the sum of Total Direct and Administration Costs, Reserve collections or transfers, Rehabilitation collections or transfers, contributions from other sources and contribution repayments. Only those costs related to the improvements identified as special benefits are levied and collected on the tax roll.
Districts Statistics:
Total Parcels Levied — The total number of parcels levied within the District boundary.
Anticipated Total Assessed Values/$100 — The sum of all the assessed values of all parcels within the District as established by the Solano County Assessor’s Office divided by $100.
Rate per $100 of AV — The established assessment rate to each one hundred dollars ($100) of assessed value of each parcel.
Minimum Cost Recovery Rate per $100 of AV— The estimated assessment rate to each one hundred dollars ($100) of assessed value of each parcel to recover sufficient revenue for the District Direct, Administration and Rehabilitation costs.
Fund Balance Information:
Beginning Operating Reserve Fund Balance — The projected reserve fund balance as provided by the City of Vallejo.
Operating Reserve Fund Adjustments — Positive amounts shown for this budget item represent additions to the reserve fund from levy revenue exceeding the total of all Direct, District Administration and Rehabilitation Costs. Surplus levy revenue is allocated to the reserve fund until the balance is equivalent to six months of levy revenue. The reserve fund negative amounts shown for this budget item represent transfers from the reserve fund to be used to reduce the Balance to Levy as a result of total Direct and District Administration Costs exceeding total levy revenue.
Additionally, negative amounts shown for this budget item may represent a reduction of the reserve fund balance in excess of six months of levy revenue; excess balances may be used to increase the refurbishment/rehabilitation fund.
Anticipated Operating Reserve Balance — The projected ending balance in the reserve fund as based on activity provided by the City of Vallejo. A negative Operating Reserve Fund balance represents cumulative contributions from the General Fund.
Beginning Rehabilitation Reserve Fund Balance — The projected rehabilitation fund balance as provided by the City of Vallejo.
City of Vallejo
Landscape Maintenance Districts
Overview Report, FY 2026-2027
Rehabilitation Reserve Fund Adjustments — Positive amounts shown for this budget item represents additions to the rehabilitation fund from levy revenue. The rehabilitation fund negative amounts shown for this budget item represent transfers from the rehabilitation fund to be used to reduce the Balance to Levy as a result of excess funds on project completion.
Anticipated Rehabilitation Reserve Balance — The projected ending balance in the rehabilitation fund as based on activity provided by the City of Vallejo. A negative Rehabilitation Reserve Fund balance represents cumulative contributions from the General Fund.
City of Vallejo
Landscape Maintenance Districts
Overview Report, FY 2026-2027
Description of the Districts and Budgets
Cimarron Hills – Madigan Ranch
The Cimarron Hills – Madigan Ranch Landscape Maintenance District serves a residential neighborhood of ten developments located in northeast Vallejo. The District is fully developed.
Special District Features
The District was formed in 1979.
The District has 12 acres of native and ornamental ground cover, shrubbery and trees. The District has 13 acres of weed control and plantings. Weed control in open space areas assists in fire protection. Ad Valorem rate per $100 of assessed valuation: Current Rate: $0.055, Maximum Rate:
$1.50.
Boundaries
The District lies within the City of Vallejo, generally located within the area bounded by Fairgrounds Drive, Napa County line, Borges Lane, and Griffin Drive including open space below Highway 80.
Improvements
The District maintains landscaping and weed control on the following areas:
Along Fairgrounds Drive near the intersection of Taper to the Napa County Line. Borges Lane to Griffin Drive.
Open space below Highway 80 including the water tank site.
Financial Information
The Direct Costs of the District have not changed significantly from fiscal year 2025-2026 to fiscal year 2026-2027. The proposed assessment is below the maximum rate and is considered an exempt assessment pursuant to Californian Constitution Article XIIID Section 5(b).
City of Vallejo
Landscape Maintenance Districts
Overview Report, FY 2026-2027
The amounts identified as “Landscape Rehabilitation” or “Capital Projects” may be budgeted and spent each fiscal year as shown, or collected and held for the future in the Rehabilitation Fund.
The program can also draw from the Operating Reserve Fund as necessary if funds are in excess of six months of levy revenue. Replacement, rehabilitation or refurbishment of the improvements is an essential part of maintenance, but these projects and expenses will often impact the longterm financial stability of the District. Prior to the implementation of any rehabilitation plan, the City should closely evaluate the merits of the project.
City of Vallejo
Landscape Maintenance Districts
Overview Report, FY 2026-2027
Direct Costs 2026-27 Budget
Contract Maintenance Costs $53,665
Salaries & Benefits $46,083
Services & Supplies $4,443
Landscape Water $16,000
Utilities $1,680
Landscape Rehabilitation / Vandalism $20,000
Capital Projects $0
Total Direct Costs $141,871
Administration Costs
Administration & Overhead $23,713
County Administration Fees $0
Professional Fees $2,347
Total Administration Costs $26,060
Collections / (Credits) Applied To Levy
Total Direct and Administration Costs $167,931
Contribution to / (from) Reserve Fund $0
Contribution to / (from) Rehabilitation Fund $2,202
Contribution (from) General Fund / Other Revenue ($23,564) Balance to Levy $146,569
District Statistics
Total Parcels 811
Total Parcels Levied 811
Anticipated Total Assessed Value / $100 $2,664,882.46
Proposed Rate per $100 of Assessed Value $0.055
Maximum Rate per $100 of Assessed Value $1.50
Total Assessment Levy $146,568.54
Fund Balance Information
Beginning Operating Reserve Fund Balance $83,965.50
Operating Reserve Fund Adjustments $0.00
Anticipated Operating Reserve Fund Balance $83,965.50
Beginning Rehabilitation Reserve Fund Balance $3,148,701.50 Rehabilitation Reserve Fund Adjustments $2,201.54
Anticipated Rehabilitation Reserve Fund Balance $3,150,903.04 Anticipated Total Ending Fund Balance $3,234,868.54
Estimate of Cost
City of Vallejo
Cimarron Hills / Madigan Ranch Landscape Maintenance District Fund Number 0189 (#171)
City of Vallejo
Landscape Maintenance Districts
Overview Report, FY 2026-2027
Recommendations
The Reserve Fund balance for the District is adequately funded.
The following are recommendations to the City:
Ensure the District Reserve Fund remains adequately funded.
College Hills
The College Hills Landscape Maintenance District (District) is a residential neighborhood consisting of two developments located in northeast Vallejo. The District is fully developed.
Special District Features
The District was formed in 1977.
The District has 2 acres of ornamental and native ground cover, shrubbery, and trees. The District has 0.5 acre of weed control and plantings. Weed control in open space areas assists in fire protection. Concrete walkway and sound wall.
Ad Valorem rate per $100 of assessed valuation: Current Rate: $0.100, Maximum Rate:
$1.50.
Boundaries
The District lies within the city of Vallejo, generally located within the area bounded by Fairgrounds Drive, Whitney Avenue, and Olympic Drive.
Improvements
The District maintains landscaping and weed control in the following areas:
Slope along the west side of Fairgrounds Drive, including the concrete walkway and sound wall.
North side of Whitney Avenue, between Fairgrounds Drive and Pembroke Drive. Easement behind Chapman and above Frodham Circle up to the access walkway.
Financial Information
The Direct Costs of the District have not changed significantly from fiscal year 2025-2026 to fiscal year 2026-2027. The proposed assessment is below the maximum rate and is considered an exempt assessment pursuant to Californian Constitution Article XIIID Section 5(b).
City of Vallejo
Landscape Maintenance Districts
Overview Report, FY 2026-2027
The amounts identified as “Landscape Rehabilitation” or “Capital Projects” may be budgeted and spent each fiscal year as shown, or collected and held for the future in the Rehabilitation Fund.
The program can also draw from the Operating Reserve Fund as necessary if funds are in excess of six months of levy revenue. Replacement, rehabilitation or refurbishment of the improvements is an essential part of maintenance, but these projects and expenses will often impact the longterm financial stability of the District. Prior to the implementation of any rehabilitation plan, the City should closely evaluate the merits of the project.
City of Vallejo
Landscape Maintenance Districts
Overview Report, FY 2026-2027
Direct Costs 2026-27 Budget
Contract Maintenance Costs $12,989
Salaries & Benefits $11,632
Services & Supplies $1,121
Landscape Water $2,500
Utilities $568
Landscape Rehabilitation / Vandalism $7,000
Capital Projects $0
Total Direct Costs $35,810
Administration Costs
Administration & Overhead $5,986
County Administration Fees $0
Professional Fees $316
Total Administration Costs $6,302
Collections / (Credits) Applied To Levy
Total Direct and Administration Costs $42,112
Contribution to / (from) Reserve Fund $0
Contribution to / (from) Rehabilitation Fund $19,674
Contribution (from) General Fund / Other Revenue ($3,637) Balance to Levy $58,149
District Statistics
Total Parcels 213
Total Parcels Levied 213
Anticipated Total Assessed Value / $100 $581,492.24
Proposed Rate per $100 of Assessed Value $0.100
Maximum Rate per $100 of Assessed Value $1.50
Total Assessment Levy $58,149.22
Fund Balance Information
Beginning Operating Reserve Fund Balance $21,056.00
Operating Reserve Fund Adjustments $0.00
Anticipated Operating Reserve Fund Balance $21,056.00
Beginning Rehabilitation Reserve Fund Balance $434,961.00 Rehabilitation Reserve Fund Adjustments $19,674.00
Anticipated Rehabilitation Reserve Fund Balance $454,635.00 Anticipated Total Ending Fund Balance $475,691.00
Estimate of Cost
City of Vallejo
College Hills Landscape Maintenance District
Fund Number 0119 (#175)
City of Vallejo
Landscape Maintenance Districts
Overview Report, FY 2026-2027
Recommendations
The Reserve Fund balance for the District is adequately funded. The following are recommendations to the City:
Ensure the District Reserve Fund remains adequately funded. Consider decreasing the assessment rate if direct costs are anticipated to remain at the current level.
Sea View (Costa Del Rio)
The District lies within the City of Vallejo, generally located within the area bounded by Seaport Drive, Seawind Drive, Moonraker Drive, Sea Crest, and Schooner Way.
Special District Features
The District was formed in 1980.
The District has 5 acres of native and ornamental ground cover, shrubbery and trees.
The District has 1.5 acre of weed control and plantings.
Weed control in open space areas assists in fire protection.
Ad Valorem rate per $100 of assessed valuation: Current Rate: $0.287, Maximum Rate:
$4.00.
Boundaries
The District lies within the City of Vallejo, generally located within the area bounded by Seaport Drive, Seawind Drive, Moonraker Drive, Sea Crest, and Schooner Way.
Improvements
The District maintains landscaping and weed control in the following areas:
Landscaping and irrigation along Seaport Drive, Seawind Drive, Moonraker Drive, the upper most north facing slope of Sea Crest and Schooner Way. Open space weed control at the point on Seawind Drive. Street lights
Sidewalks including curbs, gutters and striping
Retaining walls
Street signs
Street maintenance
Fiscal year 2026-2027 rehabilitation projects include street paving and installation of new street signs.
City of Vallejo
Landscape Maintenance Districts
Overview Report, FY 2026-2027
Financial Information
The Direct Costs of the District have not significantly changed from fiscal year 2025-2026 to fiscal year 2026-2027. As noted above there are rehabilitation projects pending that the rehabilitation reserve fund is currently not adequate to fund. The assessment was increased fiscal year 2017- 2018 in order to accumulate enough funds to complete these projects in the future. The proposed assessment is below the maximum rate and is considered an exempt assessment pursuant to Californian Constitution Article XIIID Section 5(b).
The amounts identified as “Landscape Rehabilitation” or “Capital Projects” may be budgeted and spent each fiscal year as shown, or collected and held for the future in the Rehabilitation Fund.
The program can also draw from the Operating Reserve Fund as necessary if funds are in excess of six months of levy revenue. Replacement, rehabilitation or refurbishment of the improvements is an essential part of maintenance, but these projects and expenses will often impact the longterm financial stability of the District. Prior to the implementation of any rehabilitation plan, the City should closely evaluate the merits of the project.
City of Vallejo
Landscape Maintenance Districts
Overview Report, FY 2026-2027
Direct Costs 2026-27 Budget
Contract Maintenance Costs $20,419
Salaries & Benefits $24,377
Services & Supplies $2,350
Landscape Water $15,000
Utilities $400
Landscape Rehabilitation / Vandalism / Street Sweeping $12,500 Capital Projects $0
Total Direct Costs $75,046
Administration Costs
Administration & Overhead $12,544
County Administration Fees $0
Professional Fees $809
Total Administration Costs $13,353
Collections / (Credits) Applied To Levy
Total Direct and Administration Costs $88,399
Contribution to / (from) Reserve Fund $0
Contribution to / (from) Rehabilitation Fund $66,710
Contribution (from) General Fund / Other Revenue ($6,224) Balance to Levy $148,885
District Statistics
Total Parcels 125
Total Parcels Levied 125
Anticipated Total Assessed Value / $100 $518,764.76
Proposed Rate per $100 of Assessed Value $0.287
Maximum Rate per $100 of Assessed Value $4.00
Total Assessment Levy $148,885.49
Fund Balance Information
Beginning Operating Reserve Fund Balance $44,199.50
Operating Reserve Fund Adjustments $0.00
Anticipated Operating Reserve Fund Balance $44,199.50
Beginning Rehabilitation Reserve Fund Balance $828,216.50 Rehabilitation Reserve Fund Adjustments $66,710.00
Anticipated Rehabilitation Reserve Fund Balance $894,926.50 Anticipated Total Ending Fund Balance $939,126.00
Estimate of Cost
City of Vallejo
Seaview (Costa Del Rio) Landscape Maintenance District
Fund Number 0121 (#166)
City of Vallejo
Landscape Maintenance Districts
Overview Report, FY 2026-2027
Recommendations
The Reserve Fund balance for the District is not adequately funded due to pending rehabilitation projects in the District.
The following are recommendations to the City:
Ensure the District Reserve Fund is adequately funded.
Glen Cove I & II
The Glen Cove One and Two Landscape Maintenance District (District) serves a residential neighborhood located in southeast Vallejo. The District is fully developed.
Special District Features
The District was formed in 1978 with three annexations occurring in 1979 and 1980. The District has 3 acre of ornamental and native landscaping which includes ground cover, shrubbery and trees.
The District has 7 acres of weed control and plantings. Weed control in open space areas assists in fire protection. Ad Valorem rate per $100 of assessed valuation: Current Rate: $0.19, Maximum Rate:
$1.50.
Boundaries
The District lies within the City of Vallejo, generally located within the area bounded by Honeydew Drive, Highway 780, Peppercorn & Wildberry Court, Wildflower Drive, Shady Lane and Silktree Lane.
Improvements
The District maintains landscaping and weed control in the following areas:
South side of the street just across from the entrance to the shopping center and east to the rear fence line of lot 60 on Honeydew Drive.
Stonewood Court cul-de-sac along the east side of the Highway 780 fence line and along the rear yard fences of Peppercorn and Wildberry Court. East and west sides of Shady Lane to Wildflower Drive including the v-ditches and fence line of Highway 780.
Downhill slope side of Wildflower Drive including the v-ditches and the out fall structures as well as the siltation basin on Wildflower Drive. The east and west sides of Silktree up to the fence lines on each side.
City of Vallejo
Landscape Maintenance Districts
Overview Report, FY 2026-2027
The median island on Bluebell Place and the landscaped slopes of Wildflower, Ironwood, Buckeye, Applenut, and Dogwood Lane.
Financial Information
The Direct Costs of the District have not changed significantly from fiscal year 2025-2026 to fiscal year 2026-2027. The proposed assessment is below the maximum rate and is considered an exempt assessment pursuant to Californian Constitution Article XIIID Section 5(b).
The amounts identified as “Landscape Rehabilitation” or “Capital Projects” may be budgeted and spent each fiscal year as shown, or collected and held for the future in the Rehabilitation Fund.
The program can also draw from the Operating Reserve Fund as necessary if funds are in excess of six months of levy revenue. Replacement, rehabilitation or refurbishment of the improvements is an essential part of maintenance, but these projects and expenses will often impact the longterm financial stability of the District. Prior to the implementation of any rehabilitation plan, the City should closely evaluate the merits of the project.
City of Vallejo
Landscape Maintenance Districts
Overview Report, FY 2026-2027
Direct Costs 2026-27 Budget
Contract Maintenance Costs $34,564
Salaries & Benefits $38,960
Services & Supplies $3,756
Landscape Water $10,861
Utilities $1,800
Landscape Rehabilitation / Vandalism $30,000
Capital Projects $0
Total Direct Costs $119,941
Administration Costs
Administration & Overhead $20,048
County Administration Fees $0
Professional Fees $1,085
Total Administration Costs $21,133
Collections / (Credits) Applied To Levy
Total Direct and Administration Costs $141,074
Contribution to / (from) Reserve Fund $0
Contribution to / (from) Rehabilitation Fund $72,861
Contribution (from) General Fund / Other Revenue ($14,224) Balance to Levy $199,711
District Statistics
Total Parcels 239
Total Parcels Levied 239
Anticipated Total Assessed Value / $100 $1,051,112.86
Proposed Rate per $100 of Assessed Value $0.190
Maximum Rate per $100 of Assessed Value $1.50
Total Assessment Levy $199,711.44
Fund Balance Information
Beginning Operating Reserve Fund Balance $70,537.00
Operating Reserve Fund Adjustments $0.00
Anticipated Operating Reserve Fund Balance $70,537.00
Beginning Rehabilitation Reserve Fund Balance $1,760,606.00 Rehabilitation Reserve Fund Adjustments $72,861.00
Anticipated Rehabilitation Reserve Fund Balance $1,833,467.00 Anticipated Total Ending Fund Balance $1,904,004.00
Estimate of Cost
City of Vallejo
Glen Cove I & II Landscape Maintenance District
Fund Number 0191 (#182)
City of Vallejo
Landscape Maintenance Districts
Overview Report, FY 2026-2027
Recommendations
The Reserve Fund balance for the District is adequately funded.
The following are recommendations to the City:
Ensure the District Reserve Fund continues to be adequately funded. Decrease the assessment rate if direct costs are anticipated to remain at the current level in order to decrease the contribution to the Reserve Fund.
Greenmont – Seaport Hills
The Greenmont – Seaport Hills Landscape Maintenance District (District) serves a residential area of 4 developments located in northeast Vallejo. The District is fully developed.
Special District Features
The District was formed in 1978 with one annexation in 1979.
The District has 10 acres of ornamental and native landscaping which includes wild flowers and native grasses acting as ground cover, shrubbery and trees.
The entire District is treated as a weed control District for purposes of fire protection when fire season is declared each year in May.
Ad Valorem rate per $100 of assessed valuation: Current Rate: $.032, Maximum Rate: $1.25.
Boundaries
The District lies within the City of Vallejo, generally located within the area bounded by Columbus Parkway, Greenmont Drive, and Devlin Drive.
Improvements
The District maintains landscaping and weed control in the following areas:
Slopes surrounding the residential neighborhood primarily overlooking Columbus Parkway and Greenmont Drive as well as Devlin Drive.
Financial Information
The Direct Costs of the District have not significantly changed from fiscal year 2025-2026 to fiscal year 2026-2027. The proposed assessment is below the maximum rate and is considered an exempt assessment pursuant to Californian Constitution Article XIIID Section 5(b).
City of Vallejo
Landscape Maintenance Districts
Overview Report, FY 2026-2027
The amounts identified as “Landscape Rehabilitation” or “Capital Projects” may be budgeted and spent each fiscal year as shown, or collected and held for the future in the Rehabilitation Fund.
The program can also draw from the Operating Reserve Fund as necessary if funds are in excess of six months of levy revenue. Replacement, rehabilitation or refurbishment of the improvements is an essential part of maintenance, but these projects and expenses will often impact the longterm financial stability of the District. Prior to the implementation of any rehabilitation plan, the City should closely evaluate the merits of the project.
City of Vallejo
Landscape Maintenance Districts
Overview Report, FY 2026-2027
Direct Costs 2026-27 Budget
Contract Maintenance Costs $17,836
Salaries & Benefits $16,566
Services & Supplies $1,597
Landscape Water $0
Utilities $0
Landscape Rehabilitation / Vandalism $15,000
Capital Projects $0
Total Direct Costs $50,999
Administration Costs
Administration & Overhead $8,524
County Administration Fees $0
Professional Fees $268
Total Administration Costs $8,792
Collections / (Credits) Applied To Levy
Total Direct and Administration Costs $59,791
Contribution to / (from) Reserve Fund $0
Contribution to / (from) Rehabilitation Fund ($8,082)
Contribution (from) General Fund / Other Revenue ($2,378) Balance to Levy $49,331
District Statistics
Total Parcels 407
Total Parcels Levied 407
Anticipated Total Assessed Value / $100 $1,541,586.17
Proposed Rate per $100 of Assessed Value $0.032
Maximum Rate per $100 of Assessed Value $1.25
Total Assessment Levy $49,330.76
Fund Balance Information
Beginning Operating Reserve Fund Balance $29,895.50
Operating Reserve Fund Adjustments $0.00
Anticipated Operating Reserve Fund Balance $29,895.50
Beginning Rehabilitation Reserve Fund Balance $230,310.50 Rehabilitation Reserve Fund Adjustments ($8,082.00)
Anticipated Rehabilitation Reserve Fund Balance $222,228.50 Anticipated Total Ending Fund Balance $252,124.00
Estimate of Cost
City of Vallejo
Greenmont Seaport Hills Landscape Maintenance District
Fund Number 0187 (#168)
City of Vallejo
Landscape Maintenance Districts
Overview Report, FY 2026-2027
Recommendations
The Reserve Fund balance for the District is adequately funded.
The following are recommendations to the City:
Ensure the District Reserve Fund remains adequately funded.
Hunter Ranch I/II
The Hunter Ranch I/II Landscape Maintenance District serves a residential neighborhood of two developments located in northeast Vallejo. The District is fully developed.
Special District Features
The District was initially formed in 1981.
The District has 2 acres of native and ornamental ground cover, shrubbery and trees. The District has 6 acres of plantings and weed control. Weed control in open areas assists in fire protection. Ad Valorem rate per $100 of assessed valuation: Current Rate: $.035, Maximum Rate: $1.50.
Boundaries
The District lies within the City of Vallejo, generally located within the areas bounded by Foothill Drive, Sterling Drive, Redwood Parkway, and Doncaster.
Improvements
The District maintains landscaping and weed control in the following areas:
South side of Sterling from the sound wall at Ascot Drive to the curve at Legend Drive. North and south sides of each crossing at Clydesdale, Pacer, and Dapples Drives including the open spaces between each street crossing to Redwood Parkway behind the fence line.
Landscaping strip on the east and west side of the intersection of Doncaster and Redwood Parkway.
Planned capital improvement projects include remove and replace landscape and irrigation to keep up with current standards.
City of Vallejo
Landscape Maintenance Districts
Overview Report, FY 2026-2027
Financial Information
The Direct Costs of the District have not changed significantly from fiscal year 2025-2026 to fiscal year 2026-2027. The proposed assessment is below the maximum rate and is considered an exempt assessment pursuant to Californian Constitution Article XIIID Section 5(b).
The amounts identified as “Landscape Rehabilitation” or “Capital Projects” may be budgeted and spent each fiscal year as shown, or collected and held for the future in the Rehabilitation Fund.
The program can also draw from the Operating Reserve Fund as necessary if funds are in excess of six months of levy revenue. Replacement, rehabilitation or refurbishment of the improvements is an essential part of maintenance, but these projects and expenses will often impact the longterm financial stability of the District. Prior to the implementation of any rehabilitation plan, the City should closely evaluate the merits of the project.
City of Vallejo
Landscape Maintenance Districts
Overview Report, FY 2026-2027
Direct Costs 2026-27 Budget
Contract Maintenance Costs $6,667
Salaries & Benefits $13,529
Services & Supplies $1,304
Landscape Water $15,000
Utilities $150
Landscape Rehabilitation / Vandalism $5,000
Capital Projects $0
Total Direct Costs $41,650
Administration Costs
Administration & Overhead $6,962
County Administration Fees $0
Professional Fees $680
Total Administration Costs $7,642
Collections / (Credits) Applied To Levy
Total Direct and Administration Costs $49,292
Contribution to / (from) Reserve Fund $0
Contribution to / (from) Rehabilitation Fund $3,641
Contribution (from) General Fund / Other Revenue ($9,137) Balance to Levy $43,796
District Statistics
Total Parcels 377
Total Parcels Levied 377
Anticipated Total Assessed Value / $100 $1,251,320.11
Proposed Rate per $100 of Assessed Value $0.035
Maximum Rate per $100 of Assessed Value $1.50
Total Assessment Levy $43,796.20
Fund Balance Information
Beginning Operating Reserve Fund Balance $24,646.00
Operating Reserve Fund Adjustments $0.00
Anticipated Operating Reserve Fund Balance $24,646.00
Beginning Rehabilitation Reserve Fund Balance $1,165,898.00 Rehabilitation Reserve Fund Adjustments $3,641.20
Anticipated Rehabilitation Reserve Fund Balance $1,169,539.20 Anticipated Total Ending Fund Balance $1,194,185.20
Estimate of Cost
City of Vallejo
Hunter Ranch I & II Landscape Maintenance District
Fund Number 0172 (#181)
City of Vallejo
Landscape Maintenance Districts
Overview Report, FY 2026-2027
Recommendations
The Reserve Fund balance for the District is adequately funded.
The following are recommendations to the City:
Ensure the District Reserve Fund remains adequately funded.
Monica Place
The Monica Place Landscape Maintenance District (District) serves a residential neighborhood located in northeast Vallejo. The District is fully developed.
Special District Features
The District was formed in 1976.
The District has 1,000 square feet of weed control and plantings. Landscape is ornamental ground cover.
Weed control areas along Monica Place assist in fire protection and protection of the asphalt.
Ad Valorem rate per $100 of assessed valuation: Current Rate: $.187, Maximum Rate:
$1.25.
Boundaries
The District lies within the City of Vallejo, generally located along the roadside of Monica Place.
Improvements
The District maintains weed control easements found along the edge of the asphalt and behind the sidewalk along Monica Place.
Financial Information
The Direct Costs of the District have not changed significantly from fiscal year 2025-2026 to fiscal year 2026-2027. The proposed assessment is below the maximum rate and is considered an exempt assessment pursuant to Californian Constitution Article XIIID Section 5(b).
City of Vallejo
Landscape Maintenance Districts
Overview Report, FY 2026-2027
The amounts identified as “Landscape Rehabilitation” or “Capital Projects” may be budgeted and spent each fiscal year as shown, or collected and held for the future in the Rehabilitation Fund.
The program can also draw from the Operating Reserve Fund as necessary if funds are in excess of six months of levy revenue. Replacement, rehabilitation or refurbishment of the improvements is an essential part of maintenance, but these projects and expenses will often impact the longterm financial stability of the District. Prior to the implementation of any rehabilitation plan, the City should closely evaluate the merits of the project.
City of Vallejo
Landscape Maintenance Districts
Overview Report, FY 2026-2027
Direct Costs 2026-27 Budget
Contract Maintenance Costs $3,322
Salaries & Benefits $0
Services & Supplies $0
Landscape Water $0
Utilities $0
Landscape Rehabilitation / Vandalism $0
Capital Projects $0
Total Direct Costs $3,322
Administration Costs
Administration & Overhead $0
County Administration Fees $0
Professional Fees $17
Total Administration Costs $17
Collections / (Credits) Applied To Levy
Total Direct and Administration Costs $3,339
Contribution to / (from) Reserve Fund $0
Contribution to / (from) Rehabilitation Fund $224
Contribution (from) General Fund / Other Revenue ($418) Balance to Levy $3,145
District Statistics
Total Parcels 5
Total Parcels Levied 5
Anticipated Total Assessed Value / $100 $16,817.57
Proposed Rate per $100 of Assessed Value $0.187
Maximum Rate per $100 of Assessed Value $1.25
Total Assessment Levy $3,144.89
Fund Balance Information
Beginning Operating Reserve Fund Balance $1,669.50
Operating Reserve Fund Adjustments $0.00
Anticipated Operating Reserve Fund Balance $1,669.50
Beginning Rehabilitation Reserve Fund Balance $46,927.50 Rehabilitation Reserve Fund Adjustments $224.00
Anticipated Rehabilitation Reserve Fund Balance $47,151.50 Anticipated Total Ending Fund Balance $48,821.00
Estimate of Cost
City of Vallejo
Monica Place Road Landscape Maintenance District
Fund Number 0163 (#167)
City of Vallejo
Landscape Maintenance Districts
Overview Report, FY 2026-2027
Recommendations
The Reserve Fund balance for the District is adequately funded.
The following are recommendations to the City:
Ensure the District Reserve Fund remains adequately funded.
Ridgecrest
The Ridgecrest Point Landscape Maintenance District (District) serves a residential neighborhood located in northeast Vallejo. The District is fully developed.
Special District Features
The District was formed in 1978.
Ad Valorem rate per $100 of assessed valuation: Current Rate: $0.115, Maximum Rate:
$1.50.
The District is composed of six Pacific Gas & Electric easements and one area of ornamental plantings. The PG&E easements are composed of four with ornamental plants and two with weed height control and native/drought resistant plants. Weed control assists in fire protection.
Boundaries
The District lies within the City of Vallejo, generally located within the Woodvale Court cul-de-sac and the area bounded by Sylvia Court, Hale Street, Delgado Street, Clayton Court, Elna Drive, Henry Street, and Woodvale Court.
Improvements
The District maintains landscaping and weed control in the following areas:
The PG&E easements found within chain-link fence enclosures on each side of Woodvale Street crossing extending north to and crossing Skyline Drive and along the south side of Goheen Circle
Rear yard fence lines.
Financial Information
The Direct Costs of the District not changed significantly from fiscal year 2025-2026 to fiscal year 2026-2027. This proposed assessment is below the maximum rate and is considered an exempt assessment pursuant to Californian Constitution Article XIIID Section 5(b).
City of Vallejo
Landscape Maintenance Districts
Overview Report, FY 2026-2027
Direct Costs 2026-27 Budget
Contract Maintenance Costs $19,988
Salaries & Benefits $0
Services & Supplies $0
Landscape Water $4,000
Utilities $0
Landscape Rehabilitation / Vandalism $10,000
Capital Projects $0
Total Direct Costs $33,988
Administration Costs
Administration & Overhead $0
County Administration Fees $0
Professional Fees $406
Total Administration Costs $406
Collections / (Credits) Applied To Levy
Total Direct and Administration Costs $34,394
Contribution to / (from) Reserve Fund $0
Contribution to / (from) Rehabilitation Fund $42,625
Contribution (from) General Fund / Other Revenue ($2,468) Balance to Levy $74,551
District Statistics
Total Parcels 171
Total Parcels Levied 171
Anticipated Total Assessed Value / $100 $648,266.71
Proposed Rate per $100 of Assessed Value $0.115
Maximum Rate per $100 of Assessed Value $1.50
Total Assessment Levy $74,550.67
Fund Balance Information
Beginning Operating Reserve Fund Balance $17,197.00
Operating Reserve Fund Adjustments $0.00
Anticipated Operating Reserve Fund Balance $17,197.00
Beginning Rehabilitation Reserve Fund Balance $331,772.00 Rehabilitation Reserve Fund Adjustments $42,625.00
Anticipated Rehabilitation Reserve Fund Balance $374,397.00 Anticipated Total Ending Fund Balance $391,594.00
Estimate of Cost
City of Vallejo
Ridgecrest Landscape Maintenance District
Fund Number 0193 (#169)
City of Vallejo
Landscape Maintenance Districts
Overview Report, FY 2026-2027
Recommendations
The Reserve Fund balance for the District is adequately funded.
The following are recommendations to the City:
Ensure the District Reserve Fund is adequately funded. Consider decreasing the assessment in the future provided the current level of service is unchanged and there are no unforeseen expenditures.
Somerset Highlands (I/II)
The District lies within the City of Vallejo, generally located within the area bounded by Columbus Parkway, Georgia Street, and Regents Parkway.
Special District Features
The District was originally formed in 1975.
The District has 2 acres of native and ornamental ground cover, shrubbery and trees. The District has 5 acres of weed control.
Weed control in open space areas assists in fire protection. Ad Valorem rate per $100 of assessed valuation: Current Rate: $.022, Maximum Rate:
$1.25.
Boundaries
The District lies within the City of Vallejo, generally located within the area bounded by Columbus Parkway, Georgia Street, and Regents Parkway.
Improvements
The District maintains landscaping and weed control in the following areas:
Slope along Columbus Parkway from Georgia Street north to the rail fence and south to Regents Parkway.
Open space along Regents Parkway to Brunswick.
Financial Information
The Direct Costs of the District have not changed significantly from fiscal year 2025-2026 to fiscal year 2026-2027. The proposed assessment is below the maximum rate and is considered an exempt assessment pursuant to Californian Constitution Article XIIID Section 5(b).
City of Vallejo
Landscape Maintenance Districts
Overview Report, FY 2026-2027
The amounts identified as “Landscape Rehabilitation” or “Capital Projects” may be budgeted and spent each fiscal year as shown, or collected and held for the future in the Rehabilitation Fund.
The program can also draw from the Operating Reserve Fund as necessary if funds are in excess of six months of levy revenue. Replacement, rehabilitation or refurbishment of the improvements is an essential part of maintenance, but these projects and expenses will often impact the longterm financial stability of the District. Prior to the implementation of any rehabilitation plan, the City should closely evaluate the merits of the project.
City of Vallejo
Landscape Maintenance Districts
Overview Report, FY 2026-2027
Direct Costs 2026-27 Budget
Contract Maintenance Costs $17,221
Salaries & Benefits $12,875
Services & Supplies $1,241
Landscape Water $3,000
Utilities $300
Landscape Rehabilitation / Vandalism $5,000
Capital Projects $0
Total Direct Costs $39,637
Administration Costs
Administration & Overhead $6,625
County Administration Fees $0
Professional Fees $657
Total Administration Costs $7,282
Collections / (Credits) Applied To Levy
Total Direct and Administration Costs $46,919
Contribution to / (from) Reserve Fund $0
Contribution to / (from) Rehabilitation Fund $1,594
Contribution (from) General Fund / Other Revenue ($4,191) Balance to Levy $44,322
District Statistics
Total Parcels 533
Total Parcels Levied 533
Anticipated Total Assessed Value / $100 $2,014,630.06
Proposed Rate per $100 of Assessed Value $0.022
Maximum Rate per $100 of Assessed Value $1.25
Total Assessment Levy $44,321.86
Fund Balance Information
Beginning Operating Reserve Fund Balance $23,459.50
Operating Reserve Fund Adjustments $0.00
Anticipated Operating Reserve Fund Balance $23,459.50
Beginning Rehabilitation Reserve Fund Balance $542,894.50 Rehabilitation Reserve Fund Adjustments $1,593.86
Anticipated Rehabilitation Reserve Fund Balance $544,488.36 Anticipated Total Ending Fund Balance $567,947.86
City of Vallejo
Somerset Highlands I & II Landscape Maintenance District Fund Number 0109 (#173)
Estimate of Cost
City of Vallejo
Landscape Maintenance Districts
Overview Report, FY 2026-2027
Recommendations
The Reserve Fund balance for the District is adequately funded.
The following are recommendations to the City:
Ensure the District Reserve Fund remains adequately funded.
Somerset Highlands III
The Somerset Highlands Three Landscape Maintenance District (District) serves a residential neighborhood located in northeast Vallejo. The District is fully developed.
Special District Features
The District was formed in 1981.
The District has 7 acres of native and ornamental ground cover, shrubbery and trees.
The District has 4 acres of weed control.
Weed control in open space areas assists in fire protection. Ad Valorem rate per $100 of assessed valuation: Current Rate: $.07, Maximum Rate:
$1.50.
Boundaries
The District lies within the City of Vallejo, generally located within the area bounded by Locust Drive, Ascot Parkway, Columbus Parkway, and Rock Springs Golf Course.
Improvements
The District maintains landscaped areas and weed control in the following areas:
Landscape slope along the east and west side of Ascot Parkway. Medians from just south of Hawksbury Drive to the intersection of Columbus Parkway to the end of the sound wall along the north side of Columbus Parkway. Strip of landscaping running along two hundred feet east of the intersection of Columbus and Ascot Parkways at the sound wall to the back of the curb. Interior slope beneath the power lines and slope overlooking the Blue Rock Springs Golf Course.
City of Vallejo
Landscape Maintenance Districts
Overview Report, FY 2026-2027
Financial Information
The Direct Costs of the District have not changed significantly from fiscal year 2025-2026 to fiscal year 2026-2027. The proposed assessment is below the maximum rate and is considered an exempt assessment pursuant to Californian Constitution Article XIIID Section 5(b).
The amounts identified as “Landscape Rehabilitation” or “Capital Projects” may be budgeted and spent each fiscal year as shown, or collected and held for the future in the Rehabilitation Fund.
The program can also draw from the Operating Reserve Fund as necessary if funds are in excess of six months of levy revenue. Replacement, rehabilitation or refurbishment of the improvements is an essential part of maintenance, but these projects and expenses will often impact the longterm financial stability of the District. Prior to the implementation of any rehabilitation plan, the City should closely evaluate the merits of the project.
City of Vallejo
Landscape Maintenance Districts
Overview Report, FY 2026-2027
Direct Costs 2026-27 Budget
Contract Maintenance Costs $10,000
Salaries & Benefits $18,505
Services & Supplies $1,784
Landscape Water $14,000
Utilities $180
Landscape Rehabilitation / Vandalism $12,500
Capital Projects $0
Total Direct Costs $56,969
Administration Costs
Administration & Overhead $9,522
County Administration Fees $0
Professional Fees $749
Total Administration Costs $10,271
Collections / (Credits) Applied To Levy
Total Direct and Administration Costs $67,240
Contribution to / (from) Reserve Fund $0
Contribution to / (from) Rehabilitation Fund $2,938
Contribution (from) General Fund / Other Revenue ($3,221) Balance to Levy $66,957
District Statistics
Total Parcels 233
Total Parcels Levied 233
Anticipated Total Assessed Value / $100 $956,524.66
Proposed Rate per $100 of Assessed Value $0.070
Maximum Rate per $100 of Assessed Value $1.50
Total Assessment Levy $66,956.73
Fund Balance Information
Beginning Operating Reserve Fund Balance $33,620.00
Operating Reserve Fund Adjustments $0.00
Anticipated Operating Reserve Fund Balance $33,620.00
Beginning Rehabilitation Reserve Fund Balance $492,939.00 Rehabilitation Reserve Fund Adjustments $2,937.73
Anticipated Rehabilitation Reserve Fund Balance $495,876.73 Anticipated Total Ending Fund Balance $529,496.73
City of Vallejo
Somerset Highlands III Landscape Maintenance District
Fund Number 0171 (#176)
Estimate of Cost
City of Vallejo
Landscape Maintenance Districts
Overview Report, FY 2026-2027
Recommendations
The Reserve Fund balance for the District is adequately funded.
The following are recommendations to the City:
Ensure the District Reserve Fund is adequately funded.
Springtree
The Springtree Landscape Maintenance District (District) serves a residential neighborhood consisting of four developments located in northeast Vallejo. The District is fully developed.
Special District Features
The District was formed in 1978 with one annexation in 1979. The District has 1 acre of native and ornamental ground cover, shrubbery and trees The District has 10 acres of weed control.
Weed control in open space areas assists in fire protection. Ad Valorem rate per $100 of assessed valuation: Current Rate: $.195, Maximum Rate:
$1.50.
Boundaries
The District lies within the City of Vallejo, generally located within the area bounded by Tuolumne Street, Guava Court, Platt and Wake Court, Parkview Terrace, Phoenix Circle and the water treatment fence line.
Improvements
The District maintains landscaping and weed control in the following areas:
Landscaping along Tuolumne Street starting from Parkview Terrace, Public LMD behind lot 7, ending at the intersection of Phoenix Circle.
South side of Tuolumne Street beginning at Ridgeview Drive and ending at the rear of lot 8 at Guava Court.
Behind the residences along the south side of Mitchell Court and Riverview Drive. Open space bounded by Platt and Wake Court and Parkview Terrace and the water treatment plant fence line.
Public LMD on the north side of Amber Avenue, south side adjoining the park. Public LMD situated below Phoenix Circle from lots 27-42 and behind the homes on Pepper Avenue.
City of Vallejo
Landscape Maintenance Districts
Overview Report, FY 2026-2027
Capital projects include remove and replace landscape and irrigation to keep up with current standards.
Financial Information
The Direct Costs of the District have not significantly changed from fiscal year 2025-2026 to fiscal year 2026-2027. The proposed assessment is below the maximum rate and is considered an exempt assessment pursuant to Californian Constitution Article XIIID Section 5(b).
The amounts identified as “Landscape Rehabilitation” or “Capital Projects” may be budgeted and spent each fiscal year as shown, or collected and held for the future in the Rehabilitation Fund.
The program can also draw from the Operating Reserve Fund as necessary if funds are in excess of six months of levy revenue. Replacement, rehabilitation or refurbishment of the improvements is an essential part of maintenance, but these projects and expenses will often impact the longterm financial stability of the District. Prior to the implementation of any rehabilitation plan, the City should closely evaluate the merits of the project.
City of Vallejo
Landscape Maintenance Districts
Overview Report, FY 2026-2027
Direct Costs 2026-27 Budget
Contract Maintenance Costs $27,307
Salaries & Benefits $29,516
Services & Supplies $2,846
Landscape Water $10,000
Utilities $1,200
Landscape Rehabilitation / Vandalism $20,000
Capital Projects $0
Total Direct Costs $90,869
Administration Costs
Administration & Overhead $15,188
County Administration Fees $0
Professional Fees $968
Total Administration Costs $16,156
Collections / (Credits) Applied To Levy
Total Direct and Administration Costs $107,025
Contribution to / (from) Reserve Fund $0
Contribution to / (from) Rehabilitation Fund $84,531
Contribution (from) General Fund / Other Revenue ($13,545) Balance to Levy $178,011
District Statistics
Total Parcels 297
Total Parcels Levied 297
Anticipated Total Assessed Value / $100 $912,879.32
Proposed Rate per $100 of Assessed Value $0.195
Maximum Rate per $100 of Assessed Value $1.50
Total Assessment Levy $178,011.47
Fund Balance Information
Beginning Operating Reserve Fund Balance $53,512.50
Operating Reserve Fund Adjustments $0.00
Anticipated Operating Reserve Fund Balance $53,512.50
Beginning Rehabilitation Reserve Fund Balance $1,654,404.50 Rehabilitation Reserve Fund Adjustments $84,531.00
Anticipated Rehabilitation Reserve Fund Balance $1,738,935.50 Anticipated Total Ending Fund Balance $1,792,448.00
City of Vallejo
Springtree Landscape Maintenance District
Fund Number 0192 (#172)
Estimate of Cost
City of Vallejo
Landscape Maintenance Districts
Overview Report, FY 2026-2027
Recommendations
The Reserve Fund balance for the District is adequately funded.
The following are recommendations to the City:
Ensure the District Reserve Fund remains adequately funded. Consider decreasing the assessment in the future provided the current level of service is unchanged and there are no unforeseen expenditures.
Summit II
The Summit Two Landscape Maintenance District (District) serves a residential neighborhood made from two subdivisions located in northeast Vallejo. The District is fully developed.
Special District Features
The District was formed in 1978 with one annexation in 1979. The District has 3.5 acres of weed control.
Weed control in open space areas assists in fire protection. Ad Valorem rate per $100 of assessed valuation: Current Rate: $.03, Maximum Rate:
$1.50.
Boundaries
The District lies within the City of Vallejo, generally located within the area bounded by Hillview Drive, Sunrise Way and the P.G. & E. towers.
Improvements
The District maintains landscaping and weed control in the following areas:
Remove the hazardous tree conditions behind the homes on Hillview and Sunrise Drive. Improve the fire protection grass control under the PGE power lines.
Financial Information
The Direct Costs of the District have not changed significantly from fiscal year 2025-2026 to fiscal year 2026-2027. The proposed assessment is below the maximum rate and is considered an exempt assessment pursuant to Californian Constitution Article XIIID Section 5(b).
City of Vallejo
Landscape Maintenance Districts
Overview Report, FY 2026-2027
The amounts identified as “Landscape Rehabilitation” or “Capital Projects” may be budgeted and spent each fiscal year as shown, or collected and held for the future in the Rehabilitation Fund.
The program can also draw from the Operating Reserve Fund as necessary if funds are in excess of six months of levy revenue. Replacement, rehabilitation or refurbishment of the improvements is an essential part of maintenance, but these projects and expenses will often impact the longterm financial stability of the District. Prior to the implementation of any rehabilitation plan, the City should closely evaluate the merits of the project.
City of Vallejo
Landscape Maintenance Districts
Overview Report, FY 2026-2027
Direct Costs 2026-27 Budget
Contract Maintenance Costs $6,667
Salaries & Benefits $5,886
Services & Supplies $567
Landscape Water $0
Utilities $0
Landscape Rehabilitation / Vandalism $5,000
Capital Projects $0
Total Direct Costs $18,120
Administration Costs
Administration & Overhead $3,029
County Administration Fees $0
Professional Fees $309
Total Administration Costs $3,338
Collections / (Credits) Applied To Levy
Total Direct and Administration Costs $21,458
Contribution to / (from) Reserve Fund $0
Contribution to / (from) Rehabilitation Fund $543
Contribution (from) General Fund / Other Revenue ($4,051) Balance to Levy $17,950
District Statistics
Total Parcels 171
Total Parcels Levied 171
Anticipated Total Assessed Value / $100 $598,346.03
Proposed Rate per $100 of Assessed Value $0.030
Maximum Rate per $100 of Assessed Value $1.50
Total Assessment Levy $17,950.38
Fund Balance Information
Beginning Operating Reserve Fund Balance $10,729.00
Operating Reserve Fund Adjustments $0.00
Anticipated Operating Reserve Fund Balance $10,729.00
Beginning Rehabilitation Reserve Fund Balance $525,404.00 Rehabilitation Reserve Fund Adjustments $543.38
Anticipated Rehabilitation Reserve Fund Balance $525,947.38 Anticipated Total Ending Fund Balance $536,676.38
City of Vallejo
Summit II Landscape Maintenance District
Fund Number 0188 (#164)
Estimate of Cost
City of Vallejo
Landscape Maintenance Districts
Overview Report, FY 2026-2027
Recommendations
The Reserve Fund balance for the District is adequately funded.
The following are recommendations to the City:
Ensure the District Reserve Fund remains adequately funded.
Town & Country
The Town & Country One Landscape Maintenance District (District) serves a residential neighborhood located in northwest Vallejo. The District is fully developed.
Special District Features
The District was formed in 1980.
The District has 1.5 acres of ornamental shrubbery and trees. Weed control assists in fire protection.
Ad Valorem rate per $100 of assessed valuation: Current Rate: $.150, Maximum Rate:
$1.50.
Boundaries
The District lies within the City of Vallejo, generally located within the area bounded by Fairgrounds Drive, Marine World Parkway fence, and the North Vallejo Community Park Ball Field.
Improvements
The District maintains landscaping and weed control in the following areas:
Slope on Fairgrounds Drive from Marine World Parkway fence to the North Vallejo Community Park Ball Field.
Walkway from Basalt down to the North Vallejo Community Park Ball Field.
Financial Information
The Direct Costs of the District have not significantly changed from fiscal year 2025-2026 to fiscal year 2026-2027. The proposed assessment is below the maximum rate and is considered an exempt assessment pursuant to Californian Constitution Article XIIID Section 5(b).
City of Vallejo
Landscape Maintenance Districts
Overview Report, FY 2026-2027
The amounts identified as “Landscape Rehabilitation” or “Capital Projects” may be budgeted and spent each fiscal year as shown, or collected and held for the future in the Rehabilitation Fund.
The program can also draw from the Operating Reserve Fund as necessary if funds are in excess of six months of levy revenue. Replacement, rehabilitation or refurbishment of the improvements is an essential part of maintenance, but these projects and expenses will often impact the longterm financial stability of the District. Prior to the implementation of any rehabilitation plan, the City should closely evaluate the merits of the project.
City of Vallejo
Landscape Maintenance Districts
Overview Report, FY 2026-2027
Direct Costs 2026-27 Budget
Contract Maintenance Costs $13,777
Salaries & Benefits $10,179
Services & Supplies $981
Landscape Water $1,000
Utilities $400
Landscape Rehabilitation / Vandalism $5,000
Capital Projects $0
Total Direct Costs $31,337
Administration Costs
Administration & Overhead $5,238
County Administration Fees $0
Professional Fees $301
Total Administration Costs $5,539
Collections / (Credits) Applied To Levy
Total Direct and Administration Costs $36,876
Contribution to / (from) Reserve Fund $0
Contribution to / (from) Rehabilitation Fund $20,797
Contribution (from) General Fund / Other Revenue ($2,212) Balance to Levy $55,461
District Statistics
Total Parcels 124
Total Parcels Levied 124
Anticipated Total Assessed Value / $100 $369,741.40
Proposed Rate per $100 of Assessed Value $0.150
Maximum Rate per $100 of Assessed Value $1.50
Total Assessment Levy $55,461.21
Fund Balance Information
Beginning Operating Reserve Fund Balance $18,438.00
Operating Reserve Fund Adjustments $0.00
Anticipated Operating Reserve Fund Balance $18,438.00
Beginning Rehabilitation Reserve Fund Balance $198,823.00 Rehabilitation Reserve Fund Adjustments $20,797.00
Anticipated Rehabilitation Reserve Fund Balance $219,620.00 Anticipated Total Ending Fund Balance $238,058.00
Estimate of Cost
City of Vallejo
Town & Country 1 Landscape Maintenance District
Fund Number 0122 (#165)
City of Vallejo
Landscape Maintenance Districts
Overview Report, FY 2026-2027
Recommendations
The Reserve Fund balance for the District is adequately funded.
The following are recommendations to the City:
Ensure the District Reserve Fund remains adequately funded. Consider decreasing the assessment in the future provided the current level of service is unchanged and there are no unforeseen expenditures.
Woodridge
The Woodridge Landscape Maintenance District (District) serves a residential neighborhood located in northeast Vallejo. The District is fully developed.
Special District Features
The District was formed in 1977.
The District has 6 acres of native and ornamental ground cover, shrubbery and trees. The District has 11 acres of weed control.
Weed control in open space areas assists in fire protection. Ad Valorem rate per $100 of assessed valuation: Current Rate: $.071, Maximum Rate:
$1.50.
Boundaries
The District lies within the City of Vallejo, made up of several islands as generally located within the area bounded by Tennessee Street and Oakwood; Masonic Drive and Oakwood; Evergreen, Parhaven Court and Temple; Woodson Way, Blue Bird, Robin Courts, Skyline Drive and Blue Rock Springs Corridor.
Improvements
The District maintains landscaping and weed control in the following areas:
Landscaped slope along the north side of Tennessee Street behind Lain Court. Island at the corner of Tennessee and Oakwood, the easement directly west of the island and behind the homes of Bridge Court.
Easement off Evergreen Way on the south side bounded by the rear yard fences of Curtis and Springbrook.
City of Vallejo
Landscape Maintenance Districts
Overview Report, FY 2026-2027
Easement open space up slope of Evergreen and behind Park Haven Court and down slope of Temple.
Open space between Masonic Drive and Oakwood just south of Justin Court. Open space above Woodson Way and below Blue Bid and Robin Courts. The rear slope of Wood Court, Skyline Drive, and Masonic Court above Blue Rock Springs Corridor including the eucalyptus grove to within one hundred feet of the creak at high stage.
Slope behind Creekview, Glenview, and the open space entrance to the rear slope and frontage along the creek behind the private frontage road along Redwood. The islands of Redwood and the frontage landscaping from just west of Foothill to Doncaster on the north side and 500 feet west of Topley on the south side.
Financial Information
The Direct Costs of the District have not changed significantly from fiscal year 2025-2026 to fiscal year 2026-2027. The proposed assessment is below the maximum rate and is considered an exempt assessment pursuant to Californian Constitution Article XIIID Section 5(b).
The amounts identified as “Landscape Rehabilitation” or “Capital Projects” may be budgeted and spent each fiscal year as shown, or collected and held for the future in the Rehabilitation Fund.
The program can also draw from the Operating Reserve Fund as necessary if funds are in excess of six months of levy revenue. Replacement, rehabilitation or refurbishment of the improvements is an essential part of maintenance, but these projects and expenses will often impact the longterm financial stability of the District. Prior to the implementation of any rehabilitation plan, the City should closely evaluate the merits of the project.
City of Vallejo
Landscape Maintenance Districts
Overview Report, FY 2026-2027
Direct Costs 2026-27 Budget
Contract Maintenance Costs $13,334
Salaries & Benefits $24,505
Services & Supplies $2,362
Landscape Water $15,000
Utilities $240
Landscape Rehabilitation / Vandalism $20,000
Capital Projects $0
Total Direct Costs $75,441
Administration Costs
Administration & Overhead $12,610
County Administration Fees $0
Professional Fees $601
Total Administration Costs $13,211
Collections / (Credits) Applied To Levy
Total Direct and Administration Costs $88,652
Contribution to / (from) Reserve Fund $0
Contribution to / (from) Rehabilitation Fund $26,806
Contribution (from) General Fund / Other Revenue ($4,772) Balance to Levy $110,686
District Statistics
Total Parcels 449
Total Parcels Levied 449
Anticipated Total Assessed Value / $100 $1,558,961.73
Proposed Rate per $100 of Assessed Value $0.071
Maximum Rate per $100 of Assessed Value $1.50
Total Assessment Levy $110,686.28
Fund Balance Information
Beginning Operating Reserve Fund Balance $44,326.00
Operating Reserve Fund Adjustments $0.00
Anticipated Operating Reserve Fund Balance $44,326.00
Beginning Rehabilitation Reserve Fund Balance $584,734.00 Rehabilitation Reserve Fund Adjustments $26,806.00
Anticipated Rehabilitation Reserve Fund Balance $611,540.00 Anticipated Total Ending Fund Balance $655,866.00
City of Vallejo
Woodridge Landscape Maintenance District
Fund Number 0118 (#174)
Estimate of Cost
City of Vallejo
Landscape Maintenance Districts
Overview Report, FY 2026-2027
Recommendations
The Reserve Fund balance for the District is adequately funded.
The following are recommendations to the City:
Ensure the District Reserve Fund remains adequately funded. Consider decreasing the assessment in the future provided the current level of service is unchanged and there are no unforeseen expenditures.
ACTION ITEM 9.C.
DATE: June 9, 2026
TO: Mayor and Members of the City Council
FROM: Leonard Job, Public Works Director
SUBJECT: HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER AND ADOPT A RESOLUTION APPROVING
THE ENGINEER'S REPORT AND ORDERING THE LEVY AND COLLECTION OF
ASSESSMENTS ON PROPERTIES IN THE BORDONI RANCH, CARRIAGE OAKS,
GARTHE RANCH, HIDDENBROOKE, HUNTER RANCH III, MARINE
WORLD/FAIRGROUNDS, MARIN VIEW, NORTHEAST QUADRANT, SOUTH VALLEJO
BUSINESS PARK, AND TOWN AND COUNTRY II-V LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE DISTRICTS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2026-2027
RECOMMENDATION
Hold a public hearing to consider and adopt a resolution approving the engineer's report and ordering the levy and collection of assessments on properties in the Bordoni Ranch, Carriage Oaks, Garthe Ranch, Hiddenbrooke, Hunter Ranch III, Marine World/Fairgrounds, Marin View, Northeast Quadrant, South Vallejo Business Park, and Town & Country II-V Landscape Maintenance Districts for FY 2026-2027.
REASONS FOR RECOMMENDATION
The City Council appointed SCI Consulting Group as the Engineer of Work and directed them to prepare the Engineer's Reports for the City's Landscape Maintenance Districts. Pursuant to the Landscape and Lighting Act of 1972, the Engineer’s Report has been prepared which identifies all assessable parcels in each Landscape Maintenance Districts in order to comply with the provisions of California Constitution Article XIIID (Proposition 218). A Public Hearing is legally required to allow the City Council to levy the assessments.
BACKGROUND AND DISCUSSION
The City of Vallejo has 27 Landscape Maintenance Districts, thirteen of which were established in accordance with the Landscape and Lighting Act of 1972 (1972 Act), and fourteen of which were established in accordance with the Improvement Act of 1911 (1911 Act). The City Council will be considering the 1911 Act districts and the remaining 1972 Act districts under separate Council actions.
Approval of this resolution formally establishes the Fiscal Year 2026-2027 assessments for the following ten Landscape Maintenance Districts: Bordoni Ranch, Carriage Oaks, Garthe Ranch, Hiddenbrooke, Hunter Ranch III, Marine World/Fairgrounds, Marin View, Northeast Quadrant, South Vallejo Business Park, and Town and Country II-V. Several of the districts are broken further into different operational areas, and may have assessments that vary from one another.
An Engineer’s Report (“Report”) is prepared annually for each Landscape Maintenance District formed pursuant to the 1972 Act. The Report identifies the annual costs and expenses associated with providing, maintaining, and servicing improvements within each district and apportions those costs among the parcels that receive special benefit from the improvements, in proportion to the estimated benefit received.
Except for the South Vallejo Business Park and Marine World/Fairgrounds districts, single-family residential parcels constitute the majority of parcels within the Landscape Maintenance Districts addressed in the Report.
The Report evaluates assessments using “equivalent benefit units” (“EBUs”), with one EBU assigned to a
Date: June 9, 2026
Subject: HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER AND ADOPT A RESOLUTION APPROVING
THE ENGINEER'S REPORT AND ORDERING THE LEVY AND COLLECTION OF
ASSESSMENTS ON PROPERTIES IN THE BORDONI RANCH, CARRIAGE OAKS,
GARTHE RANCH, HIDDENBROOKE, HUNTER RANCH III, MARINE
WORLD/FAIRGROUNDS, MARIN VIEW, NORTHEAST QUADRANT, SOUTH
VALLEJO BUSINESS PARK, AND TOWN AND COUNTRY II-V LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE DISTRICTS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2026-2027
typical single-family residential parcel. The proposed FY 2026–2027 budget for these districts is included in the Report.
Many of these districts were formed in the 1970s, when inflationary adjustments to the assessments were disallowed. In the mid-2000s, balloting was conducted, in accordance with Proposition 218, within six of these districts (Carriage Oaks, Garthe Ranch (does not include Garthe Ranch B), Hunter Ranch III, Marine World/Fairgrounds, South Vallejo Business Park, and Town and Country II-V), which provided the parcel owners within said districts the opportunity to increase the assessments in order to provide a higher level of service. All of these districts, with the exception of the Marine World/Fairgrounds and South Vallejo Business Park districts, rejected the proposed increases. This has resulted in a continued reduction in the level of service that can be provided in those districts, which will continue to occur until the parcel owners within such districts approve an increase to their assessment rates.
Examples of reduced services in Fiscal Year 2026-2027 are:
• The elimination of tree trimming and view enhancement • The elimination of fencing repairs
• Reduced irrigation service
• Reduction in the frequency of maintenance services
• Postponement of capital improvement projects
The Fiscal Year 2026-2027 Report for the 1972 Act districts is included as an attachment to this staff report and is also on file in the City Clerk’s Office (3rd Floor) and in the Department of Public Works (4th Floor), City Hall, 555 Santa Clara Street, Vallejo, California, 94590.
As reflected by the chart below, many of the districts are proposed to be levied at the same rate as that assessed in Fiscal Year 2026-2027. The annual assessment rates for Bordoni are proposed to increase, as this district allows for an inflationary adjustment, to improve the level of service and set aside funds for future capital improvements. Consistent with Proposition 218, such increases are not considered increased assessments that require that a notice and ballot be sent to the property owners.
The following chart reflects both the approved Fiscal Year 2025-2026 levy per EBU and the proposed Fiscal Year 2026-2027 levy per EBU:
DISTRICT APPROVED FY 2025-
26 ASSESSMENT
PROPOSED FY 2026-27
ASSESSMENT
% CHANGE
Bordoni Ranch Zone 1 $ 471.59 $ 565.90 20%
Date: June 9, 2026
Subject: HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER AND ADOPT A RESOLUTION APPROVING
THE ENGINEER'S REPORT AND ORDERING THE LEVY AND COLLECTION OF
ASSESSMENTS ON PROPERTIES IN THE BORDONI RANCH, CARRIAGE OAKS,
GARTHE RANCH, HIDDENBROOKE, HUNTER RANCH III, MARINE
WORLD/FAIRGROUNDS, MARIN VIEW, NORTHEAST QUADRANT, SOUTH
VALLEJO BUSINESS PARK, AND TOWN AND COUNTRY II-V LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE DISTRICTS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2026-2027
Bordoni Ranch Zone 2 $ 324.40 $ 389.28 20%
Carriage Oaks $ 58.52 $ 58.52 0%
Garthe Ranch $ 128.46 $ 128.46 0%
Garthe Ranch "B"
(Highlands)
$ 2,075.42 $ 2,075.42 0%
Hiddenbrooke $611.04 $611.04 0%
Hunter Ranch III $ 72.04 $ 72.04 0%
Marine World- Fairgrounds $ 125.26 $ 125.26 0%
Marin View $ 636.00 $ 636.00 0%
Northeast Quadrant $ 287.24 $ 287.24 0%
Northeast Quadrant Zone A $ 444.20 $ 444.20 0%
South Vallejo Business
Park
$ 3,286.60 $ 3,286.60 0%
Town & Country II-V $ 70.48 $ 70.48 0%
The proposed assessments for all districts comply with the provisions of Proposition 218. The total amount of funds to be assessed for these ten 1972 Act Landscape Maintenance Districts in Fiscal Year 2026-2027 is $2,515,167.58.
Should the City Council elect not to approve this item, the process will be delayed, which may jeopardize the timely submittal of Landscape Maintenance District levy information to Solano County by the August 10, 2026,
Date: June 9, 2026
Subject: HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER AND ADOPT A RESOLUTION APPROVING
THE ENGINEER'S REPORT AND ORDERING THE LEVY AND COLLECTION OF
ASSESSMENTS ON PROPERTIES IN THE BORDONI RANCH, CARRIAGE OAKS,
GARTHE RANCH, HIDDENBROOKE, HUNTER RANCH III, MARINE
WORLD/FAIRGROUNDS, MARIN VIEW, NORTHEAST QUADRANT, SOUTH
VALLEJO BUSINESS PARK, AND TOWN AND COUNTRY II-V LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE DISTRICTS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2026-2027
deadline. Failure to meet this deadline would result in no levies being placed for the Landscape Maintenance Districts for Fiscal Year 2026–27, leading to insufficient funding to support required maintenance activities within the districts.
FISCAL IMPACT
There is no fiscal impact to the General Fund, with the exception of a $2,928 contribution to Hiddenbrooke to cover the general benefit received by properties outside Hiddenbrooke as described in the Engineer’s Report.
These general benefit costs cannot be assessed to Hiddenbrooke.
Landscape District budgets are separate from the City’s General Fund. Landscape Maintenance District assessments finance the maintenance improvements in the districts. The Public Works Department's costs for labor and materials associated with the Landscape Maintenance Districts are charged to the individual district budgets. All City costs associated with maintaining and administering the Districts are covered by the annual assessments.
The financial health of the previously identified districts is described in the Engineer’s Report. As noted in this report, required operating reserves will continue to be compromised and service levels reduced in those districts that have not had an increase to their assessment since their origination in the 1970s. Fiscal Year 2026-2027 funding in the remaining districts is adequate to maintain the current minimal service levels and to sustain the required operating reserves.
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW
This action is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) because it is not a project which has a potential for resulting in either a direct physical change in the environment, or a reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment, pursuant to CEQA Guideline section 15378.
ATTACHMENTS
1. Reso - Public Hearing 1972 LMDs_CAO Stamp
2. Vallejo 1972 Act ER 26-27
3. Vallejo HMD ER 26-27
CONTACT
Leonard Job, Public Works Director (707) 648-4433
[email protected]
RESOLUTION NO. 26-___ N.C.
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF VALLEJO APPROVING THE ENGINEER’S REPORT AND ORDERING THE LEVY OF
ASSESSMENTS ON PROPERTIES IN THE BORDONI RANCH, CARRIAGE OAKS, GARTHE RANCH, HIDDENBROOKE, HUNTER RANCH Ill, MARINE
WORLD/FAIRGROUNDS, MARIN VIEW, NORTHEAST QUADRANT,
SOUTH VALLEJO BUSINESS PARK, AND TOWN AND COUNTRY II-V THE LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE DISTRICTS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2026-2027 WHEREAS, by prior resolution, the City Council ordered the preparation and filing of an Engineer’s Report (the “Report”) for the following landscape maintenance districts:
Bordoni Ranch, Carriage Oaks, Garthe Ranch, Hiddenbrooke, Hunter Ranch III, Marine World/Fairgrounds, Marin View, Northeast Quadrant, South Vallejo Business Park, and Town and Country II–V (collectively, the “Districts”), pursuant to the provisions of the Landscape and Lighting Act of 1972, Part 2 of Division 15 of the California Streets and Highways Code, commencing with Section 22500 (the “Act”); and WHEREAS, the Act authorizes the levy and collection of annual assessments to fund the costs and expenses associated with the operation, maintenance, servicing, and administration of landscaping improvements, appurtenant facilities, and related improvements and services within the Districts; and
WHEREAS, on June 9, 2026, at the hour of 7:00 p.m. at the City Council Chambers located at 555 Santa Clara Street, Vallejo, California, the City Council of the City of Vallejo held a public hearing on the question of the levy of the assessment, notice of which hearing was given as required by law; and
WHEREAS, all persons interested and desiring to be heard at the hearing were given an opportunity to be heard, and all matters and things pertaining to the levy were fully heard and considered by the City Council, and all oral statements and all written protests or communications were duly heard, considered and overruled, and this Council thereby acquired jurisdiction to order the levy and the confirmation of the diagram and assessment prepared by and made a part of the Engineer's Report to pay the costs and expenses thereof; and
WHEREAS, the City Council and its legal counsel have found that these assessments comply with applicable provisions of Article XIIID of the California State Constitution.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, DETERMINED, AND ORDERED BY THE CITY COUNCIL AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1 The public interest, convenience and necessity require that the levy be made.
Section 2 The Districts benefited by the improvements and assessed to pay the costs and expenses thereof and the exterior boundaries thereof are as shown by a map filed in the office of the City Clerk, which map is made a part hereof by reference.
Section 3 The Engineer's Report as a whole and each part thereof, to wit:
i) the Engineer's estimate of the itemized and total costs and expenses of maintaining the improvements and of the incidental expenses in connection therewith;
ii) the diagram showing the Districts, the plans and specifications for the improvements to be maintained, and the boundaries and dimensions of the respective lots and parcels of land within the Districts; and
iii) the assessment of the total amount of the costs and expenses of the proposed maintenance of the improvements upon the several lots and parcels of land in the Districts in proportion to the estimated special benefits to be received by said lots and parcels, and of the expenses incidental thereto;
are hereby approved and confirmed.
Section 4 Final adoption and approval of the Engineer's Report as a whole, and of the plans and specifications, the estimate of the costs and expenses, the diagram and the assessments, as contained in the Report as hereinabove determined and ordered, is intended to and shall refer and apply to the Report, or any portion thereof as amended, modified, revised or corrected by, or pursuant to and in accordance with, any resolution or order, if any, heretofore duly adopted or made by this Council.
Section 5 The assessments to pay the costs and expenses of the maintenance of the improvements for Fiscal Year 2026-2027 is hereby ordered to be levied. For further particulars pursuant to the provisions of the Landscaping and Lighting Act of 1972, reference is hereby made to the Resolution directing the preparation of the Engineer's Report.
Section 6 Based on the oral and documentary evidence, including the Engineer's Report, offered and received at the hearing, this Council expressly finds and determines (a) that each of the several lots and parcels of land will be specially benefited by the maintenance of the improvements at least in the amount if not more than the amount of the assessment apportioned against the lots and parcels of land, respectively, and (b) that there is substantial evidence to support, and the weight of the evidence preponderates in favor of, the aforesaid finding and determination as to special benefits.
Section 7 The Engineer’s Report as presented to the City Council and on file in the Office of the City Clerk is hereby confirmed as filed. The City Council hereby
levies against and upon all of the real property within the Districts a special assessment per equivalent benefit unit for the Fiscal Year commencing on July 1, 2026 and ending June 30, 2027, as follows:
District
Bordoni Ranch Zone 01 $ 565.90
Bordoni Ranch Zone 02 $ 389.28
Carriage Oaks $ 58.52
Garthe Ranch $ 128.46
Garthe Ranch "B" (Highlands) $ 2,075.42
Hiddenbrooke $ 611.04
Hunter Ranch Ill $ 72.04
Marine World/Fairgrounds $ 125.26
Marinview $ 636.00
Northeast Quadrant $ 287.24
Northeast Quadrant Zone A $ 444.20
So. Vallejo Bus. Park $ 3,286.60
Town & Country 11-V $ 70.48
Section 8 The maintenance, operation, and servicing of the improvements and appurtenant facilities shall be performed in accordance with the Act. The City Council hereby orders the following proposed improvements to be made: the maintenance and operation of, and the furnishing of services and materials for: turf, ground cover, shrubs and trees, irrigation systems, drainage systems, open space areas, public pedestrian paths, entry monuments, fencing, lighting systems and all appurtenant facilities related thereto.
Section 9 Immediately upon the adoption of this Resolution, but in no event later than the third Monday in August following such adoption, the City Clerk shall file a certified copy of the assessments and a certified copy of this Resolution with the Auditor of the County of Solano. Upon such filing, the County Auditor shall enter on the County assessment roll opposite each lot or parcel of land the amount of assessment thereupon as shown in the assessment. The assessments shall be collected at the same time and in the same manner as County taxes are collected and all laws providing for the collection and enforcement of County taxes shall apply to the collection and enforcement of the assessments. After collection by the County, the net amount of the assessments, after deduction of any compensation due the County for collection, shall be paid to the City of Vallejo, City Treasurer.
Section 10 The Finance Director shall deposit all money representing assessments collected by the County for the Districts to the credit of a fund for each of the
Districts and such money shall be expended only for the maintenance, operation and servicing of each of the landscaping, lighting and appurtenant facilities as described in Section 8 above.
Adopted by the City Council of the City of Vallejo at a regular meeting held on June 9, 2026 with the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
________________________________
ANDREA SORCE, MAYOR
ATTEST:
________________________________
DAWN G. ABRAHAMSON, CITY CLERK
ENGINEER’S REPORT
City of Vallejo
Landscape Maintenance Districts
Fiscal Year 2026-27
Pursuant to the Landscaping and Lighting Act of
1972 and Article XIIID of the California Constitution
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Table of Contents
Introduction ................................................................................................................. 1 Overview.................................................................................................................................... 1 Assessment Process .................................................................................................................. 2 Engineer’s Report ...................................................................................................................... 2 Assessment History ................................................................................................................... 3 Changes To The Landscape Maintenance Districts ........................................................ 6 Plans & Specifications .................................................................................................. 7 Description of the Landscape Maintenance Districts .................................................... 9 Method of Apportionment ......................................................................................... 48 Method of Apportionment ...................................................................................................... 48 Discussion of Benefit ............................................................................................................... 48 General versus Special Benefit ................................................................................................ 51 Benefit Finding ........................................................................................................................ 52 Method of Assessment ............................................................................................................ 55 Appeals and Interpretation ..................................................................................................... 58 Inflationary Adjustment .......................................................................................................... 58 Assessment ................................................................................................................ 61 Appendix A - 2026-2027 Assessment Roll ................................................................... 63 Appendix B - Assessment Diagram ............................................................................. 64
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Engineer’s Report, FY 2026-2027
Introduction
Overview
The City of Vallejo (the “City”) annually levies and collects special assessments in order to maintain the improvements within the Landscape Maintenance Districts (“LMD” or “LMDs”). The LMDs have been formed pursuant to the Landscaping and Lighting Act of 1972, Part 2 of Division 15 of the California Streets and Highways Code (the “1972 Act”).
This document includes the Engineer’s Reports (the “Reports”) for twelve Landscape Maintenance Districts (hereafter referred to as “LMD” or “LMDs”) designated as:
Bordoni Ranch LMD
Carriage Oaks LMD
Garthe Ranch LMD (Zone A and Zone B)
Glen Cove III LMD
Glen Cove III 2015 LMD
Hunter Ranch III LMD
Marine World/Fairgrounds Drive LMD
Marin View LMD
Northeast Quadrant LMD (Including Zone A)
Sandpiper Point LMD
South Vallejo Business Park LMD
Town and Country II through V LMD
In an effort to streamline the annual administrative process and expenses, the annual Reports required for each LMD, pursuant to the 1972 Act, are incorporated into this single Report. This comprehensive Report address the overall legislative authority, benefit rationale and method of apportionment for the LMDs listed above and provides separately a more detailed description of each LMD’s boundaries, improvements, proposed budget and assessments for fiscal year 2026-2027 as required by Chapter 1, Article 4, beginning with Section 22565 of the 1972 Act.
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Assessment Process
This Report was prepared to establish the budgets for the continued capital improvement and services expenditures that would be funded by the proposed 2026-2027 assessments, determine the benefits received from the lighting and landscaping maintenance and improvements by property within the LMDs and the method of assessment apportionment to lots and parcels within the LMDS. This Report and the proposed assessments have been made pursuant to the provisions of the 1972 Act and Article XIIID of the California Constitution (the “Article”).
In each subsequent year for which the assessments will be continued, the Council must direct the preparation of an Engineer's Report, budgets and proposed assessments for the upcoming fiscal year. After the Engineer's Report is completed, the Council may preliminarily approve the Engineer's Report and proposed assessments and establish the date for a public hearing on the continuation of the assessments. This Report was prepared pursuant to the direction of the Council.
If the Council approves this Engineer's Report and the continuation of the assessments by resolution, a notice of assessment levies must be published in a local paper at least 10 days prior to the date of the public hearing. The resolution preliminarily approving the Engineer's Report and establishing the date for a public hearing is used for this notice.
Following the minimum 10-day time period after publishing the notice, a public hearing is held for the purpose of allowing public testimony about the proposed continuation of the assessments. This hearing is currently scheduled for June 9, 2026. At this hearing, the Council would consider approval of a resolution confirming the continuation of the assessments for fiscal year 2026-2027. If so confirmed and approved, the assessments would be submitted to the County Auditor/Controller for inclusion on the property tax rolls for Fiscal Year 2026-2027.
Engineer’s Report
SCI Consulting Group has been retained by the City as the Assessment Engineer for this Assessment since 2011-2012. Language taken from the previous Engineer's Report is shown in Times New Roman, 10 pt. Font.
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Assessment History
After the passage of Proposition 218 in November 1996 (now Articles XIIIC and XIIID of the California Constitution), the City conducted a complete analysis of the proposition and its application to the LMDs and the assessments related thereto. Pursuant to the Article XIIID Section 5 of the Constitution, certain existing assessments are exempt from the substantive and procedural requirements of Article XIIID Section 4 and property owner balloting for the assessments is not required until such time that the assessments are increased. Specifically, the City determined that the improvements and the annual assessment for each of the then existing 1972 Act Districts were part of the conditions of property development and approved by the original property owner (developer). As such, pursuant to Article XIIID Section 5b of the Constitution, the existing assessments were approved by all the property owners at the time the assessment was created (originally imposed pursuant to a 100% landowner petition) and therefore, the previously adopted assessments for each of those LMDs were exempt from the procedural requirements of the Article XIIID Section 4.
With the exception of the Bordoni Ranch LMD, Marine World/Fairgrounds LMD, Northeast Quadrant LMD, South Vallejo Business Park LMD, the Highlands at Garthe Ranch LMD (Garthe Ranch LMD Zone B) and Glen Cove III 2015 LMD which were balloted for a new or increased assessment that included an inflationary adjustment, each of the LMDs contained within this Report currently have fixed maximum assessment rates with no adjustment for inflation. Although these assessment rates (with the exception of Marin View LMD) were established prior to the passage of Proposition 218 and have been identified as exempt assessments pursuant to Article XIIID Section 5b of the Constitution, it has been determined that the current assessment revenues for most of these LMDs are no longer sufficient to cover the annual cost of providing the improvements.
Since the passage of Proposition 218, all new or increased assessments established for the LMDs and identified as the “Current Maximum Assessment Rate” in this Report have been submitted to the property owners of record and approved by such property owners pursuant to the provisions of the California Constitution Article XIIID Section 4.
Specifically:
The Marin View LMD was formed in fiscal year 1999-2000. As part of that formation process, the City conducted a property owner protest ballot proceeding for the proposed maximum assessment. The results of that balloting indicated that majority protest did not exist and the “Current Maximum Assessment Rate” identified in this Report for that LMD was approved and confirmed by the City Council. Although the maximum assessment for this LMD was approved through a property owner protest ballot proceeding, the maximum assessment established did not include an inflationary adjustment.
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Also in fiscal year 1999-2000, the City conducted property owner protest proceedings for a proposed assessment increase for the Northeast Quadrant LMD. The assessment increase (new maximum assessment) presented to the property owners in a property owner protest ballot proceeding and subsequently approved by those property owners, included an annual inflationary adjustment for the assessments.
In fiscal year 2007-2008 the City conducted proceedings for the formation of the Highlands at Garthe Ranch Maintenance District and concurrently annexed the properties within this LMD to the existing Garthe Ranch LMD as Zone B. As part of the formation/annexation process the City conducted a property owner protest ballot proceeding on the proposed new assessment for the associated improvements. The new maximum assessment presented to the property owners of record and subsequently approved also included an annual inflationary adjustment for the assessments.
In fiscal year 2008-2009 the City conducted property owner protest proceedings for a proposed assessment increase for eight of the LMDs outlined in this Report. These eight LMDs included:
Carriage Oaks LMD
Garthe Ranch LMD (Zone A only)
Glen Cove III LMD
Hunter Ranch III LMD
Marine World/Fairgrounds Drive LMD
Sandpiper Point LMD
South Vallejo Business Park LMD
Town and Country II through V LMD
In addition to the proposed assessment rate increases, the City proposed the implementation of an annual inflation adjustment for those new maximum assessment rates. In connection with the proposed assessment increases, pursuant to the provisions of the California Constitution, Article XIIID Section 4, the City conducted a property owner protest ballot proceeding for the establishment of the proposed new maximum assessments and inflationary adjustment for each respective LMD prior to imposing such new assessments.
The tabulation of the ballots indicated that majority protest did not exist for the proposed new or increased assessment for the following two LMDs only:
Marine World/Fairgrounds Drive LMD
South Vallejo Business Park LMD
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In fiscal year 2010-2011, the City conducted a property owner ballot proceeding for a proposed new assessment for the Bordoni Ranch LMD. The new assessment presented to the property owners in a ballot proceeding and subsequently approved by those property owners included an annual inflationary adjustment for the assessments.
In fiscal year 2015-2016, the City conducted a property owner ballot proceeding for a proposed new assessment in the Glen Cove III area, Glen Cove III 2015 LMD (Glen Cove III District 2). The new assessment presented to the property owners in a ballot proceeding and subsequently approved by those property owners included an annual inflationary adjustment for the assessments.
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Changes To The Landscape Maintenance Districts
Changes within the LMDs that affect the 2026-2027 levy of assessments are outlined below.
Annexations
No new annexations have occurred since the fiscal year 2025-2026 Engineer’s Report was approved.
New Landscape Maintenance Districts
No new LMDs have been formed since the fiscal year 2025-2026 Engineer’s Report was approved.
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Plans & Specifications
The LMDs provide maintenance of landscaping and lighting within the public right-of-way, dedicated landscape easements, parks, detention basins, and street lighting (the “Improvements”) in the various LMDs throughout the City. Each LMD has differing costs and provides direct and special benefits to the parcels within these LMDs. All properties will be assessed only for the maintenance of improvements within their respective LMD.
Improvements within the LMDs include but are not limited to: installation, maintenance and servicing of public facilities, and incidental expenses, including but not limited to, street lights, public lighting facilities, landscaping, sprinkler systems, statuary, fountains, other ornamental structures and facilities, landscape corridors, ground cover, shrubs and trees, street frontages, drainage systems, fencing, entry monuments, graffiti removal and repainting, and labor, materials, supplies, utilities and equipment, as applicable, for property owned or maintained by the City of Vallejo. Any plans and specifications for these improvements will be filed with the Public Works Director of the City of Vallejo and are incorporated herein by reference.
Installation means the construction of lighting and landscaping improvements, including, but not limited to: land preparation, such as grading, leveling, cutting and filling, sod, landscaping, irrigation systems, sidewalks and drainage and lights.
Maintenance means the furnishing of services and materials for the ordinary and usual maintenance, operation and servicing of any improvement, including repair, removal or replacement of all or any part of any improvement; providing for the life, growth, health, and beauty of landscaping, including cultivation, irrigation, trimming, spraying, fertilizing, or treating for disease or injury; the removal of trimmings, rubbish, debris, and other solid waste, and the cleaning, sandblasting, and painting of walls and other improvements to remove or cover graffiti.
Servicing means the furnishing of electric current or energy for the operation or lighting of any improvements, and water for irrigation of any landscaping or the maintenance of any other improvements.
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Incidental expenses include all of the following: (a) The costs of preparation of the report, including plans, specifications, estimates, diagram, and assessment; (b) the costs of printing, advertising, and the giving of published, posted, and mailed notices; (c) compensation payable to the County for collection of assessments; (d) compensation of any engineer or attorney employed to render services in proceedings pursuant to this part; (e) any other expenses incidental to the construction, installation, or maintenance and servicing of the Improvements; (f) any expenses incidental to the issuance of bonds or notes pursuant to Streets & Highways Code Section 22662.5; and (g) costs associated with any elections held for the approval of a new or increased assessment. (Streets & Highways Code §22526).
The assessment proceeds will be exclusively used for Improvements within the LMDs plus Incidental expenses.
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Description of the Landscape Maintenance Districts
Landscape Maintenance District Boundaries, Specific Areas Maintained and Fiscal Year 2026-2027 Estimate of Cost and Budgets
A description of the boundaries, areas maintained, Improvements and FY 2026-27 Budgets are described in detail below for each LMD.
BORDONI RANCH LMD
This LMD is designated as Bordoni Ranch Landscape Maintenance District and may be referred to as Bordoni Ranch LMD. Bordoni Ranch LMD was formed in 2010. The LMD serves two Zones:
Zone 1 is comprised of all parcels of land within the Bordoni Ranch subdivision, as well as the two parcels on the west side of Columbus Parkway that are the proposed site of the planned detention basin/wetlands;
Zone 2 is comprised of the remaining three parcels of land on the west side of Columbus Parkway that are proposed to be future residential subdivisions, including the planned Tuscany subdivision.
Boundaries
Zone 1 consists of all lots, parcels and subdivisions of land within the proposed residential subdivision known as Bordoni Ranch, generally located east of and adjacent to Columbus Parkway and south of Regents Park Drive and Brunswick Drive. Zone 1 also includes the two parcels that are the site of the proposed detention basin as well as vacant wetlands.
These two parcels are generally located west of and adjacent to Columbus Parkway, and north of Benicia Road, and south of Greenmont Drive.
Zone 2 consists of all lots, parcels and subdivisions of land within the proposed residential subdivision known as Tuscany as well as vacant land and two parcels zoned for residential development (future single-family residential subdivisions). These properties are generally located west of and adjacent to Columbus Parkway; and north of Greenmont Drive, and south of Aragon Street.
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Improvements
The LMD maintains landscape improvements, open space areas and park facilities. It has been determined that specific improvements to be maintained throughout the LMD are improvements that provide special benefits to each property within the LMD, the cost of which will be proportionately shared by properties in both Zone 1 and Zone 2 (“Shared Improvements”). Conversely, other improvements to be maintained throughout the LMD that are specifically the result of developing properties within the Bordoni Ranch residential subdivisions are improvements that provide special benefits to only those properties, and the cost of providing such improvements shall be proportionately shared by only the properties in Zone 1 (“Zone 1 Improvements”). Therefore, Zone 1 receives benefits from both the Zone 1 Improvements and the Shared Improvements while Zone 2 receives benefits only from the Shared Improvements. The Improvements to be maintained throughout the LMD are generally described as:
Zone 1 Improvements
Irrigated parkways and slopes (streetscape) within the public right-of-ways on the perimeter of the Bordoni Ranch subdivision, including but not limited to:
o Landscaped area located on the east side of Columbus Parkway, from Regents Park Drive southward to the southern end of the Bordoni Park subdivision;
o Landscaped area and approximately 19 street trees located on the south side of Regents Park Drive, from Columbus Parkway eastward to approximately 50 feet west of Brunswick Drive;
o Landscaped area, including approximately 54 street trees on both sides of Waterstone Parkway between Regents Park Drive and Abbey Drive.
Irrigated open space areas and wetlands dispersed throughout the Bordoni Ranch subdivision that provide a transition from the streetscape landscaped areas to the non-irrigated open space areas, and/or are located adjacent to the residential units or common areas within the Bordoni Ranch subdivision. Detention basin serving the Bordoni Ranch development. A new detention basin was added Fiscal Year 2024-2025 on Columbus Parkway.
Shared Improvements
Landscaped median islands on Columbus Parkway, approximately between Regents Park Drive on the north and Benicia Road on the south. Designated parkland, located at the corner of Columbus Parkway and Regents Park Drive. The park includes, but is not limited to:
o One basketball court;
o Two bocce courts;
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o Toddler’s play structure;
o Older children’s play structure;
o Picnic areas with tables, barbeques, and benches;
o A 21-stall parking lot.
General Information
Prior to the Bordoni Ranch development, there was a 6.74 acre park located on the south side of Regents Park Drive just east of Columbus Parkway. This park had very few amenities and consisted primarily of grass, trees and sidewalks. The park was maintained by the Greater Vallejo Recreation District (the “GVRD”). In anticipation of the increased demand to be placed on the park by the Developments, the previous park was demolished and a new park was completely reconstructed and enhanced as described above.
The following improvements are planned to be installed in the Fiscal Year 2026-2027. Irrigated landscaping at the intersection of Columbus Parkway and Bordoni Drive and additional street trees along Columbus Parkway (24) and Bordoni Drive (33).
The trees on Columbus Parkway will be part of the Zone 2 shared improvements. Defensible space behind homes on Bordoni Drive, Rainwater Drive, Waterfall Lane, and Blue River Drive.
LMD Budgets
The following provides the budget and maximum assessment rates for each Zone for fiscal year 2026-27.
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Direct Costs Zone 01 Zone 02
2026-27
Budget
Contract Maintenance Costs $102,211 $2,302 $104,513
Salaries & Benefits $89,457 $2,015 $91,472
Services & Supplies $8,624 $194 $8,818
Landscape Water $63,568 $1,432 $65,000
Utilities $1,760 $40 $1,800
Landscape Rehabilitation / Vandalism $9,780 $220 $10,000 Capital Projects $0 $0 $0
Total Direct Costs $275,399 $6,204 $281,603
Administration Costs
Administration & Overhead $46,032 $1,037 $47,069
County Administration Fees $2,428 $55 $2,482
Professional Fees $1,319 $30 $1,349
Total Administration Costs $49,779 $1,121 $50,900
Collections / (Credits) Applied To Levy
Total Direct and Administration Costs $325,178 $7,325 $332,503 Contribution to / (from) Reserve Fund $0 $0 $0
Contribution to / (from) Rehabilitation Fund ($78,641) ($1,771) ($80,412) Contribution (from) General Fund / Other Revenue ($3,767) ($84) ($3,851) Balance to Levy $242,771 $5,469 $248,240
District Statistics
Total Parcels 447 3 450
Total Parcels Levied 429 3 432
Total Equivalent Benefit Units 429.00 14.05 443.05
Proposed Levy per Benefit Unit $565.90 $389.28
Maximum Levy per Benefit Unit $799.37 $549.35
Total Assessment Levy $242,771.10 $5,469.38 $248,240.48 Fund Balance Information
Beginning Operating Reserve Fund Balance $162,589.17 $3,662.53 $166,251.70 Operating Reserve Fund Adjustments $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
Anticipated Operating Reserve Fund Balance $162,589.17 $3,662.53 $166,251.70 Beginning Rehabilitation Reserve Fund Balance $218,627.44 $4,924.86 $223,552.30 Rehabilitation Reserve Fund Adjustments ($78,641.05) ($1,771.48) ($80,412.53) Anticipated Rehabilitation Reserve Fund Balance $139,986.39 $3,153.38 $143,139.77 Anticipated Total Ending Fund Balance $302,575.56 $6,815.91 $309,391.47 Estimate of Cost
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Carriage Oaks LMD
This LMD is designated as Carriage Oaks Landscape Maintenance District and may be referred to as Carriage Oaks LMD. Carriage Oaks LMD was formed in 1990. The LMD serves a residential neighborhood of 254 parcels located in northeast Vallejo.
Boundaries
The LMD lies within the City of Vallejo, generally located within the area bounded by Interstate 80, State Route 37, the Country Club Crest Ranch and Cimarron Hills Subdivisions.
Improvements
The LMD maintains landscaped areas and weed control zones including approximately 1 acre of ornamental and native landscaping which includes ground cover, shrubbery and trees; and 10 acres of plantings and weed control described as follows:
Remove & replace over-mature shrubs on Borges slopes
Thin out over-mature vegetation at Griffin & Sousa
The landscape areas from Cimarron Court to Souza
The strip of weed height control along the Marine World Parkway sound wall and the open space below, to the west of Highway 80
Weed height control for open space areas
Prune trees in LMD easements
Upgrade irrigation on slopes along Borges
General Information
Slope drainage from Highway 80 is highly erosive to the open space area and has significantly impacted the LMD costs over the last few years. Although repairs due to erosion cannot be predicted, it is essential that the LMD’s Rehabilitation Fund be adequately funded for any unforeseen repairs or replacements.
The life expectancy of native shrubbery is five to fifteen years. The majority of the current landscape improvements (shrubbery) within the LMD will likely need replacement over the next several years.
City of Vallejo
Landscape Maintenance Districts
Engineer’s Report, FY 2026-2027
A financial analysis of the LMD indicates that the current maximum assessment revenues do not generate adequate revenue to provide for the Improvements. The City conducted proceedings in fiscal year 2008-2009 to ballot the property owners within the LMD for an increased assessment and an annual inflationary adjustment commencing in fiscal year 2008-2009, which was not approved. This has resulted in a continued reduction in the levels of service including, reduced irrigation service, reduction in the frequency of maintenance services and postponement of capital improvement projects.
LMD Budget
The following provides the budget and maximum assessment rate for fiscal year 2026-27.
City of Vallejo
Landscape Maintenance Districts
Engineer’s Report, FY 2026-2027
Direct Costs 2026-27 Budget
Contract Maintenance Costs $6,150
Salaries & Benefits $3,103
Services & Supplies $299
Landscape Water $0
Utilities $0
Landscape Rehabilitation / Vandalism $0
Capital Projects $0
Total Direct Costs $9,552
Administration Costs
Administration & Overhead $1,597
County Administration Fees $149
Professional Fees $80
Total Administration Costs $1,826
Collections / (Credits) Applied To Levy
Total Direct and Administration Costs $11,378
Contribution to / (from) Reserve Fund $0
Contribution to / (from) Rehabilitation Fund $3,536
Contribution (from) General Fund / Other Revenue ($50)
Balance to Levy $14,864
District Statistics
Total Parcels 254
Total Parcels Levied 254
Total Equivalent Benefit Units 254.00
Proposed Levy per Benefit Unit $58.52
Maximum Levy per Benefit Unit $58.52
Total Assessment Levy $14,864.08
Fund Balance Information
Beginning Operating Reserve Fund Balance $5,688.82
Operating Reserve Fund Adjustments $0.00
Anticipated Operating Reserve Fund Balance $5,688.82
Beginning Rehabilitation Reserve Fund Balance $11,078.18 Rehabilitation Reserve Fund Adjustments $3,536.00
Anticipated Rehabilitation Reserve Fund Balance $14,614.18 Anticipated Total Ending Fund Balance $20,303.00
Estimate of Cost
City of Vallejo
Carriage Oaks Landscape Maintenance District
Fund Number 7720 (#170)
City of Vallejo
Landscape Maintenance Districts
Engineer’s Report, FY 2026-2027
Garthe Ranch LMD
This LMD is designated as Garthe Ranch Landscape Maintenance District and may be referred to as Garthe Ranch LMD. The LMD is comprised of two Zones:
Zone A (the original Garthe Ranch LMD) was formed in 1987 and serves a residential neighborhood consisting of 1,145 parcels within thirteen developments located in southeast Vallejo; and
Zone B (the Highlands) was formed and established in October 2006 and serves a residential development consisting of 105 parcels situated in the eastern portion of the City of Vallejo.
Boundaries
Zone A of the LMD is generally located within the areas bounded by Columbus Parkway, Lake Herman Road, the Vallejo-Benicia city limits line, the Springtree/Fleming Hill LMD, Tennessee Street, Saint Catherine's Church, and the Summit I and Somerset Highlands III Landscape Maintenance Districts.
Zone B is generally located east of and adjacent to Columbus Parkway at Spring Road, south and west of Ascot Parkway, and north of Georgia Street.
Improvements
Zone A - The LMD maintains landscaped areas, weed control zones and trail systems for the special benefit of properties within Zone A including approximately 30 acres of native and ornamental ground cover, shrubbery and trees; 31 acres of plantings and weed control that are found in the following areas:
The Ascot Parkway frontage which extends eastward to Newcastle Drive The Georgia Street frontage extending to Ascot Parkway Hilary Way between Columbus and Ascot Parkways
The Columbus Parkway slopes below the Coventry Hills subdivision and Highland Apartments
The frontages along Windsor, Westminster, Southport, and Ramsgate Ways The open space areas behind the residences of Ascot Parkway, Britannia Drive, Hawkins Street, Southport Way, Georgia Street, Knights Circle, Devonshire and Joel Courts, Devonshire Avenue, Manor Court, Newcastle Drive, Newcastle Court, Windsor and Westminster Ways, Sandhurst Drive, Sandhurst Court, and Saxony Court.
Zone B - The LMD maintains landscaped areas, weed control zones and parkland for the special benefit of properties within Zone B including:
City of Vallejo
Landscape Maintenance Districts
Engineer’s Report, FY 2026-2027
Approximately one acre of irrigated parkways and slopes (streetscape) within the public right-of-ways along the interior streets of the Zone. Approximately half of an acre of irrigated open space areas that provide a transition from the streetscape landscaped areas to the non-irrigated open spaces areas, and/or are located adjacent to the residential units or common areas within the Highlands subdivision.
Approximately one and a half acres of irrigated parkways and slopes (streetscape) on the perimeter of the Zone.
Approximately 25 acres of non-irrigated (natural) open space area located in the eastern half of the Zone behind the residential subdivision.
A half-acre park site is located in the center of the residential subdivision.
General Information
The life expectancy of native shrubbery is five to fifteen years. Although portions of the assessments for Zone A have been spent on rehabilitation in recent years, it is reasonable to assume that additional monies will be necessary in future years for either more rehabilitation of the improvements (particularly irrigation systems) or increased maintenance costs associated with very mature plant material.
LMD Budgets
Zone A Budget
A financial analysis of the LMD and the improvements indicates that the current maximum assessment rate does not generate sufficient revenues to adequately provide for the improvements. The City conducted proceedings in fiscal year 2008-09 to ballot the property owners within the LMD for an increased assessment and an annual inflationary adjustment commencing in fiscal year 2008-09 which was not approved. This has resulted in a continued reduction in the levels of service including, reduced irrigation service, reduction in the frequency of maintenance services and postponement of capital improvement projects.
The following provides the budget and maximum assessment rate for fiscal year 2026-27.
City of Vallejo
Landscape Maintenance Districts
Engineer’s Report, FY 2026-2027
Direct Costs 2026-27 Budget
Contract Maintenance Costs $47,356
Salaries & Benefits $42,371
Services & Supplies $4,085
Landscape Water $33,430
Utilities $3,200
Landscape Rehabilitation / Vandalism $0
Capital Projects $0
Total Direct Costs $130,442
Administration Costs
Administration & Overhead $21,803
County Administration Fees $1,783
Professional Fees $969
Total Administration Costs $24,555
Collections / (Credits) Applied To Levy
Total Direct and Administration Costs $154,997
Contribution to / (from) Reserve Fund $0
Contribution to / (from) Rehabilitation Fund $23,885
Contribution (from) General Fund / Other Revenue ($540) Balance to Levy $178,342
District Statistics
Total Parcels 1145
Total Parcels Levied 1138
Total Equivalent Benefit Units 1388.31
Proposed Levy per Benefit Unit $128.46
Maximum Levy per Benefit Unit $128.46
Total Assessment Levy $178,342.30
Fund Balance Information
Beginning Operating Reserve Fund Balance $77,498.71
Operating Reserve Fund Adjustments $0.00
Anticipated Operating Reserve Fund Balance $77,498.71
Beginning Rehabilitation Reserve Fund Balance $37,387.29 Rehabilitation Reserve Fund Adjustments $23,885.00
Anticipated Rehabilitation Reserve Fund Balance $61,272.29 Anticipated Total Ending Fund Balance $138,771.00
Estimate of Cost
City of Vallejo
Garthe Ranch Landscape Maintenance District
Fund Number 7716 (#180)
City of Vallejo
Landscape Maintenance Districts
Engineer’s Report, FY 2026-2027
Zone B Budget
Zone B (Highlands) was formed and balloted for a new assessment in fiscal year 2006-07, which included an annual inflationary.
The following provides the proposed budget and assessment rate for fiscal year 2026-27 that is necessary to provide an appropriate level of maintenance for the Highlands (Zone B) of the LMD. The budget includes the City’s estimate of anticipated expenditures, revenues and fund balances required for the annual maintenance and operation of the improvements. The assessment rate derived from this budget and the established method of apportionment shall be used to calculate each parcel’s assessments for fiscal year 2026-27.
City of Vallejo
Landscape Maintenance Districts
Engineer’s Report, FY 2026-2027
Direct Costs 2026-27 Budget
Contract Maintenance Costs $41,821
Salaries & Benefits $47,231
Services & Supplies $4,553
Landscape Water $35,000
Utilities $1,800
Landscape Rehabilitation / Vandalism $15,000
Capital Projects $0
Total Direct Costs $145,405
Administration Costs
Administration & Overhead $24,304
County Administration Fees $2,179
Professional Fees $1,184
Total Administration Costs $27,667
Collections / (Credits) Applied To Levy
Total Direct and Administration Costs $173,072
Contribution to / (from) Reserve Fund $0
Contribution to / (from) Rehabilitation Fund $63,910
Contribution (from) General Fund / Other Revenue ($19,063) Balance to Levy $217,919
District Statistics
Total Parcels 105
Total Parcels Levied 105
Total Equivalent Benefit Units 105.00
Proposed Levy per Benefit Unit $2,075.42
Maximum Levy per Benefit Unit $2,956.16
Total Assessment Levy $217,919.10
Fund Balance Information
Beginning Operating Reserve Fund Balance $86,536.10
Operating Reserve Fund Adjustments $0.00
Anticipated Operating Reserve Fund Balance $86,536.10
Beginning Rehabilitation Reserve Fund Balance $2,261,200.90 Rehabilitation Reserve Fund Adjustments $63,910.00
Anticipated Rehabilitation Reserve Fund Balance $2,325,110.90 Anticipated Total Ending Fund Balance $2,411,647.00
Estimate of Cost
City of Vallejo
Garthe Ranch Highland (Zone B) Landscape Maintenance District Fund Number 7746 (#188)
City of Vallejo
Landscape Maintenance Districts
Engineer’s Report, FY 2026-2027
Glen Cove III LMD’s
The Glen Cove III area has two Landscape Maintenance Districts, the first LMD is designated as Glen Cove III LMD or “LMD 1”, was formed in 1987. LMD 1 serves an area consisting of 2,936 parcels from twenty-eight (28) developments located in southeast Vallejo.
The second Landscape Maintenance District was formed by property owner ballot proceeding fiscal year 2015-16 and is designated as Glen Cove III 2015 LMD or “LMD 2”.
LMD 2 serves the same area as LMD 1 and contains 3,219 parcels from twenty-eight (28) developments located in southeast Vallejo. LMD 2 contains slightly more parcels than LMD 1, due to its formation occurring after the implementation of Proposition 218, public agencies are subject to LMD 2 assessments.
LMD 2 was formed in order to provide additional funding for the maintenance and installation of landscape improvements throughout the Glen Cove III area. LMD 1 was formed in 1987 without an inflationary adjustment while costs have increased significantly. As a result, the assessment revenue from LMD 1 was no longer sufficient to fund annual maintenance and would have depleted the rehabilitation reserve fund.
The development of properties within both LMD’s is not expected to change significantly.
Boundaries
Both LMD’s lies within the City of Vallejo, generally located within the area bounded by Interstate 80, Interstate 780, Robles Way and the Benicia State Recreation Area.
LMD 2 Zones of Benefit
As part of the engineering work for the formation of LMD 2, an analysis was conducted on the relationship (including proximity, transportation corridors, likely travel routes, etc.), between properties and the primary improvements located along Glen Cove Parkway. As a results three zones, A, B and C were created as shown on the assessment diagram for LMD 2. Parcels in Zone B are determined to receive 98% of the level of special benefit as those within Zone A and parcels in Zone C are determined to receive 94% of the level of special benefit as those within Zone A.
Improvements
The LMD’s maintain landscaped areas; weed control zones; and trail systems including approximately 60 acres of ornamental and native landscaping which includes ground cover, shrubbery, and trees; and 62 acres of plantings and weed control that are found in the following areas:
City of Vallejo
Landscape Maintenance Districts
Engineer’s Report, FY 2026-2027
The boundaries of Robles to the straits and Navone/Palou/Old Glen Cove Road to the Benicia State Recreation Area fence-line and Glen Cove Parkway Mistral, Rivermouth, Brigantine, James River, New Bedford Court, Bear Cove Court, Pueblo Court, Duxbury Place, Sandy Neck Way, Sea Cliff Place, Saybrook Way, Antigua Way, and Chesapeake Drive
Glen Cove Parkway beginning at the west corner of the Marina Complex landscape area fronting the parkway to the intersection of Glen Cove Parkway and Bayside Terrace
The open space to the west and north of Waterview Terrace The slope of Clearview including the slope and trail along the strait to the entrance of the harbor
South Regatta from the intersection of Glen Cove Parkway to the intersection of Whiteside and South Regatta
The open space between Paddlewheel, Beston, Ancheta, Topsail, Yachtsman, and Seafarer
Weed control adjacent to the Benicia State Park fence-line and the PG&E yard to the intersection of Flying Dutchman
The open space above Weathermark, Leeward, and Windward Courts The open space slope of Flying Dutchman, Pirates’ Cove, Sea Mist, Topsail, Helmsman, Anchor, Winter Harbor, Wellfleet, Cape Elizabeth, Fairhaven, and Silver Pine to the Benicia State Park fence
The Hwy. 780 fence-line along the northeast boundary of the LMD The access pathway behind Topsail and the landscaping along each side of North Regatta to the intersection of Glen Cove Parkway and North Regatta The north side of Sunfish Court
Outrigger near Sea Horse and the open space to the rear yard fences of Palou and Pueblo
The open space above Del Sur in the cul-de-sac, above Clearpointe, and the open space above and below the Clearpointe Drive cul-de-sac
General Information
The life expectancy of native shrubbery is five to fifteen years.
Fiscal Year 2026-27 the City is working with the Glen Cove Landscape Committee and consultants on design of Glen Cove Parkway Project including next phases, scope of work, construction documents, budget and timelines.
Fiscal Year 2026-27 Glen Cove Parkway Project - bid project and start construction base on design plans created from Fiscal Year 2025-26 planning and design process.
City of Vallejo
Landscape Maintenance Districts
Engineer’s Report, FY 2026-2027
The City conducted proceedings in fiscal year 2008-2009 to ballot the property owners within the LMD for an increased assessment and an annual inflationary adjustment commencing in fiscal year 2008-2009 which was not approved. The City conducted a second property owner ballot proceeding in fiscal year 2015-16 for a new assessment and an annual inflationary adjustment commencing in fiscal year 2015-16 which was approved. As noted previously the new LMD is designated as Glen Cove III 2015 LMD or “LMD 2”.
Including the annual inflationary adjustment maximum assessment rates for LMD 2 for fiscal year 2026-27 are $142.06 for properties in Zone A, $139.25 for properties in Zone B, and $133.53 for properties in Zone C.
LMD Budget
The following provides the budget and maximum assessment rate for fiscal year 2026-27.
City of Vallejo
Landscape Maintenance Districts
Engineer’s Report, FY 2026-2027
Direct Costs
2026-27 Glen
Cove III LMD 1
2026-27
Glen Cove III
LMD 2 (2015)
2026-27 Glen
Cove III Total
Budget
Contract Maintenance Costs $179,890 $144,289 $324,179
Salaries & Benefits $148,423 $119,050 $267,473
Services & Supplies $14,308 $11,477 $25,785
Landscape Water $49,942 $40,058 $90,000
Utilities $3,329 $2,671 $6,000
Landscape Rehabilitation / Vandalism $61,040 $48,960 $110,000 Capital Projects $0 $0 $0
Total Direct Costs $456,933 $366,504 $823,437
Administration Costs
Administration & Overhead $76,375 $61,260 $137,635
County Administration Fees $4,644 $3,725 $8,369
Professional Fees $2,524 $2,025 $4,549
Total Administration Costs $83,543 $67,010 $150,553
Collections / (Credits) Applied To Levy
Total Direct and Administration Costs $540,477 $433,513 $973,990 Contribution to / (from) Reserve Fund $0 $0 $0
Contribution to / (from) Rehabilitation Fund ($67,483) ($54,126) ($121,609) Contribution (from) General Fund / Other Revenue ($8,585) ($6,886) ($15,471) Balance to Levy $464,408 $372,502 $836,910
District Statistics
Total Parcels 3188 3219
Total Parcels Levied 3188 3075
Total Equivalent Benefit Units Zone A 2993.48 2169.21
Total Equivalent Benefit Units Zone B 271.25
Total Equivalent Benefit Units Zone C 199.00
Proposed Levy per Benefit Unit Zone A $155.14 $142.06
Proposed Levy per Benefit Unit Zone B $139.25
Proposed Levy per Benefit Unit Zone C $133.53
Total Assessment Levy $464,408.49 $372,502.01 $836,910.49 Fund Balance Information
Beginning Operating Reserve Fund Balance $270,238.42 $216,756.64 $486,995.06 Operating Reserve Fund Adjustments $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
Anticipated Operating Reserve Fund Balance $270,238.42 $216,756.64 $486,995.06 Beginning Rehabilitation Reserve Fund Balance $633,420.24 $493,060.71 $1,126,480.95 Rehabilitation Reserve Fund Adjustments ($67,483.33) ($54,125.67) ($121,609.00) Anticipated Rehabilitation Reserve Fund Balance $565,936.91 $438,935.04 $1,004,871.95 Anticipated Total Ending Fund Balance $836,175.33 $655,691.68 $1,491,867.01 City of Vallejo
Glen Cove III Landscape Maintenance Districts
Fund Number 7717 & 7748 (#185)
Estimate of Cost
City of Vallejo
Landscape Maintenance Districts
Engineer’s Report, FY 2026-2027
Hunter Ranch III LMD
This LMD is designated as Hunter Ranch III Landscape Maintenance District and may be referred to as Hunter Ranch III LMD.
Hunter Ranch III LMD was formed in 1986
The LMD serves a residential neighborhood of 190 parcels located in northeast Vallejo and the development of properties within the LMD is not expected to change significantly.
Boundaries
The LMD lies within the City of Vallejo, generally located within the area bounded by Turner, Ascot and Redwood Parkways and the Hunter Ranch I subdivision.
Improvements
The LMD maintains landscaped areas totaling approximately 6 acres of ornamental and native landscaping which includes ground cover, shrubbery, trees, and weed control zones that are found in the following areas:
The west side of lower Ascot Parkway beginning at the south end of the sound wall at Sterling and Ascot Parkways to the intersection of Redwood Parkway and Ascot Parkway
The slope landscaping along the north side of Redwood Parkway extending to the Trotter intersection, including three median islands on Redwood Parkway General Information
A FY 2008-2009 owner balloting to increase the assessment in the LMD to enable a full level of service failed and as a result the City reduced the Direct Costs of the LMD by renegotiating the landscape maintenance contracts (reduced level of service) and less frequent water use in an attempt to bring the annual expenses in line with the assessment revenues.
A financial analysis of the LMD and the improvements indicates that the current maximum assessment rate does not generate sufficient revenues to adequately provide for the improvements.
LMD Budget
The following provides the budget and maximum assessment rate for fiscal year 2026-27.
City of Vallejo
Landscape Maintenance Districts
Engineer’s Report, FY 2026-2027
Direct Costs 2026-27 Budget
Contract Maintenance Costs $6,667
Salaries & Benefits $5,886
Services & Supplies $567
Landscape Water $0
Utilities $0
Landscape Rehabilitation / Vandalism $5,000
Capital Projects $0
Total Direct Costs $18,120
Administration Costs
Administration & Overhead $3,029
County Administration Fees $137
Professional Fees $74
Total Administration Costs $3,240
Collections / (Credits) Applied To Levy
Total Direct and Administration Costs $21,360
Contribution to / (from) Reserve Fund $0
Contribution to / (from) Rehabilitation Fund ($6,925)
Contribution (from) General Fund / Other Revenue ($747) Balance to Levy $13,688
District Statistics
Total Parcels 190
Total Parcels Levied 190
Total Equivalent Benefit Units 190.00
Proposed Levy per Benefit Unit $72.04
Maximum Levy per Benefit Unit $72.04
Total Assessment Levy $13,687.60
Fund Balance Information
Beginning Operating Reserve Fund Balance $10,679.94
Operating Reserve Fund Adjustments $0.00
Anticipated Operating Reserve Fund Balance $10,679.94
Beginning Rehabilitation Reserve Fund Balance $67,001.06 Rehabilitation Reserve Fund Adjustments ($6,925.00)
Anticipated Rehabilitation Reserve Fund Balance $60,076.06 Anticipated Total Ending Fund Balance $70,756.00
Estimate of Cost
City of Vallejo
Hunter Ranch III Landscape Maintenance District
Fund Number 7714 (#183)
City of Vallejo
Landscape Maintenance Districts
Engineer’s Report, FY 2026-2027
Marine World/Fairgrounds Drive LMD
This LMD is designated as Marine World/Fairgrounds Drive Landscape Maintenance District and may be referred to as Marine World/Fairgrounds Drive LMD or Marine World/Fairground LMD.
Marine World/Fairgrounds Drive LMD was formed in 1989. The LMD serves 5 parcels that include a recreational theme park, fairgrounds, and motel/hotel complex (Holiday Inn) located in northeast Vallejo. Marine World/Fairgrounds Drive LMD is fully developed and the Equivalent Benefit Units (EBU) for the LMD is not expected to change.
Boundaries
The LMD lies within the City of Vallejo, generally located within the area bounded by Interstate 80, Fairgrounds Drive, and the western boundary of Marine World and the southern boundary of Solano County.
Improvements
The LMD maintains the landscaped frontages and median plantings totaling approximately 3 acres of native and ornamental ground cover, shrubbery and trees; and
0.5 acre of weed control and new plantings. Fairgrounds Drive serves as the entrance to the Discovery Kingdom (Formerly Marine World) Six Flags Theme Park and Solano County Fairgrounds and the LMD improvements are generally located in the areas described below:
Just beyond the entrance to the Fairgrounds parking lot to the south; and North beyond the overpass of Highway 37
General Information
The life expectancy of native shrubbery is five to fifteen years.
A past financial analysis of the LMD and the improvements indicated that the maximum assessment rate did not generate sufficient revenues to adequately provide for the improvements. The City conducted proceedings in FY 2008-2009 to ballot the property owners within the LMD for an increased assessment and an annual inflationary adjustment commencing in fiscal year 2008-2009 which was approved.