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3 <br /> <br />City of Pleasanton <br />Landscape Maintenance District No. 1984-1, Ponderosa Engineer’s Report, Fiscal Year 2024-25 <br /> <br />If the City Council approves this Engineer's Report and the continuation of the <br />assessments by resolution, a notice of public hearing must be published in a local paper <br />at least 10 days prior to the date of the public hearing. The resolution preliminarily <br />approving the Engineer's Report and establishing the date for a public hearing is used <br />for this notice. <br /> <br />Following the minimum 10-day period after publishing the notice, a public hearing is <br />held for the purpose of allowing public testimony about the proposed continuation of the <br />assessments. This hearing is currently scheduled for June 18, 2024. At this hearing, the <br />City Council would consider approval of a resolution confirming the continuation of the <br />assessments for fiscal year 2024-25. If so confirmed and approved, the assessments <br />would be submitted to the County Auditor/Controller for inclusion on the property tax <br />rolls for Fiscal Year 2024-25. <br /> <br />Legal Requirements <br />Proposition 218 <br />The City of Pleasanton’s five Landscape Maintenance Districts were formed prior to the <br />passage of Proposition 218, “The Right to Vote on Taxes Act,” which was approved by <br />the voters of California on November 6, 1996 and is now Article XIIIC and XIIID of the <br />California Constitution. (Proposition 218 provides for benefit assessments to be levied <br />to fund the cost of providing services, improvements, as well as maintenance and <br />operation expenses to a public improvement which benefits the assessed property). <br />Although these assessments are consistent with Proposition 218, the California judiciary <br />has generally referred to pre-Proposition 218 assessments as “grandfathered <br />assessments” and held them to a lower standard than post Proposition 218 <br />assessments. <br /> <br />The existing Assessment Districts will be re-assessed consistent with the procedures <br />and requirements imposed by Proposition 218, which describes several important <br />requirements, including property-owner balloting and approval for the imposition of new <br />or increased assessments. <br /> <br />This Engineer’s Report is consistent with the requirements of Article XIIIC and XIIID of <br />the California Constitution because the Improvements to be funded are clearly defined, <br />the Improvements are directly available to and directly benefit property in the <br />Maintenance District, and the Improvements provide a direct advantage to property in <br />the Maintenance District that would not be received in absence of the assessments. <br /> <br /> <br />Page 284 of 720