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17 <br /> <br />City of Pleasanton <br />Landscape Maintenance District No. 1984-1, Ponderosa Engineer’s Report, Fiscal Year 2025-26 <br />Source of Contributions from Other Funds to Satisfy 11.9% Requirement <br /> <br /> City non-monetary contributions: <br /> <br /> 10.0% (Curb and gutter) <br />+ 10.0% (Storm drainage system) <br />+ 10.0% (Public roads) <br />+ 20.0% (Amoritized value of initial construction) <br /> <br />= 50.0% (Total General Benefit paid from Other Funds) <br /> <br />City Monetary Contributions <br /> <br />+ $9,703 General Fund contribution for maintenance of area along Arroyo <br /> <br /> <br />Zones of Benefit <br />The boundaries of the Assessment Area are carefully drawn to only include the <br />properties that are proximate to the Improvements and that would materially benefit <br />from the Improvements. <br /> <br />In SVTA, the court noted that even a local agency-wide assessment district is <br />appropriate under the right conditions: <br /> <br />“Thus, if an assessment district is narrowly drawn, the fact that a benefit is <br />conferred throughout the district does not make it general rather than special. In <br />that circumstance, the characterization of a benefit may depend on whether the <br />parcel receives a direct advantage from the improvement (e.g., proximity to a <br />park) or receives an indirect, derivative advantage resulting from the overall <br />public benefits of the improvement (e.g., general enhancement of the district's <br />property values).” <br /> <br />The court therefore acknowledged the appropriateness of a District-wide assessment so <br />long as each parcel receives a direct advantage from the assessment-funded <br />improvement or service. As demonstrated in this Report, each parcel in the <br />Maintenance District receives a direct advantage and special benefit from the <br />Improvements. <br /> <br />In the Maintenance District, the advantage that each parcel receives from the <br />Improvements is direct, and the boundaries are narrowly drawn to include only parcels <br />that benefit from the Assessment. Therefore, the even spread of assessment <br />throughout the narrowly drawn district is indeed consistent with the SVTA decision. The <br />benefits from the Improvements within the Maintenance District do not vary further <br />based on proximity of the parcels to the Improvements because the increased benefits <br />of greater proximity to the Improvements are generally offset by a parallel increase in