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2 City of Pleasanton Landscape Maintenance District No. 1995-1, Moller Ranch Engineer’s Report, Fiscal Year 2025-26 • 1984-1 Ponderosa (Del Prado) – 344 parcels • 1993-1 Windsor – 90 parcels • 1993-2 Bonde Ranch – 103 parcels • 1994-1 Oak Tree Farm – 42 parcels • 1995-1 Moller Ranch – 101 parcels The five District’s benefit assessments were established prior to the approval of Proposition 218 in 1996. The purpose of these Districts is to provide funding for the installation, maintenance and servicing of local landscaping and lighting improvements (“Improvements”) within each District’s service area. Landscape Maintenance District No. 1995-1, Moller Ranch Assessment Background The Moller Ranch Landscape Maintenance District No. 1995-1 (“District 1995-1” or “Maintenance District”) was formed in 1995 as a Condition of Approval for the Moller Ranch development, to fund certain landscape improvements within the Moller Ranch subdivision. The development included a planned unit development with 99 residential dwelling parcels: 62 townhomes, 23 single-family production lots, and 14 single-family custom lots on approximately 35 acres of a 198-acre site located generally to the west/northwest of the Foothill Road/Muirwood Drive intersection. As part of a subsequent ordinance, the approval of the townhomes was modified to approve single - family homes. The subdivision also contains a City owned parcel that has a water tank, and a small parking lot parcel owned by the Moller Ranch Owner’s Association and managed by the City. The total number of parcels served by District 1995 -1 at present time is 101 parcels. The Moller Ranch Landscape Maintenance District No. 1995-1 purpose is to fund the maintenance of the existing Moller Ranch subdivision designated landscaped areas, open space slopes, fuel transition zones (fire breaks), entry features, open space drainage ditches, irrigation systems, lighting, trees in the open space and designated landscaped areas, groundcover and irrigation systems. District 1995-1 is funded by the benefit assessment approved in 1995 (“Assessment”), and does not receive any direct revenues from property taxes or any other funding sources. Based on research of the historical documents and in consultation with their consultant, SCI Consulting Group, and an attorney that specializes in assessment law, JarvisFay, the fiscal year 2025-26 assessments for District 1995-1 can be restored to the amount approved by the formation documents for the Moller Ranch LMD, as recorded with Resolution 95-102, an amount of up to $1,000 with an inflation escalator based on the Consumer Price Index for the year. Under Proposition 218, a property owner vote is only required when these assessments are increased, and an assessment is not