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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, 1984-1, Ponderosa Assessment Background The Ponderosa Landscape Maintenance District No. 1984-1 ("District 1984-1" or "Maintenance District") was formed in 1984 as a Condition of Approval for the Ponderosa development, to fund certain landscape improvements within the Ponderosa subdivision. The Ponderosa single-family residential project was approved in two phases, October 1983 and January 1985. The Ponderosa Landscape Maintenance District No. 1984-1 has a total of 344 parcels, 343 are single family residences, and 1 parcel is owned by the City, which is the location of Del Prado Park. The Ponderosa Landscape Maintenance District No. 1984-1 purpose is to fund the maintenance of the existing Ponderosa subdivision landscaping, trees, shrubbery, groundcover, irrigation systems and soundwalls in the area north of Corte Flores on the west side of Paseo Santa Cruz, and north of Corte Pacifica on the east side of Paseo Santa Cruz. District 1984-1 is funded by the benefit assessment approved in 1984 ("Assessment") and does not receive any direct revenues from property taxes or any other funding sources. Based on research of historical documents and in consultation with their consultant, SCI Consulting Group, and an attorney that specializes in assessment law, JarvisFay, the fiscal year 2025-26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 1984-1 will be restored to the amount that was approved by Resolution 88-375, which was the first assessment on record, and was for $60.08 per parcel per year. Under Proposition 218, a property owner vote is only required when these assessments are increased, and an assessment is not increased if it is set at an amount that is no more than the maximum amount initially authorized when the assessment district was created. (Cal. Const. Art. XIII D, § 5(b); Gov. Code § 53750(h)(2)(B).) With a total of 344 parcels in the District, the fiscal year 2025-26 total assessment will be $21,017.38. Over the years, operational costs and utility costs have increased, however the assessment revenues were lowered to $16.62 in 2000 and have remained the same since then. The fiscal year 2025-26 total assessment revenue will not be sufficient to fund the maintenance of all common areas, including water costs, county assessment fees, city administration fees, replacement of plantings, irrigation systems, and other district improvements. The equivalent of $16.62 in today's dollars, based on the Consumer Price Index for California, is $33.73. The Engineer's Report projects a shortage that will require the City to reduce landscape maintenance and water use so that maintenance costs remain below assessments. City of Pleasanton Landscape Maintenance District No. 1984-1, Ponderosa Engineer's Report, Fiscal Year 2025-26