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3 City of Pleasanton Landscape Maintenance District No. 1984-1, Ponderosa Engineer’s Report, Fiscal Year 2025-26 An increase in the annual assessment will be necessary to meet the maintenance standards of the District into the future. The city can no longer subsidize staff administration time or the consultant fees for a Proposition 218-compliant vote. The consultant fees for the Proposition 218-compliant vote will cost approximately $36,000 plus staff time and will need to come out of the reserve fund. Water costs, which require a significant portion of the LMD budget, increased thirty percent in calendar year 2024, another twelve percent in 2025, and are projected to continue to increase in future years to pay for necessary infrastructure and treatment costs. Even with the restoration of the approved increased assessment amount, the city will be forced to reduce maintenance and postpone facilities upgrades and tree pruning, resulting in a continuing deterioration of the grounds and facilities, which may place the district at risk to potential fines or litigation. To limit liability for the district, it will be necessary for the city to continue to pursue a proposition 218-compliant vote, incurring significant consultant costs each time, until a sustainable assessment has been agreed to by property owners. For 2024-25 costs/revenues, see Figure 4 – FY 2024-25 Actual Costs and Revenues. Engineer’s Report and Proposed Assessments Each year for which the assessments will be approved, the City 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 City 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 City Council. This Engineer’s Report ("Report") was prepared to establish the budget for the continued maintenance, improvements, and services (“Improvements”) that would be funded by the proposed fiscal year 2025-26 assessments, determine the benefits received by property from the Improvements, and the method of assessment apportionment to lots and parcels within the Maintenance District. This Report and the proposed assessments have been made pursuant to the Landscaping and Lighting Act of 1972, Part 2 of Division 15 of the California Streets and Highways Code ("Act") and Article XIIID of the California Constitution (“Article”). If the City Council approves this Engineer's Report and the proposed assessments by resolution, a notice of public hearing 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 period after publishing the notice, a public hearing is held for the purpose of allowing public testimony about the proposed assessments. This hearing is currently scheduled for July 15, 2025. At this hearing, the City Council would Page 234 of 864