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<br /> <br /> <br /> <br />consideration of any timely written objections to the assessment received and the <br />City’s written response thereto pursuant to Government Code Sections 53759.1 and <br />53759.2. The City Council will determine whether any of the following are warranted <br />following consideration of all public testimony, objections, and protests: <br /> <br />a. Whether the written objections and the agency’s response warrant <br />clarifications to the proposed fee or assessment. <br />b. Whether to reduce the proposed fee or assessment. <br />c. Whether to further review before making a determination on whether <br />clarification or reduction is needed. <br />d. Whether to proceed with the protest hearing or ballot tabulation hearing <br />required under Section 4 of Article XIII D of the California Constitution. <br /> <br />2. Reasonable time limits may be imposed on both the length of the entire hearing and <br />the length of each speaker’s testimony. <br /> <br />3. At the conclusion of the public input portion of the hearing, the Tabulator shall begin <br />tabulation of the ballots at the direction of the City Council, including those received <br />during the public hearing. <br /> <br />4. If it is not possible to tabulate the ballots on the day of the public hearing, or if <br />additional time is necessary for public testimony, the City Council may continue the <br />public hearing to a later date to receive additional testimony, information, or to finish <br />tabulating the ballots. <br /> <br />5. If, according to the final tabulation of the ballots, ballots submitted against the <br />assessment exceed the ballots submitted in favor of the assessment, weighted <br />according to the proportional financial obligation of the affected property, a “majority <br />protest” exists and the City Council shall not impose the assessment. <br /> <br />SECTION 4. Written Objections and Exhaustion of Administrative Remedies <br />(Pleasanton Municipal Code Section 1.04.120; Ordinance No. 2292). The following procedures <br />implement Pleasanton Municipal Code Section 1.04.120 and Government Code Sections <br />53759.1 and 53759.2: <br /> <br />A. City Obligations — Making Assessment Available. Concurrently with mailing the <br />ballot package, the City shall: (1) make the proposed assessment available to the public <br />no less than 45 days before the deadline for submitting written objections; (2) post on its <br />website the written basis for the proposed assessment, including the Engineer’s Report, <br />Resolution of Initiation, and Resolution of Intention, and include a link to those materials <br />in the public hearing notice; and (3) make the Engineer’s Report and written basis <br />available by mail to any ratepayer or property owner upon request. <br /> <br />B. Submission of Timely Written Objections. A record owner may submit a written <br />objection to the proposed assessment to the City Clerk, City of Pleasanton, 123 Main St, <br />Pleasanton, CA 94566 (by mail, email, fax, or personal delivery), at any time during the a <br />45-day review period and up through the end of the public comment portion of the public <br />hearing on July 21, 2026. In order for a written objection to be timely and legally <br />sufficient under Pleasanton Municipal Code Section 1.04.120, the objection must: (1) be <br />in writing; (2) identify the name of the record owner and the street address or assessor’s <br />parcel number of the affected property, and be signed by the record owner; and (3) <br />Page 108 of 248