CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING AGENDA PACKET 5-5-26

City of Pleasanton Bonde Ranch Landscape Maintenance District 2026‐2 Engineer’s Report Page 19 Access to improved outdoor and landscaped areas within the Assessment District Since the parcels in the Assessment District are the primary parcels that enjoy close access to the improvements, they directly benefit from the unique close access to improved landscaping areas that are provided by the Assessments. This is a direct advantage and special benefit to property in the Assessment District. Improved views within the Assessment District The City, by maintaining permanent public improvements funded by the Assessments in the District, provides improved views to properties in the District. The properties in the District enjoy close and unique proximity, access and views of the specific improvements funded in the District; therefore, the improved and protected views provided by the Assessments are another direct and tangible advantage that is uniquely conferred upon property in the District. Wildland Fire Risk Reduction The Bonde Ranch Landscape Maintenance District was formed in large part to protect the subdivision from wildland fire risk. The district's fuel transition zones (fire breaks) and open space slopes were required as conditions of approval for the development and have served as the primary buffer between the residential properties and the surrounding wildland interface since the district's formation in 1993. In 2025, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (“CAL FIRE”) updated its fire hazard severity zone map, and the eastern portion of the Assessment District is now designated within a Moderate Fire Hazard Severity Zone. The maintenance of fuel transition zones and open space slopes within the Assessment District directly reduces the risk of wildland fire ignition and spread to properties within the Assessment District. This fire risk reduction is a direct, tangible benefit that is particular and distinct to property within the Assessment District, as properties outside the District boundaries do not receive the same proximate protection from the District's fire management activities. The degree of fire risk reduction benefit varies materially by proximity to the maintained fuel transition zones. Zone A parcels are directly adjacent to the LMD landscape maintenance areas and fuel transition zones and receive the full fire risk reduction benefit. These parcels sit within or immediately proximate to the Moderate Fire Hazard Severity Zone designation and are the properties most directly protected by the District's fuel management activities. Page 134 of 248