CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING AGENDA PACKET 5-5-26

City of Pleasanton Bonde Ranch Landscape Maintenance District 2026‐2 Engineer’s Report Page 20 Zone B parcels are located across Bernal Avenue and at substantially greater distance from the maintained fuel transition zones. While Zone B parcels remain within the Assessment District boundary and receive some indirect benefit from the District's fire management activities, the direct protective effect of the fuel transition zones diminishes significantly with distance. The CAL FIRE hazard mapping confirms that Zone B parcels lie at the periphery of or outside the Moderate Fire Hazard Severity Zone, further reflecting their reduced exposure and the correspondingly reduced protective benefit conferred by the District's fuel management program. On a scale of 1 to 10, Zone B parcels receive a fire risk reduction benefit score of 2, compared to a score of 10 for Zone A parcels, reflecting this material difference in proximate protection. Creation of Individual Lots for Residential Use that, in Absence of the Assessments, Would Not Have Been Created The residential parcels within the Assessment District were created through a subdivision and development process that required the installation of landscaping, open space improvements, fuel transition zones, and other public improvements as conditions of approval. These Improvements were not optional enhancements but mandatory prerequisites for the subdivision to be approved and the individual lots to be created. The proposed Assessments provide the necessary funding for the continued maintenance of these Improvements, which support the ongoing safety and habitability of those parcels. As parcels are sold, new owners are informed of the Assessment through title reports and Department of Real Estate disclosure reports indicating that the parcels are subject to assessment. Purchase of property within the Assessment District constitutes notice of the Assessment obligation. In the absence of the proposed Assessments, the continued maintenance and servicing of the Improvements associated with the residential lots within the Assessment District would not be adequately funded. These parcels, and the Improvements that were constructed to serve them, receive a direct advantage and special benefit from the Assessments. Summary of Relative Weight of Benefit Factors The relative weight assigned to each benefit factor reflects the primacy of wildland fire risk reduction to the safety and habitability of properties within the Assessment District. The fuel transition zones and open space slopes maintained by the District were required as conditions of subdivision approval and serve as the primary buffer between the residential properties and the surrounding wildland interface. Wildland fire risk reduction is accordingly assigned a weight of 70% of the total benefit. Page 135 of 248