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City of Pleasanton Ponderosa‐Del Prado Landscape Maintenance District 2026‐1 Engineer’s Report Page 9 Bonander v. Town of Tiburon (2009) 180 Cal. App. 4 th 103 Bonander v. Town of Tiburon (“Bonander”), the 1st District Court of Appeal overturned a benefit assessment approved by property owners to pay for placing overhead utility lines underground in an area of the Town of Tiburon. The Court invalidated the assessments primarily on the grounds that the assessments had been apportioned to assessed property based on the costs within sub‐areas of the assessment district instead of the overall cost of the improvements and the overall proportional special benefits. Beutz v. County of Riverside (2010) 184 Cal. App. 4 th 1516 Steven Beutz v. County of Riverside (“Beutz”) the Court overturned an assessment for park maintenance in Wildomar, California, primarily because the general benefits associated with improvements and services were not explicitly calculated, quantified and separated from the special benefits. Golden Hill Neighborhood Association v. City of San Diego (2011) 199 Cal. App. 4 th 416 On September 22, 2011, the 4th District Court of Appeal issued a decision on the Golden Hill Neighborhood Association v. City of San Diego (“Greater Golden Hill”) appeal. This decision overturned an assessment for street and landscaping maintenance in the Greater Golden Hill neighborhood of San Diego, California. The court described two primary reasons for its decision. First, like in Beutz, the court found the general benefits associated with services were not explicitly calculated, quantified, and separated from the special benefits. Second, the court found that the City had failed to record the basis for the assessment on its own parcels. Compliance with Current Law This Engineer’s Report is consistent with the requirements of Article XIIIC and XIIID of the California Constitution and with the SVTA decision because the assessments are for special, not general, benefit; the improvements to be funded are clearly defined; the improvements are directly available to and will directly benefit property in the Assessment District; and the improvements provide a direct advantage to property in the Assessment District that would not be received in absence of the Assessments. This Engineer’s Report is consistent with Dahms because, similar to the Downtown Pomona assessment validated in Dahms, the services will be directly provided to property in the Assessment District. Moreover, while Dahms could be used as the basis for a finding of 0% general benefits, this Engineer’s Report establishes a more conservative measure of general benefits. Page 63 of 248