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CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING AGENDA PACKET 5-5-26
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City of Pleasanton <br />Ponderosa‐Del Prado Landscape Maintenance District 2026‐1 <br />Engineer’s Report <br />Page 18 <br /> <br /> Views <br />The SVTA decision also clarifies that a special benefit is a service or improvement that <br />provides a direct advantage to a parcel and that indirect or derivative advantages <br />resulting from the overall public benefits from a service or improvement are general <br />benefits. The SVTA decision also provides specific guidance that park improvements are <br />a direct advantage and special benefit to property that is proximate to a park that is <br />improved by an assessment: <br />“The characterization of a benefit may depend on whether the parcel receives a <br />direct advantage from the improvement (e.g. proximity to a park) or receives an <br />indirect, derivative advantage resulting from the overall public benefits of the <br />improvement (e.g. general enhancement of the district’s property values).” <br />Proximity, improved access, and views, in addition to the other special benefits listed <br />above further strengthen the basis of these assessments. <br />Moreover, the Dahms decision further clarified that certain services and improvements <br />funded by assessments, that are over and above what otherwise would be provided and <br />that other property in general and the public do not share or receive are 100% special <br />benefit. The assessment‐funded services upheld by Dahms included streetscape <br />maintenance and security services. <br />Benefit Factors <br />The special benefits from the improvements are further detailed below: <br />Views of improved and maintained landscaping <br />Only the specific properties within close proximity to the improvements are included in <br />the Assessment District. Therefore, property in the Assessment District enjoys unique and <br />valuable proximity to and views of the improvements that the public at large and property <br />outside the Assessment District do not share in the same manner. <br />In absence of the assessments, the improvements and the landscaping areas in the <br />Assessment District would be degraded due to insufficient funding for maintenance, <br />upkeep, and repair. Therefore, the assessments provide improvements that are over and <br />above what otherwise would be provided. When combined with the unique proximity <br />and views enjoyed by parcels in the Assessment District, the maintained landscaping <br />provides a direct advantage and special benefit to property in the Assessment District. <br />Page 72 of 248
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