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Page 17 <br /> Discussion of Benefit <br /> In summary,the Assessments can only be levied based on the special benefit to property. <br /> This benefit is received by property over and above any general benefits.With reference <br /> to the requirements for assessments, Section 22573 of the Landscaping and Lighting Act <br /> of 1972 states: <br /> "The net amount to be assessed upon lands within an assessment district may be <br /> apportioned by any formula or method which fairly distributes the net amount <br /> among all assessable lots or parcels in proportion to the estimated benefits to be <br /> received by each such lot or parcel from the improvements." <br /> Proposition 218, as codified in Article XIIID of the California Constitution, has confirmed <br /> that assessments must be based on the special benefit to property and that the value of <br /> the special benefits must exceed the cost of the assessment: <br /> "No assessment shall be imposed on any parcel which exceeds the reasonable cost <br /> of the proportional special benefit conferred on that parcel." <br /> The following benefit categories summarize the types of special benefits to residential <br /> and other lots and parcels resulting from the installation, maintenance, and servicing of <br /> landscaping, irrigation systems, and fencing funded by the Assessment. These types of <br /> special benefits are summarized as follows: <br /> 1. Access to the Arroyo de la Laguna trail and Centennial Trail corridor <br /> maintained within or adjacent to the Assessment District. <br /> 2. Views of improved and maintained landscaping within the Assessment <br /> District. <br /> 3. Security and sound reduction provided by the maintenance of the landscape <br /> adjacent to the soundwalls along Interstate 680 within the Assessment <br /> District. <br /> 4. Creation of individual lots for residential use that, in absence of the <br /> Assessments,would not have been created. <br /> In this case, the SVTA decision provides enhanced clarity to the definitions of special <br /> benefits to properties from similar improvements in three distinct areas: <br /> • Proximity <br /> • Expanded or improved access <br /> City of Pleasanton <br /> Ponderosa-Del Prado Landscape Maintenance District 2026-1 SC1ConsultingGroup <br /> Public finance Consulting Sesv is es <br /> Engineer's Report <br />