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