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Page 21 <br /> The Creation of Individual Lots is assigned a weight of 5%. While this benefit is real and <br /> legally recognized, it is foundational rather than ongoing. The lots were created once <br /> under conditions of approval that required these Improvements,and the Assessment now <br /> funds the continued maintenance that supports their habitability. The relative benefit <br /> levels used in this Report are shown below.The relative benefit levels used in this Report <br /> are shown in Table 2 below. <br /> Table 2-Relative Benefit Levels <br /> Views of Access to Security/Sound <br /> Creation of Lots Improved Centennial Trail Reduction <br /> Landscaping <br /> 5% 60% 30% 5% <br /> General versus Special Benefit <br /> Article XIIID, Section 4(a) of the California Constitution requires any local agency <br /> proposing to increase or impose a benefit assessment to "separate the general benefits <br /> from the special benefits conferred on a parcel."The rationale for separating special and <br /> general benefits is to ensure that property owners subject to the benefit assessment are <br /> not paying for general benefits.An assessment can fund special benefits but cannot fund <br /> general benefits. Accordingly, a separate estimate of the special and general benefit is <br /> given in this section. <br /> Article XIIID never defines the term "general benefit."The definition of special benefit in <br /> Section 2(i) includes the statement that general enhancement of property value does not <br /> constitute a special benefit.A general benefit may be described as an "indirect,derivative <br /> advantage" resulting from the improvements. <br /> In other words: <br /> Total General Special <br /> Benefit Benefit + Benefit <br /> City of Pleasanton <br /> Ponderosa-Del Prado Landscape Maintenance District 2026-1 SCIConsultingGroup <br /> Engineer's Report orb _ops; tiny <br />