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Page 19 <br /> Access to improved outdoor and landscaped areas within the Assessment <br /> District <br /> Since the parcels in the Assessment District are the primary parcels that enjoy close access <br /> to the improvements, they directly benefit from the unique close access to improved <br /> landscaping areas that are provided by the Assessments. This is a direct advantage and <br /> special benefit to property in the Assessment District. <br /> Improved views within the Assessment District <br /> The City, by maintaining permanent public improvements funded by the Assessments in <br /> the District, provides improved views to properties in the District. The properties in the <br /> District enjoy close and unique proximity, access and views of the specific improvements <br /> funded in the District; therefore, the improved and protected views provided by the <br /> Assessments are another direct and tangible advantage that is uniquely conferred upon <br /> property in the District. <br /> Wildland Fire Risk Reduction <br /> The Bonde Ranch Landscape Maintenance District was formed in large part to protect the <br /> subdivision from wildland fire risk. The district's fuel transition zones (fire breaks) and <br /> open space slopes were required as conditions of approval for the development and have <br /> served as the primary buffer between the residential properties and the surrounding <br /> wildland interface since the district's formation in 1993. <br /> In 2025,the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection ("CAL FIRE") updated <br /> its fire hazard severity zone map, and the eastern portion of the Assessment District is <br /> now designated within a Moderate Fire Hazard Severity Zone. The maintenance of fuel <br /> transition zones and open space slopes within the Assessment District directly reduces <br /> the risk of wildland fire ignition and spread to properties within the Assessment District. <br /> This fire risk reduction is a direct,tangible benefit that is particular and distinct to property <br /> within the Assessment District, as properties outside the District boundaries do not <br /> receive the same proximate protection from the District's fire management activities. <br /> The degree of fire risk reduction benefit varies materially by proximity to the maintained <br /> fuel transition zones. Zone A parcels are directly adjacent to the LMD landscape <br /> maintenance areas and fuel transition zones and receive the full fire risk reduction <br /> benefit. These parcels sit within or immediately proximate to the Moderate Fire Hazard <br /> Severity Zone designation and are the properties most directly protected by the District's <br /> fuel management activities. <br /> City of Pleasanton <br /> Bonde Ranch Landscape Maintenance District 2026-2 SCIConsultingGroup <br /> Public Finance Consulting Services <br /> Engineer's Report <br />