CITY COUNCIL REGULA MEETING AGENDA PACKET _Revised_ 6-2-26

City of Pleasanton Landscape Maintenance District No. 1993-1, Windsor Engineer’s Report Page 12 Legal Requirements Proposition 218 The City of Pleasanton’s five Landscape and LighƟng Maintenance Districts were formed prior to the passage of ProposiƟon 218, “The Right to Vote on Taxes Act,” which was approved by the voters of California on November 6, 1996, and is now ArƟcle XIIIC and XIIID of the California ConsƟtuƟon. (ProposiƟon 218 provides for benefit assessments to be levied to fund the cost of providing services, improvements, as well as maintenance and operaƟon expenses to a public improvement which benefits the assessed property.) Although these assessments are consistent with ProposiƟon 218, the California judiciary has generally referred to pre-ProposiƟon 218 assessments as “grandfathered assessments” and held them to a lower standard than post ProposiƟon 218 assessments. The exisƟng Assessment Districts will be re-assessed consistent with the procedures and requirements imposed by ProposiƟon 218, which describe several important requirements, including property-owner balloƟng and approval for the imposiƟon of new or increased assessments if greater than the formaƟon level assessments. No vote is required this year because the proposed increase to the assessments is less than the maximum assessment amounts approved at formaƟon of the LMD and no change to the assessment calculaƟon is proposed. This Engineer’s Report is consistent with the requirements of ArƟcle XIIIC and XIIID of the California ConsƟtuƟon because the Improvements to be funded are clearly defined, the Improvements are directly available to and directly benefit property in the Maintenance District, and the Improvements provide a direct advantage to property in the Maintenance District that would not be received in absence of the assessments. Page 133 of 617