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

City of Pleasanton Landscape Maintenance District No. 1993-1, Windsor Engineer’s Report Page 24 General versus Special Benefit ArƟcle XIIID, SecƟon 4(a) of the California ConsƟtuƟon requires any local agency proposing to increase or impose a benefit assessment to “separate the general benefits from the special benefits conferred on a parcel.” The raƟonale for separaƟng special and general benefits is to ensure that property owners subject to the benefit assessment are not paying for general benefits. Property may be assessed to fund improvements to the extent of the special benefits conferred by the Improvements; but general benefits are not assessable. Accordingly, a separate esƟmate of the special and general benefit is given in this sec Ɵon. ArƟcle XIIID never defines the term “general benefit.” The definiƟon of special benefit in SecƟon 2(i) includes the statement that general enhancement of property value does not consƟtute special benefit. General benefit may be described as “an indirect, derivaƟve advantage” resulƟng from the improvements. One infers from ArƟcle XIIID that all benefit is either general or special. In other words: Total Benefit = General Benefit + Special Benefit There is no widely-accepted or statutory formula for quanƟfying the amount of any general benefit that is idenƟfied. In this Report, the general benefit is first idenƟfied, generously esƟmated, and then budgeted so that it is funded, as required by ProposiƟon 218, by sources other than the Assessment. A formula to esƟmate the general benefit is listed below: General Benefit = Benefit to Real Property Outside the Assessment District + Benefit to Real Property Inside the Assessment District that is Indirect and DerivaƟve + Benefit to the Public at Large Page 145 of 617