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2 <br />City of Pleasanton <br />Landscape Maintenance District No. 1993-2, Bonde Ranch Engineer’s Report, Fiscal Year 2026-27 <br />•1995-1 Moller Ranch – 101 parcels <br />The five District’s benefit assessments were established prior to the approval of <br />Proposition 218 in 1996. The purpose of these Districts is to provide funding for the <br />installation, maintenance and servicing of local landscaping and lighting improvements <br />(“Improvements”) within each District’s service area. <br />Landscape Maintenance District No. 1993-2, Bonde Ranch <br />Assessment Background <br />The Bonde Ranch Landscape Maintenance District No. 1993-2 (“District 1993-2” or <br />“Maintenance District”) was formed in 1993 as a Condition of Approval for the Bonde <br />Ranch development, to fund certain landscape improvements within the Bonde Ranch <br />subdivision. <br />The subdivision includes 102 single-family residence parcels and 1 parcel owned by the <br />City that has a water tank. The total number of parcels served by District 1993-2 at <br />present time is 103 parcels. <br />The Bonde Ranch Landscape Maintenance District No. 1993-2 purpose is to fund the <br />maintenance of the existing Bonde Ranch designated landscaped areas, open space <br />slopes, fuel transition zones (fire breaks), entry features, open space drainage ditches, <br />irrigation systems, trees in the open space and designated landscaped areas, <br />groundcover and irrigation systems. <br />District 1993-2 is funded by the benefit assessment approved in 1993 (“Assessment”), <br />and it does not receive any direct revenues from property taxes or any other funding <br />sources. Based on research of the historical documents and in consultation with their <br />consultant, SCI Consulting Group, and an attorney that specializes in assessment law, <br />JarvisFay, the assessments for District 1993-2 were restored last year to the amount <br />approved by Resolution 97-83, $389.56 per parcel per year, which was the first <br />assessment following the implementation of Proposition 218. Under Proposition 218, a <br />property owner vote is only required when these assessments are increased, and an <br />assessment is not increased if it is set at an amount that is no more than the maximum <br />amount initially authorized when the assessment district was created. (Cal. Const. Art. <br />XIII D, § 5(b); Gov. Code § 53750(h)(2)(B).) With a total of 103 parcels in the district <br />(including one public parcel), the fiscal year 2026-27 total assessment will be the same <br />as last year at $40,799.92. <br />The assessment revenues were lowered in 1999 and 2000 and remained the same <br />from 2000 to 20225, when they were restored to 1998 levels. Even with the restoration <br />of the assessment amounts, funding will still be insufficient for the maintenance of all <br />common areas, including water costs, county assessment fees, city administration fees, <br />replacement of plantings, irrigation systems, fencing, and other district improvements. <br />An increase in the annual assessment will be necessary to meet the maintenance <br />standards of the District into the future. The city can no longer subsidize staff <br />Page 174 of 617