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3 <br /> administration time or the consultant fees for the Engineer's Report. The consultant fees <br /> for the Proposition 218-compliant vote cost approximately $36,000 plus staff time. <br /> Water costs, which require a significant portion of the LMD budget, increased thirty <br /> percent in calendar year 2024, another twelve percent in 2025, and were changed to a <br /> tiered system in 2026 and are expected to continue to rise. <br /> Continued cuts in maintenance to pay for the increasing fire management and <br /> necessary tree pruning/removal costs will lower the level of maintenance well below the <br /> maintenance standards of the district established by Ordinance 1509. To limit liability for <br /> the district, staff has proceeded with a 218-compliant vote running on a parallel path <br /> with this Engineer's Report being the fallback report if the vote does not pass. In the <br /> case the vote does not pass, another Proposition 218-compliant vote will need to be <br /> held in the future, incurring significant consultant costs, until a sustainable assessment <br /> has been agreed to by property owners. <br /> City staff began the process of potentially increasing the assessments for the Bonde <br /> Ranch Landscape Maintenance District in early 2022 through a Proposition 218 <br /> compliant voting procedure. However, the property owners that attended the <br /> neighborhood outreach meeting on February 3, 2022, or communicated to staff via <br /> phone or email expressed strong opposition to increasing the assessment. Staff placed <br /> the pursuit of a sustainable assessment amount on hold at that time. <br /> However, to limit liability for the district, staff last year proceeded with a 218-compliant <br /> vote, which is running on a parallel path, and this Engineer's Report is the fallback <br /> report if the vote does not pass. Staff conducted significant public outreach, held three <br /> neighborhood meetings, sent out a survey to all property owners, provided a dedicated <br /> webpage to the district, and worked to make sure the final ballot measure was reflective <br /> of the input received by the property owners. In the case the vote does not pass, <br /> another Proposition 218-compliant vote will need to be held in the future, incurring <br /> significant consultant costs, until a sustainable assessment has been agreed to by <br /> property owners. <br /> For 2024-25 costs/revenues, see Figure 4 — FY 2024-25 Actual Costs and Revenues. <br /> Engineer's Report and Proposed Assessments <br /> Each year for which the assessments will be approved, the City Council must direct the <br /> preparation of an Engineer's Report, budgets, and proposed assessments for the <br /> upcoming fiscal year. The city staff time to perform this work has been previously <br /> subsidized by the city. After the Engineer's Report is completed, the City Council may <br /> preliminarily approve the Engineer's Report and proposed assessments and establish <br /> the date for a public hearing on the continuation of the assessments. This Report was <br /> prepared pursuant to the direction of the City Council. <br /> This Engineer's Report ("Report") was prepared to establish the budget for the <br /> continued maintenance, improvements, and services ("Improvements") that would be <br /> City of Pleasanton <br /> Landscape Maintenance District No. 1993-2, Bonde Ranch Engineer's Report, Fiscal Year 2026-27 <br />