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PAGE 5 INTRODUCTION OVERVIEW The City of Pleasanton ("City") is located in Alameda County and covers an area of 24.3 square miles, with over 24,600 assessor parcels, and approximately 83,000 residents. The City currently has five Landscape and Lighting Maintenance Districts("Districts")that provide services to a combined total of 680 parcels: • 1984-1 Ponderosa (Del Prado)—344 parcels • 1993-1 Windsor—90 parcels • 1993-2 Bonde Ranch— 103 parcels • 1994-1 Oak Tree Farm—42 parcels • 1995-1 Moller Ranch— 101 parcels The five District's benefit assessments were established prior to the approval of Proposition 218 in 1996. The purpose of these Districts is to provide funding for the installation, maintenance and servicing of local landscaping and lighting improvements("Improvements") within each District's service area. LIGHTING&LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE DISTRICT No. 1994-1,OAK TREE FARM ASSESSMENT BACKGROUND The Oak Tree Farm Lighting and Landscape Maintenance District No. 1994-1 ("District 1994-1" or "Maintenance District") was formed in September of 1994 as a Condition of Approval for the Oak Tree Farm Phase I development to fund certain landscape improvements in the Oak Tree Farm subdivision's 25 parcels. In July 1999 the Oak Tree Farm Phase II was annexed into the Oak Tree Farm Lighting and Landscape Maintenance District No. 1994-1, adding an additional 16 parcels. The total number of parcels served by District 1994-1 since then to present time is 42 (25+16+1 City-owned sewer lift station parcel). The Oak Tree Farm Lighting and Landscape Maintenance District No. 1994-1 purpose is to fund the maintenance of the existing Oak Tree Farm subdivision open space areas, entry features, firebreaks, trees, shrubbery, groundcover and irrigation systems. District 1994-1 is funded by the benefit assessment approved in 1994 ("Assessment"), and it does not receive any direct revenues from property taxes or any other funding sources. The fiscal year 2019-20 assessments for District 1994-1 will remain at the same assessment rate of$473.66 per parcel per year. With a total of 42 parcels in the District,fiscal year 2019- 20 total assessment will be$19,885.81. Over the years, operational costs and utility costs have increased, however the assessment revenues have remained the same. The fiscal year 2019-20 total assessment revenue will not be sufficient to fund the maintenance of all common areas, including water costs,county Cm OF PLEASANTON LIGHTING&LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE DISTRICT NO.1994-1,OAK TREE FARM SC IConsultingGroup ENGINEER'S REPORT,FISCAL YEAR 2019-20