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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. 1984-1,PONDEROSA ASSESSMENT BACKGROUND The Ponderosa Lighting and Landscape Maintenance District No. 1984-1 ("District 1984-1" or"Maintenance District")was formed in 1984 as a Condition of Approval for the Ponderosa development to fund certain landscape improvements in the Ponderosa subdivision. The Ponderosa single family residential project was approved in two phases, October 1983 and January 1985.The Ponderosa Lighting and Landscape Maintenance District No. 1984-1 has a total of 344 parcels, 343 are single family residences, and one parcel is owned by the City, which is the location of Del Prado Park. The Ponderosa Lighting and Landscape Maintenance District No. 1984-1 purpose is to fund the maintenance of the existing Ponderosa subdivision landscaping, trees, shrubbery, groundcover, irrigation systems and soundwalls in the area north of Corte Flores on the west side of Paseo Santa Cruz, and north of Corte Pacifica on the east side of Paseo Santa Cruz. District 1984-1 is funded by the benefit assessment approved in 1984 ("Assessment"), and it does not receive any direct revenues from property taxes or any other funding sources. The fiscal year 2020-21 assessments for District 1984-1 will remain at the same assessment rate of$16.90 per parcel per year.With a total of 344 parcels in the District,fiscal year 2020- 21 total assessment will be$5,813.32. Over the years, operational costs and utility costs have increased and the infrastructure has continued to age, however the assessment revenues have remained the same. The fiscal year 2020-21 total assessment revenue will not be sufficient to fund the maintenance of all CITY OF PLEASANTON LIGHTING&LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE DISTRICT NO.1984-1,PONDEROSA SCIConsultingGroup ENGINEER'S REPORT,FISCAL YEAR 2020-21