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i <br /> District (including one public parcel), the fiscal year 2023-24 total assessment will be <br /> $26,489.35. <br /> Over the years, operational costs and utility costs have increased, however, the <br /> assessment revenues were lowered in 1999 and 2000 and have remained the same <br /> since 2000. The fiscal year 2023-24 total assessment revenue will not be sufficient to <br /> fund the maintenance of all common areas, including water costs, county assessment <br /> fees, city administration fees, replacement of plantings, irrigation systems, fencing, and <br /> other district improvements. The Engineer's Report projects a shortage that will require <br /> the City to continue to reduce landscape maintenance and water use so that <br /> maintenance costs remain below assessments. <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 for the near future. <br /> An increase in the annual assessment will, however, be necessary to meet the <br /> maintenance standards of the District into the future. If additional funding from a new or <br /> increased assessment is not implemented, the City will be forced to continue to reduce <br /> maintenance and postpone facilities upgrades, resulting in a continuing deterioration of <br /> the grounds and facilities. <br /> Engineer's Report and Continuation of Assessments <br /> Each year for which the assessments will be continued, the City Council must direct the <br /> preparation of an Engineer's Report, budgets, and proposed assessments for the <br /> upcoming fiscal year. 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 /> funded by the proposed fiscal year 2023-24 assessments, determine the benefits <br /> received by property from the Improvements, and the method of assessment <br /> apportionment to lots and parcels within the Maintenance District. This Report and the <br /> proposed assessments have been made pursuant to the Landscaping and Lighting Act <br /> of 1972, Part 2 of Division 15 of the California Streets and Highways Code ("Act") and <br /> Article XIIID of the California Constitution ("Article"). <br /> If the City Council approves this Engineer's Report and the continuation of the <br /> assessments by resolution, a notice of public hearing must be published in a local paper <br /> at least 10 days prior to the date of the public hearing. The resolution preliminarily <br /> City of Pleasanton <br /> Landscape Maintenance District No. 1993-2, Bonde Ranch Engineer's Report, Fiscal Year 2023-24 <br />