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W"WILLDAN Clearly the park and recreational facilities provided within the Dos Vientos Ranch community (LIVID 94-1) provide properties within the District the special benefit of nearby access to facilities and spaces which are too specialized and/or large to be maintained within the individual properties and would be cost prohibitive to include within individual property development, including: ➢ Substantial outdoor areas increase the available recreational space and outdoor facilities, (picnic areas, playground equipment, open turf areas, sports fields and courts, natural open spaces, trails, etc.), that are typically limited on individual parcels. ➢ Facilities (activity centers, parks) available for large gatherings, meetings and community and neighborhood events that could otherwise not be accommodated by the individual properties. Clearly these facilities expand the use of each property within the District by providing these properties with access to a desirable mix of recreational facilities beyond those that can conveniently be included on an individual property or even within an individual residential or non-residential development (including developments that may have some type of private park or recreational facilities provided and maintained by an association). In addition to the available recreational space and outdoor facilities, the parks and open space improvements within the District specifically benefit the properties to be assessed by one or more of the following: ➢ Increased capacity to draw new homebuyers to the District. ➢ Increased attractiveness of the residential developments within the District as a result of the preservation of mountains, foothills and canyons, and increased public access to these lands. ➢ Enhanced adaptation of the urban environment within the natural environment from adequate green space, parks, trails, open space areas and landscaping. ➢ Improved environmental quality by protecting, restoring and improving the District's irreplaceable wildlife, mountains and open space lands, and improved public access to these lands that are in the immediate vicinity. C. GENERAL BENEFIT Assessments are established on the basis of calculated proportional special benefit to properties within a district. Because general benefits are not assessable, the general benefit costs are excluded from the assessment calculation. With respect to this District, although the various parklands, open space, trails, sports facilities, and recreational facilities that will be maintained, expanded and/or enhanced through the District's assessment revenues clearly provide a special benefit to properties within the District, it is also recognized that these are public facilities that may occasionally be utilized by the general public and may even be in proximity to some properties outside the District boundaries that are not assessed. The fact that these improvements and facilities are available to the 2021/2022 Landscape Maintenance District No. 94-1 Page 16 of 23