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HomeMy WebLinkAboutR 2025-031 RESOLUTION NO. 2025-031 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARROYO GRANDE DECLARING ITS INTENTION TO LEVY AND COLLECT ANNUAL ASSESSMENTS RELATED TO THE PARKSIDE VILLAGE ASSESSMENT DISTRICT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025-226 WHEREAS, on November 8, 2005, the City Council of the City of Arroyo Grande adopted Resolution No. 3888 ordering the formation of the Parkside Village Assessment District ("District") under Part 2 of Division 15 of the California Streets and Highways Code 22500- 22679 (Landscape and Lighting Act of 1972), which allows local governmental agencies to form assessment districts for the purpose of financing the costs and expenses of landscaping and lighting public areas; and WHEREAS, the said improvements in the District include but are not limited to : Landscaping bordering Farrall Road, Bakeman Road Entrances, behind and along Bakeman Lots 10, 11, 12 and 13 of Phase 1, mini park pedestrian pathway easement and drainage basin; fencing, gates and walls bordering Farrall Road, Bakeman Road Entrances, behind and along Bakeman Lots 10, 11, 12 and 13, park and drainage basin; the pathway easement, lighting and all improvements between lots 1, 2, and 3 between Dixson Street and the mini park, the mini park and all improvements to include walkways, play area, benches and basketball court on Lot 24; the drainage retention basin and all improvement including the water separator on Lot 25 and French drain)s) along the East boundary of Tract 2310-2; and WHEREAS, the City Council, at its meeting of May 13, 2025, received a report from the Assistant City Manager/Public Works Director advising the City Council that no new improvements or substantial changes in existing improvements are proposed for the District. WHEREAS the City Council desires to levy and collect the annual assessments against lots and parcels of land within the District to pay the costs and expenses related to the aforementioned improvements described in this Resolution; and WHEREAS, an Engineer's Report entitled Parkside Village Assessment District Fiscal Year 2025-26, ("Engineer's Report") has been prepared and filed with the City Clerk and approved by the City Council, which provides a detailed description of the improvements, the proposed operation and maintenance costs, and the boundaries of the proposed assessments upon assessable lots and parcels of land. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Arroyo Grande, as follows: 1. The foregoing recitals are true and correct and are incorporated herein. RESOLUTION NO. 2025-031 PAGE 2 2. That the City Council hereby declares that it is its intention to seek the annual levy of assessments for the District pursuant to Streets and Highways Code Chapter 3, Section 22624 et seq., over and including the land within the District boundary, and to levy and collect assessments on all such land to pay the costs of the maintenance and servicing of the landscaping improvements and all appurtenant facilities and operations related thereto for Fiscal Year 2025-26 within the boundaries of the District described herein and in more detail within the Engineer's Report. 3. The improvements to be maintained are specified in the Engineer's Report, no substantial changes are proposed to be made to the existing improvements and the assessment is not proposed to increase from the prior year. 4. That the City Council hereby declares its intention to conduct a public hearing concerning the District and the levy of assessments for the improvements related thereto in accordance with Streets and Highways Code Section 22628. 5. That notice is hereby given that a public hearing on these matters will be held by the City Council on Tuesday, June 24, 2025, at 6:00 p.m. or as soon thereafter as feasible at the City Council Chambers, 215 E. Branch Street, Arroyo Grande, California, 93420 or via teleconference as listed on the meeting Agenda. 6. That the City Clerk shall cause notice to be given of the time and place of the public hearing by causing the publishing of this Resolution once in the local paper not less than ten (10) days before the date of the hearing and by posting a copy of this Resolution on the official bulletin board customarily used by the City Council for the posting of notices. 7. That the action is categorically exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act under the Class 2 exemption, which applies to the replacement or reconstruction of existing structures and facilities where the new structure will be located on the same site as the structure replaced and will have substantially the same purpose and capacity as the structure replaced. (State CEQA Guidelines, § 15302.) Alternatively, the proposed action is not a project, and is exempt from review under CEQA, because adoption of the engineer reports and resolutions declaring intention to levy assessments is an organizational or administrative activity of government that does not itself result in direct or indirect physical changes in the environment. (State CEQA Guidelines,§ 15378(b)(5)) RESOLUTION NO. 2025-031 PAGE 3 On motion of Council Member Guthrie, seconded by Council Member Secrest, and on the following roll call vote, to wit: AYES: Council Members Guthrie, Secrest, Loe, Maraviglia, and Mayor Ray Russom NOES: None ABSENT: None the foregoing Resolution was passed and adopted this 27th day of May, 2025. CAREN RAY RUSSOM, MAYOR ATTEST: JESSICA MATSON, CITY CLERK APPROVED AS TO CONTENT: MATTHEW DOWNING, CITY MANAGER APPROVED AS TO FORM: ISAAC ROSEN, CITY ATTORNEY RESOLUTION NO. 2025-031 PAGE 4 OFFICIAL CERTIFICATION I, JESSICA MATSON, City Clerk of the City of Arroyo Grande, County of San Luis Obispo, State of California, do hereby certify under penalty of perjury, that the attached Resolution No. 2025-031 was passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Arroyo Grande on the 27th day of May, 2025. WITNESS my hand and the Seal of the City of Arroyo Grande affixed this 29th day of May, 2025. JESSICA MATSON, CITY CLERK