HomeMy WebLinkAboutR 2025-032RESOLUTION NO. 2025-032
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
ARROYO GRANDE DECLARING ITS INTENTION TO LEVY
AND COLLECT ANNUAL ASSESSMENTS RELATED TO
THE GRACE LANE ASSESSMENT DISTRICT FOR FISCAL
YEAR 2025-26
WHEREAS, on November 28, 2006, the City Council of the City of Arroyo Grande adopted
Resolution No. 3976 ordering the formation of the Grace Lane Assessment District ("District")
under Part 2 of Division 15 of the California Streets and Highways Code sections 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: 1) a pedestrian
trail across the open space property (Lot B) including, but not limited to, the existing informal
hiking trail currently passing through Lot B, signage, fencing; 2) common areas and facilities,
including but not limited to the open space parcels and drainage facilities; 3) open space and
maintenance thereof in accordance with fuel modification specifications as described in
Mitigation Measure No. 15 in Resolution No. 3732 of the City Council of the City of Arroyo
Grande; and 4) a private drive and associated improvement for Lots 16 through 19; 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;
and
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 Grace Lane 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, the boundaries of the assessment District, and the proposed
assessments upon assessable lots and parcels of land within the District.
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.
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 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.
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3.That 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 proposed assessments for the improvements
related thereto in accordance with Streets and Highways Code section 22628 et seq.
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 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))
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
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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. 2025-032 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