HomeMy WebLinkAboutR 2025-033RESOLUTION NO. 2025-033
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
ARROYO GRANDE DECLARING ITS INTENTION TO LEVY
AND COLLECT ANNUAL ASSESSMENTS RELATED TO
THE ARROYO GRANDE LANDSCAPING AND LIGHTING
ASSESSMENT DISTRICT NO. 1, WITHIN TRACT 1769,
FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025-26
WHEREAS, on May 12, 1992, the City Council of the City of Arroyo Grande adopted Resolution
No. 2932 ordering the formation of Arroyo Grande Landscaping and Lighting Assessment District
No. 1 ("District"), within Tract 1769, 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 improvements in the District include but are not limited to: landscaping and ornamental
vegetation in the public rights of way; 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 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 Parkview, Landscaping District 1 Tract 1769 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.
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.
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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. 2025-033 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