CITY OF FAIRFIELD
RESOLUTION NO. 2025-91
GRANTING PRELIMINARY APPROVAL OF THE FISCAL YEAR 2025-2026 ENGINEER’S REPORT,
DECLARING INTENTION TO ORDER THE LEVY AND COLLECTION OF ASSESSMENTS, AND
PROVIDING NOTICE OF A PUBLIC HEARING FOR LANDSCAPING AND LIGHTING MAINTENANCE DISTRICT NO. 15 – GOLD RIDGE
WHEREAS, on June 4, 1991, this City C ouncil adopted Resolution No. 91 -136, A Continuing Resolution Directing Preparation of Annual Report for Maintenance Assessment Districts.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FAIRFIELD HEREBY RESOLVES:
Section 1. Pursuant to said resolution, the engineer designated therein prepared a report in accordance with Section 22565 et seq. of the California Streets and Highways Code for the Landscaping and Lighting Maintenance District No. 15 – Gold Ridge (District). Said report, on file in the office of the city clerk, as supplemented by the supplemental report for fiscal year ( FY) 2025-2026, ordered by the council and on file in the office of the city clerk, has been duly considered by this council and is hereb y deemed sufficient and given preliminary approval. Said report, as supplemented, shall constitute the engineer’s report for FY 2025-2026 (Engineer’s Report).
Section 2. It is the intention of this council to levy and collect assessments within the District for FY 2025-2026. The improvements to be financed by the District are located in the street rights- of-way and perimeter areas within the boundaries of the District and may be briefly described as the installation, construction, maintenance, operation, and servicing of street lighting, which may include lighting fixtures, poles, meters, and electrical cables, landscaping, which may include turf, ground cover, trees, shrubs, plants, open space, weed abatement, ornamental lighting structures, irrigation, and drainage systems, and appurtenant facilities. There are no substantial changes to be made from the previous fiscal year.
Section 3. Said District consists of the lots and parcels shown on the boundary map of the District on file with the city clerk in the City of Fairfield.
Section 4. The FY 2025-2026 assessments for the District are proposed to increase as follows:
Gold Ridge Unit 1-3 is proposed to increase from the FY 2024-2025 rate of $204.24 per parcel to $260.58 per parcel; Gold Ridge Unit 4, 6-8 development is proposed to increase from the FY 2024- 2025 rate of $287.79 per parcel to $353.46 per parce l; Gold Ridge Unit 5 development is proposed to increase from the FY 2024 -2025 rate of $231.92 per parcel to $295.90 per parcel; Madison development is proposed to increase from the FY 2024-2025 rate of $133.30 per parcel to $170.06 per parcel; Gold Ridge Unit 9 development is proposed to increase from the FY 2024- 2025 rate of $252.57 per parcel to $322.25 per parcel; Gold Ridge North Phase II development is RES. NO. 2025-91
proposed to increase from the FY 2024 -2025 rate of $ 241.28 per parcel to $ 307.83 per parcel; Gold Ridge Unit 10 development is proposed to increase from the FY 2024-2025 rate of $241.28 per parcel to $ 307.83 per parcel; Villages at Fairfield Village IV development is proposed to increase from the FY 2024-2025 rate of $241.08 per parcel to $307.56 per parcel; and Discovery II & II and Gold Ridge IIIA development is proposed to increase from the FY 2024 -2025 rate of $265.76 per parcel to $ 339.06 per parcel. The proposed assessments do not exceed maximum rates adopted by the district, which are adjusted each year by the October SF-Oakland-Hayward All Urban Consumers Consumer Price Index (CPI).
Section 5. Reference is hereby made to the Engineer’s Report, on file with the city clerk, for a full and detailed description of the improvements, the boundaries of the District , and the proposed assessments upon assessable lots and parcels of land within the District. Any public property owned by any public agency or in use in the performance of a public function within the District may be assessed.
Section 6. This council hereby orders that a public hearing shall be held before this council in the regular meeting place thereof at the Council Chamber, Civic Center, 1000 Webster Street, Fairfield, California, or in any other manner as specified on the regular meeting agenda, as follows:
The public hearing shall be held on July 1, 2025, at the hour of 6:00 p.m., or as soon as possible thereafter, for the purposes of this council’s determination whether the public interest, convenience, and necessity require that the proposed levy be made, and this council’s final action upon the Engineer’s Report and the assessment therein. The agenda will be available on the City’s website, www.fairfield.ca.gov, at least 72 hours prior to the meeting.
Section 7. The city clerk shall cause notice of the hearing to be given by publishing a copy of this resolution once in the Daily Republic, a newspaper published and circulated in the city , at least ten days prior to the date of the public hearing specified in this resolution.
RES. NO. 2025-91
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 3rd day of June 2025, by the following vote:
AYES: MEMBERS: MOY/BERTANI/CARR/PANDURO/SANDHU/TONNESEN/WILLIAMS NOES: MEMBERS: _________________________________________________ ABSENT: MEMBERS: _________________________________________________ ABSTAIN: MEMBERS: _________________________________________________
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MAYOR
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CITY CLERK