7. The time and place for a public hearing to be held by the City Council on the levy of the proposed flat assessment for FY 2025-26 are set for May 5, 2025, at 6:00 PM, at City Hall located at 621 11th Street, Fortuna, CA 95540. The clerk shall give notice ofthe public hearing by causing the resolution of intention to be published once in a newspaper of general circulation in the City not less than seven days before the public hearing.
8. At the time of the public hearing, written and oral protests may be made in the manner required by section 36524 and 36525 of the California Streets and Highways Code.
9. Every written protest shall be filed with the City Clerk at or before the time fixed for the public hearing. A written protest may be withdrawn in writing at any time before the conclusion of the public hearing. Each written protest shall contain a description of the business in which the person subscribing the protest is interested sufficient to identify the business and, if a person subscribing is not shown on the official records of the City as the owner of the business, the protest shall contain or be accompanied by written evidence that the person subscribing is the owner of the business. A written protest which does not comply with this section shall not be counted in determining a majority protest.
10. If written protests are received from the owners of businesses in the district area which will pay 50 percent or more of the assessments proposed to be levied and protests are not withdrawn so as to reduce the protests to less than that 50 percent, no further proceedings to levy the proposed assessment for the 2025-2026 fiscal year shall be taken for a period of one year from the date of the finding of a majority protest by the City Council.
11. This Resolution shall take effect immediately upon adoption by the City Council.
PASSED and ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Fortuna, California, on this 7
th day of April 2025 by the following vote:
AYES: Council Member Diaz, Mayor Pro Tern Trent, Mayor Johnson NOES: None
ABSENT: Council Member Conley
ABSTAIN: None