Any writing or documents provided to a majority of the City Council regarding any item on this agenda will be made available for public inspection at City Hall located at 147 Fourth Street, Gonzales, California, during normal business hours.
A G E N D A
JOINT MEETING OF THE
GONZALES CITY COUNCIL AND
GONZALES SUCCESSOR AGENCY
CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS – 117 FOURTH STREET
GONZALES, CA 93926
MONDAY, MARCH 17, 2025
6:00 P.M.
CALL TO ORDER
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
1. ROLL CALL- City Council/Successor Agency
Mayor Pro Tem/Vice Chair Liz Silva, Council/Agency Member Scott Funk, Council/Agency Member Lorraine Worthy, Council/Agency Member Maria Orozco, Mayor/Chair Jose L. Rios
Successor Agency Item
PUBLIC NOTICE
This meeting is being conducted consistent with State of California Executive Order N-29-20 dated March 17, 2020, regarding the COVID-19 pandemic. The public may participate in person or online via zoom at https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87020263943 or call 1 (669) 900-6833 and use Meeting ID: 870 2026 3943.
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PRESENTATIONS
2. Certificates of Recognition to the Gonzales High School Girls Soccer Team
3. Introduction of Public Works Intern Jorge Ochoa
4. Community Center Progress Update
BUSINESS FROM THE PUBLIC
5. Business from the Public not on the Agenda; any member of the Public may address the Council/Agency for a period not to exceed three minutes on any subject not on the Agenda. The Council/Agency will listen to all communications but may take no action.
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Any writing or documents provided to a majority of the City Council regarding any item on this agenda will be made available for public inspection at City Hall located at 147 Fourth Street, Gonzales, California, during normal business hours.
CONSENT AGENDA
All matters listed under the Consent Agenda are considered routine by the City Council and will be adopted by one action of the Council unless any Council Member has a question or wishes to make a statement or discuss an item. In that event, the Mayor will remove the item from the Consent Calendar for separate consideration.
6. Approve the Joint City Council and Successor Agency - Regular Meeting - February 18, 2025 Minutes
7. Approve City Accounts Payable Warrants #51523-51673
8. City Manager’s Report
9. Community Development Department Activity Report
10. Community Engagement & Recreation Departments Activity Report
11. Fire Department Activity Report
12. Police Department Activity Report
13. Public Works/City Engineer Department Activity Report
14. Consider Adoption of the Updated Mitigation Rates as Provided in Exhibit A of the Report, and Authorize Staff to Make the Necessary Changes to the City’s Cost for Services Fee Schedule
15. Consider Approval of, and Allow the City Manager to Sign an Agreement with the Monterey County Health Department for Work and Materials Funded through the Office of Traffic Safety for a Total of $40,000
16. Consider Approval of Resolution No. 2025-07, A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Gonzales Authorizing the City Manager to Withdraw the Funding Donated for the Dennis and Janice Caprara Community Center Complex from the Community Foundation Account
REGULAR AGENDA
17. Consider Approval of Resolution No. 2025-08, A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Gonzales Stating its Intention and Expectation to Reimburse Expenditures Incurred by the City in the Planning, Design and Construction of the Industrial Wastewater System Prior to Obligations Approved by the State Water Resources Control Board
a) Staff Report
b) Public Comment
c) Council Discussion
d) Council Action
Staff Recommended Action-Adopt Resolution No. 2025-08
GONZALES YOUTH COUNCIL UPDATES
18. Oral Communications
BUSINESS FROM CITY COUNCIL
19. City Council Board/Committee Reports
a. League of California Cities Monterey Bay Division
b. Association of Monterey Bay Area Governments
c. Monterey Salinas Transit
20. Oral Communications
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Any writing or documents provided to a majority of the City Council regarding any item on this agenda will be made available for public inspection at City Hall located at 147 Fourth Street, Gonzales, California, during normal business hours.
BUSINESS FROM CITY MANAGER
21. Oral Communications
CLOSED SESSION
Any member of the public may address the Council on a closed session item appearing on the agenda.
Speakers shall have a limited time of three (3) minutes. Please be brief and to the point.
22. The City Council will recess to Closed Session to meet with its designated representatives regarding labor relations matters pursuant to Government Code Section 54957.6. The Employee Groups are Painters & Allied Trades District Council 26, International Fire Fighters Local 5388 and Unrepresented Employees.
ADJOURNMENT
In compliance with the American with Disabilities Act, if you need special assistance to participate in this meeting, please contact the City Clerk at (831) 675-5000. Notification 48 hours prior to the meeting will enable the City to make reasonable arrangements to ensure accessibility to this meeting. (CFR 35.102-
35.104 ADA Title II). This is a public meeting and as such, can be seen live by people present or online and is being recorded; therefore; anything you say or do here is public information. The recordings are available online.
I, Mary Villegas, Deputy City Clerk of the City of Gonzales, do hereby certify that a copy of the foregoing Joint City Council/Successor Agency Regular Meeting Agenda was posted at City Hall, Council Chambers, and on the City’s website by Wednesday, March 12, 2025, at 5:00p.m. 03/12/25
Mary Villegas Date