RESOLUTION NO. 2025-33
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GONZALES
DECLARING INTENTION TO CONFIRM DIAGRAMS AND TO LEVY AND
COLLECT ANNUAL ASSESSMENTS PURSUANT TO THE
BENEFIT ASSESSMENT ACT OF 1982
CALIFORNIA BREEZE BENEFIT ASSESSMENT DISTRICT NOS. 1, 2 AND 3 WHEREAS, it is the intention of the Gonzales City Council (the “Council”) to confirm the diagram for and to levy and collect assessments in the California Breeze Benefit Assessment District No. 1, California Breeze Benefit Assessment District No. 2, and California Breeze Benefit Assessment District No. 3 for the purpose of maintaining, operating and/or servicing of public lands and improvements for parks and open space purposes pursuant to the Benefit Assessment Act of 1982 (the “Act”), being Title 5, Part 1, Division 2, Chapter 6.4 of the California Government Code (commencing with Section 54703), and as provided by Article XIIID of the California Constitution; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Act, Harris & Associates, the designated Engineer of Work of the City of Gonzales (the “City”) has filed with the City Clerk an Engineer’s Report (the “Report”) for the Districts called for under said Act; and WHEREAS, the Council has given preliminary consideration to the Report and each and every part thereof, and finds that each and every part of said Report is sufficient, and that neither said Report, nor any part thereof requires or should be modified in any respect.
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Gonzales as follows:
1. The Council hereby finds that the public interest and convenience requires, and as such declares its intention to levy and collect assessments against the assessable lots and parcels of land within the Districts referenced herein for Fiscal Year 2025-2026, all pursuant to the Benefit Assessment Act of 1982 and Article XIIID of the California Constitution.
2. The public improvements and lands to be maintained, operated and/or serviced are generally described in the California Breeze Benefit Assessment Districts No. 1, 2, and 3 Engineer’s Report for Fiscal Year 2025-2026, incorporated herein by reference.
3. The proposed assessment districts are designated by the following distinctive names: California Breeze Benefit Assessment District No. 1, California Breeze Benefit Assessment District No. 2, and California Breeze Benefit Assessment District No. 3. The assessment districts are generally described as follows:
California Breeze Benefit Assessment District No. 1 - a district bounded on the east by Herold Parkway, on the west by US Route 101, on the south by a line approximately 3200 feet south of Fifth Street, and on the north by Fifth Street.
California Breeze Benefit Assessment District No. 2 - a district bounded on the east by Herold Parkway, on the west by US Route 101, on the south by a line approximately 4300 feet south of Fifth Street, and on the north by California Breeze Phase I.
California Breeze Benefit Assessment District No. 3 - a district bounded on the east by Herold Parkway, on the west by US Route 101, on the north by a line approximately 4300 feet south of Fifth Street, and on the south by a line approximately 5100 feet south of Fifth Street.
4. Reference to the Engineer’s Report, on file with the City Clerk, is hereby made for a full and detailed description of the public improvements, the boundaries of the assessment districts, and the proposed assessments upon assessable lots and parcels of land within the assessment districts.
5. It is ordered that Monday, July 21, 2025, at 6:00 p.m., in the regular meeting place of said Council, Council Chambers, 117 Fourth Street, Gonzales, California, is hereby appointed and fixed for the public hearing and time and place when and where the Council will consider and act upon the Engineer’s Report, confirm the District diagrams, and the levy of the proposed assessments.
6. The City Clerk is directed to give notice of the hearing by one publication of a copy of this Resolution of Intention in the local newspaper published and circulated in said City, pursuant to Section 6061 of the California Government Code.
7. The proposed assessments will not increase from the assessments established for the Districts for Fiscal Year 2024-2025.
PASSED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Gonzales duly held on the 2
nd day of June, 2025, by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS:
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS:
ABSTAIN: COUNCIL MEMBERS:
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS:
Jose L. Rios, The Honorable Mayor
ATTEST:
I, the undersigned Deputy City Clerk, hereby certify that the foregoing resolution was duly and regularly adopted and passed by the City Council of the City of Gonzales, California, at a regular meeting thereof held on the 2
nd day of June, 2025, by the above-stated vote of the members thereof, a majority being present.
Dated: June 2, 2025
Mary Villegas, Deputy City Clerk