City of Gonzales
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT
ACTIVITY REPORT
TO: Honorable Mayor Rios and City Council
DATE: June 16, 2025
FROM: Taven Kinison Brown, Community Development Director THROUGH: Carmen Gil, City Manager
SUBJECT: Activity Report
HOUSING
Vista Lucia Specific Plan. As of June 9, 2025, the applicant and staff are conferring on a few matters before scheduling final review with the City Council.
6 th Cycle Housing Element. A public hearing notice will be prepared for the Planning Commission to consider a Housing Element recommendation to the City Council on July 14, 2025. City Council will be scheduled to consider the matter on August 4, 2025.
The revised Puente del Monte Specific Plan is under review with reimbursement and consultant agreements in place. The staff consultant will work approximately 16 hours weekly focused on advancing this project.
The D’Arrigo 138-acre Site East of Hwy 101. Staff met with John Culligan on Monday June 9, 2025, to discuss opportunities for encouraging housing development on that land.
BUILDING DIVISION ACTIVITY
From May 1, 2025 through May 31, 2025 (31 reporting days), the City issued 22 permits for a garage ADU conversion, re-roofs, electrical work associated with solar installations, exterior stucco replacement, and demolition of 9 blighted labor camp structures at 825 Alta Street. The estimated value of improvements was $236,769.
AGENDA
ITEM
8 CODE ENFORCEMENT
Two cases were opened in May of 2025. One for an RV parked in a front yard, and a second for unpermitted construction.
ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS
Staff is bringing in an Intern to the Community Development Department to facilitate projects related to business licensing, marketing Gonzales businesses, and monitoring and record keeping activities to improve departmental efficiencies and practices. The Intern will be paid through grants administered through Hartnell College at no salary expense to the City.
Staff continues to reach out to find people interested in the permanent Development Services Technician position.