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, AUGUST 4, 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. If you wish to make either a general public comment or to comment on a specific agenda item, please use the Raise Hand function. You will be allowed two minutes for your comments.
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BUSINESS FROM THE PUBLIC
2. Business from the Public not on the Agenda; any member of the Public may address the Council/Agency for a period not to exceed two (2) 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.
3. Approve the Joint City Council & Successor Agency - Regular Meeting - July 21, 2025 Minutes
4. Approve City Accounts Payable Warrants #52330-52438
5. Consider Approval of Resolution No. 2025-63, A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Gonzales awarding the 2025 Slurry Seal Project to Pavement Coatings Company, Rejecting Other Submitted Bids, And Authorizing and Directing City Staff to Execute a Contract with Pavement Coatings Company in the Amount of $240,000 which Includes a $13,500 Contingency for Unforeseen Field Conditions
6. Consider Approval of Resolution No. 2025-64, A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Gonzales Adopting a Traffic Calming Policy
REGULAR AGENDA
7. Public Hearing to Consider Approval of 1) Resolution No. 2025-51, A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Gonzales Determining that the Common Sense Exemption to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Applies to the Proposed 6th Cycle Housing Element, General Plan Land Use Text Amendment and Zoning Ordinance Text/Map Amendments as Supported by The Housing Element Update CEQA Exemption Technical Memorandum Prepared in February of 2025; 2) Resolution No. 2025-52, A Resolution of the City Council of The City of Gonzales Approving General Plan Amendment (GPA) 2025-01, Amending the Land Use Element of The General Plan, And Adopting The 2023-2031 Housing Element Update; and 3) Introduce, Waive First Reading, and Read by Title only Ordinance No. 2025–152, An Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Gonzale Approving the New 6th Cycle Housing Element Update by Amending Title 12- (Zoning Regulations) with Associated Zoning Map And Zoning Regulation Text Changes, as Follows: Provisions In Chapter 12.08-Definitions, Chapter 12.20-Site Plan Permits, Chapter 12.48- Density Bonus, Chapter 12.56-Summary Of Zoning Districts And Permitted Uses, Chapter 12.68-R1 Medium Density Residential District, Chapter 12.112-General Applications, and Chapter 12.120- Parking, and the Addition of New Chapter 12.54-Reasonable Accommodations, Chapter 12.110- Aho Affordable Housing Overlay, Chapter 12.154-Local Education Agency Lands, Chapter
12.156-Employee Housing, Chapter 12.158-Licensed Residential Care Facilities, and Chapter
12.160-Transitional and Supportive Housing, and Amending the Zoning Map to Comply with the General Plan
a) Staff Report
b) Public Hearing
c) Council Discussion
d) Council Action
Staff Recommended Action-Adopt Resolution No. 2025-51 and Resolution No. 2025-52 and Introduce, Waive Reading, and Read by Title only Ordinance No. 2025-152
BUSINESS FROM CITY COUNCIL
8. City Council Board/Committee Reports
a. Transportation Agency for Monterey County
b. Mayor Selection Committee
c. Salinas Valley Recycles
d. Measure K Oversight Committee
9. 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
10. 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 two (2) minutes. Please be brief and to the point.
11. The City Council will recess to closed session to consider personnel matters pursuant to Government Code Section 54957(B)(1) - City Manager Evaluation.
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 Thursday, July 31, 2025, at 5:00p.m. 07/31/25
Mary Villegas Date