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
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 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
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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.
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 - August 18, 2025 Minutes
4. Approve the Joint City Council/Successor Agency/Successor Housing Agency/Electric Authority/Municipal Electric Utility - Special Meeting - August 25, 2025 Minutes *
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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.
5. Approve City Accounts Payable Warrants #52500-52594
6. Authorize the City Manager to Enter Into a Memorandum of Agreement with the Federal Emergency Management Agency Integrated Public Alert and Warning System (IPAWS) Regarding the Use of City of Gonzales Interoperable Systems and IPAWS OPEN Platform for Emergency Networks
7. Consider Approval of Proclamation No. 2025-07 Proclaiming September 9, 2025 as California’s 175th Anniversary of Statehood
8. Consider Approval of Resolution No. 2025-67, A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Gonzales Designating Reconstructing Alta Minor Street between Third Street and Fourth Street as the City’s Priority Project for FY 2025-2026 to be Funded by SB 1 “The Road Repair and Accountability Act of 2017”
9. Consider Approval of Resolution No. 2025-68, A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Gonzales Authorizing Execution of a $6M Amendment Agreement to the $28.8M State Revolving Fund Loan for the Industrial Wastewater System
REGULAR AGENDA
10. Public Hearing Regarding the Vista Lucia Project to:
• Consider Approval of Resolution No. 2025-09, A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Gonzales Certifying the Vista Lucia Project Final Environmental Impact Report (SCH#2020039056), Adoption of the Mitigation Monitoring Reporting Program (MMRP), and Adoption of CEQA Findings of Fact and Statement of Overriding Considerations • Consider Approval of Resolution No. 2025-10, A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Gonzales Approving an Amendment to the Gonzales General Plan (GPA 2025-02) and Approval of the Vista Lucia Specific Plan
• Introduce, Waive Reading and Read by Title Only Ordinance No. 2025-148, An Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Gonzales Approving the Pre-Zoning of the Vista Lucia Project Area to Zoning Districts as Designated in the Vista Lucia Specific Plan • Introduce, Waive Reading and Read by Title Only Ordinance No. 2025-149, An Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Gonzales Approving a Development Agreement by and Between the City of Gonzales and Cielo Grande Ranch, LLC Relative to the Development Known as Vista Lucia
• Consider Approval of Resolution No. 2025-11, A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Gonzales Approving the Vista Lucia Blocks 1-8 Tentative Map (TM 2023-01) of 796 Building Lots Accommodating 1,247 Units and 49 Common Lots on a Project Site of 236.5± Acres Located East of Fanoe Road (Monterey County Assessor Parcel No. 223-031-027 & 024) • Consider Approval of Resolution No. 2025-12, A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Gonzales Approving the Initiation of a 771 Acre Annexation Request with the Monterey County Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCo)
a) Staff Report
b) Public Hearing
c) Council Discussion
d) Council Action
Staff Recommended Action- 1) Adopt Resolution No. 2025-09, 2) Adopt Resolution No. 2025-10, 3) Introduce, Waive Reading and Read By Title Only Ordinance No. 2025-148, 4) Introduce, Waive Reading and Read By Title Only Ordinance No. 2025-149, 5) Adopt Resolution No. 2025-11, and 6) Adopt Resolution No. 2025-12 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 COUNCIL
11. City Council Board/Committee Reports
a. Transportation Agency for Monterey County
b. Mayor Selection Committee
c. Salinas Valley Recycles
d. Measure K Oversight Committee
12. Oral Communications
BUSINESS FROM CITY MANAGER
13. Oral Communications
ADJOURNMENT
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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, August 28, 2025, at 5:00p.m. 08/28/25
Mary Villegas Date