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, SUCCESSOR AGENCY, AND
GONZALES PUBLIC FINANCING AUTHORITY
CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS – 117 FOURTH STREET
GONZALES, CA 93926
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2025
6:00 P.M.
CALL TO ORDER
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
1. ROLL CALL- City Council/Successor Agency/Public Financing Authority Board Members 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
Financing Authority 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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PRESENTATIONS
2. Consider Approval of, and Present, Resolution No. 2025-82, A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Gonzales In Honor and Recognition of Public Works Director/City Engineer Patrick M.
Dobbins for His Dedicated Service to the City and Residents of Gonzales
3. PG&E Presentation by Central Coast Government Affairs Representative Jazmine Venegas
BUSINESS FROM THE PUBLIC
4. 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.
5. Approve the Joint City Council and Successor Agency - Regular Meeting – November 3, 2025 Minutes
6. Approve City Accounts Payable Warrants #52930-52992
7. City Manager’s Report
8. Community Development Department Activity Report
9. Community Engagement & Recreation Departments Activity Report
10. Fire Department Activity Report
11. Police Department Activity Report
12. Public Works/City Engineer Department Activity Report
13. Accept the 2025 Annual Public Financing Authority Report
14. Consider Approval of Resolution No. 2025-80, A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Gonzales Accepting the 2025 Slurry Seal Contract as Complete, Authorizing Staff to File a Notice of Completion with the County Recorder and Direct Staff to Release Retention Monies to the Contractor After the Notice of Completion is Recorded
15. Consider Approval of Resolution No. 2025-81, A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Gonzales Approving and Authorizing Execution of a Lease Agreement with the County of Monterey for the new Gonzales Branch Library
16. Consider Approval of Resolution No. 2025-83, A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Gonzales Authorizing the City Manager to sign a Consultant Services Agreement Between the City of Gonzales and EMC Planning Group for the Preparation of an Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for the Puente Del Monte Specific Plan
REGULAR AGENDA
17. Public Hearing to Adopt, Waive Reading, and Read by Title Only Ordinance No. 2025-153, An Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Gonzales Updating Chapter 10.16 Sewer Use of the Gonzales Municipal Code
a) Staff Report
b) Public Hearing
c) Council Discussion
d) Council Action
Staff Recommended Action-Adopt Ordinance No. 2025-153
18. Updated Sewer Capital Improvement Program
a) Staff Report
b) Public Comment
c) Council Discussion
d) Council Action
Staff Recommended Action-Approve the updated Sewer Capital Improvement Program
GONZALES YOUTH COUNCIL UPDATES
19. 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 COUNCIL
20. City Council Board/Committee Reports
a. League of California Cities Monterey Bay Division
b. Association of Monterey Bay Area Governments
c. Monterey Salinas Transit
21. Oral Communications
BUSINESS FROM CITY MANAGER
22. Oral Communications
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/Public Financing Authority Regular Meeting Agenda was posted at City Hall, Council Chambers, and on the City’s website by Thursday, November 13, 2025, at 5:00p.m. 11/13/25
Mary Villegas Date