CITY OF PETALUMA, CALIFORNIA
OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK
LEGAL NOTICE: PUBLISH ONCE
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
INTENTION TO ORDER THE LEVY AND
COLLECTION OF ASSESSMENTS PURSUANT TO THE
LANDSCAPING AND LIGHTING ACT OF 1972 FOR
LANDSCAPE ASSESSMENT DISTRICTS
FISCAL YEAR 2025-2026
WHEREAS, pursuant to that certain Resolution Declaring Intention To Levy And Collect Assessments Within The City’s Landscape Assessment Districts, Accepting The Engineer’s Report, And Giving Notice Of The Time And The Place Of The Public Hearing On The Levy Of The Proposed Assessments For Fiscal Year 2025/26, adopted by the City Council of Petaluma, pursuant to the Landscaping and Lighting Act of 1972, the Engineer of Work of said City has prepared and filed with the City Clerk of this City the written report for the Districts, listed in Attachment 2, the Engineer’s report on file, called for under said Act and by that certain Resolution, which said report has been submitted and preliminarily approved by this Council in accordance with said Act:
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY FOUND, DETERMINED AND ORDERED, as follows:
1. In its opinion the public interest and convenience require and it is the intention of this Council to order the levy and collection of assessments for fiscal year 2025-2026 pursuant to the provisions of the Landscaping and Lighting Act of 1972, Streets and Highways Code sections 22500 et seq., for the construction or installation of the improvements, if any, including the maintenance, more particularly described for each and every District in the Engineer’s Report on file.
2. The cost and expenses of said improvements, if any, for each Assessment District, including the maintenance, are to be made chargeable upon the said assessment district the exterior boundaries of which district are the composite and consolidated area as more particularly described on a map thereof on file in the office of the City Clerk, to which reference is hereby made for further particulars. Said map indicates by a boundary line the extent of the territory included in each of the districts and of any zone thereof and the general location of said districts.
3. Said Engineer’s Report for the Districts prepared by the Engineer of Work of said City, preliminarily approved by this Council, and on file with the City Clerk is hereby referred to for a full and detailed description of the improvements, the boundaries of the assessment district and any zones therein, and the proposed assessments upon assessable lots and parcels of land within the districts.
4. Notice is hereby given that Monday, July 07, 2025, at or after 6:30 p.m., in the regular meeting place of said Council, Council Chambers, City Hall, 11 English Street, Petaluma California. Additionally, you can observe virtually via Zoom.
The Zoom link for the hearing will be in the July 07, 2025, Agenda of the Meeting of the Petaluma City Council and Petaluma Community Development Successor Agency. The same are hereby appointed and fixed as the time and place for a hearing by this Council on the question of the levy and collection of the proposed assessments for each District for the construction or installation of said improvements, if any, including the maintenance, and when and where it will consider all statements and all written protests made or filed by any interested person at or before the conclusion of said hearing, against said improvements, the boundaries of each assessment district and any zone therein, the proposed diagram or the proposed assessments, to the Engineer’s estimate of the cost thereof, an d when and where it will consider and finally act upon the Engineer’s Report for the Districts.
5. The City Clerk is hereby directed to give notice of said hearing by causing a copy of this resolution to be published once in a newspaper of general circulation circulated in said City, and by conspicuously posting a copy thereof upon the official bulletin board customarily used by the Council for the posting of notices, said posting and publication to be had and completed at least ten (10) days prior to the date of hearing specified herein.
6. The City Engineer of said City is hereby designated as the person to answer inquiries regarding any protest proceedings to be had herein and may be contacted during regular office hours at the Petaluma City Hall, 11 English St Street, Petaluma, CA 94952, or by calling 707-778-4303.
In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you require special assistance to participate in this meeting, please contact the City Clerk’s Office at (707) 778-4360 (voice) or (707) 778-4480 (TDD). Translators, American Sign Language interpreters, and/or assistive listening devices for individuals with hearing disabilities will be available upon request. A minimum of 48 hours is needed to ensure the availability of translation services. In consideration of those with multiple chemical sensitivities or other environmental illness, it is requested that you refrain from wearing scented products.
Caitlin Corley, City Clerk
May 23, 2025