Ripon City Council
Special Meeting Minutes
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3, 2026
SPECIAL MEETING
10:00 AM
The Special Meeting was called to order by Mayor Gary Barton at 10:00 AM ROLL CALL:
Attendee Name Title Status Arrived
Gary Barton Mayor Present
Dean Uecker Vice Mayor Present
Michael Restuccia Council Member Present
Leo Zuber Council Member Present
Daniel de Graaf Council Member Absent
OTHERS PRESENT:
City Administrator Kevin Werner, City Attorney Tom Terpstra Jr., City Clerk Lisa Roos, Deputy City Clerk Jane Kilgore, Information Systems Technician Elizabeth Farnam.
PUBLIC DISCUSSION:
No one from the public wished to speak at this time.
1. TOPICS OF DISCUSSION
A. MEADOWOOD ASSESSMENT DISTRICT NO. 26-1
RESOLUTION NO. 26-16
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY
COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RIPON
ORDERING THE FORMATION OF
MEADOWOOD ASSESSMENT
DISTRICT NO. 26-1, CITY OF RIPON,
COUNTY OF SAN JOAQUIN,
CALIFORNIA, TO LEVY AND
COLLECT ASSESSMENTS PURSUANT
TO THE LANDSCAPING AND
LIGHTING ACT OF 1972 FOR THE
MAINTENANCE OF CERTAIN
LANDSCAPING AND IRRIGATION
IMPROVEMENTS
This is a public hearing to consider
adoption of a resolution ordering the
formation of Meadowood Assessment
District No. 26-1, City of Ripon, County of
San Joaquin, California, to levy and collect
assessments for the maintenance of certain
landscaping and irrigation improvements.
Recommended Action: Adopt the
Resolution and authorize the Mayor to sign
and execute any and all documents
necessary to forward the assessment to the
County Assessor’s Office for placement on
the County tax rolls.
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City Administrator Werner said this is the final step in the process to establish a landscape maintenance assessment district for the Meadowood subdivision, an 88-lot single-family residential development, currently under construction on Fulton Avenue.
Werner explained that the assessment district will fund the maintenance of landscaping, irrigation, and related structures along the project's frontage on Fulton Avenue, the Fulton Avenue median, and along Goodwin Avenue.
Werner said that assessment ballots were distributed to the 88 property owners, all of whom are currently represented by the developer, Lennar Homes, and that the assessment had passed. He said that the annual assessment is approximately $550 per parcel.
Vice Mayor Uecker said the amount seems low. Werner explained that the assessment was calculated to cover ongoing landscape maintenance as well as the long-term repair and replacement of irrigation systems, landscaping, and related structures and should be sufficient.
Council Member Restuccia asked if the assessment was indexed and Werner confirmed it is indexed and will be brought before Council annually with the other landscape districts to determine if the full amount needs to be collected.
Werner said upon approval of the resolution, the required documents would be submitted to the County to establish the necessary tax codes and begin collecting assessment revenues.
Werner further noted that maintenance of the improvements will be performed by the City's landscape maintenance contractor.
PUBLIC HEARING OPENED
No one from the public wished to speak at this time.
PUBLIC HEARING CLOSED
Motion to adopt Resolution 26-16 ordering the formation of Meadowood Assessment District No. 26-1 to levy and collect assessments for the maintenance of certain landscaping and irrigation improvements previously approved by the City Council as part of the formation of the assessment district and authorize the Mayor to sign and execute any and all documents necessary to forward the assessment to the County Assessor’s Office for placement on the County tax rolls.
RESULT: ADOPTED [UNANIMOUS]
MOVER: Michael Restuccia, Council Member
SECONDER: Leo Zuber, Council Member
AYES: Barton, Uecker, Restuccia, Zuber
ABSENT: de Graaf
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2. ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 10:07 AM. (Signed) Gary Barton
Mayor
ATTEST:
(Signed) Lisa Roos
City Clerk