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
City Council
259 N. Wilma Avenue
Ripon, CA 95366
MEMO
To: Honorable City Council
From: Kevin Werner, City Administrator
Date: 06/03/2026
Subject: Meadowood Landscape Maintenance District - 3rd Formation Resolution RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Requesting the City Council adopt the Resolution 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.
BACKGROUND:
The Meadowood Residential Subdivision project was approved on February 13, 2018 to develop 88 single family residences west of Fulton Avenue. As part of the Conditions of Approval, the developer is required to support the formation of a Landscape Maintenance District in order to provide funding for the landscaping the City of Ripon is responsible to maintain, which generally includes:
Landscaping, irrigation, and structures along the project frontage on Fulton Avenue Landscaping and irrigation along the Fulton Avenue median along the project frontage Landscaping and irrigation along Goodwin Avenue median DISCUSSION:
Pursuant to the provision of the Landscaping and Lighting Act of 1972, Part 2, Division 15 of the Streets and Highways Code of the State of California and Proposition 218, the City Council conducts proceedings for the formation of the City of Ripon Landscape Maintenance Districts as outlined in the table below.
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Formation of Landscape Maintenance District Check List
Step Description
1 City Council adopts the resolution of intention to undertake proceedings for the formation of an assessment district directing the City Engineer to prepare a report in connection with the proposed formation of the assessment district. (1st Formation Resolution)
2 City Council adopts the resolution approving the Engineer’s Report in connection with the proposed formation of the assessment district, declaring its intention to form an assessment district and setting a time and place for a public hearing. (2nd Formation Resolution)
3 City Council adopts the resolution directing the formation of the assessment district. (3rd Formation Resolution)
4 City submits required documents to County to set up new tax code required to levy the assessment.
The attached resolution is the third step in forming Meadowood Assessment District No. 26-1.
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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
WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution No. 26-6, entitled “A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Ripon Declaring Its Intention to Undertake Proceedings for the Formation of an Assessment District to be known as 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 Systems, and Ordering the City Engineer to Prepare on behalf of the City of Ripon an Engineer’s Report,” the City Council initiated proceedings for the formation of Meadowood Assessment District No. 26-1; and
WHEREAS, the proposed assessment district is designated as Meadowood Assessment District No. 26-1, City of Ripon, County of San Joaquin, California, and includes the land shown on the Meadowood Final Map designated “Assessment Diagram, Assessment District No. 26-1, City of Ripon, County of San Joaquin, California,” which Final Map is on file with the City Clerk and is hereby approved; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution No. 26-12, the City Council approved the Engineer’s Report dated April 14, 2026, prepared by the City Engineer with respect to proposed Assessment District No. 26-1, and designated June 3, 2026, at 10:00 a.m., in the Council Chambers at Ripon City Hall, 259 N. Wilma Avenue, Ripon, California, as the time and place for a public hearing regarding the proposed formation of Assessment District No. 26-1 and the levy of the proposed assessments set forth in the Engineer’s Report and related matters; and WHEREAS, official ballots were mailed or otherwise delivered to the owners of affected property at least forty-five (45) days prior to the public hearing; and WHEREAS, at the public hearing held on June 3, 2026, no majority protest existed or was filed against the proposed formation of the district or the levy of assessments.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED as follows:
1. Formation of District.
Meadowood Assessment District No. 26-1, City of Ripon, County of San Joaquin, California, is hereby formed and shall include the land shown on the Meadowood Final Map designated “Assessment Diagram, Assessment District No. 26-1.”
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2. Levy of Assessments.
The assessments set forth in the Engineer’s Report dated April 14, 2026, are hereby levied for Fiscal Year 2026–2027.
PASSED AND ADOPTED at a special meeting of the City Council of the City of Ripon this 3rd day of June, 2026, by the following vote:
RESULT: ADOPTED [UNANIMOUS]
MOVER: Michael Restuccia, Council Member
SECONDER:Leo Zuber, Council Member
AYES: Gary Barton, Dean Uecker, Michael Restuccia, Leo Zuber ABSENT: Daniel de Graaf
THE CITY OF RIPON,
A Municipal Corporation
By ________________________________
GARY BARTON, Mayor
ATTEST:
By: ___________________________
LISA ROOS, City Clerk
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