Resolution No.
STOCKTON CITY COUNCIL
RESOLUTION TO VOTE THE CITY’S BALLOT IN THE [AFFIRMATIVE / NEGATIVE] FOR THE SPECIAL BENEFIT ASSESSMENT OF CITY PROPERTIES LOCATED WITHIN THE PROPOSED SAN JOAQUIN AREA FLOOD CONTROL AGENCY LEVEE CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE ASSESSMENT DISTRICT The City of Stockton (“City”) is a Member Agency of the San Joaquin Area Flood Control Agency (“SJAFCA”); and SJAFCA is partnering with the San Joaquin County Flood Control & Water Conservation District Zone 9 (Zone 9), a division of San Joaquin County, to advance a special benefit assessment to raise additional funding to; fund the local cost share of the Lower San Joaquin River Federal Project, ensure continued Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) accreditation of the levees protecting North and Central Stockton; and, address a $1.5 million annual shortfall between existing and needed revenues for the proper maintenance of existing levees; and On March 16, 2023, the San Joaquin Area Flood Control Agency (“SJAFCA”), pursuant to the Benefit Assessment Act of 1982 (Government Code § 54703 et seq.), Article XIII D of the California Constitution, and the Proposition 218 Omnibus Implementation Act (Government Code § 53750 et seq.) noticed its intent to levy a special assessment to fund levee improvements and levee operations and maintenance services within a boundary encompassing all properties that benefit from the avoidance of flood damages; and Pursuant to that action, the City is receipt of ballots relating to City-owned properties located within the boundary of SJAFCA’s proposed Levee Construction and Maintenance Assessment District; and The City desires to vote its ballot in the [affirmative / negative], in [favor of / opposition to] imposing the special assessment, in order to support increased funding for levee construction and levee operations and maintenance services as performed by SJAFCA; now, therefore, //
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BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF STOCKTON, AS FOLLOWS:
The City Council of the City of Stockton directs the City Manager to vote and submit the City’s ballots for the PRFMA Special Benefit Assessment, according to Council direction, in the [affirmative / negative].
The City Manager is hereby authorized to take whatever actions are appropriate and necessary to carry out the purpose and intent of this Resolution.
PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED May 23, 2023 .
KEVIN J. LINCOLN II
Mayor of the City of Stockton
ATTEST:
ELIZA R. GARZA, CMC
City Clerk of the City of Stockton