Resolution No.
STOCKTON CITY COUNCIL
RESOLUTION OF INTENTION FOR FORMATION OF THE DOWNTOWN STOCKTON COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT, ACCEPTING PETITION OF PROPERTY OWNERS, PRELIMINARILY APPROVING THE MANAGEMENT DISTRICT PLAN AND ENGINEER’S REPORT, APPROVING A PROPOSED BOUNDARY MAP, SETTING A DATE FOR A PUBLIC HEARING OF PROTESTS ON 9/23/2025, PROVIDING FOR MAILING OF PROPERTY OWNER BALLOTS AND NOTICES, AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER OR DESIGNEE, TO SIGN THE BALLOTS FOR CITY-OWNED PROPERTY The Property and Business Improvement District Law of 1994, Streets and Highways Code section 36600 et seq., authorizes cities and counties to establish and renew property and business improvement districts for the purposes of providing activities and improvements which generate a special benefit to assessed parcels; and The City of Stockton's Community Improvement District Ordinance, at Title 3, Chapter 3.96 of the Stockton Municipal Code, as amended by Ordinance No. 2022-03- 22-1211, provides for alternative procedures which supplement the procedures of the Streets and Highway Code; and Incorporated herein by this reference is the Downton Stockton Community Improvement District (“DSCID”) Management District Plan (hereafter “Plan”), which provides for Community Ambassadors, Maintenance Teams, landscape beautification, advocacy services, business development, marketing, events, and administration with the intent of providing special benefits to assessed parcels within the DSCID; and Owners of parcels within the proposed DSCID have submitted petitions asking that the City Council establish the DSCID. Included with each petition was a Management District Plan summary and a map showing the boundaries of the DSCID. The petitions, the boundary map, and the Plan are on file with the City Clerk; and The City Council finds that the City has received petitions signed by property owners in the proposed DSCID who will pay more than 30% of the proposed assessment; and The City Council finds that the Plan satisfies all the requirements of Streets and Highways Code section 36622. The Plan proposes to fund improvements and services through the levy of a benefit assessment on real property within the DSCID; and Pursuant to Article XIID, Section 4 of the California Constitution, publicly-owned properties which receive special benefit from the improvements must be assessed a proportionate share of the costs thereof; now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF STOCKTON, AS FOLLOWS:
Recitals. The recitals set forth herein are true and correct.
Intention and Acceptance of Petitions. The City Council finds that property owners who will pay more than 30% of the assessment proposed in the Plan have signed petitions. The City Council accepts the petitions on file with the City Clerk and intends the formation of the DSCID and to levy an assessment on real property within the DSCID boundaries in accordance with City's Community Improvement District law. In the first year of the twenty-year term, the proposed assessment on all property owners is approximately $1,862,000.
Assessment. The assessment will be imposed on real property at the following rates:
Assessment Rates:
Lot + Building Sq. Ft.
Commercial/Govt/Multi Family
$0.07881
Res 1-3 Units/Non-Profit
$0.04728
Assessment rates may be subject to annual increases not to exceed 5% per year. Increases will be determined by the Owners' Association and will vary between 0 - 5% annually due to increasing costs in labor, materials, and other expenses. Such an increase will not exceed the actual costs to provide the same or similar level of service year to year.
Management Plan and Engineer’s Report. The Management Plan and Engineer’s Report have been prepared and filed with the City Clerk, incorporated herein as Exhibit 2. The City Council finds that the Plan satisfies all requirements of Streets and Highway Code section 36622.
Boundary Map. The exterior boundaries of the DSCID are shown on the map attached to this resolution as Exhibit 1.
Bonds. Bonds shall not be issued for the DSCID.
Hearing. The time and place for the public hearing on the establishment of the DSCID and the levy of the proposed assessment is set for 5:30 p.m. on September 23, 2025, in the City Council Chamber located at 425 N. El Dorado Street, Second Floor, Stockton, CA 95202. The City Council may continue the public hearing from time to time.
Notice of Hearing. The City Clerk is directed to give notice of the time and place of the public hearing in accordance with Streets and Highways Code section 36623. The City Clerk is to do this by mailing (or causing to be mailed) written notices and assessment ballots in the time, form, and manner provided by Government Code section 53753 to all persons who own real property within the proposed DSCID and will be subject to the proposed assessment. The City Clerk is further directed to file an affidavit with the City Council when all notices and ballots have been mailed, setting forth the time and manner of his or her compliance with the requirements of law for mailing the notices and ballots. The notice, herein incorporated by this reference as Exhibit 3, shall be mailed not less than forty-five (45) days before the date of the public hearing.
Ballot and Authorization. At the public hearing, the City Council will consider all objections or protests to the proposed assessment, and any interested person will be permitted to present written or oral testimony. At the conclusion of the public hearing, all ballots submitted and not withdrawn will be tabulated in accordance with Government Code section 53753. The Council hereby authorizes the City Manager or designee, to execute the property owner’s assessment ballot for all property owned by the City and proposed to be assessed, in favor of the formation of the DSCID and the assessment thereon.
Effectiveness. This resolution shall take effect immediately upon its passage.
The City Manager, or designee, is hereby authorized to take whatever actions are necessary and appropriate to carry out the purpose and intent of this Resolution.
PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED July 29, 2025 .
CHRISTINA FUGAZI
Mayor of the City of Stockton
ATTEST:
KATHERINE ROLAND, CMC, CPMC
City Clerk of the City of Stockton