City Council - Special Meeting

Okay, let's call this special session of Ripon City Council June 3rd to order. And Lisa, can you take the roll, please?

We usually don't, but no problem.

Well, it says roll call on the agenda, so.

Okay, Council Member Daniel DeGraff, Council Member Zuber.

I think I'm here.

Rostusha? Present. Vice Mayor Uecker? Here. Mayor Gary Barton?

Present. This is a public meeting. If there's anything that someone would like to discuss that's not on the agenda, please approach the days. Seen anything online? All right. Let's move to our topic of discussion. And Kevin, is this you? Yeah.

So this item is a resolution to move forward with the assessment district related to the Meadowood subdivision that's currently in construction on Fulton Avenue. This project includes 88 single family residential houses. The assessment district would cover the landscaping, Irrigation and structures along the project frontage on Fulton Avenue also includes the landscaping and irrigation along that median, along Fulton Avenue. And then lastly, along Goodwin Avenue, same thing, landscaping and irrigation. So this assessment ballots went out to the 88 property owners at this time. Lennar Homes owns all 88 parcels. So the assessment did pass. I just texted Spencer. He ended up having another commitment right now. But I think the assessment was $500 to $550 in that range a year. A year. Right. Yeah. Yeah. So this is tonight, this is the, or today, this is the third step in the process, the last step for the council to adopt the resolution that forms the assessment district and direct staff to submit the required documents to the county to set up the necessary tax codes so we begin receiving the revenue. And then as far as the maintenance of this, The city's contractor that we've hired is going to do the maintenance of these items. So we're working with them right now on the scope and fee in addition of this.

For the median, it only goes down to the end of their property. That section we added, it goes on to colony. That'll be tied to whatever happens to that corner.

Yeah. Correct. So happy to answer any questions. This is a public hearing, I believe.

So I have a question. So why do we have a special meeting? Is it because we need to get this in place so we can start closing the houses?

Exactly.

Or selling the houses or whatever? Okay.

Yeah.

So cheap. I mean, it seems reasonably cheap to me.

Yeah, they look at the cost of the monthly maintenance to do it. They also incorporate the cost to replace irrigation over time. Some of the structures are included in this and replace the structures over time, maintain those, paint them, and then replace plants. It was the number, essentially, and spread out over 88 homeowners.

I have one last question. Is it indexed? It is indexed, yeah.

Well, and if you figure 88 homes at $500 a piece, that's $45,000 a year, Dean. That's a lot of money. Yeah, every homeowner gets that $500.

That's the other stuff. The homeowner takes care of the inside.

That was a good point. And from our perspective, this is something we look at every year.

And as we index it and look at the amount of money versus the cost, this is something that comes before the council every year to determine, you know, do you collect the full index? Do you not index it? And then how much money is set aside in a reserve account to pay for the replacement of plants and paintings and whatever else is needed over time too.

No. Yeah.

Yeah, Grover has given us a scope and a fee to do this, so you'll probably see an amendment at some point to add this to the Grover contract.

What I have to say is that the landscaping that they put in, it's going to be interesting to watch that mature, because you guys did a good job. You really did. I'm excited.

Well, I could tell you that the relationship with Lennar has been very positive. And it's been a good working relationship. But one of the things that we met about there are those wrought iron short gates I just drove by. Those look very good. And Lennar... Lenar was not required to put those in, but we met out there. Where are they? Along Fulton Avenue, there was these large openings, and they added these short wrought iron fences in there.

Oh, yeah, that's right. Well, and on the top of the wall, there's those sections.

Yeah. It really looks good. It really, I think, set that area off. So, no, I appreciate you guys doing that, but yeah.

So this is a public hearing. Is there anyone online or in the audience who would like to address this issue? Seeing none, we will... close the public hearing, bring it back to council. Is there a motion to approve the Meadowood Landscape Maintenance District?

I'll make a motion. We 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.

That was very well spoken. I just came off the top of my head. That was beautiful.

I'll second it, but without all the bravado.

We have a motion and a second. All right, motion is adopted. Congratulations. And if there is no further business, we're adjourned.