MINUTES
CITY OF CAMARILLO CITY COUNCIL
CAMARILLO SANITARY DISTRICT
CAMARILLO LIBRARY BOARD
REGULAR MEETINGS
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 26, 2025
CALL TO ORDER
The Mayor called the meeting to order at 4:00 p.m.
ROLL CALL
Council Present: Kevin Kildee, Mayor
David Tennessen, Vice Mayor
Martita Martinez-Bravo, Councilmember
Susan Santangelo, Councilmember
lony Trembley, Councilmember
Staff Present: Carmen Nichols, Assistant City Manager
Mitchell Cameron, Administrative Services Director
Dave Klotzle, Public Works Director
Rachel Richman, City Attorney
David Sanchez, Community Development Director
Eric Tennessen, Police Department Commander
Mark Uribe, Finance Director
Carrie Weal, Interim City Clerk
Silvia Jaquez, Deputy City Clerk
CLOSED SESSION
The City Attorney read the closed session items into the record. Council recessed to Closed Session.
A. CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - EXISTING LITIGATION
Pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(1)
1. Ventura County Citizens Against Mega Gas v. City of Camarillo Ventura County Superior Court Case No. 2024CUWM022213 (City)
Camarillo Sanitary District v. California Regional Water Quality Control Board, VCSC Case No. 56-2021-00549601-CU-WM-VTA (CSD)
3. Camarillo Sanitary District, Central Valley Clean Water Association, and Southern California Alliance of Publicly Owned Treatment Works V. State Water Resources : Control Board, Fresno Cty. Sup. Ct. Case No. 22CECG02195 (CSD)
5:00 P.M. - CALL TO ORDER - OPEN SESSION
ROLL CALL
All City Councilmembers were present.
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APPROVAL OF AGENDA
The agenda was approved as to form.
PRESENTATIONS - NONE
GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENTS - NONE
COUNCIL AND STAFF COMMENTS AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL REPORTS The Councilmembers reported on attendance at outside agency and Council committee meetings.
Councilmember Martinez shared the Medical Examiner's Special Report: 2024 Fatal Overdoses which demonstrated a decline in overdose deaths. She reported on a hate crime incident that was reported in a Ventura County Star article "Mexicans Target of an Apparent Hate Crime in Camarillo" and thanked the Camarillo Police Commander Tennessen and the Ventura County Sheriff's Office for their swift response and Joshua Burt, Regional Director for Anti-Defamation League Santa Barbara/Tri-Counties, for the immediate denouncement of the incident. She stated acts of hate have no place in Camarillo or anywhere else.
Vice Mayor Tennessen agreed there is no place for hate targeted towards anyone, whether it's race, national origin, or faith/religion. He expressed concern over several assembly and senate bills discussed as part of the 2025 legislative update by the California League of Cities. He noted some of these bills will have an adverse impact on the City by usurping local elected officials' authority to govern the City. He asked staff to closely follow the bills as they go through the legislative hearing process and set up meetings with the Council and local state representatives to state the city's position on the bills. He requested the meeting adjourn in memory of James Anthony Walker.
B. Library Activity Updates
Librarian Nasr reviewed the activities at the Library.
CONSENT CALENDAR
C. Meeting Minutes (City, CSD, CLB)
Approved the minutes of the regular meeting of the Camarillo Library Board held on February 26, 2025, and the regular meetings of the Camarillo City Council and Camarillo Sanitary District held on March 12, 2025.
D. Disbursements (City)
Adopted Resolution No. 2025-21 approving disbursements.
E. Investment Reports for February 2025 (City)
Received and filed reports.
F. Revenue & Expenditure Report for February 2025 - Preliminary (City) Received and filed report.
Professional Services Agreement with Iteris Inc., to Update the City's Traffic Mitigation Fee Program (City)
City Council, Sanitary District, and Library Board Minutes - March 26, 2025 Page 2 Authorized the City Manager to execute Professional Services Agreement No. 2025-7 with Iteris, Inc., in an amount of $105,685 for updating the City's Traffic Mitigation Fee Program, and authorize a contingency of 15 percent, in the amount of $15,860, for a total agreement authorization of $121,545; and
2. Authorized the City Manager to execute future amendments to the agreement with Iteris, Inc., for unforeseen additional services up to the authorized contingency amount.
H. Ratify CC Agreement 2025-8 with Best Drilling and Pump, Inc. for Urgency Work on the Well B Pump (City)
1. Ratified Agreement No. 2025-8 with Best Drilling and Pump, Inc. in the amount of $134,332 and authorized a contingency in the amount of $20,000 for a total authorized expenditure of $154,332, and
2. Authorized the City Manager to execute future change orders with Best Drilling and Pump, Inc. up to the authorized contingency amount. 2024 General Plan Annual Progress Report (City)
Received and filed the 2024 General Plan Annual Progress Report.
J. Professional Services Agreement with Fieldman, Rolapp & Associates, Inc. for Development of Long-Range Financial Plan for the Camarillo Sanitary District Water Reclamation Plant Upgrades (City /CSD)
Authorized the City Manager/District Manager to execute CC/CSD Agreement 2025-14 with Fieldman, Rolapp & Associates for development of the Long-Range Financial Plan and Financial Advising for a total not-to-exceed $91,115 for Fiscal Years 2024/25, 2025/26, 2026/27, with a contingency of 15 percent.
K. Camarillo Workforce Housing Down Payment Assistance Program - Loan Approval (City)
1. Found the Camarillo Workforce Housing Down Payment Assistance Program is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA") under the State CEQA Guidelines §§ 15061(b)(3); and
2. Adopted Resolution No. 2025-22 authorizing a budget appropriation, approving three $50,000 loan disbursements, and authorizing the City Manager to execute all associated documents, including acceptance of the associated deeds of trust.
L. Approval of City Clerk Appointment (City)
Adopted Resolution No. 2025-23 appointing Carrie Weal as City Clerk.
MOTION to approve Items C though L.
Councilmember Trembley moved, Councilmember Santangelo seconded.
Yes: Kildee, Martinez-Bravo, Santangelo, Tennessen, Trembley No: None
Absent: None
DISCUSSION ITEMS - CITY COUNCIL / CAMARILLO SANITARY DISTRICT City Council, Sanitary District, and Library Board Minutes - March 26, 2025 Page 3 M. FY 2024/25 Water and Sewer Rate Study
Assistant Finance Director Townsend gave a PowerPoint presentation reviewing the timeline and history of the rate study, asking for authorization for the Prop 218 notices, and reviewing the next steps moving towards the rate effective date of July 1, 2025.
MOTION to authorize notification of the May 14, 2025, Public Hearing to discuss water and sewer rates pursuant to Proposition 218.
Councilmember Martinez-Bravo moved, Vice Mayor Tennessen seconded.
Kildee, Martinez-Bravo, Santangelo, Tennessen, Trembley
Absent: None
PUBLIC HEARINGS - NONE
CLOSED SESSION REPORT
City Attorney Richman indicated there was no reportable action from the Closed Session.
ADJOURN
The meeting adjourned at 5:35 p.m. in the memory of James Anthony Walker.
Keven Kilde
Mayor CLB President
ATTEST:
Bout bally Wal
CSD Chair City Clerk
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