MOORPARK CITY COUNCIL
REGULAR MEETING AGENDA
FEBRUARY 19, 2025
6:30 PM
Moorpark Community Center
799 Moorpark Avenue
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1. CALL TO ORDER:
2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE:
3. ROLL CALL:
4. PROCLAMATIONS AND COMMENDATIONS:
A.
Introduction of New Employee, Michelle McMurtry, Records Supervisor in the City Manager’s Office.
B.
Proclamation Declaring National Engineers Week the Week of February 22, 2025.
5. PUBLIC COMMENT: (Must be physically present in the Council Chambers to speak under this item.)
6. REORDERING OF, AND ADDITIONS TO, THE AGENDA: (Pursuant to Council Rules of Procedure, Section 2.9, Items to be withdrawn from the Consent Calendar shall be identified at this time.)
7. ANNOUNCEMENTS, FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS, AND REPORTS ON MEETINGS/CONFERENCES ATTENDED BY COUNCILMEMBERS AND MAYOR:
8. PUBLIC HEARINGS:
9. PRESENTATION/ACTION/DISCUSSION:
A.
Consider Resolution Establishing a New Capital Improvement Program (CIP) Project (C0078) "18 East High Street Sewer Repair and Parking Lot Repaving Project"; Amending the Fiscal Year 2024/25 Budget by Appropriating $93,130.80 from the General Fund to CIP C0078; and Approving an Agreement with Phoenix Civil Engineering, Inc. for Design and Construction Management Services and Approving a Determination of Exemption in Association Therewith Pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act. Staff Recommendation: 1) Adopt Resolution No. 2025-4297 establishing a new Capital Improvement Program Project (C0078) "18 East High Street Sewer Repair and Parking Lot Repaving Project" and amending the Fiscal Year 2024/25 budget to appropriate $93,130.80 from Unallocated Fund Balance in the General Fund to CIP C0078; and 2) Approve an Agreement with Phoenix Civil Engineering, Inc. for design and construction management services related to the sewer repair and parking lot repaving at 18 East High Street; and authorize the City Manager to sign the agreement, subject to final language approval by the City Manager. (ROLL CALL VOTE REQUIRED) (Staff: PJ Gagajena, Assistant City Manager) AGENDA REPORT 2025 0219 CC REG ITEM 09A
B.
Consider Resolution Approving Tri-Cities Emergency Evacuation Awareness Plan. Staff Recommendation: 1) Adopt Resolution No. 2025-4298, approving the Tri-Cities Emergency Evacuation Plan; and 2) Authorize the Mayor to sign and the City Manager or designee to implement the Tri-Cities Emergency Evacuation Awareness Plan. (ROLL CALL VOTE REQUIRED) (Staff: Roger Pichardo, Program Manager) AGENDA REPORT 2025 0219 CC REG ITEM 09B
AGENDA REPORT 2025 0219 CC REG ITEM 09B POWERPOINT
C.
Consider Ordinance Adding Subsection (Q) to Section 10.04.190 of the Moorpark Municipal Code to Provide for the New Daylighting Law Parking Regulations Per California Vehicle Code 22500(n)(1)(A) and Amending Section 10.04.030 to Identify Parking Violations as Subject to Civil Penalties and Administrative Charges; and Consider Resolution Amending the City’s Schedule of Fees and Service Charges to Add the Fine Amount for Violating the New Daylighting Law Parking Regulation. Staff Recommendation: 1) Introduce Ordinance No. 525, Adding Subsection (Q) to Section 10.04.190 and Amending Section 10.04.030 of Chapter 4 (Traffic Code) of Title 10 (Vehicles and Traffic) to Add New Daylighting Law Parking Regulations Per California Vehicle Code 22500(n)(1)(A) and Identify Parking Violations as Subject to Civil Penalties and Administrative Charges as Found in the City’s Schedule of Fees and Service Charges, respectively; and 2) Adopt Resolution No. 2025-4299 to Amend the City’s Schedule of Fees and Service Charges to Add the Fine Amount for Violating the New Daylighting Law Parking Regulation. (ROLL CALL VOTE REQUIRED) (Staff: Darin Hendren, Chief of Police) AGENDA REPORT 2025 0219 CC REG ITEM 09C
AGENDA REPORT 2025 0219 CC REG ITEM 09C POWERPOINT
D.
Consider Resolution Authorizing Mid-Year Amendments to Fiscal Year 2024/25 Budget. Staff Recommendation: Adopt Resolution No. 2025-4300 amending the Fiscal Year 2024/25 budget as noted in Exhibits "A", "B", and "C" to the attached resolution. (ROLL CALL VOTE REQUIRED) (Staff: Hiromi Dever, Finance Director) AGENDA REPORT 2025 0219 CC REG ITEM 09D
AGENDA REPORT 2025 0219 CC REG ITEM 09D POWERPOINT
E.
Consider Ordinance Amending Section 2.04.020 (Meetings - Place) and Section 2.04.070 (Appointments to Boards and Commissions) of Title 2 (Administration and Personnel) of the Moorpark Municipal Code to Update the Location of Meetings and to Align Appointment Authority to Boards and Commissions with Government Code Section 40605. Staff Recommendation: Introduce Ordinance No. 526 for first reading in title only, waive full reading, and place this Ordinance on the agenda for March 5, 2025, for the purposes of providing second reading and adoption of the Ordinance. (Staff: Ky Spangler, City Clerk) AGENDA REPORT 2025 0219 CC REG ITEM 09E
10. CONSENT CALENDAR: (ROLL CALL VOTE REQUIRED)
A.
Consider Warrant Register for Fiscal Year 2024/25 - February 19, 2025. Staff Recommendation: Approve the warrant register. (Staff: Hiromi Dever, Finance Director) AGENDA REPORT 2025 0219 CC REG ITEM 10A
B.
Consider Minutes of City Council Regular Meeting of November 6, 2024. Staff Recommendation: Approve the minutes. (Staff: Ky Spangler, City Clerk) AGENDA REPORT 2025 0219 CC REG ITEM 10B
C.
Consider Resolution Authorizing the City Manager to Execute a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) Between the City of Moorpark and Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG) to Facilitate Receipt and Administration of a $250,000 Grant Through the Regional Early Action Planning Grant Program of 2021 (REAP 2.0) Associated with the Downtown Specific Plan Update. Staff Recommendation: 1) Adopt a Resolution authorizing and directing the City Manager to: a) Execute a Memorandum of Understanding with SCAG and any amendments thereto; and b) Make minor administrative or technical corrections without alternating substantive provisions of the memorandum of understanding; and c) Take all reasonably necessary and appropriate actions to complete the update to the City’s Downtown Specific Plan and fulfill all obligations required, and seek reimbursement of grant funds awarded, pursuant to the above referenced call for applications and in a manner consistent and in compliance with the REAP 2.0 guidelines and objectives and HIPP guidelines and all applicable state and federal statutes, rules, regulations, and laws. (ROLL CALL VOTE REQUIRED) (Staff: Doug Spondello, Community Development Director) AGENDA REPORT 2025 0219 CC REG ITEM 10C
11. ORDINANCES:
12. CLOSED SESSION:
A.
PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT
Pursuant to Government Code Section 54957(b)
Title: City Manager
B.
CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATORS
Pursuant to Government Code Section 54957.6
Agency Designated Representatives: Troy Brown, City Manager; Kevin Ennis, City Attorney; Carolina Tijerino, Human Resources Manager; and Greg Nelson, Mosaic Public Partners Unrepresented Employee: City Manager
13. ADJOURNMENT:
All writings and documents provided to the majority of the City Council regarding all open-session agenda items are available for public inspection at the City Hall public counter located at 323 Science Drive during regular business hours. The agenda packet for all City Council meetings is available on the City's website at www.MoorparkCA.gov.
Any member of the public may address the Council during the Public Comments portion of the Agenda, unless it is a Public Hearing or a Presentation/Action/ Discussion item. Speakers who wish to address the Council concerning a Public Hearing or Presentation/Action/Discussion item must do so during the Public Hearing or Presentation/Action/ Discussion portion of the Agenda for that item. Speaker cards must be received by the City Clerk for Public Comment prior to the beginning of the Public Comments portion of the meeting; for a Presentation/Action/Discussion item, prior to the Mayor’s call for speaker cards for each Presentation/Action/Discussion agenda item; and for a Public Hearing item, prior to the opening of each Public Hearing, or beginning of public testimony for a continued hearing. A limitation of three minutes shall be imposed upon each Public Comment and Presentation/Action/Discussion item speaker. A limitation of three to five minutes shall be imposed upon each Public Hearing item speaker. Written Statement Cards may be submitted in lieu of speaking orally for open Public Hearings and Presentation/Action/Discussion items. Any questions concerning any agenda item may be directed to the City Clerk’s office at 517-6223.
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