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CITY COUNCIL AGENDA
REGULAR MEETING
TUESDAY, APRIL 8, 2025, 6:00 PM
KENT HALL – CITY HALL CAMPUS – 111 W SANTA ANA ST, OJAI, CA
ANDY GILMAN, MAYOR
COUNCIL MEMBERS:
DISTRICT 1 – LESLIE RULE DISTRICT 3 – ANDREW WHITMAN
DISTRICT 2 – RACHEL LANG, MAYOR PRO TEM DISTRICT 4 – KIM MANG
BEN HARVEY MATTHEW SUMMERS WESTON MONTGOMERY
CITY MANAGER CITY ATTORNEY CHIEF DEPUTY CITY CLERK
VIEWING & ACCESS
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PUBLIC COMMENT
In order for staff to provide the City Council with written public comments timely, written/emailed public comments must be submitted no later than 3:00 p.m. on the day before the meeting.
Tuesday, April 8, 2025 Ojai City Council Regular Meeting Agenda ojai.ca.gov
2 IMPORTANT NOTE:
As a government agency, the City of Ojai is subject to the California Public Records Act (Government Code § 6250 et seq.). Please be advised that all communications submitted to City officials and staff are subject to public disclosure under the California Public Records Act. There are limited exceptions that allow the City to redact personal information under the California Public Records Act. If you have concerns regarding privacy, please do not include your personal identifying information, such as your name, e-mail, phone number, and home address in your correspondence to the City, including, but not limited to, public comment.
Members of the public who wish to make public comments may do so in person at the meeting, comment live via telewebinar software, or submit written public comments in advance of the meeting. Written public comment emails should be sent to [email protected]
No pre-registration is required for public comment via telewebinar (Zoom). Instead, during the live meeting, telewebinar participants who wish to speak on an agenda item will be asked to use the Zoom software’s hand-raise function at the beginning of each item.
LEVINE ACT WARNING
Applicants and their agents before the City Council are subject to the campaign disclosure provisions detailed in Government Code Section 84308. No City Council Member may accept, solicit, or direct a contribution of more than $500 from any party or agent for 12 months subsequent to the date a final decision is rendered by the City. This prohibition commences when your application has been filed, or the proceeding is otherwise initiated.
A party to a City proceeding—which includes both applicants and agents--shall disclose on the record of the proceeding any contribution of more than $500 made to any Council Member by the applicant or agent, during the preceding 12 months. No party to a City proceeding, or agent, shall make a contribution to a Council Member during the proceeding and for 12 months following the date a final decision is rendered by the City.
Prior to rendering a decision on a City proceeding, any Council Member who received contribution of more than $500 within the preceding 12 months from any party, or agent, to a proceeding shall disclose that fact on the record of the proceeding and shall be disqualified from participating in the proceeding. However, if any Council Member receives a contribution that otherwise would require disqualification and returns the contribution within 30 days of knowing about the contribution and the relevant proceeding, the Council Member shall be permitted to participate in the proceeding.
If you believe that these provisions apply to you or a Council Member, please inform the City Clerk at the earlies possible opportunity. Failure to do so may affect the City’s ability to process your application.
IMPORTANT NOTES
Materials related to an item on this agenda submitted to the City Council after distribution of the agenda packet are available for public inspection in the City Clerk’s Office at City Hall during normal business hours (Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.). Such documents are also available on the City of Ojai’s website at ojai.ca.gov, subject to the staff’s ability to post the documents prior to the meeting.
If you challenge the actions of the City Council in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in the public notices, or in written correspondence delivered to the City Council at, or prior to, the public hearing (Calif. Gov’t Code Sec. 65009).
Any legal action by an applicant seeking to obtain a judicial review of the City Council’s decision on a Hearing listed on this Agenda may be subject to the 90-day filing period of and governed by Code of Civil Procedure Section 1094.6.
Tuesday, April 8, 2025 Ojai City Council Regular Meeting Agenda ojai.ca.gov
3 ROLL CALL
ABSENCES
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
APPROVAL OF AGENDA
PRESENTATION
Ojai Chief of Police to provide presentation on the 2024 Year-End Crime Statistics for the City of Ojai.
COMMISSION REPORTS
PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS
Public Communications is the time set aside during the meeting for members of the public to address the City Council on items of City business other than scheduled agenda items. Matters raised at this time may be briefly discussed by the Council and will generally be referred to staff and/or placed on a subsequent agenda. Under State law, other than for emergency items, no action can be taken.
CONSENT CALENDAR (Items 1.a – 1.f)
All matters listed on the Consent Calendar are to be considered routine by the governing bodies and will be enacted by one motion in the form listed. There will be no discussion of these items unless, before the governing body votes on the motion to adopt, specific items are removed from the Consent Calendar for separate motions.
1. a) Waiver of Reading in Full of Any and All Ordinances Listed on this Agenda and Provide that they be Read by Title Only and Directing the Clerk to Assign an Ordinance Number Upon Successful Introduction b) City of Ojai Warrants for March 3, 2025 – March 16, 2025 RECOMMENDATION: Receive and file.
c) Purchase of Two Trolleys
RECOMMENDATION: Authorize the City Manager to execute the purchase agreement with Specialty Vehicles, up to $235,000 with an additional $15,000 for contingencies for the purchase of two (2) used trolleys. d) Amendment to the Professional Services Agreement with Tripepi Smith for Social Media Management
RECOMMENDATION: Approve Amendment No. 1 to the Professional Services Agreement with Tripepi Smith, allocating an additional $11,000.00 through June 30, 2025, for a total contract amount not to exceed $33,000.00.
Tuesday, April 8, 2025 Ojai City Council Regular Meeting Agenda ojai.ca.gov
4 e) General Plan Update | Climate Action Plan (CAP) and Economic Diversification Focus Staff Advisory Groups
RECOMMENDATION: Receive and file report regarding the Climate Action Plan and Economic Diversification portions of the General Plan Update, including the creation of staff advisory groups - the Climate Action Plan (CAP) Advisory Group and the Economic Diversification Focus Group. f) Adoption of an Official City of Ojai Style Guide
RECOMMENDATION: Adopt the proposed City of Ojai Style Guide.
DISCUSSION
2. Annual Schedule for Joint City Council/City Commission Joint Meetings RECOMMENDATION: Establish the annual schedule for City Commissions (Planning, Arts, Parks and Recreation, and Historic Preservation) to engage in one (1) quarterly Joint Meeting with the City Council, beginning second-quarter 2025 and set to repeat:
Second-quarter 2025 - Planning Commission;
Third-quarter 2025 - Arts Commission;
Fourth-quarter 2025 - Parks and Recreation Commission; and First-quarter 2026 - Historic Preservation Commission.
3. Finance and Budget Committee – Appointment of Two (2) Ojai City Resident Committee Vacancies
RECOMMENDATION:
1. Appoint two (2) applicants to fill the two (2) Ojai City Resident vacancies, and
2. Direct Committee and Staff to schedule the annual meeting requirement along with the FY 2025-26 Budget adoption process.
4. Adoption of a Resolution amending the Salary Schedule to add the classification of Human Resources/Risk Manager; and authorize Specialty Pay for USA Gymnastics certifications for Fiscal Year 2024-25, to be effective April 14, 2025
RECOMMENDATION: Adopt Resolution No 25-__, amending the Salary Schedule to add the classification of Human Resources/Risk Manager; and authorize Specialty Pay for USA Gymnastics certifications for Fiscal Year 2024- 25, to be effective April 14, 2025.
5. Adoption of Updated City Council Protocols
RECOMMENDATION: Adopt a resolution updating the City Council Protocols.
Tuesday, April 8, 2025 Ojai City Council Regular Meeting Agenda ojai.ca.gov
5 PUBLIC HEARING
6. Ordinance (TA 23-002) adding and repealing certain sections of the Ojai Municipal Code Related to Regulations for Movable Tiny Houses RECOMMENDATION:
1. Receive the information from staff and ask clarifying questions;
2. Take public comments; and
3. Introduce the attached ordinance repealing Section 10-2.1709(m) and adding Section 10-2.1712 of the Ojai Municipal Code to revise and relocate regulations for movable tiny houses.
COUNCIL MEMBER’S REPORTS
CITY MANAGER’S REPORT
FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS
ADJOURNMENT
AGENDA POSTED APRIL 4, 2025, 3:00 PM
Weston Montgomery
Chief Deputy City Clerk