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CITY COUNCIL AGENDA
REGULAR MEETING
TUESDAY, MAY 27, 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
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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.
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3 ROLL CALL
ABSENCES
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
APPROVAL OF AGENDA
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.g)
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 April 28, 2025 – May 11, 2025 RECOMMENDATION: Receive and file.
c) April 2025 Treasurer’s Monthly Report of Cash and Investments for the City of Ojai
RECOMMENDATION: Receive and file.
d) Minutes of the Ojai City Council from the May 13, 2025, Special Meeting for Closed Session and the May 13, 2025, Regular Meeting.
RECOMMENDATION: Approve.
e) Minutes of the Planning Commission from the: February 5, 2025 Regular Meeting; February 19, 2025, Regular Meeting; April 2, 2025, Regular Meeting; and April 16, 2025, Regular Meeting.
RECOMMENDATION: Receive and file.
f) Minutes of the Historic Preservation Commission from the March 13, 2025, Regular Meeting
RECOMMENDATION: Receive and file.
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4 g) Agreement for Purchase of Network Switches
RECOMMENDATION: Authorize the City Manager to execute an agreement with AllConnected for the purchase of 10 Cisco Catalyst 9200L Network Switches in the amount of $33,753.05; the same terms and conditions afforded to the National Cooperative Purchasing Alliance.
PUBLIC HEARING
2. Design Review Permit (DRP 24-006) | Regarding a proposed permanent supportive housing project located at 408 South Signal Street [Current Use = Public Works Yard], consisting of approximately 30 single-story units, onsite parking and other onsite modifications; Assessor’s Parcel Number (APN): 023-0-120-020; Zoning Classification is Public/QuasiPublic (P-L); General Plan Land Use Designation is Public (P); Property Approval of sole source Development Management Agreement with DignityMoves, a California nonprofit corporation for development of the Cabin Village Project. Owner: City of Ojai; Applicants: City of Ojai and DignityMoves; Representatives: Joanne Price and Jeff Gaddess, President & Vice President of DignityMoves.
RECOMMENDATION:
1. Approve the proposed Lower Public Works Yard project site as the location for the Cabin Village Project (Project); and
2. Adopt a resolution determining that the Project is exempt from CEQA pursuant to the Class 32 Categorical Exemption, and the Statutory Exemptions set forth in Pubic Resources Code, section 21159.23, 21080.10 and 14 CCR 15194 and approving the sole source Development Management Agreement with DignityMoves, a California nonprofit corporation, for development of the Cabin Village Project and approving the Design Review Permit (DRP-24-006) for the Project; and
3. Authorize the City Manager to execute the Development Management Agreement with DignityMoves.
DISCUSSION
3. Finance and Budget Committee – Recommendations
RECOMMENDATION:
1. Consider the membership and appointment/nomination process of any resident members of the Finance and Budget Committee, including staff’s recommendation regarding the membership of the committee: and
2. Provide staff with direction, if any, to return with a revised resolution regarding the Finance and Budget Committee
4. City Council and Historic Preservation Commission Joint Subcommittee Regarding the Historic Preservation Commission’s Role
RECOMMENDATION: Select two City Council members to participate in an ad hoc subcommittee with two Historic Preservation Commissioners and the Community Development Staff Liaison to discuss the role of the Historic Preservation Commission.
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5 5. Five-Year Proposed Capital Improvement Program
RECOMMENDATION: Receive a presentation on the current and proposed Capital Improvement Program and provide feedback and direction to be incorporated in the FY25/26 approved budget.
CLOSED SESSION
6. Public Employee Performance Evaluation (Gov. Code Section 54957) Position Title: City Manager
COUNCIL MEMBER’S REPORTS
CITY MANAGER’S REPORT
FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS
ADJOURNMENT
AGENDA POSTED MAY 23, 2025, 5:00 PM
Weston Montgomery
Chief Deputy City Clerk