MINUTES
CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2026, 6:00 PM
KENT HALL COUNCIL CHAMBERS - CITY HALL CAMPUS - 111 W SANTA ANA ST,
OJAI, CA
Mayor Gilman called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m.
ROLL CALL
The following members were present: Mayor Gilman, Mayor Pro Tem Mang, and Council Members Rule, and Whitman.
Also present: City Manager Harvey, City Attorney Burgess, Assistant to the City Manager Cervantes, and Chief Deputy City Clerk Montgomery.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
Chief Deputy City Clerk Montgomery led the Pledge of Allegiance.
The entire September 8, 2026 Regular Meeting, except for Item No. 7, was adjourned at 6:07 p.m. to September 15, 2026, after Chief Deputy City Clerk Montgomery informed the City Council of a failure to properly notice a remote participation location on the posted agenda, which would have prevented Council Member Lang from participating in the meeting (despite the Council Member having followed the Council’s remote meeting procedures). Additionally, City staff discovered a simultaneous Zoom outage that would have independently prevented the meeting from complying with the Brown Act’s two-way participation requirements even if the posting error had not occurred.
Due to the Zoom outage, the meeting was adjourned without any action taken by City Council.
APPROVAL OF AGENDA
PRESENTATIONS
1. Quarterly Progress Update and Presentation on Findings of the City of Ojai's Targeted Forensic Review
RECOMMENDATION: Recieve and file.
COMMISSION REPORTS
CITY MANAGER’S REPORT
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
All matters listed on the Consent Calendar are to be considered routine and will be enacted by one motion in the form listed. There will be no discussion of these items unless, before the vote on the motion to adopt, specific items are removed from the Consent Calendar for separate motions.
2. City Council Minutes
RECOMMENDATION: Approve.
3. Planning Commission Minutes
RECOMMENDATION: Approve.
4. City of Ojai Warrants for August 17 - August 30, 2026 RECOMMENDATION: Receive and file.
5. Biennial Conflict of Interest Code Update
RECOMMENDATION: Adopt Resolution No. 2026-31 adopting the City's Conflict of Interest Code and repealing Resolution No. 2024-24.
6. Commission Appointment
RECOMMENDATION: Confirm nomination of applicant Kathryn Donwen as Public Safety Commissioner, to fill a mid-term vacancy and inaugural two-year term (term ending May 2028).
PUBLIC HEARINGS
7. Design Review Permit (DRP 25-011), Conditional Use Permit (CUP 26-004), Zone Change (ZC 25-002), General Plan Amendment (GPA 25-001) | Regarding the Change in Use From an Office Use to a Health Spa & Wellness Center Use, Zone Change from Public, Quasi-Public (P-L) to Village Mixed Use (VMU), and General Plan Land Use Amendment from Public/QuasiPublic (P) to Village Mixed Use (VMU); located at 107 North Ventura Street (Formerly: World University) – Assessor’s Parcel No. 021-0-106-040 and currently residential use at 107 W. Matilija Street Assessor’s Parcel No. 021- 0-106-030. The existing General Plan Land Use Designation of the subject site is Public/Quasi-Public
(P) and existing Zoning Classification of the subject site is Public, QuasiPublic (P-L). Property Owner: 107 Ventura LLC. Applicant/Representative:
Jeremy McBride.
RECOMMENDATION: Continue consideration of this item to a future City Council meeting.
DISCUSSION
8. Resolution Appointing a Voting Delegate and Alternate Voting Delegate to the 2026 League of California Cities Annual Conference. (Operational Need) RECOMMENDATION: Adopt Resolution No. 2026-32 appointing a voting delegate
and an alternate voting delegate to the 2026 League of California Cities Conference.
9. Authorization to Release a Request for Proposals for Owner’s Representative/Construction Management Services for the Permanent Supportive Housing Project (PSHP) (Operational Need)
RECOMMENDATION:
1. Approve the Request for Proposals (RFP) for Owner’s
Representative/Construction Management Services for the Permanent Support Housing Project (PSHP); and
2. Authorize the City Manager to release the RFP, conduct the competitive solicitation process, evaluate proposals, and return to the City Council with a
recommended contract award for consideration.
10. City of Ojai Policy for Commemorative Naming and Donations (City Council Direction)
RECOMMENDATION: Approve proposed Policy for Commemorative Naming and Donations.
11. Furnished by Owner and Installed by Owner (FOIO) Items | Ojai Permanent Supportive Housing Project (OPSHP) 611 South Montgomery Street (Operational Need)
RECOMMENDATION:
1. Review the Permanent Supportive Housing Project Furnished by Owner and Installed by Owner (FOIO) items list.
2. Authorize staff to proceed with solicitation of donations for items included on the FOIO List.
12. Amendment No. 3 to Secural Security Corporation Agreement – Contract Extension and Not-to-Exceed Increase (Operational Need) RECOMMENDATION: Approve Amendment No. 3 to the Agreement for Contract Services with Secural Security Corporation, revising the contract’s not-to-exceed (NTE) amount to $767,000 and extending the termination date to June 30, 2027.
13. Introduce Ordinance No. 974 Amending Article 5 of Chapter 3 of Title 4 of the Ojai Municipal Code to Add Section 4-3.511 Prohibiting the Use of Libbey Park Tennis Courts For Any Activity Other Than Tennis with Limited Exceptions (City Council Direction)
RECOMMENDATION:
1. Introduce, for first reading by title only with further reading waived, Ordinance No. 974 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF OJAI, CALIFORNIA AMENDING ARTICLE 5 OF CHAPTER 3 OF TITLE 4 OF THE OJAI MUNICIPAL CODE TO ADD SECTION 4-3.511 PROHIBITING
THE USE OF LIBBEY PARK TENNIS COURTS FOR ANY ACTIVITY
OTHER THAN TENNIS WITH LIMITED EXCEPTIONS, and;
2. Direct staff to return to the City Council for second reading and adoption of the
Ordinance at the September 8, 2026, City Council Meeting.
14. GENERAL PLAN UPDATE | Proposed Survey Questions Regarding the Climate Action Plan (City Council Direction)
RECOMMENDATION: Consider ratifying the proposed survey questions for dissemination to the Ojai Community.
COUNCIL MEMBER'S REPORTS
FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS
ADJOURNMENT
The September 8, 2026 Regular Meeting was adjourned at 6:07 p.m., and adjourned to an Adjourned Regular Meeting on Tuesday, September 15, 2026, at 6:00 p.m., at Kent Hall Council Chambers, City Hall Campus, 111 W Santa Ana St., Ojai, CA. ____________________________________
Weston Montgomery, Chief Deputy City Clerk
Approved: September 22, 2026 Regular Meeting