CC Regular Meeting Agenda and SA & HSA Special Joint Meeting Agenda – October 16, 2023, Page 1 of 4 October 16, 2023
Port Hueneme City Hall
250 North Ventura Road, Port Hueneme, CA 93041
(In-Person and Virtually via Zoom)
5:30 PM Closed Session | 6:30 PM Open Session
Notice and Call of a Special Meeting of the Successor Agency & Housing Successor Agency Special Joint Meeting
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a special meeting of the Successor Agency to the Port Hueneme Redevelopment Agency and the Housing Successor Agency is hereby called to be held on Monday, October 16, 2023, at 6:30 p.m. or soon thereafter, in the City Hall Council Chamber located at 250 N. Ventura Road, Port Hueneme, CA 93041. Said special meeting shall be for the purpose of conducting business in accordance with the attached Agenda. /s/Roberto “Bobby” Martinez, Chair
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CALL TO ORDER
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ROLL CALL
Councilmembers Steven A. Gama, Laura D. Hernandez, Martha R. McQueen-Legohn; Mayor Pro Tem Misty Perez; Mayor Roberto “Bobby” Martinez
PUBLIC COMMENT (10 Minutes)
The Council will hear closed session public comments for a maximum of 10 minutes. In-person and virtual public comments should be no more than 3 minutes in length. Written comments should be no more than 500 words. Please see Agenda cover page for submission instructions.
CLOSED SESSION ITEMS
With respect to every item of business to be discussed in CLOSED SESSION, pursuant to the California Government Code:
A. PUBLIC EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE EVALUATION
Position: City Manager
Authority: Government Code Section 54957 (b)(1)
B. PUBLIC EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE EVALUATION
Position: City Attorney
Authority: Government Code Section 54957 (b)(1)
CONFLICT OF INTEREST DECLARATION
RECESS TO CLOSED SESSION
6:30 PM CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING AGENDA
CALL TO ORDER / FLAG SALUTE
ROLL CALL
Councilmembers Steven A. Gama, Laura D. Hernandez, Martha R. McQueen-Legohn; Mayor Pro Tem Misty Perez; Mayor Roberto “Bobby” Martinez
INSPIRATION
Given by Mayor Pro Tem Perez
CLOSED SESSION REPORT
PUBLIC COMMENT
Members of the public may submit comments for items on the Agenda or that is within the subject matter jurisdiction of the City Council. General public comments regarding items Not on the Agenda will be heard at this time. State law prohibits Council from taking action on any item Not on the Agenda. Comments regarding items on the Agenda will be heard when the item is addressed. In-person and virtual public comments should be no more than 3 minutes in length.
Written comments should be no more than 500 words. Please see Agenda cover page for submission instructions.
AGENDA APPROVAL FOR CITY COUNCIL
City Council Agenda
Recommendation: Approve the City Council Agenda of October 16, 2023.
CONFLICT OF INTEREST DECLARATION
PRESENTATIONS
1. Quarterly Employee Recognition
2. Down Syndrome Awareness Month Proclamation
3. National Community Planning Month Proclamation
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CONSENT CALENDAR
All matters listed on the Consent Calendar are to be considered routine by the governing body, 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
4. Minutes
Recommendation: Approve the October 2, 2023, City Council Regular Meeting Minutes.
5. Register of Disbursements
Recommendation: Receive and file the City’s register of disbursements for the period of September 22, 2023 through October 6, 2023.
6. Authorization to Award a Contract to J & H Engineering General Contractors, Inc. for LM2201: The Bubbling Springs Creek Clearing Project
Recommendation: Authorize the City Manager to execute an agreement, approved as to form by the City Attorney, with J & H Engineering General Contractors for a not to exceed amount of $225,936 for year two of the Bubbling Springs Creek Cattail and Bulrush Clearing Project.
PUBLIC HEARINGS
7. Adopt a Resolution Granting Special Use Permit No. 21-23 for the Tree Factory’s Day of the Dead Celebration with Ancillary Food Trucks, Vendors, and Live Entertainment Recommendation:
1. Open the public hearing to take testimonial and documentary evidence; and
2. Close the public hearing and consider the evidence; and
3. Adopt a Resolution Deeming a Temporary Event Exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act and Conditionally Approving Special Use Permit No. 21-23 (Tree Factory’s Day of the Dead Celebration Event Located at 437 and 453 W.
Channel Islands Blvd.); and
4. Take such additional, related, action that may be desirable.
8. Annual Development Agreement Compliance Review and Finding of Exemption From CEQA
Recommendation:
1. Open the public hearing to take testimonial and documentary evidence; and
2. Close the public hearing and consider the evidence; and
3. Adopt Resolutions Determining that the Following Cannabis Dispensaries are in Compliance with their Respective Development Agreements: Bleu Diamond, LLC; Freedom 1st Association; Front Door Enterprises, LLC; and PH Investments Group, LLC; and
4. Adopt Resolutions Determining that the Following Cannabis Businesses are in Partial Compliance with their Development Agreements: Innovative Concepts Investment Group, LLC; and Tradecraft Farms-Port Hueneme, LLC; and
5. Adopt a Resolution Determining that the Following Cannabis Business is Out of Compliance with their Respective Development Agreement: Port Hueneme Organic Team, Inc.; and
6. Make a determination the project is exempt under CEQA; and
7. Take such additional, related, action that may be desirable, including determining which course of action to take regarding the three businesses who are out of compliance with their respective Development Agreements, per the options noted in the staff report dated October 16, 2023.
8. Direct staff to return at an upcoming meeting with additional recommendations for potential revisions to the City Cannabis Program.
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RECESS THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING AND CALL TO ORDER THE SUCCESSOR AGENCY
TO THE PORT HUENEME REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY AND THE HOUSING SUCCESSOR
AGENCY SPECIAL JOINT MEETING
ROLL CALL
Members Steven A. Gama, Laura D. Hernandez, Martha R. McQueen-Legohn; Vice-Chair Misty Perez; Chair Roberto “Bobby” Martinez
BUSINESS ITEM
9. Joint Resolution Regarding Property Conveyance
Recommendation: That the Board of the Successor Agency to the Port Hueneme Redevelopment Agency (“SA”) and the City Council of the City of Port Hueneme as Housing Successor Agency (“HSA”) approve and adopt a Joint Resolution of the Successor Agency for the Port Hueneme Redevelopment Agency and the City of Port Hueneme as Housing Successor Agency Conveying Real Properties Currently Owned by the Successor Agency to the City of Port Hueneme as Housing Successor Agency to Correct Invalid Land Transfers in Accordance with Health & Safety Code Section 34167.5.
ADJOURNMENT OF THE SUCCESSOR AGENCY TO THE PORT HUENEME
REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY AND THE HOUSING SUCCESSOR AGENCY SPECIAL JOINT
MEETING
RECONVENE THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING
CITY MANAGER COMMENTS AND REPORTS
COUNCILMEMBERS’ REPORTS AND COMMENTS
Council Members are appointed to various Regional Committees/Agencies/Boards and will report out on their activities within these organizations and put forth any comments in regards to community events at this time.
REQUEST FOR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS
Councilmembers may request items to be placed on future agendas at this time. All requested items will require a motion, a second, and a majority vote, per adopted Council policies, to be placed on a future agenda and will be scheduled at the City Manager’s discretion.
ADJOURNMENT
The City Council will adjourn to its next regular meeting scheduled for Monday, November 6, 2023, at 6:30 p.m.
_____________________________________________________________________________________________ Copies of staff reports or other written documentation relating to each item of business referred to in this Agenda are available for public inspection in the Office of the City Clerk and on the City’s website at www.cityofporthueneme.org. Materials received after agenda packet distributions are made available to the public on the City’s website and in the City Clerk’s office at the same time they are provided to the Council. IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT, IF YOU NEED SPECIAL ASSISTANCE TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS MEETING, CONTACT THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK AT (805) 986-6503 OR THE CALIFORNIA RELAY SERVICE. NOTICE 48 HOURS PRIOR TO THE MEETING WILL ENABLE THE CITY TO MAKE REASONABLE
ARRANGEMENTS TO ALLOW PARTICIPATION IN THIS MEETING
I, Georgianna Nicole Alvarez, City Clerk of the City of Port Hueneme, do hereby affirm that the agenda was posted at least 72 hours in advance of the meeting on the City’s website and near the front entrance of Port Hueneme City Hall, 250 N. Ventura Road, Port Hueneme, California, 93041, in accordance with California Government Code Section 54954.2(a).