City of Santa Paula
City Council
MAYOR ANDY SOBEL
VICE MAYOR LESLIE CORNEJO
COUNCILMEMBER JENNY CROSSWHITE
COUNCILMEMBER CARLOS JUAREZ
COUNCILMEMBER PEDRO A. CHAVEZ
CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING OF THE
SANTA PAULA CITY COUNCIL
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 7, 2023
6:30 PM - City Council Regular Meeting
SANTA PAULA CITY HALL
970 VENTURA STREET
SANTA PAULA, CA 93060
JULIE LATSHAW, CITY CLERK
DAN SINGER, CITY MANAGER
MONICA CASTILLO, INTERIM CITY ATTORNEY
1 City of Santa Paula - City Council - City Council Regular Meeting
BRINGING ITEMS BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL
You are invited to participate in all Regular City Council meetings. Agendas are posted in the front of Santa Paula City Hall, 970 Ventura Street, Santa Paula, 72 hours in advance of the scheduled meetings. The City Council's regular meetings start at 6:30 p.m. the first and third Wednesday of each month in the City Hall Council Chambers located at 970 Ventura Street in Santa Paula.
HOW TO PARTICIPATE IN PERSON DURING THE MEETING: If you wish to speak at a City Council meeting, please fill out a Public Comment Form noting your name and address and submit the form to the City Clerk. Include the Agenda item number, when appropriate. Public comments are limited to 3 minutes.
1. Items Not on the Agenda: If you wish to discuss an item which is not scheduled on the Agenda, you may address the City Council during Public Comment. Please realize that due to the limitations placed on the City Council by provisions of the California Government Code, the City Council ordinarily cannot take action on any item that is not on the agenda. Because of these restrictions, expect that matters that you identify during public comment may be referred to staff or considered on a future agenda.
2. Agenda Items: Items being considered by the City Council may appear on the Consent Calendar, as an Action Item, or as a Public Hearing. Public comments on each type of item are handled differently, as explained below:
a. For items appearing on the Consent Calendar, please submit a Public Comment Form before the Council takes action on the Consent Calendar. Items that receive a Public Comment Form may be pulled from the Consent Calendar by the Mayor and discussed separately by the City Council.
b. For items appearing as an Action Item, the Mayor will announce the Agenda item and request the staff report, the staff member responsible will give a brief summary of the report; the City Council will have an opportunity to ask questions of staff; members of the public will be given an opportunity to comment on the item and ask additional questions (all members of the public should speak directly into the microphone at the speaker’s platform); and the City Council will discuss the item and then take appropriate action.
c. For items on which a Public Hearing is scheduled, the Mayor will open the public hearing and receive the staff report; members of the public will be given an opportunity to comment on the item and ask additional questions (all members of the public should speak directly into the microphone at the speaker’s platform); the City Council will discuss the item; and the Mayor will close the public hearing after City Council action.
HOW TO PARTICIPATE BEFORE THE MEETING: Members of the public are encouraged to submit email correspondence on any agenda item by sending an email to [email protected]. All public correspondence received by 3:00 p.m. (PT) on the meeting date will be provided to the legislative body before the meeting. Public Comments received after 3:00 p.m. will be provided to the legislative body the next day.
Your Participation in this meeting is in the public domain; meetings are cablecast; minutes of this meeting will reflect your participation in this meeting and are posted on the city’s website.
PLEASE NOTE: Be advised that if you bring a legal challenge to an action, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the meeting described in this Agenda, or in written correspondence delivered to the City Council at or before the meeting.
Any action is subject to the ninety-day time period set forth in Code of Civil Procedure § 1094.6.
2 City of Santa Paula - City Council - City Council Regular Meeting
1. CALL TO ORDER
REMINDER: in order to minimize distractions during public meetings, all personal communication devices should be turned off or put in a non-audible mode.
2. INVOCATION
3. FLAG SALUTE
4. ROLL CALL
5. PUBLIC COMMENT
At this time, members of the public may comment on any item not appearing on the agenda that is within the subject-matter jurisdiction of the City Council. A Public Comment Form must be submitted to the City Clerk prior to the beginning of the Public Comment period in order to be recognized to speak. Individuals submitting Public Comment Forms after the beginning of the Public Comment period will not be allowed to speak at this time, but may be recognized to speak by the Mayor at the conclusion of the meeting. Individual Councilmembers may briefly respond to Public Comments or ask questions for clarification. The City Council may direct staff to report to the City Council on the item at a later meeting. For items appearing on the Agenda, the public will be invited to make comments at the time the item comes up for City Council consideration. If a member of the public wishes to address a Consent Calendar item, please submit a Public Comment Form for that item. It may then be discussed separately by the Council, and the public will be invited to make comments at that time. At all times, please use the microphone and write your name and address on the Public Comment Form provided.
6. PRESENTATIONS
6.A PRIDE MONTH PROCLAMATION
6.B UNITED WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT PRESENTATION
6.C MEASURE T OVERSITE COMMITTEE PRESENTATION
7. CITY COUNCIL REPORTS
8. CITY MANAGER REPORTS
9. CONSENT CALENDAR
Background information has been provided to the City Council on all matters listed under the Consent Calendar and these items are considered to be routine by the City Council In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you need special assistance to participate in this meeting, please contact the City Clerk at (805) 933-4208. Notification 48 hours before the meeting will enable the City to make reasonable arrangements to ensure accessibility to this meeting. (28 CFR 35, 102-35.104 ADA Title II). Written materials distributed to the City Council within 72 hours of the City Council meeting are available for public inspection immediately upon distribution in the City Clerk’s office.
REGULAR MATTERS - COUNCIL CHAMBERS
3 City of Santa Paula - City Council - City Council Regular Meeting and are normally approved by one motion. If discussion is requested by a Councilmember on any item, or a member of the public wishes to comment on an item, that item may be removed from the Consent Calendar for separate action.
9.A APPROVAL OF MINUTES
City Council Special Minutes for May 17, 2023
City Council Regular Minutes for May 17, 2023
City Council Special Minutes for May 31, 2023
9.B SECOND READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 1329 AMENDING SECTION
16.13.410 OF THE SANTA PAULA MUNICIPAL CODE REGARDING THE
USE OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING TRUST FUND MONIES FROM
HOUSING IN-LIEU FEE PAYMENTS
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends the City Council conduct the second reading of and adopt Ordinance No. 1329, entitled, "AN ORDINANCE OF THE SANTA PAULA CITY COUNCIL AMENDING SECTION16.13.410, AFFORDABLE HOUSING
TRUST FUND, TO PROVIDE MORE CLARITY IN THE PROCESS AND USE OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING TRUST FUNDS FROM THE HOUSING INLIEU PAYMENTS."
9.C PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH CITYGATE
ASSOCIATES LLC FOR AN ORGANIZATIONAL EFFICIENCY
ASSESSMENT OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES PROCESS
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that the City Council:
1. Authorize the City Manager to execute a Professional Services Agreement with Citygate Associates LLC until May 7, 2024 to conduct an organizational efficiency assessment of the City of Santa Paula development services processes in an amount not to exceed $77,785; in a form approved by the City Attorney, and
2. Approve a budget allocation for $38,892.50 needed for both donation revenues (100-4-7500-6157) and professional services expenditures (100-5-3001-209) with the remaining $38,892.50 will be allocated from the General Plan Maintenance Fund (800-5-3001-215).
10. PUBLIC HEARING
Verification of posting notice by City Clerk
Declaration of conflicts (if any)
Declaration of ex parte contacts (if any)
Open public hearing
Staff presentation
Public comments
Close public hearing
Discussion and action
10.A GEOLOGIC HAZARD ABATEMENT DISTRICT ASSESSMENT
4 City of Santa Paula - City Council - City Council Regular Meeting RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that the GHAD Board of Directors:
1. Conduct a public hearing on the proposed assessment for the Santa Paula Geologic Hazard Abatement District;
2. Adopt Resolution No.7457 approving the fiscal year 2023/2024 budget and extending a $1,246 assessment levy per residential parcel onto the fiscal year 2023/2024 tax roll for the Santa Paula Geologic Hazard Abatement District.
Presented by: Clete J. Saunier, Public Works Director
10.B HILLSBOROUGH OPEN SPACE MAINTENANCE DISTRICT ASSESSMENT RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that the City Council:
1. Conduct a public hearing on the proposed assessment for the Hillsborough Open Space Maintenance District;
2. Adopt Resolution No.7458 placing a $150 per parcel special assessment onto the December 2023 tax roll for the Hillsborough Open Space Maintenance District.
Presented by: Clete J. Saunier, Public Works Director
11. ACTION ITEMS
11.A SELECTION OF CLEAN POWER ALLIANCE (CPA) RATES
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends the City Council:
1. Discuss and provide direction to staff on the community's energy default rate product and authorize the City Manager to notify the CPA Board of such selection.
2. Discuss and provide direction to staff on the City's energy rate product selection for identified City accounts and authorize the City Manager to notify the CPA Board of such selection(s).
Presented By: Jonathan Royas, Management Analyst
11.B REORGANIZATION OF CITY DEPARTMENTS AND DIVISIONS
RECOMMENDATION:
Approve Resolution No. 7459, amending the Position Control List and Salary Schedule to implement recommended reorganizations of specific City departments and divisions, and creating new classifications.
Presented by: Dan Singer, City Manager
11.C FIRST AMENDMENT TO MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT FOR FIRE 5 City of Santa Paula - City Council - City Council Regular Meeting
PROTECTION AND RELATED SERVICES BETWEEN THE CITY OF
SANTA PAULA AND THE VENTURA COUNTY FIRE PROTECTION
DISTRICT
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that the City Council:
1. Authorize the City Manager to execute the proposed First Amendment to the Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with the Ventura County Fire Protection District.
2. Authorize the City Manager to execute all documents necessary to carry out the First Amendment to the MOA in forms approved by the City Attorney.
Presented by: James Mason, Economic Development Director
11.D CITY COUNCIL MEETING START TIME DISCUSSION
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommend the City Council:
1. Consider and discuss a Councilmember request to change the start time of City Council regular meetings and provide staff direction and feedback as it relates to this request.
Presented By: Jonathan Royas, Management Analyst
12. ITEMS FOR FUTURE AGENDAS
12.A FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends City Council Review Future Agenda Items.
Presented by: Dan Singer, City Manager
13. ADJOURNMENT
State of California )-
County of Ventura )- ss
City of Santa Paula )-
I declare under penalty of perjury that I posted this City Council Agenda on the bulletin board near the front door of City Hall, 970 Ventura Street, Santa Paula, California.
On_________________ at______________Signed:_________________________ Julie Latshaw
City Clerk
6 City of Santa Paula - City Council - City Council Regular Meeting