City of Santa Paula
City Council
MAYOR PEDRO A. CHAVEZ
VICE MAYOR CARLOS JUAREZ
COUNCILMEMBER JENNY CROSSWHITE
COUNCILMEMBER LESLIE CORNEJO
COUNCILMEMBER GABRIELA ORNELAS
CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING OF THE
SANTA PAULA CITY COUNCIL
WEDNESDAY, MAY 21, 2025
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, CITY ATTORNEY
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CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING
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. Special and Closed Sessions vary by date and time.
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.
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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. CLOSED SESSION REPORT
6. 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 the City Manager 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.
7. PRESENTATIONS
7.A PARKS & RECREATION DEPARTMENT ACTIVITY REPORT
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that 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.
HOW TO VIEW ON YOUR TELEVISION, COMPUTER, OR MOBILE DEVICE: Watch from home live on the local Channel 10, or view the live feed on the city website at the following link: https://www.spcity.org/523/Public-Meeting-Agendas NOTE: Special and Closed Sessions are not recorded and not available on Channel 10 or live feed on the city website.
REGULAR MATTERS - COUNCIL CHAMBERS
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1. Receive and file the Parks & Recreation Department's Activity Report for the period of January 1st through April 30th, 2025.
Presented by: Gregory Barnes, Parks & Recreation Director
8. CITY COUNCIL REPORTS
9. CITY MANAGER REPORTS
10. 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 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.
10.A APPROVAL OF MINUTES
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RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends Council approve minutes.
10.B APRIL 2025 WARRANTS AND CERTIFICATIONS
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that the City Council:
1. Review and accept the "Certification of Accounts Payable" for the accounts payable payment cycles for April 2025, starting check number 340434 and ending check number 340680.
2. Review and accept the "Certification of Salaries" for the pay period ending dates April 4th, 2025, through April 18th, 2025.
10.C FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE CONTRACT WITH HUNT DESIGN
ASSOCIATES INC. FOR A CITYWIDE WAYFINDING PROGRAM
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that the City Council:
1. Authorize the City Manager to execute an Amendment to the Professional Services Agreement with Hunt Design to expand the wayfinding signage package for the City of Santa Paula for an amount not to exceed $68,500
10.D FISCAL YEAR 2025-2026 PROJECT LIST FOR SENATE BILL 1 ROAD
MAINENANCE AND REHABILITATION FUNDING
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that the City Council:
4 City of Santa Paula - City Council - City Council Regular Meeting Adopt Resolution No. 7564 approving the Fiscal Year 2025-2026 Project List for Senate Bill 1 (Road Repair and Accountability Act of 2017) Road Maintenance and Rehabilitation Account Funding.
10.E AGREEMENT WITH CLP ENGINEERING FOR SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
EDISON'S MICROGRID INCENTIVE PROGRAM
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends the City Council:
1. Authorize the City Manager or designee to execute a professional services agreement with CLP Engineering LLC for services relating to the Southern California Edison Microgrid Incentive Program in a form substantively attached to this report, subject to City Attorney approval.
2. Authorize a budget adjustment recognizing both the revenue allocation for the funds coming from SCE as well as the expense allocation needed to pay CLP engineering, for $25,000 in GL accounts 100-4-7500-4277 and 100-5-5011-209.
10.F ORDINANCE AMENDING SANTA PAULA MUNICIPAL CODE CHAPTER 103 FIREWORKS
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that the City Council:
1. Adopt Ordinance No. 1344 entitled: AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY
COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA PAULA, CALIFORNIA AMENDING CHAPTER 103 OF THE SANTA PAULA MUNICIPAL CODE
REGARDING FIREWORKS
2. Adopt Resolution No. 7566 increasing administrative citation fine amounts for violations of Chapter 103 of the Santa Paula Municipal Code regarding fireworks
Presented by City Attorney Monica Castillo
10.G PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS FOR THE SR 150 CROSSWALK
IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that the City Council:
1. Adopt Resolution No. 7565 approving the plans and specifications for the SR 150 Crosswalk Improvements Project
2. Authorize Staff to advertise for Project bids.
11. 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
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Close public hearing
Discussion and action
11.A VENTURA COUNTY WATERSHED PROTECTION DISTRICT'S BENEFIT ASSESSMENT PROGRAM FOR FY 2025-2026
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that the City Council:
1. Open the public hearing;
2. Receive testimonial and documentary evidence from the public, if any;
3. Close the public hearing;
4. Adopt Resolution No. 7563 requesting the Ventura County Watershed Protection District to continue the City’s assessment of $37.74 per Benefit Assessment Unit (BAU) per year to fund a portion of the City’s Stormwater Management Program.
11.B INTRODUCTION OF ORDINANCE NO. 1345 AMENDING CHAPTERS
16.07, 16.09, 16.11, 16.21, AND 16.27 OF THE SANTA PAULA MUNICIPAL
CODE IN ORDER TO CORRECT INCONSISTENCIES, OUTDATED
LANGUAGE AND FORMATTING, AND THE GENERAL PLAN ZONING
MAP TO CHANGE THE ZONE ON VARIOUS PROPERTIES GENERALLY
LOCATED NORTH OF AND ADJACENT TO THE SANTA PAULA AIRPORT AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 126 FROM MANUFACTURING (M-1) TO
AIRPORT OPERATIONAL (KO), AND FINDING THE ACTIONS TO BE
STATUTORILY EXEMPT FROM CEQA
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that the City Council:
1. Open the public hearing.
2. Waive first reading, read by title only, and introduce Ordinance No. 1345, entitled "An Ordinance amending Chapters 16.07, 16.09, 16.11,
16.21, and 16.27 of the Santa Paula Municipal Code in order to correct inconsistencies, outdated language and formatting, and the General Plan Zoning Map to change the zone on various properties generally located north of and adjacent to the Santa Paula Airport and south of Highway 126 from Manufacturing (M-1) to Airport Operational (KO), and finding the actions to be statutorily exempt from CEQA" Presented by: Monica Castillo, City Attorney / Tom Tarantino, Planning & Economic Development Manager
12. ACTION ITEMS
12.A THIRD QUARTER FISCAL REPORT
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that the City Council
1. Approved the budget allocations noted in the Fiscal Impacts Section 6 City of Santa Paula - City Council - City Council Regular Meeting Presented by: Finance Director Christy Ramirez
13. ITEMS FOR FUTURE AGENDAS
13.A FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends City Council review future agenda items.
14. ADJOURNMENT
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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
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