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, JUNE 4, 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 PRIDE MONTH PROCLAMATION
7.B RAY FRUTOS PROCLAMATION
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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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7.C INTERFACE CHILDREN & FAMILY SERVICES PRESENTATION
7.D CITY MANAGER'S DEPARTMENT REPORT - JANUARY 2025 - MAY 2025 RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that the City Council:
1. Receive and file the Department Report for City Manager’s Department for January 2025 - May 2025.
Presented by: Dan Singer, City Manager
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 CRAGOE PEST SERVICES, INC. AMENDMENT NO. 1
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff Recommends that the City Council:
1. Authorize the City Manager to execute Amendment No. 1 to a Maintenance Services Agreement with Cragoe Pest Services, Inc. for Pest Services.
10.B AWARD OF CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT FOR THE WATER RECYCLING FACILITY PHASE 1 BLOWER REPLACEMENT PROJECT
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that the City Council:
1. Award a construction contract to Mehta Mechanical Company Inc. (MMC), for the Water Recycling Facility (WRF) Phase I Blower Replacement Project, CIP #9383 in the amount of $694,000, $200,000 of which will be contingent on approval of the FY 25/26 Budget.
2. Authorize the City Manager to execute the construction contract with MMC in a form approved by the City Attorney.
3. Authorize the City Manager to approve contract change orders as required and verified by staff in an amount not to cumulatively exceed 10% of the total contract amount.
4. Allocate $400,000 from CIP #9383 (2024-2025), $200,000 from CIP #9383 (2025-2026), and $213,400 from CIP #9215 (2024-2025) for construction of the WRF Phase I Blower Replacement Project.
10.C AGREEMENT WITH STAR EDUCATION FOR SUMMER PROGRAM
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SERVICES
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff Recommends that the City Council:
1. Authorize the City Manager to execute an agreement with Star Education for Summer Camp Program Supplemental Services.
10.D NOTICE OF COMPLETION FOR THE POLICE STATION SITE
IMPROVEMENT PROJECT
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that the City Council:
1. Accept the work performed by KemCorp Construction, Inc.
2. Authorize staff to file the Notice of Completion with the County Recorder.
10.E SECOND READING AND ADOPTION 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 conduct the second reading of and adopt 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"
11. ACTION ITEMS
11.A DISCUSSION TO AMEND SANTA PAULA MUNICIPAL CODE CHAPTER 152 MOBILE PARK RENT STABILIZATION ORDINANCE TO ADD THE
RIGHT TO APPEAL TO CITY COUNCIL
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends City Council discuss amending Chapter 152 of the Santa Paula Municipal Code to allow appeal of Mobile Home Rent Review Commission decisions to City Council.
Presented by:
Monica Castillo, City Attorney
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11.B LICENSE AGREEMENTS WITH POTENTIAL UNION OIL BUILDING USERS
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff Recommends that the City Council:
1. Authorize the City Manager to enter into license agreements with the Santa Paula Historical Society and Leap Lab: Ventura County Science Center for use of the Union Oil Building.
PRESENTED BY: GREG BARNES, PARKS AND RECREATION DIRECTOR
11.C FUNDING OPTIONS FOR THE CITY'S PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT
PROGRAM
RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the City Council:
a) Receive a presentation on funding options related to an accelerated pavement management program, and
b) Provide direction to staff on the preferred option.
Presented by: Robert Woodward, City Engineer
11.D SOLAR STREET LIGHT PILOT PROJECT (SSLPP)
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends Council:
1. Consider options for replacement of streetlights on 8th Street between Harvard and Main with solar powered, decorative poles and fixtures.
2. Authorize staff to move forward with request for final quotes or provide other direction as may be desired.
Presented by: Dale Goodman, Public Works Director
11.E DRAFT CITY COUNCIL 2-YEAR STRATEGIC PLAN FOR 2025-2027 RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends City Council:
1. Receive any public comments and provide staff feedback and direction as it relates to the final draft of Council's 2025-2027 Strategic Plan (Exhibit A).
Presented by: Jonathan Royas, Deputy City Manager
12. ITEMS FOR FUTURE AGENDAS
12.A FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends City Council review future agenda items. 6 City of Santa Paula - City Council - City Council Regular Meeting
13. 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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