City of Santa Paula
City Council Regular
MAYOR CARLOS JUAREZ
VICE MAYOR JENNY CROSSWHITE
COUNCILMEMBER LESLIE CORNEJO
COUNCILMEMBER PEDRO A. CHAVEZ
COUNCILMEMBER GABRIELA ORNELAS
CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING OF THE
SANTA PAULA CITY COUNCIL REGULAR
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18, 2026
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 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.
MEETING ENVIRONMENT
To maintain a public meeting environment conductive and welcoming to receive public comments from all members of the public, the audience is discouraged from engaging in displays of support or opposition to staff reports or public comments, including clapping, yelling, booing, hissing, or cheering, that may create a disruptive environment for the public who wish to express their views during the meeting are encouraged to do so in silent, nondisruptive ways -- such as raising a hand, shaking hands, or another quiet gesture of support or opposition that does not obstruct views or interrupt proceedings.
Members of the public holding signs are asked to hold the signs on their person in front of them or move to the back of the room so as not to obstruct the view of other members of the public wishing to participate in the meeting.
REGULAR MATTERS - COUNCIL CHAMBERS
3 City of Santa Paula - City Council Regular - City Council Regular Meeting 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 POLICE DEPARTMENT REPORT
RECOMMENDATION:
Receive and File Police Department Report
Prepared by Don Aguilar, Police Chief
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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City Council Regular Meeting January 21, 2026
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City Council Special Meeting February 4, 2026
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City Council Regular Meeting February 18, 2026
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends Council approve minutes.
10.B FEBRUARY 2026 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 February 2026, starting check number 343221 and ending check number 343485.
2. Review and accept the "Certification of Salaries" for the pay period ending dates February 6th, 2026, through February 20th, 2026.
10.C ENGEO PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT
RECOMMENDATION:
4 City of Santa Paula - City Council Regular - City Council Regular Meeting Staff recommends that the City Council convene as the GHAD Board to:
1. Authorize the Chair to execute a One-Year Professional Services Agreement with ENGEO Incorporated to provide GHAD Manager services for the Santa Paula GHAD in a form approved by the City Attorney, in the amount of $40,175.00 for Fiscal Year 2025-2026 based on the City’s approved two-year budget.
10.D REVISIONS TO THE CITY COUNCIL RECOGNITION POLICY
RECOMMENDATION:
That the City Council approve revisions to the City Council Recognition Policy established by Resolution No. 7453, incorporating policy clarifications related to business recognitions and procedures for adjourning meetings in memory of individuals or events that have made a meaningful contribution to the Santa Paula community.
11. ACTION ITEMS
11.A SECOND READING AND ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE TO REGULATE
SUCCESSIVE RENT INCREASE APPLICATIONS
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends the City Council:
1. Consider second reading and adoption of Ordinance No. 1353 entitled “An Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Santa Paula Amending Chapter 152 (Mobile Homes and Mobile Home Parks) of the Santa Paula Municipal Code to Regulate Successive Rent Increase Applications, and Finding the Ordinance is Exempt from the Environmental Quality Act”.
Presented by: Monica Castillo, City Attorney
11.B UTILITY BOX ART PROJECT CRITERIA AND REQUIREMENTS
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that the City Council:
1. Adopt, by motion, the City criteria and program requirements for the Utility Box Art Project being implemented in coordination with the Santa Paula Arte & Cultura Collective.
Presented by: Nicholle Azpera, Intern
11.C TRANSFER OF UNCLAIMED MONIES BACK TO GENERAL FUND
BALANCE
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that the City Council (1) Adopt Resolution No. 7608 escheating monies to the City’s General Fund, pursuant to Government Code §50053.
5 City of Santa Paula - City Council Regular - City Council Regular Meeting Presented by: Fabian Castellon, Accountant
12. ITEMS FOR FUTURE AGENDAS
12.A FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends City Council review future agenda items.
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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