City of Santa Paula
City Council Special
MAYOR CARLOS JUAREZ
VICE MAYOR JENNY CROSSWHITE
COUNCILMEMBER LESLIE CORNEJO
COUNCILMEMBER PEDRO A. CHAVEZ
COUNCILMEMBER GABRIELA ORNELAS
CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING OF THE
SANTA PAULA CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL
WEDNESDAY, JULY 15, 2026
4:30 PM - City Council Special Meeting
SANTA PAULA CITY HALL
970 VENTURA STREET
SANTA PAULA, CA 93060
JULIE LATSHAW, CITY CLERK
DAN SINGER, CITY MANAGER
MONICA CASTILLO, CITY ATTORNEY
BRINGING ITEMS BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL
City of Santa Paula - City Council Special - City Council Special Meeting 1 City Council Regular meetings are held the first and third Wednesday of each month, at 6:30 p.m. in the City of Santa Paula City Hall Council Chamber, 970 Ventura Street, Santa Paula, and occasionally at the City of Santa Paula Community Center at 530 W Main Street, 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 located just outside the Council Chambers, noting your name and address and submit the form to the City Clerk. Providing your name, address, or other identifying information on the form is voluntary and requested to assist the City with orderly meeting administration and provide context to comments. Include the Agenda item number you wish to speak on. Members of the public may address the Council on items on this agenda only. Public comments are limited to 3 minutes. Speakers using a translator will be provided at least twice the allotted time, unless simultaneous translation equipment is available and used by the City.
HOW TO ATTEND AND PROVIDE REMOTE PUBLIC COMMENT: Members of the public may attend the open portions of the meeting remotely using the two-way audiovisual platform at the following:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81243449980?pwd=G2xCNCN6F8RQYI1LnHHlNC441mfgD2.1 Webinar ID: 812 4344 9980
Passcode: 879375
If the platform includes automatic captioning, the City will activate that function during the meeting. To provide remote oral public comment, use the platform’s “raise hand” feature. No advance email request is required to attend remotely or to provide remote oral public comment. However, the City asks that anyone wishing to provide remote public comment send an email to the City Clerk’s office at [email protected] on the day of the meeting by 3:00 p.m. and include the item number in the email subject line. This will help the City better facilitate public comment. Remote public comments are subject to the same time limits as inperson public comments. For technical assistance before the meeting, contact the City Clerk at [email protected] or (805) 933-4208.
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 a Regular Council meeting. Members of the public may address the Council on items on this agenda only.
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:
1. 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.
2. 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 City of Santa Paula - City Council Special - City Council Special Meeting 2 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.
3. For items on which a Public Hearing is scheduled, the Mayor will receive the staff report and open the public hearing. During the public hearing, 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). After public testimony concludes, the City Council may ask questions about the item or the Mayor may close the public hearing. After the hearing closes, the City Council will discuss the information presented and may take action on the item.
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 may occasionally be cablecast. Minutes of this meeting will reflect your participation in this meeting and are posted on the City’s website.
TRANSLATED AGENDAS; INTERPRETATION ASSISTANCE; REQUESTS: This agenda and instructions for joining the meeting and providing remote public comment are available at the following link: https://www.spcity.org/523/Public-Meeting-Agendas. Members of the public may post additional translations of the agenda at Santa Paula City Hall, 970 Ventura Street, Santa Paula, CA 93060. Members of the public who wish to translate a meeting or receive interpretation from another member of the public may request reasonable assistance by contacting the City Clerk at [email protected] or (805) 933-4208. Assistance may include arranging space for interpreters, allowing additional time for interpretation, or allowing the use of personal equipment or facilities for commercially available interpretation services. To request meeting agendas or agenda documents by email or through the City’s agenda management system, contact the City Clerk at [email protected] or at the following link:
https://www.spcity.org/523/Public-Meeting-Agendas.
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 Meetings are generally not recorded, nor generally available on Channel 10 or live feed on the City website.
DISCLOSURE OF CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS/GOVERNMENT CODE § 84308: Pursuant to Government Code § 84308, City Councilmembers are disqualified from participating in any Agenda item involving contracts (excluding competitively bid, labor agreements, and personal employment contracts), franchise agreements, discretionary land use entitlements, and other permits, licenses and entitlements if the Councilmember received more than $500 (aggregated) in campaign contributions from the applicant or party, an agent of the City of Santa Paula - City Council Special - City Council Special Meeting 3
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. applicant/party, or any financially-interested participant who actively supports or opposes the matter on the Agenda within the preceding 12 months.
Financially-interested participants include those with (i) an interest in property located within 500 feet of the property at issue on the Agenda, (ii) an economic interest in a business entity that may be impacted as a result of the decision, or (iii) a business relationship with the applicant/contractor that may result in additional services provided to the applicant/contractor.
Councilmembers who have received campaign contributions totaling more than $500 (aggregated) within the past 12 months are required to publicly disclose that fact for the official record of that Agenda item and are prohibited from making, participating in the making, or attempting to influence any decision on that Agenda item. Additionally, any applicant, agent, or participant seeking a covered contract, franchise, license, permit, or other entitlement who has contributed more than $500 to any councilmember within the past 12 months must publicly disclose that contribution prior to or during the public meeting.
To learn more, visit the FPPC: https://ww.fppc.ca.gov/learn/pay-to-play-limits-andprohibitions.html 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.
In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you need a disability-related modification or accommodation, including auxiliary aids or services, to participate remotely or in person in this meeting, please contact the City Clerk at (805) 933-4208 or [email protected]. Notification 48 hours before the meeting will enable the City to make reasonable arrangements to ensure accessibility to this meeting. Requests will be received and resolved promptly, with any doubt resolved in favor of accessibility. (28 CFR 35, 102-
35.104 ADA Title II).
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.
SPECIAL MEETING - COUNCIL CHAMBERS
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2. ROLL CALL
3. PUBLIC COMMENT
At this time, members of the public may comment on any item appearing on the agenda only. Individual Councilmembers may briefly respond to Public Comments or ask questions for clarification. Public Comments are limited to three minutes.
4. CLOSED SESSION
The City Council may move into a closed session pursuant to applicable law, including the Brown Act (Government Code Section 54956, et seq.) for the following purpose:
4.A CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - ANTICIPATED LITIGATION - Initiation of litigation pursuant to § 54956.9(d)(4), Number of Cases (1)
4.B CONFERENCE WITH REAL PROPERTY NEGOTIATORS PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE § 54956.8. Property: 180 S. Palm Avenue, APN:
105008017, Agency Negotiator: James Mason, Community and Economic Development Director, Negotiating Party: Farmers Irrigation Company, Under Negotiation: Price and Terms of Payment
4.C CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - EXISTING LITIGATION Pursuant to Government Code § 54956.9(d)(1), P.Z. v. City of Santa Paula, et al., Ventura County Superior Court Case No. 56-2023-00574258-CU-OE-VTA
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CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - EXISTING LITIGATION Pursuant to Government Code § 54956.9(d)(1), Tomas Madrigal v. City of Santa Paula, U.S. District Court Case No. 2:25-cv-7163-PVC
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CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - EXISTING LITIGATION Pursuant to Government Code § 54956.9(d)(1), Jessie J. Verdun Jr. v. City of Santa Paula, Ventura Superior Court Case No. 2025CLCR046653
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CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - EXISTING LITIGATION Pursuant to Government Code § 54956.9(d)(1), Jesse Verdun and Veronica Vester v.
City of Santa Paula, et al., U.S. District Court Case No. 2:24-cv-06021-CASRAO
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CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - EXISTING LITIGATION Pursuant to Government Code § 54956.9(d)(1), River’s Edge Manufactured Housing Community, LLC dba The 400 Mobile Estates v. City of Santa Paula, et al., Ventura County Superior Court Case No. 2025CUWM052550
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CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - EXISTING LITIGATION Pursuant City of Santa Paula - City Council Special - City Council Special Meeting 5 to Government Code § 54956.9(d)(1), River’s Edge Manufactured Housing Community, LLC dba The 400 Mobile Estates v. City of Santa Paula, et al., Ventura County Superior Court Case No. 2026CUWM066049
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CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - EXISTING LITIGATION Pursuant to Government Code § 54956.9(d)(1), River’s Edge Manufactured Housing Community, LLC v. City of Santa Paula et al., U.S. District Court Case No. 2:26-cv-05734-JAK (ASx)
4.J CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - EXISTING LITIGATION Pursuant to Government Code § 54956.9(d)(1), River’s Edge Manufactured Housing Community, LLC v. City of Santa Paula et al., Ventura County Superior Court Case No. 2026CUWM067522
4.K CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - EXISTING LITIGATION Pursuant to Government Code section 54956.9(d)(1), Jerry Byrum v. City of Santa Paula, Workers' Compensation Appeals Board, Case No. 24029179.
4.L CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - EXISTING LITIGATION Pursuant to Government Code section 54956.9(d)(1), Gilbert Segovia v. City of Santa Paula, Workers' Compensation Appeals Board, Case No. 25033320.
4.M CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - EXISTING LITIGATION Pursuant to Government Code section 54956.9(d)(1), John Van Schiver v. City of Santa Paula, Workers' Compensation Appeals Board, Case No. 25033319.
5. CLOSED SESSION REPORT
6. 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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