TEHACHAPI POLICE DEPARTMENT
EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER
TEHACHAPI" LE 220 WEST C STREET
C A L F O R N I A
MINUTES
TEHACHAPI CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING,
TEHACHAPI REDEVELOPMENT SUCCESSOR AGENCY REGULAR MEETING,
TEHACHAPI PUBLIC FINANCING AUTHORITY REGULAR MEETING, AND
TEHACHAPI CITY FINANCING CORPORATION REGULAR MEETING
MONDAY, JULY 7, 2025—6: 00 P. M.
NOTE: Sm, Da, Pa, Ch and Po are abbreviations for Council Members Smith, Davies, Pauer, Chung, and Pogon- Cord, respectively. For example, Pa/ Sm denotes Mayor Pro Tern Pauer made the motion and Council Member Smith seconded it. The abbreviation Ab means absent, Abd abstained, Ns noes, and NAT no action taken.
ACTION TAKEN
CALL TO ORDER
Meeting called to order by Mayor Pogon- Cord at 6: 00 pm
ROLL CALL
Roll call by City Clerk Tori Marsh
Present: Mayor Pogon- Cord, Mayor Pro Tem Pauer, Councilmember Davies, Councilmember Smith
Absent: Councilmember Chung
INVOCATION
Led by Michelle Desmond, Prayer Pastor, Tehachapi Vineyard Church
PLEDGE TO THE FLAG
Led by Mayor Pro Tern Pauer
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT REPORTS
1. Honor Flight Kern County Sponsorship— PRESENTATION/ APPROVED Approved Pa/ Sm Motion Carried
Ab Ch
CONSENT AGENDA Approved
Sm/ Pa Motion Carried
Ab Ch
AUDIENCE ORAL AND WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS
2. Public comment
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CITY CLERK REPORTS
3. Minutes for the Tehachapi City Council, Tehachapi Redevelopment Successor Approved And Filed Sm/ Pa Motion Carried
Agency, Tehachapi Public Financing Authority, and the Tehachapi City Financing Ab ch Corporation regular meeting held on June 16, 2025– APPROVED AND FILED
FINANCE REPORTS
4. Disbursements and bills for June 6, 2025 through July 2, 2025 - AUTHORIZED Authorized Payments PAYMENTS Sm/ Pa Motion Carried
Ab Ch
CITY ENGINEER REPORTS
5. Beekay Theater Expansion Project – Notice of Completion – INFORMATION ONLY
ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER REPORTS
6. PUBLIC HEARING– Adoption of
6th Cycle ( 2023- 2031) Housing Element Approved And Adopted Resolution No. 25- 25 The 6th
a. Opened Hearing at 6: 45 pm
Cycle( 2023- 2031) Housing
b. Notice of Public Hearing was published in Bakersfield Californian on June Element Of The General Plan 18, 2025. Two letters received. And Find The Action Exempt From The California
c. Assistant City Manager Corey Costelloe gave staff report Environmental Quality Act( Cega) d. Received Public Comments Da/ Pa Motion Carried
e. Closed Hearing at 6: 56 pm
Ab Ch
f. Council discussion and action. Amended resolution was provided to councilmembers on the dais.
APPROVED AND ADOPTED RESOLUTION NO. 25- 25 THE 6TH CYCLE( 2023- 2031)
HOUSING ELEMENT OF THE GENERAL PLAN AND FIND THE ACTION EXEMPT
FROM THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT( CEQA)
CITY MANAGER REPORTS
7. Report to Council regarding current activities and programs– VERBAL REPORT
COUNCILMEMBER REPORTS
CLOSED SESSION
1. Closed Session minutes of June 16, 2025– APPROVED AND FILE Approved And Filed Po/ Sm Motion Carried
Ab Ch
2. CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL- ANTICIPATED LITIGATION Initiation of litigation pursuant to paragraph ( 4) of subdivision ( d) of Section 54956. 9: ( one potential case)
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3. CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL- EXISTING LITIGATION
Paragraph ( 1) of subdivision ( d) of§ 54956. 9
City of Tehachapi, et. al v. Tehachapi- Cummings County Water District( 2 cases)
4. CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL- EXISTING LITIGATION
Paragraph ( 1) of subdivision ( d) of§ 54956. 9
Tehachapi- Cummings County Water District v. City of Tehachapi, et. ai.
ADJOURNMENT
The City Council/ Boards adjourned at 6: 36 pm to a City Council, Tehachapi Adjourned At 6: 36 pm Redevelopment Successor Agency, Tehachapi Public Financing Authority and Tehachapi City Financing Corporation Regular Meeting to be held on August 4, 2025 at 6: 00 pm.
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TORI MARSH, CMC
City Clerk, City of Tehachapi, California
Approved this 4th day
of August 2025.
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JOAN POGON- CORD
Mayor, City of Tehachapi, California