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Tehachapi City Council
August 4, 2025

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TEHACHAPI POLICE DEPARTMENT

EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER
TEHACHAPI 220 WEST C STREET

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, AUGUST 4, 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 Tem 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 Chung

Absent: Councilmember Smith

INVOCATION
Led by Nick Smith, Pastor Tehachapi Christian Life Assembly

PLEDGE TO THE FLAG
Led by Mayor Pro Tem Pauer

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT REPORTS

1. Recognition of Chief Standridge for his completion of Executive P. O. S. T.

Certification - PRESENTATION

2. Government Finance Officers Association( GFOA) Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting— PRESENTATION

3. National Farmer' s Market Week, August 3 - 9, 2025— PRESENTATION Tehachapi City Council Regular Meeting— August 4, 2025
Tehachapi Redevelopment Successor Agency Regular Meeting Tehachapi Public Financing Authority Regular Meeting And Tehachapi City Financing Corporation Regular Meeting ACTION TAKEN CONSENT AGENDA Approved
Ch/ Pa Motion Carried
Ab Sm

AUDIENCE ORAL AND WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS

4. Public comment

CITY CLERK REPORTS

5. Minutes for the Tehachapi City Council, Tehachapi Redevelopment Successor Approved And Filed Ch/ Pa Motion Carried
Agency, Tehachai Public Financing Authority, and the Tehachapi City Financing Ab Sm Corporation regular meeting held on July 7, 2025— APPROVED AND FILED

6. Disposition of city owned property — ADOPTED RESOLUTION NO. 26- 25 Adopted Resolution No. 26- 25

AUTHORIZING THE DISPOSITION OF CITY OWNED PROPERTY
Authorizing The Disposition Of
City Owned Property
Ch/ Pa Motion Carried
Ab Sm

FINANCE REPORTS

7. Disbursements and bills for July 3, 2025 through July 30, 2025 - AUTHORIZED Authorized Payments Ch/ Pa Motion Carried

PAYMENTS
Ab Sm

8. City of Tehachapi Treasurer' s Report through June 2025— RECEIVE REPORT Received Report Ch/ Pa Motion Carried
Ab Sm

9. Unclaimed Funds — ADOPTED RESOLUTION NO. 27- 25 TO TRANSFER Adopted Resolution No. 27- 25 To UNCLAIMED CHECK FUNDS FROM THEIR RESPECTIVE FUND( S) TO THE TransUu From fer
Their
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GENERAL FUND PURSUANT TO CALIFORNIA GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION The General Fund Pursuant To 50053 California Government Code
Section 50053
Ch/ Pa Motion Carried
Ab Sm

AIRPORT MANAGER REPORTS

10. Vital Signs Billboard License Agreement — APPROVED THE AGREEMENT Approved The Agreement BETWEEN VITAL SIGNS AND THE CITY OF TEHACHAPI AND AUTHORIZED THE BetweenVitalSignsAndTheCity Of Tehachapi And Authorized MAYOR TO SIGN, SUBJECT TO CITY MANAGER AND CITY ATTORNEY APPROVAL The Mayor To Sign, Subject To City Manager And City Attorney
Approval
Ch/ Pa Motion Carried
Ab Sm

11. Entertainment Zone amendment — COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT SPECIALIST Approved Resolution No. 28- 25 JESSICA GARNER GAVE STAFF REPORT; APPROVED RESOLUTION NO. 28- 25 Amending Ordinance25- 02- 780 And The Tehachhapi
AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 25- 02- 780 AND THE TEHACHAPI MUNICIPAL Municipal Code Section CODE SECTION 12. 10. 030. A

12. 10. 030.A
Ch/ Pa Motion Carried
Ab Sm
Tehachapi City Council Regular Meeting— August 4, 2025
Tehachapi Redevelopment Successor Agency Regular Meeting Tehachapi Public Financing Authority Regular Meeting And Tehachapi City Financing Corporation Regular Meeting ACTION TAKEN

12. Special Event Application — Greater Tehachapi Chamber of Commerce 62nd ATehachappproved TheM62nd Annual Annual Tehachapi Mountain Festival — APPROVED THE 62ND ANNUAL TEHACHAPI MOUNTAIN FESTIVAL, TEHACHAPI MOUNTAIN FESTIVAL PARADE Parade And Mountain Gallop 5k AND MOUNTAIN GALLOP 5K SPECIAL EVENT APPLICATION, ASSOCIATED Special Event Application, Associated Street Closures And
STREET CLOSURES AND AUTHORIZED THE MAYOR TO SIGN THE AGREEMENT Authorized The Mayor To Sign BETWEEN THE CITY OF TEHACHAPI AND THE GREATER TEHACHAPI CHAMBER The Agreement Between The OF COMMERCE, SUBJECT TO STAFF CONDITIONS, CITY MANGER AND CITY CityOfTehachapiAndThe

ATTORNEY APPROVAL
Greater Tehachapi Chamber Of
Commerce, Subject To Staff
Conditions, City Manger And City
Attorney Approval
Ch/ Pa Motion Carried
Ab Sm

CITY ENGINEER REPORTS

13. Event Center Fencing Project— Notice of Completion — INFORMATION ONLY

14. Rehabilitate and Relocate Taxiway A Project — Notice of Completion —

INFORMATION ONLY

15. Adoption of CEQA Determination for the Water Pressure Zone Boundary Project Adopted The Cega Categorical File
ADOPTED THE CEQA CATEGORICAL EXEMPTION AND DIRECTED STAFF TO ExempNotice tion And Direction For Sta
Of ExempteTh
FILE NOTICE OF EXEMPTION FOR THE WATER PRESSURE ZONE BOUNDARY Water Pressure Zone Boundary PROJECT Project
Ch/ Pa Motion Carried
Ab Sm

CITY MANAGER REPORTS

16. Report to Council regarding current activities and programs— VERBAL REPORT

COUNCILMEMBER REPORTS

CLOSED SESSION

1. Closed Session minutes of July 7, 2025 —APPROVED AND FILE Approved And Filed Pa/ Ch Motion. Carried
Ab Sm

2. CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL- ANTICIPATED LITIGATION Initiation of litigation pursuant to paragraph ( 4) of subdivision ( d) of Section 54956. 9: ( one potential case)

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. al.

Tehachapi City Council Regular Meeting– August 4, 2025
Tehachapi Redevelopment Successor Agency Regular Meeting Tehachapi Public Financing Authority Regular Meeting And Tehachapi City Financing Corporation Regular Meeting ACTION TAKEN

ADJOURNMENT
The City Council/ Boards adjourned at 6: 34 pm to a City Council, Tehachapi Adjourned At 6: 34 pm Redevelopment Successor Agency, Tehachapi Public Financing Authority and Tehachapi City Financing Corporation Regular Meeting to be held on August 18, 2025 at 6: 00 pm.

TORI MARSH, CMC
City Clerk, City of Tehachapi, California
Approved this 18th day
of August 2025.

JOAN POGON- CORD
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Mayor, City of Tehachapi, California

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