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, OCTOBER 6, 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, Councilmember Davies, Councilmember Chung, Councilmember Smith
Absent: Mayor Pro Tern Pauer
INVOCATION
Led by Edward Stewart, Jesus Christ Church of Latter- Day Saints
PLEDGE TO THE FLAG
Led by Councilmember Smith
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT REPORTS
1. October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month - PRESENTATION
POLICE CHIEF REPORTS
2. Mayor to present a certificate of recognition to Father Wes Clare for his support of the Tehachapi Police Department— PRESENTATION
Tehachapi City Council Regular Meeting— October 6, 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/ Da Motion Carried
Ab Pa
1• 0AUDIENCE ORAL AND WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS
3. Public comment
CITY CLERK REPORTS
4. Minutes for the Tehachapi City Council, Tehachapi Redevelopment Successor Approved And Filed Ch/ Da Motion Carried
Agency, Tehachapi Public Financing Authority, and the Tehachapi City Financing Ab Pa Corporation regular meeting held on September 15, 2025 — APPROVED AND FILED
FINANCE REPORTS
5. Disbursements and bills for September 11, 2025 through September 30, 2025 - Authorized Payments
AUTHORIZED PAYMENTS
Ch/ Da Motion Carried
Ab Pa
DEVELOPMENT SERVICES REPORTS
6. Introduction and first reading of an ordinance revising the Tehachapi Municipal Approved The First Reading Of An Ordinance Of The City Of
Code regarding Residential Rental Property inspection requirements — Tehachapi Amending The
APPROVED THE FIRST READING OF AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF TEHACHAPI Tehachapi Municipal Code( Tmc) AMENDING THE TEHACHAPI MUNICIPAL CODE ( TMC) TO ADOPT RENTAL To Adopt Rental Registration And Inspection Regulations
REGISTRATION AND INSPECTION REGULATIONS ( PROPOSED TMC CHAPTER Proposed Tmc Chapter 8. 72)
8. 72) AND MAKE RELATED CHANGES TO BUSINESS LICENSES TAX FOR And Make Related Changes To APARTMENT COMPLEXES ( TMC CHAPTER 5. 08), AND MAKING A FINDING OF Business Licenses fax F(
Apartment Complexes T
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EXEMPTION FROM THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT Chapter 5. 08), And Making A Finding Of Exemption From The
California Environmental Quality
Act
Sm/ Ch Motion Carried
Ab Pa
7. Introduction and first reading of an ordinance revising the Tehachapi Municipal AIpprovedTheFirstReadingAnd Introduction Of An Ordinance Of
Code regarding administrative fines, penalties, and enforcement of code The City Of Tehachapi, Amending violations; short- term rental regulations; garbage and rubbish regulations; The Tehachapi Municipal Code parking space compliance; finding of exemption from CEQA — APPROVED THE ( Tmc) To Update Various Provisions Including Provisions FIRST READING AND INTRODUCTION OF AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF pertaining To Administrative TEHACHAPI, AMENDING THE TEHACHAPI MUNICIPAL CODE ( TMC) TO UPDATE Fines, Penalties, And VARIOUS PROVISIONS INCLUDING PROVISIONS PERTAINING TO Enforcement Of Code Violations Tmc Chapters 1. 16 And 1. 20),
ADMINISTRATIVE FINES, PENALTIES, AND ENFORCEMENT OF CODE Updating Short- Term Rental VIOLATIONS ( TMC CHAPTERS 1. 16 AND 1. 20), UPDATING SHORT- TERM Regulations,( Tmc Chapter 8. 68) RENTAL REGULATIONS, TMC CHAPTER 8. 68) REVISING GARBAGE AND RevisinioarbagcCndpub8ish Regulations( Tmc Chapter 8. 04), RUBBISH REGULATIONS ( TMC CHAPTER 8. 04), AMENDING PARKING SPACE Amending Parking Space COMPLIANCE REGULATIONS ( TMC CHAPTER 10. 28), AND MAKING A FINDING Compliance Regulations( Tmc Chapter 10. 28), And Making A
OF EXEMPTION FROM THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT Finding Of Exemption From The California Environmental Quality
Act
Sm/ Ch Motion Carried
Tehachapi City Council Regular Meeting— October 6, 2025 Tehachapi Redevelopment Successor Agency Regular Meeting Tehachapi Public Financing Authority Regular Meeting And Tehachapi City Financing Corporation Regular Meeting ACTION TAKEN Ab Pa
CITY MANAGER REPORTS
8. Report to Council regarding current activities and programs— VERBAL REPORT
COUNCILMEMBER REPORTS
CLOSED SESSION
1. Closed Session minutes of September 15, 2025— APPROVED AND FILED Approved And Filed Sm/ Ch Motion Carried
Ab Pa
2. CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL- ANTICIPATED LITIGATION Pursuant to Government Code Section 54956. 9( d)( 4): ( 1 potential case)
3. CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL— EXISTING LITIGATION
Pursuant to Government Code Section 54956. 9( d)( 1): ( 4 cases) a. City of Tehachapi v. Tehachapi- Cummings County Water District, et al.
Kern County Superior Court Case No. BCV- 23- 104134
b. City of Tehachapi v. v. Tehachapi- Cummings County Water District, et al.
Kern County Superior Court Case No. BCV- 24- 101512
c. Tehachapi- Cummings County Water District v. City of Tehachapi, et al.
Sacramento County Superior Court Case No. 34- 2022- 80003892- CU- WMGDS d. Tehachapi- Cummings County Water District v. City of Tehachapi, et al.
Kern County Superior Court Case No. BCV- 25- 103013
ADJOURNMENT
The City Council/ Boards adjourned at 7: 14 pm to a City Council, Tehachapi Adjourned At7: 14pm Redevelopment Successor Agency, Tehachapi Public Financing Authority and Tehachapi City Financing Corporation Regular Meeting to be held on October 20, 2025 at 6: 00 pm.
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TORI MARSH, CMC
City Clerk, City of Tehachapi, California
Approved this 20th day
of October 2025.
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1 JOAN POGON- CORD'
Mayor, City of Tehachapi, California