December 19, 2022 Ventura City Council Agenda
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CITY COUNCIL AGENDA
MONDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2022
SPECIAL CLOSED SESSION – 5:00 P.M.
SPECIAL MEETING - 6:00 P.M.
CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS – CITY HALL - 501 POLI STREET, VENTURA, CA 93001 TELECONFERENCE LOCATION - 23400 HIGHWAY 17, LOS GATOS, CA 95033
JOE SCHROEDER, MAYOR
Councilmembers:
DISTRICT 1 – LIZ CAMPOS DISTRICT 6 – JIM DURAN
DISTRICT 2 – DOUG HALTER DISTRICT 5 – BILL MCREYNOLDS
DISTRICT 3 – MIKE JOHNSON DISTRICT 4 – JEANNETTE SANCHEZ-
PALACIOS, DEPUTY MAYOR
Akbar Alikhan
Acting City Manager
Andrew Heglund
City Attorney
Michael B. MacDonald
City Clerk
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CALL TO ORDER – CLOSED SESSION – 5:00 p.m.
ROLL CALL
PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS: Public comments on Closed Session Items only.
CLOSED SESSION: Teleconference/Video Conference Meeting. The Public may not participate in the Closed Session, other than for Public Comments.
1. CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL – POTENTIAL LITIGATION One Case
Authority: Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(2)
ADJOURNMENT: Adjourn to Regular Meeting.
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CALL TO ORDER – SPECIAL SESSION – 6:00 p.m.: The regular meetings of the San Buenaventura (Ventura) City Council also serve as regular meetings of the Successor Agency and Public Facilities Financing Authority when Successor Agency and Public Facilities Financing Authority items are listed on the agenda.
ROLL CALL
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
CLOSED SESSION REPORT
CITY MANAGER COMMUNICATIONS
FORMAL ITEMS: The public may comment on each item listed on the agenda for Formal Items as the item is taken up. Formal Items may be reord ered at the discretion of the Chair. The public may speak up to three (3) minutes on each agenda item.
1. Consideration to Terminate Billing of Fees and Refund Property Owners Included in the Fire Hazard Reduction Program (FHRP)
Staff: Akbar Alikhan, Acting City Manager
David Endaya, Fire Chief
RECOMMENDATION
a. Authorize the Acting City Manager to terminate the current Fire Hazard Reduction Program billing process and cease charging fees for inspections to property owners.
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b. Authorize the Finance Department to refund all fees that have been paid pursuant to the Fire Hazard Reduction Program.
c. Authorize the Finance Department to increase appropriations within the Fire Department budget from General Fund Unassigned Fund Balance to cover all costs associated with the Fire Hazard Reduction Program.
d. Authorize the Finance Department to analyze and execute methods for quickly and efficiently refunding monies already obtained from the billing process in a cost-effective manner.
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ADJOURNMENT
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Live Spanish interpretation will be available. No advanced request for interpretation services required.
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Administrative Reports relating to this agenda are available on the City’s website – https://www.cityofventura.ca.gov/AgendaCenter.
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Resource Items for the Public:
• City Council Protocols which includes Rules of Decorum for the Public • City Council Goals 2021-2022
• Budget Principles 2021-2022
• City Charter
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This agenda was posted on Wednesday, December 16, 2022, at 3:30 p.m. in the City Clerk’s Office, on the City Hall Public Notices Board and on the internet.
Michael B. MacDonald, CMC
City Clerk
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