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Ojai City Council
Special Meeting
May 1 at 7:30 p.m.
Council Chambers, Ojai City Hall
401 S. Ventura Street – Ojai, CA

Members of the public wishing to address the City Council on items appearing on the agenda are requested to complete a "speaker’s card" and file it with the City Clerk prior to the start of the Council meeting. Cards are available in the Council Chambers and the Lobby. All comments should be limited to three minutes, unless additional time is granted by the Mayor. Speakers should state their name and address for the record and must direct their comments to the Council, not the audience or press. While Council is in session, members of the Council, City staff, and members of the audience are expected to maintain order and decorum and to obey the orders of the Mayor. Any meeting participant or member of the audience who engages in disorderly conduct, such as hand-clapping, stamping of feet, whistling, using profane language and so on, which disturbs the peace and good order of the meeting, or refuses to comply with the lawful orders of the Mayor may be ordered removed from the meeting, and may be guilty of a misdemeanor. (Cal. Penal Code Sec. 403.)

ROLL CALL

Public Communications

Public Communications is the time set aside during the Council meeting for members of the public to address the City Council on items of City business other than scheduled agenda items. Persons wishing to address the Council should fill out a speaker card prior to the Council reaching this point on the agenda. The City Council will take no action on items presented at this time. Comments must be limited to three minutes or less. Thank you.

DISCUSSION

1. Urgency Ordinance-Formula Businesses

RECOMMENDATION: Adopt an urgency ordinance imposing a moratorium on any permits for formula retail businesses.

ADJOURNMENT

IMPORTANT NOTES:

An administrative report providing more detailed information is available for most agenda items, and may be reviewed in the City Clerk’s office during regular business hours (Monday through Thursday from 8:00 AM to 5:30 PM).

In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you need special assistance to participate in this meeting, please call (805) 646-5581. Notification 48 hours prior to the meeting will enable the City to make reasonable arrangements to ensure accessibility to this meeting.

If you feel that a language interpreter is necessary for you to participate in this meeting, notification 48 hours prior to the meeting will enable the City to make reasonable arrangements for an interpreter to assure your participation/understanding of this meeting of the City Council.

If you challenge the actions of the City Council/Redevelopment Agency in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in the public notices, or in written correspondence delivered to the City Council/Planning Commission at, or prior to, the public hearing (Calif. Gov’t Code Sec. 65009).

Any legal action by an applicant seeking to obtain a judicial review of the City Council’s decision on a Hearing listed on this Agenda may be subject to the 90-day filing period of, and governed by, Code of Civil Procedure Section 1094.6.

Agenda Approved
Agenda Posted By: Jere A. Kersnar, City Manager