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Ojai City Council
Regular Meeting 7:30 p.m.
May 8, 2007
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

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

INVOCATION
A Moment of Silence

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.

CONSENT CALENDAR

1. a) Motion to approve the reading by title only of all ordinances and resolutions. Said ordinances and resolutions which appear on the public agenda shall be determined to have been read by title and further reading waived.
RECOMMENDATION: Approve.
b) Warrants for April 19, 2007 and Payroll Warrants for April 26, 2007 in the amount of $748,840.60
RECOMMENDATION: Authorize payment.
c) Minutes of the Ojai Planning Commission Meeting for April 4, 2007
RECOMMENDATION: Receive and file.

d) Minutes of the Ojai Arts Commission meeting of March 15, 2007
RECOMMENDATION: Receive and file.
e)Reconsideration of the City Council’s Appointment to the South Coast Area Transit (SCAT) Board of Directors
RECOMMENDATION: Authorize the appointment of Mayor Pro Tem Joe DeVito’s term as Ojai’s representative of the SCAT Board of Directors to extend to the end of this calendar year.

DISCUSSION

2. Revisions to Joint Powers Agreement with Gold Coast Transit
RECOMMENDATION: Adopt Resolution No. 07-_____authorizing the Mayor to sign a Joint Powers Agreement with Gold Coast Transit (formerly South Coast Area Transit).

3.Summer Council Meeting Schedule Modifications
RECOMMENDATIONS:
1. Consider the cancellation of certain City Council meetings; and
2.Provide direction to staff to give notice of any meetings cancelled due to a potential lack of quorum.

4.Required Eminent Domain Process Ordinance
RECOMMENDATION: Read ordinance by title only and pass to second reading, including public hearing on May 22, 2007.

REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY

CONSENT CALENDAR

5. Warrants for Redevelopment Agency for April 19, 2007 in the amount of $2,613.11
RECOMMENDATION: Authorize payment.

REPORTS FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS

ORAL REPORT(S) FROM CITY MANAGER

CLOSED SESSION

6. Closed Session – Potential Litigation per California Government Code Section 54956.9(c) :
RECOMMENDATION: Confer with City Attorney in closed session regarding potential litigation.

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

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