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Ojai City Council
Regular Meeting 7:30 p.m.
June 12, 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
PRESENTATION
Presentation of City Tile to Outgoing Planning Commissioner Paul Blatz
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 May 17, 2007 and May 31, 2007 and Payroll Warrants for May 24, 2007 in the amount of $541,393.36
RECOMMENDATION: Authorize payment.
c) Minutes of the Ojai Arts Commission for April 19, 2007
RECOMMENDATION: Receive and file.
d) Minutes of the Ojai Parks and Recreation Commission April 5, 2007
RECOMMENDATION: Receive and file.
e) Minutes of the Ojai Planning Commission for May 2, 2007
RECOMMENDATION: Receive and file.
f) Ratification of Historic Preservation Award Nominee
RECOMMENDATION: Ratify the Historic Preservation Commission recom-mendation for Michael Hermes as the City of Ojai Historic Preservation Award recipient for 2006.
g) Agreement with the County of Ventura transferring Ojai’s Surface Transportation Program Funds in Exchange for Cash
RECOMMENDATIONS:
1. Adopt resolution No. 07-____authorizing the Mayor to sign an Agreement between the City of Ojai and the County of Ventura to facilitate a funding transfer; and
2. Authorize the Ventura County Transportation Commission to transfer Ojai’s Surface Transportation Program funds to the County of Ventura in exchange for cash from the County, less $8,000 in administrative costs.
h) Grandview Sidewalk Project PW 2006-02
RECOMMENDATIONS:
1. Receive and accept all bids submitted for PW 2006-02, Grandview Sidewalk Project, and award the construction contract to the lowest responsible bidder, Nye & Nelson., in the amount of $41,935; and
2. Adopt Resolution No. 07-___authorizing the Mayor to sign a contract with the lowest cost responsible bidder for Grandview Sidewalk Project; and
3. Appropriate $23,317 from the Street and Roads Fund (Fund 27) into Fund 41
FY 07/08 budget for project costs.
i) Shelf Road Repairs Project PW 2007-01
RECOMMENDATIONS:
1. Receive and accept all bids submitted for PW 2007-01 Shelf Road Repairs Project and award the construction contract to the lowest responsible bidder, Alliance Contracting, Inc., in the amount of $64,360; and
2. Adopt Resolution No. 07-____authorizing the Mayor to sign a contract with the lowest cost responsible bidder for Shelf Road Repairs Project.
PUBLIC HEARING
2. Urgency Ordinance Extension
RECOMMENDATION: Adopt Resolution No. 07-____, thereby extending the moratorium on the issuance of development permits for formula retail businesses.
DISCUSSION
3. Gravel Truck Update
RECOMMENDATIONS:
1. Receive an update on the activities related to proposed permits in Santa Barbara and Ventura Counties for new and/or expanded sand and gravel mine, with associated truck traffic; and
2. Determine whether to consider involvement in legal efforts related to the processing and issuance of those permits.
4. Rate Increase – E.J. Harrison & Sons Services for Disposal of Solid Wastes
RECOMMENDATION: Adopt Resolution No. 07-____amending solid waste collection rates and approving a rate increase, and direct the Contractor to provide written notice to Ojai trash collection customers in accordance with contract terms.
5. Public Works and Recreation Director Positions
RECOMMENDATION: Receive this report regarding the filling of the Public Works and Recreation Director positions; no Council action is necessary at this time.
6. Appointment to City Planning Commission
RECOMMENDATIONS:
1. Receive report from the Appointment Sub-Committee; and
2. Consider ratification of recommended appointment.
Joint Meeting of the City of Ojai and the Ojai Redevelopment Agency
7. Revised FY 2006/07 and Proposed FY 2007/08 Budget
RECOMMENDATION: Ask questions and consider amendments to the Revised FY 2006/07 Budget and the Proposed FY 2007/08 Budget.
REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
CONSENT CALENDAR
8. a) Warrant for Ojai Redevelopment Agency for May 17 and May 31, 2007 in the amount of $26,006.13
REPORTS FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS
ORAL REPORT(S) FROM CITY MANAGER
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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