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OJAI CITY COUNCIL
Regular Meeting 7:30 p.m., March 10, 2009
Council Chambers, Ojai City Hall, 401 S. Ventura Street – Ojai, CA

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ROLL CALL

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

INVOCATION
A Moment of Silence

PRESENTATIONS
a) Proclamation for Arbor Week
b) Proclamation for 2010 Census Bureau Partnership (8:30 p.m. or later)

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. Matters raised at this time may be briefly discussed by the Council, and will generally be referred to staff and/or placed on subsequent agenda. Under State law, other than for emergency items, no action can be taken. Persons wishing to address the Council are requested to fill out a speaker card prior to the Council reaching this point on the agenda. Comments must be limited to three minutes or less. Thank you.

CONSENT CALENDAR (Items 1a – 1h)

1. a) Warrants for February 19 & 25, 2009 and Payroll Warrants for February 26, 2009 in the amount of $429,714.62
RECOMMENDATION: Authorize payment.

b) Minutes of the City Council Special Meeting of November 18, 2008
RECOMMENDATION: Approve as submitted.

c) Minutes of the City Council Special Meeting of December 2, 2008
RECOMMENDATION: Approve as submitted.

d) Minutes of the City Council Meeting of December 9, 2008
RECOMMENDATION: Approve as submitted.

e) Minutes of the City Council, Planning, Historic Preservation, Arts, and Parks & Recreation Commissions Special Meeting of January 15, 2009
RECOMMENDATION: Receive and file.

f) Minutes of the Arts Commission Meeting of November 20, 2008
RECOMMENDATION: Receive and file.

g) Minutes of the Planning Commission Meeting of January 21, 2009
RECOMMENDATION: Receive and file.

h) Ratification of “AB 1389” Report to Ventura County Auditor-Controller
Re: Funding of ERAF Payment
RECOMMENDATION: Ratify the attached Report to the Ventura County Auditor-Controller’s Office regarding how the Redevelopment Agency will meet its Education Revenue Augmentation Fund (ERAF) funding obligation.

DISCUSSION ITEM

2. Report on City Use of Pesticides
RECOMMENDATIONS:
1. Direct staff to develop an Integrated Pest Management program for the City; and
2. Approve placement of this project as a Priority “2” item on the Public Works Management Priority List.

3. Purchase of New City-Wide Phone System
RECOMMENDATION: Adopt proposed Resolution No.09- ____ authorizing the purchase of a new city-wide Altigen phone system from Capture Technologies, Inc., at a cost of $26,482, and additional expenditures of $14,141 for necessary network upgrades and reconfiguration of communications services in order to support the new system.

4. Ordinance Regarding Leaf Blowers
RECOMMENDATION: Direct staff to prepare an ordinance repealing Section 5-11.05(e) of the Municipal Code, dealing with leaf blowers.

5. Revised Public Works Management Priorities
RECOMMENDATIONS: Approve the Public Works Management Priority list.

6. Code Enforcement Program
RECOMMENDATION: Direct staff to develop a code enforcement program using additional part-time staff, and return to Council for appropriate budget amendment(s).

REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY

CONSENT CALENDAR

7. a) Warrants for February 19, 2009 in the amount of $2,315.05
RECOMMENDATION: Authorize payment.

b) Minutes of the Ojai Redevelopment Agency Special Meeting of November 18, 2008
RECOMMENDATION: Approve as submitted.

c) Minutes of the Ojai Redevelopment Agency Meeting of December 9, 2008
RECOMMENDATION: Approve as submitted.

REPORTS FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS

ORAL REPORT(S) FROM CITY MANAGER

ADJOURNMENT

IMPORTANT NOTES:

Materials related to an item on this agenda submitted to the City Council or Redevelopment Agency after distribution of the agenda packet are available for public inspection in the City Clerk’s Office at City Hall during normal business hours (Monday through Thursday from 8:00 AM to 5:30 PM). Such documents are also available on the City of Ojai’s website at www.ci.ojai.ca.us, subject to staff’s ability to post the documents prior to the meeting.

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
Jere A. Kersnar, City Manager