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CITY COUNCIL MINUTES Mayor Erik Nasarenko

Neal' Andrews, Deputy Mayor Cheryl Heitmann, Councilmember Matt LaVere, Councilmember

Jim Monahan, Councitmember Mike Tracy, Councillmember

Christy Weir, Cotmci1lmember

Mark D. Watkins, City Manager Gregory G. Diaz, City Attorney Antoinette M. Mann, City Clerk

REGULAR MEETING JULY 10, 2017

The San Buenaventura (Ventura) City Council met in regular session in the City Hall Council Chambers, 501 Poli Street, Ventura at 6:06 p.m.

ROLL CALL

Present:

Absent:

Councilmembers Lavere, Weir, Tracy, Heitmann, Monahan, Deputy Mayor Andrews and Mayor Nasarenko

None

Mayor Nasarenko presided.

PLE.DGE OF ALLEGIANCE

Councilmember Heitmann led the pledge of allegiance.

SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

Mayor Nasarenko recognized the 281h Annual Corporate Games and Sponsors. Corporate

Games allows area companies that support a commitment to teamwork, competition and fun to engage in team sports competitions and community service projects to foster pride and excellence in the workplace. Corporate Game Sponsors acknowledged were: Event Sponsors include PTI Technologies and the County of Ventura. Bronze Sponsors include the Ventura County Credit Union, The TradeDesk and Parker Hannifin. Silver sponsors include AECOM, Sage Publications, Limoneira and The Cheesecake Factory. Gold Sponsors include Brighton Management, Spanish Hills Country Club, Amgen, Jano Graphics and Community Memorial Health System.

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SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS (Continued)

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Mayor Nasarenko presented Green Business Awards to three local businesses that achieved the City of Ventura Green Business Certification: Diane de Mailly of DOM Metering Systems, Ed Sanchez of Home Window Repairs and Laura Oergel of A Woman's Touch.

CITY COUNCIL COMMUNICATION'S

Councilmember Heitmann thanked staff for making the 4th of July Parade and Street Fair a great event; and requested the meeting be adjourned in memory of Shelly Savren.

Cou ncilmember La Vere thanked the Rotary Club, Cultural Affairs Commission and staff for the 4th of July Street Fair; thanked Parks staff for cleaning up the beaches and parks during holiday weekends; and requested the meeting be adjourned in memory of Rick Fausset, Jr.

PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS

SPEAKERS Darlene Munoz, Dale Marinus, Leo Lewis and John Sanders Jones.

City Manager Mark D. Watkins responded to public speakers that the Mobile Home Rent Review Commission will meet in August 2017 to prepare their annual report to the City Council. That report and a public information meeting/workshop will be presented in September 2017.

CITY COUNCIL CONSENT ITEMS

1. Minutes

Councilmember Weir moved to approve the recommendation to:

Approve the minutes of the special and regular meetings of June 5, 2017 and June 12, 2017 and a regular meeting of June 19, 2017.

Councilmember Heitmann seconded. The vote was as follows:

AYES:

NOES: ABSENT:

Councilmembers Lavere, Weir, Tracy, Heitmann, Monahan. Deputy Mayor Andrews and Mayor Nasarenko None None

Mayor Nasarenko declared the motion carried .


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CITY COUNCIL CONSENT ITEMS (Continued)

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2. Recent Decisions of the Planning Commission and Design Review Committee ,(BO)

INFORMATION ONLY

Design Review June 7, 2017 Action : Approved

PROJ-11438 - Case Nos. DRC-3-17-39576 & HRA-5-17-40335

Request for Historic Resource Assessment and Formal Design Review for an exterior fa9ade paint and material modification to an existing commercial building complex of approximately 13, 786 square feet on a 26,350 square foot lot located at 363-397 North Ventura Avenue; Tom Olson, applicant: zoned C-2.

Planning Commission June 14, 2017 Action: Approved

PROJ-9801 - Case Nos. SPA-9-15-30577; GPA 8-16-36291 ; EIR-8-16-36293

Request for a General Plan Amendment and Specific Plan Amendment to: 1) add 7.5 acres of the land to the Auto Center Specific Plan area; 2) revise the Auto Center Specific Plan sign regulations to facilitate additional sign locations, improve existing signs and install a multiple-user, electronic, reader-board sign; 3) widen Leland Street/Auto Center Drive by five feet to the north; 4) underground overhead utilities lines on the north side of Leland Street/Auto Center Drive; and 5) revise the Land Use Plan of the Auto Center Specific Plan to prohibit used vehicle dealerships as a primary use; Hofer Properties, LLC, applicant.

Planning Commission June 14, 2017 Action: Approved

PROJ-11483 - Case Nos. OA-4-17-39851; EIR-4-17-39852

The proposed Ordinance Amendments to Division 24 - Zoning Regulations is a comprehensive review and update to the City's locational and joining criteria for adult business applicable Citywide. The proposal continues the locational requirement of the M-1 and M-2 zones for adult businesses and continues the 500 foot buffer from certain designated sensitive uses (residential zones, schools, churches and daycare) along with a 200 foot buffer between any legal adult businesses; Division 6 is a slight modification of the licensing provisions for adult business. City of Ventura, applicant.

SPEAKER Michael Sullivan

City Council received the information.


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CITY COUNCIL CONSENT ITEMS (Continued)

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3. Renewal of Agreement with Ventura Regional Sanitation District for Biosolids D:ispo,sal (50)


Approve and authorize the Mayor to execute Agreement No. 2017-111 with Ventura Regional Sanitation District for biosolids disposal; August 1, 2017-June 30, 2018 at $50.00 per ton.

Councilmember Heitmann seconded. The vote was as follows:

AYES:

NOES: ABSENT:

Councilmembers Lavere, Weir, Tracy, Heitmann, Monahan, Deputy Mayor Andrews and Mayor Nasarenko None None

Mayor Nasarenko declared the motion carried.

APPOINTMENTS TO CITY COUNCIL ADVISORY GROUPS

4. Appointment Recommendations - Public Art Commission and Water Commission (30)

Councilmember Weir, Appointments Recommendation Committee Chair, introduced the item.


Approve the following appointments as recommended by the Appointments Recommendation Committee:

a. Public Art Commission: Teri Willison, July 10, 2017 - June 30, 2019.

b. Water Commission (Professional Category): Donald Mills (reappointment), Gerhardt Hubner (reappointment) and Martin Feeney, July 10, 2017 - June 30, 2019.

Councilmember Tracy seconded. The vote was as follows:

AYES:

NOES: ABSENT:

Councilmembers Lavere, Weir, Tracy, Heitmann, Monahan, Deputy Mayor Andrews and Mayor Nasarenko None None

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July 10, 2017

APPOINTMENTS TO CITY COUNCIL ADVISORY GROUPS (Continued)


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Councilmember's Weir and Lavere presented Certificates of Appointment to newly appointed Commissioners in attendance.

CITY COUNCIL FORMAL ITEMS

5. Earthquake Resiliency (80)

SPEAKERS

Presenters: Community Development Director Jeffrey Lambert, City Building Official Yolanda Bundy and Dr. Lucy Jones, Founder, Center for Science and Society.

DOCUMENTS

PowerPoint

7:36 p.m. Councilmember LaVere absent; 7:38 p.m. present.

Councilmember Tracy moved to approve the recommendation to:

Receive a presentation from Dr. Lucy Jones and City staff and direct staff to participate in the Ventura County Earthquake Resiliency Cohort and following participation in the resiliency cohort, report back to Council on recommended actions the City should consider to enhance earthquake preparedness and resiliency.

Additionally, City staff to contact California Institute of Technology about City Hall being a shake alert site and to effectively communicate with the 147 Unreinforced Masonry Buildings (URMs) owners to encourage building retrofitting .

Councilmember Monahan seconded. The vote was as follows:

AYES:

NOES: ABSENT:

Councilmembers LaVere, Weir, Tracy, Heitmann, Monahan, Deputy Mayor Andrews and Mayor Nasarenko None None


7:38 p.m. Councilmember Heitmann absent; 7:40 p.m. present.


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CIJTY COUNCIL FORMAL ITEMS (Continued)

6. Request for Policy Consideration - Sup,port Museum of Ventura County (40}

Councilmember Tracy stated he discussed with City Attorney Gregory G. Diaz a possible conflict of interest as a museum employee is CouncilmemberTracy's tenant. City Attorney Gregory G. Diaz determined no conflict of interest exists.

SPEAKERS

Presenters: Councilmember Monahan and Councilmember Lavere, City Manager Mark D. Watkins, Parks, Recreation and Community Partnerships Director Nancy O'Connor, Parks, Recreation and Community Partnerships Manager Denise Sindelar and Ventura County Museum Interim Executive Director Elena Brokaw.

7:50 p.m. Deputy Mayor Andrews absent; 8:04 p.m. present. 8:46 p.m. Councilmember Tracy absent; 9:00 p.m. present.

Public:

DOCUMENTS

Donald Kress, Boy Scouts of America Troop 119; Jack Hewson; Jeanne Hunt; Kay May, City of Ventura Cultural Arts Commission; Betsy Chess; Anna Marie Chapman Reilley, Museum of Ventura County; Robert Mahan; Bob Chianese; Susan Van Abel, Museum of Ventura County; Dick Dodd, Museum of Ventura County; Judee Hauer; John Foster; Julie Tumamait, Chumash BarbarenoNentura Band Mission Indian; Karen Hoffberg; Donna Granata, Focus on the Masters; Michael Sullivan; Stephanie Caldwell, Ventura Chamber of Commerce; David Grau, Ventura County Taxpayers Association; and Ginger Shea.

Correspondence: David S. Armstrong and Kevin Clerici, Downtown Ventura; John C. Orr, Ferguson, Case, Orr, Paterson LLP; Maryanne Irving; Judith Allen; Ursula Britton; Lynn Arneill-Brown; Donna Granata, Focus on the Masters; Susan Chapin; Nan Durantini; Kathy Lewis and Ray Holzer.

Comment Forms: Doreen Villanueva, Eloise Cohen, Chuck Cohen, James L. Webb, Karen Flock, Cris Sabo, Dan Long, Andrea Pfister and Kathy Henri.


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CITY COUNCIL FORMAL ITEMS (Continued)

Councilmember Heitmann moved to approve the recommendation to:

Approve $125,000 for six months with a stipulation that the City:

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• Provide City funds contingent upon County of Ventura support at the level requested by the Museum.

• Direct staff to provide options for funding sources. If funding options include utilizing General Funds, those funds may not be supplanted with Measure O Funds.

• Direct City Attorney to provide City Council with a Grant Agreement, which will include a non-appropriation clause and milestones reporting process to City Council .

Additionally, stipulate that the Museum:

• Develop a, sustainable business model. • Conserve the collections. • Develop a new vision for the Museum. • Establish the endowment and secure private and other public sector support.

If the Museum demonstrates clear progress and reports on it milestones as outlined in the Grant Agreement, in its efforts to reinvent itself and rectify its unsustainable funding model, the City may continue to provide funding, as requested, for a period of time up to five, years, to allow the Museum to modify its funding model and become fully sustainable.

The public purpose of this appropriation is to protect City resources, support the arts and culture in Ventura, safeguard the existing Museum collection, and promote economic and cultural tourism.

Councilmember Monahan seconded. The vote was as follows:

AYES:

NOES: ABSENT:

Councilmembers LaVere, Weir, Tracy, Heitmann, Monahan, Deputy Mayor Andrews and Mayor Nasarenko None None


10:04 p.m. Councilmember Heitmann absent; 10:07 p.m. present.


July 10, 2017

PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS

SPEAKERS Ron DiSanto and Mary Alice Palmoutsas.

CITY COUNCIL COMMUNICATIONS/ REPORTS BOARDS/COMMISSIIONS/COMMITTEES

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REGIONAL

Councilmember Heitmann, along with Councilmember Lavere and Deputy Mayor Andrews, attended the League of California Cities Mayors and Councilmembers Executive Forum, June 28-29, 2017, where they attended workshops on Economic Development, City Manager evaluation and strategic planning/goal setting.

CITY MANAGER COMMUNICATIONS

City Manager Mark D. Watkins highlighted future City Council agenda topics.

CITY COUNCiil CLOSED SESSION

7. CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL- Existing Litigation

Initiation of Litigation: 1 Potential Case Authority: Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(4)

Mayor Nasarenko announced the Closed Session.

ADJOURNMENT

Meeting adjourned at 10:13 p.m. in memory of Shelly Savren and Rick Fausset, Jr. to City Council Closed session. Closed Session adjourned at 10:28 p.m.

Antoinette M. Mann, MGM, CRM City Clerk

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