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CALL TO ORDER / FLAG SALUTE/ROLL CALL
INSPIRATION
PUBLIC COMMENT
AGENDA APPROVAL FOR CITY COUNCIL
CALL TO ORDER THE PORT HUENEME HOUSING AUTHORITY REGULAR MEETING
HOUSING AUTHORITY BUSINESS ITEM No. 3. AUTHORIZATION FOR OUT OF STATE TRAVEL
PRESENTATION Item No. 4. INTRODUCTION OF POLICE OFFICER FILIPE FIGUEIRA
CONSENT CALENDAR
Business Item No. 9. UPDATED AGREEMENT WITH THE PORT HUENEME LITTLE LEAGUE REGARDING BUBBLING SPRINGS PARK BALLFIELDS AND RELATED ITEMS
Business Item No. 10. UPDATE ON UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT’S DECISION REGARDING CAMPING IN PUBLIC SPACES LAWS (GRANTS PASS)
Business Item No. 11. PRESENTATION OF DUNE RESTORATION AND MAINTENANCE PROPOSAL FOR HUENEME BEACH PARK BY THE VENTURA SURFRIDER FOUNDATION
Business Item No. 12. AUTHORIZE THE ISSUANCE OF A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS (RFP) TO CONDUCT WATER, WASTEWATER AND SOLID WASTE RATE STUDIES
CITY MANAGER COMMENTS AND REPORTS
COUNCILMEMBERS’ REPORTS AND COMMENTS
REQUEST FOR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS
ADJOURNMENT

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	Good evening. Welcome to the City Council meeting. I'm calling this meeting to order. The time is now 6:30 PM. Please all stand me	00:02:04
	for the flag salute. Please all join me for the flag salute.	00:02:09
	I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America.	00:02:19
	And to the Republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.	00:02:23
	Madam Clerk, will you please give roll call?	00:02:37
	Councilmember Comma.	00:02:39
	Here, Councilmember Hernandez. Here Councilmember Martinez.	00:02:41
	Present Mayor Pro Tem McQueen legend.	00:02:47
	And Mayor Perez here tonight. Inspiration will be given by Councilmember Martinez.	00:02:50
	Thank you, Mayor Perez.	00:02:55
	So.	00:02:58
	When I first started.	00:03:00
	On City Council, my first inspiration was a video and then eventually I think I found a new passion on writing poems. And so this	00:03:02
	is my last inspiration on my first on my term here as a City Council member in the city of Wanami. And it was meant to be read on	00:03:09
	my last day. But I have to stay for one more meeting. But I'm excited to be here.	00:03:15
	So, umm.	00:03:23
	The poem is.	00:03:25
	Tonight I stand before you, bittersweet and proud. The friendly city by the sea has never felt so loud.	00:03:27
	Not in noise, but in spirit, in the heart of us all and every event, every festival, every triumph, big or small.	00:03:35
	At 31, I stepped into this hall, the youngest to answer poor wine Amy's call.	00:03:45
	Now, at 35, I pause, reflect and see the growth, the strength, the best of me.	00:03:51
	Together we've celebrated 75 years strong, building bridges, creating bonds that will last long.	00:03:58
	From the beach to the base to the city next door, we've built relationships that will open more doors.	00:04:06
	I've seen the city grow, flourish, and thrive. I've seen the spark that keeps it alive. From the beach festival to a team built	00:04:14
	with care, I know the future holds promise far beyond compare. But while this chapter now comes to a close, it's not an end. As	00:04:22
	everyone knows. I step back to focus on family and life, to nurture new beginnings with love and delight.	00:04:30
	Yet I leave this, I leave with this message for those who remain our city's brightest days are yet to attain.	00:04:39
	Difficult choices may lie ahead, but with unity and vision, success will spread.	00:04:47
	Port Hueneme, my heart is still with you, and every wave, every breeze, every ocean view. And though this marks my final full	00:04:53
	stay, I hope you'll wait for my return someday.	00:04:59
	Because deep down, as we've all come to see, the city and I share destiny.	00:05:05
	So here's to the future, to dreams that ignite, to Port Hueneme, shining ever so bright.	00:05:11
	Thank you.	00:05:18
	Sorry it took a little long.	00:05:21
	That was beautiful. Anything else?	00:05:25
	It's your inspiration.	00:05:29
	It's it's been a wonderful experience being here on City Council.	00:05:31
	My goals were to make my community and my family and my friends proud.	00:05:37
	And I feel like I've accomplished it and I hope I have inspired more people to run for City Council. And I think we're going to	00:05:43
	see a lot of great people.	00:05:48
	Make a lot of great choices here in our city because we have a strong team and.	00:05:53
	And even though there were people that didn't win the last election, I hope they run again because there was really, really great	00:05:58
	candidates and.	00:06:02
	I believe the city is in good hands.	00:06:08
	Thank you. Thank you.	00:06:10
	We will now hear public comments not pertaining to items on the agenda. Comments are limited to three minutes. This process will	00:06:13
	be the same for comments pertaining to each agenda item. Madam Clerk, does anyone have a public comment tonight? Yes, we have a	00:06:18
	few. We'll start with Julie and then Casey Rodriguez.	00:06:23
	Good evening.	00:06:35
	Good evening Mayor Perez, council members, staff and community members here. Anybody's watching? I don't know. My name is Julie to	00:06:37
	my at Stensley.	00:06:41
	I'm coming from Ohio, but it is my time here just to come back to you about your last council meeting.	00:06:46
	And clearing making some clarifications and some comments about the receiving of the proclamation for Native American Heritage	00:06:55
	much month. Excuse me, that I was not able to attend. I apologize for that. My schedule keeps me Oh, I need a secretary, I think.	00:07:05
	So I sent my my cousin Casey Rodriguez to accept that we have been.	00:07:16
	Pretty constant here these last few years attending festivals and doing many, many things in this beautiful, beautiful town. And	00:07:22
	we continue to do that all throughout. I am getting close to 40 years of being engaged within my culture and part of that	00:07:29
	engagement is with all walks of life and many, many passions. So 20 years ago I started the Baranio Ventura Band of Mission	00:07:37
	Indians for the purpose of.	00:07:44
	A consultation. Appropriate consultations through Sequa.	00:07:52
	And while I was on the Commission, the Native American Heritage Commission, I did for 15 years part of that bill, AB 52, SB 18,	00:07:57
	which you can look up. I can't go through them with this amount of time left, but they're the ones that that are consultation for	00:08:04
	building protection of our cultural resources. So as a tribal chair for the 20 years that I was before prior just teaching in	00:08:12
	classrooms going everywhere, but the the importance of.	00:08:19
	Tribal group is for that major consultation of the protection of cultural resources.	00:08:27
	And end consultation that unpermitted projects. So coming in and wanting to just say that our participation in this city goes a	00:08:33
	long way. And I really don't feel that there was anything wrong or any mistakes made by who received the proclamation. In fact,	00:08:40
	what I think it did is just opened it up to more inclusion because there's many families that are not part of the barbarian event	00:08:48
	that Daniel Ban. There's many Chumash families that live here. Actually, my cousins live here Vernon.	00:08:55
	To Mama, it's family, my uncle, his family is here. So you know, a lot of people aren't part of the group. They're not members. So	00:09:03
	you actually reach are reaching out to many more community members here. And so we hope and and really will be more active in our	00:09:10
	participation with the city. We have lots of opportunities that we can move forward with the education. I've talked to Bobby with	00:09:16
	this or excuse me, council member Martinez about going into the schools, which I did.	00:09:23
	You know, 40 years ago and I think that's very important that education starts there and our relationship with with the city here	00:09:31
	and the county.	00:09:35
	I wish you all blessed holiday season and I thank you for this opportunity to speak.	00:09:39
	Casey Rodriguez.	00:09:45
	Last time I was here, I was here to receive the city proclamation for Indigenous Peoples Month.	00:10:01
	That night, I chose to embody the humble spirit of my Sheamus ancestors and honor my Shamash elder Julie to Might sensely by	00:10:08
	purposely rising above the disrespectful words and questions from some and refrain from commenting back. Tonight, however, I speak	00:10:17
	only for myself. I was stunned at what took place right before a moment where I should have been honored.	00:10:25
	I, like anyone else who walks through these chambers, deserve respect.	00:10:35
	The fact that I am renowned worldwide for being a positive and collaborative presence in every space I enter, always ready to work	00:10:40
	together towards a common goal, is precisely why I believe Julie blesses me to receive such honorable moments.	00:10:48
	My humility, dedication and commitment to the greater good are just a few reasons why I am the first Shoe Mash mentor, Art and	00:10:57
	Culture Commissioner.	00:11:02
	Even though I am incredibly blessed to live this journey, I am grateful to still remain humble. And because of this, I am grateful	00:11:07
	to say, with or without an apology from those council members who awkwardly disrespected me, I forgive you.	00:11:15
	My desire tonight isn't to focus on wrongs done, but to simply bring awareness that we are here tonight as yet another reminder.	00:11:24
	We're here in a good ray to educate respectful Chumash protocol and culture sharing and to work together for the betterment of.	00:11:33
	Please take the part of Rainemi, the part of Rainemi as an example.	00:11:41
	Citizens that I've seen at many city events truly welcome and love our shoemash culture and our people.	00:11:50
	I understand sometimes people can move with a good mind and a good heart with what they believe are good intentions and want to do	00:12:00
	what's best, but taking time to learn, listen and understand.	00:12:07
	Must be first, I promise you. I love the city for being my ancestor of homeland and for the city it is today. Our diversity is	00:12:16
	beautiful. As a new council quickly comes abroad, Please note my prayers will be with you and I look forward to making lasting	00:12:22
	memories in this city.	00:12:29
	Happy holidays and may everyone have a great and healthy New Year. Thank you.	00:12:36
	David Scrivener and then Jan Burke.	00:12:44
	Good evening, Council.	00:12:54
	Communications between government officials, including elected office holders, are a matter of public record. They can be accessed	00:12:56
	by the public by simply filing a request.	00:13:01
	Council Persons Hernandez emails and text messages to and from staff members.	00:13:07
	In Port Hueneme, in the city of Oxnard, were the subject of such requests.	00:13:13
	These communications reveal a disturbing series of actions by Councilmember Hernandez. They are included, included, but not	00:13:18
	limited to #1 multiple unethical and possible illegal attempts.	00:13:24
	To interfere with the hiring process of Michael Federico as chief of Police.	00:13:32
	Council person Hernandez appears to have gone well beyond her role as a public figure and engaged in personal vendetta against	00:13:37
	Chief Federico.	00:13:41
	She has exhibited a pattern of open hostility towards chief rhetoric from the diocese and is creating a hostile work environment.	00:13:45
	#2.	00:13:53
	Obtaining confidential information she had no right to receive about ongoing criminal investigation. When this was discovered, she	00:13:55
	refused to cooperate with ensuing investigation into the leak. The city attorney who informed her that her actions in this matter	00:14:00
	went beyond the scope.	00:14:06
	Of her role as a sitting council member and therefore he could not represent her in this transgression.	00:14:14
	#3 Violating the chain of command requires the city required the city manager to repeatedly admonish her to stop giving staff	00:14:20
	members direction. The council's role is to decide policy.	00:14:27
	Not to tell city employees how to perform their duties.	00:14:34
	Council person Hernandez is aware of this, but apparently doesn't believe it applies to her.	00:14:38
	#4 bombarding the current city manager with more than 1800 emails in one year period.	00:14:43
	Council Member Hernandez is continuing to create a hostile work environment for valued city employees and is exposing the city to	00:14:50
	legal liability.	00:14:54
	This is not an empty threat. In 2016 and again in 2018, council members created a hostile work environment for city employees. The	00:14:59
	settlements for these actions totaled more than $800,000, and the Joint Powers Insurance Authority threatened to cancel the city's	00:15:05
	insurance coverage.	00:15:11
	I strongly urge the Council to take these matters seriously and ask the City attorney to obtain the records in question and	00:15:18
	investigate these allegations, given that these records have already been compiled and disseminated by the cities of Port Hueneme	00:15:24
	and Oxnard.	00:15:29
	They should be easy to obtain in short order. Failure to do so may jeopardize the cities insurance coverage and expose the city to	00:15:35
	expensive lawsuits and large settlements. Thank you.	00:15:40
	I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving.	00:15:59
	Mayor, Mayor, Madam Mayor, council members, staff and my neighbors.	00:16:02
	I want to thank David for coming forward with that overview of the e-mail concerns.	00:16:08
	I too have reviewed.	00:16:15
	Many of those emails.	00:16:18
	I echo his concerns and I'm not going to go through all of his list of.	00:16:21
	Concerns because he did a very good job of presenting them.	00:16:26
	But 1800 emails is about 5 emails a day for 365 days in one year.	00:16:31
	Can you imagine if all 5 of you.	00:16:38
	Did the same staff would not have time to get anything done but just answer emails all day long?	00:16:42
	And I have to also say that the tone and tenor of those emails.	00:16:48
	Are micromanaging.	00:16:52
	Harassing in nature.	00:16:55
	And has created a hostile work environment.	00:16:57
	And this is concerning not for the leadership of our our city. We've recently hired a new city manager and a new police chief and	00:17:00
	we and I would say overwhelmingly.	00:17:06
	The citizens really, really like them.	00:17:12
	And that's important to us.	00:17:16
	So there is an overwhelming support for city staff. I strongly support.	00:17:19
	Council to take these matters seriously and to take appropriate action.	00:17:25
	In the very near future.	00:17:30
	Separately, I just want to say that the this this was, I came here only as a citizen, not representing the coalition. The	00:17:33
	coalition will be coming on on December the 16th. For your organizational meeting, I would like to request a short.	00:17:42
	Period of time on the agenda so that we can give you a summary of the areas that the Coalition is going to focus on for 2025.	00:17:53
	And the areas that we want to collaborate with our city to help.	00:18:02
	With specific projects. Thank you very much and Merry Christmas.	00:18:07
	Tama Fig.	00:18:13
	Mayor press. Council members, City staff.	00:18:24
	I'm here to speak about some very disturbing information that recently came to my attention regarding Councilmember Laura	00:18:27
	Hernandez. All claims of misconduct that I'm going to bring up are in fact substantiated through a Public Records Request Act and	00:18:35
	of emails and phone records and are not confidential in any manner whatsoever. I came before the council about a year and a half	00:18:42
	ago to report that I had learned Councilwoman Hernandez was trying to interfere with the hiring process of now police Chief.	00:18:50
	And express my concerns at that time. I have now learned that the interference was in fact true. Miss Hernandez has a personal	00:18:57
	relationship with Chief Federico's ex-wife Maggie Tugas and her 4th husband Kenny Tugas, who also happens to be with Oxnard Police	00:19:06
	Department. Because of this relationship, Miss Hernandez has or was attempting to have Mr. Federico removed from consideration.	00:19:14
	For hers and Mr. Federico's ex wife's personal.	00:19:23
	Personal gain.	00:19:28
	This is a direct conflict of interest with the duties that you are elected to carry out, and you attempted to undermine the hiring	00:19:30
	process and the background process for the position of chief.	00:19:36
	Miss Hernandez also used Chief Federico's development developmentally disabled daughter as bait in an attempt to have him back out	00:19:43
	of the hiring process. And by the way, this in fact has been recorded.	00:19:50
	Miss Hernandez also breached confidential information regarding shooting in Port Hueneme.	00:19:57
	I'm not going to go into details because it was confidential, but what was made public was that Miss Hernandez contacted the city	00:20:03
	manager wanting demanding why she wasn't made aware of it, the council and the citizens.	00:20:09
	When the city manager requested how she gained that information because it wasn't public knowledge, she lied and stated that it	00:20:16
	was an Oxnard Police Departments press release. Well in fact it was not. And then when she was presented with this information and	00:20:22
	told that they wanted the Port Hueneme Police Department wanted to interview regarding the confidential information she received,	00:20:29
	she refused to cooperate.	00:20:35
	Thereby stymieing an investigation. And again, she got this information directly from somebody from Oxnard Police Department.	00:20:41
	Who could have only been Mr. Tugas.	00:20:50
	Miss Hernandez recently filed a complaint with the city manager regarding Chief Federico Violin violating policies.	00:20:52
	In allowing his daughter to ride in his city issued car.	00:20:59
	I find this interesting because I came to a council meeting, oh, maybe a year and a half, two years ago to report that then public	00:21:05
	information officer was driving to.	00:21:11
	Simi Valley, where he lived and driving his children to and from school. She didn't care about it then. She also knew that chief	00:21:17
	at the time, Chief Salinas, who, by the way, was in bed with marijuana. And again, she knew that as well. And working with him, he	00:21:24
	drove his girlfriend and her children around, and she didn't seem to have a problem with that. So again, she's using her personal	00:21:31
	vendetta against Chief Federico.	00:21:37
	And in concert with the Tuguses to specifically target the chief of police.	00:21:45
	And again, this, I don't know if it's criminal or not, but she certainly has demonstrated that she is morally, ethically, and	00:21:50
	possibly don't make a face because you know what's true? It's all written down and it's all evidence and it's all in paper.	00:21:58
	Thank you very much and I'll I'll be back to the next meeting to finish up. But one thing I will say, do not make her mayor Pro	00:22:09
	Tem and do the new council members. Don't allow yourself with her because when she goes down, you're going to go with her.	00:22:15
	Madam, I'll remind you again that your time is up, Thank you for speaking, and I'll remind the Council as well that it is	00:22:22
	inappropriate to respond to any of the public comments at this time. Thank you.	00:22:28
	We have one last public comment which is written.	00:22:34
	Daily Basis, looking forward to 2025. Thank you, Jeffrey Scarborough. That concludes.	00:23:08
	Public comment.	00:23:13
	Thank you very much. We will now move on to agenda approval. May I have a motion and a second to approve the agenda? Move to	00:23:16
	approve second, Madam Clerk.	00:23:22
	All in favor? Aye. All opposed hearing none. Motion passes unanimously. Do any members of Council have any conflicts of interest	00:23:28
	to disclose for any item on the agenda tonight?	00:23:33
	Seeing none, we'll move on to recess, the City Council meeting and.	00:23:40
	Call to order the Housing Authority regular meeting. It is now 6:51 PM.	00:23:46
	Madam Clerk, will you please take roll call?	00:23:53
	Member Blackwell.	00:23:55
	Member Gama, Member Hernandez here, Member Martinez present Vice Chair McQueen Legend and Chair Perez, and let the record reflect	00:23:58
	that Member Brown is absent. Thank you.	00:24:04
	Madam Clerk, are there any public comments tonight for this matter, no public comments for Housing Authority. Thank you.	00:24:11
	We will now consider items on the Housing Authority Consent Calendar, which will be enacted in one motion unless a Housing	00:24:17
	Authority member has a request to remove an item for discussion. Do any members have any item to remove?	00:24:23
	Seeing none, may I have a motion and a second to approve?	00:24:30
	Motion 2.	00:24:33
	2nd.	00:24:35
	Madam Clerk, all in favor? Aye, all opposed. Hearing none. Motion passes unanimously. Thank you. We'll move on to Housing	00:24:36
	Authority business item. The business item tonight is the authorization for out-of-state travel.	00:24:42
	Will staff please present? Yes, thank you. And just brief presentation, but we, we recently had some.	00:24:50
	Staffing changes in particular we had a retired annuity, a long time city employee who had become a retired annuity working in the	00:25:00
	housing department and they.	00:25:05
	Allowed time that we are able to have a retired annuity has ended and so we are making some adjustments and having some internal	00:25:13
	finance employees Start learning and taking on some of those housing.	00:25:19
	Finance related items.	00:25:28
	Related to housing.	00:25:29
	And so as part of that.	00:25:31
	Housing, and in particular the Housing and Urban Development federal requirements, are fairly.	00:25:34
	Complicated and and you need to know the requirements in order to do reporting correctly and items like that. And so with this	00:25:41
	change, we want to send our finance senior accountant to a training for the Housing Authority.	00:25:49
	To get up to speed on all of those requirements. And typically this would probably be a consent item. And however, I have sort of	00:25:59
	a general rule that whenever we're sending somebody to Las Vegas, we better explain why we're sending somebody to Las Vegas. And	00:26:05
	so we know how the optics of that are, but this is a training that.	00:26:12
	Doesn't happen frequently and when it does happen, it's a federal training, so it happens all over the country and the last	00:26:19
	training.	00:26:22
	Was several months ago and it was on the East Coast. So this is actually the lowest cost option that we foresee.	00:26:26
	And that it's coming up relatively timely where we can get our team trained up to be able to continue the good work in our housing	00:26:32
	department. So, so with that, we're recommending that council approve.	00:26:37
	Per our policy, the council needs to approve any out of state training. So we're recommending the council approve this training	00:26:45
	and happy to answer any questions. Thank you. The recommendation is to authorize out of state travel for the finance senior	00:26:50
	accountant to attend the Housing Authority. Everything you need to know 2024.	00:26:56
	Seminar in Las Vegas, NV from December 4th through 5th, 2024. This council have any questions?	00:27:02
	For staff.	00:27:08
	Seeing none, can I have a motion?	00:27:10
	Motion to approve. Second. Madam Clerk all in favor? Aye, all opposed. Hearing none. Motion passes unanimously. Well, now move on	00:27:12
	to authority. Members reports, comments and requests for future agenda items. Does any member have a request for agenda item or	00:27:18
	report or comment to make?	00:27:23
	Seeing none, we will now adjourn the.	00:27:32
	Port Hueneme Housing Authority regular Meeting The next regular meeting scheduled for January 6/20/24 at 6:30 PM and we will now	00:27:36
	reconvene the City Council Regular meeting. The time is 6:55 PM.	00:27:42
	Next item up is presentations. The presentation tonight will be the introduction of Police Officer Philippe Figueroa.	00:27:50
	Figueroa and we'll have Chief Mike Federico.	00:27:58
	Good evening everyone. I just want to.	00:28:08
	Preface Before we begin this introduction with the fact that.	00:28:11
	This brings us to full contingent on sworn police officers. If you understand what that's like in our industry right now, there's	00:28:16
	no other police agency of Ventura County that can say they're fully staffed with police officers.	00:28:22
	That is.	00:28:30
	The combined efforts of what we've created in this Police Department, especially the past year with all the support from from	00:28:31
	James and the city and this council.	00:28:36
	Everything that happened for the police officers in the union even as I was arriving or prior to me arriving, but above all,	00:28:41
	people want to work here where the place to work because of the support from our community.	00:28:47
	Folks, if you don't understand, especially post 2020, it's not the easiest job to do in the world. But as long as you have the	00:28:54
	support from the community, and if you haven't heard me say it before, I'll say it again. Public safety's teamwork. It's you and	00:28:59
	us, and that's how we keep your child safe.	00:29:04
	So I'm very honored to be your police chief here before you to introduce.	00:29:10
	Our last hire to get us to full contingent.	00:29:14
	Ladies and gentlemen, this is going to be Officer Felipe Figueroa.	00:29:18
	And everybody's going to pronounce it.	00:29:23
	A variety of ways.	00:29:26
	But that was my best Portuguese.	00:29:31
	Phil was born and raised in the Bronx, NY.	00:29:35
	He's very proud of his parents and his three brothers, his father Antonio, who immigrated to the US from Portugal for better life	00:29:39
	and opportunities, and his mother Luce, who's from Puerto Rico.	00:29:44
	He attended JFK High School in the Bronx, which at the time was the largest population high school in the US. So I know he's got	00:29:51
	some stories from high school.	00:29:54
	And he was football team captain, and he led his team to championship titles before attending Colgate University, where his	00:29:59
	football skills and ability brought him Patriots League Defensive Player of the Week, selected as Patriots League All Star Team	00:30:06
	honors and the Hal W Lahar Trophy, awarded annually to Colgate's most valuable defensive players.	00:30:13
	After college, Phil enjoyed a very long and successful Wall Street financial career in New York.	00:30:22
	And in Chicago?	00:30:28
	Until one day he realized Southern California winters do not include the snow.	00:30:31
	He became A-Team leader with an investment firm in San Diego.	00:30:37
	I'll get to the law enforcement stuff, but you can hear he's got this great background already.	00:30:42
	In 2005, his son Emilio was born. He will tell you his son is his pride and joy.	00:30:47
	His finance career allowed him the quality time with his son as well as coaching and volunteering in sports.	00:30:53
	His son is now attending College in San Diego.	00:31:01
	As I previously mentioned, Phil stellar football performance in his younger years, then you can imagine the passion that led him	00:31:04
	to being a high school football coach at several high schools in San Diego County.	00:31:11
	In 2020, with some major shifts in the finance world.	00:31:18
	Phil made a career change and became a deputy sheriff with the San Diego Sheriff's Department.	00:31:23
	Fill then lateral transferred to the Beverly Hills Police Department in 2023.	00:31:30
	And then decided he wanted an even smaller city and a smaller Police Department to work for. Even Goldilocks checked all three	00:31:37
	beds before she decided. You know.	00:31:41
	We are happy that he did his research because he had the ability to do his research and choose where he wanted to go next.	00:31:48
	Um, great. I will say great interview. He did his homework on the city, he did his homework on the police chief. He did his	00:31:57
	homework on what he was stepping into.	00:32:01
	And he chose to come here.	00:32:06
	Him choosing law enforcement later in life was not hard for him to decide on.	00:32:11
	Because as a brother-in-law enforcement and all of his brothers have served either our country or their community in some form.	00:32:17
	Ladies and gentlemen, Felipe Figueroa.	00:32:27
	Council members and staff.	00:32:37
	Man, a few words. I don't write poems.	00:32:39
	But I do want to thank Chief Federico.	00:32:43
	And members of the Port Hueneme Police Department for honoring me selected me as as a member of their team. I'm humble and honored	00:32:45
	and I just simple 2 words. Thank you.	00:32:52
	Officer.	00:33:07
	I'd like to thank you.	00:33:08
	For choosing our city and I hope that you enjoy the beach and I hope to see you down there a lot. And your background story is	00:33:11
	very inspirational and coming to our city to be a part of this wonderful team, I think it makes us all proud. And so thank you for	00:33:16
	choosing us.	00:33:22
	Yes, thank you for coming. As Chief said, you could have chosen anywhere to go and you chose us. So we love our city. We love our	00:33:30
	our Police Department and our Police Department feels the same way about us. So welcome to the family.	00:33:36
	Next item is the Consent Calendar. We will now consider items on the Consent calendar which will be enacted in one motion unless a	00:33:52
	council member has a request to remove an item for discussion. Do any council members have a request to remove an item for	00:33:56
	discussion?	00:34:00
	Thank you. Can I have a motion and a second to approve?	00:34:05
	So moved.	00:34:08
	2nd Madam Clerk, all in favor.	00:34:09
	Aye, all opposed.	00:34:14
	Hearing none. Motion passes unanimously. Thank you. We have no public hearings tonight, so our next business item is the updated	00:34:16
	agreement with the Port Hueneme Little League regarding Bubbling Springs Park ball fields and related items.	00:34:23
	Yes, and Charles Parrots and I have been working with the Little League on this update agreement, updated agreement and Charles is	00:34:32
	going to give a brief presentation walking us through the background.	00:34:39
	Good evening, City Council.	00:34:56
	Members of the public. Fellow staff.	00:34:59
	Agenda item number 9 pertains to an updated agreement between the city and the Port Hueneme Little League.	00:35:02
	The recommendation is for council to authorize the city manager to execute a new agreement that would govern the leagues use of	00:35:09
	bubbling springs, parks, ball fields, snack bar, community meeting room and storage area.	00:35:15
	A little background, the Port Hueneme Little League is a 501C3 that serves youth in the Port Hueneme and South Oxnard community	00:35:25
	and has utilized Bubbling Springs Park for decades.	00:35:30
	The existing license agreement, which was initially executed in 2016, provides the league with exclusive use of the parks, ball	00:35:36
	fields and associated amenities, which include the snack bar.	00:35:42
	In exchange for that exclusive use, the league has maintained the fields with its volunteer labor, purchase of materials and use	00:35:48
	of its own equipment and has paid the city an annual fee of $3750.	00:35:55
	This year, while the park has been under renovation, the league has had to relocate its operations.	00:36:06
	During that time, the city has been in communication with the league regarding the project status and in order to prepare for the	00:36:12
	upcoming reopening of the park.	00:36:16
	Based on those communications, the city and the league have discussed various changes to the agreement, which would see the city	00:36:21
	resume responsibility for primary field maintenance.	00:36:26
	Would replace the league's exclusive use with priority access to the ball fields.	00:36:31
	And would prescribe specific terms of the league's use of the community room, the storage room and the concession area.	00:36:36
	So a little bit about the use of the agreement. Cities and special districts commonly treat Little League organizations	00:36:45
	differently than the average park user.	00:36:49
	Some offer discounted permit fees, but many do use specialized agreements to establish specific terms and establish a unique fee	00:36:54
	for the use of the park area.	00:36:59
	Given the league's history of park use, the physical investments the league has made into the park, and the special and unique	00:37:06
	community benefits its programs provide, staff is recommending to continue the practice of using an agreement to govern the	00:37:11
	league's use of the park.	00:37:16
	So this slide here shows the area that would be subject to the league's use under the agreement. It is included in your packets.	00:37:24
	It would be an exhibit to the agreement. The one thing I'll call out at the very bottom of the the diagram there South of field	00:37:30
	one, there's a shaded area.	00:37:37
	This is an amendment to the version in the packet. It covers the area that is the the bullpen warm up area for that field that	00:37:43
	wasn't initially highlighted on the version in your packet.	00:37:49
	The proposed agreement differs from the existing agreement in a few key ways. 1st, instead of exclusive access, the agreement	00:37:57
	would provide the league with priority access.	00:38:02
	That means that the league would have the ability to reserve the fields for a specified number of hours before any other requests	00:38:07
	for field use would be considered.	00:38:11
	In the spring season, it's proposed that that would consist of 18 hours during the week and 10 hours on the weekend, and in the	00:38:15
	fall it would be 12 hours during the week and eight hours on the weekend.	00:38:20
	The agreement also provides for the league to be able to hold 3 tournaments during the course of the year.	00:38:26
	The priority hours established are anticipated to satisfy the league's need, but if an additional need did arise, the league would	00:38:32
	be available would be able to acquire additional use of the fields through the city's established permit process and pay	00:38:38
	associated fees for that additional time.	00:38:44
	The agreement also calls for the city's resumption of primary field maintenance tasks, though the league would continue to manage	00:38:51
	field preparation tasks such as infield dragging and baseline shocking.	00:38:56
	The agreement also calls for the league to be the default user of the community room between January and June, though the city	00:39:03
	would reserve the ability to permit it to another third party if no conflict with the league's activities existed.	00:39:10
	And the league would continue to operate the concession stand, being responsible for all operating costs.	00:39:18
	And being able to retain all revenues generated from its operation.	00:39:23
	As noted earlier, the fee, the $3750 annual fee that exists in the current agreement is proposed to remain unchanged in the	00:39:29
	existing agreement and we would propose to bring this back to Council and re-evaluate the success of the agreement in one year's	00:39:34
	time.	00:39:40
	In summary, staff recommends that the City Council authorize a new agreement which revises the existing one.	00:39:48
	The updated agreement is expected to have no adverse impact on league operations while a neighbor, while enabling the broader	00:39:53
	community access to the newly refurbished ball fields.	00:39:58
	I'm able to answer questions the council may have and I know we also have some representatives from the league that may wish to	00:40:06
	speak on this issue.	00:40:10
	Does council have any questions for staff?	00:40:14
	Would port one need Little League?	00:40:20
	Be able to operate the snack bar if another group came in and had say, I don't know, a tournament or something.	00:40:23
	Is that what I'm?	00:40:31
	So council member the the league traditionally operates it during league activities, but we did put language in the agreement that	00:40:33
	if the city identifies a need for an outside event that would be outside of the leagues activities, that the city would bring that	00:40:40
	to the league attention. And while it would depend on the date and the time and the available resources, they can't make any firm	00:40:48
	commitments. They would make their best effort to accommodate such a request for an alternate event. So it could be another.	00:40:55
	Alternative for fundraising, so to speak.	00:41:03
	Yeah. The plan is that if they operated it for a non league activity, for a special event of some kind, they would be the	00:41:07
	operators, but they would also receive and and retain any funds collected from that activity.	00:41:13
	Thank you. And if I can just add there, I think that's that's one key that I just want to highlight was that, you know, I think	00:41:19
	what we ended up coming up with and what we're proposing, it actually seems pretty simple and and not like a huge change from what	00:41:26
	was previously there. But it was a result of many meetings. And I want to thank Annabelle and Myra from the league who who met	00:41:34
	with us several times, several hours to really work through these and with the goal consistently of trying to.	00:41:41
	Win win opportunities for both the city and the league. And that's like a great example. We don't have the resources to operate a	00:41:49
	snack bar right now. You know, we just don't, we don't have that capacity. But we worked with the Little League and came up with a	00:41:56
	proposal whereby they could actually use that as a fundraising opportunity and have another fundraising opportunity, but it still	00:42:03
	provides that service to the community. And so so it was a lot of little things like that trying to find Win win.	00:42:11
	Situations.	00:42:19
	That benefit both the city and the Little League. So I think I think we've done the agreement we proposed does that and we're	00:42:20
	recommending we move forward with that. So.	00:42:26
	Did you have any questions? Yeah, just.	00:42:33
	Thank you.	00:42:36
	For asking that question because that's kind of where my question was. And so, yeah, so.	00:42:37
	Thank you Deputy and City Manager for the very detailed report.	00:42:42
	And I'm in agreement with what's written. I too would just like to have a conversation later about possible opportunities for	00:42:50
	other nonprofits in the city to take advantage of the snack bar as a fundraiser, Right. So just don't want to get to the point to	00:42:59
	where we're, we're not open to allowing others to use it as well.	00:43:07
	So, but I know this is we're talking about a one year agreement and that's cool. And that was a key thing is, you know, the	00:43:16
	agreements proposes A1 year because I think both the league and the city were kind of putting some we're doing this based on, you	00:43:23
	know, mutual trust and trying to make sure we find something that works for both of us. But we talked to the league about the fact	00:43:30
	that they we all might come back and say that was too much. You know, that was too.	00:43:37
	I guess I got the buzzer. I was wrong.	00:43:48
	But, you know, we don't want this. We don't want anybody to fail with this. We're trying to find, you know, win, win. So we'll	00:43:55
	come back at the end of the year and if something didn't work for the league or doesn't work for the city, then we've agreed.	00:44:00
	We'll come back and talk about that. Thank you, mayor Pro Tem. I, I was going to mention that as well. Thank you for bringing that	00:44:04
	up. Anybody else?	00:44:08
	No. Do we have any public comments regarding this item?	00:44:14
	I don't have any public comments.	00:44:17
	With the Little League, representatives like to make a comment.	00:44:21
	Oh, there she is.	00:44:26
	Good evening Mayor, City Council members and staff. I would like to first and foremost thank staff.	00:44:32
	For being so supportive and meeting with us so many times and not having multiple emails sent out. We really appreciate that. And	00:44:40
	I want to thank you guys for your consideration in in the agreement. It was scary. I'm getting kind of cold sweats right now.	00:44:48
	When we started discussing all of this.	00:44:58
	And feeling that after 65 years of us being at Bublé Springs Park.	00:45:01
	That all of a sudden we would get this brand new park that we.	00:45:08
	So activate actively tried to get the city the state. I had a walkthrough with our district representative out there after we they	00:45:13
	said no snack bar. Our grant was denied and I personally walked the the park with her and couple months later we ended up getting	00:45:22
	a state grant. I don't know if that was just pure luck or if she intervened.	00:45:31
	But really thank everybody for the consideration knowing that other users are.	00:45:41
	Wanting to come to the park that that is great. Before us having this home for 65 years, it really, you know, it scared us. It	00:45:49
	scared us because we know that our community is not going to be able to afford high increases in, in, in rental fees. We cannot	00:45:59
	compare 2000 Oaks or Conejo Valley or all these other leagues. I know we discussed Sunset and El Rio. They don't pay any fees.	00:46:09
	For US, $3700 was like, OK, well, you know, we'll pay the fee even if even if they don't pay fees.	00:46:19
	We'll pay that fee, not a problem. We'll figure whatever we need to out. It takes a lot to be able to run a league. I work like	00:46:27
	364 days a year. I'll give myself one day off. But it is a big, big commitment to run the league and it's year round. I have a lot	00:46:34
	of board members here today. We're going to our board meeting right after this and they can tell you that it takes the entire year	00:46:42
	for us to run.	00:46:49
	Organization, the reason why we asked for the snack bar, not because we want to be greedy, but it is a lot of work where we we	00:46:57
	operate our fall season and we operate that snack bar because it's still revenue. We still have to pay our umpires for us to move	00:47:03
	out.	00:47:09
	All of our all of our equipment or it's going to be city equipment, the new stuff. But to be able to move out, it is a big process	00:47:15
	for us to do that and then move back in every Sunday when we're using the the league on off days for us it being a revenue.	00:47:24
	It's really important for us and we're looking forward to being able to do events there or have the city do events there because	00:47:35
	we want to partner with the city.	00:47:40
	And do more community events, Easter, Halloween. There's so many things that we can do and we have so many kids. I mean we have	00:47:45
	about 300 kids during regular season spring and at least 150 during Fall bar. That's a lot of kids that we service. So I think	00:47:51
	with that we could.	00:47:58
	Have a great partnership with the city. And again, thank you guys for the consideration of allowing us to stay in our home. Thank	00:48:05
	you.	00:48:09
	Thank you. Anything further from Council?	00:48:14
	The recommendation is to authorize the City Manager to execute an agreement with the Port Hueneme Little League which will replace	00:48:20
	the prior license agreement and provide for PHL LS use of the bubbling spring parks, ball fields, snack bar, community room and	00:48:26
	storage area or reflecting the transfer of field maintenance duties from PHLL to the City and establishment of non exclusive but	00:48:32
	priority based usage of the ball fields.	00:48:38
	May I have a motion and a second?	00:48:44
	So moved.	00:48:46
	2nd.	00:48:48
	Any further discussion on this item? I mean, I would just like to add that it's very impressive to see what's happening down	00:48:49
	there. It looks great. Gabby, where's Gabby Pursue and her staff, They've done a wonderful job and it from up here, it just feels	00:48:57
	really good to see a project of that importance come together at the quality standards that it's coming. I mean, it, it really is	00:49:04
	a big step up and I could see all the heads shaking out there from the league. I know they're excited.	00:49:11
	And I can't wait to play ball.	00:49:19
	And I will echo that we had a big undertaking with this grant and this the timeline and our small city and our small staff.	00:49:23
	But they really did a great job of sticking to the timeline and making sure that this everything went as best as possible without	00:49:31
	any major hiccups. So I want to give credit to staff for just making sure this is a priority for us. I think this is literally the	00:49:36
	biggest thing that has been done in the city of Portland, me and maybe forever. I don't even know. Nobody can remember anything as	00:49:42
	big as this. So I think it's great testament to our city and the the commitment that they have to the community. So thank you	00:49:47
	staff.	00:49:52
	Madam Clerk.	00:49:59
	We have a roll call vote. All in favor aye, all opposed.	00:50:00
	Hearing none, motion passes unanimously.	00:50:06
	Thank you and congratulations.	00:50:09
	The next item up is the update on the United States Supreme Court's decision regarding camping and public spaces. Laws or Grants	00:50:15
	Pass.	00:50:19
	Thank you, Madam Mayor, Mayor Pro Tem.	00:50:26
	Council residents, first thing I want to do is introduce officer from. Officer from is our community resources officer with the	00:50:29
	city and he is actually the public face of dealing with encampments on public property and he's also going to handle the clicker.	00:50:37
	So that's important. Could I just add like last time I saw you had a mustache, I got this beard.	00:50:45
	No shame, November. They've all kind of changed a little bit, man, every November. Where have you been? I just can't grow. I can't	00:50:55
	even get.	00:50:59
	So what I want to do is update the community on the Supreme Courts decision. It was last July, this past July in Grants Pass.	00:51:04
	You've got my staff report, you've read the staff report, but there was a lot packed into the decision that the newspapers and	00:51:12
	public really didn't pick up. So that's really where I want to focus my discussion tonight. And then officer from will discuss.	00:51:19
	Where we are in terms of our anti camping ordinances and where we're going in the future.	00:51:28
	So.	00:51:34
	The history of the anti camping ordinances and where it really came to the forefront was about six years ago in a decision out of	00:51:36
	the 9th Circuit Martin Martin versus City of Boise.	00:51:42
	Where the 9th Circuit stated that the anti camping ordinances are unconstitutional as violating the 8th amendment prohibition	00:51:48
	against cruel and unusual punishment, the court in the Martin versus City of Boise decision stated that.	00:51:58
	These ordinances criminalize the status of being homeless.	00:52:08
	Now many years ago after the City of Boise decision, there were a lot of us who were hoping that the Supreme Court would take that	00:52:13
	case up, but the Supreme Court did not. So the cities were really stymied and prohibited from enforcing any of their anti camping	00:52:19
	ordinances. We really were at a hands off position.	00:52:26
	So another case came up through the 9th Circuit, and the 9th Circuit upheld the injunction against the ordinances, and that was in	00:52:33
	the Grants Pass. Grants Pass OR?	00:52:39
	And the Supreme Court decided to take that case up on review. And in a six to three decision, the Supreme Court overruled the 9th	00:52:46
	Circuit.	00:52:51
	But it was an interesting decision written by Justice Gorsuch. And Justice Gorsuch said that no, the anti camping ordinances do	00:52:58
	not violate the 8th Amendment because there's nothing cruel and unusual about modern day incarceration, and that these ordinances	00:53:06
	were not criminalizing the status of being homeless, but we're criminalizing an act.	00:53:14
	And the 8th Amendment was enacted to prohibit.	00:53:23
	Forms of punishment that were really outdated. You can't arrest someone for sleeping in a park illegally sleeping in a park and	00:53:28
	flogging them or tar and feathering or, you know, that sort of punishment that was really outdated and out out out of favor.	00:53:38
	And there's nothing, like I said, cruelty, or as Justice Gorsuch said, nothing cruel and unusual about modern day incarceration.	00:53:48
	It's not that bad. I.	00:53:53
	What Justice Gorsuch also stated in the decision is that not only was the 8th Amendment a particularly.	00:53:59
	Weak argument to invalidate these ordinances, but he really questioned why.	00:54:09
	The plaintiffs in the case had not raised the issue of due process or unlawful searches and seizures that those would have	00:54:15
	probably been more effective arguments to invalidate the ordinances. But that's not what the court was was given. You know, they	00:54:23
	had to deal with the arguments that they were given. It was just interesting comments out of Justice Gorsuch, almost inviting.	00:54:31
	A challenge on a due process argument and a.	00:54:41
	Unlawful search and seizure argument. And we have to remember that we are in the 9th Circuit, so we don't want to be the test case	00:54:46
	with whatever we do. We don't want to be the test case.	00:54:51
	So.	00:54:57
	What we are after the decision the city attorneys and as well as staff I know please we've been working with our neighbors in	00:54:58
	Ventura County to come up with a consistent approach on how to deal with homelessness and anti camping and to keep.	00:55:08
	To keep our approach in line with the the Grants past decision.	00:55:20
	So what we have to pay attention to is like I discussed distinguishing between conduct and status, you're doing an act versus the	00:55:27
	status of being homeless.	00:55:33
	The court did discuss how the federal courts are particularly.	00:55:41
	Ineffective in dealing with local health and safety issues, that that's really something that the local jurisdictions should be	00:55:47
	dealing with, not federal courts. Justice Gorsuch also discussed the importance of cities providing supportive services and	00:55:55
	resources to the homeless individuals. The punitive measures alone are not going to solve the problem.	00:56:03
	And we also have to remember the Grants Pass only addressed.	00:56:13
	Anti camping ordinances on public spaces. It has nothing to do with private spaces or encampments on private spaces. It doesn't	00:56:19
	address that at all.	00:56:24
	So.	00:56:31
	After the grant passed decision, Governor Newsom issued an executive order where he acknowledged Grants Pass and he ordered he	00:56:32
	ordered state agencies and encouraged local jurisdictions to address these crises in alignment with the California Department of	00:56:39
	Transportation policy.	00:56:46
	To address encampments on state property and it's whenever feasible.	00:56:54
	You have to have site assessment in advance of any sort of removal operation.	00:56:59
	To determine if an encampment has.	00:57:04
	An imminent if there's an imminent threat to life, health or safety such that you could immediately remove the people, you know,	00:57:09
	you think of the floods, you know, you anticipated floods coming through the area fires. We were accustomed to fires. And in that	00:57:18
	instance, the governor's order is that you can immediately remove people where the where there are no exigent circumstances.	00:57:27
	The governor wants us to post notice.	00:57:36
	Notices to vacate at least 48 hours prior to removal.	00:57:39
	To also to contract with service providers for outreach for persons experiencing homelessness at the encampment and collecting and	00:57:44
	holding for at least 60 days the personal property collected at the removal site that is not a health or safety hazard.	00:57:53
	And with that, I'm going to turn it over to Officer from and thank you for handling the clicker.	00:58:02
	Of course. All right. So this is a quick overview of things that we already have in place. This is our municipal code. These are	00:58:07
	some main sections that mainly focus on the beach. So you have 42104213 and 4311. We also have another section which we'll	00:58:15
	address, but that'll come in in a later slide. But it, like I said, so 4210 addressing camping on beach park perimeter.	00:58:23
	Picture kind of states it perfectly. There was a gentleman in the rocks right there.	00:58:32
	That community that we had out with us during that outreach was our backpack medicine. So it's just a various collection of	00:58:36
	individuals that all meet together, everyone from behavioral health advocates to nurses from BCMC. It's a huge organization and we	00:58:42
	do it every month, so.	00:58:48
	That's a quick overview of that.	00:58:55
	So our mission Grants Pass gives us a tool in dealing with camping and public spaces, but our mission to assist the homeless	00:58:59
	remains, which includes contact and connect chronic homeless individuals with social service providers, work collaboratively with	00:59:05
	Ventura County Homeless Task Force. That's a newly formed task force within the county. We've had three meetings. It's a	00:59:12
	collection of almost every agency in the county, not only police agencies, but Oxnard Fire as well as Ventura County Fire.	00:59:18
	And a bunch of other behavioral health agencies. It's a really great meeting.	00:59:26
	There's probably 50 or 60 of us in these meetings and it's just a collaborative effort of addressing this issue. Backpack	00:59:30
	medicine, that was the the picture in the previous slide where we go out there and we do it once a month and just outreach	00:59:35
	services to whoever we can see. We start at the beach and just make our way all the way up north to the far corner at like	00:59:41
	Victoria and Hemlock. So excuse me.	00:59:46
	The next one is VCMC drug detox and rehab services. That's fairly new. We've actually had a success story with that as well. The	00:59:52
	first day Chief emailed me that we actually had this program. The next day we had or actually was the same day we had an	00:59:59
	individual who we got into drug rehab and.	01:00:05
	For alcohol and they actually were given to take it back to Georgia where he was from and he's doing great now. So we also have	01:00:12
	Ventura County Behavioral Health to identify those eligible for city or county social services. They're awesome. It's led by James	01:00:20
	Boyd. He's a great guy and he really works his his rear off to to help whoever he can.	01:00:29
	And so just basically change the behavior through enforcement, mental health assistance and advocacy.	01:00:38
	So city statistics in total the Police Department has received this is this year as of November 7th of this year. So we've	01:00:44
	received 13,717 total calls for service. That's every call, every traffic stop, everything that in any dispatcher or even officer	01:00:51
	initiated call. That's the the total calls we've had as of November 7th of the 13,717, there were 315 transient specific calls	01:00:58
	based.	01:01:05
	Call type of the 13,717. There were 68 encamons specific calls.	01:01:13
	With a total of 17 arrests for transient related call types in total, 2.7% of the total calls for service were transient or	01:01:19
	encampment related combined.	01:01:23
	In our last point in time count for our homeless, there were 44 total unhoused homeless individuals for this year.	01:01:30
	Out of approximately 2358 unhoused individuals in the county in California is obviously a lot more in the state. At a 181,399, our	01:01:38
	city accounted for 1.8% of the Ventura County total.	01:01:46
	This reflects the efforts our team makes in taking a compassionate but proactive approach towards connecting those in need with	01:01:55
	the appropriate services. That's all just due to our outreach, and the task force has really helped us a lot with that.	01:02:01
	So this little graph is just a graduated enforcement model to change behavior. So when we first contact an individual, it really	01:02:09
	starts with advising of offenses. We don't want to come down at like a hammer and just see something and just immediately just	01:02:16
	throw the book at them. So we start with referring to appropriate services, coordinated outreach efforts with Ventura County	01:02:22
	behavioral health and service provider service providers. Aside from behavioral health, we have.	01:02:28
	Mercy House, Salvation Army, we have a bunch of other outreach services to hopefully get them shelter housing.	01:02:36
	The one stops the great resource as well, the one in Oxnard as well as the one in Ventura by the hospital.	01:02:42
	If we do get another call out on this individual citations if behavior continues, so continue push towards appropriate services,	01:02:49
	coordinated outreach efforts and refer to appropriate services. The hard part is a lot of these individuals that we do contact are	01:02:55
	very resistive to services. And so we just continue that approach to say, hey, these these are things that are there for you.	01:03:02
	They're free. I can I've driven people myself in the back of my patrol car all the way up to Ventura to the one stop myself.	01:03:09
	So we offer that I'm willing to drive wherever they want to go to get these services, but there is a resistance there and a	01:03:17
	hesitant. So if this continues, we can arrest if the behavior continues. So coordinate with our outreach services for better	01:03:22
	outcomes with services request stay away orders. Basically that's something new that we're going to be addressing. Stay away	01:03:28
	orders in the sense of.	01:03:34
	In one of our reports we can say at the bottom the subject should be should stay away from.	01:03:41
	A certain location so refer to appropriate services as well. Officer from would you mind taking a question for mayor Pro Tem?	01:03:47
	Absolutely yes.	01:03:51
	Question SO.	01:03:56
	If you were to take someone in and they have agreed to get support.	01:03:58
	How much support could they really get?	01:04:04
	In the back and I took all of her belongings up to the one stop and I literally walked her in and I was like, where do you want to	01:04:37
	start? We had that conversation of what do you need? And so started with, you know, a few medical things and then there was some	01:04:43
	food things that she needed. And then it ultimately ended with getting her back to the city because this is where she considers	01:04:50
	home, but it's just continued follow up from there as well. Hey, are you going to I know that this individual.	01:04:57
	Receives behavioral health treatment and so are you taking, are you getting your prescribed medications? Are we following up with	01:05:04
	that so we can?	01:05:07
	I'm lucky enough to where I can really do a lot of follow up and just keep track of and making sure that they're getting the help	01:05:11
	that they need. But it really it's case by case. It's just identified by their needs. Let me just ask the question, absolutely the	01:05:17
	same question in a different way. If someone you someone asked for help, they met the criteria, would they go right into the	01:05:23
	services that they need?	01:05:29
	Yes, Depending on what they need, yes.	01:05:36
	Depending on. Can you help me with that?	01:05:39
	Correct. Yeah, it depends on what's available.	01:05:41
	Right. So if they need like for example, substance abuse treatment, we can, I can take them up to Ventura County, the VCMC,	01:05:44
	Ventura County Hospital and we get them immediately, get them right in, no questions asked. It gets a little tricky with housing	01:05:50
	because it depends on availability. So Mercy House, Salvation Army, they have very strict guidelines of what they can and can't	01:05:57
	take. So it depends on how many beds they have available, things like that. So yes, we can get them the help they need.	01:06:03
	Thank you. Can I just add to that point and?	01:06:11
	I have been surprised and I think people would be surprised.	01:06:17
	To here, because we'll get calls and people will say things like, you know, I've seen this person around town and why isn't	01:06:22
	anybody helping them? And I have been surprised at how many services that we do.	01:06:27
	Not only make available, but we, we, you know, push and we try to get them, you know, get people into those services. And I would	01:06:33
	say, I think we can accurately say that more often than not, if you see someone and you say why isn't somebody helping them, it's	01:06:40
	because they've turned down the offer of help. And so the issue usually is not that we can't get them help, it's whether they'll	01:06:46
	accept it or not so.	01:06:52
	And I leave.	01:06:59
	Then what? That may be what you're talking about tonight. What do we do when we continue to have the same people?	01:07:02
	That are.	01:07:10
	Rejecting help.	01:07:12
	And I think that those are going to be discussions and ordinances that we'll be bringing back. Tonight's agenda item is strictly	01:07:15
	on the grants past decision and its impact for the local community.	01:07:21
	Of course.	01:07:30
	OK, so moving forward, immediately after the Grants Pass decision, the city's Police Department, City's attorney's office and City	01:07:33
	Manager's office met with the County of Ventura and other cities within Ventura County to ensure collaboration. Enforcement of	01:07:39
	these ordinances require a collaboration between these agencies. The local agencies agreed to work together to draft and implement	01:07:45
	and take camping ordinances to ensure a consistent approach across Ventura County.	01:07:51
	And this we continue to work with these agencies to develop a unified approach and additional ordinances may be presented in the	01:07:58
	future.	01:08:01
	We have been looking at other cities ordinances and looking for adoption and potential adoption of those ordinances as well. But	01:08:06
	this is a good time that I would like to bring up something that we already have in place. So the municipal code under section	01:08:13
	3970 to 3978, it really defines camping and this also applies to not only the beach, it's public space. So in our municipal code,	01:08:20
	camp means direct maintain or occupy a camp facility for the purpose of human habitation.	01:08:28
	And camp facilities includes one or more of the following items tents, huts, other temporary physical shelters, cots, beds,	01:08:36
	sleeping bags, hammocks or bed rolls.	01:08:40
	And then 3972, it is unlawful for any person to sleep camp or store personal property, including camp facilities and paraphernalia	01:08:46
	in or on restricted public property. So these are things I 3970 to 3978, it's just a bunch of definitions for the most part, but	01:08:53
	it really outlines what we're allowed to enforce on public property.	01:09:00
	Let me just make a comment on that the.	01:09:07
	The City of Boise decision out of the 9th Circuit really prohibited the city from enforcing any of these ordinances the whole	01:09:11
	3970.	01:09:16
	Group of ordinances. And so with grants passed, we are now able to start enforcing those. However, we want to take into	01:09:21
	consideration the governor's order. We also want to take into consideration what our local partners are doing. And the reason for	01:09:29
	that is because we've seen this happen in other areas if one jurisdiction becomes very aggressive.	01:09:37
	And starts just arresting people and hauling them off. The city over is going to start busing their people in. So you don't want	01:09:45
	to be in that situation. So we want to work collaboratively.	01:09:51
	And cooperatively with all of our neighbors and all of the city attorneys, because I attend all their meetings, we're all in	01:09:57
	agreement on that, that we really need to have a unified approach to the anti camping ordinances.	01:10:05
	Sorry, trying to figure out how this thing works. Better you than me. Yeah, I got the clicker low. So we're good. You're good.	01:10:16
	So we're going to open up the questions, but before that, I would like to just state that Chief and myself went down to Santa	01:10:24
	Monica, his old stomping grounds, and they're the.	01:10:29
	They're tried embedded and we're seeing where they're going with it. So there's gonna be some things coming down the pipeline	01:11:05
	pretty soon here. So just wanted to throw that out there before any open questions. Thank you. Officer from this council, have any	01:11:09
	questions?	01:11:13
	Go ahead, Council member. Thank you Mayor Perez, and thank you Officer from for your good work and for your report. And thank you,	01:11:19
	Chief as well. Where is our homeless count right now?	01:11:25
	Homeless count, last I heard it was 19, so this year alone was 44. I know that was earlier in the year. It fluctuates. Sometimes	01:11:32
	we see some new faces, sometimes they just come and go or they're passing through. I probably say it's a lot less than 44, but	01:11:40
	there's no official count as of right now. And so the city really relies on the county resources.	01:11:48
	And providing the services that homeless individuals need.	01:11:58
	Do we expect to continue in that manner to rely on county or will there be any grant money or any funding at the city level to	01:12:02
	assist?	01:12:07
	In these efforts as of right now, our, our county partners are incredible. James Boyd and his team with Backpack medicine	01:12:12
	specifically and how proactive he is and just open his phone is open. I feel like 24 hours a day. So he, he works his tail off and	01:12:19
	he's passionate and the team that he's put together is something I personally want to keep.	01:12:25
	And I don't see any any need to change what's already working for us. Yeah, James deserves a hero's award for sure. But thank you	01:12:32
	for the good work. We've come a long ways in our program in assisting the homeless. I think when I came on board in 2018-2019,	01:12:38
	there was nothing.	01:12:44
	Councilman Martinez and I worked on doing the state of the homeless here in the city and some things started happening under	01:12:52
	direction of Chief Salinas and you guys have just taken it further. So thank you.	01:12:57
	For all your good work of course. Thank you.	01:13:03
	Any further questions?	01:13:06
	OK, do we have any public comments for this item?	01:13:10
	We do have public comments. It'll be Mitchell, Disney, then Daniel and then Jacqueline.	01:13:13
	Good evening, members of the Council. My name is Mitch Disney. I am the chairman of the Board of the Port of the.	01:13:22
	Pacific Collection Homeowners Association.	01:13:30
	And also the chair of the Wine EMI HOA Coalition Safety Committee subcommittee.	01:13:33
	Are I'm very sympathetic to the plight of the homeless and the needs to address where required by law.	01:13:39
	But our community is impacted directly. We have 134 homes.	01:13:50
	We are directly adjacent to the Mandalay Village Marketplace shopping center and the Oliveira Plaza shopping center were separated	01:13:57
	by a 12 inch block wall. We have a 5 foot set back on our homes. They're basically 0 lot line homes, so our residents are	01:14:03
	approximately 5 feet away from.	01:14:09
	A 12 inch wall that separates them from everything that happens behind that shopping center.	01:14:16
	I am one house removed from the block wall and our house from our house. In the backyard or indoors, we can hear screaming and	01:14:21
	yelling.	01:14:27
	I don't know what these people are screaming about, but the profanity and the language used is terribly upsetting. And if it was	01:14:33
	in any other context, you would suspect that there was about to be some kind of violence. And maybe there is. I call when that	01:14:39
	happens. I call the police and they're, you know, hopefully they respond. I don't know what happens because it's on the other side	01:14:45
	of the wall, but I hear the same voices. Maybe there are 47 people.	01:14:51
	But if there are five of them living behind our property, they're they're there and they have been there for years.	01:14:58
	And if you Google the Mandalay Village marketplace on Google Maps, which I've done.	01:15:04
	There are three different positions that you can see in this wheelhouse entrance, and every single one of those photos has has a	01:15:11
	different person panhandling. They're going back for several years.	01:15:16
	That's the public face of the Mandalay Village marketplace is that wheelhouse entrance and other areas. The private face is what	01:15:21
	my 134, most mainly seniors of some, some people are younger.	01:15:28
	Who are very concerned about people not only the noise but also jumping on the wall, jumping over the wall into their yards,	01:15:35
	jumping on the wall and onto their roofs.	01:15:40
	And I don't know if these are homeless people, and if I use that word, I stand corrected. These are people who are committing	01:15:47
	actions that are illegal. They're trespassing, and I believe that they may be using drugs as well. Whatever's been done in the	01:15:55
	past and up until now to try to enforce and regulate back there has not succeeded.	01:16:03
	A new approach is needed and as the representative for the Coalition and for my HOAI, stand ready to work with the police.	01:16:12
	Needed and to work with the shopping centers management as well. First Washington Realty. So I am here to help and I'm also here	01:16:21
	to present my concerns with the hope of spurring additional action. Thank you. Thank you.	01:16:30
	Good evening, council members.	01:16:48
	My name is Daniel Gwynn up I'm here tonight to ask you, as our City Council, to help us take back control of our community.	01:16:50
	I live in the Pacific Collection adjacent to Mandalay Village Marketplace and all of a Plaza.	01:16:57
	In my neighborhood and throughout Port Wanimi, in the course of my daily life, I'm repeatedly faced with situations that are	01:17:03
	unsightly, unsanitary and unsafe.	01:17:08
	We have a small population of unruly individuals who have been allowed to disrupt our neighborhoods with panhandling.	01:17:14
	Camping, loitering, and intimidation.	01:17:20
	They impose a general blight on our community and expose us all to unwanted hazards including needles, drug paraphernalia, trash	01:17:23
	and human waste.	01:17:28
	I applaud the Port Hueneme Police Department for guiding many unhoused individuals to seek available shelters and assistance at	01:17:35
	rehab and mental health facilities. However, there remain many unhoused who choose not to avail themselves of these services.	01:17:42
	Therefore, I'm here tonight to ask you to review, strengthen, and encourage enforcement of laws and ordinances that will address	01:17:49
	the ongoing impacts of these disruptive individuals.	01:17:54
	The United States Supreme Court recently overturned the lower court ruling of Grant Pass V Johnson, which had previously prevented	01:18:01
	cities from enforcing their public camping laws. But the Supreme Court didn't stop there. They also made it clear that an	01:18:07
	individual who violates local laws and ordinances should not be excused from accountability just because of their underlying	01:18:14
	condition, whether it was unhoused, drug addicted, or suffering mental health issues.	01:18:20
	It is important that we actively address these situations across our city and demand accountability in order to restore order to	01:18:27
	our public and private spaces.	01:18:32
	We, as residents of Portland, Amy, ask your help in making our city safer and more livable for all.	01:18:38
	Thank you very much for your time.	01:18:44
	Thank you. I just want to reiterate that I.	01:18:48
	Our ordinance as it exists now and as we foresee it, as we're drafting new ordinances, really focuses on acts as opposed to status	01:18:52
	of being homeless. And that's what Grants Pass discuss. That's what Grants Pass allowed to allow the cities to start regulating in	01:19:02
	that area again. And it's very, I think it's very important to make that distinction between the.	01:19:12
	Being homeless and the conduct that can be regulated. Also, I'm a city manager. I'd like to also note the difference between	01:19:22
	public spaces and private property.	01:19:28
	A lot of the issues we have in our city unfortunately, take place on private property, which this law does not govern whatsoever.	01:19:34
	Yeah. And what I will note on that level is that we do make efforts to work with private property owners to try to help educate	01:19:41
	them on hard, you know, hardening their property. That might not be the.	01:19:48
	The right word, but you know what measures they can take to try to make sure that encampments don't, you know, start in their on	01:19:55
	their private property, for example. So that is something we we do and we plan to continue to do. But that is a limit of the	01:20:01
	grants past decision.	01:20:07
	Hi.	01:20:16
	Good evening mayor and mayor, Pro Tem, City Council, city manager and police.	01:20:18
	Speak up, OK?	01:20:24
	My name is Jackie Doherty, I live in the Marlboro Seaside Village community and there are many other HOA communities around us.	01:20:27
	I've lived in our community for 27 years. I support whatever the tools the city, the Police Department can legally use to help	01:20:34
	keep our communities safer. We are affected by the pan handlers and unhoused at our local shopping centers, primarily in our area.	01:20:41
	We are having the most problems with the Mandalay Village Marketplace.	01:20:49
	Where the Ralph's shopping center is, I know there are no easy solutions, but it is very disturbing to drive by or walk into the	01:20:56
	shopping center and pass by. Pan handlers at the entrances, carts and debris behind the stores, disheveled RV's parked throughout	01:21:04
	the center with the unhoused loitering around. It feels very unsafe, especially if we want to walk over at night to enjoy one of	01:21:11
	our restaurants or go to Starbucks. I can't imagine.	01:21:19
	That the tenants are happy about this either. We really want to support our local businesses, but some of us find ourselves	01:21:26
	shopping in Oxnard and Ventura instead of locally. Therefore, there is no revenue that comes in for the city. I appreciate officer	01:21:33
	from and team for being proactive and offering services to the young house, but more needs to be done. We want everyone to feel	01:21:40
	safe and of course have a safe place to live.	01:21:47
	The shopping center management companies, The city.	01:21:55
	And police as well as a community all need to work together for solutions.	01:21:58
	So thank you very much. Appreciate it and happy holidays.	01:22:04
	That concludes public comment. Thank you. So this item was to receive the status update.	01:22:09
	And if there is no council direction or action to be provided, no, no, no vote is necessary.	01:22:14
	But is there any?	01:22:21
	Can I note to just make that key point at the end of the presentation? So this was an update sort of in the immediate I.	01:22:23
	Following of the grants past decision, we are reviewing the ordinances and and and working with the other agencies to look at	01:22:34
	ordinances that can be applied across the county. So we we do anticipate bringing an item back in the future, but there that's why	01:22:41
	there is no action for this item at this time. Councilmember Martinez.	01:22:47
	Thank you, Mary Press, I do have a question. So just to clarify, as of right now, the city does not know exactly how they're going	01:22:55
	to move forward regarding the new Supreme Courts decision, just just to clarify.	01:23:01
	I wouldn't say that exactly. I think we're we've, we're continuing to enforce what we have been enforcing and then we're reviewing	01:23:08
	the ordinances that the Supreme Court had previously said we could not enforce. OK. But it's in the works. Yeah, Right. OK. Thank	01:23:14
	you.	01:23:19
	I'm not an expert on drug addiction, but it appears to me that.	01:23:29
	A lot of these individuals in the shopping center, KFC.	01:23:36
	Are participated in public drug use and so I would hope that we could kind of look at it that way like hey if somebody's publicly	01:23:40
	intoxicated on crystal meth or whatever I think they should be arrested and given a chance to sober up in my neighborhood just	01:23:48
	last night I saw three new faces that I've never seen before and I've been seeing.	01:23:56
	Bedding material stuffed in coral trees and and we we see that quite frequently and.	01:24:05
	You know, I think it's.	01:24:14
	I think it's a good idea to throw those things away when when we do come across them. But the underlying problem is still there.	01:24:17
	And I was with Chief the other night and just the other night he got a call from an individual who's in penitentiary.	01:24:24
	And he, this individual called chief to thank him for trying to help him. And the guy is locked up because he was on drugs and	01:24:32
	he's made a vow to get his life together. So I would just hope that we're constantly engaged in these folks.	01:24:40
	Constantly offering them to help well, at the same time executing some level of tough love. And I think the fact is that 2.7 of	01:24:49
	the 13,000 calls are homeless related. I think many of us have given up.	01:24:57
	You know the there's a guy sleeping on the sidewalk for three weeks. There's this other guy that's been on the beach for a few	01:25:07
	years. I haven't seen him for a couple months and I know he's refused services.	01:25:12
	And just yesterday, 2 persons in the Santa Clara River were severely injured when a a propane canister exploded because it was	01:25:19
	improperly being used. So the safety issue is really important and I know that.	01:25:26
	You have a very tough job and.	01:25:35
	What our residents are asking for is, you know, constant interaction, constant offering the hand to help. And you know, it's like	01:25:38
	a salesman, you get rejected 100 times and then to get one and it's a very rewarding and then sometimes I believe.	01:25:48
	Public property versus private property is can be a red herring in some cases, for example.	01:25:59
	The gym.	01:26:07
	House of Gaines closed. Well, now that, and I'm going to say the drug addicts have taken over the, the left side of the building	01:26:09
	and they're hiding behind bushes and you have to like look for them to see them, but they're there. But again, I, I look at it as	01:26:16
	I think these are just people who are dedicated to drugs. And if that's the case, you know, let's try to give them an opportunity	01:26:23
	like the phone call the chief got the other night from a person that's in Ventura County jail sobering up and and trying to take.	01:26:31
	Services so I know that there's no way to solve this problem, but I just want to encourage you to keep trying, keep making those	01:26:38
	connections and always, always offer to help the persons you come in contact with. Council member Hernandez.	01:26:46
	Mayor Pro Tem.	01:26:58
	So I just want to reiterate that our department's doing a great job and I believe that our officer from and those who work with	01:27:00
	him are daily engaging the homeless, trying to get them connected to services. I think they're doing a great job of trying to deal	01:27:07
	with a difficult situation. And I think the discussion of what we can do about further issues for public private property versus	01:27:14
	public property needs to come on an agenda item and we can discuss that further.	01:27:22
	But now we'd like to have a motion and a second to.	01:27:30
	Received the status of this update.	01:27:33
	Motion to receive. I have a second.	01:27:36
	Madam Clerk.	01:27:40
	All in favor.	01:27:42
	Aye, all opposed.	01:27:43
	Hearing none, motion passes unanimously. Thank you. Thank you, Officer From and thank you, Madam City Manager.	01:27:46
	Thank you, city attorney. Sorry, I just, I just elevated you.	01:27:53
	You just got a promotion.	01:27:59
	The next item is the presentation of dune restoration and maintenance proposal for Wyoming Beach Park by the Ventura Surfrider	01:28:01
	Foundation.	01:28:04
	Thank you. And if I can just quickly note, the item is on the agenda to allow the Council to receive the presentation from	01:28:11
	Surfrider and give essentially what we're looking for as staff is the next step on this proposal to move forward would involve	01:28:18
	some staff time to put a local development plan together for California Coastal Commission. So we're just looking for general	01:28:25
	feedback on whether the Council would want us to proceed.	01:28:31
	With the with doing that or not.	01:28:39
	Or and you know alternatively, you know, if there's specific or additional questions that would need to be answered before we	01:28:42
	prepared with that, those are three potential outcomes as proceeding with the plan or not or or getting additional information.	01:28:49
	But we wanted to start the process with the proposal from Surfrider. And so with that, I'll turn it over to Carla and Joan from	01:28:56
	Surfrider.	01:29:03
	Thank you. Good evening mayor, Mayor, Pro Tem, council, staff and public. My name is Joan Tharp and I've been a 30 year resident	01:29:10
	of Port Hueneme. I'm a volunteer with the Audubon Society, Dad on Ormond Beach with their shore bird recovery program, and tonight	01:29:17
	I'm here representing a Surfrider Ventura County with this proposal for enhancing coastal resilience and habitat at the Wyoming	01:29:24
	Beach Park.	01:29:30
	And having said that, I'll introduce my Co presenter, Carla Avila Martinez.	01:29:38
	Thank you, Jonah. Hi, everyone. Nice to see you all tonight. Yes, my name is Carla Avila Martinez. I'm the Climate Action program	01:29:45
	manager for the Surfrider Foundation.	01:29:49
	OK, so our proposal and the reason for the proposal and the benefits, we want to share information and benefits on the proposed	01:29:56
	Wyoming Beach Park Dune Restoration Community project with the City Council and the staff to give an explanation of why this is	01:30:03
	important for the city. And you know personally why it's important to me. I am, as I said, out on Ormond Beach quite a bit. I'm	01:30:11
	involved with the city of Oxnard on the.	01:30:18
	Plan there and I just saw an opportunity to do something beneficial with the dunes that are in front of well between the Chumash	01:30:26
	Creek and the Alaska 261 Memorial. There exist existing dunes that I think we can enhance to the communities benefit.	01:30:37
	And Carla, I don't know, are you able to share your slide deck? Would you like to share for me to share my screen for the	01:30:48
	presentation?	01:30:53
	Sounds great.	01:30:59
	I'll do that right now.	01:31:01
	All right, Can everyone see that?	01:31:05
	Yep, sounds good all right.	01:31:08
	OK. Go ahead with the next slide.	01:31:11
	All right, so a little bit of background on who we are. At Surf Rider, we are committed protecting and enjoying the world's ocean,	01:31:14
	waves and beaches for everyone through our powerful activist network. We have over 200 chapters and clubs across our network,	01:31:21
	including the Ventura County chapter and we tackle a range of critical initiatives including plastic pollution, ocean protection,	01:31:27
	clean water, beach access, and coast and climate.	01:31:34
	Today's work focuses on the Coast and Climate Initiative, which aims to address the challenges of climate change and ensure the	01:31:41
	resilience of our coastal communities and ecosystems.	01:31:46
	And so this year, the Surfrider Foundation launched this new program. The Climate Action Program is designed to support chapters	01:31:52
	to create healthier, more resilient coastlines. Really, the goal for the program is to address impacts of climate change on our	01:31:58
	coast while empowering communities to take meaningful actions. Through this initiative, we're supporting the Ventura County	01:32:04
	chapter and others to implement restoration projects to enhance coastal resilience, protect the ecosystems and communities that	01:32:09
	depend on them.	01:32:15
	And so although this program is new, Surfrider is not.	01:32:22
	We're not new to restoration. Chapters have been leading have been leading impactful projects for over 20 years. Chapters have	01:32:28
	planted over 500,000 plants across many different projects over the last 20 years and the Ventura County chapter through the	01:32:35
	Surface Point project is a shining example of this work that we have been doing for a long time.	01:32:42
	The Surfrider Ventura County Chapter led the dune restoration efforts at Surfers Point, planting the vegetation and removing	01:32:50
	invasive species and maintaining the area for years. These efforts have helped the dune ecosystem there heal into the thriving,	01:32:58
	resilient habitat we see today, again showcasing the power of community LED restoration. And building on that, we're excited to	01:33:05
	share more details about the proposed project to restore dunes here in Port Hueneme with a plan crafted by The Coastal.	01:33:13
	Consultants, they also put together the dune restoration plan for Surfers Point and so with their help, we put together a plan to	01:33:20
	create healthy, resilient dunes in Port Hueneme.	01:33:27
	So I'll go ahead. So our project goal is to engage the community to restore 2 1/2 acres of dune ecosystems that we need Beach	01:33:40
	Park, promoting biodiversity, enhancing natural coastal protection through collaborative sustainable conservation efforts. And	01:33:48
	we'll go a little bit more into detail in the following slides.	01:33:57
	Could we have that door shut please, because it's really distracting to thank the speaker. Thank you, Sir.	01:34:09
	OK. So I want to talk a little bit about the current conditions and why we think it's important to do this project. As I said, I'm	01:34:17
	out at this location just about every day and I saw an opportunity to help restore these dunes. The dunes, as I pointed out, are	01:34:27
	between Chumash Creek over here on the right of the screen, which is east and then West to the Alaska 261 Memorial.	01:34:36
	So it sort of runs between parking lot B, parking lot C and Chamash Creek. The area is existing dunes already and so the idea here	01:34:46
	is to enhance them. Currently we have quite a few non-native species like ice plant and Bermuda grass. We have a lack of	01:34:56
	topography and native vegetation in many areas. So on both.	01:35:05
	On either side, the dunes come out fairly far and we just kind of want to fill in the gap, is what we're proposing to do.	01:35:15
	And then we also have increasing vulnerability to flooding with rising sea levels and storm surge, and we know that dunes can help	01:35:23
	prevent that next slide.	01:35:29
	So this map I think is probably one of the a good one to orientate everyone into what we're thinking about doing. So in the middle	01:35:37
	of the screen sort of in front of parking lot, see you can see purplish hash marks. That's what we're proposing to do some sand	01:35:45
	fencing and then the can pinkish areas.	01:35:53
	Are access points, so we spoke with Public Works and with other members of the city.	01:36:01
	Staff about this project a few months ago and one of the big concerns was access. And as a resident and somebody who knows a lot	01:36:07
	of surfers and a lot of people that like to go to the beach, we recognize the fact that that we don't want to cut off access. So	01:36:14
	it's important for public safety, public works, as well As for people who are going to the beach or looking to check out the	01:36:21
	waves. They like to stand on top of the dunes and and look from there.	01:36:28
	So the proposal is to again to remove the invasive plants and expand native species.	01:36:35
	And leverage those existing native species when they when they seed as seed sources because naturally they will recede themselves.	01:36:42
	But we want to give them the opportunity to do so. Additionally, we will be planting more seeds as we go on through the project.	01:36:48
	We want to build a wider dunes. And I want to emphasize for anybody living in Omser Site 3, we're not proposing to build the dunes	01:36:54
	up.	01:37:01
	In fact, with the removal of the ice plant, the experts say that that ice plant actually builds taller dunes.	01:37:07
	And so the dunes may go down a little bit, but we just want to extend the area out. As you can see with the kind of hash marks	01:37:14
	there, there's sort of Cove areas that we want to fill in. So we would put in sand fencing and plants to trap the blowing sand.	01:37:24
	And we want to enhance the visitor experience with signage. So we would put up, we want to protect the some of the areas from	01:37:33
	getting trampled, trampled while.	01:37:39
	Remove or with with still having access to the beach. So we are proposing to put up what we call temporary or symbolic fencing,	01:37:45
	which is posting cable. It's not a fence, it's just a post with cable and then putting in signage indicating that this is a	01:37:52
	restoration area and additional signage with information about why this is important and what we're doing and, and things like	01:37:58
	that.	01:38:04
	OK.	01:38:13
	So as Carla mentioned, we've worked with the coastal restoration consultants on a plan which I believe you all have.	01:38:14
	And they've outlined the the existing species and the topography and a plan for for the project.	01:38:26
	So Surfrider, Ventura County is has gotten a few grants and we're proposing a.	01:38:36
	Paying for the project ourselves, so this wouldn't cost the city or the taxpayers any money. We're planning on year one to two	01:38:43
	would be the project implementation and that does depend on permits and when we would get the permits and of course your approval.	01:38:51
	Years 3 and out would be project monitoring and maintenance, so sign maintenance, fence maintenance, going back in and removing	01:39:00
	any more invasive species as well as planting more seeds.	01:39:06
	So again the key actions removing non-native plants and planting natives, installing the symbolic fencing and signs and.	01:39:14
	Putting in the the sand fencing and monitoring the the progress of via the consultants, they would be coming out. We again would	01:39:25
	be paying for them to come out and look at what our progress is and suggest any further actions.	01:39:32
	OK, so again, the heart of the climate Action program lies in these nature based solutions like restoration led by our dedicated	01:39:40
	volunteers and community members. Our goal is also to build a community that is not only knowledgeable about coastal resilience,	01:39:47
	but also is actively engaged in protecting and restoring coastlines. We have begun some initial outreach and we'll be working with	01:39:54
	many different community groups, including the local Audubon Society, schools and residents and.	01:40:02
	We're also initiating outreach to the Chumash people to strengthen our collective impact. By building these partnerships and	01:40:10
	expanding our collaboration, we're hoping to create lasting solutions and restore this area and empower local communities.	01:40:18
	And so I, like Joan said earlier, we're fully funding this project through grants and donations covering all cost and materials	01:40:27
	for tools and professional guidance. So this means that there's no financial burden on city or taxpayers, although we are	01:40:34
	requesting some support from the City of Port Hueneme to provide free parking for our volunteers during restoration events and	01:40:42
	that would be about 8 to 10 times that first.	01:40:49
	Year and then about two to four times the following years on weekend days, depending on the maintenance needs for the following	01:40:57
	years. And we're also requesting dumpsters about 6 to 8 times for that first year and two to four times per year for the following	01:41:03
	years, again, depending, depending on what the maintenance maintenance needs are. And this the dumpsters are for removing invasive	01:41:10
	plants.	01:41:16
	Predisposing invasive plants as well as any trash that we might find during our events.	01:41:24
	And again, this project is truly community driven with local volunteers leading the work, making this a cost effective project.	01:41:30
	And at the same time, restoration experts are on hand to help provide some guidance to ensure we're using best practices and we	01:41:35
	have long term success.	01:41:41
	So what do we want to do this? Why should you approve us doing this? We believe that this project has environmental and community	01:41:48
	benefits. Healthy dunes help provide natural barriers against storm surge and erosion and protect infrastructure and the coast.	01:41:57
	They also play a critical role in supporting native plants and wildlife and improving the ecosystems.	01:42:07
	These dunes are considered environmentally sensitive habitat.	01:42:17
	And so it is even more critical just in that aspect to help provide a little help to the dunes to help that that area flourish.	01:42:21
	The project aligns with climate, excuse me, adaptation strategies by restoring natural barriers against sea level rise. And we do	01:42:30
	believe that community engagement helps.	01:42:38
	Residents have some stewardship in this, and we're also looking at educational.	01:42:47
	Opportunities for schools and other community groups.	01:42:53
	So either through tours, education, or just having people come out and pull weeds.	01:42:59
	And then the economic and social impact, so tourism and recreation, we know that that's something that the city is looking at here	01:43:06
	and Healthy dunes provide.	01:43:11
	And enhance the area so when you meet. Beach park offers a variety of features and we believe that the dunes is just one more	01:43:17
	feature to attract tourists and.	01:43:22
	And help with recreation. Dune enhancement will complement these features.	01:43:30
	And, umm.	01:43:36
	We do also believe that nature based, nature based defenses for the coast reduce spending and costs that are caused by erosion.	01:43:41
	They're also a little bit more cost effective, quite a bit more cost effective and more effective at protecting the coastline from	01:43:48
	erosion and storm surge.	01:43:56
	And we all know that that getting out in nature helps with our health, mental health. And so we see this as an opportunity to just	01:44:05
	enhance the beach, park a little bit and provide that mental health.	01:44:11
	Thank you, Joan. And so restoring the dunes at Wanyi Beach Park, we feel is a critical step toward protecting our coastline and	01:44:20
	supporting a more resilient future for our community. Again, like we've been saying throughout this whole presentation, dunes	01:44:27
	really plan essential role in reducing the impacts of rising seas and storms, while also providing critical habitat for native	01:44:33
	species and preserving the natural beauty.	01:44:39
	Of our.	01:44:46
	And so and again, what we're really hoping is to bring to put this project together, that brings the community together, local	01:44:48
	organizations in the city to work project. And then with your support, we can ensure that Wyoming Beach Park remains a thriving	01:44:54
	and resilient part of our coastlines for years to come. So thank you and any questions? Thank you, Joan and Carla for your	01:45:00
	presentation.	01:45:07
	Does Council have any questions for?	01:45:14
	Council Member Gama, thank you.	01:45:18
	How much ice plant do you anticipate removing? Because I think there's quite a bit. That's a very good question. So we're looking	01:45:20
	at the for dunes. So as you're very familiar with that area, So if you're looking at the empty lots in these pictures, the	01:45:28
	backside, if you're walking towards the beach, there's a lot of ice plants. So we're not touching the empty lots and we're not	01:45:35
	touching the backside of those dunes. We're really focusing on that area that's encircled and there is ice plant in there.	01:45:43
	But it's not as much as what's on the backside of the dunes. So would you won't be removing the ice plant in front of the blue	01:45:50
	line?	01:45:54
	Because I know there's quite a bit so in.	01:45:59
	So the darker area where all the paths are in that that photograph, yeah, we will not. We're really focusing on the the the plants	01:46:04
	that are inside the blue line.	01:46:10
	Yeah. I'm just a little concerned that the ice plant will still find its way out there.	01:46:16
	Then you had a slide. How will we get there? It wasn't numbered. I tried to get the number but and you showed a yellow plant.	01:46:22
	That one is that native to Winey me there and what's the name of it? Yeah, that's the beach Primrose Nice. And it, it is all over	01:46:30
	the place out there and it's it's beautiful and and I'd like to see a lot more of it. It's actually seeds very well. I've seen	01:46:37
	other restoration projects using that. It is really pretty. One. Does it go dormant at times? It does kind of dormant. And then	01:46:45
	there's another plant that we see out there that has really long roots.	01:46:52
	And it has trumpet like looking flowers. Is that a trumpet vine perhaps there is a beach morning glory out there that you may be	01:47:00
	thinking of. Pink flower, I think so, yeah. So the prominent plants out there are the primrose, the morning glory, the San Rubina,	01:47:08
	which is most of it's red out there, but some of it is yellow. And the beach Burr, which is a really important plant, although if	01:47:15
	you're wearing flip flops when it's going.	01:47:22
	Seed, you'll curse at it. Yeah. And then and then I noticed on those dune areas too, there are a couple.	01:47:30
	I don't want to say trees, but they're bushes that are non-native and got there somehow. Would you be removing those? Right. So	01:47:37
	what are the bigger ones was removed earlier by the city. There is a one at the very Far East side that we will be removing. We're	01:47:45
	just going to use loppers and persistence over several years with I think we'll probably take care of it.	01:47:54
	I'm hoping that if the the golden wattle, which is the one that the city removed earlier and then also removed one a couple years	01:48:04
	ago.	01:48:07
	If those are popping up, you know, possibly we could engage the city again to help out. They grow very fast and provide shelter	01:48:11
	for people who probably shouldn't be doing whatever they're doing out there. Correct. And then last question. So the little brown	01:48:17
	lines, and I think I saw this at the Ventura Point, that's like a fence structure that kind of holds the sand. And So what you're	01:48:24
	trying to do is, is.	01:48:30
	Widen the the dune, so to speak, right?	01:48:38
	So if you walk out there again, the east and the West points, we're not going any farther out than the farthest point there, but	01:48:40
	we want to fill in. So if you go out there, there's sort of coves which is just sand and we would like to use the sand fencing to	01:48:46
	trap the sand with the prevailing wind. So mostly westerly winds that are coming through and it just helps collect it is what the	01:48:52
	plants do naturally.	01:48:59
	But the the fencing just helps speed that process up.	01:49:05
	Thank you. You're welcome.	01:49:10
	Any other questions for Joan? I have a couple of quick questions. Thank you, Joan and Carla and Surfrider Foundation for bringing	01:49:12
	this project forward. It's very exciting to see that we're looking at alternative methods for protecting our coastline. I wanted	01:49:19
	maybe this question is for a city attorney, city manager. Are we going to need any kind of formal agreement between the city and	01:49:27
	Surfrider before we move forward on this?	01:49:34
	Yeah. And that's the one point I was going to make after comments was that I do anticipate that we there, there's still, still	01:49:41
	some steps including going through the Coastal Commission. So we will bring an item back at some point in the future with all of	01:49:48
	the detail.	01:49:54
	This was intended to get that feedback to move forward, but it's not. We don't have an agreement or anything like that at this	01:50:03
	point.	01:50:06
	So that would be prepared and would come back with that note. I wanted to note that we had identified 3 concerns, two of which	01:50:10
	we've already worked through with Coastal or Surfriders. But we just wanted to sort of identify the things that, that we noted and	01:50:18
	that we wanted to make sure that the council was aware that we addressed. And one was the request for access for both the public,	01:50:25
	but also for for maintenance purposes, which is reflected on this map.	01:50:33
	That Surf Riders is accommodating second, and we noted this in the staff report was in that agreement. We want to note that.	01:50:41
	The city in its various master plans, has identified the need for more amenities in that area particular. Potentially Lot C could	01:50:52
	end up having more amenities and things like that. So we want to make sure that it's understood that.	01:51:01
	That this project wouldn't prevent any of those future improvements and we just want to make sure that that's clear. And then a	01:51:10
	Third Point was during that process, my recommendation and suggestion would be I think as part of it, we would partner with surf	01:51:17
	riders to do some educational information for the neighbors so that they understand that this isn't, I think to Jones very simple	01:51:24
	explanation is this isn't planning to be built, you know, up.	01:51:31
	And it's not intended block reviews. So I think that would be a third thing we'd look to do. So that's all stuff we can do.	01:51:39
	When we formalize and get the approval from Coastal Commission and we could make those.	01:51:46
	Either clearing the agreement or we can do some of that outreach.	01:51:53
	OK. Thank you very much. And one last question is, is there a time frame that you have to do this work?	01:51:56
	Like summer months, would you?	01:52:06
	Avoid the summer months and do it during the winter months. Is there are you do you have a preferred time frame that you would	01:52:08
	want to do this? We are looking at doing it year round. The the seating is usually best done in the fall.	01:52:15
	We are.	01:52:24
	Anticipating, I mean, I don't know that there'll be any restrictions from the Coastal Commission. So it's a little dependent on	01:52:27
	that if there are any, any concerns about about timing out there. OK, great. Thank you. That's all I have.	01:52:34
	Any further questions?	01:52:43
	Madam Clerk, are there any public comments? We have two written public comments.	01:52:44
	Can ask just one quick question, of course. On the report, it said that the goal is to restore 2 1/2 acres. Is is that 2 1/2	01:52:50
	acres? What's inside those blue lines?	01:52:55
	Just wanted to double check. Thank you.	01:53:02
	Dear Honourable Members of the Port Hueneme City Council, I am writing to express my enthusiastic support for the Surfrider	01:53:06
	Foundation's dune restoration.	01:53:10
	And maintenance proposal. This initiative represents an opportunity to enhance our city's natural beauty while addressing critical	01:53:15
	environmental and coastal challenges.	01:53:20
	If any of you have been to Surfers Point in Ventura, you undoubtedly have seen the result of Surfrider Foundation successful dune	01:53:25
	restoration project there and appreciated the area's transformation.	01:53:30
	Dude and Restoration serves as a vital coastal buffer zone that protects our community from the impacts of rising sea levels.	01:53:37
	And storm surges. By implementing the proposal, Port Hueneme can significantly bolster its coastal resilience, ensuring that our	01:53:43
	beaches and infrastructure remain safeguarded against future environmental changes.	01:53:50
	This is not only a practical solution, but one that aligns with the city's commitment to sustainability and forward thinking	01:53:57
	stewardship. Additionally, the project promises to provide an aesthetically pleasing enhancement to our shoreline. Restored,	01:54:04
	excuse me, restored dunes with native vegetation and well maintained pathways contribute to the beautification of our coast,	01:54:12
	making it more inviting for our residents and visitors alike. A vibrant and visually appealing beach is a vital asset to our city.	01:54:19
	Benefiting both community pride and local tourism. Equally important, this proposal will provide natural habitat and protection	01:54:26
	for the endangered snowy plover. By prioritizing these efforts, Port Hueneme can demonstrate leadership in biodiversity	01:54:32
	conservation, offering a safe haven for these species and other wildlife dependent on coastal ecosystems. Protecting these dudes	01:54:38
	means preserving the delicate balance of nature that makes our coastline unique. The Surfrider Foundation's approach to June	01:54:44
	restoration.	01:54:50
	Ecological science and community engagement, ensuring that this project is both effective and inclusive. By supporting this	01:54:57
	initiative, the City will send a powerful message about the value it places on preserving its natural resources for future	01:55:02
	generations.	01:55:07
	I urge the Council to approve and champion this proposal. It offers a comprehensive solution that merges environmental	01:55:13
	responsibility with practical benefits for our community. Thank you for your time, attention, and dedicating and dedication to	01:55:19
	making Port Hueneme a model of sustainability and coastal stewardship. Respectfully, Christina Suco, Fort Winnie resident.	01:55:26
	Dear Honorable members of the Port Wanami City Council, on behalf of Ventura Audubon Society, I express strong support for the	01:55:36
	Surfrider Foundation student restoration.	01:55:41
	And maintenance proposal for waiting a beach park. With over 30 years of experience protecting dune wildlife at Ormond Beach,	01:55:46
	Ventura Autobahn recognizes the critical role of restoring coastal dunes to safeguard biodiversity and enhance resilience against	01:55:52
	sea level rise and flooding. This project will restore the dune area near beach parking Lot C, improving native habitat and	01:55:58
	strengthening coastal protection.	01:56:04
	Key benefits include removing invasive plants, expanding native vegetation, and utilizing existing native plants as seed sources.	01:56:11
	Whiter Dunes will help protect inland areas by mitigating flooding and storm surges. Additionally, the project will enhance	01:56:19
	visitor experience through designated trails and educational signage that will reduce trampoline and raise awareness of dune	01:56:26
	ecosystems. Importantly, it emphasizes community engagement by involving volunteers and restoring 2.5 acres of dune habitat,	01:56:34
	promoting biodiversity, and fostering shared stewardship of coastal resources. This collaborative effort.	01:56:41
	Biodiversity and foster shared stewardship of coastal resources. By supporting this initiative, the City of Port Hueneme will show	01:56:49
	commitment to preserving its natural coastline, enhancing coastal resilience, and engaging the community in meaning meaningful	01:56:55
	conservation. Ventura Autobahn commenced Surfriders leadership and looks forward to this project success. Thank you for	01:57:01
	considering this proposal sincerely, Cynthia Hartley.	01:57:07
	And that concludes public comment.	01:57:15
	Thank you.	01:57:16
	The recommendation is to receive information on proposed dune restoration plan and maintenance plan for widening Beach Park by the	01:57:18
	Ventura Surfrider Foundation and provide direction to staff on whether to proceed with preparing a local development plan for	01:57:24
	review and approval by the California Coastal Commission. May I have a motion and a second?	01:57:30
	I'll move to receive the report and then I guess we'll down the road we'll have another agenda item to follow up on this. Is that	01:57:38
	how it's going to work? Yes. So it can be a motion to proceed with preparing the local development plan with the request to bring	01:57:45
	it back to council with with those items we discussed. So moved city clerk, did you get that?	01:57:52
	Can I have a second?	01:58:00
	A second.	01:58:02
	Any further discussion on this item?	01:58:04
	I just, if I could, I just, I want to again thank Surf Writer Foundation and Joan and Carla for being here tonight. You know,	01:58:06
	there's billions of dollars available for climate change type of activities coming down the Pike. And, and this is just one thing	01:58:12
	that we can do to reinforce our coastline. And I hope that later down the road we can have some discussions on other ways that we	01:58:19
	can.	01:58:25
	Further protect and mitigate against coastal erosion, so.	01:58:33
	Thank you so much for for this introducing this project. Really appreciate it.	01:58:37
	Thank you, Madam Clerk.	01:58:42
	All in favor, aye. All opposed Hearing none. Motion passes unanimously. Thank you.	01:58:45
	Moving to the next item is to authorize the issuance of a request for for proposals to conduct water, wastewater and solid waste	01:58:53
	rate studies.	01:58:57
	Thank you.	01:59:03
	It's never fun to talk about.	01:59:06
	Doing our analysis of our rates because typically rates don't go down, they typically increase. And so we're always sensitive to	01:59:10
	that. And we, we have really tried hard to keep our wastewater, solid waste and water utility rates competitive and low, but at	01:59:18
	the same time.	01:59:26
	We are not immune to the cost increases that everybody sees across the board now and those cost increases impact.	01:59:35
	The services that we're trying to provide as well. And so it is prudent about every three to five years, each city typically	01:59:45
	should do a rate study. And the first step is the rate study itself to determine whether the rates need to be adjusted.	01:59:54
	We have done a rate study five years ago for water, the water utility in 2019, but the wastewater and the solid waste rate studies	02:00:05
	were last completed in 2915 years ago. It doesn't doesn't feel like 15 years ago, but but it is and they're just way overdue. At	02:00:15
	some point we we should be looking at those every like I said, three to five years and 15 years is way too long.	02:00:25
	In the staff report, we note the the fund balances of each of those utilities. And no surprise, the water fund has, you know, some	02:00:35
	reserves, the other two that haven't been adjusted for 15 years are starting to run out of reserves and run out of a fund balance.	02:00:42
	So, so it's part of just the doing our due diligence and doing what's prudent to make sure that we can provide these utilities to	02:00:49
	our residents.	02:00:56
	And provide the the.	02:01:04
	The best and safe wastewater, solid waste and water utilities is making sure that we're analyzing those rates and making sure that	02:01:07
	they're appropriate into the future. So we would anticipate, and it's fairly typical in most cities, you do a analysis every five	02:01:14
	years. And if the rates are good, you don't need to adjust them, but you at least do that analysis every five years to make sure	02:01:22
	you're watching it. And we do anticipate trying to get on to that.	02:01:29
	Five year cycle into the future, step one is starting with putting out an RFP to get a expert in the field to analyze our rates	02:01:37
	and and give us a report on an analysis on those rates that we bring back to council. So by approving.	02:01:47
	Authorizing staff to move forward with that process, it doesn't mean that we are starting a rate increase process. It's simply	02:01:58
	approving getting the expert contracted to analyze those rates and we'll bring that recommendation back with with the	02:02:06
	recommendation at that time of weather to start a rate increase process. So, so we recommend doing that at this time.	02:02:15
	And we would again return.	02:02:24
	At a future City Council meeting, I would anticipate, I think the the report that we put together noted that we expect the RFP to	02:02:27
	be complete.	02:02:33
	To have responses to the RFP by January 15th. And so we'd expect the analysis to take a couple months. So we'd probably return	02:02:41
	with that analysis to council probably March or April of 2025. So, so that would be the the timeline that we'd be moving forward	02:02:50
	and we recommend that council authorize us to move forward with that process. Thank you, Mr. city manager.	02:02:58
	Does Council have any questions? Yes.	02:03:07
	So we're talking about the Enterprise funds, right? Solid waste and water wastewater, yes. And the Enterprise are utilities, Yeah.	02:03:11
	Water, wastewater, solid waste.	02:03:17
	And.	02:03:22
	If you were to show a fund balance graph for the last.	02:03:25
	15 years.	02:03:31
	Be declining, it would be declining and the wastewater and solid waste utilities are both down to less than $2,000,000 in	02:03:33
	reserves, which you know $2,000,000 may sound like a lot of money, but in this scale with the utilities that could be, you know,	02:03:40
	one major.	02:03:46
	Piece of equipment failing, you know, could could essentially and the reason why I bring it up, I think it would be a really good	02:03:54
	visual for our residents to see. 15 years is a long time.	02:03:59
	And during those 15 years, if we could show the corresponding fund balance decline, I think it would just be very helpful in	02:04:04
	helping our residents understand the importance of doing this and maintaining our our fund balances so that we could proceed with	02:04:12
	the preventive maintenance and all those other things that are necessary to keep it safe and vibrant. We can bring that back.	02:04:20
	With the analysis, that's a good point, Council member Gama also adding.	02:04:29
	Comparisons as to.	02:04:35
	What happens if this breaks? You know what the what the cost of fixing a major?	02:04:37
	You know, breakage or something would be good to show why we need to keep our fund balance healthy. Yeah, exactly. Any other	02:04:43
	questions?	02:04:46
	OK, so the recommendation is to, oh, wait, are there any public comments? No public comments.	02:04:53
	The recommendation is to authorize staff to issue a request for proposals or an RFP to conduct water, wastewater and solid waste	02:04:59
	rate studies to analyze.	02:05:03
	My tongue is tied right now the rates associated with each city utility and provide recommendations regarding rates for future	02:05:09
	City Council consideration. May I have a motion and a second?	02:05:13
	2nd.	02:05:21
	All in favor, all opposed hearing none. Motion passes unanimously.	02:05:23
	Thank you. We will now move on to City Manager comments and reports.	02:05:30
	Thank you. I have a couple of quick items. One.	02:05:36
	Is yeah, just we just wanted to to give a shout out to the police Explorers, the Police Department and the Port of Waimea who	02:05:45
	partnered with us this year on the annual Thanksgiving Turkey dinner giveaway, which took place last Monday, November 25th. We did	02:05:52
	it at a parking lot B at the beach this year.	02:05:59
	Because of the construction going on at Bubbling Springs. But I'm think, I'm guessing, well, I don't, we haven't decided exactly	02:06:07
	where we're going to do it next year, but I have a feeling that people tend to people liked the doing it at Bubbling Springs. So	02:06:13
	we'll see if we go, if we move back. But it was a different layout this year, a little bit different feel, but we were able to get	02:06:20
	out over our 200 Turkey dinners to those in need.	02:06:26
	And there were.	02:06:33
	A lot of positive interactions with the community and.	02:06:37
	Just again, we want to thank the Explorers, the port and the Police Department, amongst others who donated to to make it happen	02:06:43
	this year. So, Mr. City Manager, can I throw in Luhan Transportation for providing the transportation for the truck, refrigeration	02:06:49
	truck and wheelhouse and HPC for also contributing. Thank you. Yeah. And it's a it's a major effort. We have to bring a	02:06:55
	refrigerated truck out to keep all the food.	02:07:01
	Safe and.	02:07:08
	Refrigerated SO.	02:07:12
	So that was a good event. And then we have two more coming up and 1:00 tomorrow. The holiday tree lighting celebration is tomorrow	02:07:14
	at City Hall. Festivities start at 5:30 with the tree lighting starting at 6:00 PM. And we plan to have the snow sledding, arts	02:07:22
	and crafts, the letter writing station and photos. So the one thing last year is we had a really good turn out, but parking is	02:07:29
	limited. So we're reminding people.	02:07:36
	To plan ahead for that because we had a full parking lot and lying down the street last year. So it's it's a popular event.	02:07:44
	And then we've given this reminder the last couple meetings, so I won't belabor it, but our senior holiday luncheon is on December	02:07:55
	10th at from 11:30 AM to 1:30 PM at the Carpenter Center Community Center. We, I last I checked, which was Wednesday, we were down	02:08:01
	to two tickets left. So they may be sold out at this point. But if not and you haven't gotten your tickets, call recreation	02:08:08
	tomorrow first thing.	02:08:15
	And then just two other quick items we were going to just.	02:08:23
	Mentioned the storms and that we've made sandbags available this year and some people are taking advantage of that but then the	02:08:28
	weather forecast that came out this week shows that it's going to be 80° and sunny so so maybe not relevant this week but in a	02:08:34
	couple weeks and and you know take time to get prepared and then the latest that we wanted to highlight is the mural at the	02:08:40
	library is.	02:08:46
	Proceeding quickly, it went from a stencil outline of one element on.	02:08:54
	Wednesday when we went by to today, it's looking.	02:09:00
	Almost completely done and we expect it to be done. I think it's supposed to be done this week. So yeah, 95%. So they moved	02:09:06
	quicker than I expected. And so it's they're out there now or not right this minute, but they've been out there in recent days out	02:09:13
	working. And so tomorrow might be your last chance to walk by and see it in action. But we'll we'll be working with the library	02:09:20
	and the the team to to.	02:09:27
	Show it off once it's complete and to plan a grand opening soon when the when the library is ready to open as well so.	02:09:35
	So and then I did want to note just kind of late breaking news, so it's not in the presentation, but we did get an update on the	02:09:46
	dredge project just right before this council meeting that it had gone to bid. And so that was like the last big obstacle was that	02:09:53
	the the project going out to bid to get a contractor to do the dredge. And we did get word that the they did have a responsive bid	02:10:00
	that that they expect to move.	02:10:08
	So, so that should be on the list of potential snafus or holdups. That was the last one. We were really keeping our fingers	02:10:15
	crossed that would go smoothly. So it looks like it did and we should be moving forward. They had estimated that if everything	02:10:22
	moved forward well now that the dredge could potentially start towards the end of this month. So it looks like we're kind of on	02:10:28
	that path, so.	02:10:35
	And then we'll we'll provide more information as we get it 'cause I think with that bid coming in, we're going to, I think a lot	02:10:42
	of the details are going to be firm up in the next couple weeks. So.	02:10:47
	And then last so December 16th, we just wanted to.	02:10:53
	Review that agenda. We have the council reorganization, the oath of office for incoming council members in the election of the	02:10:57
	mayor and mayor Pro Tem positions. So that will take some time up front. It will be our last. We'll start the council meeting with	02:11:04
	the last meeting of this group of five council members and then we'll transition into the meeting where we have our incoming	02:11:11
	council member.	02:11:18
	So, so it'll be our last meeting with with this group.	02:11:25
	And so.	02:11:30
	Yeah. So we'll we'll celebrate that and and do some some recognition related to that. So that'll be a big part of the meeting. We	02:11:32
	did have a couple of public hearings, community development ordinances along the lines of the ones we brought to council recently.	02:11:39
	Those are coming and we've already issued with the new requirements. We had issue public hearing notices for those well in	02:11:46
	advance. So those are going to be coming. And then probably the big.	02:11:54
	Item is going to be the special use permit for the 25th Anniversary Alaska Flight 261 Memorial.	02:12:01
	This year is the 25th anniversary of the Alaska Airlines.	02:12:12
	Flight and we talked with the event organizers and we expect this year to be a bigger event because of that 25th anniversary. So	02:12:18
	we'll be presenting the the special use permit and walking everybody through that and then we have one those that's.	02:12:27
	Probably going to be a pretty full agenda. We also are planning to do the item requested by council that was kind of the overview	02:12:39
	of the city and port agreements. And so that is also currently scheduled. So although it looks like there's only one business item	02:12:45
	that's that's a pretty full agenda. Yeah, between all of those items. So, so that's the plan for December 16th and that's	02:12:51
	everything I have.	02:12:57
	Does anyone have any questions or comments for City Manager Vega?	02:13:04
	OK, so moving on to council members reports and comments.	02:13:08
	Councilmember Martinez.	02:13:12
	Thank you, Mayor Press.	02:13:14
	For Reach we have a meeting this week on Thursday so got a lot to discuss and sister city meeting this week also.	02:13:16
	We're super close to getting our bank account for the sister cities. Who would have guessed that our last Rd. hump was the city?	02:13:27
	We, we need a, we need to get a, a business license from the city of Waimee, but they're asking for a paper that I guess we don't,	02:13:36
	we didn't have so.	02:13:42
	I didn't want to bother Joan during the holidays, she's been doing a great job and hopefully we can get that squared away this	02:13:49
	week and maybe we can start 2025 with the bank account.	02:13:55
	That's all. Thank you.	02:14:03
	Yeah, two weeks ago I think Beacon meeting was cancelled because we didn't have a forum and it's been rescheduled. I believe it's	02:14:05
	this Friday, perhaps next Friday. My attended the Ventura County Animal Services meeting, which was long overdue. We've had a lot	02:14:11
	of.	02:14:17
	Of uh.	02:14:25
	Stuff going on and meetings have been cancelled, so it's really nice to have a meeting and at the meeting we we met the new	02:14:27
	director, Esteban Rodriguez I.	02:14:32
	He is super impressive and I think he's gonna do really well with Ventura, Ventura County Animal Services. So I'm really excited	02:14:39
	to get to know him. I made an offer to to bring him out to the city when we could arrange it and give him a tour, introduce him to	02:14:46
	our stakeholders, support the Navy Silver Strand. Because you know, it's kind of like a tricky area if if you're not from the area	02:14:53
	to understand.	02:15:00
	The different communities that are over here at the beach area.	02:15:08
	Really looking forward to tomorrow night that the tree lighting ceremony. It's always a fun feeling. Like city manager said, come	02:15:14
	early, walk if you can and always reflect yourself. Be visible, be safe. Appreciate the posters that are out on the bus stops.	02:15:23
	Every Sunday I start my Sunday with Sunday morning by CBS and this Yesterday I had a.	02:15:33
	Story about a man named Emmett Till and Willie Reed and if you don't know the story, it's.	02:15:41
	It's quite shocking and amazing. And what's shocking to me is that this story happened in 1955 and I was born in 1963 and man, I	02:15:50
	just could not imagine our world with so much hate in it. And it's a story of courage, of doing the right thing, knowing that it	02:15:57
	would be difficult. But if you don't know that story.	02:16:04
	There's a book that's just been written by a man named Wright Thompson, and it's called The Barn and.	02:16:13
	Hopefully I've got your interest up to research it and and learn about it the barn and learn about what hate looks like and vow to	02:16:21
	never ever tolerate hate in today's world. Thank you.	02:16:29
	Hernandez, thank you, Mayor Perez.	02:16:38
	I have a SKAG mini coming up this Thursday. I sit on two committees, the Transport, Transportation and Regional Policy meeting. So	02:16:41
	I'll be reporting back on that on our December 16th meeting and sharing information from those two meetings. There's a lot going	02:16:50
	on at SKAG, including the legislative in the Legislative Communications and Membership Committee. I have two.	02:16:59
	PowerPoint presentations that I'd like to forward to the City Clerk to share with the rest of the City Council.	02:17:09
	Umm, one report includes outcomes and impacts of the 2024 elections and what we're looking at in 2025. Another one has to do with	02:17:17
	a grants and anticipated changes in our budget based on the the changes at the federal level. I think these two presentations are	02:17:26
	of interest not only to our legislative analyst.	02:17:35
	Here with the city, but also members of this council in terms of what we might expect in 2025. So I'll forward those to Georgiana	02:17:45
	so those can be shared.	02:17:51
	Those were two excellent presentations. So those I hope that you'll take advantage of that. I we'll have a mural meeting this week	02:17:59
	to wrap up some last minute details. So Councilman Martinez and I will be participating in that as your representatives.	02:18:06
	Unfortunately, I won't be at the tree lighting ceremony. I'm on care taking duty with my mom this week.	02:18:13
	And so won't be there, but I know that they all have a good time and it'll be a lovely evening for our residents. I also had the	02:18:21
	opportunity to attend Mariachi Girl. It was a play put on by Miguel Orozco. It was held at the Oxnard Auditorium, Oxnard College	02:18:31
	Auditorium, and there were a lot of people there. Councilman Martinez was there and there are some ideas about bringing this same.	02:18:41
	Production here in Waimea. And so Councilman Martinez, I'll be talking to you about that soon.	02:18:51
	I also wanted to just take a few moments to talk about the, the public comments that we heard tonight. And I don't wish that upon	02:18:59
	anyone of this anyone on this council. But you know, believe it or not, I, I in a way, felt somewhat relieved that.	02:19:08
	The idea of an investigation was requested.	02:19:18
	Because I feel that it would finally put some of these questions, some of these accusations, some of these rumors that are being	02:19:22
	spread around to to rest.	02:19:28
	But.	02:19:35
	My consideration that I could have brought these things up a long time ago. Some of these things have already been addressed.	02:19:37
	I've been the subject of numerous public records requests. Some of those have not had. None of them have panned out.	02:19:43
	And I wouldn't wish that on anybody either. But.	02:19:55
	My concern is what that will do here to our city, what it will do to our City Council because.	02:19:58
	If we do an investigation, it's not only going to be costly, but it's going to open the door to.	02:20:05
	Your emails are going to be requested, your emails are going to be questioned people's it's going to cause a lot of work on our on	02:20:12
	the part of our staff and and for what reason for what reason would we would we want to do this? So I.	02:20:20
	I don't know if that's something that's going to be requested today or maybe on a future agenda, but I just wanted to share my	02:20:29
	feelings that if an investigation what this council wants I.	02:20:35
	We need to be prepared for what that's going to bring and and I would hope that if we do do it, that it's it's going to bring out	02:20:42
	the truth. So.	02:20:48
	Those are my comments, thank you.	02:20:54
	Mayor Pro Tem.	02:20:56
	I don't know what it is with that. Yeah. So got an opportunity to attend the Javier Nino Art Gallery presentation. It was	02:21:03
	wonderful. Thank you for and Sister City for hosting that. It was really wonderful. I am back to my meeting starting tonight. I	02:21:10
	feel like I've been on hiatus for a couple of weeks since our last meeting, but I I do have meetings Wednesday, Thursday and	02:21:18
	Friday of this week.	02:21:25
	And then I will be at the tree lighting tomorrow night, but I will be out of state on vacation beginning the 9th of December	02:21:34
	through the 15th. I'll be back for council meeting on the 16th.	02:21:41
	I did want to share on the agenda from Wednesday, but I'm going to share it with you anyway.	02:21:48
	The 9th Holiday Bus and Oxnard Downtown Christmas Parade is coming up. So the holiday bus is a gingerbread themed wrapped GCTV	02:21:55
	bus. It's going to be unveiled Wednesday and that bus during the through the end of December.	02:22:05
	And you can check online where the bus route what bus route it will be on. You can ride that bus for free.	02:22:17
	So from it starts December, I believe it's December 8th through the end of the year. So look for the Gingerbread bus and I ride it	02:22:23
	for free if you want to go somewhere on that route. And then I just want to announce that the executive director, the manager of	02:22:31
	the GCTD.	02:22:39
	Receive the 2024 Small Business Operations Award.	02:22:49
	For transit, and so that's Miss Vanessa Rosenberger. So she received the Transit Professional of the Year award and so nice to	02:22:56
	hear about that. I'll be able to congratulate her again at Wednesday's meeting. But that's that's all that I have. Is that a state	02:23:03
	or county or?	02:23:10
	No, this is regional. Yeah, it's that California. Oh yeah, very good.	02:23:18
	I have a SCAG meeting on Thursday, I sit on the Community Economic and Human Development Committee for SCAG, and I have an EDC	02:23:25
	Economic Development Collaborative Executive Committee meeting on Wednesday. So I have nothing to report out for my committees	02:23:31
	moving on to request for future agenda items.	02:23:36
	So I, I think I've already asked for both of them, but my, my memory is fuzzy. It's, you know, it's technically it's my last full	02:23:44
	meeting. So I just, I just wanted to see if I can get some council support.	02:23:50
	One of them is to allow Reach to continue to use the storage room at Miranda Park and and for Reach to continue to work with Parks	02:23:58
	and Recs. I don't believe we take up a lot of city time, but.	02:24:03
	Every once in a while, we just, you know, to set up the event and hopefully we can continue the relationship between reaching the	02:24:10
	city. So that's that's my first one. Let's deal with that one. Was that even did that even need a request the first time you did	02:24:15
	it?	02:24:19
	Did we even approve that? I don't. That might have been just the manager.	02:24:25
	For my time, but I think the.	02:24:29
	My understanding is it's. I think the reason for the request now is that with the kind of shift to.	02:24:33
	We've kind of separated a bit the city from reach that now it probably should be something we formally do because it's, you know,	02:24:42
	it's not yeah to keep it clean. So so that would be the logic I think, yeah. And we we reach can come back at a future meeting.	02:24:50
	But basically I think the the main items are to continue to use the.	02:24:59
	The storage room at Miranda Park, which we've been using for the last couple years, mostly I've been using it for the events that	02:25:07
	we've been doing the sporting events. I don't think we take up a lot of space, but I think it's good to know that we would we	02:25:14
	would like to continue using it. Do we have a second to support that request for agenda and before I finish and also I think I	02:25:21
	already mentioned it too for reach to move forward with staff and work with staff and and develop a plan for.	02:25:28
	Painting the electrical boxes around the city.	02:25:37
	So that's that's the other part.	02:25:41
	Continue to work.	02:25:43
	If you need me to clear it up, I can clear it up.	02:25:46
	You want a future agenda item to approve? Or do you want to approve that request that you're asking for?	02:25:53
	Yeah, to allow us to use the the storage room and then also to continue to work with staff. So hopefully we can move forward with	02:26:00
	painting the electrical boxes and and other events in the city a second that motion.	02:26:06
	Madam Clerk.	02:26:13
	You had to go to discussion after a motion, right?	02:26:17
	There's typically no discussion on the request for agenda item.	02:26:20
	There's discussion after a motion, but because the future agenda is this kind of weird hybrid process that doesn't really exist, I	02:26:27
	get that, but I don't know that I understand.	02:26:33
	I don't understand the motion that's I just want to understand it because he asked for us to do something.	02:26:42
	And I think it's the request, well, the Chris is under future agenda items. My how I would implement that is it would be bringing	02:26:48
	those two items back to council. That's what I was trying to get. Pretty much, yes. I'm not, I'm not saying to approve it right	02:26:52
	now.	02:26:57
	Request.	02:27:04
	Is so I heard too. I heard reach to use storage at Miranda or like to continue to have storage at Miranda Park. And 2nd is reach	02:27:05
	proposal to paint the electrical or utility boxes in the city. So I had to Was there a 30 Yes Recreation Center?	02:27:14
	And to continue to work with the city three, I mean, I think you need to work with the city.	02:27:26
	Continue to work with the city, maybe a little bit broad. So maybe at each time you want to work with the city, you come back to	02:27:33
	council. That could be fine too. I'm willing to take recommendations, authorization to for reach to coordinate with the recreation	02:27:40
	department. Is that kind of work all right, so I think.	02:27:46
	Those would be the three and they'd have to come back to council. You want to do each agenda request individually or?	02:27:54
	Georgina, yes. OK. So the first one, which is the use of the storage and you have a second already, so let's vote on that. And the	02:28:03
	second was by Galmark Councilmember Goma.	02:28:08
	All in favor, Aye. All opposed hearing none. Motion passes unanimously. And now your next one is the paint, the electrical boxes.	02:28:16
	We have a second. You have to work with the city to develop a plan to move forward to to get that going. Yeah. And that would be	02:28:22
	not rec and parks probably would be.	02:28:28
	Facilities or public works, so just city in general. OK. And do I have a second for that?	02:28:34
	Second, OK, all in favor aye, all opposed hearing none motion passes unanimously. And then in terms of working with the city, I	02:28:42
	think we're going to keep working. So I don't I don't think we need like a motion for that or OK.	02:28:48
	Yeah, I think the idea when council approved that kind of split of reach was that we would still work together. But if there were	02:28:56
	specific requests from the city, then those would come to the council. So I think if that works, that's how we'll proceed with it.	02:29:03
	And then I hope Council doesn't mind that. I mean, I'm taking advantage of my last opportunity. I.	02:29:12
	I think, I think I already brought this one up too, but I just, I just again, I just, I can't remember if not, but basically for	02:29:20
	Sister City to hold their first fundraiser at the Community Center and waive the fees sometime early next year. We're very	02:29:25
	flexible with the city's.	02:29:31
	We're extremely flexible. You know, we just want to be able to host an event where we do our first fundraiser after we get our	02:29:38
	bank account, of course, and the request is for a future item that the council would then be able to review and approve. Of	02:29:44
	course, you have a second.	02:29:49
	2nd.	02:29:57
	Yes.	02:29:59
	He's doing a gender request.	02:30:01
	I seconded. OK, all in favor, aye, all opposed hearing none. Motion passes unanimously and that's my last request.	02:30:04
	Councilmember Gama, do you have any future agenda quests?	02:30:14
	Councilmember Hernandez, I just wanted to make sure that we will be following up on the homeless.	02:30:17
	Grants Pass that that's. I don't know if we need a request for that, but.	02:30:24
	We would plan to bring an item back once we get the clarity from the especially the county wide attorneys group. So, so we'll	02:30:30
	proceed with that. We're in the process of drafting.	02:30:37
	And then we're just running those by our county partners to make sure that we're all heading in the same direction. And once those	02:30:44
	are finalized, we'll bring those back for your consideration. OK, great. Thank you. Mayor Pro Tem, do you have is there anything	02:30:50
	further? That's it. Thank you.	02:30:55
	Do you have anything?	02:31:02
	I think so.	02:31:08
	Maybe.	02:31:09
	You just mentioned ordinance, so it just reminded me.	02:31:12
	I'd like to possibly.	02:31:18
	Review ordinances that we are not.	02:31:22
	Currently.	02:31:26
	Enforcing.	02:31:29
	2nd.	02:31:35
	All in favor, aye?	02:31:39
	All opposed hearing none. Motion passes unanimously.	02:31:41
	I'll just note that as I'm thinking that through maybe more complicated than we think, but what we can do is we can maybe start	02:31:46
	with like a preliminary list and then it might be a couple of conversations.	02:31:51
	What I'm getting at there's.	02:31:58
	Even during my time.	02:32:00
	Created in ordinances I don't even know.	02:32:03
	Yeah, OK, got it.	02:32:07
	OK.	02:32:09
	So nothing further from this Council.	02:32:10
	And I'm going to adjourn this meeting, the time being 9:00 PM.	02:32:13

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	Good evening. Welcome to the City Council meeting. I'm calling this meeting to order. The time is now 6:30 PM. Please all stand me	00:02:04
	for the flag salute. Please all join me for the flag salute.	00:02:09
	I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America.	00:02:19
	And to the Republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.	00:02:23
	Madam Clerk, will you please give roll call?	00:02:37
	Councilmember Comma.	00:02:39
	Here, Councilmember Hernandez. Here Councilmember Martinez.	00:02:41
	Present Mayor Pro Tem McQueen legend.	00:02:47
	And Mayor Perez here tonight. Inspiration will be given by Councilmember Martinez.	00:02:50
	Thank you, Mayor Perez.	00:02:55
	So.	00:02:58
	When I first started.	00:03:00
	On City Council, my first inspiration was a video and then eventually I think I found a new passion on writing poems. And so this	00:03:02
	is my last inspiration on my first on my term here as a City Council member in the city of Wanami. And it was meant to be read on	00:03:09
	my last day. But I have to stay for one more meeting. But I'm excited to be here.	00:03:15
	So, umm.	00:03:23
	The poem is.	00:03:25
	Tonight I stand before you, bittersweet and proud. The friendly city by the sea has never felt so loud.	00:03:27
	Not in noise, but in spirit, in the heart of us all and every event, every festival, every triumph, big or small.	00:03:35
	At 31, I stepped into this hall, the youngest to answer poor wine Amy's call.	00:03:45
	Now, at 35, I pause, reflect and see the growth, the strength, the best of me.	00:03:51
	Together we've celebrated 75 years strong, building bridges, creating bonds that will last long.	00:03:58
	From the beach to the base to the city next door, we've built relationships that will open more doors.	00:04:06
	I've seen the city grow, flourish, and thrive. I've seen the spark that keeps it alive. From the beach festival to a team built	00:04:14
	with care, I know the future holds promise far beyond compare. But while this chapter now comes to a close, it's not an end. As	00:04:22
	everyone knows. I step back to focus on family and life, to nurture new beginnings with love and delight.	00:04:30
	Yet I leave this, I leave with this message for those who remain our city's brightest days are yet to attain.	00:04:39
	Difficult choices may lie ahead, but with unity and vision, success will spread.	00:04:47
	Port Hueneme, my heart is still with you, and every wave, every breeze, every ocean view. And though this marks my final full	00:04:53
	stay, I hope you'll wait for my return someday.	00:04:59
	Because deep down, as we've all come to see, the city and I share destiny.	00:05:05
	So here's to the future, to dreams that ignite, to Port Hueneme, shining ever so bright.	00:05:11
	Thank you.	00:05:18
	Sorry it took a little long.	00:05:21
	That was beautiful. Anything else?	00:05:25
	It's your inspiration.	00:05:29
	It's it's been a wonderful experience being here on City Council.	00:05:31
	My goals were to make my community and my family and my friends proud.	00:05:37
	And I feel like I've accomplished it and I hope I have inspired more people to run for City Council. And I think we're going to	00:05:43
	see a lot of great people.	00:05:48
	Make a lot of great choices here in our city because we have a strong team and.	00:05:53
	And even though there were people that didn't win the last election, I hope they run again because there was really, really great	00:05:58
	candidates and.	00:06:02
	I believe the city is in good hands.	00:06:08
	Thank you. Thank you.	00:06:10
	We will now hear public comments not pertaining to items on the agenda. Comments are limited to three minutes. This process will	00:06:13
	be the same for comments pertaining to each agenda item. Madam Clerk, does anyone have a public comment tonight? Yes, we have a	00:06:18
	few. We'll start with Julie and then Casey Rodriguez.	00:06:23
	Good evening.	00:06:35
	Good evening Mayor Perez, council members, staff and community members here. Anybody's watching? I don't know. My name is Julie to	00:06:37
	my at Stensley.	00:06:41
	I'm coming from Ohio, but it is my time here just to come back to you about your last council meeting.	00:06:46
	And clearing making some clarifications and some comments about the receiving of the proclamation for Native American Heritage	00:06:55
	much month. Excuse me, that I was not able to attend. I apologize for that. My schedule keeps me Oh, I need a secretary, I think.	00:07:05
	So I sent my my cousin Casey Rodriguez to accept that we have been.	00:07:16
	Pretty constant here these last few years attending festivals and doing many, many things in this beautiful, beautiful town. And	00:07:22
	we continue to do that all throughout. I am getting close to 40 years of being engaged within my culture and part of that	00:07:29
	engagement is with all walks of life and many, many passions. So 20 years ago I started the Baranio Ventura Band of Mission	00:07:37
	Indians for the purpose of.	00:07:44
	A consultation. Appropriate consultations through Sequa.	00:07:52
	And while I was on the Commission, the Native American Heritage Commission, I did for 15 years part of that bill, AB 52, SB 18,	00:07:57
	which you can look up. I can't go through them with this amount of time left, but they're the ones that that are consultation for	00:08:04
	building protection of our cultural resources. So as a tribal chair for the 20 years that I was before prior just teaching in	00:08:12
	classrooms going everywhere, but the the importance of.	00:08:19
	Tribal group is for that major consultation of the protection of cultural resources.	00:08:27
	And end consultation that unpermitted projects. So coming in and wanting to just say that our participation in this city goes a	00:08:33
	long way. And I really don't feel that there was anything wrong or any mistakes made by who received the proclamation. In fact,	00:08:40
	what I think it did is just opened it up to more inclusion because there's many families that are not part of the barbarian event	00:08:48
	that Daniel Ban. There's many Chumash families that live here. Actually, my cousins live here Vernon.	00:08:55
	To Mama, it's family, my uncle, his family is here. So you know, a lot of people aren't part of the group. They're not members. So	00:09:03
	you actually reach are reaching out to many more community members here. And so we hope and and really will be more active in our	00:09:10
	participation with the city. We have lots of opportunities that we can move forward with the education. I've talked to Bobby with	00:09:16
	this or excuse me, council member Martinez about going into the schools, which I did.	00:09:23
	You know, 40 years ago and I think that's very important that education starts there and our relationship with with the city here	00:09:31
	and the county.	00:09:35
	I wish you all blessed holiday season and I thank you for this opportunity to speak.	00:09:39
	Casey Rodriguez.	00:09:45
	Last time I was here, I was here to receive the city proclamation for Indigenous Peoples Month.	00:10:01
	That night, I chose to embody the humble spirit of my Sheamus ancestors and honor my Shamash elder Julie to Might sensely by	00:10:08
	purposely rising above the disrespectful words and questions from some and refrain from commenting back. Tonight, however, I speak	00:10:17
	only for myself. I was stunned at what took place right before a moment where I should have been honored.	00:10:25
	I, like anyone else who walks through these chambers, deserve respect.	00:10:35
	The fact that I am renowned worldwide for being a positive and collaborative presence in every space I enter, always ready to work	00:10:40
	together towards a common goal, is precisely why I believe Julie blesses me to receive such honorable moments.	00:10:48
	My humility, dedication and commitment to the greater good are just a few reasons why I am the first Shoe Mash mentor, Art and	00:10:57
	Culture Commissioner.	00:11:02
	Even though I am incredibly blessed to live this journey, I am grateful to still remain humble. And because of this, I am grateful	00:11:07
	to say, with or without an apology from those council members who awkwardly disrespected me, I forgive you.	00:11:15
	My desire tonight isn't to focus on wrongs done, but to simply bring awareness that we are here tonight as yet another reminder.	00:11:24
	We're here in a good ray to educate respectful Chumash protocol and culture sharing and to work together for the betterment of.	00:11:33
	Please take the part of Rainemi, the part of Rainemi as an example.	00:11:41
	Citizens that I've seen at many city events truly welcome and love our shoemash culture and our people.	00:11:50
	I understand sometimes people can move with a good mind and a good heart with what they believe are good intentions and want to do	00:12:00
	what's best, but taking time to learn, listen and understand.	00:12:07
	Must be first, I promise you. I love the city for being my ancestor of homeland and for the city it is today. Our diversity is	00:12:16
	beautiful. As a new council quickly comes abroad, Please note my prayers will be with you and I look forward to making lasting	00:12:22
	memories in this city.	00:12:29
	Happy holidays and may everyone have a great and healthy New Year. Thank you.	00:12:36
	David Scrivener and then Jan Burke.	00:12:44
	Good evening, Council.	00:12:54
	Communications between government officials, including elected office holders, are a matter of public record. They can be accessed	00:12:56
	by the public by simply filing a request.	00:13:01
	Council Persons Hernandez emails and text messages to and from staff members.	00:13:07
	In Port Hueneme, in the city of Oxnard, were the subject of such requests.	00:13:13
	These communications reveal a disturbing series of actions by Councilmember Hernandez. They are included, included, but not	00:13:18
	limited to #1 multiple unethical and possible illegal attempts.	00:13:24
	To interfere with the hiring process of Michael Federico as chief of Police.	00:13:32
	Council person Hernandez appears to have gone well beyond her role as a public figure and engaged in personal vendetta against	00:13:37
	Chief Federico.	00:13:41
	She has exhibited a pattern of open hostility towards chief rhetoric from the diocese and is creating a hostile work environment.	00:13:45
	#2.	00:13:53
	Obtaining confidential information she had no right to receive about ongoing criminal investigation. When this was discovered, she	00:13:55
	refused to cooperate with ensuing investigation into the leak. The city attorney who informed her that her actions in this matter	00:14:00
	went beyond the scope.	00:14:06
	Of her role as a sitting council member and therefore he could not represent her in this transgression.	00:14:14
	#3 Violating the chain of command requires the city required the city manager to repeatedly admonish her to stop giving staff	00:14:20
	members direction. The council's role is to decide policy.	00:14:27
	Not to tell city employees how to perform their duties.	00:14:34
	Council person Hernandez is aware of this, but apparently doesn't believe it applies to her.	00:14:38
	#4 bombarding the current city manager with more than 1800 emails in one year period.	00:14:43
	Council Member Hernandez is continuing to create a hostile work environment for valued city employees and is exposing the city to	00:14:50
	legal liability.	00:14:54
	This is not an empty threat. In 2016 and again in 2018, council members created a hostile work environment for city employees. The	00:14:59
	settlements for these actions totaled more than $800,000, and the Joint Powers Insurance Authority threatened to cancel the city's	00:15:05
	insurance coverage.	00:15:11
	I strongly urge the Council to take these matters seriously and ask the City attorney to obtain the records in question and	00:15:18
	investigate these allegations, given that these records have already been compiled and disseminated by the cities of Port Hueneme	00:15:24
	and Oxnard.	00:15:29
	They should be easy to obtain in short order. Failure to do so may jeopardize the cities insurance coverage and expose the city to	00:15:35
	expensive lawsuits and large settlements. Thank you.	00:15:40
	I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving.	00:15:59
	Mayor, Mayor, Madam Mayor, council members, staff and my neighbors.	00:16:02
	I want to thank David for coming forward with that overview of the e-mail concerns.	00:16:08
	I too have reviewed.	00:16:15
	Many of those emails.	00:16:18
	I echo his concerns and I'm not going to go through all of his list of.	00:16:21
	Concerns because he did a very good job of presenting them.	00:16:26
	But 1800 emails is about 5 emails a day for 365 days in one year.	00:16:31
	Can you imagine if all 5 of you.	00:16:38
	Did the same staff would not have time to get anything done but just answer emails all day long?	00:16:42
	And I have to also say that the tone and tenor of those emails.	00:16:48
	Are micromanaging.	00:16:52
	Harassing in nature.	00:16:55
	And has created a hostile work environment.	00:16:57
	And this is concerning not for the leadership of our our city. We've recently hired a new city manager and a new police chief and	00:17:00
	we and I would say overwhelmingly.	00:17:06
	The citizens really, really like them.	00:17:12
	And that's important to us.	00:17:16
	So there is an overwhelming support for city staff. I strongly support.	00:17:19
	Council to take these matters seriously and to take appropriate action.	00:17:25
	In the very near future.	00:17:30
	Separately, I just want to say that the this this was, I came here only as a citizen, not representing the coalition. The	00:17:33
	coalition will be coming on on December the 16th. For your organizational meeting, I would like to request a short.	00:17:42
	Period of time on the agenda so that we can give you a summary of the areas that the Coalition is going to focus on for 2025.	00:17:53
	And the areas that we want to collaborate with our city to help.	00:18:02
	With specific projects. Thank you very much and Merry Christmas.	00:18:07
	Tama Fig.	00:18:13
	Mayor press. Council members, City staff.	00:18:24
	I'm here to speak about some very disturbing information that recently came to my attention regarding Councilmember Laura	00:18:27
	Hernandez. All claims of misconduct that I'm going to bring up are in fact substantiated through a Public Records Request Act and	00:18:35
	of emails and phone records and are not confidential in any manner whatsoever. I came before the council about a year and a half	00:18:42
	ago to report that I had learned Councilwoman Hernandez was trying to interfere with the hiring process of now police Chief.	00:18:50
	And express my concerns at that time. I have now learned that the interference was in fact true. Miss Hernandez has a personal	00:18:57
	relationship with Chief Federico's ex-wife Maggie Tugas and her 4th husband Kenny Tugas, who also happens to be with Oxnard Police	00:19:06
	Department. Because of this relationship, Miss Hernandez has or was attempting to have Mr. Federico removed from consideration.	00:19:14
	For hers and Mr. Federico's ex wife's personal.	00:19:23
	Personal gain.	00:19:28
	This is a direct conflict of interest with the duties that you are elected to carry out, and you attempted to undermine the hiring	00:19:30
	process and the background process for the position of chief.	00:19:36
	Miss Hernandez also used Chief Federico's development developmentally disabled daughter as bait in an attempt to have him back out	00:19:43
	of the hiring process. And by the way, this in fact has been recorded.	00:19:50
	Miss Hernandez also breached confidential information regarding shooting in Port Hueneme.	00:19:57
	I'm not going to go into details because it was confidential, but what was made public was that Miss Hernandez contacted the city	00:20:03
	manager wanting demanding why she wasn't made aware of it, the council and the citizens.	00:20:09
	When the city manager requested how she gained that information because it wasn't public knowledge, she lied and stated that it	00:20:16
	was an Oxnard Police Departments press release. Well in fact it was not. And then when she was presented with this information and	00:20:22
	told that they wanted the Port Hueneme Police Department wanted to interview regarding the confidential information she received,	00:20:29
	she refused to cooperate.	00:20:35
	Thereby stymieing an investigation. And again, she got this information directly from somebody from Oxnard Police Department.	00:20:41
	Who could have only been Mr. Tugas.	00:20:50
	Miss Hernandez recently filed a complaint with the city manager regarding Chief Federico Violin violating policies.	00:20:52
	In allowing his daughter to ride in his city issued car.	00:20:59
	I find this interesting because I came to a council meeting, oh, maybe a year and a half, two years ago to report that then public	00:21:05
	information officer was driving to.	00:21:11
	Simi Valley, where he lived and driving his children to and from school. She didn't care about it then. She also knew that chief	00:21:17
	at the time, Chief Salinas, who, by the way, was in bed with marijuana. And again, she knew that as well. And working with him, he	00:21:24
	drove his girlfriend and her children around, and she didn't seem to have a problem with that. So again, she's using her personal	00:21:31
	vendetta against Chief Federico.	00:21:37
	And in concert with the Tuguses to specifically target the chief of police.	00:21:45
	And again, this, I don't know if it's criminal or not, but she certainly has demonstrated that she is morally, ethically, and	00:21:50
	possibly don't make a face because you know what's true? It's all written down and it's all evidence and it's all in paper.	00:21:58
	Thank you very much and I'll I'll be back to the next meeting to finish up. But one thing I will say, do not make her mayor Pro	00:22:09
	Tem and do the new council members. Don't allow yourself with her because when she goes down, you're going to go with her.	00:22:15
	Madam, I'll remind you again that your time is up, Thank you for speaking, and I'll remind the Council as well that it is	00:22:22
	inappropriate to respond to any of the public comments at this time. Thank you.	00:22:28
	We have one last public comment which is written.	00:22:34
	Daily Basis, looking forward to 2025. Thank you, Jeffrey Scarborough. That concludes.	00:23:08
	Public comment.	00:23:13
	Thank you very much. We will now move on to agenda approval. May I have a motion and a second to approve the agenda? Move to	00:23:16
	approve second, Madam Clerk.	00:23:22
	All in favor? Aye. All opposed hearing none. Motion passes unanimously. Do any members of Council have any conflicts of interest	00:23:28
	to disclose for any item on the agenda tonight?	00:23:33
	Seeing none, we'll move on to recess, the City Council meeting and.	00:23:40
	Call to order the Housing Authority regular meeting. It is now 6:51 PM.	00:23:46
	Madam Clerk, will you please take roll call?	00:23:53
	Member Blackwell.	00:23:55
	Member Gama, Member Hernandez here, Member Martinez present Vice Chair McQueen Legend and Chair Perez, and let the record reflect	00:23:58
	that Member Brown is absent. Thank you.	00:24:04
	Madam Clerk, are there any public comments tonight for this matter, no public comments for Housing Authority. Thank you.	00:24:11
	We will now consider items on the Housing Authority Consent Calendar, which will be enacted in one motion unless a Housing	00:24:17
	Authority member has a request to remove an item for discussion. Do any members have any item to remove?	00:24:23
	Seeing none, may I have a motion and a second to approve?	00:24:30
	Motion 2.	00:24:33
	2nd.	00:24:35
	Madam Clerk, all in favor? Aye, all opposed. Hearing none. Motion passes unanimously. Thank you. We'll move on to Housing	00:24:36
	Authority business item. The business item tonight is the authorization for out-of-state travel.	00:24:42
	Will staff please present? Yes, thank you. And just brief presentation, but we, we recently had some.	00:24:50
	Staffing changes in particular we had a retired annuity, a long time city employee who had become a retired annuity working in the	00:25:00
	housing department and they.	00:25:05
	Allowed time that we are able to have a retired annuity has ended and so we are making some adjustments and having some internal	00:25:13
	finance employees Start learning and taking on some of those housing.	00:25:19
	Finance related items.	00:25:28
	Related to housing.	00:25:29
	And so as part of that.	00:25:31
	Housing, and in particular the Housing and Urban Development federal requirements, are fairly.	00:25:34
	Complicated and and you need to know the requirements in order to do reporting correctly and items like that. And so with this	00:25:41
	change, we want to send our finance senior accountant to a training for the Housing Authority.	00:25:49
	To get up to speed on all of those requirements. And typically this would probably be a consent item. And however, I have sort of	00:25:59
	a general rule that whenever we're sending somebody to Las Vegas, we better explain why we're sending somebody to Las Vegas. And	00:26:05
	so we know how the optics of that are, but this is a training that.	00:26:12
	Doesn't happen frequently and when it does happen, it's a federal training, so it happens all over the country and the last	00:26:19
	training.	00:26:22
	Was several months ago and it was on the East Coast. So this is actually the lowest cost option that we foresee.	00:26:26
	And that it's coming up relatively timely where we can get our team trained up to be able to continue the good work in our housing	00:26:32
	department. So, so with that, we're recommending that council approve.	00:26:37
	Per our policy, the council needs to approve any out of state training. So we're recommending the council approve this training	00:26:45
	and happy to answer any questions. Thank you. The recommendation is to authorize out of state travel for the finance senior	00:26:50
	accountant to attend the Housing Authority. Everything you need to know 2024.	00:26:56
	Seminar in Las Vegas, NV from December 4th through 5th, 2024. This council have any questions?	00:27:02
	For staff.	00:27:08
	Seeing none, can I have a motion?	00:27:10
	Motion to approve. Second. Madam Clerk all in favor? Aye, all opposed. Hearing none. Motion passes unanimously. Well, now move on	00:27:12
	to authority. Members reports, comments and requests for future agenda items. Does any member have a request for agenda item or	00:27:18
	report or comment to make?	00:27:23
	Seeing none, we will now adjourn the.	00:27:32
	Port Hueneme Housing Authority regular Meeting The next regular meeting scheduled for January 6/20/24 at 6:30 PM and we will now	00:27:36
	reconvene the City Council Regular meeting. The time is 6:55 PM.	00:27:42
	Next item up is presentations. The presentation tonight will be the introduction of Police Officer Philippe Figueroa.	00:27:50
	Figueroa and we'll have Chief Mike Federico.	00:27:58
	Good evening everyone. I just want to.	00:28:08
	Preface Before we begin this introduction with the fact that.	00:28:11
	This brings us to full contingent on sworn police officers. If you understand what that's like in our industry right now, there's	00:28:16
	no other police agency of Ventura County that can say they're fully staffed with police officers.	00:28:22
	That is.	00:28:30
	The combined efforts of what we've created in this Police Department, especially the past year with all the support from from	00:28:31
	James and the city and this council.	00:28:36
	Everything that happened for the police officers in the union even as I was arriving or prior to me arriving, but above all,	00:28:41
	people want to work here where the place to work because of the support from our community.	00:28:47
	Folks, if you don't understand, especially post 2020, it's not the easiest job to do in the world. But as long as you have the	00:28:54
	support from the community, and if you haven't heard me say it before, I'll say it again. Public safety's teamwork. It's you and	00:28:59
	us, and that's how we keep your child safe.	00:29:04
	So I'm very honored to be your police chief here before you to introduce.	00:29:10
	Our last hire to get us to full contingent.	00:29:14
	Ladies and gentlemen, this is going to be Officer Felipe Figueroa.	00:29:18
	And everybody's going to pronounce it.	00:29:23
	A variety of ways.	00:29:26
	But that was my best Portuguese.	00:29:31
	Phil was born and raised in the Bronx, NY.	00:29:35
	He's very proud of his parents and his three brothers, his father Antonio, who immigrated to the US from Portugal for better life	00:29:39
	and opportunities, and his mother Luce, who's from Puerto Rico.	00:29:44
	He attended JFK High School in the Bronx, which at the time was the largest population high school in the US. So I know he's got	00:29:51
	some stories from high school.	00:29:54
	And he was football team captain, and he led his team to championship titles before attending Colgate University, where his	00:29:59
	football skills and ability brought him Patriots League Defensive Player of the Week, selected as Patriots League All Star Team	00:30:06
	honors and the Hal W Lahar Trophy, awarded annually to Colgate's most valuable defensive players.	00:30:13
	After college, Phil enjoyed a very long and successful Wall Street financial career in New York.	00:30:22
	And in Chicago?	00:30:28
	Until one day he realized Southern California winters do not include the snow.	00:30:31
	He became A-Team leader with an investment firm in San Diego.	00:30:37
	I'll get to the law enforcement stuff, but you can hear he's got this great background already.	00:30:42
	In 2005, his son Emilio was born. He will tell you his son is his pride and joy.	00:30:47
	His finance career allowed him the quality time with his son as well as coaching and volunteering in sports.	00:30:53
	His son is now attending College in San Diego.	00:31:01
	As I previously mentioned, Phil stellar football performance in his younger years, then you can imagine the passion that led him	00:31:04
	to being a high school football coach at several high schools in San Diego County.	00:31:11
	In 2020, with some major shifts in the finance world.	00:31:18
	Phil made a career change and became a deputy sheriff with the San Diego Sheriff's Department.	00:31:23
	Fill then lateral transferred to the Beverly Hills Police Department in 2023.	00:31:30
	And then decided he wanted an even smaller city and a smaller Police Department to work for. Even Goldilocks checked all three	00:31:37
	beds before she decided. You know.	00:31:41
	We are happy that he did his research because he had the ability to do his research and choose where he wanted to go next.	00:31:48
	Um, great. I will say great interview. He did his homework on the city, he did his homework on the police chief. He did his	00:31:57
	homework on what he was stepping into.	00:32:01
	And he chose to come here.	00:32:06
	Him choosing law enforcement later in life was not hard for him to decide on.	00:32:11
	Because as a brother-in-law enforcement and all of his brothers have served either our country or their community in some form.	00:32:17
	Ladies and gentlemen, Felipe Figueroa.	00:32:27
	Council members and staff.	00:32:37
	Man, a few words. I don't write poems.	00:32:39
	But I do want to thank Chief Federico.	00:32:43
	And members of the Port Hueneme Police Department for honoring me selected me as as a member of their team. I'm humble and honored	00:32:45
	and I just simple 2 words. Thank you.	00:32:52
	Officer.	00:33:07
	I'd like to thank you.	00:33:08
	For choosing our city and I hope that you enjoy the beach and I hope to see you down there a lot. And your background story is	00:33:11
	very inspirational and coming to our city to be a part of this wonderful team, I think it makes us all proud. And so thank you for	00:33:16
	choosing us.	00:33:22
	Yes, thank you for coming. As Chief said, you could have chosen anywhere to go and you chose us. So we love our city. We love our	00:33:30
	our Police Department and our Police Department feels the same way about us. So welcome to the family.	00:33:36
	Next item is the Consent Calendar. We will now consider items on the Consent calendar which will be enacted in one motion unless a	00:33:52
	council member has a request to remove an item for discussion. Do any council members have a request to remove an item for	00:33:56
	discussion?	00:34:00
	Thank you. Can I have a motion and a second to approve?	00:34:05
	So moved.	00:34:08
	2nd Madam Clerk, all in favor.	00:34:09
	Aye, all opposed.	00:34:14
	Hearing none. Motion passes unanimously. Thank you. We have no public hearings tonight, so our next business item is the updated	00:34:16
	agreement with the Port Hueneme Little League regarding Bubbling Springs Park ball fields and related items.	00:34:23
	Yes, and Charles Parrots and I have been working with the Little League on this update agreement, updated agreement and Charles is	00:34:32
	going to give a brief presentation walking us through the background.	00:34:39
	Good evening, City Council.	00:34:56
	Members of the public. Fellow staff.	00:34:59
	Agenda item number 9 pertains to an updated agreement between the city and the Port Hueneme Little League.	00:35:02
	The recommendation is for council to authorize the city manager to execute a new agreement that would govern the leagues use of	00:35:09
	bubbling springs, parks, ball fields, snack bar, community meeting room and storage area.	00:35:15
	A little background, the Port Hueneme Little League is a 501C3 that serves youth in the Port Hueneme and South Oxnard community	00:35:25
	and has utilized Bubbling Springs Park for decades.	00:35:30
	The existing license agreement, which was initially executed in 2016, provides the league with exclusive use of the parks, ball	00:35:36
	fields and associated amenities, which include the snack bar.	00:35:42
	In exchange for that exclusive use, the league has maintained the fields with its volunteer labor, purchase of materials and use	00:35:48
	of its own equipment and has paid the city an annual fee of $3750.	00:35:55
	This year, while the park has been under renovation, the league has had to relocate its operations.	00:36:06
	During that time, the city has been in communication with the league regarding the project status and in order to prepare for the	00:36:12
	upcoming reopening of the park.	00:36:16
	Based on those communications, the city and the league have discussed various changes to the agreement, which would see the city	00:36:21
	resume responsibility for primary field maintenance.	00:36:26
	Would replace the league's exclusive use with priority access to the ball fields.	00:36:31
	And would prescribe specific terms of the league's use of the community room, the storage room and the concession area.	00:36:36
	So a little bit about the use of the agreement. Cities and special districts commonly treat Little League organizations	00:36:45
	differently than the average park user.	00:36:49
	Some offer discounted permit fees, but many do use specialized agreements to establish specific terms and establish a unique fee	00:36:54
	for the use of the park area.	00:36:59
	Given the league's history of park use, the physical investments the league has made into the park, and the special and unique	00:37:06
	community benefits its programs provide, staff is recommending to continue the practice of using an agreement to govern the	00:37:11
	league's use of the park.	00:37:16
	So this slide here shows the area that would be subject to the league's use under the agreement. It is included in your packets.	00:37:24
	It would be an exhibit to the agreement. The one thing I'll call out at the very bottom of the the diagram there South of field	00:37:30
	one, there's a shaded area.	00:37:37
	This is an amendment to the version in the packet. It covers the area that is the the bullpen warm up area for that field that	00:37:43
	wasn't initially highlighted on the version in your packet.	00:37:49
	The proposed agreement differs from the existing agreement in a few key ways. 1st, instead of exclusive access, the agreement	00:37:57
	would provide the league with priority access.	00:38:02
	That means that the league would have the ability to reserve the fields for a specified number of hours before any other requests	00:38:07
	for field use would be considered.	00:38:11
	In the spring season, it's proposed that that would consist of 18 hours during the week and 10 hours on the weekend, and in the	00:38:15
	fall it would be 12 hours during the week and eight hours on the weekend.	00:38:20
	The agreement also provides for the league to be able to hold 3 tournaments during the course of the year.	00:38:26
	The priority hours established are anticipated to satisfy the league's need, but if an additional need did arise, the league would	00:38:32
	be available would be able to acquire additional use of the fields through the city's established permit process and pay	00:38:38
	associated fees for that additional time.	00:38:44
	The agreement also calls for the city's resumption of primary field maintenance tasks, though the league would continue to manage	00:38:51
	field preparation tasks such as infield dragging and baseline shocking.	00:38:56
	The agreement also calls for the league to be the default user of the community room between January and June, though the city	00:39:03
	would reserve the ability to permit it to another third party if no conflict with the league's activities existed.	00:39:10
	And the league would continue to operate the concession stand, being responsible for all operating costs.	00:39:18
	And being able to retain all revenues generated from its operation.	00:39:23
	As noted earlier, the fee, the $3750 annual fee that exists in the current agreement is proposed to remain unchanged in the	00:39:29
	existing agreement and we would propose to bring this back to Council and re-evaluate the success of the agreement in one year's	00:39:34
	time.	00:39:40
	In summary, staff recommends that the City Council authorize a new agreement which revises the existing one.	00:39:48
	The updated agreement is expected to have no adverse impact on league operations while a neighbor, while enabling the broader	00:39:53
	community access to the newly refurbished ball fields.	00:39:58
	I'm able to answer questions the council may have and I know we also have some representatives from the league that may wish to	00:40:06
	speak on this issue.	00:40:10
	Does council have any questions for staff?	00:40:14
	Would port one need Little League?	00:40:20
	Be able to operate the snack bar if another group came in and had say, I don't know, a tournament or something.	00:40:23
	Is that what I'm?	00:40:31
	So council member the the league traditionally operates it during league activities, but we did put language in the agreement that	00:40:33
	if the city identifies a need for an outside event that would be outside of the leagues activities, that the city would bring that	00:40:40
	to the league attention. And while it would depend on the date and the time and the available resources, they can't make any firm	00:40:48
	commitments. They would make their best effort to accommodate such a request for an alternate event. So it could be another.	00:40:55
	Alternative for fundraising, so to speak.	00:41:03
	Yeah. The plan is that if they operated it for a non league activity, for a special event of some kind, they would be the	00:41:07
	operators, but they would also receive and and retain any funds collected from that activity.	00:41:13
	Thank you. And if I can just add there, I think that's that's one key that I just want to highlight was that, you know, I think	00:41:19
	what we ended up coming up with and what we're proposing, it actually seems pretty simple and and not like a huge change from what	00:41:26
	was previously there. But it was a result of many meetings. And I want to thank Annabelle and Myra from the league who who met	00:41:34
	with us several times, several hours to really work through these and with the goal consistently of trying to.	00:41:41
	Win win opportunities for both the city and the league. And that's like a great example. We don't have the resources to operate a	00:41:49
	snack bar right now. You know, we just don't, we don't have that capacity. But we worked with the Little League and came up with a	00:41:56
	proposal whereby they could actually use that as a fundraising opportunity and have another fundraising opportunity, but it still	00:42:03
	provides that service to the community. And so so it was a lot of little things like that trying to find Win win.	00:42:11
	Situations.	00:42:19
	That benefit both the city and the Little League. So I think I think we've done the agreement we proposed does that and we're	00:42:20
	recommending we move forward with that. So.	00:42:26
	Did you have any questions? Yeah, just.	00:42:33
	Thank you.	00:42:36
	For asking that question because that's kind of where my question was. And so, yeah, so.	00:42:37
	Thank you Deputy and City Manager for the very detailed report.	00:42:42
	And I'm in agreement with what's written. I too would just like to have a conversation later about possible opportunities for	00:42:50
	other nonprofits in the city to take advantage of the snack bar as a fundraiser, Right. So just don't want to get to the point to	00:42:59
	where we're, we're not open to allowing others to use it as well.	00:43:07
	So, but I know this is we're talking about a one year agreement and that's cool. And that was a key thing is, you know, the	00:43:16
	agreements proposes A1 year because I think both the league and the city were kind of putting some we're doing this based on, you	00:43:23
	know, mutual trust and trying to make sure we find something that works for both of us. But we talked to the league about the fact	00:43:30
	that they we all might come back and say that was too much. You know, that was too.	00:43:37
	I guess I got the buzzer. I was wrong.	00:43:48
	But, you know, we don't want this. We don't want anybody to fail with this. We're trying to find, you know, win, win. So we'll	00:43:55
	come back at the end of the year and if something didn't work for the league or doesn't work for the city, then we've agreed.	00:44:00
	We'll come back and talk about that. Thank you, mayor Pro Tem. I, I was going to mention that as well. Thank you for bringing that	00:44:04
	up. Anybody else?	00:44:08
	No. Do we have any public comments regarding this item?	00:44:14
	I don't have any public comments.	00:44:17
	With the Little League, representatives like to make a comment.	00:44:21
	Oh, there she is.	00:44:26
	Good evening Mayor, City Council members and staff. I would like to first and foremost thank staff.	00:44:32
	For being so supportive and meeting with us so many times and not having multiple emails sent out. We really appreciate that. And	00:44:40
	I want to thank you guys for your consideration in in the agreement. It was scary. I'm getting kind of cold sweats right now.	00:44:48
	When we started discussing all of this.	00:44:58
	And feeling that after 65 years of us being at Bublé Springs Park.	00:45:01
	That all of a sudden we would get this brand new park that we.	00:45:08
	So activate actively tried to get the city the state. I had a walkthrough with our district representative out there after we they	00:45:13
	said no snack bar. Our grant was denied and I personally walked the the park with her and couple months later we ended up getting	00:45:22
	a state grant. I don't know if that was just pure luck or if she intervened.	00:45:31
	But really thank everybody for the consideration knowing that other users are.	00:45:41
	Wanting to come to the park that that is great. Before us having this home for 65 years, it really, you know, it scared us. It	00:45:49
	scared us because we know that our community is not going to be able to afford high increases in, in, in rental fees. We cannot	00:45:59
	compare 2000 Oaks or Conejo Valley or all these other leagues. I know we discussed Sunset and El Rio. They don't pay any fees.	00:46:09
	For US, $3700 was like, OK, well, you know, we'll pay the fee even if even if they don't pay fees.	00:46:19
	We'll pay that fee, not a problem. We'll figure whatever we need to out. It takes a lot to be able to run a league. I work like	00:46:27
	364 days a year. I'll give myself one day off. But it is a big, big commitment to run the league and it's year round. I have a lot	00:46:34
	of board members here today. We're going to our board meeting right after this and they can tell you that it takes the entire year	00:46:42
	for us to run.	00:46:49
	Organization, the reason why we asked for the snack bar, not because we want to be greedy, but it is a lot of work where we we	00:46:57
	operate our fall season and we operate that snack bar because it's still revenue. We still have to pay our umpires for us to move	00:47:03
	out.	00:47:09
	All of our all of our equipment or it's going to be city equipment, the new stuff. But to be able to move out, it is a big process	00:47:15
	for us to do that and then move back in every Sunday when we're using the the league on off days for us it being a revenue.	00:47:24
	It's really important for us and we're looking forward to being able to do events there or have the city do events there because	00:47:35
	we want to partner with the city.	00:47:40
	And do more community events, Easter, Halloween. There's so many things that we can do and we have so many kids. I mean we have	00:47:45
	about 300 kids during regular season spring and at least 150 during Fall bar. That's a lot of kids that we service. So I think	00:47:51
	with that we could.	00:47:58
	Have a great partnership with the city. And again, thank you guys for the consideration of allowing us to stay in our home. Thank	00:48:05
	you.	00:48:09
	Thank you. Anything further from Council?	00:48:14
	The recommendation is to authorize the City Manager to execute an agreement with the Port Hueneme Little League which will replace	00:48:20
	the prior license agreement and provide for PHL LS use of the bubbling spring parks, ball fields, snack bar, community room and	00:48:26
	storage area or reflecting the transfer of field maintenance duties from PHLL to the City and establishment of non exclusive but	00:48:32
	priority based usage of the ball fields.	00:48:38
	May I have a motion and a second?	00:48:44
	So moved.	00:48:46
	2nd.	00:48:48
	Any further discussion on this item? I mean, I would just like to add that it's very impressive to see what's happening down	00:48:49
	there. It looks great. Gabby, where's Gabby Pursue and her staff, They've done a wonderful job and it from up here, it just feels	00:48:57
	really good to see a project of that importance come together at the quality standards that it's coming. I mean, it, it really is	00:49:04
	a big step up and I could see all the heads shaking out there from the league. I know they're excited.	00:49:11
	And I can't wait to play ball.	00:49:19
	And I will echo that we had a big undertaking with this grant and this the timeline and our small city and our small staff.	00:49:23
	But they really did a great job of sticking to the timeline and making sure that this everything went as best as possible without	00:49:31
	any major hiccups. So I want to give credit to staff for just making sure this is a priority for us. I think this is literally the	00:49:36
	biggest thing that has been done in the city of Portland, me and maybe forever. I don't even know. Nobody can remember anything as	00:49:42
	big as this. So I think it's great testament to our city and the the commitment that they have to the community. So thank you	00:49:47
	staff.	00:49:52
	Madam Clerk.	00:49:59
	We have a roll call vote. All in favor aye, all opposed.	00:50:00
	Hearing none, motion passes unanimously.	00:50:06
	Thank you and congratulations.	00:50:09
	The next item up is the update on the United States Supreme Court's decision regarding camping and public spaces. Laws or Grants	00:50:15
	Pass.	00:50:19
	Thank you, Madam Mayor, Mayor Pro Tem.	00:50:26
	Council residents, first thing I want to do is introduce officer from. Officer from is our community resources officer with the	00:50:29
	city and he is actually the public face of dealing with encampments on public property and he's also going to handle the clicker.	00:50:37
	So that's important. Could I just add like last time I saw you had a mustache, I got this beard.	00:50:45
	No shame, November. They've all kind of changed a little bit, man, every November. Where have you been? I just can't grow. I can't	00:50:55
	even get.	00:50:59
	So what I want to do is update the community on the Supreme Courts decision. It was last July, this past July in Grants Pass.	00:51:04
	You've got my staff report, you've read the staff report, but there was a lot packed into the decision that the newspapers and	00:51:12
	public really didn't pick up. So that's really where I want to focus my discussion tonight. And then officer from will discuss.	00:51:19
	Where we are in terms of our anti camping ordinances and where we're going in the future.	00:51:28
	So.	00:51:34
	The history of the anti camping ordinances and where it really came to the forefront was about six years ago in a decision out of	00:51:36
	the 9th Circuit Martin Martin versus City of Boise.	00:51:42
	Where the 9th Circuit stated that the anti camping ordinances are unconstitutional as violating the 8th amendment prohibition	00:51:48
	against cruel and unusual punishment, the court in the Martin versus City of Boise decision stated that.	00:51:58
	These ordinances criminalize the status of being homeless.	00:52:08
	Now many years ago after the City of Boise decision, there were a lot of us who were hoping that the Supreme Court would take that	00:52:13
	case up, but the Supreme Court did not. So the cities were really stymied and prohibited from enforcing any of their anti camping	00:52:19
	ordinances. We really were at a hands off position.	00:52:26
	So another case came up through the 9th Circuit, and the 9th Circuit upheld the injunction against the ordinances, and that was in	00:52:33
	the Grants Pass. Grants Pass OR?	00:52:39
	And the Supreme Court decided to take that case up on review. And in a six to three decision, the Supreme Court overruled the 9th	00:52:46
	Circuit.	00:52:51
	But it was an interesting decision written by Justice Gorsuch. And Justice Gorsuch said that no, the anti camping ordinances do	00:52:58
	not violate the 8th Amendment because there's nothing cruel and unusual about modern day incarceration, and that these ordinances	00:53:06
	were not criminalizing the status of being homeless, but we're criminalizing an act.	00:53:14
	And the 8th Amendment was enacted to prohibit.	00:53:23
	Forms of punishment that were really outdated. You can't arrest someone for sleeping in a park illegally sleeping in a park and	00:53:28
	flogging them or tar and feathering or, you know, that sort of punishment that was really outdated and out out out of favor.	00:53:38
	And there's nothing, like I said, cruelty, or as Justice Gorsuch said, nothing cruel and unusual about modern day incarceration.	00:53:48
	It's not that bad. I.	00:53:53
	What Justice Gorsuch also stated in the decision is that not only was the 8th Amendment a particularly.	00:53:59
	Weak argument to invalidate these ordinances, but he really questioned why.	00:54:09
	The plaintiffs in the case had not raised the issue of due process or unlawful searches and seizures that those would have	00:54:15
	probably been more effective arguments to invalidate the ordinances. But that's not what the court was was given. You know, they	00:54:23
	had to deal with the arguments that they were given. It was just interesting comments out of Justice Gorsuch, almost inviting.	00:54:31
	A challenge on a due process argument and a.	00:54:41
	Unlawful search and seizure argument. And we have to remember that we are in the 9th Circuit, so we don't want to be the test case	00:54:46
	with whatever we do. We don't want to be the test case.	00:54:51
	So.	00:54:57
	What we are after the decision the city attorneys and as well as staff I know please we've been working with our neighbors in	00:54:58
	Ventura County to come up with a consistent approach on how to deal with homelessness and anti camping and to keep.	00:55:08
	To keep our approach in line with the the Grants past decision.	00:55:20
	So what we have to pay attention to is like I discussed distinguishing between conduct and status, you're doing an act versus the	00:55:27
	status of being homeless.	00:55:33
	The court did discuss how the federal courts are particularly.	00:55:41
	Ineffective in dealing with local health and safety issues, that that's really something that the local jurisdictions should be	00:55:47
	dealing with, not federal courts. Justice Gorsuch also discussed the importance of cities providing supportive services and	00:55:55
	resources to the homeless individuals. The punitive measures alone are not going to solve the problem.	00:56:03
	And we also have to remember the Grants Pass only addressed.	00:56:13
	Anti camping ordinances on public spaces. It has nothing to do with private spaces or encampments on private spaces. It doesn't	00:56:19
	address that at all.	00:56:24
	So.	00:56:31
	After the grant passed decision, Governor Newsom issued an executive order where he acknowledged Grants Pass and he ordered he	00:56:32
	ordered state agencies and encouraged local jurisdictions to address these crises in alignment with the California Department of	00:56:39
	Transportation policy.	00:56:46
	To address encampments on state property and it's whenever feasible.	00:56:54
	You have to have site assessment in advance of any sort of removal operation.	00:56:59
	To determine if an encampment has.	00:57:04
	An imminent if there's an imminent threat to life, health or safety such that you could immediately remove the people, you know,	00:57:09
	you think of the floods, you know, you anticipated floods coming through the area fires. We were accustomed to fires. And in that	00:57:18
	instance, the governor's order is that you can immediately remove people where the where there are no exigent circumstances.	00:57:27
	The governor wants us to post notice.	00:57:36
	Notices to vacate at least 48 hours prior to removal.	00:57:39
	To also to contract with service providers for outreach for persons experiencing homelessness at the encampment and collecting and	00:57:44
	holding for at least 60 days the personal property collected at the removal site that is not a health or safety hazard.	00:57:53
	And with that, I'm going to turn it over to Officer from and thank you for handling the clicker.	00:58:02
	Of course. All right. So this is a quick overview of things that we already have in place. This is our municipal code. These are	00:58:07
	some main sections that mainly focus on the beach. So you have 42104213 and 4311. We also have another section which we'll	00:58:15
	address, but that'll come in in a later slide. But it, like I said, so 4210 addressing camping on beach park perimeter.	00:58:23
	Picture kind of states it perfectly. There was a gentleman in the rocks right there.	00:58:32
	That community that we had out with us during that outreach was our backpack medicine. So it's just a various collection of	00:58:36
	individuals that all meet together, everyone from behavioral health advocates to nurses from BCMC. It's a huge organization and we	00:58:42
	do it every month, so.	00:58:48
	That's a quick overview of that.	00:58:55
	So our mission Grants Pass gives us a tool in dealing with camping and public spaces, but our mission to assist the homeless	00:58:59
	remains, which includes contact and connect chronic homeless individuals with social service providers, work collaboratively with	00:59:05
	Ventura County Homeless Task Force. That's a newly formed task force within the county. We've had three meetings. It's a	00:59:12
	collection of almost every agency in the county, not only police agencies, but Oxnard Fire as well as Ventura County Fire.	00:59:18
	And a bunch of other behavioral health agencies. It's a really great meeting.	00:59:26
	There's probably 50 or 60 of us in these meetings and it's just a collaborative effort of addressing this issue. Backpack	00:59:30
	medicine, that was the the picture in the previous slide where we go out there and we do it once a month and just outreach	00:59:35
	services to whoever we can see. We start at the beach and just make our way all the way up north to the far corner at like	00:59:41
	Victoria and Hemlock. So excuse me.	00:59:46
	The next one is VCMC drug detox and rehab services. That's fairly new. We've actually had a success story with that as well. The	00:59:52
	first day Chief emailed me that we actually had this program. The next day we had or actually was the same day we had an	00:59:59
	individual who we got into drug rehab and.	01:00:05
	For alcohol and they actually were given to take it back to Georgia where he was from and he's doing great now. So we also have	01:00:12
	Ventura County Behavioral Health to identify those eligible for city or county social services. They're awesome. It's led by James	01:00:20
	Boyd. He's a great guy and he really works his his rear off to to help whoever he can.	01:00:29
	And so just basically change the behavior through enforcement, mental health assistance and advocacy.	01:00:38
	So city statistics in total the Police Department has received this is this year as of November 7th of this year. So we've	01:00:44
	received 13,717 total calls for service. That's every call, every traffic stop, everything that in any dispatcher or even officer	01:00:51
	initiated call. That's the the total calls we've had as of November 7th of the 13,717, there were 315 transient specific calls	01:00:58
	based.	01:01:05
	Call type of the 13,717. There were 68 encamons specific calls.	01:01:13
	With a total of 17 arrests for transient related call types in total, 2.7% of the total calls for service were transient or	01:01:19
	encampment related combined.	01:01:23
	In our last point in time count for our homeless, there were 44 total unhoused homeless individuals for this year.	01:01:30
	Out of approximately 2358 unhoused individuals in the county in California is obviously a lot more in the state. At a 181,399, our	01:01:38
	city accounted for 1.8% of the Ventura County total.	01:01:46
	This reflects the efforts our team makes in taking a compassionate but proactive approach towards connecting those in need with	01:01:55
	the appropriate services. That's all just due to our outreach, and the task force has really helped us a lot with that.	01:02:01
	So this little graph is just a graduated enforcement model to change behavior. So when we first contact an individual, it really	01:02:09
	starts with advising of offenses. We don't want to come down at like a hammer and just see something and just immediately just	01:02:16
	throw the book at them. So we start with referring to appropriate services, coordinated outreach efforts with Ventura County	01:02:22
	behavioral health and service provider service providers. Aside from behavioral health, we have.	01:02:28
	Mercy House, Salvation Army, we have a bunch of other outreach services to hopefully get them shelter housing.	01:02:36
	The one stops the great resource as well, the one in Oxnard as well as the one in Ventura by the hospital.	01:02:42
	If we do get another call out on this individual citations if behavior continues, so continue push towards appropriate services,	01:02:49
	coordinated outreach efforts and refer to appropriate services. The hard part is a lot of these individuals that we do contact are	01:02:55
	very resistive to services. And so we just continue that approach to say, hey, these these are things that are there for you.	01:03:02
	They're free. I can I've driven people myself in the back of my patrol car all the way up to Ventura to the one stop myself.	01:03:09
	So we offer that I'm willing to drive wherever they want to go to get these services, but there is a resistance there and a	01:03:17
	hesitant. So if this continues, we can arrest if the behavior continues. So coordinate with our outreach services for better	01:03:22
	outcomes with services request stay away orders. Basically that's something new that we're going to be addressing. Stay away	01:03:28
	orders in the sense of.	01:03:34
	In one of our reports we can say at the bottom the subject should be should stay away from.	01:03:41
	A certain location so refer to appropriate services as well. Officer from would you mind taking a question for mayor Pro Tem?	01:03:47
	Absolutely yes.	01:03:51
	Question SO.	01:03:56
	If you were to take someone in and they have agreed to get support.	01:03:58
	How much support could they really get?	01:04:04
	In the back and I took all of her belongings up to the one stop and I literally walked her in and I was like, where do you want to	01:04:37
	start? We had that conversation of what do you need? And so started with, you know, a few medical things and then there was some	01:04:43
	food things that she needed. And then it ultimately ended with getting her back to the city because this is where she considers	01:04:50
	home, but it's just continued follow up from there as well. Hey, are you going to I know that this individual.	01:04:57
	Receives behavioral health treatment and so are you taking, are you getting your prescribed medications? Are we following up with	01:05:04
	that so we can?	01:05:07
	I'm lucky enough to where I can really do a lot of follow up and just keep track of and making sure that they're getting the help	01:05:11
	that they need. But it really it's case by case. It's just identified by their needs. Let me just ask the question, absolutely the	01:05:17
	same question in a different way. If someone you someone asked for help, they met the criteria, would they go right into the	01:05:23
	services that they need?	01:05:29
	Yes, Depending on what they need, yes.	01:05:36
	Depending on. Can you help me with that?	01:05:39
	Correct. Yeah, it depends on what's available.	01:05:41
	Right. So if they need like for example, substance abuse treatment, we can, I can take them up to Ventura County, the VCMC,	01:05:44
	Ventura County Hospital and we get them immediately, get them right in, no questions asked. It gets a little tricky with housing	01:05:50
	because it depends on availability. So Mercy House, Salvation Army, they have very strict guidelines of what they can and can't	01:05:57
	take. So it depends on how many beds they have available, things like that. So yes, we can get them the help they need.	01:06:03
	Thank you. Can I just add to that point and?	01:06:11
	I have been surprised and I think people would be surprised.	01:06:17
	To here, because we'll get calls and people will say things like, you know, I've seen this person around town and why isn't	01:06:22
	anybody helping them? And I have been surprised at how many services that we do.	01:06:27
	Not only make available, but we, we, you know, push and we try to get them, you know, get people into those services. And I would	01:06:33
	say, I think we can accurately say that more often than not, if you see someone and you say why isn't somebody helping them, it's	01:06:40
	because they've turned down the offer of help. And so the issue usually is not that we can't get them help, it's whether they'll	01:06:46
	accept it or not so.	01:06:52
	And I leave.	01:06:59
	Then what? That may be what you're talking about tonight. What do we do when we continue to have the same people?	01:07:02
	That are.	01:07:10
	Rejecting help.	01:07:12
	And I think that those are going to be discussions and ordinances that we'll be bringing back. Tonight's agenda item is strictly	01:07:15
	on the grants past decision and its impact for the local community.	01:07:21
	Of course.	01:07:30
	OK, so moving forward, immediately after the Grants Pass decision, the city's Police Department, City's attorney's office and City	01:07:33
	Manager's office met with the County of Ventura and other cities within Ventura County to ensure collaboration. Enforcement of	01:07:39
	these ordinances require a collaboration between these agencies. The local agencies agreed to work together to draft and implement	01:07:45
	and take camping ordinances to ensure a consistent approach across Ventura County.	01:07:51
	And this we continue to work with these agencies to develop a unified approach and additional ordinances may be presented in the	01:07:58
	future.	01:08:01
	We have been looking at other cities ordinances and looking for adoption and potential adoption of those ordinances as well. But	01:08:06
	this is a good time that I would like to bring up something that we already have in place. So the municipal code under section	01:08:13
	3970 to 3978, it really defines camping and this also applies to not only the beach, it's public space. So in our municipal code,	01:08:20
	camp means direct maintain or occupy a camp facility for the purpose of human habitation.	01:08:28
	And camp facilities includes one or more of the following items tents, huts, other temporary physical shelters, cots, beds,	01:08:36
	sleeping bags, hammocks or bed rolls.	01:08:40
	And then 3972, it is unlawful for any person to sleep camp or store personal property, including camp facilities and paraphernalia	01:08:46
	in or on restricted public property. So these are things I 3970 to 3978, it's just a bunch of definitions for the most part, but	01:08:53
	it really outlines what we're allowed to enforce on public property.	01:09:00
	Let me just make a comment on that the.	01:09:07
	The City of Boise decision out of the 9th Circuit really prohibited the city from enforcing any of these ordinances the whole	01:09:11
	3970.	01:09:16
	Group of ordinances. And so with grants passed, we are now able to start enforcing those. However, we want to take into	01:09:21
	consideration the governor's order. We also want to take into consideration what our local partners are doing. And the reason for	01:09:29
	that is because we've seen this happen in other areas if one jurisdiction becomes very aggressive.	01:09:37
	And starts just arresting people and hauling them off. The city over is going to start busing their people in. So you don't want	01:09:45
	to be in that situation. So we want to work collaboratively.	01:09:51
	And cooperatively with all of our neighbors and all of the city attorneys, because I attend all their meetings, we're all in	01:09:57
	agreement on that, that we really need to have a unified approach to the anti camping ordinances.	01:10:05
	Sorry, trying to figure out how this thing works. Better you than me. Yeah, I got the clicker low. So we're good. You're good.	01:10:16
	So we're going to open up the questions, but before that, I would like to just state that Chief and myself went down to Santa	01:10:24
	Monica, his old stomping grounds, and they're the.	01:10:29
	They're tried embedded and we're seeing where they're going with it. So there's gonna be some things coming down the pipeline	01:11:05
	pretty soon here. So just wanted to throw that out there before any open questions. Thank you. Officer from this council, have any	01:11:09
	questions?	01:11:13
	Go ahead, Council member. Thank you Mayor Perez, and thank you Officer from for your good work and for your report. And thank you,	01:11:19
	Chief as well. Where is our homeless count right now?	01:11:25
	Homeless count, last I heard it was 19, so this year alone was 44. I know that was earlier in the year. It fluctuates. Sometimes	01:11:32
	we see some new faces, sometimes they just come and go or they're passing through. I probably say it's a lot less than 44, but	01:11:40
	there's no official count as of right now. And so the city really relies on the county resources.	01:11:48
	And providing the services that homeless individuals need.	01:11:58
	Do we expect to continue in that manner to rely on county or will there be any grant money or any funding at the city level to	01:12:02
	assist?	01:12:07
	In these efforts as of right now, our, our county partners are incredible. James Boyd and his team with Backpack medicine	01:12:12
	specifically and how proactive he is and just open his phone is open. I feel like 24 hours a day. So he, he works his tail off and	01:12:19
	he's passionate and the team that he's put together is something I personally want to keep.	01:12:25
	And I don't see any any need to change what's already working for us. Yeah, James deserves a hero's award for sure. But thank you	01:12:32
	for the good work. We've come a long ways in our program in assisting the homeless. I think when I came on board in 2018-2019,	01:12:38
	there was nothing.	01:12:44
	Councilman Martinez and I worked on doing the state of the homeless here in the city and some things started happening under	01:12:52
	direction of Chief Salinas and you guys have just taken it further. So thank you.	01:12:57
	For all your good work of course. Thank you.	01:13:03
	Any further questions?	01:13:06
	OK, do we have any public comments for this item?	01:13:10
	We do have public comments. It'll be Mitchell, Disney, then Daniel and then Jacqueline.	01:13:13
	Good evening, members of the Council. My name is Mitch Disney. I am the chairman of the Board of the Port of the.	01:13:22
	Pacific Collection Homeowners Association.	01:13:30
	And also the chair of the Wine EMI HOA Coalition Safety Committee subcommittee.	01:13:33
	Are I'm very sympathetic to the plight of the homeless and the needs to address where required by law.	01:13:39
	But our community is impacted directly. We have 134 homes.	01:13:50
	We are directly adjacent to the Mandalay Village Marketplace shopping center and the Oliveira Plaza shopping center were separated	01:13:57
	by a 12 inch block wall. We have a 5 foot set back on our homes. They're basically 0 lot line homes, so our residents are	01:14:03
	approximately 5 feet away from.	01:14:09
	A 12 inch wall that separates them from everything that happens behind that shopping center.	01:14:16
	I am one house removed from the block wall and our house from our house. In the backyard or indoors, we can hear screaming and	01:14:21
	yelling.	01:14:27
	I don't know what these people are screaming about, but the profanity and the language used is terribly upsetting. And if it was	01:14:33
	in any other context, you would suspect that there was about to be some kind of violence. And maybe there is. I call when that	01:14:39
	happens. I call the police and they're, you know, hopefully they respond. I don't know what happens because it's on the other side	01:14:45
	of the wall, but I hear the same voices. Maybe there are 47 people.	01:14:51
	But if there are five of them living behind our property, they're they're there and they have been there for years.	01:14:58
	And if you Google the Mandalay Village marketplace on Google Maps, which I've done.	01:15:04
	There are three different positions that you can see in this wheelhouse entrance, and every single one of those photos has has a	01:15:11
	different person panhandling. They're going back for several years.	01:15:16
	That's the public face of the Mandalay Village marketplace is that wheelhouse entrance and other areas. The private face is what	01:15:21
	my 134, most mainly seniors of some, some people are younger.	01:15:28
	Who are very concerned about people not only the noise but also jumping on the wall, jumping over the wall into their yards,	01:15:35
	jumping on the wall and onto their roofs.	01:15:40
	And I don't know if these are homeless people, and if I use that word, I stand corrected. These are people who are committing	01:15:47
	actions that are illegal. They're trespassing, and I believe that they may be using drugs as well. Whatever's been done in the	01:15:55
	past and up until now to try to enforce and regulate back there has not succeeded.	01:16:03
	A new approach is needed and as the representative for the Coalition and for my HOAI, stand ready to work with the police.	01:16:12
	Needed and to work with the shopping centers management as well. First Washington Realty. So I am here to help and I'm also here	01:16:21
	to present my concerns with the hope of spurring additional action. Thank you. Thank you.	01:16:30
	Good evening, council members.	01:16:48
	My name is Daniel Gwynn up I'm here tonight to ask you, as our City Council, to help us take back control of our community.	01:16:50
	I live in the Pacific Collection adjacent to Mandalay Village Marketplace and all of a Plaza.	01:16:57
	In my neighborhood and throughout Port Wanimi, in the course of my daily life, I'm repeatedly faced with situations that are	01:17:03
	unsightly, unsanitary and unsafe.	01:17:08
	We have a small population of unruly individuals who have been allowed to disrupt our neighborhoods with panhandling.	01:17:14
	Camping, loitering, and intimidation.	01:17:20
	They impose a general blight on our community and expose us all to unwanted hazards including needles, drug paraphernalia, trash	01:17:23
	and human waste.	01:17:28
	I applaud the Port Hueneme Police Department for guiding many unhoused individuals to seek available shelters and assistance at	01:17:35
	rehab and mental health facilities. However, there remain many unhoused who choose not to avail themselves of these services.	01:17:42
	Therefore, I'm here tonight to ask you to review, strengthen, and encourage enforcement of laws and ordinances that will address	01:17:49
	the ongoing impacts of these disruptive individuals.	01:17:54
	The United States Supreme Court recently overturned the lower court ruling of Grant Pass V Johnson, which had previously prevented	01:18:01
	cities from enforcing their public camping laws. But the Supreme Court didn't stop there. They also made it clear that an	01:18:07
	individual who violates local laws and ordinances should not be excused from accountability just because of their underlying	01:18:14
	condition, whether it was unhoused, drug addicted, or suffering mental health issues.	01:18:20
	It is important that we actively address these situations across our city and demand accountability in order to restore order to	01:18:27
	our public and private spaces.	01:18:32
	We, as residents of Portland, Amy, ask your help in making our city safer and more livable for all.	01:18:38
	Thank you very much for your time.	01:18:44
	Thank you. I just want to reiterate that I.	01:18:48
	Our ordinance as it exists now and as we foresee it, as we're drafting new ordinances, really focuses on acts as opposed to status	01:18:52
	of being homeless. And that's what Grants Pass discuss. That's what Grants Pass allowed to allow the cities to start regulating in	01:19:02
	that area again. And it's very, I think it's very important to make that distinction between the.	01:19:12
	Being homeless and the conduct that can be regulated. Also, I'm a city manager. I'd like to also note the difference between	01:19:22
	public spaces and private property.	01:19:28
	A lot of the issues we have in our city unfortunately, take place on private property, which this law does not govern whatsoever.	01:19:34
	Yeah. And what I will note on that level is that we do make efforts to work with private property owners to try to help educate	01:19:41
	them on hard, you know, hardening their property. That might not be the.	01:19:48
	The right word, but you know what measures they can take to try to make sure that encampments don't, you know, start in their on	01:19:55
	their private property, for example. So that is something we we do and we plan to continue to do. But that is a limit of the	01:20:01
	grants past decision.	01:20:07
	Hi.	01:20:16
	Good evening mayor and mayor, Pro Tem, City Council, city manager and police.	01:20:18
	Speak up, OK?	01:20:24
	My name is Jackie Doherty, I live in the Marlboro Seaside Village community and there are many other HOA communities around us.	01:20:27
	I've lived in our community for 27 years. I support whatever the tools the city, the Police Department can legally use to help	01:20:34
	keep our communities safer. We are affected by the pan handlers and unhoused at our local shopping centers, primarily in our area.	01:20:41
	We are having the most problems with the Mandalay Village Marketplace.	01:20:49
	Where the Ralph's shopping center is, I know there are no easy solutions, but it is very disturbing to drive by or walk into the	01:20:56
	shopping center and pass by. Pan handlers at the entrances, carts and debris behind the stores, disheveled RV's parked throughout	01:21:04
	the center with the unhoused loitering around. It feels very unsafe, especially if we want to walk over at night to enjoy one of	01:21:11
	our restaurants or go to Starbucks. I can't imagine.	01:21:19
	That the tenants are happy about this either. We really want to support our local businesses, but some of us find ourselves	01:21:26
	shopping in Oxnard and Ventura instead of locally. Therefore, there is no revenue that comes in for the city. I appreciate officer	01:21:33
	from and team for being proactive and offering services to the young house, but more needs to be done. We want everyone to feel	01:21:40
	safe and of course have a safe place to live.	01:21:47
	The shopping center management companies, The city.	01:21:55
	And police as well as a community all need to work together for solutions.	01:21:58
	So thank you very much. Appreciate it and happy holidays.	01:22:04
	That concludes public comment. Thank you. So this item was to receive the status update.	01:22:09
	And if there is no council direction or action to be provided, no, no, no vote is necessary.	01:22:14
	But is there any?	01:22:21
	Can I note to just make that key point at the end of the presentation? So this was an update sort of in the immediate I.	01:22:23
	Following of the grants past decision, we are reviewing the ordinances and and and working with the other agencies to look at	01:22:34
	ordinances that can be applied across the county. So we we do anticipate bringing an item back in the future, but there that's why	01:22:41
	there is no action for this item at this time. Councilmember Martinez.	01:22:47
	Thank you, Mary Press, I do have a question. So just to clarify, as of right now, the city does not know exactly how they're going	01:22:55
	to move forward regarding the new Supreme Courts decision, just just to clarify.	01:23:01
	I wouldn't say that exactly. I think we're we've, we're continuing to enforce what we have been enforcing and then we're reviewing	01:23:08
	the ordinances that the Supreme Court had previously said we could not enforce. OK. But it's in the works. Yeah, Right. OK. Thank	01:23:14
	you.	01:23:19
	I'm not an expert on drug addiction, but it appears to me that.	01:23:29
	A lot of these individuals in the shopping center, KFC.	01:23:36
	Are participated in public drug use and so I would hope that we could kind of look at it that way like hey if somebody's publicly	01:23:40
	intoxicated on crystal meth or whatever I think they should be arrested and given a chance to sober up in my neighborhood just	01:23:48
	last night I saw three new faces that I've never seen before and I've been seeing.	01:23:56
	Bedding material stuffed in coral trees and and we we see that quite frequently and.	01:24:05
	You know, I think it's.	01:24:14
	I think it's a good idea to throw those things away when when we do come across them. But the underlying problem is still there.	01:24:17
	And I was with Chief the other night and just the other night he got a call from an individual who's in penitentiary.	01:24:24
	And he, this individual called chief to thank him for trying to help him. And the guy is locked up because he was on drugs and	01:24:32
	he's made a vow to get his life together. So I would just hope that we're constantly engaged in these folks.	01:24:40
	Constantly offering them to help well, at the same time executing some level of tough love. And I think the fact is that 2.7 of	01:24:49
	the 13,000 calls are homeless related. I think many of us have given up.	01:24:57
	You know the there's a guy sleeping on the sidewalk for three weeks. There's this other guy that's been on the beach for a few	01:25:07
	years. I haven't seen him for a couple months and I know he's refused services.	01:25:12
	And just yesterday, 2 persons in the Santa Clara River were severely injured when a a propane canister exploded because it was	01:25:19
	improperly being used. So the safety issue is really important and I know that.	01:25:26
	You have a very tough job and.	01:25:35
	What our residents are asking for is, you know, constant interaction, constant offering the hand to help. And you know, it's like	01:25:38
	a salesman, you get rejected 100 times and then to get one and it's a very rewarding and then sometimes I believe.	01:25:48
	Public property versus private property is can be a red herring in some cases, for example.	01:25:59
	The gym.	01:26:07
	House of Gaines closed. Well, now that, and I'm going to say the drug addicts have taken over the, the left side of the building	01:26:09
	and they're hiding behind bushes and you have to like look for them to see them, but they're there. But again, I, I look at it as	01:26:16
	I think these are just people who are dedicated to drugs. And if that's the case, you know, let's try to give them an opportunity	01:26:23
	like the phone call the chief got the other night from a person that's in Ventura County jail sobering up and and trying to take.	01:26:31
	Services so I know that there's no way to solve this problem, but I just want to encourage you to keep trying, keep making those	01:26:38
	connections and always, always offer to help the persons you come in contact with. Council member Hernandez.	01:26:46
	Mayor Pro Tem.	01:26:58
	So I just want to reiterate that our department's doing a great job and I believe that our officer from and those who work with	01:27:00
	him are daily engaging the homeless, trying to get them connected to services. I think they're doing a great job of trying to deal	01:27:07
	with a difficult situation. And I think the discussion of what we can do about further issues for public private property versus	01:27:14
	public property needs to come on an agenda item and we can discuss that further.	01:27:22
	But now we'd like to have a motion and a second to.	01:27:30
	Received the status of this update.	01:27:33
	Motion to receive. I have a second.	01:27:36
	Madam Clerk.	01:27:40
	All in favor.	01:27:42
	Aye, all opposed.	01:27:43
	Hearing none, motion passes unanimously. Thank you. Thank you, Officer From and thank you, Madam City Manager.	01:27:46
	Thank you, city attorney. Sorry, I just, I just elevated you.	01:27:53
	You just got a promotion.	01:27:59
	The next item is the presentation of dune restoration and maintenance proposal for Wyoming Beach Park by the Ventura Surfrider	01:28:01
	Foundation.	01:28:04
	Thank you. And if I can just quickly note, the item is on the agenda to allow the Council to receive the presentation from	01:28:11
	Surfrider and give essentially what we're looking for as staff is the next step on this proposal to move forward would involve	01:28:18
	some staff time to put a local development plan together for California Coastal Commission. So we're just looking for general	01:28:25
	feedback on whether the Council would want us to proceed.	01:28:31
	With the with doing that or not.	01:28:39
	Or and you know alternatively, you know, if there's specific or additional questions that would need to be answered before we	01:28:42
	prepared with that, those are three potential outcomes as proceeding with the plan or not or or getting additional information.	01:28:49
	But we wanted to start the process with the proposal from Surfrider. And so with that, I'll turn it over to Carla and Joan from	01:28:56
	Surfrider.	01:29:03
	Thank you. Good evening mayor, Mayor, Pro Tem, council, staff and public. My name is Joan Tharp and I've been a 30 year resident	01:29:10
	of Port Hueneme. I'm a volunteer with the Audubon Society, Dad on Ormond Beach with their shore bird recovery program, and tonight	01:29:17
	I'm here representing a Surfrider Ventura County with this proposal for enhancing coastal resilience and habitat at the Wyoming	01:29:24
	Beach Park.	01:29:30
	And having said that, I'll introduce my Co presenter, Carla Avila Martinez.	01:29:38
	Thank you, Jonah. Hi, everyone. Nice to see you all tonight. Yes, my name is Carla Avila Martinez. I'm the Climate Action program	01:29:45
	manager for the Surfrider Foundation.	01:29:49
	OK, so our proposal and the reason for the proposal and the benefits, we want to share information and benefits on the proposed	01:29:56
	Wyoming Beach Park Dune Restoration Community project with the City Council and the staff to give an explanation of why this is	01:30:03
	important for the city. And you know personally why it's important to me. I am, as I said, out on Ormond Beach quite a bit. I'm	01:30:11
	involved with the city of Oxnard on the.	01:30:18
	Plan there and I just saw an opportunity to do something beneficial with the dunes that are in front of well between the Chumash	01:30:26
	Creek and the Alaska 261 Memorial. There exist existing dunes that I think we can enhance to the communities benefit.	01:30:37
	And Carla, I don't know, are you able to share your slide deck? Would you like to share for me to share my screen for the	01:30:48
	presentation?	01:30:53
	Sounds great.	01:30:59
	I'll do that right now.	01:31:01
	All right, Can everyone see that?	01:31:05
	Yep, sounds good all right.	01:31:08
	OK. Go ahead with the next slide.	01:31:11
	All right, so a little bit of background on who we are. At Surf Rider, we are committed protecting and enjoying the world's ocean,	01:31:14
	waves and beaches for everyone through our powerful activist network. We have over 200 chapters and clubs across our network,	01:31:21
	including the Ventura County chapter and we tackle a range of critical initiatives including plastic pollution, ocean protection,	01:31:27
	clean water, beach access, and coast and climate.	01:31:34
	Today's work focuses on the Coast and Climate Initiative, which aims to address the challenges of climate change and ensure the	01:31:41
	resilience of our coastal communities and ecosystems.	01:31:46
	And so this year, the Surfrider Foundation launched this new program. The Climate Action Program is designed to support chapters	01:31:52
	to create healthier, more resilient coastlines. Really, the goal for the program is to address impacts of climate change on our	01:31:58
	coast while empowering communities to take meaningful actions. Through this initiative, we're supporting the Ventura County	01:32:04
	chapter and others to implement restoration projects to enhance coastal resilience, protect the ecosystems and communities that	01:32:09
	depend on them.	01:32:15
	And so although this program is new, Surfrider is not.	01:32:22
	We're not new to restoration. Chapters have been leading have been leading impactful projects for over 20 years. Chapters have	01:32:28
	planted over 500,000 plants across many different projects over the last 20 years and the Ventura County chapter through the	01:32:35
	Surface Point project is a shining example of this work that we have been doing for a long time.	01:32:42
	The Surfrider Ventura County Chapter led the dune restoration efforts at Surfers Point, planting the vegetation and removing	01:32:50
	invasive species and maintaining the area for years. These efforts have helped the dune ecosystem there heal into the thriving,	01:32:58
	resilient habitat we see today, again showcasing the power of community LED restoration. And building on that, we're excited to	01:33:05
	share more details about the proposed project to restore dunes here in Port Hueneme with a plan crafted by The Coastal.	01:33:13
	Consultants, they also put together the dune restoration plan for Surfers Point and so with their help, we put together a plan to	01:33:20
	create healthy, resilient dunes in Port Hueneme.	01:33:27
	So I'll go ahead. So our project goal is to engage the community to restore 2 1/2 acres of dune ecosystems that we need Beach	01:33:40
	Park, promoting biodiversity, enhancing natural coastal protection through collaborative sustainable conservation efforts. And	01:33:48
	we'll go a little bit more into detail in the following slides.	01:33:57
	Could we have that door shut please, because it's really distracting to thank the speaker. Thank you, Sir.	01:34:09
	OK. So I want to talk a little bit about the current conditions and why we think it's important to do this project. As I said, I'm	01:34:17
	out at this location just about every day and I saw an opportunity to help restore these dunes. The dunes, as I pointed out, are	01:34:27
	between Chumash Creek over here on the right of the screen, which is east and then West to the Alaska 261 Memorial.	01:34:36
	So it sort of runs between parking lot B, parking lot C and Chamash Creek. The area is existing dunes already and so the idea here	01:34:46
	is to enhance them. Currently we have quite a few non-native species like ice plant and Bermuda grass. We have a lack of	01:34:56
	topography and native vegetation in many areas. So on both.	01:35:05
	On either side, the dunes come out fairly far and we just kind of want to fill in the gap, is what we're proposing to do.	01:35:15
	And then we also have increasing vulnerability to flooding with rising sea levels and storm surge, and we know that dunes can help	01:35:23
	prevent that next slide.	01:35:29
	So this map I think is probably one of the a good one to orientate everyone into what we're thinking about doing. So in the middle	01:35:37
	of the screen sort of in front of parking lot, see you can see purplish hash marks. That's what we're proposing to do some sand	01:35:45
	fencing and then the can pinkish areas.	01:35:53
	Are access points, so we spoke with Public Works and with other members of the city.	01:36:01
	Staff about this project a few months ago and one of the big concerns was access. And as a resident and somebody who knows a lot	01:36:07
	of surfers and a lot of people that like to go to the beach, we recognize the fact that that we don't want to cut off access. So	01:36:14
	it's important for public safety, public works, as well As for people who are going to the beach or looking to check out the	01:36:21
	waves. They like to stand on top of the dunes and and look from there.	01:36:28
	So the proposal is to again to remove the invasive plants and expand native species.	01:36:35
	And leverage those existing native species when they when they seed as seed sources because naturally they will recede themselves.	01:36:42
	But we want to give them the opportunity to do so. Additionally, we will be planting more seeds as we go on through the project.	01:36:48
	We want to build a wider dunes. And I want to emphasize for anybody living in Omser Site 3, we're not proposing to build the dunes	01:36:54
	up.	01:37:01
	In fact, with the removal of the ice plant, the experts say that that ice plant actually builds taller dunes.	01:37:07
	And so the dunes may go down a little bit, but we just want to extend the area out. As you can see with the kind of hash marks	01:37:14
	there, there's sort of Cove areas that we want to fill in. So we would put in sand fencing and plants to trap the blowing sand.	01:37:24
	And we want to enhance the visitor experience with signage. So we would put up, we want to protect the some of the areas from	01:37:33
	getting trampled, trampled while.	01:37:39
	Remove or with with still having access to the beach. So we are proposing to put up what we call temporary or symbolic fencing,	01:37:45
	which is posting cable. It's not a fence, it's just a post with cable and then putting in signage indicating that this is a	01:37:52
	restoration area and additional signage with information about why this is important and what we're doing and, and things like	01:37:58
	that.	01:38:04
	OK.	01:38:13
	So as Carla mentioned, we've worked with the coastal restoration consultants on a plan which I believe you all have.	01:38:14
	And they've outlined the the existing species and the topography and a plan for for the project.	01:38:26
	So Surfrider, Ventura County is has gotten a few grants and we're proposing a.	01:38:36
	Paying for the project ourselves, so this wouldn't cost the city or the taxpayers any money. We're planning on year one to two	01:38:43
	would be the project implementation and that does depend on permits and when we would get the permits and of course your approval.	01:38:51
	Years 3 and out would be project monitoring and maintenance, so sign maintenance, fence maintenance, going back in and removing	01:39:00
	any more invasive species as well as planting more seeds.	01:39:06
	So again the key actions removing non-native plants and planting natives, installing the symbolic fencing and signs and.	01:39:14
	Putting in the the sand fencing and monitoring the the progress of via the consultants, they would be coming out. We again would	01:39:25
	be paying for them to come out and look at what our progress is and suggest any further actions.	01:39:32
	OK, so again, the heart of the climate Action program lies in these nature based solutions like restoration led by our dedicated	01:39:40
	volunteers and community members. Our goal is also to build a community that is not only knowledgeable about coastal resilience,	01:39:47
	but also is actively engaged in protecting and restoring coastlines. We have begun some initial outreach and we'll be working with	01:39:54
	many different community groups, including the local Audubon Society, schools and residents and.	01:40:02
	We're also initiating outreach to the Chumash people to strengthen our collective impact. By building these partnerships and	01:40:10
	expanding our collaboration, we're hoping to create lasting solutions and restore this area and empower local communities.	01:40:18
	And so I, like Joan said earlier, we're fully funding this project through grants and donations covering all cost and materials	01:40:27
	for tools and professional guidance. So this means that there's no financial burden on city or taxpayers, although we are	01:40:34
	requesting some support from the City of Port Hueneme to provide free parking for our volunteers during restoration events and	01:40:42
	that would be about 8 to 10 times that first.	01:40:49
	Year and then about two to four times the following years on weekend days, depending on the maintenance needs for the following	01:40:57
	years. And we're also requesting dumpsters about 6 to 8 times for that first year and two to four times per year for the following	01:41:03
	years, again, depending, depending on what the maintenance maintenance needs are. And this the dumpsters are for removing invasive	01:41:10
	plants.	01:41:16
	Predisposing invasive plants as well as any trash that we might find during our events.	01:41:24
	And again, this project is truly community driven with local volunteers leading the work, making this a cost effective project.	01:41:30
	And at the same time, restoration experts are on hand to help provide some guidance to ensure we're using best practices and we	01:41:35
	have long term success.	01:41:41
	So what do we want to do this? Why should you approve us doing this? We believe that this project has environmental and community	01:41:48
	benefits. Healthy dunes help provide natural barriers against storm surge and erosion and protect infrastructure and the coast.	01:41:57
	They also play a critical role in supporting native plants and wildlife and improving the ecosystems.	01:42:07
	These dunes are considered environmentally sensitive habitat.	01:42:17
	And so it is even more critical just in that aspect to help provide a little help to the dunes to help that that area flourish.	01:42:21
	The project aligns with climate, excuse me, adaptation strategies by restoring natural barriers against sea level rise. And we do	01:42:30
	believe that community engagement helps.	01:42:38
	Residents have some stewardship in this, and we're also looking at educational.	01:42:47
	Opportunities for schools and other community groups.	01:42:53
	So either through tours, education, or just having people come out and pull weeds.	01:42:59
	And then the economic and social impact, so tourism and recreation, we know that that's something that the city is looking at here	01:43:06
	and Healthy dunes provide.	01:43:11
	And enhance the area so when you meet. Beach park offers a variety of features and we believe that the dunes is just one more	01:43:17
	feature to attract tourists and.	01:43:22
	And help with recreation. Dune enhancement will complement these features.	01:43:30
	And, umm.	01:43:36
	We do also believe that nature based, nature based defenses for the coast reduce spending and costs that are caused by erosion.	01:43:41
	They're also a little bit more cost effective, quite a bit more cost effective and more effective at protecting the coastline from	01:43:48
	erosion and storm surge.	01:43:56
	And we all know that that getting out in nature helps with our health, mental health. And so we see this as an opportunity to just	01:44:05
	enhance the beach, park a little bit and provide that mental health.	01:44:11
	Thank you, Joan. And so restoring the dunes at Wanyi Beach Park, we feel is a critical step toward protecting our coastline and	01:44:20
	supporting a more resilient future for our community. Again, like we've been saying throughout this whole presentation, dunes	01:44:27
	really plan essential role in reducing the impacts of rising seas and storms, while also providing critical habitat for native	01:44:33
	species and preserving the natural beauty.	01:44:39
	Of our.	01:44:46
	And so and again, what we're really hoping is to bring to put this project together, that brings the community together, local	01:44:48
	organizations in the city to work project. And then with your support, we can ensure that Wyoming Beach Park remains a thriving	01:44:54
	and resilient part of our coastlines for years to come. So thank you and any questions? Thank you, Joan and Carla for your	01:45:00
	presentation.	01:45:07
	Does Council have any questions for?	01:45:14
	Council Member Gama, thank you.	01:45:18
	How much ice plant do you anticipate removing? Because I think there's quite a bit. That's a very good question. So we're looking	01:45:20
	at the for dunes. So as you're very familiar with that area, So if you're looking at the empty lots in these pictures, the	01:45:28
	backside, if you're walking towards the beach, there's a lot of ice plants. So we're not touching the empty lots and we're not	01:45:35
	touching the backside of those dunes. We're really focusing on that area that's encircled and there is ice plant in there.	01:45:43
	But it's not as much as what's on the backside of the dunes. So would you won't be removing the ice plant in front of the blue	01:45:50
	line?	01:45:54
	Because I know there's quite a bit so in.	01:45:59
	So the darker area where all the paths are in that that photograph, yeah, we will not. We're really focusing on the the the plants	01:46:04
	that are inside the blue line.	01:46:10
	Yeah. I'm just a little concerned that the ice plant will still find its way out there.	01:46:16
	Then you had a slide. How will we get there? It wasn't numbered. I tried to get the number but and you showed a yellow plant.	01:46:22
	That one is that native to Winey me there and what's the name of it? Yeah, that's the beach Primrose Nice. And it, it is all over	01:46:30
	the place out there and it's it's beautiful and and I'd like to see a lot more of it. It's actually seeds very well. I've seen	01:46:37
	other restoration projects using that. It is really pretty. One. Does it go dormant at times? It does kind of dormant. And then	01:46:45
	there's another plant that we see out there that has really long roots.	01:46:52
	And it has trumpet like looking flowers. Is that a trumpet vine perhaps there is a beach morning glory out there that you may be	01:47:00
	thinking of. Pink flower, I think so, yeah. So the prominent plants out there are the primrose, the morning glory, the San Rubina,	01:47:08
	which is most of it's red out there, but some of it is yellow. And the beach Burr, which is a really important plant, although if	01:47:15
	you're wearing flip flops when it's going.	01:47:22
	Seed, you'll curse at it. Yeah. And then and then I noticed on those dune areas too, there are a couple.	01:47:30
	I don't want to say trees, but they're bushes that are non-native and got there somehow. Would you be removing those? Right. So	01:47:37
	what are the bigger ones was removed earlier by the city. There is a one at the very Far East side that we will be removing. We're	01:47:45
	just going to use loppers and persistence over several years with I think we'll probably take care of it.	01:47:54
	I'm hoping that if the the golden wattle, which is the one that the city removed earlier and then also removed one a couple years	01:48:04
	ago.	01:48:07
	If those are popping up, you know, possibly we could engage the city again to help out. They grow very fast and provide shelter	01:48:11
	for people who probably shouldn't be doing whatever they're doing out there. Correct. And then last question. So the little brown	01:48:17
	lines, and I think I saw this at the Ventura Point, that's like a fence structure that kind of holds the sand. And So what you're	01:48:24
	trying to do is, is.	01:48:30
	Widen the the dune, so to speak, right?	01:48:38
	So if you walk out there again, the east and the West points, we're not going any farther out than the farthest point there, but	01:48:40
	we want to fill in. So if you go out there, there's sort of coves which is just sand and we would like to use the sand fencing to	01:48:46
	trap the sand with the prevailing wind. So mostly westerly winds that are coming through and it just helps collect it is what the	01:48:52
	plants do naturally.	01:48:59
	But the the fencing just helps speed that process up.	01:49:05
	Thank you. You're welcome.	01:49:10
	Any other questions for Joan? I have a couple of quick questions. Thank you, Joan and Carla and Surfrider Foundation for bringing	01:49:12
	this project forward. It's very exciting to see that we're looking at alternative methods for protecting our coastline. I wanted	01:49:19
	maybe this question is for a city attorney, city manager. Are we going to need any kind of formal agreement between the city and	01:49:27
	Surfrider before we move forward on this?	01:49:34
	Yeah. And that's the one point I was going to make after comments was that I do anticipate that we there, there's still, still	01:49:41
	some steps including going through the Coastal Commission. So we will bring an item back at some point in the future with all of	01:49:48
	the detail.	01:49:54
	This was intended to get that feedback to move forward, but it's not. We don't have an agreement or anything like that at this	01:50:03
	point.	01:50:06
	So that would be prepared and would come back with that note. I wanted to note that we had identified 3 concerns, two of which	01:50:10
	we've already worked through with Coastal or Surfriders. But we just wanted to sort of identify the things that, that we noted and	01:50:18
	that we wanted to make sure that the council was aware that we addressed. And one was the request for access for both the public,	01:50:25
	but also for for maintenance purposes, which is reflected on this map.	01:50:33
	That Surf Riders is accommodating second, and we noted this in the staff report was in that agreement. We want to note that.	01:50:41
	The city in its various master plans, has identified the need for more amenities in that area particular. Potentially Lot C could	01:50:52
	end up having more amenities and things like that. So we want to make sure that it's understood that.	01:51:01
	That this project wouldn't prevent any of those future improvements and we just want to make sure that that's clear. And then a	01:51:10
	Third Point was during that process, my recommendation and suggestion would be I think as part of it, we would partner with surf	01:51:17
	riders to do some educational information for the neighbors so that they understand that this isn't, I think to Jones very simple	01:51:24
	explanation is this isn't planning to be built, you know, up.	01:51:31
	And it's not intended block reviews. So I think that would be a third thing we'd look to do. So that's all stuff we can do.	01:51:39
	When we formalize and get the approval from Coastal Commission and we could make those.	01:51:46
	Either clearing the agreement or we can do some of that outreach.	01:51:53
	OK. Thank you very much. And one last question is, is there a time frame that you have to do this work?	01:51:56
	Like summer months, would you?	01:52:06
	Avoid the summer months and do it during the winter months. Is there are you do you have a preferred time frame that you would	01:52:08
	want to do this? We are looking at doing it year round. The the seating is usually best done in the fall.	01:52:15
	We are.	01:52:24
	Anticipating, I mean, I don't know that there'll be any restrictions from the Coastal Commission. So it's a little dependent on	01:52:27
	that if there are any, any concerns about about timing out there. OK, great. Thank you. That's all I have.	01:52:34
	Any further questions?	01:52:43
	Madam Clerk, are there any public comments? We have two written public comments.	01:52:44
	Can ask just one quick question, of course. On the report, it said that the goal is to restore 2 1/2 acres. Is is that 2 1/2	01:52:50
	acres? What's inside those blue lines?	01:52:55
	Just wanted to double check. Thank you.	01:53:02
	Dear Honourable Members of the Port Hueneme City Council, I am writing to express my enthusiastic support for the Surfrider	01:53:06
	Foundation's dune restoration.	01:53:10
	And maintenance proposal. This initiative represents an opportunity to enhance our city's natural beauty while addressing critical	01:53:15
	environmental and coastal challenges.	01:53:20
	If any of you have been to Surfers Point in Ventura, you undoubtedly have seen the result of Surfrider Foundation successful dune	01:53:25
	restoration project there and appreciated the area's transformation.	01:53:30
	Dude and Restoration serves as a vital coastal buffer zone that protects our community from the impacts of rising sea levels.	01:53:37
	And storm surges. By implementing the proposal, Port Hueneme can significantly bolster its coastal resilience, ensuring that our	01:53:43
	beaches and infrastructure remain safeguarded against future environmental changes.	01:53:50
	This is not only a practical solution, but one that aligns with the city's commitment to sustainability and forward thinking	01:53:57
	stewardship. Additionally, the project promises to provide an aesthetically pleasing enhancement to our shoreline. Restored,	01:54:04
	excuse me, restored dunes with native vegetation and well maintained pathways contribute to the beautification of our coast,	01:54:12
	making it more inviting for our residents and visitors alike. A vibrant and visually appealing beach is a vital asset to our city.	01:54:19
	Benefiting both community pride and local tourism. Equally important, this proposal will provide natural habitat and protection	01:54:26
	for the endangered snowy plover. By prioritizing these efforts, Port Hueneme can demonstrate leadership in biodiversity	01:54:32
	conservation, offering a safe haven for these species and other wildlife dependent on coastal ecosystems. Protecting these dudes	01:54:38
	means preserving the delicate balance of nature that makes our coastline unique. The Surfrider Foundation's approach to June	01:54:44
	restoration.	01:54:50
	Ecological science and community engagement, ensuring that this project is both effective and inclusive. By supporting this	01:54:57
	initiative, the City will send a powerful message about the value it places on preserving its natural resources for future	01:55:02
	generations.	01:55:07
	I urge the Council to approve and champion this proposal. It offers a comprehensive solution that merges environmental	01:55:13
	responsibility with practical benefits for our community. Thank you for your time, attention, and dedicating and dedication to	01:55:19
	making Port Hueneme a model of sustainability and coastal stewardship. Respectfully, Christina Suco, Fort Winnie resident.	01:55:26
	Dear Honorable members of the Port Wanami City Council, on behalf of Ventura Audubon Society, I express strong support for the	01:55:36
	Surfrider Foundation student restoration.	01:55:41
	And maintenance proposal for waiting a beach park. With over 30 years of experience protecting dune wildlife at Ormond Beach,	01:55:46
	Ventura Autobahn recognizes the critical role of restoring coastal dunes to safeguard biodiversity and enhance resilience against	01:55:52
	sea level rise and flooding. This project will restore the dune area near beach parking Lot C, improving native habitat and	01:55:58
	strengthening coastal protection.	01:56:04
	Key benefits include removing invasive plants, expanding native vegetation, and utilizing existing native plants as seed sources.	01:56:11
	Whiter Dunes will help protect inland areas by mitigating flooding and storm surges. Additionally, the project will enhance	01:56:19
	visitor experience through designated trails and educational signage that will reduce trampoline and raise awareness of dune	01:56:26
	ecosystems. Importantly, it emphasizes community engagement by involving volunteers and restoring 2.5 acres of dune habitat,	01:56:34
	promoting biodiversity, and fostering shared stewardship of coastal resources. This collaborative effort.	01:56:41
	Biodiversity and foster shared stewardship of coastal resources. By supporting this initiative, the City of Port Hueneme will show	01:56:49
	commitment to preserving its natural coastline, enhancing coastal resilience, and engaging the community in meaning meaningful	01:56:55
	conservation. Ventura Autobahn commenced Surfriders leadership and looks forward to this project success. Thank you for	01:57:01
	considering this proposal sincerely, Cynthia Hartley.	01:57:07
	And that concludes public comment.	01:57:15
	Thank you.	01:57:16
	The recommendation is to receive information on proposed dune restoration plan and maintenance plan for widening Beach Park by the	01:57:18
	Ventura Surfrider Foundation and provide direction to staff on whether to proceed with preparing a local development plan for	01:57:24
	review and approval by the California Coastal Commission. May I have a motion and a second?	01:57:30
	I'll move to receive the report and then I guess we'll down the road we'll have another agenda item to follow up on this. Is that	01:57:38
	how it's going to work? Yes. So it can be a motion to proceed with preparing the local development plan with the request to bring	01:57:45
	it back to council with with those items we discussed. So moved city clerk, did you get that?	01:57:52
	Can I have a second?	01:58:00
	A second.	01:58:02
	Any further discussion on this item?	01:58:04
	I just, if I could, I just, I want to again thank Surf Writer Foundation and Joan and Carla for being here tonight. You know,	01:58:06
	there's billions of dollars available for climate change type of activities coming down the Pike. And, and this is just one thing	01:58:12
	that we can do to reinforce our coastline. And I hope that later down the road we can have some discussions on other ways that we	01:58:19
	can.	01:58:25
	Further protect and mitigate against coastal erosion, so.	01:58:33
	Thank you so much for for this introducing this project. Really appreciate it.	01:58:37
	Thank you, Madam Clerk.	01:58:42
	All in favor, aye. All opposed Hearing none. Motion passes unanimously. Thank you.	01:58:45
	Moving to the next item is to authorize the issuance of a request for for proposals to conduct water, wastewater and solid waste	01:58:53
	rate studies.	01:58:57
	Thank you.	01:59:03
	It's never fun to talk about.	01:59:06
	Doing our analysis of our rates because typically rates don't go down, they typically increase. And so we're always sensitive to	01:59:10
	that. And we, we have really tried hard to keep our wastewater, solid waste and water utility rates competitive and low, but at	01:59:18
	the same time.	01:59:26
	We are not immune to the cost increases that everybody sees across the board now and those cost increases impact.	01:59:35
	The services that we're trying to provide as well. And so it is prudent about every three to five years, each city typically	01:59:45
	should do a rate study. And the first step is the rate study itself to determine whether the rates need to be adjusted.	01:59:54
	We have done a rate study five years ago for water, the water utility in 2019, but the wastewater and the solid waste rate studies	02:00:05
	were last completed in 2915 years ago. It doesn't doesn't feel like 15 years ago, but but it is and they're just way overdue. At	02:00:15
	some point we we should be looking at those every like I said, three to five years and 15 years is way too long.	02:00:25
	In the staff report, we note the the fund balances of each of those utilities. And no surprise, the water fund has, you know, some	02:00:35
	reserves, the other two that haven't been adjusted for 15 years are starting to run out of reserves and run out of a fund balance.	02:00:42
	So, so it's part of just the doing our due diligence and doing what's prudent to make sure that we can provide these utilities to	02:00:49
	our residents.	02:00:56
	And provide the the.	02:01:04
	The best and safe wastewater, solid waste and water utilities is making sure that we're analyzing those rates and making sure that	02:01:07
	they're appropriate into the future. So we would anticipate, and it's fairly typical in most cities, you do a analysis every five	02:01:14
	years. And if the rates are good, you don't need to adjust them, but you at least do that analysis every five years to make sure	02:01:22
	you're watching it. And we do anticipate trying to get on to that.	02:01:29
	Five year cycle into the future, step one is starting with putting out an RFP to get a expert in the field to analyze our rates	02:01:37
	and and give us a report on an analysis on those rates that we bring back to council. So by approving.	02:01:47
	Authorizing staff to move forward with that process, it doesn't mean that we are starting a rate increase process. It's simply	02:01:58
	approving getting the expert contracted to analyze those rates and we'll bring that recommendation back with with the	02:02:06
	recommendation at that time of weather to start a rate increase process. So, so we recommend doing that at this time.	02:02:15
	And we would again return.	02:02:24
	At a future City Council meeting, I would anticipate, I think the the report that we put together noted that we expect the RFP to	02:02:27
	be complete.	02:02:33
	To have responses to the RFP by January 15th. And so we'd expect the analysis to take a couple months. So we'd probably return	02:02:41
	with that analysis to council probably March or April of 2025. So, so that would be the the timeline that we'd be moving forward	02:02:50
	and we recommend that council authorize us to move forward with that process. Thank you, Mr. city manager.	02:02:58
	Does Council have any questions? Yes.	02:03:07
	So we're talking about the Enterprise funds, right? Solid waste and water wastewater, yes. And the Enterprise are utilities, Yeah.	02:03:11
	Water, wastewater, solid waste.	02:03:17
	And.	02:03:22
	If you were to show a fund balance graph for the last.	02:03:25
	15 years.	02:03:31
	Be declining, it would be declining and the wastewater and solid waste utilities are both down to less than $2,000,000 in	02:03:33
	reserves, which you know $2,000,000 may sound like a lot of money, but in this scale with the utilities that could be, you know,	02:03:40
	one major.	02:03:46
	Piece of equipment failing, you know, could could essentially and the reason why I bring it up, I think it would be a really good	02:03:54
	visual for our residents to see. 15 years is a long time.	02:03:59
	And during those 15 years, if we could show the corresponding fund balance decline, I think it would just be very helpful in	02:04:04
	helping our residents understand the importance of doing this and maintaining our our fund balances so that we could proceed with	02:04:12
	the preventive maintenance and all those other things that are necessary to keep it safe and vibrant. We can bring that back.	02:04:20
	With the analysis, that's a good point, Council member Gama also adding.	02:04:29
	Comparisons as to.	02:04:35
	What happens if this breaks? You know what the what the cost of fixing a major?	02:04:37
	You know, breakage or something would be good to show why we need to keep our fund balance healthy. Yeah, exactly. Any other	02:04:43
	questions?	02:04:46
	OK, so the recommendation is to, oh, wait, are there any public comments? No public comments.	02:04:53
	The recommendation is to authorize staff to issue a request for proposals or an RFP to conduct water, wastewater and solid waste	02:04:59
	rate studies to analyze.	02:05:03
	My tongue is tied right now the rates associated with each city utility and provide recommendations regarding rates for future	02:05:09
	City Council consideration. May I have a motion and a second?	02:05:13
	2nd.	02:05:21
	All in favor, all opposed hearing none. Motion passes unanimously.	02:05:23
	Thank you. We will now move on to City Manager comments and reports.	02:05:30
	Thank you. I have a couple of quick items. One.	02:05:36
	Is yeah, just we just wanted to to give a shout out to the police Explorers, the Police Department and the Port of Waimea who	02:05:45
	partnered with us this year on the annual Thanksgiving Turkey dinner giveaway, which took place last Monday, November 25th. We did	02:05:52
	it at a parking lot B at the beach this year.	02:05:59
	Because of the construction going on at Bubbling Springs. But I'm think, I'm guessing, well, I don't, we haven't decided exactly	02:06:07
	where we're going to do it next year, but I have a feeling that people tend to people liked the doing it at Bubbling Springs. So	02:06:13
	we'll see if we go, if we move back. But it was a different layout this year, a little bit different feel, but we were able to get	02:06:20
	out over our 200 Turkey dinners to those in need.	02:06:26
	And there were.	02:06:33
	A lot of positive interactions with the community and.	02:06:37
	Just again, we want to thank the Explorers, the port and the Police Department, amongst others who donated to to make it happen	02:06:43
	this year. So, Mr. City Manager, can I throw in Luhan Transportation for providing the transportation for the truck, refrigeration	02:06:49
	truck and wheelhouse and HPC for also contributing. Thank you. Yeah. And it's a it's a major effort. We have to bring a	02:06:55
	refrigerated truck out to keep all the food.	02:07:01
	Safe and.	02:07:08
	Refrigerated SO.	02:07:12
	So that was a good event. And then we have two more coming up and 1:00 tomorrow. The holiday tree lighting celebration is tomorrow	02:07:14
	at City Hall. Festivities start at 5:30 with the tree lighting starting at 6:00 PM. And we plan to have the snow sledding, arts	02:07:22
	and crafts, the letter writing station and photos. So the one thing last year is we had a really good turn out, but parking is	02:07:29
	limited. So we're reminding people.	02:07:36
	To plan ahead for that because we had a full parking lot and lying down the street last year. So it's it's a popular event.	02:07:44
	And then we've given this reminder the last couple meetings, so I won't belabor it, but our senior holiday luncheon is on December	02:07:55
	10th at from 11:30 AM to 1:30 PM at the Carpenter Center Community Center. We, I last I checked, which was Wednesday, we were down	02:08:01
	to two tickets left. So they may be sold out at this point. But if not and you haven't gotten your tickets, call recreation	02:08:08
	tomorrow first thing.	02:08:15
	And then just two other quick items we were going to just.	02:08:23
	Mentioned the storms and that we've made sandbags available this year and some people are taking advantage of that but then the	02:08:28
	weather forecast that came out this week shows that it's going to be 80° and sunny so so maybe not relevant this week but in a	02:08:34
	couple weeks and and you know take time to get prepared and then the latest that we wanted to highlight is the mural at the	02:08:40
	library is.	02:08:46
	Proceeding quickly, it went from a stencil outline of one element on.	02:08:54
	Wednesday when we went by to today, it's looking.	02:09:00
	Almost completely done and we expect it to be done. I think it's supposed to be done this week. So yeah, 95%. So they moved	02:09:06
	quicker than I expected. And so it's they're out there now or not right this minute, but they've been out there in recent days out	02:09:13
	working. And so tomorrow might be your last chance to walk by and see it in action. But we'll we'll be working with the library	02:09:20
	and the the team to to.	02:09:27
	Show it off once it's complete and to plan a grand opening soon when the when the library is ready to open as well so.	02:09:35
	So and then I did want to note just kind of late breaking news, so it's not in the presentation, but we did get an update on the	02:09:46
	dredge project just right before this council meeting that it had gone to bid. And so that was like the last big obstacle was that	02:09:53
	the the project going out to bid to get a contractor to do the dredge. And we did get word that the they did have a responsive bid	02:10:00
	that that they expect to move.	02:10:08
	So, so that should be on the list of potential snafus or holdups. That was the last one. We were really keeping our fingers	02:10:15
	crossed that would go smoothly. So it looks like it did and we should be moving forward. They had estimated that if everything	02:10:22
	moved forward well now that the dredge could potentially start towards the end of this month. So it looks like we're kind of on	02:10:28
	that path, so.	02:10:35
	And then we'll we'll provide more information as we get it 'cause I think with that bid coming in, we're going to, I think a lot	02:10:42
	of the details are going to be firm up in the next couple weeks. So.	02:10:47
	And then last so December 16th, we just wanted to.	02:10:53
	Review that agenda. We have the council reorganization, the oath of office for incoming council members in the election of the	02:10:57
	mayor and mayor Pro Tem positions. So that will take some time up front. It will be our last. We'll start the council meeting with	02:11:04
	the last meeting of this group of five council members and then we'll transition into the meeting where we have our incoming	02:11:11
	council member.	02:11:18
	So, so it'll be our last meeting with with this group.	02:11:25
	And so.	02:11:30
	Yeah. So we'll we'll celebrate that and and do some some recognition related to that. So that'll be a big part of the meeting. We	02:11:32
	did have a couple of public hearings, community development ordinances along the lines of the ones we brought to council recently.	02:11:39
	Those are coming and we've already issued with the new requirements. We had issue public hearing notices for those well in	02:11:46
	advance. So those are going to be coming. And then probably the big.	02:11:54
	Item is going to be the special use permit for the 25th Anniversary Alaska Flight 261 Memorial.	02:12:01
	This year is the 25th anniversary of the Alaska Airlines.	02:12:12
	Flight and we talked with the event organizers and we expect this year to be a bigger event because of that 25th anniversary. So	02:12:18
	we'll be presenting the the special use permit and walking everybody through that and then we have one those that's.	02:12:27
	Probably going to be a pretty full agenda. We also are planning to do the item requested by council that was kind of the overview	02:12:39
	of the city and port agreements. And so that is also currently scheduled. So although it looks like there's only one business item	02:12:45
	that's that's a pretty full agenda. Yeah, between all of those items. So, so that's the plan for December 16th and that's	02:12:51
	everything I have.	02:12:57
	Does anyone have any questions or comments for City Manager Vega?	02:13:04
	OK, so moving on to council members reports and comments.	02:13:08
	Councilmember Martinez.	02:13:12
	Thank you, Mayor Press.	02:13:14
	For Reach we have a meeting this week on Thursday so got a lot to discuss and sister city meeting this week also.	02:13:16
	We're super close to getting our bank account for the sister cities. Who would have guessed that our last Rd. hump was the city?	02:13:27
	We, we need a, we need to get a, a business license from the city of Waimee, but they're asking for a paper that I guess we don't,	02:13:36
	we didn't have so.	02:13:42
	I didn't want to bother Joan during the holidays, she's been doing a great job and hopefully we can get that squared away this	02:13:49
	week and maybe we can start 2025 with the bank account.	02:13:55
	That's all. Thank you.	02:14:03
	Yeah, two weeks ago I think Beacon meeting was cancelled because we didn't have a forum and it's been rescheduled. I believe it's	02:14:05
	this Friday, perhaps next Friday. My attended the Ventura County Animal Services meeting, which was long overdue. We've had a lot	02:14:11
	of.	02:14:17
	Of uh.	02:14:25
	Stuff going on and meetings have been cancelled, so it's really nice to have a meeting and at the meeting we we met the new	02:14:27
	director, Esteban Rodriguez I.	02:14:32
	He is super impressive and I think he's gonna do really well with Ventura, Ventura County Animal Services. So I'm really excited	02:14:39
	to get to know him. I made an offer to to bring him out to the city when we could arrange it and give him a tour, introduce him to	02:14:46
	our stakeholders, support the Navy Silver Strand. Because you know, it's kind of like a tricky area if if you're not from the area	02:14:53
	to understand.	02:15:00
	The different communities that are over here at the beach area.	02:15:08
	Really looking forward to tomorrow night that the tree lighting ceremony. It's always a fun feeling. Like city manager said, come	02:15:14
	early, walk if you can and always reflect yourself. Be visible, be safe. Appreciate the posters that are out on the bus stops.	02:15:23
	Every Sunday I start my Sunday with Sunday morning by CBS and this Yesterday I had a.	02:15:33
	Story about a man named Emmett Till and Willie Reed and if you don't know the story, it's.	02:15:41
	It's quite shocking and amazing. And what's shocking to me is that this story happened in 1955 and I was born in 1963 and man, I	02:15:50
	just could not imagine our world with so much hate in it. And it's a story of courage, of doing the right thing, knowing that it	02:15:57
	would be difficult. But if you don't know that story.	02:16:04
	There's a book that's just been written by a man named Wright Thompson, and it's called The Barn and.	02:16:13
	Hopefully I've got your interest up to research it and and learn about it the barn and learn about what hate looks like and vow to	02:16:21
	never ever tolerate hate in today's world. Thank you.	02:16:29
	Hernandez, thank you, Mayor Perez.	02:16:38
	I have a SKAG mini coming up this Thursday. I sit on two committees, the Transport, Transportation and Regional Policy meeting. So	02:16:41
	I'll be reporting back on that on our December 16th meeting and sharing information from those two meetings. There's a lot going	02:16:50
	on at SKAG, including the legislative in the Legislative Communications and Membership Committee. I have two.	02:16:59
	PowerPoint presentations that I'd like to forward to the City Clerk to share with the rest of the City Council.	02:17:09
	Umm, one report includes outcomes and impacts of the 2024 elections and what we're looking at in 2025. Another one has to do with	02:17:17
	a grants and anticipated changes in our budget based on the the changes at the federal level. I think these two presentations are	02:17:26
	of interest not only to our legislative analyst.	02:17:35
	Here with the city, but also members of this council in terms of what we might expect in 2025. So I'll forward those to Georgiana	02:17:45
	so those can be shared.	02:17:51
	Those were two excellent presentations. So those I hope that you'll take advantage of that. I we'll have a mural meeting this week	02:17:59
	to wrap up some last minute details. So Councilman Martinez and I will be participating in that as your representatives.	02:18:06
	Unfortunately, I won't be at the tree lighting ceremony. I'm on care taking duty with my mom this week.	02:18:13
	And so won't be there, but I know that they all have a good time and it'll be a lovely evening for our residents. I also had the	02:18:21
	opportunity to attend Mariachi Girl. It was a play put on by Miguel Orozco. It was held at the Oxnard Auditorium, Oxnard College	02:18:31
	Auditorium, and there were a lot of people there. Councilman Martinez was there and there are some ideas about bringing this same.	02:18:41
	Production here in Waimea. And so Councilman Martinez, I'll be talking to you about that soon.	02:18:51
	I also wanted to just take a few moments to talk about the, the public comments that we heard tonight. And I don't wish that upon	02:18:59
	anyone of this anyone on this council. But you know, believe it or not, I, I in a way, felt somewhat relieved that.	02:19:08
	The idea of an investigation was requested.	02:19:18
	Because I feel that it would finally put some of these questions, some of these accusations, some of these rumors that are being	02:19:22
	spread around to to rest.	02:19:28
	But.	02:19:35
	My consideration that I could have brought these things up a long time ago. Some of these things have already been addressed.	02:19:37
	I've been the subject of numerous public records requests. Some of those have not had. None of them have panned out.	02:19:43
	And I wouldn't wish that on anybody either. But.	02:19:55
	My concern is what that will do here to our city, what it will do to our City Council because.	02:19:58
	If we do an investigation, it's not only going to be costly, but it's going to open the door to.	02:20:05
	Your emails are going to be requested, your emails are going to be questioned people's it's going to cause a lot of work on our on	02:20:12
	the part of our staff and and for what reason for what reason would we would we want to do this? So I.	02:20:20
	I don't know if that's something that's going to be requested today or maybe on a future agenda, but I just wanted to share my	02:20:29
	feelings that if an investigation what this council wants I.	02:20:35
	We need to be prepared for what that's going to bring and and I would hope that if we do do it, that it's it's going to bring out	02:20:42
	the truth. So.	02:20:48
	Those are my comments, thank you.	02:20:54
	Mayor Pro Tem.	02:20:56
	I don't know what it is with that. Yeah. So got an opportunity to attend the Javier Nino Art Gallery presentation. It was	02:21:03
	wonderful. Thank you for and Sister City for hosting that. It was really wonderful. I am back to my meeting starting tonight. I	02:21:10
	feel like I've been on hiatus for a couple of weeks since our last meeting, but I I do have meetings Wednesday, Thursday and	02:21:18
	Friday of this week.	02:21:25
	And then I will be at the tree lighting tomorrow night, but I will be out of state on vacation beginning the 9th of December	02:21:34
	through the 15th. I'll be back for council meeting on the 16th.	02:21:41
	I did want to share on the agenda from Wednesday, but I'm going to share it with you anyway.	02:21:48
	The 9th Holiday Bus and Oxnard Downtown Christmas Parade is coming up. So the holiday bus is a gingerbread themed wrapped GCTV	02:21:55
	bus. It's going to be unveiled Wednesday and that bus during the through the end of December.	02:22:05
	And you can check online where the bus route what bus route it will be on. You can ride that bus for free.	02:22:17
	So from it starts December, I believe it's December 8th through the end of the year. So look for the Gingerbread bus and I ride it	02:22:23
	for free if you want to go somewhere on that route. And then I just want to announce that the executive director, the manager of	02:22:31
	the GCTD.	02:22:39
	Receive the 2024 Small Business Operations Award.	02:22:49
	For transit, and so that's Miss Vanessa Rosenberger. So she received the Transit Professional of the Year award and so nice to	02:22:56
	hear about that. I'll be able to congratulate her again at Wednesday's meeting. But that's that's all that I have. Is that a state	02:23:03
	or county or?	02:23:10
	No, this is regional. Yeah, it's that California. Oh yeah, very good.	02:23:18
	I have a SCAG meeting on Thursday, I sit on the Community Economic and Human Development Committee for SCAG, and I have an EDC	02:23:25
	Economic Development Collaborative Executive Committee meeting on Wednesday. So I have nothing to report out for my committees	02:23:31
	moving on to request for future agenda items.	02:23:36
	So I, I think I've already asked for both of them, but my, my memory is fuzzy. It's, you know, it's technically it's my last full	02:23:44
	meeting. So I just, I just wanted to see if I can get some council support.	02:23:50
	One of them is to allow Reach to continue to use the storage room at Miranda Park and and for Reach to continue to work with Parks	02:23:58
	and Recs. I don't believe we take up a lot of city time, but.	02:24:03
	Every once in a while, we just, you know, to set up the event and hopefully we can continue the relationship between reaching the	02:24:10
	city. So that's that's my first one. Let's deal with that one. Was that even did that even need a request the first time you did	02:24:15
	it?	02:24:19
	Did we even approve that? I don't. That might have been just the manager.	02:24:25
	For my time, but I think the.	02:24:29
	My understanding is it's. I think the reason for the request now is that with the kind of shift to.	02:24:33
	We've kind of separated a bit the city from reach that now it probably should be something we formally do because it's, you know,	02:24:42
	it's not yeah to keep it clean. So so that would be the logic I think, yeah. And we we reach can come back at a future meeting.	02:24:50
	But basically I think the the main items are to continue to use the.	02:24:59
	The storage room at Miranda Park, which we've been using for the last couple years, mostly I've been using it for the events that	02:25:07
	we've been doing the sporting events. I don't think we take up a lot of space, but I think it's good to know that we would we	02:25:14
	would like to continue using it. Do we have a second to support that request for agenda and before I finish and also I think I	02:25:21
	already mentioned it too for reach to move forward with staff and work with staff and and develop a plan for.	02:25:28
	Painting the electrical boxes around the city.	02:25:37
	So that's that's the other part.	02:25:41
	Continue to work.	02:25:43
	If you need me to clear it up, I can clear it up.	02:25:46
	You want a future agenda item to approve? Or do you want to approve that request that you're asking for?	02:25:53
	Yeah, to allow us to use the the storage room and then also to continue to work with staff. So hopefully we can move forward with	02:26:00
	painting the electrical boxes and and other events in the city a second that motion.	02:26:06
	Madam Clerk.	02:26:13
	You had to go to discussion after a motion, right?	02:26:17
	There's typically no discussion on the request for agenda item.	02:26:20
	There's discussion after a motion, but because the future agenda is this kind of weird hybrid process that doesn't really exist, I	02:26:27
	get that, but I don't know that I understand.	02:26:33
	I don't understand the motion that's I just want to understand it because he asked for us to do something.	02:26:42
	And I think it's the request, well, the Chris is under future agenda items. My how I would implement that is it would be bringing	02:26:48
	those two items back to council. That's what I was trying to get. Pretty much, yes. I'm not, I'm not saying to approve it right	02:26:52
	now.	02:26:57
	Request.	02:27:04
	Is so I heard too. I heard reach to use storage at Miranda or like to continue to have storage at Miranda Park. And 2nd is reach	02:27:05
	proposal to paint the electrical or utility boxes in the city. So I had to Was there a 30 Yes Recreation Center?	02:27:14
	And to continue to work with the city three, I mean, I think you need to work with the city.	02:27:26
	Continue to work with the city, maybe a little bit broad. So maybe at each time you want to work with the city, you come back to	02:27:33
	council. That could be fine too. I'm willing to take recommendations, authorization to for reach to coordinate with the recreation	02:27:40
	department. Is that kind of work all right, so I think.	02:27:46
	Those would be the three and they'd have to come back to council. You want to do each agenda request individually or?	02:27:54
	Georgina, yes. OK. So the first one, which is the use of the storage and you have a second already, so let's vote on that. And the	02:28:03
	second was by Galmark Councilmember Goma.	02:28:08
	All in favor, Aye. All opposed hearing none. Motion passes unanimously. And now your next one is the paint, the electrical boxes.	02:28:16
	We have a second. You have to work with the city to develop a plan to move forward to to get that going. Yeah. And that would be	02:28:22
	not rec and parks probably would be.	02:28:28
	Facilities or public works, so just city in general. OK. And do I have a second for that?	02:28:34
	Second, OK, all in favor aye, all opposed hearing none motion passes unanimously. And then in terms of working with the city, I	02:28:42
	think we're going to keep working. So I don't I don't think we need like a motion for that or OK.	02:28:48
	Yeah, I think the idea when council approved that kind of split of reach was that we would still work together. But if there were	02:28:56
	specific requests from the city, then those would come to the council. So I think if that works, that's how we'll proceed with it.	02:29:03
	And then I hope Council doesn't mind that. I mean, I'm taking advantage of my last opportunity. I.	02:29:12
	I think, I think I already brought this one up too, but I just, I just again, I just, I can't remember if not, but basically for	02:29:20
	Sister City to hold their first fundraiser at the Community Center and waive the fees sometime early next year. We're very	02:29:25
	flexible with the city's.	02:29:31
	We're extremely flexible. You know, we just want to be able to host an event where we do our first fundraiser after we get our	02:29:38
	bank account, of course, and the request is for a future item that the council would then be able to review and approve. Of	02:29:44
	course, you have a second.	02:29:49
	2nd.	02:29:57
	Yes.	02:29:59
	He's doing a gender request.	02:30:01
	I seconded. OK, all in favor, aye, all opposed hearing none. Motion passes unanimously and that's my last request.	02:30:04
	Councilmember Gama, do you have any future agenda quests?	02:30:14
	Councilmember Hernandez, I just wanted to make sure that we will be following up on the homeless.	02:30:17
	Grants Pass that that's. I don't know if we need a request for that, but.	02:30:24
	We would plan to bring an item back once we get the clarity from the especially the county wide attorneys group. So, so we'll	02:30:30
	proceed with that. We're in the process of drafting.	02:30:37
	And then we're just running those by our county partners to make sure that we're all heading in the same direction. And once those	02:30:44
	are finalized, we'll bring those back for your consideration. OK, great. Thank you. Mayor Pro Tem, do you have is there anything	02:30:50
	further? That's it. Thank you.	02:30:55
	Do you have anything?	02:31:02
	I think so.	02:31:08
	Maybe.	02:31:09
	You just mentioned ordinance, so it just reminded me.	02:31:12
	I'd like to possibly.	02:31:18
	Review ordinances that we are not.	02:31:22
	Currently.	02:31:26
	Enforcing.	02:31:29
	2nd.	02:31:35
	All in favor, aye?	02:31:39
	All opposed hearing none. Motion passes unanimously.	02:31:41
	I'll just note that as I'm thinking that through maybe more complicated than we think, but what we can do is we can maybe start	02:31:46
	with like a preliminary list and then it might be a couple of conversations.	02:31:51
	What I'm getting at there's.	02:31:58
	Even during my time.	02:32:00
	Created in ordinances I don't even know.	02:32:03
	Yeah, OK, got it.	02:32:07
	OK.	02:32:09
	So nothing further from this Council.	02:32:10
	And I'm going to adjourn this meeting, the time being 9:00 PM.	02:32:13