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| Good evening and welcome to the closed session portion of the City Council meeting. I am calling this meeting to order. The time | 00:01:16 | |
| is now 631. | 00:01:20 | |
| Madam Clerk, roll call, please. | 00:01:24 | |
| I'm sorry, 531. | 00:01:26 | |
| Councilmember. | 00:01:28 | |
| Here, Councilmember Hernandez. | 00:01:29 | |
| Here, Councilmember Perez here, Mayor Pro Tem Lopez here and Mayor McQueen Legend here. | 00:01:32 | |
| Thank you. We will now hear public comments. Comments are limited to 3 minutes. | 00:01:39 | |
| And Madam Clerk, does anyone have? | 00:01:44 | |
| Public comments. | 00:01:47 | |
| No public comments for closed session. | 00:01:48 | |
| Great. Thank you. | 00:01:50 | |
| City Attorney. | 00:01:55 | |
| Can you please read the closed session items into the record? | 00:01:57 | |
| Thank you mayor and council members. | 00:02:00 | |
| There are 4 closed session items this evening. The first one is conference with real property negotiators pursuant to Government | 00:02:03 | |
| Code 54956.8. | 00:02:07 | |
| The property location and the negotiating parties are set forth on the agenda. | 00:02:11 | |
| Items BC and D are all conference with labor negotiators pursuant to Government Code 54957.6. | 00:02:15 | |
| The agency, designated representatives and the employee associations are also fully set forth on the agenda to the extent there's | 00:02:22 | |
| any reportable action. | 00:02:26 | |
| We would report it either the conclusion of the closed session or the commencement of the regular 6:30 session. | 00:02:31 | |
| Quick question. I think we're going to have a council member who. | 00:02:36 | |
| Is going to not participate is at ANC. | 00:02:41 | |
| Yeah, I have a conflict of interest as to item D as my husband is a member of the police officers. | 00:02:44 | |
| Association and it's due to potential financial gain and I have a Levine Act disclosure as SEIU contributed more than $250 to my | 00:02:52 | |
| campaign. | 00:02:57 | |
| And I would do would like to do a motion to request we move. | 00:03:02 | |
| Whatever is convenient. | 00:03:07 | |
| Be up with D or. | 00:03:09 | |
| Yes, second. | 00:03:14 | |
| That would be appropriate, whichever you'd like to do. Yes, I think that's acceptable. | 00:03:16 | |
| Have a first and 2nd Madam Clerk roll call please. | 00:03:20 | |
| Can you just confirm the order for me? OK, so let's let's let's say city manager or do we have anyone dialing in? | 00:03:25 | |
| That we'll have to coordinate with no, So we should be able to do ANC. | 00:03:32 | |
| 1st and then B&D subsequent. | 00:03:36 | |
| OK. So let's go ahead and make the motion for ANC, please. OK, so motion. | 00:03:39 | |
| Move ANC first. | 00:03:44 | |
| 2nd. | 00:03:46 | |
| Madam, All in favor, aye. | 00:03:48 | |
| All opposed. | 00:03:50 | |
| Hearing none, motion passes unanimously. | 00:03:51 | |
| So let me just ask this, just so I ask it on the agenda. Are there any other conflicts of interest? | 00:03:54 | |
| No. OK, great. Then we'll recess into closed session. The time is now. | 00:04:00 | |
| 534. | 00:04:05 | |
| Forgot my watch today. | 00:04:09 | |
| Yes. | 00:04:11 | |
| Welcome to the City Council regular meeting. I'm calling this meeting to order. The time is now 634. Please stand and join me for | 01:04:08 | |
| the flax salute. | 01:04:12 | |
| Ready. Begin. | 01:04:21 | |
| I pledge allegiance. | 01:04:23 | |
| To the flag of the United States of America. | 01:04:24 | |
| And to the Republic for which it stands. | 01:04:27 | |
| One nation under God. | 01:04:30 | |
| Indivisible liberty and justice for all. | 01:04:32 | |
| Thank you. | 01:04:38 | |
| Madam Clerk, roll call, please. Councilmember Gama here. Councilmember Hernandez. | 01:04:39 | |
| Here, Councilmember Perez here, Mayor Pro Tem Lopez and Mayor McQueen Lejeune here. | 01:04:45 | |
| I have the. | 01:04:53 | |
| Awesome responsibility to do the inspiration this evening. | 01:04:54 | |
| I had some notes that I cannot find so I am going to wing it. | 01:04:59 | |
| OK. | 01:05:06 | |
| So on the 23rd of May, Mayor Pro Tem and I had an opportunity to visit the Rio Del Sol Steam School for their Endangered Animal | 01:05:08 | |
| Sanctuary event. | 01:05:14 | |
| It was really wonderful. Learned an awful lot. | 01:05:20 | |
| We I got a personal invitation from 1/3 grader. | 01:05:24 | |
| Addison, I don't. | 01:05:29 | |
| Remember her last name right now without my notes? | 01:05:31 | |
| But she sent me an e-mail. | 01:05:33 | |
| And invited me to come to the event and when I got there I saw mayor Pro Tem but. | 01:05:35 | |
| So prior to the event. | 01:05:40 | |
| Each student selected. | 01:05:43 | |
| And endangered animal. | 01:05:45 | |
| Animal that they want it to research. | 01:05:47 | |
| And so we got the opportunity to be presented. | 01:05:50 | |
| Presentations for. | 01:05:54 | |
| The animal that each of the students selected. | 01:05:56 | |
| And so I had. | 01:06:00 | |
| 5 presentations provided to me. | 01:06:02 | |
| And these were the animals that were a part of those presentations. | 01:06:05 | |
| So I'm going to. | 01:06:10 | |
| See if I can remember what they are. | 01:06:12 | |
| So it's the. | 01:06:14 | |
| California Owl. | 01:06:16 | |
| Spotted. | 01:06:18 | |
| You have honey bees. | 01:06:19 | |
| You have the giant kangaroo. | 01:06:21 | |
| Rat. | 01:06:24 | |
| Yes. | 01:06:26 | |
| The umm. | 01:06:28 | |
| What is the toad? | 01:06:29 | |
| A pot. Oh. | 01:06:31 | |
| I can't, I can't remember the name, but the toad and we're going to get there, Israel. So, so these these are the presentations | 01:06:34 | |
| that I I received. | 01:06:39 | |
| And so. | 01:06:45 | |
| A royal toad. | 01:06:47 | |
| And so this presentation was presented by Johnny and Tommy and Matt and Matthew. | 01:06:48 | |
| And so one of the other things that they did is they provided a QR code for the organizations that actually do work in the areas | 01:06:56 | |
| of their choice. | 01:07:02 | |
| So if you. | 01:07:08 | |
| Would like to just pull out your phone and scan any QR code. You absolutely can do that. | 01:07:10 | |
| And So what the students also did, and you'll see a little bit, see them a little later. | 01:07:15 | |
| Is they actually did art as well. | 01:07:21 | |
| And participants, parents, attendees had the opportunity to donate and. | 01:07:24 | |
| To actually purchase some of the artwork. So the artwork that you see in my presentation are the pieces of art that I acquired on | 01:07:31 | |
| that day. | 01:07:35 | |
| All right. And so in some cases there's information regarding the animal and so the population in 2025. | 01:07:40 | |
| The royal toad is 3000 and the yellowleg frog is 200. | 01:07:50 | |
| And so the students did a great job. They picked the animal that they were most interested in. | 01:07:56 | |
| To submit the OR provide the presentations. | 01:08:03 | |
| And this one is the blunt nosed. | 01:08:08 | |
| Leopard Lizard. | 01:08:11 | |
| And this was presented by Matthew, Matteo and Zion. And then this is the artwork that was. | 01:08:13 | |
| Created by Matthew. | 01:08:19 | |
| And then this is the California Spotted Owl. | 01:08:27 | |
| There's some information regarding the population in 2000 there were 15,000 and 2024. It's down to 3000. | 01:08:30 | |
| And I think his name is pronounced Joel. | 01:08:41 | |
| And these are third graders. Pardon me. | 01:08:46 | |
| Is there a reason as to their decline or? | 01:08:50 | |
| I I don't I can't answer that. | 01:08:54 | |
| Yeah. | 01:08:55 | |
| Myriad of things. | 01:08:57 | |
| And then, of course, honey bees. | 01:09:01 | |
| And this was presented by Rowan Addison, and Addison is the one who actually sent me the invite to come and visit. | 01:09:03 | |
| And Landon and Rowan, he wanted me to have his art. He followed me around and said, you know, go see my art and purchase it if you | 01:09:10 | |
| can. And so. | 01:09:14 | |
| It's really nice. | 01:09:20 | |
| And they did the presentations and the. | 01:09:23 | |
| The presentations had all the information about the population and some of the things that are being faced, each of the animals is | 01:09:26 | |
| facing. | 01:09:29 | |
| And this is the giant kangaroo rat. | 01:09:35 | |
| Yeah. | 01:09:37 | |
| And that's a wonderful picture that she drew, right? | 01:09:39 | |
| Very nice. | 01:09:42 | |
| I actually did a report on the kangaroo rat when I was in 3rd grade. | 01:09:44 | |
| OK, I may. | 01:09:52 | |
| And then this is the art and so where you see the post this the yellow post its those are sold. | 01:09:54 | |
| Those items, those items were sold. And so if you look around. | 01:09:59 | |
| You might see some of the ones that I put, oh, they're not, they weren't tagged yet. | 01:10:03 | |
| And finally, let's see. | 01:10:11 | |
| I can go back. Can you start that for me? | 01:10:14 | |
| Thanks to Mayor Pro Tem for providing me the video. | 01:10:18 | |
| Great. So that is my presentation and if you're interested in seeing it again or or scanning the QR code, just let me know more | 01:10:50 | |
| than happy to share that with you. | 01:10:54 | |
| Well done. | 01:11:02 | |
| All right, City Attorney, can we have the closed session report, please? | 01:11:04 | |
| Thank you, honorable Mayor and council members. There were 4 closed session items this evening. The first one was a conference | 01:11:12 | |
| with real property negotiators pursuant to Government Code 54956.8. | 01:11:16 | |
| The property in the negotiating parties I sit forth on the agenda. | 01:11:21 | |
| Items BC and D were all conference with labor negotiators. | 01:11:25 | |
| Percentage of code 54957.6. | 01:11:29 | |
| And the agency representatives as well as the employee associations are fully set forth on the agenda as well. | 01:11:32 | |
| At this point, there is no reportable action with respect to any of those four items. | 01:11:38 | |
| Thank you, Sir. | 01:11:42 | |
| And we will now hear public comments not pertaining to the items on the agenda. | 01:11:43 | |
| Public comments are limited to 3 minutes. This process will be the same. | 01:11:47 | |
| For comments for the agenda items, Madam Clerk. | 01:11:52 | |
| Do you have any public comments? | 01:11:54 | |
| Yes, our first public comment will be from Nicole. | 01:11:56 | |
| Hi, good evening, Madam Mayor and members of City Council and staff. | 01:12:09 | |
| My name is Nicole Anton and I reside here in Porto Nimi. My family and I have lived here actually for many years. | 01:12:14 | |
| Over the years we've had numerous noise complaints that we have sent to Portland, any Police Department regarding. | 01:12:21 | |
| Ongoing disturbances from our neighbors. These incidents happen both on weekends, weekdays, regardless. | 01:12:28 | |
| Of the time of day involving large gatherings of anywhere from 63 vehicles where they'll double park on the street. | 01:12:34 | |
| And play their music so loud that will actually shake our windows. And sometimes I can hear the glassware shake, it's that loud. | 01:12:41 | |
| All while using the street as their personal garage. | 01:12:48 | |
| Fixing or tinkering with their cars. | 01:12:51 | |
| This has become concerning for my husband and I because we have a 2 year old child who is regularly woken up by this pounding | 01:12:53 | |
| base. | 01:12:57 | |
| And when we understand there are certain levels of noise in the neighborhood of children playing or people doing yard work. | 01:13:02 | |
| This goes well beyond that and the volume and the level of disruption is excessive and quite frankly. | 01:13:09 | |
| Unacceptable. | 01:13:17 | |
| What's been really frustrating over the past few years reporting this is that. | 01:13:19 | |
| In calling the police too often it feels as if. | 01:13:25 | |
| We've just become a nuisance rather than those who are actually. | 01:13:28 | |
| Causing the disturbance. | 01:13:32 | |
| We've tried for years to go through proper channels and resolve things peacefully and appropriately with our neighbors. | 01:13:34 | |
| I've talked to these neighbors who are next to us repeatedly just yesterday. | 01:13:41 | |
| One of the residents was blasting his face so loud in front of my house. | 01:13:47 | |
| That my son woke up a crying and screaming. | 01:13:51 | |
| And I had to yell at the man over his base. | 01:13:54 | |
| Just for him to hear me. | 01:13:57 | |
| Turn it down. | 01:13:58 | |
| So that is why I'm here today to ask for help. | 01:14:02 | |
| Returning to our city leaders. | 01:14:05 | |
| To intervene and help us restore some peace in our neighborhood. | 01:14:07 | |
| So thank you for your time. | 01:14:11 | |
| Thank you. | 01:14:13 | |
| City Manager. | 01:14:15 | |
| And just so you're aware, so the council can't discuss public comments that aren't on the agenda, but we'll have somebody from our | 01:14:16 | |
| team get back to you. | 01:14:20 | |
| Regarding this issue. | 01:14:24 | |
| Thank you. | 01:14:26 | |
| Becky Bruning. | 01:14:28 | |
| Good evening, Mayor. | 01:14:39 | |
| Mayor Pro Tem Council staff. | 01:14:41 | |
| An audience. I'm here tonight representing Roguppi outdoors. | 01:14:43 | |
| And I want to thank everyone who made our dinner last night successful. | 01:14:48 | |
| We had. | 01:14:54 | |
| Everyone turn out. Plus we had people show up that hadn't paid who wanted dinner. | 01:14:55 | |
| And I want to congratulate the mayor on. | 01:15:01 | |
| Her take on the. | 01:15:05 | |
| Rockville Gifts. | 01:15:07 | |
| Every time we turned around she was like, ask mine. | 01:15:09 | |
| I want to thank the chief of Police for. | 01:15:14 | |
| Having us do a live auction for his ride along. | 01:15:18 | |
| And I want to thank the Chief. | 01:15:22 | |
| From the fire department. | 01:15:24 | |
| For letting this auction or tour of the. | 01:15:26 | |
| Firehouse here in Winami and having dinner with the firefighters. | 01:15:30 | |
| So I just. | 01:15:35 | |
| Wanted to thank everyone. | 01:15:37 | |
| Thank you. | 01:15:40 | |
| Thank you. | 01:15:41 | |
| Luis Mendez. | 01:15:42 | |
| Good evening Mayor, Mayor, Pro Tem, council members, staff and audience. | 01:15:49 | |
| I'm here on behalf of the Ventura County Area Agency on Aging to just advise you guys of a announcement that was made today. | 01:15:53 | |
| The VC AAA Legacy Award nominations are now open. | 01:16:01 | |
| The nomination period is for Ventura County Area Agency on Aging. Legacy Awards is open. | 01:16:05 | |
| Till September, these awards recognize the contribution of Ventura County residents and businesses that dedicate that are | 01:16:10 | |
| dedicated to helping older adults, people with disabilities and their caregivers. | 01:16:15 | |
| To live optimally. | 01:16:21 | |
| The deadline for submitting nominations is Monday, September 1st. | 01:16:22 | |
| And the winners will be will be announced in November. | 01:16:26 | |
| The nomination packet is will be attached to the e-mail I send you guys. You guys can also go to vctriplea.org Legacy. | 01:16:29 | |
| My name is a little small city in Ventura County and you don't often see anybody our residents recognized for countrywide awards. | 01:16:37 | |
| I know we have small businesses. | 01:16:44 | |
| Nonprofit organizations and even residents that contribute. | 01:16:46 | |
| A lot of their time and sometimes even money. | 01:16:50 | |
| 2 local charities are elderly so I just wanted to advise you guys of that from the area agency on housing and. | 01:16:53 | |
| Hopefully someone from Mynema can be nominated to represent our city. | 01:17:00 | |
| Thank you guys. | 01:17:03 | |
| Thank you. | 01:17:05 | |
| Steven, Eau Claire. | 01:17:06 | |
| Mayor, Mayor Pro Tem, City Council, I'm here today to thank you for an item that actually is coming after this. That's the Pride | 01:17:15 | |
| Month proclamation. | 01:17:19 | |
| We know how important that work is. I remember years ago when the first Pride proclamation was adopted here in 2019. Council | 01:17:24 | |
| Member Laura Hernandez authored it. | 01:17:29 | |
| And it was the first time this city had done it. And I was here and I remember what we said back then, the public. And that was | 01:17:34 | |
| our goal, is to save lives. | 01:17:39 | |
| That's what this is about. | 01:17:44 | |
| It's about driving down the street and realizing that at least your City Hall has your back. | 01:17:46 | |
| Least here in the city of Port Hueneme you can be in the LGBT community and a veteran. | 01:17:52 | |
| And feel at home here. | 01:17:57 | |
| This is the place to be. | 01:17:58 | |
| So you joined your colleagues all across this county. | 01:18:00 | |
| From uh. | 01:18:04 | |
| Fillmore to here to oh hi and now 2000 Oaks to do that. | 01:18:05 | |
| The following year, you raised the pride flag. | 01:18:10 | |
| And for two years in a row, you had a wonderful community gathering. | 01:18:12 | |
| That fit this community. It wasn't a big, big fancy oh deal. | 01:18:17 | |
| But it was a meaningful to see all 5 council members, regardless of their political background, to come together because they | 01:18:21 | |
| recognized what it was about. It's about saving. | 01:18:25 | |
| Lives ensuring that our youth. | 01:18:29 | |
| Don't experience what Larry King experienced. They don't experience self harm. | 01:18:32 | |
| Maybe even run for office someday. | 01:18:37 | |
| And here in Ventura County, they did. | 01:18:39 | |
| Now 11 of them are elected. | 01:18:41 | |
| Only one had been elected when you adopted it. | 01:18:43 | |
| All those years ago. | 01:18:46 | |
| So I'm coming before you, having this morning gone to the celebration and the city of Oxnard at the raising of their pride flag. | 01:18:48 | |
| And the city of Ventura, who did their pride flag raising this afternoon. | 01:18:55 | |
| Both of those events reflected the values of their community. They were nonpartisan. | 01:18:59 | |
| And there were no protesters. There was number controversy about it. | 01:19:05 | |
| So please counsel. | 01:19:09 | |
| Use your voice. | 01:19:11 | |
| Say on your when it comes up for future agenda items, I want an agenda item to authorize. | 01:19:13 | |
| A community gathering, if it's not already planned. | 01:19:19 | |
| That is open to the public to see the pride flag once again raised here. It had been done years in a row. I don't know why it | 01:19:22 | |
| stopped. | 01:19:25 | |
| It was does not reflect the values of this community. | 01:19:29 | |
| You all were there, the incumbents were there, the new council members I know would be there. | 01:19:32 | |
| The community needs to see it that this city is not backing away. | 01:19:37 | |
| That if you're in the LGBT community, we still want you to be alive. | 01:19:40 | |
| We still want veterans who are LGBTQ to feel welcomed in this community. | 01:19:43 | |
| We're not gonna just do it in the day tonight or in the early morning. We're gonna have an opportunity for you to come get | 01:19:47 | |
| pictures. | 01:19:50 | |
| With the with the electeds to know that you're valued here. | 01:19:54 | |
| And that's a big part of it. | 01:19:57 | |
| I know it doesn't feel like it, it feels like a photo op, but for that child? | 01:19:58 | |
| It's everything for that veteran, it's everything to know that Port Hueneme is a place for everybody. So again, under future | 01:20:02 | |
| agenda items if required, if it's not already planned. | 01:20:06 | |
| Place that there also a pride flag at the Carpenter Center as it was done in previous years. The flag is available at the library. | 01:20:10 | |
| Thank you. | 01:20:14 | |
| Thank you. Thank you. | 01:20:18 | |
| That concludes public comment. | 01:20:23 | |
| Thank you, Madam Clerk. | 01:20:25 | |
| And we'll move on to the approval of the agenda. May I have a motion and a second to approve the agenda? | 01:20:26 | |
| Move to approve. | 01:20:31 | |
| 2nd. | 01:20:34 | |
| Thank you, Madam Clerk. All in favor? Aye, all opposed. | 01:20:35 | |
| Hearing none, motion passes unanimously. | 01:20:40 | |
| Do any members of the Council have any conflict of interest to disclose for any item on the agenda? | 01:20:45 | |
| Nope. Great. | 01:20:52 | |
| So we're going to move on to our presentations. First, we have the Pride Month. | 01:20:54 | |
| Proclamation that will be given by. | 01:20:58 | |
| By a council member. | 01:21:00 | |
| Hernandez. | 01:21:02 | |
| Thank you, Mayor. It's my honor to read tonight's proclamation for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer and Pride Month, | 01:21:04 | |
| June 2025. | 01:21:08 | |
| Whereas an uprising at the Stonewall Inn in June 1969 sparked A liberation movement. | 01:21:13 | |
| And trailblaze the fight against discrimination and injustice sparking a pursuit. | 01:21:20 | |
| For full equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer individuals, and whereas inspired to live up to our nation's | 01:21:25 | |
| promise of equality, liberty and justice for all. Pride Month is a continued call to action to not only recall the trials that the | 01:21:33 | |
| LGBTQ plus have endured, but to rejoice in the triumphs and recognize the valuable contributions of these courageous individuals. | 01:21:42 | |
| And whereas Pride Month is a reminder to reaffirm our commitment to standing in solidarity. | 01:21:51 | |
| With the LGBTQ plus community in their ongoing struggles against discrimination and injustice and demand their rights to marriage | 01:21:57 | |
| equality, workplace protection and civil rights. | 01:22:03 | |
| And where it is our obligation to decry hate crimes motivated by sexual orientation or gender identity, bullying and harassment, | 01:22:09 | |
| and reduced violence and discrimination by providing protection for the LGBTQ plus individuals fundamental rights. | 01:22:17 | |
| And WHEREAS while historic progress has been made to deliver equality for LGBTQ plus individuals and families in employment, | 01:22:25 | |
| health care, housing, lending, military service, and education, we recognize that there is still much work to be done and are | 01:22:32 | |
| fully committed to supporting and defending the rights of all LGBTQ plus individuals. | 01:22:39 | |
| And whereas we recognize the resilience and determination of the many individuals who are fighting to live freely and | 01:22:46 | |
| authentically, in doing so they are opening hearts and minds and laying the foundation for a more just and equitable. | 01:22:53 | |
| America Now therefore be it proclaimed that the City Council of Port Hueneme does hereby recognize and honor June 2025 has LGBTQ. | 01:23:00 | |
| Plus, Pride Month and will call upon the community to celebrate the great diversity of the American people. | 01:23:10 | |
| Proclaimed this second day of June 2025. Great, and thank you. My apologies. I should have called up the representative from the | 01:23:17 | |
| Ventura County Diversity Collection. | 01:23:22 | |
| Celia. | 01:23:28 | |
| Stephen gonna come up for a photo? | 01:23:30 | |
| Let them have words first. | 01:23:33 | |
| Yeah. | 01:23:34 | |
| You can come to the podium and have words if you like. | 01:23:36 | |
| Thank you so much, Mayor, Mayor Pro Tem and. | 01:23:40 | |
| City Council members. | 01:23:43 | |
| I am not from Port Hueneme, I live in Thousand Oaks. | 01:23:46 | |
| I live in this county. | 01:23:49 | |
| I'm a business owner in Thousand Oaks. | 01:23:52 | |
| I am. | 01:23:56 | |
| An Asian. An immigrant. | 01:23:59 | |
| A business owner. | 01:24:03 | |
| A parent. | 01:24:05 | |
| And a compassionate human being. | 01:24:08 | |
| I'm not just transgender. | 01:24:10 | |
| Being trans is not my goal in life. | 01:24:13 | |
| Being trans is who I am. | 01:24:16 | |
| That's part of my identity. | 01:24:19 | |
| But I want to be a good human being. | 01:24:21 | |
| And that's why. | 01:24:25 | |
| We care about the community. | 01:24:26 | |
| I'm part of the board at Diversity Collective. | 01:24:28 | |
| I'm also in the board at Stonewall. | 01:24:32 | |
| And also in the Workforce Development Board of Ventura County. | 01:24:34 | |
| Some of the work that I have been focused is not just LGBTQ. | 01:24:40 | |
| But people with mental health issues? | 01:24:45 | |
| Veterans, farm workers. | 01:24:48 | |
| People who are incarcerated. | 01:24:52 | |
| So we have created job opportunities. I work with Venture Accounting board to create job opportunities. | 01:24:54 | |
| For people that I care about. | 01:24:59 | |
| I've created opportunities for. | 01:25:04 | |
| Women. Trans women. | 01:25:07 | |
| People of color. | 01:25:09 | |
| My wife is that I. | 01:25:12 | |
| We are still married. | 01:25:14 | |
| We celebrated our 28th wedding anniversary. | 01:25:15 | |
| My daughter grew up in Newbury Park. | 01:25:19 | |
| And I have a compassionate. | 01:25:21 | |
| Loving family. | 01:25:23 | |
| And I'm always proud of Ventura County because this is the county. | 01:25:25 | |
| That I came out. | 01:25:29 | |
| And I know that this county is so important for people like me. | 01:25:31 | |
| And there are a lot of youngsters today looking up. | 01:25:35 | |
| To the city leaders. | 01:25:38 | |
| For justice. | 01:25:41 | |
| For not being bullied in schools. | 01:25:44 | |
| We saw that amazing presentation. | 01:25:46 | |
| We want to see the smiles. | 01:25:48 | |
| In the faces of these children. | 01:25:51 | |
| The reason why I'm standing here is not just to get a proclamation. | 01:25:53 | |
| But an affirmation from you? | 01:25:57 | |
| That you are behind us. | 01:26:00 | |
| And you are supporting us. | 01:26:01 | |
| And that's what keeps us going. | 01:26:04 | |
| And one last thing. | 01:26:06 | |
| The LGBTQ movement did not start from Stonewall. | 01:26:09 | |
| It started from Stone Age. | 01:26:13 | |
| Stone Age to Stonewall and beyond. | 01:26:16 | |
| But I really want to thank you all for. | 01:26:20 | |
| This amazing proclamation. | 01:26:22 | |
| And on behalf of Diversity Collective. | 01:26:24 | |
| We feel honored to be here. | 01:26:27 | |
| To be in such. | 01:26:30 | |
| Amazing city. | 01:26:31 | |
| And we want to see this more. | 01:26:33 | |
| So thank you for the proclamation. | 01:26:35 | |
| Thank you so much, Mr. and Claire, did you have anything? | 01:26:38 | |
| I just I invite everybody to go to Diversity Collectives website. | 01:26:42 | |
| Look at the resources they have there. | 01:26:46 | |
| Particularly because you often don't know how much an individual is struggling with their identity or. | 01:26:49 | |
| Or the pressures of society on them until it's too late. | 01:26:56 | |
| And while we want to celebrate our youth and celebrate those in our communities, we want them to also know there are vital | 01:27:00 | |
| resources available there for them. | 01:27:03 | |
| As long as they can have funding for them, they will be there and that may not be much longer, but get them in there as soon as | 01:27:07 | |
| possible. | 01:27:10 | |
| You know, stats show that. | 01:27:14 | |
| It only takes 1 affirming adult and a youth's life to dramatically reduce their chances of self harm. | 01:27:16 | |
| Almost virtually eliminating it for some individuals, just knowing one affirming person in their lives and it might be a council | 01:27:23 | |
| member who's taken a photo. | 01:27:27 | |
| That's why it's so important. Unfortunately, near the end of last year, I'm also going to invite everybody to have on their radar | 01:27:31 | |
| and come November, it's going to be Transgender Day of Remembrance. | 01:27:36 | |
| And that's kind of the flip end of a pride. It is remembering the lives lost, the ones that didn't make it. | 01:27:42 | |
| And there's an event held every year in the city of Ventura. | 01:27:48 | |
| And it's the opportunity for the community to come together, and I invite you all to go there. It's important. | 01:27:52 | |
| They have a slide show and they show the names of those lost all over the country. | 01:27:57 | |
| And this last year was a powerful moment for me. I know we've gone several years. | 01:28:01 | |
| Because the last name, meaning the most recent name on the list, was somebody from the city of Ventura, a youth. | 01:28:05 | |
| I believe 15 or 16 years old. | 01:28:12 | |
| And that's the reality. | 01:28:15 | |
| Right, you know, this month is about celebrating, honoring us as part of the community and. | 01:28:17 | |
| Part of the beautiful fabric that is Port Hueneme. | 01:28:22 | |
| But it's also looking at those services that are available. | 01:28:25 | |
| And on a personal note, I'll just add. | 01:28:27 | |
| This city, particularly, given its focus on veterans, I know we're creating the Veterans Advisory Council. | 01:28:30 | |
| On the coming months. | 01:28:36 | |
| Welcoming back those that are going to be the party in the military due to some changes. | 01:28:38 | |
| Right. And understanding that this is a community of veterans for all veterans. | 01:28:43 | |
| And if you have served our country with honor. | 01:28:48 | |
| You are welcome here and you have a future here. | 01:28:51 | |
| And that's the next big hurdle that many of these LGBTQ organizations are preparing for. | 01:28:53 | |
| The mental burden of having your career cut short. And what does that look like for the rest of their? | 01:28:58 | |
| No career and so hopefully Port Hueneme has a place to be a real leader there. | 01:29:04 | |
| Just like we should be a big leader on on all veterans issues. | 01:29:08 | |
| So aside from that. | 01:29:12 | |
| Diversity Collective again, go to their website. | 01:29:14 | |
| Look at those resources. | 01:29:16 | |
| Much of the funding is reliant on government funding sources. | 01:29:18 | |
| And so that's going to be changing in the years and months and days ahead. | 01:29:22 | |
| But for now, again. | 01:29:26 | |
| You don't know somebody's in crisis until sometimes it's too late. So try to be affirming. Thank you. | 01:29:27 | |
| Mayor, if I can, before we do. | 01:29:32 | |
| So I just want to say I thank you for the work that you do and I appreciate the opportunity to speak to you because I appreciate | 01:29:34 | |
| the resources that you have. | 01:29:38 | |
| I'm a suicide loss survivor. My son was gay and he died in 2019 and he was without resources and I was completely ignorant of | 01:29:42 | |
| resources to be able to connect him with. And had I known about the Diversity Collective and all the different things that he | 01:29:48 | |
| could have connected with, maybe I would have been able to help him because I know he struggled with his identity and that part of | 01:29:54 | |
| his life that. | 01:30:00 | |
| He fought against. | 01:30:07 | |
| And I appreciate what you do for the youth and this community and those who are struggling. So I appreciate that. Thank you for | 01:30:08 | |
| coming and talking about this. | 01:30:12 | |
| Great. | 01:30:15 | |
| Celia. | 01:30:17 | |
| One of the things that, as you mentioned, I was thinking about an organization called PFLAG. | 01:30:22 | |
| It's an organization that was started by a gay mother. | 01:30:27 | |
| And this this is basically for parents and friends of lesbian and gay. | 01:30:31 | |
| So we help parents when the children come out how to cope up with it. | 01:30:36 | |
| And that's one thing that we also offer from Diversity Collective. We have little unicorns. | 01:30:41 | |
| For their little children. | 01:30:46 | |
| We also have a Toastmasters where. | 01:30:47 | |
| You can learn public speaking skills and especially when you're in the workforce, they do a lot. So all this training happens in. | 01:30:51 | |
| Diversity Collective. We also care. | 01:30:57 | |
| There's a youth rainbow umbrella program for the youth as well. | 01:31:00 | |
| And yeah, thank you. | 01:31:04 | |
| I just want to acknowledge you as well, Councilwoman. I know I've heard you Share your story in the past at the NAMI events. | 01:31:07 | |
| And it's so powerful to share those stories because I think sometimes there's so much stigma associated with it. | 01:31:13 | |
| And naming it because hopefully it will help keep others alive. It keeps the memory alive. | 01:31:18 | |
| And keeps others alive. And here's the good news is it appears to be working. | 01:31:22 | |
| Stats right now show that Gen. Z, which are basically aging out of high school now. | 01:31:27 | |
| And entering the workforce. | 01:31:32 | |
| About 20% of them identify as LGBTQ plus. | 01:31:34 | |
| And there's some that say, well, why is that? | 01:31:37 | |
| Right, that's about twice as the number of. | 01:31:39 | |
| Millennials, it's about. | 01:31:42 | |
| Doubled double again by each generation. | 01:31:44 | |
| And they're trying to figure out why is that? | 01:31:48 | |
| While some of the research is starting to show that and I'm getting kind of emotional thinking about it is. | 01:31:50 | |
| More just staying alive. | 01:31:56 | |
| So it's not necessarily that there are more gay people now. | 01:31:58 | |
| Our LGBTQ plus people, just more than it's working, more of them are staying alive and staying with us. | 01:32:01 | |
| And that's, that's ultimately the goal. | 01:32:06 | |
| You know, we're here to celebrate as well, but I just want to thank you, Councilwoman, for keeping. | 01:32:08 | |
| Your child's memory alive. | 01:32:13 | |
| And committed to this work, I know it powers you're working around mental health as well, so thank you for that. | 01:32:15 | |
| Yes, I just want to extend my sympathies to you again. | 01:32:20 | |
| I know it's been hard and. | 01:32:24 | |
| Celia, you. | 01:32:28 | |
| Have a unique ability to speak and I. | 01:32:29 | |
| Believe the Diversity Collective is so fortunate to have you. | 01:32:34 | |
| And if you haven't been encouraged before, I'm going to encourage you to keep. | 01:32:39 | |
| Speaking, you are. | 01:32:42 | |
| Probably the best. | 01:32:45 | |
| Public speaker has come before us. | 01:32:46 | |
| And I'm super excited. | 01:32:48 | |
| To hear all the great things you're doing and. | 01:32:51 | |
| And just today I was talking with a professional comedian friend of mine and we're planning. | 01:32:54 | |
| On doing a comedy show. | 01:33:00 | |
| With a mental health prevention angle to it so. | 01:33:03 | |
| I forget the name of it, but he's down in San Diego tonight getting his first exposure to it and the idea is is use comedy to | 01:33:09 | |
| bring people in light hearted and then get heavy into. | 01:33:14 | |
| Mental health and suicide prevention so. | 01:33:19 | |
| We're going to reach out to you and get the device. Hopefully we could get the. | 01:33:23 | |
| Diversity Collective there and. | 01:33:26 | |
| You know, get you out front speaking somewhere because I really enjoyed hearing you. Thank you. | 01:33:28 | |
| So we also offer inclusive workplaces and inclusive clinics. | 01:33:33 | |
| Clinical training. | 01:33:38 | |
| Through Diversity Collector. | 01:33:39 | |
| And I'm also doing personally AI trainings for youngsters. | 01:33:41 | |
| To take the bias out of the algorithms that are currently. | 01:33:46 | |
| Out there and ChatGPT and Gemini so. | 01:33:49 | |
| I do a lot of work in AI as well. | 01:33:52 | |
| Interesting. | 01:33:54 | |
| I did just want to add one more note. I know we're in the home stretch here. I know it's important. | 01:33:56 | |
| For parent resources. | 01:34:02 | |
| Because often that's overlooked, and it doesn't necessarily even mean. | 01:34:04 | |
| Your children under the age of 18, they're always your children from what I understand, right? | 01:34:07 | |
| No matter what age they come out is helping the parents process the change that means for them. | 01:34:12 | |
| And sometimes that's not discussed as much. | 01:34:18 | |
| I know when I talk to parents of. | 01:34:20 | |
| You know, the children and the transgender community. | 01:34:23 | |
| And thinking about OK, I always imagined. | 01:34:25 | |
| You know my child, what they looked like on their wedding day, and now that's going to look different. | 01:34:28 | |
| And how do you process that? | 01:34:32 | |
| And that's important to name as well. | 01:34:34 | |
| And so again, resources not just for those in the community, but. | 01:34:37 | |
| Their allies and hopefully that's their their loved ones. | 01:34:41 | |
| Or their friends to have those resources as well. So thank you and handing back to Celia. | 01:34:43 | |
| Great. Thank you, Mayor Pro Tem. | 01:34:48 | |
| Yes. Umm. | 01:34:50 | |
| Thank you for sharing. | 01:34:51 | |
| Diversity Collective. What a great organization. | 01:34:53 | |
| Not only. | 01:34:56 | |
| Not only for advocating, but for training. Sounds like you guys are doing, you know. | 01:34:58 | |
| Toastmasters. | 01:35:02 | |
| AI. AI is important. | 01:35:04 | |
| It's our future. | 01:35:06 | |
| But thank you that that was very powerful. And then. | 01:35:08 | |
| Moved. | 01:35:12 | |
| I'm very moved by that, so thank you. | 01:35:13 | |
| I'm everybody. | 01:35:15 | |
| Great. Did you have anything? What I'd like to do is have council show their support by all of us coming down and presenting this | 01:35:17 | |
| proclamation and standing in a photo. | 01:35:23 | |
| Together, and maybe staff can stand behind. | 01:35:28 | |
| So show staff support. | 01:35:31 | |
| You're OK with that? | 01:35:34 | |
| I'm going to take pictures with a couple phones so. | 01:35:58 | |
| 123. | 01:36:06 | |
| This is on me. | 01:36:13 | |
| I'm sorry, 123. | 01:36:18 | |
| OK, we're going to move on to our second proclamation, the United States Army Corps of Engineer. | 01:36:46 | |
| 250th anniversary, that's going to be. | 01:36:52 | |
| Presented by Mayor Pro Tem. | 01:36:54 | |
| And so. | 01:36:57 | |
| Is there anyone in the audience that's representing? | 01:36:59 | |
| No, there's not anyone representing tonight. They weren't able to attend. But I did want to just remind everybody that we are | 01:37:03 | |
| working with the Army Corps about getting them to come back for that mid year dredge. And so we've the. | 01:37:09 | |
| We thank them for their efforts on that as we move that forward. | 01:37:14 | |
| But they weren't able to attend tonight. | 01:37:18 | |
| Great. Thank you. | 01:37:20 | |
| OK, so I'll go ahead and read the proclamation. The city of Portland, me whereas. | 01:37:22 | |
| Honoring and celebrating the United States Army Corps of Engineers 250th anniversary. | 01:37:27 | |
| Whereas the United States Army Corps of Engineers was established by the Continental Congress on June 16th. | 01:37:33 | |
| 7/17/75 to oversee. | 01:37:39 | |
| Fortifications, other military infrastructure and WHEREAS for 250 years. | 01:37:42 | |
| The US Army Corps of Engineers have exemplified a legacy of service to our nation. | 01:37:47 | |
| In both military and civil capacities. | 01:37:52 | |
| And whereas the US Army Corps of Engineers have a. | 01:37:55 | |
| Been instrumental in developing and protecting the infrastructure. | 01:37:58 | |
| That sustained communities. | 01:38:01 | |
| Ensures public safety and supports economic vitality through its expertise and water resources. | 01:38:03 | |
| Environmental Restoration. Flood Controls. | 01:38:08 | |
| And coastline resilience. And whereas the city of Porto Anemia has long benefited from the expertise. | 01:38:11 | |
| And partnerships of the US Army Corps of Engineers. | 01:38:17 | |
| Particularly through the vital coastal and harbor protections. | 01:38:20 | |
| That safeguard our shoreline. | 01:38:24 | |
| Maintain navigation ability and support the strategic operations of Naval Base Ventura County. | 01:38:26 | |
| And whereas the people of Portland, me recognize the invaluable contributions. | 01:38:31 | |
| Of the cores, military and civilian personnel. | 01:38:36 | |
| Whose dedication and innovation have supported both local. | 01:38:39 | |
| And national priorities for generations and whereas. | 01:38:42 | |
| The year 2025 marks the 250th anniversary. | 01:38:45 | |
| Of the US Army Corps of Engineers, a milestone that invites reflection. | 01:38:50 | |
| On a proud history of service that continue. | 01:38:54 | |
| Commitment to build a stronger or more resilient force. | 01:38:57 | |
| Now, therefore, let it be proclaimed that the City Council of Porto Anemia does hereby celebrate. | 01:39:01 | |
| Honor umm. | 01:39:07 | |
| And recognize the two hundred 250th anniversary. | 01:39:08 | |
| Of the United States Army Corps of Engineers. | 01:39:11 | |
| And extends its deepest appreciation to. | 01:39:14 | |
| Enduring partnerships and contributions to our country. | 01:39:16 | |
| Our coastline and our country. | 01:39:20 | |
| Proclaim this second day of June 2025. | 01:39:23 | |
| Thank you. | 01:39:26 | |
| Thank you so much. And so we're going to move. | 01:39:31 | |
| Do we have a contact that we could mail this proclamation to? And do I need to make a motion and maybe we could tie it to our | 01:39:35 | |
| ongoing relationship building? Yeah, we'll, we'll get it to one of our points of contact. | 01:39:41 | |
| Great. Thank you. | 01:39:47 | |
| OK. For the final presentation, I'd like to welcome Human Resources and Risk Management Frank Lee to provide a brief introduction. | 01:39:48 | |
| And then he'll go from there. | 01:39:57 | |
| Good evening, Mayor, Mayor Pro Tem, City Council. | 01:40:07 | |
| Citizens of Port Oneimi. | 01:40:11 | |
| We're here to recognize Tony Stewart for his 36 years of public and private service in the field of community development. | 01:40:12 | |
| Looking back, Tony began his career as a planning intern with the city of Downey and served the citizens of. | 01:40:20 | |
| Rancho Mirage. | 01:40:25 | |
| Artesia, uh. | 01:40:26 | |
| Simi Valley. | 01:40:27 | |
| San Bernardino, Galt, Reedley and Lassie, City of Port Hueneme. | 01:40:28 | |
| Tony started as the Deputy Director of Community Services back in April of 2017. | 01:40:33 | |
| And later promoted to the Director of Community Services. | 01:40:40 | |
| In that year, December of 2017. | 01:40:43 | |
| During his eight-year tenure with the city, Tony oversaw projects such as the city's cannabis business tunneling program. | 01:40:46 | |
| And the Parks Master plan, just to name a few. | 01:40:52 | |
| We wish Tony a happy and healthy retirement, but take this moment to recognize his contributions to the City of Port Hueneme. | 01:40:56 | |
| And with that, Tony, we have a small gift for you. | 01:41:03 | |
| Something to keep alive, huh? | 01:41:15 | |
| Yeah. | 01:41:17 | |
| Short 1. | 01:41:22 | |
| I know we've got more. | 01:41:24 | |
| But anyway, thank you all. | 01:41:26 | |
| Yes, it has been an honor. | 01:41:28 | |
| Working for the city of Port Hueneme here. | 01:41:30 | |
| Last eight years. | 01:41:32 | |
| Kind of flew by pretty quickly, but I couldn't have done it without a lot of help. | 01:41:34 | |
| Support from the council, you know, the hearings that brought forth and having your support to approve them. | 01:41:38 | |
| Of course the management team that I work with here at daily but. | 01:41:44 | |
| Really. My own team. | 01:41:48 | |
| They're definitely the best. | 01:41:50 | |
| Really do do enjoy working with them. | 01:41:53 | |
| Hopefully they'll be able to come up. | 01:41:56 | |
| Help with the picture I guess. Apparently the obligatory picture. | 01:41:58 | |
| But yeah. | 01:42:01 | |
| Like I said, we've got our counter staff, so folks that come into City Hall every day meet us. That, of course. | 01:42:03 | |
| The our building team. | 01:42:10 | |
| Planning team and then. | 01:42:12 | |
| Code enforcement and know when things don't necessarily always go well, but we have the best code enforcement officer you could | 01:42:14 | |
| have so. | 01:42:19 | |
| It was a great team, I really enjoyed my time here and so. | 01:42:23 | |
| I'll definitely come back once in a while, but going to definitely hand off the rains. | 01:42:29 | |
| But that'll be a James and. | 01:42:35 | |
| And his new team. But anyway, thank you all. | 01:42:37 | |
| Great, great. So thank you, Mr. Lee and Mr. Stewart. I'm going to read the proclamation before we move over into the comments. | 01:42:39 | |
| So proclamation honoring Community and Economic Development Director Tony Stewart for his service to the City of Port Hueneme. | 01:42:47 | |
| Whereas, Tony Stewart began his 36 year planning career at the Planning Intern in the City of Downey, CA in December 1988. | 01:42:54 | |
| And whereas Tony obtained his Bachelor of Science, Urban and Regional Planning from Cal Poly Pomona. | 01:43:04 | |
| In 1990 and his Masters of Urban Planning degree with honors from Cal Poly Pomona in 2001. | 01:43:11 | |
| And WHEREAS, Tony successfully passed the exam and became a member of the American Institute of Certified Planners on July 1st, | 01:43:19 | |
| 2003. | 01:43:23 | |
| And WHEREAS between 1990 and April 2017. | 01:43:28 | |
| Tony held various planning positions, first with the planning firm of Smith. | 01:43:32 | |
| Peroni and Fox and Palm Springs, CA. | 01:43:36 | |
| And then with the cities of Rancho Mirage. | 01:43:39 | |
| Simi Valley, San Bernardino, Galton, Reedley, CA. | 01:43:43 | |
| And was the project manager for many types of planning related projects including preparing environmental impact reports, several | 01:43:48 | |
| comprehensive zoning ordinance and design. | 01:43:54 | |
| Design guideline updates. | 01:43:59 | |
| And Simi Valley general plan update. | 01:44:01 | |
| And entitling the first two Amazon warehouses constructed in the state. | 01:44:04 | |
| San Bernardino. | 01:44:09 | |
| And whereas on April 3, 2017, Tony became. | 01:44:10 | |
| Began employment with the City of Port Hueneme as the Deputy Director of Community Development and was promoted to Director of | 01:44:16 | |
| Community Development on December 18th, 2017. | 01:44:21 | |
| And WHEREAS during the eight years with the city of Port Hueneme. | 01:44:26 | |
| Tony has led the city's planning, building and safety and code compliance division. | 01:44:30 | |
| And until recently, the Parking Enforcement Division. | 01:44:35 | |
| Has been a public sorry project manager for projects such as coordinating the city's Cannabis Business entitlement program. | 01:44:39 | |
| The Parks master Plan. | 01:44:46 | |
| The city's general plan update. | 01:44:48 | |
| The city's first economic development plan. | 01:44:50 | |
| The update landscape design guidelines and several zoning ordinance amendments and served as the interim City Manager from | 01:44:53 | |
| February to July 2023. | 01:44:59 | |
| And whereas Tony has improved the quality of life for the residents of the city of Port Hueneme during this tenure. | 01:45:05 | |
| With the Community and Economic Development department. | 01:45:11 | |
| And will be greatly missed. | 01:45:15 | |
| Now therefore be it proclaimed that the City Council. | 01:45:17 | |
| Of the city of Port Hueneme. | 01:45:21 | |
| Does hereby recognize? | 01:45:23 | |
| And honor director Tony Stewart for his dedication. | 01:45:25 | |
| Commitment and service to our community. | 01:45:28 | |
| And wishes him well. | 01:45:31 | |
| His future endeavors. | 01:45:34 | |
| Proclaim this second day of June. | 01:45:36 | |
| 20/20/25 Signed by all the Council members. | 01:45:38 | |
| So we are. | 01:45:42 | |
| Going to thank you. | 01:45:43 | |
| Any any comments? | 01:45:46 | |
| Any comments at all? | 01:45:48 | |
| Yes. | 01:45:49 | |
| Thank you, Mr. Stewart, for your steadfast dedication and service to the city. | 01:45:50 | |
| Thank you for taking over the helm as interim city manager and thank you for sticking around and making sure that we. | 01:45:55 | |
| Or legal and all the things that we needed to be our plans were all prepared appropriately and that we were advised as we needed | 01:46:03 | |
| to be. So appreciate everything that you've done for us and keeping us advised. | 01:46:08 | |
| And what do you plan to do on your retirement? | 01:46:14 | |
| Anything fun? | 01:46:17 | |
| Well, take some time off for sure and maybe come back and do some consulting, but. | 01:46:18 | |
| I was just up north with a friend. I think you actually knew her, Inez. It was in helping us with the budget a couple years ago. | 01:46:23 | |
| We were planning a trip to Australia this fall. | 01:46:30 | |
| So that'll be the first fun thing. | 01:46:34 | |
| Do you have a memory of one thing that sticks out in your mind? | 01:46:36 | |
| That you could, that you remember of your time here at the city port. Winnie me. | 01:46:40 | |
| Or a favorite that you don't want to forget. A favor. | 01:46:45 | |
| No, there are just there are a lot of good memories. | 01:46:52 | |
| Here, you know, I'm not sure about one that necessarily comes out because like I said, there are quite a few of them, different | 01:46:55 | |
| kinds, you know. | 01:46:58 | |
| Just, you know, seeing projects through, for instance, just seeing the mural. | 01:47:03 | |
| Opening the other day. | 01:47:06 | |
| You know being, you know, such a help with that. | 01:47:08 | |
| But also just, you know, the events that we've had. | 01:47:11 | |
| Both just with my department, but also you know the, you know, the staff events and whatnot. So just. | 01:47:14 | |
| There are a lot of good memories here. | 01:47:19 | |
| Thank you. | 01:47:21 | |
| Councilmember. | 01:47:23 | |
| Were you at that meeting at the? | 01:47:23 | |
| Holiday, and I think that might have been. | 01:47:25 | |
| Right about the time you came. | 01:47:27 | |
| When we had a council meeting, not a council meeting, but something anyways. | 01:47:29 | |
| It was memorable and but what I recall is is you came. | 01:47:33 | |
| At a time when we. | 01:47:37 | |
| Were changing. | 01:47:38 | |
| A lot of stuff. | 01:47:40 | |
| And I think you came and you spearheaded it through and. | 01:47:42 | |
| And then? | 01:47:46 | |
| We got it done and. | 01:47:47 | |
| Here we are. | 01:47:48 | |
| At the other end of it and the other cities looked towards us and how we did it. | 01:47:49 | |
| And, umm. | 01:47:56 | |
| I think that's something to be. | 01:47:57 | |
| Very proud of. | 01:47:59 | |
| You know, because why Nimi was the Green Mile and we were the first to go this direction and. | 01:48:01 | |
| Without your leadership, it would have been extremely. | 01:48:06 | |
| Difficult and so. | 01:48:09 | |
| Thank you and. | 01:48:11 | |
| Congratulations on a wonderful career and. | 01:48:12 | |
| Throw a shrimp on the Barbie when you're down there. | 01:48:15 | |
| Thank you, Mayor, and thank you, Councilwoman Perez, for your question because I have a lot of good memories working with you, | 01:48:19 | |
| Tony. | 01:48:22 | |
| Beginning with the award-winning general plan update. | 01:48:25 | |
| I think I felt an affinity for you and a sense of camaraderie because coming from myself, coming from a planning background. | 01:48:31 | |
| In emergency planning and you an urban planner, I thought we, you know, we could relate, you know, to the value of plans and | 01:48:40 | |
| you've done wonderfully in, in helping our community. | 01:48:45 | |
| Become what it has today. | 01:48:51 | |
| With all the projects that you worked with worked on. | 01:48:54 | |
| And I was thrilled to see that you were appointed as an interim city manager. I enjoyed working with you then and then. | 01:48:58 | |
| The fact that you were also appointed as our economic development director showed that we were moving forward into another area. | 01:49:06 | |
| You were going to help us get there. | 01:49:14 | |
| And even as you're going out the door today, you're still. | 01:49:16 | |
| Creating a future for our city, and I can't say what that's. | 01:49:20 | |
| That is, but you've done some awesome work and I appreciate you so much and wish you all the best in the future, and I hope you do | 01:49:25 | |
| come back and do some more of that with us. | 01:49:29 | |
| Mr. Stewart, thank you. | 01:49:36 | |
| One thing I always hear around. | 01:49:39 | |
| Ventura County is Porto Anemia has their act together. | 01:49:42 | |
| And. | 01:49:46 | |
| Is it starts with. | 01:49:47 | |
| You like you, you don't. You've done a lot. You've been instrumental for the city and. | 01:49:49 | |
| So thank you. Thank you for your service. | 01:49:54 | |
| Yeah, and I'll just say thank you for everything. Yeah, you've really. | 01:49:57 | |
| Assisted the city in being where it is today and all the things that you have done. So we really appreciate all the work you've | 01:50:02 | |
| done for us. So we're gonna come down and we're gonna take another picture with Director Stewart. | 01:50:07 | |
| Yeah, probably. | 01:50:40 | |
| Oh yeah, I think. | 01:50:52 | |
| Yes. | 01:50:57 | |
| Hi. | 01:51:05 | |
| 123. | 01:51:14 | |
| All right. Thank you. | 01:51:44 | |
| So now we're going to recess the City Council meeting and call to order the Port Winemi Housing Authority regular. | 01:51:46 | |
| Meeting umm. | 01:51:54 | |
| The time is now 722. | 01:51:55 | |
| Madam Clerk. | 01:51:59 | |
| Roll call please Authority member. | 01:52:01 | |
| Here. Authority member Hernandez here. Authority member Perez here. | 01:52:05 | |
| Vice Chair Lopez. | 01:52:10 | |
| Here, Chair McQueen legend here, and let the record reflect that members Blackwell and Brown are absent. | 01:52:11 | |
| Great. | 01:52:19 | |
| We have a quorum though, right? | 01:52:20 | |
| Yes, great. Thank you. | 01:52:22 | |
| Housing Authority public comments Are there any public comments? | 01:52:24 | |
| No public comments for Housing Authority. Great, thank you. | 01:52:27 | |
| Umm, so we are now. | 01:52:31 | |
| Considering the items on the Housing Authority Consent Calendar, which will be enacted in one motion unless an Authority member | 01:52:34 | |
| has a request to remove an item. | 01:52:38 | |
| Any items? Any request to remove any items. | 01:52:42 | |
| OK is it? Can I get a motion and a second? | 01:52:48 | |
| To approve the consent calendar. | 01:52:51 | |
| Move to approve. | 01:52:53 | |
| Second great Madam Clerk. All in favor? Aye, all opposed. | 01:52:54 | |
| Hearing none, motion passes with members Blackwell and Brown absent. | 01:53:00 | |
| OK. | 01:53:04 | |
| Let's see. | 01:53:06 | |
| Are there any any authority members have any reports? | 01:53:08 | |
| Anything to report? | 01:53:13 | |
| Nope, nothing to report. OK, I'll now adjourn the Housing Authority regular meeting. | 01:53:15 | |
| Umm, the time is now. | 01:53:21 | |
| 724 The next regular scheduled meeting is September 2nd. | 01:53:25 | |
| At 6:30. | 01:53:29 | |
| PM. | 01:53:31 | |
| I'll now call to order the special joint meeting of the City Council, Housing Authority and Surplus Property Authority Commission. | 01:53:35 | |
| Roll call, please, Madam Clerk. | 01:53:43 | |
| OK, Council member, Housing Authority member, Commissioner Gama here. | 01:53:46 | |
| Councilmember, Housing Authority member Commissioner Hernandez. | 01:53:51 | |
| Councilmember, Housing Authority member, Commissioner Perez here. | 01:53:55 | |
| Mayor Pro Tem Vice Chair Vice President Lopez here. | 01:53:59 | |
| Mayor, Chair, President McQueen Legend here. | 01:54:03 | |
| We'll now consider the items on the Consent calendar to approve the minutes. | 01:54:06 | |
| Unless there is a request to remove an item, is that the only item? | 01:54:11 | |
| OK, can I get a motion and a second to approve the minutes? | 01:54:15 | |
| Move to approve. | 01:54:19 | |
| Second, I'm sorry, I said the minutes, the consent calendar. | 01:54:20 | |
| Move to approve. Move to approve second. | 01:54:24 | |
| Thank you, Madam Clerk. All in favor, aye. | 01:54:26 | |
| All opposed. | 01:54:30 | |
| Hearing none, motion passes with members Blackwell and Brown absent. | 01:54:31 | |
| Great. So we'll move now to the public hearing pursuant to the Government Code section. | 01:54:36 | |
| 3502.3 AB 2561 regarding the report on the city. | 01:54:41 | |
| Of Port Hueneme vacancies and recruitment. | 01:54:47 | |
| And retention efforts. Madam Clerk, do you have proof of publication as required by law and a complete file of reports and | 01:54:50 | |
| exhibits? | 01:54:53 | |
| Yes, Madam. | 01:54:57 | |
| Thank you. | 01:54:59 | |
| Staff, please present the report. | 01:55:00 | |
| Thank you. And frankly, our HR manager will be taking us through that report on this new state. | 01:55:04 | |
| Requirement. | 01:55:11 | |
| Good evening Mayor, Mayor Pro Tem, City Council and citizens report on me when Amy and is frankly HR manager. | 01:55:14 | |
| On September 22nd, 2024, Governor Newsom signed Assembly A Bill AB. | 01:55:23 | |
| 2561 to address the issue of job vacancies and public agencies. | 01:55:28 | |
| Which adversely affects the delivery of public service and employee workload. | 01:55:34 | |
| The bill was enacted into law and codified in Government Code section 3502.3. | 01:55:38 | |
| The new law became effective January 1st of 2025. | 01:55:44 | |
| The new Assembly bill requires 3 things at least once per fiscal year and agencies governing body. | 01:55:49 | |
| Must hold a public hearing and receive the agency's report on the status and status of vacancies and recruitments and retention | 01:55:54 | |
| efforts. | 01:55:58 | |
| During the hearing, the agency must identify any necessary changes to policies, procedures and recruitment activities. | 01:56:02 | |
| That may lead to hiring obstacles. | 01:56:10 | |
| And lastly, the agency must allow the recognized employee organizations. | 01:56:12 | |
| Bargaining unit. | 01:56:16 | |
| To make presentation at the hearings. | 01:56:17 | |
| If 20% or more of the full time employee. | 01:56:20 | |
| Full time positions in a bargaining unit are vacant. | 01:56:23 | |
| The city must, upon unions request, provide specific vacancy and workforce data. | 01:56:26 | |
| At a public hearing, including total vacancies, applicant numbers. | 01:56:31 | |
| Time to fill averages and ways to improve compensation and employment conditions. | 01:56:35 | |
| I'm happy to report that we have never met that threshold. | 01:56:39 | |
| This here. | 01:56:44 | |
| The City of Port Hueneme has three employee groups, of which two groups engage in collective bargaining. | 01:56:45 | |
| The Service Employees International Union Local 721. | 01:56:50 | |
| SEIU and the Port 1 Amy Police Officers Association. | 01:56:54 | |
| They have been notified about the public hearing and were informed that they are allowed to make presentation. | 01:57:00 | |
| The city is below the 20% vacancy rate. | 01:57:05 | |
| No other vacancy or workload data is required to be presented. | 01:57:08 | |
| For the fiscal year 202425 annual budget. | 01:57:16 | |
| The City Council approved a total of 137. | 01:57:19 | |
| Full time equivalent budgeted positions. | 01:57:23 | |
| Excluding seasonal and City Council positions. | 01:57:26 | |
| And in fiscal year 2025? | 01:57:29 | |
| The city experienced an average vacancy rate of 7.7%. | 01:57:31 | |
| And with that, that's the presentation. | 01:57:36 | |
| Take any questions if there are any. | 01:57:40 | |
| Or if not. | 01:57:43 | |
| Move to recommendations. Great. Thank you. Are there any questions, Council members, any questions? | 01:57:44 | |
| No questions. | 01:57:50 | |
| OK, so. | 01:57:52 | |
| Yeah, go ahead with the question. | 01:57:54 | |
| What's the purpose of this? And I think? | 01:57:57 | |
| I have my own opinion but. | 01:58:01 | |
| Might be wrong but generally speaking the 30,000 foot view. | 01:58:02 | |
| So I think in larger organizations where they have vast amount of vacancies, it really hurts their service delivery. | 01:58:07 | |
| Impacting employees, having them work overtime, being tired in their their capacity so. | 01:58:13 | |
| To prevent that from happening, labor union groups, I believe, put this bill together to address any of those issues to make sure | 01:58:19 | |
| that. | 01:58:22 | |
| There's sufficient resources to make sure that the city. | 01:58:26 | |
| Service delivery is being done. Is there penalties if you fall below that or go above 20% vacancy rate? | 01:58:29 | |
| No, there isn't. It's mostly. | 01:58:36 | |
| A requirement that. | 01:58:40 | |
| The unions are able to request the data that's collected. | 01:58:41 | |
| And to make appropriate policy decisions to. | 01:58:46 | |
| Make sure that the city is city or the public agency is a more attractive organization. | 01:58:49 | |
| I think if I could just add there that I think one of the goals with. | 01:58:54 | |
| The thinking of how this would play out as if there was a city that was not really making the effort to fill positions. | 01:58:59 | |
| That they would give the opportunity for the. | 01:59:05 | |
| Employees and the unions to come out and and. | 01:59:08 | |
| Kind of identify that to the public and to the Council. | 01:59:11 | |
| So I think that was the thought process behind it. We, as Frank just showed we've actually. | 01:59:14 | |
| Been able to recruit and retain employees at a very high rate so it. | 01:59:20 | |
| We don't expect it to be an issue here, but. | 01:59:25 | |
| That it has been an issue in areas around us. I think we all heard about like a local Police Department that had something like a | 01:59:29 | |
| 40% vacancy rate at one point, so. | 01:59:33 | |
| Like that would be an example of the employees in the labor group would have an opportunity to come out and. | 01:59:38 | |
| Like identify that as a concern. | 01:59:43 | |
| So we have not had the issue and we don't anticipate it moving forward. | 01:59:47 | |
| Any other questions? | 01:59:52 | |
| Any other questions? OK, great. | 01:59:54 | |
| The public hearing is now open for public input. It is now 730. Are there any public comments regarding this item? | 01:59:56 | |
| No public comments. | 02:00:03 | |
| Great. Thank you. The public input has concluded. I will now close the public public hearing. The time is 7:30. | 02:00:05 | |
| We have before us a recommendation. Recommendation. | 02:00:13 | |
| To receive the informational report on City of Portland, any vacancies, and recruitment and retention efforts pursuant to | 02:00:17 | |
| Government Code section 3502.3, and to take such additional related action. | 02:00:23 | |
| That may be desirable. | 02:00:30 | |
| May I have a motion and a second? | 02:00:32 | |
| I'll make a motion to receive the informational report. | 02:00:34 | |
| 2nd. | 02:00:38 | |
| Thank you. Is there any discussion? | 02:00:40 | |
| No discussion. Great. Thank you, Madam Clerk. | 02:00:46 | |
| Please take roll call. Councilmember Housing Authority member Commissioner Gama. Yes, Councilmember Housing Authority Member | 02:00:48 | |
| Commissioner Hernandez. | 02:00:52 | |
| Yes. | 02:00:57 | |
| Councilmember, Housing Authority member Commissioner Perez. | 02:00:58 | |
| Mayor Pro Tem. Vice Chair. Vice President Lopez? Yes. Mayor Chair, President McQueen Lejean. | 02:01:01 | |
| Yes, and let the record reflect that members Blackwell and Brown are absent. Motion passes. | 02:01:08 | |
| Great. Thank you. Thank you. | 02:01:13 | |
| OK, we'll move on to number item number 8, budget adoption for fiscal years 2025 through 26 and 2026 through 2027. Madam Clerk, do | 02:01:16 | |
| you have proof of publication as required by law and a complete file of reports and exhibits? Yes, Madam Mayor. | 02:01:25 | |
| Will staff please present the report? | 02:01:33 | |
| Yes, and I'm going to. | 02:01:37 | |
| Hand it off to Ashley because I think everybody's tired of hearing me talk about the budget from the last couple of meetings, so. | 02:01:38 | |
| Ashley, take it away. | 02:01:45 | |
| Thank you. | 02:01:48 | |
| Mayor, Mayor Pro Tem, City Council, thank you so much for your time. Thank you for letting us talk to you guys again about the | 02:01:49 | |
| budget for our third workshop. | 02:01:54 | |
| I hope you all enjoyed your light weekend reading of the budget. | 02:02:01 | |
| And I know that we've had two workshops now with you all on this topic, so. | 02:02:06 | |
| Hopefully tonight is just an overview of what we've already gone over and an opportunity for more detailed questions as to maybe | 02:02:12 | |
| any of the items that. | 02:02:16 | |
| We gave you in the more. | 02:02:20 | |
| Much more detailed book. | 02:02:22 | |
| So we'll start off with a quick summary of the two past workshops. | 02:02:24 | |
| And data we've already covered. | 02:02:29 | |
| We started by providing the city. | 02:02:32 | |
| Council with the overview of the big picture. | 02:02:34 | |
| What our revenues have been looking like. | 02:02:38 | |
| What a more sustainable budget should look like for us moving forward. Some of the actions that staff have already taken to try to | 02:02:40 | |
| make. | 02:02:44 | |
| Budget cuts to prepare for potential volatility in our revenues. | 02:02:48 | |
| Upcoming new budget cycle. | 02:02:53 | |
| The keyword was economic uncertainty that we do need to continue to prepare without overreacting, cutting too much when we're | 02:02:56 | |
| still uncertain about how sales tax revenue specifically may look this upcoming budget cycle. | 02:03:03 | |
| So we will continue to try to make reasonable reductions, present you with ideas. | 02:03:11 | |
| And, umm. | 02:03:17 | |
| Pause new spending. | 02:03:18 | |
| And come back to you with potential budget adjustments throughout the year, maybe a little more frequently than what we're used | 02:03:20 | |
| to. | 02:03:23 | |
| But we want to make sure that we remain transparent and up to date with any. | 02:03:26 | |
| New information we're getting us to change in those revenues. | 02:03:30 | |
| That was pretty much the first workshop. I would say the second workshop we focused a little more on the 5% department proposed | 02:03:35 | |
| general fund operating reductions. | 02:03:40 | |
| This included positions. | 02:03:44 | |
| Decrease in positions that we'll go over again, but also in operations. | 02:03:46 | |
| It's going to be a very tight budget. Really thankful to all of our department heads who will be. | 02:03:52 | |
| We'll be working together to meet that budget this next fiscal year in hopes of not. | 02:03:58 | |
| Hurting any service levels and remaining consistent with our deliverables. | 02:04:02 | |
| We revised our CIP plan to focus projects. | 02:04:09 | |
| With alternative funding sources such as Streets, gas tech funds. | 02:04:13 | |
| And we are going to be looking for grant opportunities. | 02:04:18 | |
| So you will see a. | 02:04:23 | |
| Bit of a smaller CIP budget as far as new projects are concerned, but we did present you with a full list of CIP projects that | 02:04:25 | |
| does include rolled over projects and multi year projects that are ongoing the departments are working on right now so that will | 02:04:30 | |
| be included in the budget. | 02:04:35 | |
| Our message thus far has been that overall general fund revenues have remained flat. So I'm showing for you there the revised | 02:04:45 | |
| budget over the past few years. | 02:04:50 | |
| And. | 02:04:55 | |
| As operating expenditures continue to increase. | 02:04:56 | |
| We have tried to make major reductions in this proposed FY20 6 and FY20 7 budget. | 02:05:00 | |
| So that we can get back to figuring out what are optimal. | 02:05:06 | |
| Staffing levels for the city. | 02:05:11 | |
| So I'd like to go through these general fund expenditure categories very quickly. | 02:05:14 | |
| You'll notice salaries and benefits continue to increase annually. Those are with regular. | 02:05:18 | |
| Cost of living increases mandatory CalPERS payments towards our unfunded liability. | 02:05:24 | |
| And so we did. | 02:05:31 | |
| Freeze several general funded positions in this fiscal year 26 and 27 in order to try to cut down on some of those continued. | 02:05:34 | |
| Salary and benefit increases. | 02:05:43 | |
| We do intend to move forward right sizing filling positions with attrition. That was something that's proposed as a continued | 02:05:46 | |
| ongoing effort. | 02:05:50 | |
| Operational expenditures you will notice took a cut from 25 to 26 and those are all of those department proposed 5% reductions we | 02:05:55 | |
| are speaking to you about. | 02:05:59 | |
| Those were necessary cuts to try to get to our balanced budget. | 02:06:04 | |
| But the salaries and benefits are makeup. | 02:06:10 | |
| 70% of our expenditures, therefore, that's the area we really didn't need to focus on. | 02:06:13 | |
| Our capital expenditure budget as I mentioned decreased there. That 1.2 figure does include the rolled over projects as well as | 02:06:19 | |
| the new projects and our fixed assets and capital outlay expenditures. So larger supplies and equipment that will be will be | 02:06:24 | |
| buying this fiscal year. | 02:06:29 | |
| Of that amount, we are going to be using some of our CIP reserve in order to produce this balanced budget. | 02:06:34 | |
| And so we are using about 600,000 of that CIP reserve to fund some of these capital expenditures. | 02:06:41 | |
| Internal services and debt covers the increases to our risk insurance, our Citywide insurance that continues to go up annually. | 02:06:50 | |
| And that's one of the larger budget increases you'll see from 26 to 27 proposed because we do anticipate that annually. | 02:06:58 | |
| Regarding fund balance, we. | 02:07:12 | |
| Continue to try to protect the unassigned fund balance and so that capital reserve is how we were able to produce a balanced | 02:07:15 | |
| budget this year. | 02:07:20 | |
| We want to show here. | 02:07:27 | |
| The umm. | 02:07:30 | |
| Staffing levels. So as I mentioned in the previous slide. | 02:07:31 | |
| We have reduced the total number of staff. | 02:07:35 | |
| Umm, so that. | 02:07:40 | |
| And with attrition is the way in which we will try not to hit phone balance. | 02:07:41 | |
| Hurt unassigned fund balance. | 02:07:45 | |
| Apologies, I forgot my main point with that staffing amount. | 02:07:48 | |
| The. | 02:07:53 | |
| Unassigned fund balance with the approval and adoption of this budget, we estimate to be at the end of this fiscal year 25 at 7.4 | 02:07:57 | |
| million. | 02:08:00 | |
| It does go up to 8 million. | 02:08:05 | |
| And the reason for that is as we cut. | 02:08:08 | |
| Our expenses, so does our reserve requirement go down? | 02:08:11 | |
| And so that shows like an increase, but what it is, is adjusting the reserve to the appropriate amount according to our policies, | 02:08:15 | |
| which I'll go over next. | 02:08:19 | |
| And then fiscal year 27 budget? | 02:08:24 | |
| Does go down to 6.8 million and that is the reason why we say we will need to come back with you with budgeted adjustments and | 02:08:26 | |
| additional. | 02:08:30 | |
| Additional reductions in 27 should our revenues not increase. | 02:08:34 | |
| This is. | 02:08:43 | |
| Our listing out of our specific reserves, we have 4 categories in which we went over in the last meeting. I don't want to continue | 02:08:44 | |
| to give you the same information. So they're listed for you here as well as in the book. But just know that every year, we do have | 02:08:50 | |
| to adjust these according to what our operating budget is, considering that they are dependent upon six months of operating | 02:08:56 | |
| expenses, 10% of operating expenses. | 02:09:02 | |
| And we continue, we'll continue, we will continue to bring back these figures to you to show you the change overtime. | 02:09:09 | |
| That's all I have for you today on the general fund. I did want to switch gears and talk a little bit about the utilities. | 02:09:17 | |
| Utilities are enterprise funds in which we are obligated to capture. | 02:09:25 | |
| From the rates in which we give to our utility users, the full amount of the cost of providing the services. | 02:09:30 | |
| We will be coming to you with a utility rate study here soon. Public Works has been working on an RFP to. | 02:09:36 | |
| Have a consultant to help us with this study. | 02:09:44 | |
| It's I want to show you the fund balances here so that you understand why we do have to go through this study and that it has been | 02:09:46 | |
| quite some time in which we've done it lost. | 02:09:51 | |
| So the wastewater and solid would. | 02:09:56 | |
| Waste Enterprise funds were last completed in 2009. | 02:09:58 | |
| The water utility study was more recently done in 2019. | 02:10:04 | |
| And I want to show you these fund balances that. | 02:10:08 | |
| Annually, I'm showing you from 23 to 27, they continue to decrease instead of building up a reserve that we will need for new | 02:10:11 | |
| capital improvement projects as they come about as those needs come up. | 02:10:17 | |
| Or the water operating fund, you will see a large. | 02:10:24 | |
| Decrease in fund balance from 25 to 26 and that is because of a lot of capital improvement projects that they are going to get | 02:10:28 | |
| done in this upcoming fiscal year. Again, this is part of that. Let's focus our team's efforts on projects that other funds will | 02:10:35 | |
| be used instead of general fund on our cap projects for these upcoming years. | 02:10:41 | |
| So that's that large decrease there from 25 to 26 in fund balance for water projects. | 02:10:48 | |
| Wastewater went through decreased from 24 to current year 25 because of their large water force mean break project that they were | 02:10:53 | |
| able to complete this fiscal year. | 02:10:58 | |
| So I'm trying to just point out some of these variances and show you that we do need to start saving up for future projects. | 02:11:04 | |
| Solid Waste did have some equipment purchases that they needed to make in past years and that's showing the decrease there. They | 02:11:10 | |
| had a large trash trucks to purchase. | 02:11:15 | |
| So we'll be coming back to you for that rate study to hopefully turn this around. | 02:11:22 | |
| Is there a rate study for each of the enterprise funds or is it just water? | 02:11:29 | |
| All of the funds will be studied, reviewed, reviewing their costs and what will be needed to be recuperated with a change in | 02:11:34 | |
| rates. They'll all be analyzed. | 02:11:39 | |
| OK. Thank you. | 02:11:43 | |
| I'm moving on from utilities to the housing division. | 02:11:46 | |
| The Housing Authority does have three separate funds. I'm listening for you there. Their fund balance that we're proposing for the | 02:11:50 | |
| end of FY20 6. | 02:11:55 | |
| But I did want to highlight that we will have to come back. | 02:11:59 | |
| Or the FY20 7 budget. | 02:12:03 | |
| We will have major changes in the housing division. | 02:12:05 | |
| I will not totally speak for Gabby on this art, but. | 02:12:09 | |
| Our housing division is going to go through a change to the RAD Section 19 Blends program which will require the creation of a new | 02:12:14 | |
| fund, totally new tracking of this separate HUD program. | 02:12:20 | |
| And so it will cause a reduction in the 701 conventional housing fund, which is another our current ongoing HUD program and it | 02:12:27 | |
| will we will have to come back to you with a full budget. | 02:12:32 | |
| And uh. | 02:12:37 | |
| Program. | 02:12:39 | |
| Changes and outline all of that for you. The housing division will come back with that information and data. | 02:12:40 | |
| The other two funds though. | 02:12:46 | |
| Are the city's surplus property authority and the housing successor agency. | 02:12:48 | |
| The vibe listing for you, their fund balances there, These are fully funded through rents, so we get rent revenue and the division | 02:12:53 | |
| maintains the properties. | 02:12:59 | |
| Any questions? | 02:13:09 | |
| Council have any questions? | 02:13:11 | |
| No questions. OK. | 02:13:15 | |
| So the public hearing is now open for public input at 743. Are there any public comments regarding this item? | 02:13:17 | |
| No public comments. | 02:13:24 | |
| Public input has concluded. I will now close the public hearing. | 02:13:26 | |
| At 7:44. | 02:13:29 | |
| We have before us the recommendation to adopt the operating and capital improvement. | 02:13:31 | |
| Planned budget for FY20 252026. | 02:13:36 | |
| And FY20 2627. | 02:13:40 | |
| Adopt A resolution of the Council of the City of Port Hueneme determining and establishing the City's appropriation limit. | 02:13:43 | |
| For FY20 252026. | 02:13:49 | |
| Adopt A resolution of the Council and the City of Port Hueneme and boards. | 02:13:53 | |
| Of the surplus property authority. | 02:13:58 | |
| And the Port Hueneme Housing Authority adopting the budget for FY20 25. | 02:14:00 | |
| 26th. | 02:14:05 | |
| And FY20 26 and 27. | 02:14:06 | |
| May I have a motion and a second? | 02:14:09 | |
| Move to approve. | 02:14:11 | |
| 2nd. | 02:14:13 | |
| Right. Is there any further discussion? | 02:14:15 | |
| Madam Clerk, please conduct A roll call. Vote please. | 02:14:19 | |
| Councilmember. Housing Authority member. Commissioner Goma. | 02:14:21 | |
| Yes, Councilmember, Housing Authority member Commissioner Hernandez. | 02:14:24 | |
| Councilmember, Housing Authority member. Commissioner Perez. Yes. Mayor Pro Tem, Vice Chair, Vice President Lopez. | 02:14:29 | |
| Mayor Chair President McQueen Le Jean. | 02:14:36 | |
| Yes, I let the record reflect that Housing Authority members Brown and Blackwell are absent and motion passes. | 02:14:38 | |
| Great. Thank you. | 02:14:45 | |
| Thank you. This brings us. | 02:14:46 | |
| Great. Thank you. | 02:14:48 | |
| I just want to thank Ashley for supporting Real Guppies last night. It was really nice to see you there and. | 02:14:49 | |
| It was fabulous to see you there actually, so thank you. | 02:14:58 | |
| Great. This brings us to the end of the special joint meeting. We will now reconvene to the City Council regular meeting. The time | 02:15:03 | |
| is now 745. | 02:15:07 | |
| Now on to our consent calendar, which will be enacted in one motion unless the Council member has a request to remove an item for | 02:15:13 | |
| discussion. | 02:15:18 | |
| Any items to be removed from the consent calendar. | 02:15:22 | |
| If not, may I have a motion and a second to approve the consent calendar? | 02:15:27 | |
| Move to approve. | 02:15:31 | |
| 2nd. | 02:15:33 | |
| Madam Clerk, please take a roll call. | 02:15:34 | |
| All in favor. | 02:15:36 | |
| All opposed. | 02:15:38 | |
| Hearing none, motion passes unanimously. | 02:15:39 | |
| Great. Thank you. We'll now move to item number 12, the public hearing, continued public hearing annual development agreement | 02:15:42 | |
| compliance reviews for Emerald Perspective. | 02:15:46 | |
| A cooperative incorporated and finding of exemption from SEQUA. | 02:15:51 | |
| I now turn over to staff for the report. | 02:15:58 | |
| Thank you. | 02:16:01 | |
| We have a, we had a presentation, but I think we'll try to keep it. | 02:16:03 | |
| A little simpler and shorter. This is the continued public hearing. | 02:16:08 | |
| That we had started on May 5th, 2025. | 02:16:13 | |
| The City Council held the public hearing for the annual review of the development agreement. | 02:16:16 | |
| Between the city and the dispensary. Emerald perspective. | 02:16:21 | |
| At that time, staff provided. | 02:16:25 | |
| Sort of a list of. | 02:16:29 | |
| Items that. | 02:16:31 | |
| Had fallen out of compliance in the development agreement between the City of an Emerald Perspective. | 02:16:32 | |
| The council approved. | 02:16:37 | |
| That essentially a payment plan. | 02:16:39 | |
| And continued the public hearing to tonight. | 02:16:42 | |
| With the direction that progress be made related to the payment plan and getting into compliance with other requirements of the | 02:16:46 | |
| development agreement. | 02:16:51 | |
| And so tonight we are here to report that on Friday, we received the first payment from Emerald Perspective as part of that. | 02:16:55 | |
| Payment plan. | 02:17:05 | |
| And they took some additional steps, such as renewed their business license on Friday as well. | 02:17:07 | |
| And so. | 02:17:15 | |
| We've seen. | 02:17:17 | |
| I would say progress over the last two business days. | 02:17:19 | |
| Uh, uh, and so, uh. | 02:17:23 | |
| We're bringing that. | 02:17:25 | |
| Back to council with that update. | 02:17:26 | |
| And. | 02:17:30 | |
| We want to. | 02:17:31 | |
| Modify the report. When we wrote it and it was released, it was before all of that occurred. | 02:17:33 | |
| So we want to acknowledge that. | 02:17:39 | |
| And so we'd modify our recommendation at this point since there have been steps taken to get into compliance, we are recommending | 02:17:41 | |
| that. | 02:17:44 | |
| There's still a couple more steps and. | 02:17:49 | |
| I think key things are. | 02:17:52 | |
| We're still looking for confirmation and contact and a signature from the property owner. | 02:17:54 | |
| I'm sorry, the business owner. | 02:18:02 | |
| And so we are still working towards that. | 02:18:05 | |
| And then there are some additional payments that are due. | 02:18:08 | |
| And so we're recommending. | 02:18:12 | |
| The additional payments that are due over the next. | 02:18:14 | |
| Week and then another one due early July. | 02:18:17 | |
| So we are recommending at this time, while we continue to work through those, that the City Council continue the public hearing to | 02:18:20 | |
| July 21st. | 02:18:24 | |
| To see if all of those requirements that we're. | 02:18:28 | |
| Set were are met by that time. | 02:18:32 | |
| And by that time, we should. | 02:18:35 | |
| Have confirmation on all of those items so. | 02:18:37 | |
| So it is a sort of a late breaking a change from what we wrote the report to say because things changed after we wrote the report. | 02:18:40 | |
| And with that, I'll ask. | 02:18:48 | |
| Our community development connect. | 02:18:50 | |
| Community, Community and economic Development director, if there's anything to add or anything I missed with all those changes. | 02:18:52 | |
| No, I think you you hit it all. So yes, the payment plan. | 02:18:58 | |
| Payment plan has not been agreed to yet and unfortunately we don't have the business owner here this evening it appears. | 02:19:03 | |
| But we do have the first payment was made as Mr. Vega mentioned. | 02:19:09 | |
| They are coming into compliance with regard to the items that needed reinspection. | 02:19:14 | |
| There are still some. | 02:19:22 | |
| Issues with regard to that though, that also need to be worked out and so yes, so. | 02:19:24 | |
| City Manager Meg and I had a discussion late this afternoon because this was also late breaking. | 02:19:29 | |
| And felt that it would be best to just continue this on so we can hope that they come back into full compliance. | 02:19:35 | |
| Without having to take. | 02:19:44 | |
| Other actions at this point. | 02:19:45 | |
| I have a couple of questions. | 02:19:48 | |
| So, so we had some deadlines and you say that there was a payment received. | 02:19:50 | |
| Was that by the deadline that was established? | 02:19:56 | |
| Well, the deadline was immediate. | 02:19:59 | |
| And this was back on May 5th. | 02:20:02 | |
| So it didn't occur till this past Friday. So it depends on how you. | 02:20:04 | |
| Define that than to be. | 02:20:10 | |
| Right. But otherwise, like I said. | 02:20:12 | |
| Part of the. | 02:20:16 | |
| The inspection that we performed last Thursday. | 02:20:18 | |
| Found that some compliance had taken. | 02:20:22 | |
| Had occurred at that point with regard to the employee tags. | 02:20:25 | |
| More now present. | 02:20:28 | |
| The business owner has emailed and said that the all of the required documents that. | 02:20:31 | |
| Should be available at anytime during inspection that they were available. | 02:20:36 | |
| Neither he nor the. | 02:20:41 | |
| Nor the manager were present during the inspection. | 02:20:43 | |
| Did get ahold of the manager who could not direct her staff to where those documents are and didn't think she could find them | 02:20:47 | |
| until. | 02:20:51 | |
| This week at the earliest. So we still don't have that. | 02:20:55 | |
| And then again, the Council did direct that. | 02:20:59 | |
| The payment plan was supposed to also have been signed by tonight and like I said, that has not occurred either. | 02:21:04 | |
| OK. Can you can you say what what was the payment amount? | 02:21:13 | |
| The payment amount was the $12,000, which is what the City Council had directed be paid immediately. | 02:21:17 | |
| Yeah. And I'll just note there just to sort of. | 02:21:24 | |
| Try to get the full picture. So the council had asked for that immediately. We had sent a notice out immediately but in that | 02:21:28 | |
| notice we had said. | 02:21:32 | |
| You know, please pay immediately. | 02:21:35 | |
| Prior to tonight. | 02:21:37 | |
| So, umm. | 02:21:39 | |
| So. | 02:21:40 | |
| Was Friday immediately? | 02:21:42 | |
| You know, we can argue that, but they did. | 02:21:44 | |
| We had included in that notice that that we met prior to tonight, so they paid it before tonight. | 02:21:47 | |
| OK, Yeah, yeah, go right ahead, Mayor Pro Tem. | 02:21:53 | |
| Was there a reason why the owner didn't come? | 02:21:58 | |
| Did did he share any information? | 02:22:01 | |
| No, we've not, other than that one e-mail that I mentioned that he sent, which was pretty short. | 02:22:03 | |
| There has not been any other communication from the business owner whatsoever. | 02:22:10 | |
| How many other cannabis? | 02:22:16 | |
| Businesses are not in compliance. | 02:22:17 | |
| There are several others that will be coming before you. | 02:22:21 | |
| As well now they're not to this extent. | 02:22:24 | |
| But there are some. | 02:22:28 | |
| Some issues and we've discussed in past development agreements, some reviews that sometimes there are issues with other businesses | 02:22:30 | |
| as well. | 02:22:33 | |
| So. | 02:22:39 | |
| Currently. | 02:22:40 | |
| Have they discussed? | 02:22:44 | |
| When the money that is owed is. | 02:22:46 | |
| I mean had did they agree to the payment plan? | 02:22:52 | |
| No, at this point they have not. So talking to our finance staff who are working with the dispensary. | 02:22:54 | |
| The manager was given another copy of it recently and she was going to take it to the business owner to have a sign. We did direct | 02:23:02 | |
| that he would need to sign that because. | 02:23:08 | |
| We have no other authorization stating than anybody else can agree to this, which is part of the reason why we continued this | 02:23:14 | |
| hearing last time. | 02:23:17 | |
| So at this point though, we have not heard back. | 02:23:22 | |
| With regard to. | 02:23:25 | |
| Any other commitments for any other payments? | 02:23:27 | |
| But again, as Mr. Vega mentioned, we do have one that's due very shortly and another one due in July and so. | 02:23:29 | |
| Hopefully we'll see those payments come in. | 02:23:38 | |
| Thank you. | 02:23:41 | |
| OK, great question. | 02:23:42 | |
| Mr. Gama first, then. | 02:23:44 | |
| I don't know if it's the appropriate time, but I would like to hear from the manager if I don't know if it's appropriate questions | 02:23:46 | |
| based on the report. | 02:23:50 | |
| 1st and then when we go into discussions, we'll ask questions to them. | 02:23:54 | |
| OK. Because some of the questions that I have. | 02:23:57 | |
| I think hopefully could be answered by the manager. | 02:23:59 | |
| OK. So thank you, Mayor. So Mr. Sue, you mentioned something about? | 02:24:03 | |
| The owner signing off on. | 02:24:08 | |
| The agreement. | 02:24:11 | |
| Has the owner signed off? | 02:24:13 | |
| His authority? | 02:24:17 | |
| To any member of his staff so that they can represent the business. Has there been any? | 02:24:18 | |
| You're nodding yes or. | 02:24:25 | |
| We have not received any. | 02:24:28 | |
| OK, all right. And I can I. | 02:24:29 | |
| If I could add, because I think that is one of the things we're working to clarify and why we had suggested the one month | 02:24:32 | |
| continuance is our understanding what I have. | 02:24:36 | |
| Been told is that there has been communication. | 02:24:40 | |
| With the employees, with the owner and that they came in and got the payment plan to. | 02:24:43 | |
| Get that signed through that process, but we have not received communication from the business owner at this time. | 02:24:48 | |
| Right. OK. Any other questions? | 02:24:54 | |
| Of staff. | 02:25:00 | |
| OK, so the public hearing is now? | 02:25:01 | |
| Reopened for public input. The time is 7:55. | 02:25:05 | |
| Umm, are there any public comments? | 02:25:11 | |
| Yes, we have a public comment from Draya Reyes. | 02:25:14 | |
| So the questions will come up. | 02:25:20 | |
| Good evening. OK, I have all. | 02:25:26 | |
| Documents that he was asking. | 02:25:29 | |
| Or the reason why they didn't. | 02:25:30 | |
| Use your mic please. | 02:25:32 | |
| Last Thursday when the police came in to get the required documents for to show that we were compliant. | 02:25:35 | |
| I was actually in the hospital with my daughter. | 02:25:40 | |
| So what he told me was he would come back on Friday or Monday. So I was there on Friday and I even gave him a call and asked him | 02:25:43 | |
| to come back that I had it. | 02:25:47 | |
| And I ain't gonna. | 02:25:51 | |
| I didn't get any call back. | 02:25:52 | |
| And then today I called him and he said not to worry about it. | 02:25:54 | |
| To bring everything to the meeting today. | 02:25:58 | |
| So I have everything that. | 02:26:00 | |
| Was asked for. | 02:26:02 | |
| And there was a letter sent. I've been communicating with somebody mean. | 02:26:04 | |
| Dion. | 02:26:09 | |
| I believe, not sure who that is from the city. | 02:26:11 | |
| Diane from our finance department is who coordinated the payment plan. OK, so she asked me just to bring the. | 02:26:16 | |
| That signed payment agreement from me here today and I have that with me and I guess I'm supposed to give to somebody named | 02:26:21 | |
| Ashley. | 02:26:24 | |
| Not sure who Ashley is. | 02:26:28 | |
| Yeah, but. | 02:26:29 | |
| For the following up on those items, that should be during the regular business hours, not at the council meeting, so they were | 02:26:33 | |
| told. They told me just to bring everything here. So that's why I just wanted to bring everything here. Just to clarify that | 02:26:38 | |
| everything that I have been asked to do has been done at home. | 02:26:42 | |
| He also sent money. Somebody in. | 02:26:47 | |
| The paper showing that I'm now authorized to be the speaker for for the store. | 02:26:51 | |
| I mean, if I would have known this stuff was going on. | 02:26:56 | |
| Six months ago I would have started making payments then, but. | 02:26:59 | |
| Like he wasn't in communications like with none of us so. | 02:27:02 | |
| Us as employees, we're trying just to like. | 02:27:07 | |
| Get back, yeah. | 02:27:10 | |
| Understand. | 02:27:11 | |
| Are you complete with your comments now you finish with your comment, OK? | 02:27:13 | |
| There were some questions. Were there any questions? Go ahead, Mr. Comma. | 02:27:17 | |
| Yes. So I'm just trying to understand the the mindset of the owner. | 02:27:20 | |
| And I feel for you being in the position that you're in. | 02:27:25 | |
| As well as employees of the business, but just by your own comments right now. | 02:27:28 | |
| The owner hasn't been present. | 02:27:34 | |
| And I understand that he's dealing with them. Family matters. | 02:27:37 | |
| And basically I think he really wanted like to give up, but knowing that he knows that. | 02:27:40 | |
| We are striving to keep this place open like. | 02:27:45 | |
| The end goal is if I could get us out of trouble. | 02:27:47 | |
| I'm gonna end up. | 02:27:50 | |
| Hopefully getting the business myself. | 02:27:51 | |
| But I gotta dig us out of like. | 02:27:54 | |
| This hole that we're in first. | 02:27:56 | |
| And that's by intentions and good faith to pay you guys. | 02:27:57 | |
| So it's. | 02:28:02 | |
| I'll just be honest, it's a little unsettling. | 02:28:05 | |
| To have the owner checking out. | 02:28:08 | |
| Because that's who our agreements are with. | 02:28:11 | |
| And you know the state. | 02:28:14 | |
| There's a lot of state requirements that were and so. | 02:28:16 | |
| You know, it just, it's an uncomfortable feeling. It really is. And it's. | 02:28:19 | |
| Out with me until I could get to the point to where we can get out of trouble right. But I'm not sure we're while speaking for | 02:28:24 | |
| myself, I'm not sure where we want to ride out. OK, so let's just so right now is questions we haven't gotten to the vote. | 02:28:31 | |
| For discussion, so just ask questions at this time. | 02:28:39 | |
| Are you going to be able to make the? | 02:28:45 | |
| $77,000 up in the next what, three months? Is that our payment plan? Do we have a payment over the next five months? | 02:28:47 | |
| In five months, do you think that's our goal, That's your goal, but will you be able to, do you think? | 02:28:56 | |
| Because I, I have a chart right here in front of me, just I know it's going to rain on you. | 02:29:01 | |
| But this is I think we could come close to it. Cannabis sales have big time, right? Sales are going, but we're still doing our | 02:29:06 | |
| best to maintain. And like I said, we came up with a 12 grand. | 02:29:11 | |
| So I think we could. | 02:29:17 | |
| What Diane or whoever said that we could start making little payments throughout the month that way, what the end of the month, | 02:29:19 | |
| end of July when I owe that big payment, it won't be as big we don't have to come up with. | 02:29:24 | |
| Chunk of it and that was. | 02:29:29 | |
| That's our goal. | 02:29:30 | |
| To start making payments next week. | 02:29:31 | |
| Are you paying all your other bills? Is it? Is it? | 02:29:34 | |
| Or is this just? | 02:29:38 | |
| I mean, is it doable or is it really, really doable? Will it be doable in four months, five months? I don't know because I don't | 02:29:39 | |
| know. | 02:29:43 | |
| How the sales are going to go from here? | 02:29:47 | |
| Like everybody's taking a hit in cannabis sales right now, so. | 02:29:49 | |
| I can't say what's gonna happen in three months from now. | 02:29:53 | |
| But I can say right now I can make some payments. | 02:29:55 | |
| So I'm just going to ask if with the questions, can we keep the questions to the business of the city? | 02:29:59 | |
| I don't think it's really our concern if other bills are paid, so let's just ask about the. | 02:30:05 | |
| Payments to the city, that's what's really important. | 02:30:10 | |
| So if we can stay around that, I think that would be helpful. | 02:30:13 | |
| Well, I'm just trying to understand if the business is going to survive or not. I mean, if you're robbing Peter to pay Paul, I | 02:30:16 | |
| don't understand how you know. So my question is. | 02:30:21 | |
| Are the sales there? Are you going to be able to make this, make payroll, make all your expenses? | 02:30:27 | |
| Yes, as of right now, yes. | 02:30:32 | |
| But like I said, three months down the line, I don't know. It depends on ourselves. | 02:30:34 | |
| That's pretty much how I. | 02:30:38 | |
| I can say it because. | 02:30:40 | |
| Every day is different. | 02:30:42 | |
| We have good days, we have bad days. | 02:30:43 | |
| And again, summer's coming. | 02:30:45 | |
| And summers are usually our. | 02:30:46 | |
| Our best time? | 02:30:48 | |
| So I'm I'm. | 02:30:50 | |
| Banking on our summers, you know. | 02:30:51 | |
| Great. Any you have any questions, Mayor Pro Tem? | 02:30:54 | |
| Yeah, so. | 02:30:57 | |
| Something as simple as as keeping. | 02:30:59 | |
| Documents for your employees. | 02:31:02 | |
| Why? Why are like? | 02:31:05 | |
| It seems like there's a senior man with the secret. Like why is that not available? | 02:31:07 | |
| For anyone who's in the. | 02:31:12 | |
| Business not to find. | 02:31:15 | |
| That requirement now it is because now I knew everything that was supposed to be done. The person I've been in contact with from | 02:31:17 | |
| the city has basically told me like she's helping me take the steps that I need. | 02:31:22 | |
| To be in compliance. | 02:31:28 | |
| And that's why I was able to put together everything. | 02:31:29 | |
| So apparently he had files there. | 02:31:32 | |
| But the old person that was in charge that left? Never. | 02:31:35 | |
| Disclose where they were and we never knew. | 02:31:38 | |
| And that's the issue is. | 02:31:41 | |
| There's no. | 02:31:43 | |
| There's no ownership. | 02:31:44 | |
| Yeah, and. | 02:31:45 | |
| And that's what we're trying to step into, to do like take ownership of the responsibility and have everything in compliance. | 02:31:47 | |
| OK, that that's all great. Thank you. Anything. | 02:31:55 | |
| OK. | 02:31:59 | |
| Do you have anything else? | 02:32:01 | |
| Yeah, just I have everything that shows on in compliance. I have a payment set up for next week. | 02:32:03 | |
| For last month's taxes and. | 02:32:08 | |
| Another payment set up. | 02:32:11 | |
| Get, I guess, the next next physical years. | 02:32:13 | |
| Business License. | 02:32:16 | |
| So as far as I know, we're good until July 31st with. | 02:32:17 | |
| Business licenses. | 02:32:21 | |
| Great. Thank you. | 02:32:21 | |
| Madam Clerk, any other public comments? | 02:32:23 | |
| No other public comments. Thank you. Public input has concluded. I will now close the public hearing at this time. It is now 803. | 02:32:25 | |
| And so since. | 02:32:34 | |
| This information. | 02:32:36 | |
| Is not updated. | 02:32:37 | |
| City Manager, will you? | 02:32:39 | |
| Mr. | 02:32:41 | |
| What are the recommendations? | 02:32:43 | |
| Well, the the latest recommendation as Mr. Vega mentioned earlier, is to continue this hearing item until July 21st. | 02:32:47 | |
| So that we can allow the business to come into compliance with the the remainder of the items. | 02:32:56 | |
| As well as to begin that. | 02:33:02 | |
| Formal payment plan. | 02:33:04 | |
| Is there the recommendation is before you? Is there a motion, motion to approve staff recommendation? | 02:33:08 | |
| 2nd, 2nd. | 02:33:14 | |
| Great. Thank you. | 02:33:16 | |
| Are any further discussion? | 02:33:17 | |
| If no further discussion, Madam Clerk, please conduct A roll call. Vote please, Councilmember Gama. | 02:33:22 | |
| Council Member Hernandez. | 02:33:29 | |
| Yes, Councilmember Perez. Yes, Mayor Pro Tem Lopez. | 02:33:31 | |
| Yes, Mayor McQueen Lashon. Yes. | 02:33:36 | |
| Motion passes unanimously. | 02:33:38 | |
| Great. Thank you. | 02:33:41 | |
| Thanks for your comments. | 02:33:42 | |
| And we're going to move on to item number 13, or Annual Assessment for Assessment district #87 Point Dash 1. | 02:33:43 | |
| Assessment district #91 one and assessment district #95-3. | 02:33:52 | |
| Will staff please present the report? | 02:34:00 | |
| Yes, thank you and I'm going to. | 02:34:03 | |
| Hand it over to Fred Camera, our public works director. Who's going to present? | 02:34:05 | |
| This report. | 02:34:09 | |
| Good evening, Mayor, Mayor Pro Tem. Council. | 02:34:12 | |
| Staff and members of the audience are still with us. | 02:34:16 | |
| What you have before you tonight is something that comes before the Council annually. | 02:34:21 | |
| It's the initial proceeding to get our assessment districts. | 02:34:25 | |
| Process initiated. | 02:34:30 | |
| We have the lighting, Mating Lighting, maintenance assessment district, the Parkway and median assessment district. | 02:34:32 | |
| And the drainage assessment district. | 02:34:40 | |
| So tonight's. | 02:34:43 | |
| Goal is to go ahead and have the resolutions that are that are before you to go ahead and have that approved. | 02:34:48 | |
| And it also preliminary. | 02:34:53 | |
| Preliminary. | 02:34:55 | |
| Approval of the engineers reports which you have a copy of. | 02:34:58 | |
| What state? What the money is going to be used for in the next fiscal year? | 02:35:01 | |
| And also to go ahead and. | 02:35:06 | |
| Set the public hearing date. | 02:35:10 | |
| Which is will be July or June 16th at our next City Council meeting. | 02:35:12 | |
| The total of the three districts estimated revenues are. | 02:35:20 | |
| 494,000 and three dollars. | 02:35:27 | |
| The total accumulative estimated expenses are $618,284. | 02:35:29 | |
| Individually broken out the lighting meeting assessment lighting maintenance assessment district is. | 02:35:38 | |
| An estimated revenue of $132,893. | 02:35:45 | |
| With estimated expense of 188,715. | 02:35:50 | |
| Dollars which? | 02:35:57 | |
| Means that. | 02:35:59 | |
| The lighting. | 02:36:00 | |
| District would have a deficit of $55,822. | 02:36:01 | |
| And that is subsidized by the general fund. | 02:36:06 | |
| And out of the three of the districts, that's the only one that. | 02:36:09 | |
| The general fund will need to subsidize. | 02:36:13 | |
| The second one, the Parkway and Median Maintenance Assessment District, has an estimated revenue of 176,000 and $60.00. | 02:36:17 | |
| With estimated expenses of 232,711 dollars. | 02:36:26 | |
| Again, a deficit. | 02:36:33 | |
| $56,651 in that fund. | 02:36:35 | |
| However, the that fund does have. | 02:36:39 | |
| Beginning fund balance of $252,169. | 02:36:43 | |
| So. | 02:36:48 | |
| The deficit being funded out of the fund balance that would leave. | 02:36:50 | |
| An estimated $195,518 in that fund. | 02:36:55 | |
| At the end of the fiscal year. | 02:37:00 | |
| And the drainage district has an estimated revenue. | 02:37:02 | |
| Of 185,000 and $50. | 02:37:07 | |
| With an estimated expense of $196,858. | 02:37:10 | |
| And that would leave an estimated deficit in the fiscal year of 11,808. | 02:37:17 | |
| That fund has. | 02:37:23 | |
| Currently fund balance of $641,801. | 02:37:25 | |
| And. | 02:37:30 | |
| It's estimated that the ending fund balance would be $629,993. | 02:37:32 | |
| We may end up coming back at some point with that one. As you all know, we've been working on the clearing of the bubbling. | 02:37:39 | |
| Brings Creek corridor. | 02:37:47 | |
| We have money set up this year's budget to continue some activities, but. | 02:37:49 | |
| We're working also right now with Fish and Wildlife. We're trying to see if we can get a permit that will allow us to go ahead and | 02:37:55 | |
| treat the Creek. | 02:38:00 | |
| Permitted chemical spraying. | 02:38:07 | |
| If that happens. | 02:38:10 | |
| Then we'll come back and reassess how and what that does. It would mean we'd have to obtain a permit. | 02:38:12 | |
| Through the state. | 02:38:19 | |
| There be. | 02:38:21 | |
| Ongoing costs for monitoring, we'd hire a consultant to go ahead and do that because we have to measure. | 02:38:23 | |
| The pre sprain. | 02:38:29 | |
| 1st post spraying and make sure that it's being handled properly. | 02:38:32 | |
| So there are some things that could change in this, but if we do that, we would be coming back before you anyway because we'd be. | 02:38:36 | |
| Telling you what those new amounts would be. | 02:38:43 | |
| And with that. | 02:38:45 | |
| I will ask you if you have any questions. | 02:38:47 | |
| Council have any questions? | 02:38:50 | |
| Councilmember Hernandez. | 02:38:53 | |
| I just. I have a. | 02:38:54 | |
| Kind of technical question is the Reed removal. | 02:38:56 | |
| Is that what the sprain is for? | 02:38:59 | |
| Yes, we've been doing that mechanically. | 02:39:01 | |
| But it would be to once. | 02:39:04 | |
| The idea would be we'd remove them, but then as they start to come back they would be sprayed to keep them from getting overgrown | 02:39:07 | |
| to the to the size that they do get because they grow very fast. | 02:39:13 | |
| Is that what's causing the water to look Gray or black? | 02:39:18 | |
| We're not spraying right now. We're not spraying anything. We can't. | 02:39:22 | |
| To have the discoloration or the. | 02:39:30 | |
| Not that I'm aware of complaints about. | 02:39:33 | |
| I just didn't know what was causing it. | 02:39:37 | |
| Yeah, No, we haven't heard any complaints with it. We can go take a look and see if there's something that. | 02:39:40 | |
| Is contributing to that, but the plants? | 02:39:46 | |
| Haven't shown that that is a contributor to me. OK, discolored gotcha. Thank you. | 02:39:49 | |
| Mayor Pro Tem. | 02:39:55 | |
| So we have. | 02:39:56 | |
| We have our own equipment to remove. | 02:39:58 | |
| Yeah, the overgrowth. | 02:40:01 | |
| Correct. And some of it we are able to get with our own equipment, other we rent some specialty equipment just because. | 02:40:03 | |
| And parts of the recreation corridor, it's really narrow and so we need special machinery that we don't have that has extended | 02:40:09 | |
| reaches so. | 02:40:13 | |
| We don't end up damaging anything else around us. | 02:40:17 | |
| So what? What? | 02:40:20 | |
| Kind of timeline is this every? How often are we doing? | 02:40:24 | |
| Well, we'll see as part of it will be if we get to the point where we can get the permit. | 02:40:27 | |
| We're going to work with a biologist consultant that. | 02:40:32 | |
| Layout the terms and also the permit will tell us when we can spray, what we can spray, what we can't spray. | 02:40:37 | |
| There are a couple of. | 02:40:43 | |
| Different chemicals that are out. | 02:40:45 | |
| In the market now that? | 02:40:47 | |
| Are approved. | 02:40:50 | |
| Here. So we'll have to see what the recommendations would be and then they'll do baseline testing and all of that and tell us, OK, | 02:40:52 | |
| this is what you can do, this is what you have and this is how you can apply it. And then we'd have to follow those instructions. | 02:40:58 | |
| So if we can't. | 02:41:04 | |
| Let's just say for the sake we can't get a permit. | 02:41:06 | |
| Then it's we continue on doing manual removal of this stuff. | 02:41:10 | |
| Which takes how long? | 02:41:13 | |
| We only have a small window of time we have. | 02:41:15 | |
| Four months where we can actually work in the Creek. | 02:41:18 | |
| That's because of the wildlife permit. That was what I was going to say is we they give us a narrow window that we have to work. | 02:41:23 | |
| And the sprain would also cover a window of when we would be able to apply it because it's also based on what's. | 02:41:29 | |
| The bio in the Creek is because they don't want to affect that either so. | 02:41:36 | |
| Thank you. | 02:41:41 | |
| Any other questions? | 02:41:43 | |
| OK, so. | 02:41:49 | |
| Are there any public comments? | 02:41:52 | |
| No public comments. | 02:41:54 | |
| Great. Thank you. | 02:41:55 | |
| So we have before us the recommendation to adopt the resolution of the City Council, City of Port Hueneme, for each of the | 02:41:56 | |
| following assessment districts declaring. | 02:42:01 | |
| Its intention to order the levy. | 02:42:05 | |
| And collection of assessments for the fiscal year beginning July 1st, 2025 and ending June 30th, 2026, the Lightning Maintenance | 02:42:08 | |
| Assessment District 87-1, the Parking and Medium Assessment district #91.1, and the Port Hueneme Drainage Maintenance Assessment | 02:42:14 | |
| District. | 02:42:20 | |
| #95-3. | 02:42:26 | |
| May I have a motion and a second? | 02:42:28 | |
| I'll make a motion that we adopt the resolution for each. | 02:42:31 | |
| Of the three. | 02:42:35 | |
| Assessment districts second. | 02:42:37 | |
| Great. Thank you. Any discussion? | 02:42:39 | |
| Thank you for the good work. | 02:42:44 | |
| All in favor. | 02:42:46 | |
| Aye, all opposed. | 02:42:47 | |
| Hearing none, motion passes unanimously. | 02:42:49 | |
| Great. Thank you, Mr. | 02:42:51 | |
| For your, for your. Thank you. | 02:42:53 | |
| OK, so we have concluded our agenda items and we're moving on to our City Manager's report. | 02:42:58 | |
| Thank you. | 02:43:05 | |
| Yeah. We have a couple of things we wanted to highlight. Then we'll talk about that next agenda and what we're expecting there. | 02:43:06 | |
| But we wanted to start with highlighting the. | 02:43:12 | |
| Well, it was a week ago already. It doesn't feel like it, but last week's 2025 Memorial Day ceremony. | 02:43:16 | |
| And so we wanted to thank everybody who attended, and particularly Captain Jason G Krantz. | 02:43:23 | |
| Chief staff officer at Naval Base Ventura County. | 02:43:31 | |
| Attended and delivered the keynote address. | 02:43:34 | |
| And then? | 02:43:36 | |
| All our other partners, the Navy Sea Cadets, Allen Berry from the VFW and. | 02:43:38 | |
| We had some sheriff's representatives, the port. | 02:43:46 | |
| Port representatives and so. | 02:43:50 | |
| I think it's turning into a good community event and we highlight it with our. | 02:43:52 | |
| Lifeguard paddle out Lifeguard and community paddle out for the lost at sea and. | 02:43:57 | |
| So that was the second time we've done that so. | 02:44:03 | |
| We wanted to thank everybody for for joining us for that event. | 02:44:06 | |
| We wanted to highlight as well we last year. | 02:44:12 | |
| Recognize. I'm sorry, last week recognized. | 02:44:17 | |
| Police Explorer of the Year. | 02:44:21 | |
| Explorer Captain Jackie Alleva. | 02:44:23 | |
| Again named Police Explorer the year for Port Winnie Me Police Department. | 02:44:26 | |
| She's been a part of the team since since she was 13 years old so. | 02:44:30 | |
| It was. | 02:44:36 | |
| So she's been helping out for. | 02:44:39 | |
| Quite a quite a while. | 02:44:42 | |
| And so she helped with the Turkey drive this year. | 02:44:44 | |
| And assist with the property and evidence in case filings with the district's attorney's office. | 02:44:48 | |
| So we wanted to thank Jackie. | 02:44:53 | |
| I think we were talking about recognizing her in the future. | 02:44:55 | |
| And uh. | 02:44:59 | |
| I think she. | 02:45:00 | |
| I couldn't make it last week or this week, but we'll look forward to that. | 02:45:01 | |
| We wanted to highlight some upcoming events. We have recreation and community events, the Movies in the Park series for this year. | 02:45:09 | |
| There are four scheduled. If you remember in our budget we had talked about. | 02:45:17 | |
| Reducing the three for next year, but the good news was we had a bonus one from last year and so we're able to have four this | 02:45:22 | |
| year. | 02:45:25 | |
| With that first one being in June of. | 02:45:30 | |
| June 13th. | 02:45:32 | |
| And so that is coming up Moana 2 at Winnie Me Beach Park. I think we put the ads up for that. | 02:45:34 | |
| I think this morning so. | 02:45:40 | |
| Word should be getting out on that event and so put that on your calendar and July 5th. | 02:45:42 | |
| Top Gun is also. | 02:45:47 | |
| Going to be shown at Winnie Beach Park and then we have our August and September events listed as well. | 02:45:49 | |
| And then I think we might have mentioned this last meeting, so I won't get into the too much detail, but we also are starting that | 02:45:55 | |
| STEM summer camp program that City Council approved that our recreation team had. | 02:46:01 | |
| Come up with and we are. | 02:46:07 | |
| Looking for. | 02:46:09 | |
| For participants. | 02:46:10 | |
| The. | 02:46:13 | |
| Week 1 is. | 02:46:14 | |
| Scheduled for July 7th to July 11, so we're hoping people will register. | 02:46:16 | |
| Soon. | 02:46:20 | |
| And then two other community events coming up. | 02:46:23 | |
| On the right, the Coffee with Your City event is. | 02:46:26 | |
| Scheduled for next Wednesday, June 11th from 9:00 AM to 10:00 AM. | 02:46:30 | |
| At Anna Cappuccino. | 02:46:34 | |
| And we'll have members of our team there to answer questions and connect. | 02:46:36 | |
| And then on June 25th, Wednesday the 25th. | 02:46:42 | |
| 5:30 PM. Here in Council Chambers we are planning to hold a short term rental community forum. | 02:46:46 | |
| If you recall with Council will last. | 02:46:52 | |
| Staff to do some research on short term rentals. They do a community survey. | 02:46:55 | |
| And then? | 02:46:59 | |
| Do some community outreach so this. | 02:47:01 | |
| Form is going to be part of that outreach where we tell we share the survey results. | 02:47:03 | |
| And talk about potential. | 02:47:08 | |
| Next steps in that process. | 02:47:10 | |
| That'll be Wednesday, June 25th at 5:30 PM. | 02:47:13 | |
| And then coming up on the next agenda, June 16th. | 02:47:17 | |
| We have quite a few items here, presentations we have our first. | 02:47:21 | |
| Centenarian recognition proclamation. | 02:47:26 | |
| The Council had approved that. | 02:47:29 | |
| Program umm. | 02:47:31 | |
| So we have our first one coming forward. We've already had our second application come in last week too, so. | 02:47:32 | |
| Looks like we have some centenarians who were. | 02:47:38 | |
| Eagerly awaiting that SO. | 02:47:42 | |
| We'll be bringing our first one forward on the 16th. | 02:47:44 | |
| We also have our Juneteenth proclamation and. | 02:47:47 | |
| The community invitation to win EMI Beach Festival. | 02:47:50 | |
| Which somehow is also coming up. | 02:47:54 | |
| In early July. | 02:47:56 | |
| And so. | 02:47:58 | |
| Then we'll on consent, we have a few agreements that we're bringing crossing guard contract annual renewal. | 02:48:00 | |
| A senior nutrition program contract some purchases of some materials for PWA. | 02:48:07 | |
| And that revised IT broadband master plan is the one that we already presented, but we were going to bring back the the full | 02:48:13 | |
| revised version. So that'll come back. | 02:48:18 | |
| And maybe one of the highlights will be the. | 02:48:22 | |
| Community The Citizens Advisory Commission will be meeting on the HERO Award. | 02:48:25 | |
| Between now and then, and so we'll plan to bring forward their. | 02:48:30 | |
| Recommended recommendation for the Hero Award this year. | 02:48:33 | |
| And then we have. | 02:48:38 | |
| We just. | 02:48:40 | |
| Declared our intent to levy the assessment districts. | 02:48:42 | |
| And so on the 16th, we'll have the public hearing to actually levy the. | 02:48:46 | |
| Assessment Districts. | 02:48:51 | |
| For this year, so the next step in that process. | 02:48:53 | |
| We have the citywide parking study workshop that we we had been doing that parking study and we're going to bring back the results | 02:48:56 | |
| of that and do a workshop for that. | 02:49:00 | |
| And then veterans ad hoc committee discussion is also scheduled for that meeting. | 02:49:04 | |
| So umm. Uh. | 02:49:10 | |
| Expecting to have a pretty full. | 02:49:11 | |
| Agenda I will note on the veterans. | 02:49:14 | |
| Commission Veterans ad hoc committee, I think we've received. | 02:49:16 | |
| Few applications. | 02:49:19 | |
| But and today was technically the deadline. | 02:49:21 | |
| I we'll, we'll extend that one week. | 02:49:25 | |
| Just to try to try to make sure we get enough applicants. So if anybody knows anybody encourage them to apply a few, how many, two | 02:49:29 | |
| or three or one or I know 2 for sure. I think we got a third e-mail, but I'm not sure if it was like if it was a third application | 02:49:34 | |
| or not or just one of the existing people. So. | 02:49:40 | |
| I know for sure two, possibly 3. I believe it is 3 now. | 02:49:45 | |
| OK, Yeah. | 02:49:50 | |
| So we'll extend it for another week to try to get a couple more applicants to come forward. So, but we're we're bringing that back | 02:49:51 | |
| on the 16th with whatever we have at that point. | 02:49:55 | |
| So that's the schedule or the tentative list of items for June 16th and I'm happy to answer any questions. | 02:50:01 | |
| Can I make a? | 02:50:10 | |
| Comment on your comment. | 02:50:11 | |
| I know it wasn't intentional, but I just want to recognize my brother, Carlos Kamal Junior. | 02:50:14 | |
| This guy is saying I omitted him and yeah, but I just want to let everyone know that this guy has been in the band his entire | 02:50:20 | |
| life. He could play every instrument out there. | 02:50:25 | |
| And he's the one that came to Mayor Perez at the time and I and said, hey. | 02:50:31 | |
| You guys should do this. They do it up in Cayucos Pier. | 02:50:35 | |
| He was so excited. He drives. | 02:50:40 | |
| From Redding, CA all the way to port. Why need me to do that? And that's a. | 02:50:43 | |
| 800 mile drive I think or something. It's pretty big. | 02:50:47 | |
| But he loves it, so exciting and I think he was very well received and I'm couldn't be prouder for my brother. So maybe we could | 02:50:50 | |
| send him a thank you note or something. | 02:50:55 | |
| Yeah, actually he. | 02:51:03 | |
| Kept the crowd pretty well entertained by playing every. | 02:51:05 | |
| Song belonging to the. | 02:51:09 | |
| Different branches of military. So he did a really great job. | 02:51:10 | |
| I do have a question about the role of elected officials in disaster. How, how are we coming along on that? So we had reached out | 02:51:15 | |
| to county EOC to. | 02:51:21 | |
| To see if they'd be interested in coming and doing that. | 02:51:28 | |
| They actually said that they are starting an initiative where they are planning to go to all cities to talk about that. | 02:51:32 | |
| So we asked them to keep us in the loop for that. | 02:51:38 | |
| So. | 02:51:42 | |
| I think the last time we talked maybe about. | 02:51:43 | |
| Maybe about a month ago as they said that they were working on developing. Terrific. Thank you. | 02:51:46 | |
| No more questions. OK, great. So we'll now move to the council, member reports. | 02:51:51 | |
| I attended my daughter's graduation on Friday, so I have no more children at home. They're all adults. | 02:51:58 | |
| Get out, don't come home. Get a job now. | 02:52:08 | |
| I also attended the Guppy event so congratulations, I was well attended and I hope they made a lot of money. | 02:52:14 | |
| And don't forget on June 13th is the groundbreaking for the Port We Need Me Boys and Girls Club. They're about to do big | 02:52:20 | |
| construction overhaul of that club, which is. | 02:52:25 | |
| Long-awaited and long overdue. | 02:52:30 | |
| At 3:30. | 02:52:32 | |
| And that's it. | 02:52:34 | |
| Yeah, I just want to finish up my brothers trombone is a valve trombone, slide trombone. It's a very special trombone and he tells | 02:52:36 | |
| me there's very few. | 02:52:41 | |
| Like it in the world? | 02:52:45 | |
| I just love the guy. | 02:52:48 | |
| He'll drive 800 miles to blow his horn. | 02:52:50 | |
| I had a chance to listen to the port. | 02:52:55 | |
| The standing committee meeting between the port last week. | 02:52:59 | |
| It's like 2 hours and I think everybody. | 02:53:02 | |
| Our council should listen to it and I think there's some issues that came up in there that we should even discuss. | 02:53:06 | |
| So for those others and the ones that were there, if you haven't listened to it. | 02:53:12 | |
| I strongly encourage you to listen to it, I think. | 02:53:17 | |
| We could learn. | 02:53:20 | |
| What we need to do? | 02:53:22 | |
| To better our working relationship with the Port of Winimi. | 02:53:24 | |
| And. | 02:53:27 | |
| So I guess. | 02:53:29 | |
| Shortly on the next agenda, I think I'll make a request for an agenda item on that to at least begin to talk. | 02:53:32 | |
| Amongst ourselves so that. | 02:53:39 | |
| You know, we could send representatives that know where the Council stands on. | 02:53:42 | |
| Issues but. | 02:53:46 | |
| There's quite a bit. | 02:53:48 | |
| To digest there and I don't want to take up too much time but. | 02:53:50 | |
| I would strongly encourage everyone to listen to that. | 02:53:55 | |
| The Memorial Day was great. | 02:53:58 | |
| You know. | 02:54:01 | |
| It was tough. | 02:54:02 | |
| It was a tough paddle. | 02:54:03 | |
| I'm here. | 02:54:05 | |
| I'm here to admit it, right, James? You know, And we made it. | 02:54:06 | |
| And compared to last year? | 02:54:11 | |
| Yeah, last year was a breeze, but. | 02:54:14 | |
| You know that. | 02:54:16 | |
| Camaraderie out there amongst the lifeguards is it's infectious. It's really cool. We have such a wonderful lifeguard staff. | 02:54:17 | |
| And I think it's a, it's a very unique thing and a. | 02:54:27 | |
| And don't wear high heels on the pier. That's what I learned. | 02:54:31 | |
| I saw that. That's what I learned. I didn't wear high heels. | 02:54:36 | |
| I saw somebody wearing high heels and it's like, you know. | 02:54:39 | |
| Flat footed. | 02:54:45 | |
| And. | 02:54:48 | |
| Really enjoy the diversity collective. I really hope that. | 02:54:50 | |
| That we could. | 02:54:53 | |
| Help mental health. | 02:54:57 | |
| Help people identify mental health. Help people understand where they could get help. | 02:55:00 | |
| I really respect the council member Perez for again coming up forward and and Speaking of of you know your. | 02:55:05 | |
| Tragedy. | 02:55:12 | |
| And. | 02:55:13 | |
| So I really appreciate that. | 02:55:14 | |
| Real Guppies was great. | 02:55:17 | |
| One other thing with regards to you know, I hear about economic development up here, we need economic development. I heard it in | 02:55:21 | |
| the port meeting, the ports talking about us and economic development. | 02:55:26 | |
| And I just want to make. | 02:55:31 | |
| Everyone aware of some of the things that are happening that hurt us economically, and I don't know if you all noticed, but the | 02:55:32 | |
| Roxbury. | 02:55:36 | |
| Restaurants closed. | 02:55:41 | |
| Yeah, it's been closed. You know why it's closed? I know why it's closed. | 02:55:43 | |
| Because the owner sold it to his head cook. | 02:55:46 | |
| And his head cook was all excited to become a business owner. And then the County Health Department came in and says, oh, you're a | 02:55:49 | |
| new owner. You need to do a. | 02:55:53 | |
| $100,000 in improvements. | 02:55:57 | |
| And so now the poor guys like what? | 02:55:59 | |
| So Pho Saigon just called, Just closed. | 02:56:02 | |
| Is the same thing. | 02:56:05 | |
| Same thing. | 02:56:07 | |
| Roxbury sold to his head cook. | 02:56:09 | |
| These guys. | 02:56:12 | |
| Have sold and there's new owners coming in. | 02:56:13 | |
| Is the County Health Department going to come in and say you need to do $100,000 of improvements? | 02:56:15 | |
| I hope not, because. | 02:56:20 | |
| You know, if if that is the case, then I think we need to. | 02:56:22 | |
| To work with the county because. | 02:56:28 | |
| While they're doing that, we have unlicensed food vending everywhere in the county. | 02:56:30 | |
| We have unlicensed food vendors coming down on the sidewalks at the beach, the pier. | 02:56:35 | |
| And so. | 02:56:41 | |
| You know what a? | 02:56:42 | |
| Change of ownership is, you know, shouldn't mean. | 02:56:44 | |
| You run someone out of business with onerous or like we had the same issue with the car need to sell breader. | 02:56:47 | |
| When when the ownership changed there, it took him 18 months to get opened. | 02:56:54 | |
| You know and. | 02:56:59 | |
| And again. | 02:57:00 | |
| Roxbury Berry has been there. | 02:57:02 | |
| For a long time providing. | 02:57:04 | |
| Good, good community benefits and now the new. | 02:57:06 | |
| Head cook who? | 02:57:11 | |
| Tried to take it over. | 02:57:12 | |
| You know, I don't know what. | 02:57:13 | |
| He's bankrupt or what, but it's over. | 02:57:15 | |
| Anyways, that's it. | 02:57:17 | |
| OK, yeah, just real quick. I also enjoyed the Memorial Day event and wanted to. | 02:57:20 | |
| And thanks staff, Anna and Taylor, Penny and everybody and your brother and everybody who participated in it. | 02:57:28 | |
| Lifeguards and. | 02:57:34 | |
| City manager and everybody who went out on their boards and. | 02:57:37 | |
| Enjoyed, you know, enjoyed the wreath ceremony. It was just, it was really nice. It was a great. | 02:57:41 | |
| Great turn out, I just have once. | 02:57:47 | |
| Um, take away from that day is that we need to remember in our scripts when staff writes our scripts. | 02:57:50 | |
| That we recognize the former elected officials. | 02:57:56 | |
| Who were there? I think there was some. | 02:58:00 | |
| Her feelings by a couple of. | 02:58:03 | |
| Former electeds who didn't get recognized, although you did say raise your hand and they should have raised their hand but. | 02:58:05 | |
| Yeah. Anyway, just just a note for the future. | 02:58:12 | |
| I will also be submitting a. | 02:58:16 | |
| Travel an out of state travel request to attend. | 02:58:19 | |
| The National Association of Latino. | 02:58:23 | |
| Elected officials in July. I'm not asking for money, except maybe money for mileage out of my travel account. | 02:58:26 | |
| But I want to go. I'm I'm going under a scholarship. I hope I'm going under a scholarship. | 02:58:35 | |
| I've paid for membership out of my own pocket. | 02:58:41 | |
| But I want to go and be able to say that I'm representing the city so. | 02:58:44 | |
| I don't know how to do that other than to submit a travel request. | 02:58:50 | |
| An out of state travel request, maybe you can advise on that. Yeah, I think if you just submit the request, our policy is that out | 02:58:55 | |
| of state travel requests have to be approved by council. So we'd bring it to council. | 02:59:00 | |
| OK so if I go wearing my jacket or. | 02:59:05 | |
| Anything I can, I can say that I'm. | 02:59:08 | |
| Once the Council approves, thank you. | 02:59:11 | |
| And I also did watch a part of the. | 02:59:14 | |
| City port meeting and my take away from that is that we can. | 02:59:16 | |
| I want to thank the mayor and the mayor Pro Tem for representing us. | 02:59:21 | |
| We appointed you to represent us and. | 02:59:26 | |
| I'm hoping that we can help you be better prepared. | 02:59:30 | |
| In the future and so I to want to ask for an agenda item so that we can talk about. | 02:59:34 | |
| How we can go better prepared? | 02:59:40 | |
| With the information you need. | 02:59:43 | |
| To contribute and and have the discussions that. | 02:59:45 | |
| That really come back to benefit us and make progress. | 02:59:49 | |
| In our. | 02:59:53 | |
| Relationship building. | 02:59:54 | |
| But you guys did a good job, so thank you very much for doing that. | 02:59:57 | |
| And that's all I have. | 03:00:02 | |
| Great Mayor Pro Tem. | 03:00:03 | |
| Yes. | 03:00:05 | |
| I did attend the. | 03:00:06 | |
| Winimi High School JNJROTC end of year awards. | 03:00:09 | |
| And their change of command. | 03:00:14 | |
| It felt good to see young, young leaders at Winemie. | 03:00:19 | |
| That program has taken off. | 03:00:26 | |
| 10 years ago, you know, some of those kids were bullied. Now they're. | 03:00:29 | |
| You know, they're respected on the on the campus, so it's good to see a. | 03:00:31 | |
| Real change. | 03:00:35 | |
| Philosophy in that school. | 03:00:37 | |
| And it was, it was actually, it was a good ceremony. | 03:00:39 | |
| I also attended the Ventura County Family Justice Center Foundation Camp Hope. | 03:00:43 | |
| Very good foundation. | 03:00:49 | |
| Targeting our youth. | 03:00:53 | |
| Trying to get them out of this systems. | 03:00:55 | |
| And uh. | 03:00:57 | |
| Good foundation if you guys ever want to. | 03:00:58 | |
| I'm sure you guys probably heard of it already and. | 03:01:01 | |
| Support that. | 03:01:04 | |
| And then congratulations to the Winnemi High School. | 03:01:07 | |
| Women's softball CIF champions. | 03:01:11 | |
| So that was that was very good to see. | 03:01:14 | |
| Great. Thank you. | 03:01:17 | |
| Did you have anything? | 03:01:19 | |
| I don't know, I was just trying to let me go 1st and we'll come back to you. Can I make one comment during the joint? | 03:01:21 | |
| The joint meeting with the Port, I will say that. | 03:01:29 | |
| We didn't speak. | 03:01:35 | |
| Out of line, we think we. | 03:01:37 | |
| What we could actually say? | 03:01:41 | |
| Again. | 03:01:43 | |
| As as a City Council, we need to have an agenda. | 03:01:44 | |
| So that when we go. | 03:01:48 | |
| We you know. | 03:01:50 | |
| We know what. | 03:01:51 | |
| What what we're targeting and what we specifically. | 03:01:53 | |
| What we thought was it was we're just going to talk to Community Benefit Fund. | 03:01:56 | |
| And it kind of went off. | 03:02:00 | |
| Off the wind. | 03:02:02 | |
| Overall, it was it wasn't a bad mean. | 03:02:05 | |
| I think that the goal is. | 03:02:08 | |
| Is to build. | 03:02:10 | |
| Collaboration and cooperation with. | 03:02:12 | |
| Our poor partners. | 03:02:15 | |
| I'll say great thank you and I'll start there and say yes. So you all. | 03:02:17 | |
| And I hope you've had an opportunity to look at the whole meeting. One of the things that will continue to foot stomp until it | 03:02:22 | |
| changes is that. | 03:02:26 | |
| We don't have the authority from this body. | 03:02:30 | |
| To talk about certain things. | 03:02:33 | |
| If you hold on a minute, hold on. | 03:02:36 | |
| If you all remember. | 03:02:38 | |
| There was a. | 03:02:40 | |
| Motion on this day. | 03:02:42 | |
| For us to go talk about certain things and the motion failed. | 03:02:44 | |
| Which means that we don't have the authority. | 03:02:48 | |
| To have the conversation. So until that changes. | 03:02:51 | |
| We're going to continue to be directed by. | 03:02:54 | |
| This body. | 03:02:58 | |
| And as of now. | 03:02:59 | |
| Mayor Pro Tem and I don't have the authority. | 03:03:01 | |
| To talk about certain things. So that's where it is right now, and until that changes, that's where we're going to stay. | 03:03:04 | |
| So, yeah, so I think it was thank you for saying that. I think it was a great meeting. We I think we had an opportunity to have | 03:03:10 | |
| some dialogue with one another. | 03:03:14 | |
| And I think that. | 03:03:18 | |
| It's a great start. | 03:03:20 | |
| And we're going to continue to. | 03:03:22 | |
| Have conversations because I think we. | 03:03:25 | |
| Here on the dais and those at the port. | 03:03:29 | |
| We talk a lot about us being partners. So that's the goal is for us to continue to develop and grow partnerships. And so that's my | 03:03:32 | |
| view and that's what I, my endeavor is to do that. So looking forward to continue to have. | 03:03:40 | |
| The discussions hard or easy? | 03:03:48 | |
| Their discussions that we have to have, so we're going to continue to have them. | 03:03:51 | |
| So a couple of things that I've done since I've been to the last council meeting, I attended the Peace Officers Association | 03:03:54 | |
| memorial. | 03:03:58 | |
| And on the same day attended Carmen Ramirez is a memorial. | 03:04:02 | |
| They dedicated a Rose Garden over at the county. Both events were at the county. | 03:04:08 | |
| I attended the Real Guppy as Councilmember Gama mentioned. | 03:04:13 | |
| I did was very successful. | 03:04:18 | |
| And winning raffle gifts. | 03:04:21 | |
| I think I'm I won more than probably anybody in the room. | 03:04:24 | |
| And then also. | 03:04:27 | |
| My sisters try to stop me and my friends try to stop me from buying tickets because they understood the assignment. | 03:04:30 | |
| And so. | 03:04:36 | |
| So with their great event, it was the first time I participated so was excited to be in the room. | 03:04:38 | |
| With all the folks that are volunteering and supporting. | 03:04:45 | |
| And donating to and really assisting. | 03:04:50 | |
| Community, Kevin. His own personal endeavors. | 03:04:53 | |
| I memorial event was great the the Port Hueneme city one and then after I left that one I did the VFW had an event as well so did | 03:04:58 | |
| that. | 03:05:03 | |
| Told you all about the real Del Sol. | 03:05:09 | |
| Steam School. | 03:05:11 | |
| Did that. | 03:05:13 | |
| Planning to do the groundbreaking for the Boys and Girls Club, which I understand will be the Premier America. | 03:05:14 | |
| Premier America Boys and Girls Club. | 03:05:23 | |
| And. | 03:05:26 | |
| I did have one question about scholarships. How many did we get? | 03:05:28 | |
| That we give them, is there been something? So I'll do that, but I did want to just inform. | 03:05:33 | |
| Council that I have. | 03:05:40 | |
| I'll be going on a tour with Southern California Edison. | 03:05:45 | |
| For a High Sierra workshop on January 18th through the 20th. | 03:05:49 | |
| It is. | 03:05:56 | |
| It is. | 03:05:59 | |
| Around the. | 03:06:00 | |
| The topic is the SCE. | 03:06:02 | |
| River hydroelectric project. | 03:06:04 | |
| And so that is a number cost to the city. | 03:06:07 | |
| No cost to myself, I'll just have to claim it on my. | 03:06:11 | |
| My forms. My annual forms. | 03:06:15 | |
| And then? | 03:06:17 | |
| I think that that's all. | 03:06:20 | |
| I have, but did you have anything about the scholarships? So we had a few deadlines last week. | 03:06:21 | |
| That I want to make sure I'm not mixing up. I think we had had we've received one of the scholarship applications. | 03:06:27 | |
| And then I didn't. | 03:06:34 | |
| Check on it again. You know those are the kinds of things you usually get last minute too, so. | 03:06:36 | |
| It's possible more came in, but I don't think so. I think we might have gotten one application, but I'll confirm that and I'll, | 03:06:40 | |
| I'll send out a follow up on that. Is there going to be a, some kind of a ceremony or do we just go to this? I think that's | 03:06:45 | |
| something we'll have to talk about. It's a good topic for that next joint meeting because. | 03:06:51 | |
| I think we should decide. We had talked about last year if we didn't get many applicants, maybe that's a sign that we don't need | 03:06:56 | |
| to continue that program. So I think it'll be one we follow up on. | 03:07:01 | |
| So great. | 03:07:06 | |
| Any yes. | 03:07:08 | |
| Councilmember Perez and then. | 03:07:09 | |
| Hernandez So I do want to thank. | 03:07:11 | |
| Mayor Pro Tem and Mayor Fruit. | 03:07:14 | |
| Your representation at that meeting, I think you were ill prepared for some of the things. | 03:07:15 | |
| I want to implore. | 03:07:20 | |
| How we get back on the agenda and stick to the topics of discussion. | 03:07:22 | |
| And, and I've been in that room where it has gone off topic and I think it needs to get away from bashing of people who aren't who | 03:07:26 | |
| are not in the room. | 03:07:31 | |
| And conversations about people. | 03:07:36 | |
| Or allegations about people not in the room who aren't there to be able to defend themselves. | 03:07:38 | |
| I think it's unfair and it's. | 03:07:44 | |
| It's not. It shouldn't be happening. We need to get back to being professional. | 03:07:46 | |
| And talking about our partnership and talking about the business at hand, so. | 03:07:50 | |
| We can do that, but I appreciate your representation there and I thank you for that. | 03:07:54 | |
| Great. Thank you. | 03:07:58 | |
| So I I wanted to ask what the takeaways from the meeting were with regards to the community Benefit fund. I I don't think we need | 03:07:59 | |
| to wait till. | 03:08:03 | |
| We, we agendize the item, but if you could report on that, I actually have that written and I didn't speak to it. So we submitted | 03:08:08 | |
| our CBF, our list that we have come up with. | 03:08:14 | |
| But we didn't even review that because the port has not provided. They have not prepared their list just yet. | 03:08:20 | |
| They think there will be a meeting and in July. | 03:08:27 | |
| At a meeting in July where they will have. | 03:08:31 | |
| Bring the items. | 03:08:35 | |
| And so I want to say on the day as so. | 03:08:37 | |
| There there was a comment. | 03:08:40 | |
| About when I mentioned the list of our items and it was stated that. | 03:08:43 | |
| They're not our items, they're the. | 03:08:49 | |
| The Joint. | 03:08:52 | |
| Joint Commute. The Joint. | 03:08:54 | |
| Committ. | 03:08:56 | |
| List. And so I had to clarify, no, this is the list, our list, meaning that we're bringing it to the meeting. | 03:08:57 | |
| And so. | 03:09:04 | |
| So we're hoping in July. | 03:09:06 | |
| July. What's the date 1st of July? We have 180 days or 100? | 03:09:08 | |
| Something like that, like 180 days in the settlement agreement. They're going to do a visioning session in July and then we'll | 03:09:12 | |
| we'll talk towards the end of July, I think. Yeah. And I think the last thing I'll say is there was a question about you all | 03:09:16 | |
| watched the video. | 03:09:21 | |
| There's a question about how much is going to be in the CBF. | 03:09:25 | |
| And, umm. | 03:09:28 | |
| Austin said. I can't remember Austin's last name, I'm sorry. He said that it really there's going to be an estimate until the end | 03:09:30 | |
| of the year almost where after the audit they'll. | 03:09:34 | |
| That number will be firm, but. | 03:09:39 | |
| It'll be just an estimate. | 03:09:41 | |
| Councilmember Gama. | 03:09:46 | |
| Yeah, I just wanted to. | 03:09:47 | |
| Suggests that we. | 03:09:49 | |
| Save our comments and have a full discussion. I mean, I feel like we're almost. | 03:09:53 | |
| Off. I mean, we're having a discussion and we shouldn't be having a discussion, so why don't we just get it on the agenda and then | 03:09:58 | |
| we could have a full discussion. So all maybe. | 03:10:02 | |
| Try to wrap that up and say that the council had asked for it to have that strategic partnership discussion and we had had the | 03:10:06 | |
| first round and it was going to come back and we're working on it now to bring it back. | 03:10:11 | |
| We're aiming for the next meeting. | 03:10:17 | |
| I didn't put it on the list because I wasn't sure if we'd have it done by then, but I think based on this discussion, we'll plan | 03:10:19 | |
| to bring that back and so we can talk about that at that meeting. Great. And it is my intent to. | 03:10:24 | |
| At this point in our agenda where Councilmember reports and comments. | 03:10:30 | |
| To provide the information that we. | 03:10:35 | |
| Because the assumption is everybody saw the video, but maybe everybody didn't see the video, I don't know. | 03:10:39 | |
| I think is important for us to come back. | 03:10:43 | |
| And justice give a list of. | 03:10:45 | |
| The things that we talked about. | 03:10:47 | |
| So that that's what we'll we'll be doing. | 03:10:49 | |
| Moving forward. | 03:10:52 | |
| Go ahead. Maybe well. | 03:10:54 | |
| It has to do with the roundtable discussion, the economic and strategic partnership discussion. | 03:10:57 | |
| I think that you would come back to Council with. | 03:11:06 | |
| A request for. | 03:11:10 | |
| Certain pieces of information. | 03:11:12 | |
| Who should be involved? What should the topic areas? | 03:11:14 | |
| And I don't think when I looked at the minutes, I don't think we gave you that. So. | 03:11:17 | |
| I was going to ask for an agenda item to bring it back so that we can. | 03:11:22 | |
| Finish that discussion and give you the information you need to move forward. Right. OK, Yeah, let's do that. Thank you. | 03:11:27 | |
| Any other if there are no other comments or? | 03:11:34 | |
| Uh, comments for your reporting. Let's move to future agenda items. | 03:11:38 | |
| So, Council, let's start from Council. | 03:11:43 | |
| Councilmember Perez, do you have any? | 03:11:47 | |
| A future agenda items. | 03:11:50 | |
| OK, Councilmember Gama. | 03:11:52 | |
| I don't understand what was just said. Did we just have a discussion on economic development? I mean, I don't understand. It's a | 03:11:55 | |
| strategic. | 03:11:59 | |
| Comments. The strategic partnership discussion. | 03:12:03 | |
| We had it as an agenda item. They asked was which partners do we want to include and how do we want to include them? | 03:12:07 | |
| I think we got asked to do some more like follow up and then bring it back. So what? We'll bring back what we have and then we'll | 03:12:15 | |
| finish the top areas too. I think we're. | 03:12:19 | |
| Yeah, go ahead. | 03:12:24 | |
| I want to make a request for an agenda item. | 03:12:27 | |
| To for our City Council. | 03:12:30 | |
| To discuss. | 03:12:34 | |
| A better path moving forward with our relationship with the port. | 03:12:37 | |
| And how we go about. | 03:12:40 | |
| Our setting agendas, having meetings. | 03:12:43 | |
| I don't want to discuss it now because. | 03:12:47 | |
| So let's just. | 03:12:50 | |
| Somebody give me a second and we'll get it on the agenda and then we could have our full discussion then. | 03:12:51 | |
| Great, but I do have a lot I want to say. | 03:12:56 | |
| Do you have any other agenda items? | 03:13:00 | |
| Great. Thank you. | 03:13:02 | |
| Councilmember Yeah, I. | 03:13:04 | |
| I was also going to ask for the same agenda item. | 03:13:06 | |
| Yes. | 03:13:10 | |
| Didn't you get the second? No, Hold on just a minute. I'm sorry. Let's go back. | 03:13:12 | |
| I wasn't even taking it as a motion. So let's go back. Yours was discussion, setting, agenda and meetings. | 03:13:18 | |
| So that's an item. Do we need a vote on that? | 03:13:25 | |
| Well, my go ahead. I'll defer to my motion for the. | 03:13:27 | |
| I mean my idea behind the. | 03:13:32 | |
| Discussion is to prepare ourselves for the July meeting so that you can. | 03:13:35 | |
| Get the documents that you need, the staff reports, the minutes, the strategic, whatever you need to be better prepared. | 03:13:42 | |
| For the next meeting. | 03:13:48 | |
| And and your authority, if you feel you need the authority, the authority. So let me start over. So now we're just doing agenda | 03:13:49 | |
| items. | 03:13:53 | |
| So you you set an agenda item was that No, that wasn't covered. So let's because I missed voting, we need to vote for the item and | 03:13:57 | |
| I didn't do that. So I think. | 03:14:02 | |
| I think we could accomplish both. | 03:14:09 | |
| Ideas of the same agenda item and I hope we could, and I think the first part A is. | 03:14:14 | |
| Discuss. | 03:14:23 | |
| Agenda. Agenda preparation. | 03:14:26 | |
| And how to get? | 03:14:29 | |
| An agenda. | 03:14:32 | |
| That is. | 03:14:33 | |
| Perfect for the meeting. | 03:14:35 | |
| And then? | 03:14:37 | |
| So that's a. | 03:14:38 | |
| OK, hold on, just hold on. | 03:14:39 | |
| Because. | 03:14:40 | |
| No, because now we're having a discussion against. | 03:14:42 | |
| I'm just, I'm trying to, I'm getting the eyes rolled at me. So my eyes, I'm just waiting. | 03:14:45 | |
| For you to finish, say the second part so we'll vote. I mean, we can. | 03:14:50 | |
| The second part is is what Councilmember Hernandez wants. | 03:14:55 | |
| OK. And so? | 03:14:58 | |
| I'll second it because I believe that our city manager is smart enough to glean what we're trying to do here to put together an | 03:15:01 | |
| agenda item. OK? | 03:15:04 | |
| I second it. Very good, OK. | 03:15:08 | |
| That's progress, progression. | 03:15:11 | |
| OK, all in favor. | 03:15:13 | |
| Aye, all opposed. | 03:15:15 | |
| OK, motion passes with Mayor Pro Tem Lopez opposing. | 03:15:19 | |
| So you don't have one since he we just did his. | 03:15:23 | |
| Yeah, I'm fine with it. | 03:15:27 | |
| Walk. So we can't talk about the items. We're just voting on the items. So if you have another agenda item. | 03:15:30 | |
| Then that's where we are right now. | 03:15:36 | |
| So I would like to make a motion for an agenda item. | 03:15:39 | |
| During during that meeting. | 03:15:44 | |
| They staff, their staff said that we were incorrect on a few things. | 03:15:47 | |
| So if we can get an agenda item where? | 03:15:53 | |
| We can or we can get clarification what? | 03:15:57 | |
| So that the City Council. | 03:16:01 | |
| It's crystal clear on what we were not. | 03:16:05 | |
| Clear about. | 03:16:08 | |
| I think those were mostly related to the interpretation of the contract. | 03:16:10 | |
| And so it'd be coming. | 03:16:14 | |
| Back we did that initial briefing of the contract, but it'd be coming back with clarification on. | 03:16:15 | |
| And OK. | 03:16:21 | |
| So I think we understand, I think. | 03:16:22 | |
| We work with the city attorney's office to do something on that, assuming that. | 03:16:24 | |
| Council agrees to add that. | 03:16:30 | |
| Well, that. | 03:16:32 | |
| That's what I'm getting at 8:00. | 03:16:33 | |
| If you saw the video. | 03:16:34 | |
| Then you would have. | 03:16:36 | |
| You would say that we were not clear on items. So we're getting into a little bit of a discussion now. So I think the motion is | 03:16:38 | |
| pretty clear that you want to have a discussion. | 03:16:43 | |
| To discuss basically the relationship with the port. | 03:16:49 | |
| So it encompasses all of that. | 03:16:52 | |
| Yeah. | 03:16:54 | |
| So it's on the floor. | 03:16:57 | |
| Is there a second second? | 03:17:00 | |
| All right. | 03:17:03 | |
| Oh, no, no, no clarification of the contract. | 03:17:05 | |
| Interpretation. | 03:17:09 | |
| As a discussion. | 03:17:11 | |
| All in favor. | 03:17:14 | |
| Aye, all opposed. | 03:17:15 | |
| Hearing none, motion passes unanimously. | 03:17:17 | |
| OK. All right. | 03:17:25 | |
| Great. So our next regular scheduled meeting is June 16th at 6:30 PM. I now adjourn this meeting. It is now 848. | 03:17:27 |