AGENDA

CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2025, 6:00 PM

KENT HALL COUNCIL CHAMBERS - CITY HALL CAMPUS - 111 W SANTA ANA ST, OJAI, CA

OJAI CITY COUNCIL

ANDY GILMAN, MAYOR

DISTRICT 1 - LESLIE RULE
DISTRICT 2 - RACHEL LANG

DISTRICT 3 - ANDREW WHITMAN
DISTRICT 4 - KIM MANG

BEN HARVEY
CITY MANAGER

MATTHEW SUMMERS
CITY ATTORNEY

WESTON MONTGOMERY
CHIEF DEPUTY CITY CLERK

VIEWING & ACCESS

Public participation is encouraged! The Ojai City Council meets regularly on the second and fourth Tuesdays of the month at 6:00 p.m. The meetings are conducted in a hybrid model, providing both in-person attendance and virtual public comment via the Zoom link below. Virtual attendance via Zoom is the only way to remotely provide public comment. Pre-registration is not required for public comment via Zoom. Instead, Zoom participants will utilize the “hand-raise” function to indicate their desire to speak on an item. The meeting is also livestreamed on the City's website at ojai.ca.gov/525/2968/Public-Meetings, on YouTube at youtube.com/@ojaicity, and on Spectrum Channel 10. See “Public Comment Options” below for further instruction.

Zoom Link - October 21 Special Meeting

ROLL CALL

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

APPROVAL OF AGENDA

CONSENT CALENDAR

All matters listed on the Consent Calendar are to be considered routine and will be enacted by one motion in the form listed. There will be no discussion of these items unless, before the vote on the motion to adopt, specific items are removed from the Consent Calendar for separate motions.

1. City of Ojai Warrants for September 29, 2025 – October 12, 2025

RECOMMENDATION:

Receive and file.

Administrative Report - Warrant Report

Attachment A - Warrant Report Register

2. Reappointment of Area Housing Authority Commissioner

RECOMMENDATION:

That the City Council reappoint Mr. Steve Mason to serve a new four-year term as the City of Ojai’s representative on the Area Housing Authority Board of Commissioners.

Administrative Report - Area Housing Authority Reappointment

Attachment A - Application, Support Letter and Information

DISCUSSION

3. City Council Goals

RECOMMENDATION:

That the City Council discuss and adopt the City Council goals and corresponding tactics for staff analysis, along with estimates of additional resources (monetary, human, or both) needed for each prioritized tactic.

Administrative Report - City Council Goals and Tactics

Attachment A - City Council Goals and Tactics with Staff Cost Estimates

4. Concept Review: Public Safety Commission

RECOMMENDATION:

Direct the City Manager, in consultation with the City Attorney, to return at a future meeting with a first reading of a draft ordinance establishing a Public Safety Commission.

Administrative Report - Concept Review - Public Safety Commission

5. Trolley Driver Pilot Benefit Program

RECOMMENDATION:

For the City Council to approve a Trolley Driver Pilot Benefit Program that authorizes employment benefits for trolley drivers with the goal of attracting and retaining trolley drivers.

Administrative Report - Trolley Driver Pilot Benefit Program

Attachment A - Trolley Driver Pilot Benefit Program

6. Memorandum of Agreement with Space Launch Delta 30 for the Monitoring of Sonic Booms from Vandenberg Space Force Base

RECOMMENDATION:

That the City Council authorize the City Manager to enter into a Memorandum of Agreement with Space Launch Delta 30 for the monitoring of sonic booms from Vandenberg Space Force Base.

Administrative Report - Sonic Boom Monitoring Station

Attachment A - SLD 30 Sonic Boom Monitoring Station MOA

ADJOURNMENT

Posted October 16, 2025 at 4:00 p.m.

Weston Montgomery, Chief Deputy City Clerk

ACCOMMODATIONS

In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you need special assistance to participate in this meeting, please call (805) 646-5581. Notification 48 hours prior to the meeting will enable the City to make reasonable arrangements to ensure accessibility to this meeting.

If you feel that a language interpreter is necessary for you to participate in this meeting, notification 48 hours prior to the meeting will enable the City to make reasonable arrangements for an interpreter to assure your participation/understanding of this meeting.

Si considera que un intérprete de idiomas es necesario para participar en esta reunión, la notificación 48 horas antes de la reunión le permitirá a la Ciudad hacer arreglos razonables para que un intérprete asegure su participación/comprensión de esta reunión del Concejo Municipal.

Para Español por favor llame al (805) 646-5581 ext. 100 o por correo electronico a cityclerk@ojai.ca.gov.

PUBLIC PARTICIPATION

Agenda reports and other disclosable public records related to agenda items are available on the City's website at ojai.ca.gov/525/2968/Public-Meetings and at City Hall located at 401 S. Ventura St., Ojai, Ca., during regular business hours, Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

PUBLIC COMMENT OPTIONS

The easiest way to submit written public comments is through the “eComment” function on the City Council’s Public Meetings page. Please click into the “eComment” link for the desired date and agenda item.

Written Comments: In order for staff to provide the City Council with written public comments timely, written/emailed public comments must be submitted no later than 3:00 p.m. on the day before the meeting.

You may always submit written comments to the City Clerk via mail, in person at City Hall, or via email to cityclerk@ojai.ca.gov. If your written comment is received by 3:00 p.m. on the day before the meeting date, the City Clerk will distribute copies of your comments to all Council Members and recorded on the City website. Written comments received after 3:00 p.m. may not be distributed to the Council Members and recorded on the City website until after the meeting.

Verbal Comments: Verbal Comments will be received on any item on the agenda at the time the agenda item is heard. Comments may be made in person at the meeting or through Zoom, via the link at the top of the Agenda. Pre-registration is not required for public comment via Zoom. Instead, Zoom participants will utilize the hand-raise function to indicate their desire to speak on an item.

IMPORTANT NOTES:

All materials related to an item on this agenda, including written public comments, will be available for public inspection in the City Clerk's Office at City Hall, and following the meeting, will be accessible on the City of Ojai's website at ojai.ca.gov.

As a government agency, the City of Ojai is subject to the California Public Records Act (Government Code § 6250 et seq.). Please be advised that all communications submitted to City officials and staff are subject to public disclosure under the California Public Records Act. There are limited exceptions that allow the City to redact personal information under the California Public Records Act. If you have concerns regarding privacy, please do not include your personal identifying information, such as your name, e-mail, phone number, and home address in your correspondence to the City, including, but not limited to, public comment.

If you challenge the actions of the City Council in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in the public notices, or in written correspondence delivered to the City Council at, or prior to, the public hearing (California Government Code Section 65009).

Any legal action by an applicant seeking to obtain a judicial review of the City Council's decision on a Hearing listed on this Agenda may be subject to the 90-day filing period of and governed by Code of Civil Procedure Section 1094.6.

LEVINE ACT WARNING

Applicants and their agents before the City Council are subject to the campaign disclosure provisions detailed in Government Code Section 84308. No City Council Member may accept, solicit, or direct a contribution of more than $500 from any party or agent for 12 months subsequent to the date a final decision is rendered by the City. This prohibition commences when your application has been filed, or the proceeding is otherwise initiated.

A party to a City proceeding - which includes both applicants and agents - shall disclose on the record of the proceeding any contribution of more than $500 made to any Council Member by the applicant or agent, during the preceding 12 months. No party to a City proceeding, or agent, shall make a contribution to a Council Member during the proceeding and for 12 months following the date a final decision is rendered by the City.

Prior to rendering a decision on a City proceeding, any Council Member who received a contribution of more than $500 within the preceding 12 months from any party, or agent, to a proceeding shall disclose that fact on the record of the proceeding and shall be disqualified from participating in the proceeding. However, if any Council Member receives a contribution that otherwise would require disqualification and returns the contribution within 30 days of knowing about the contribution and the relevant proceeding, the Council Member shall be permitted to participate in the proceeding.

If you believe that these provisions apply to you or a Council Member, please inform the City Clerk at the earliest possible opportunity. Failure to do so may affect the City's ability to process your application.