by Richard Lieberman
During a regularly scheduled meeting of the Ventura City Council recommendations and voting, along with special presentations and announcements were conducted including the Mayor for a Moment program enabling students from local schools to sit in the Mayor’s chair and present an essay to the council and public.
This month Joey Baccerra from Junipero Serra Elementary School was honored as Mayor of the Moment by the City Council. Joey took the Mayor’s seat and read an essay he penned. An avid sportsman Joey was lauded by teachers and administrators for his excellent academic achievements and his sportsmanlike attitude in everything he has accomplished.
Another special presentation followed A Census Presentation “The Road to the 2020 Census” given by Jesse Gonzalez, Partnership Specialist, U.S. Census Bureau, Los Angeles Regional Census Center. He discussed the importance of the census in the allocation of Federal funding for cities and how important the results will be for the City of Ventura.
The meeting then moved on to consent items:
Item 8B: Lease agreement- the City of San Buenaventura and Los Angeles SMSA Limited Partnership, dba Verizon Wireless by Air Touch Cellular, to operate a cellular site at 350 Summit Road, Ventura, Ca. (Grant Park)
Recommendation:
Approve and authorize the Mayor to sign the lease agreement
Designate the City Manager to act as the agent for the city to sign all related documents and subsequent amendments thereto to implement this agreement.
Authorize Finance and Technology to appropriate funds to the proper projects, accounts, and funds for reimbursement of expenses incurred by the city as a result of this lease agreement.
Passed by the Council
Item 8H: Sewer line replacement –Seaside wastewater Force Main Authorize the Mayor to execute a professional services agreement with Fippen Engineering, Inc. to provide construction management services, in the amount not to exceed $135,390
Passed by the Council
Item 8I: Sewer line Replacement – Seaside Wastewater Force Main- Authorization to Execute Professional services Agreement with Padre Associates, Ic. For Environmental Consulting Services.
Recommendation:
Approve and authorize the mayor to execute a professional services agreement with Padre Associates in an amount not to exceed $135,390
Passed by the council
Item 8E: Amend Special Event Indemnification and Insurance Requirements
Recommendation:
Amend the insurance requirements for special events based on the three-tiered structure and eliminate the requirement for vendor insurance for most Special Events.
Direct the City Attorney to draft an ordinance to amend the municipal code
Passed by the council
Item 8F: Bus Stop Use Agreement with FlixBus
Recommendation:
a. Authorize the City Manager to execute the Bus Stop Use Agreement with FlixBus
b. Authorize the City Manager to delegate the signing authority for a future year contract
to Public Works Director.
Passed by City Council
Item 8C Consideration of 2019 Amgen Tour of California Cycling Race Contract with AEG and Agreement with Ventura Visitors Bureau and Agreement with Convention Bureau for Hotel and Team Meal Requirements
Approve the proposed Amgen Tour of California Cycling Race Contract
Authorize the interim Community Development Director to Execute an agreement with Ventura Visitors and Convention Burea for $82, 519 for Hotel and team meal requirements from funds already allocated by council
Passed by the Council.
12B: Museum of Ventura County Funding for Fiscal Year 2019-2020
Recommendation:
Provide direction regarding funding with the Museum of Ventura County to support general operations through June 30, 2020
Authorize the City Manager to execute a Funding and Services Agreement not to exceed $250,000.
Passed by council with one opposing vote by Councilman Jim Friedman.
