City Council — August 12, 2026

Good evening, I'd like to call to order the August 12th 2026 meeting of the Camarillo City Council, Camarillo Sanitary District and the successor agency. Will the city clerk please call the roll?

Yes, thank you Mayor and Council. We have three items on closed session this afternoon. We have conference with legal counsel existing litigation which is related to the OPV coalition versus Fox Canyon. Second we have a real property negotiations related to property at 2222 Ventura Boulevard. And we have public employee performance evaluation city attorney and if we have any reportable action, we'll make that report.

Thank you Madam Clerk are there any public comments?

No comments.

Hearing that we will now recess to closed session Good evening. We will reconvene the August 12th, 2026 meeting of the Camarillo City Council, Camarillo Sanitary District and successor agency. Will the city clerk please call the roll?

Sure. Please stand. Put your right hand over your heart. Ready? Begin.

I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic Council, are there any changes to the agenda? Hearing none we will move on to our presentation. Tonight we are pleased to recognize the winners of our Camarillo 2050 Teen Video Contest and Community Photo Contest. These contests invited community members to share what they value about Camarillo, and help bring our community's vision for the future to life through the general plan update process.

Congratulations to Glenda Sandberg, winner of the Community Photo Contest and to Jacqueline Gutierrez, winner of the Teen Video Contest. We thank you both for your creativity, civic participation and meaningful contributions to this important community effort. The General Plan update will continue to provide opportunities for residents, businesses and community partners to participate and help shape Camarillo's future. We encourage everyone to stay engaged as the project moves forward.

Before we present the certificates, we would like to take a moment to share the winning entries. First, we will display Jacqueline's winning video followed by Glenda's winning photograph.

We are truly excited to showcase these winning entries. As Mayor Tennyson explained, we'll start with the winning entry from the teen video contest that was created by Jacqueline Gutierrez.

has continued to flourish and thrive. This unsuspecting town has a lot more to offer than what meets the eye, with glistening views and community connection this little town of ours is a diamond in the rough Do you want to know how you can tell a town is great? By its parks. Camarillo has about 15 different parks, including a 4.7 mile bike path that spans across Camarillo, connecting one side of the town to the other. These sanctuaries of nature are vital and well kept. The parks have amazing structures to play on and wide open ranges to roam. You and your family will enjoy spending time here.

Next to one of these parks is our community center, where people connect with their fellow townsfolk. Camarillo dawns upon many centers like these such as the nearby Boys and Girls Club, the Bob Kinley Community Park, an Aquatic Center, and two of my personal favorites, The Camarillo Library and the Channel Islands Art Center. The Camarillo Library is a spacious library for all ages!

They have monthly events and programs, an amazing kid center. I mean just look at that boat! It's huge! Any kid or adult would feel engaged reading in this library. This library is obviously filled with books but also has their own outside park in case you wanted to take your reading outside The Channel Islands Arts Centre is filled with amazing art and hosts around 40 artists. But let's hear a bit from...

Peter Tyers, I'm the Executive Director here at Studio Channel Islands. We are entering our 26th year as an organisation and the idea was that professional working artist would have a place to make work, to gather and show their work in some of the derelict buildings as the university was taking shape So, artists are inherently quiet and reclusive people. They work throughout the week in their own space, without engagement with the public. So not a lot of people have seen how an artist goes about making their work.

So an open studio event is an invitation to the community to come in and walk through the studios and meet the artists and talk about the work that they're doing. So the first Saturday of every month between 11am and 3pm we invite anybody who wants to come in to walk through the studios, meet the artists and see what they are working on

Right next to the Arts Center is the weekly Farmer's Market, hosted every Saturday of the month. With fresh produce and local commodities let's hear a bit from the vendors and managers here.

Hi good morning my name is Patty Davis and my husband Bill we're market chairs this morning from 7 to 10.

The farmer's market is peacefully located in Old Town, Camarillo's historic hub. Here you'll find all sorts of small businesses, restaurants, games and more! I don't want to spoil too much but there is so much to explore so why don't we plan a trip?

And then we'd also like to present our winning entry for the photo contest, which was taken by Glenda Sandberg.

Absolutely wonderful ladies if you could join me up here right now and I will present your certificates officially now. Thank you very much. of the creativity you two have just shown, I would impress everyone in my circle of friends and family. That was just absolutely phenomenal. Thank you for your thoughtfulness. Thank you for entering the contest and being involved in our new general plan update process. Would you like to say anything? Yes, you would. Oops!

Thank you so much everyone for taking my picture and for this opportunity.

You're welcome. Thank you for selecting my photo and displaying it.

You're welcome. Fellow council members, I'm sure somebody has something to say. Susan?

Oh, I want to thank you both for your hard work because I know there's a lot of work that goes behind what that final product is so thank you for that and for entering it and for being a part of our community and for highlighting what makes our community so wonderful. Congratulations!

Thank you so much for your beautiful work, your wonderful talent. When I first heard about the news, I shared it on social media. I was so proud to see what our youth were doing here in Camarillo and I wanted to definitely get the word out and highlight it And I'm just so proud of who you are, what you've done. And I really look forward to continued partnership and work. Thank you so much.

Thank you both, you know they think the video and the photo is beautiful and it really encapsulated a lot of what the history. You know that if before than now in the future of our city is and has been and will be in the future so you really encapsulated that feeling so it's like the mayor said I don't have

We have a council tradition that when we agree with what all of our colleagues have said, we simply say ditto. But I'm going to add to it and say really, really well done both of you. Thank you.

Okay, moving on. Madam Clerk are there any speakers on any items not on the agenda?

Yes Mayor we received six requests to speak. Remote participation will be called after all in-person speakers have finished. Raise your hand by pressing star 9. Each speaker will have three minutes when your time expires you will be muted and

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These rules apply equally to everyone regardless of the viewpoint being expressed. Thank you very much for your cooperation, we appreciate your participation in your city government and we are ready to hear your comments. So Madam City Clerk?

The first speaker is Blanca O followed by Sarah Matthews.

Welcome Blanca.

Good evening Mayor and Council Members The last time I was here, based on some of the Council's responses or lack of response, I felt that perhaps my public comments had been misunderstood. So today I want to be as direct and clear as possible. I previously came before this council on behalf of 805 Undocufun with what I believe should have been an incredibly simple request. Acknowledgement and visibility.

That request came after then Vice Mayor, now Mayor Tennyson repeatedly emphasized that the Glass House raid technically occurred in the unincorporated area of Camarillo. I find it very telling that this distinction continues to be emphasized when we talk about the Glass House raid. Because when other crises affect Camarillo, this council does not seem nearly as concerned with drawing boundaries around where the harm occurred or writing opinion pieces about it.

Take the Mountain Fire for example. Much of that damage occurred in the unincorporated areas of Camarillo, yet I don't remember hearing this council focus on jurisdictional boundaries when discussing those families and the devastation that they experienced. So why does this distinction suddenly become so important when we're talking about immigrant families? From my perspective, that is where the problem lies.

Whether intentional or not it comes across as though empathy or more empathy and compassion and urgency are extended to families who look more like the people sitting on this dais And to the people who were affected that feels dismissive and it feels belittling It was dismissive and belittling when a remembrance banner honouring those people who were forever changed, were referred to as a poster.

It was also dismissive and belittling when this council could not even offer 40 seconds of silence to honor the families impacted by what happened here last year. Our original request was modest. We weren't asking this council to solve immigration policy, we weren't asking you to take over federal responsibilities, we were asking for the bare minimum. Acknowledge the people and the families that were harmed here in our community here in Camarillo.

And apparently even that was a bit too much to ask. So while council updates may focus on heritage days, concerts in the park I will use my remaining time to update this community about what is happening to our immigrant neighbors As of today the numbers of those who have been abducted are as follows 2,474 people from within the 805 area code 1,203 within Ventura County and 513 here in Camarillo. Four of which just happened the last few weeks here in Camarillo.

One in particular happened at Vaughan's parking lot in Arneill a place I frequent with my family. Thank you.

Thank you.

Sarah Matthews followed by Lilia M.

Welcome Sarah.

Good evening council members My name is Sarah Matthews and I'm here tonight to add my own voice to the many you've heard over the last few months, to express concern over the city's recent expansion of flock camera services. Since hearing of this council's decision to more than double the number of these cameras in our community back in October, I've been educating myself on these CalPERS and am concerned by what I have heard.

I'm thankful and supportive of our Ventura County sheriffs for the difficult and important work that they do And I'm thankful to live in what I feel is a very safe community. As a resident along what is known as the Theft Corridor, I can see the use case for these cameras and I could understand their deployment here in our city on a limited and thoughtful basis balancing law enforcement's needs against our residents' expectations of privacy.

However, I do not believe that the decision to increase these number of flock cameras to 25 back in October was justifiable for the size or the crime rate of our city. I myself have nothing to hide in my relatively boring daily comings and goings. But in a time that I feel that our right to privacy is being slowly chipped away at, I wish that our city would take a stance to push back on the rapid expansion of surveillance that is now present in our daily lives.

In my research, I was concerned to learn about the history of leaks, hacks and concerning misuse of flock data across the U.S., including use by federal immigration enforcement agents An incident where a mother and children were held at gunpoint after ALPRs wrongly flagged their cars stolen. Or an instance where a woman was tracked across state lines after seeking reproductive care.

The ACLU has spoken out against FLOC and ALPRs, and more than 80 communities across the U.S. have ended their contracts with FLOCs in recent years over privacy concerns. Earlier this year in a public press release Ventura County Sheriff shared that through an audit they discovered that over a month-long period last year, FLOC granted unauthorized access to outside agencies and our local data was queried over 364,000 times including 299 searches in relation to immigration enforcement activities. Despite FLOC's promises and commitments I have no faith that this private company that gathers a massive amount of data on our residents lives is effective in preventing unauthorized access And I feel that as a resident, I have no control over how this data will be used in the future.

Last month, the LAPD made a decision to suspend their contract with FLOC citing concerns regarding civil liberties, privacy and data security. Just last week, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass released a statement indicating that FLOC has lost the trust of local Angelenos urging LAPD to end their contract with FLOCs outright. I urge this council to follow their lead and take a hard look at how we are utilizing this technology in our city.

As a local taxpayer, I would much rather my dollars go directly towards expanding V.C. Sheriff's services than financing private surveillance network in our city. Thank you.

Thank you.

Lilia M., followed by Melissa Hines.

Welcome.

I am speaking from my heart. Sorry for my English.

Pull the microphone, ma'am. Ma'am, pull the microphone a little closer to you. There

you go.

Perfect.

Perfect?

Yes.

Okay, good evening Mayor and members of City Council. My name is Lilia and I have lived in Camarillo for more than 20 years. I never imagined that in my age and after a lifetime of hard work and service to this community I love, I would stand here tonight asking for protection from violence intimidation and elder abuse since March Twenty-six, the intimidation has continued simply because I asked neighbor follow common rules in a sharing area on the common hallway.

After this, I am followed, I'm recorded, I provoked it and I treat it as I have no rights simply because this individual have police retaliation. I have been subject to escalating harassment, stalking and threats from neighbor individuals who claim connection to Camarillo law force. In August 7, this harassment turned into violent physical assault. I was thrown in the pavement and left struggling to breathe and later I was treated in the emergency room and I have done Everything the law require. I feel declaration submitted a formal resident citizen complaint, I gave you city manager package of my declaration. I have done everything law required and I have been blocked from receiving basic information because there is police involvement In this neighbor's family, so and I have blocked some.

I cannot protect my life. This is not just housing problem. This is a conflict of interest, retaliation risk and dangerous abuse of power and repeated threats I am asking this council to Some with no personal connection to this family involved to appear on August 17, 26 in a court hearing at 1030 room 2033. I have always followed rule. I never ask for special treatment only safe. Please do not block me from filling restraining orders. This is a severe abuse of power, retaliation and conflict of interest. I previously submitted full paper with detailed declaration of all...

Thank you ma'am. Ma'am your time your time is up. Your time is up ma'am. Thank you.

Melissa Hines followed by Siddharth Benavrotra

Welcome.

Thank you. Good evening, council members. I attended the July 8th meeting as a concerned community member and a volunteer with 805 UndocuFund. First, I'd like to acknowledge the city council members who have taken steps individually to support our immigrant neighbors. Please continue to do this. Dr. Martinez Bravo during your comments that evening, you said it was important to lead with love, empathy and purpose.

And I appreciate that because I agree with you. But this message got lost during that last meeting. Mayor Tennyson, when you did tell that community member she could not use her remaining public comment time for a moment of silence for the more than 360 individuals that were terrorized and abducted in the class house raids without reason or justification, this community felt that.

And then it hit a bit harder when the rest of the dais remained silent to that edict In that moment, the council appeared to stand united but not with the empathy for a community member's concerns or the community shared grief and not in respect of the immigrant communities. The council instead appeared united in minimizing and dismissing a solemn moment honoring the very real and rich lives of those that were forever changed that day.

I honestly found it disturbing and a bit beneath the office of a council member But to a point that you did make, Mr. Mayor, in an op-ed, trust between law enforcement and the community is hard won and fragile. I would say it's the same between trust between council and its constituents. That trust is built or broken in exactly those kinds of moments. And while you can't unring a bell this Council can move forward differently.

Community members have been asking for this council to speak up loudly that the city of Camarillo stands with immigrants and in opposition to the brutal and unconstitutional actions by ICE as a whole, without hesitation, without qualification full stop. And while we really recognize there are limits to what you can do, there are some things that you can do.

Terminate the FOC cameras. You can direct the attorney to explore joining amicus briefs. You can pass a formal resolution that clearly states Camarillo stands with its immigrants, immigrant residents. That was submitted actually last meeting. There's nothing abstract about what is happening. We are witnessing the indifferent brutalization of human beings for simply existing in non-white bodies. Black, Latino and immigrant families have documented this reality themselves.

Ordinary acts of life can end with violence or death at the hands of federal agents. And still these communities they organize, they document, they litigate, they show up demanding accountability transparency and an end to these brutal actions This is what your community is asking you to support. Thank you for your time.

Thank you.

Siddharth Mitra followed by Spencer Ritchie.

Welcome, sir. Good afternoon Council. I am here to add to what the previous speaker has said, to add one very simple remark. It is true what we have heard, what we have read, what has been written that a city government has little or no power over federal law enforcement. That to be admitted requires an admirable humility and I do admire it however In principle, in theory the citizens of a republic have the right to petition their government for redress.

And as the duly constituted representatives of the city people, the city government has the right to petition higher levels of government on our behalf and that is the sum total it is all we have asked you to do In all our cries, our rhetoric, our remarks in everything we have said over this past year the simple and essential meaning is very easily said. We ask you to make that petition on our behalf.

The petition which you have heard now three times today and many times before and perhaps many times since it is all we ask So much for that subject. On another, I would like to clarify something I did not have the time to for the vice mayor. I mean the street-facing plots of flower growing land along Flynn Road from the intersection at Upland to Pitts Ranch Park.

That is all.

Thank you.

Spencer Ritchie

Welcome Spencer.

Hello, hello, hello. Good evening everyone. Yeah I'm Spencer Ritchie. I've been a Cameo Since I was born in St. John's Valley Hospital, well when it had that name and so I have a few different concerns. First off gonna be quick with this one. I absolutely agree with you know everyone here who has pointed out you know not only is it insulting how little you as a unified group You know we had a lot of things that we didn't. Have done you know regarding the ice scorch on our. It was just petty and rude to react the way you did too So there's that. My second point is like on a similar topic, the Glass House raids, those Glass House raids on July 10th 2025 they have their own Wikipedia article now.

Guess what its title is? 2025 Camarillo Ice Raid. Like I don't know if you can see it It's all I know it's little but so yeah, so this is literally the Wikipedia page. I pulled up and I think that were that that really says a lot first off The official Wikipedia title says raid single, like it does not indicate that there was two raids and the Carpinteria one isn't mentioned until its own section at the end of the article.

Yeah so you know not only is it in official US federal legal documents that That glassless raid happened in Camarillo, but that's how the rest of the world and rest of the country and everyone outside of our region is going to see it as when they look when they read about it on Wikipedia. Like like it or not you Our city is gonna be forever what place is gonna be associated with those horrific glasshouse raids. And the fact that you spent so much time saying, oh no, no, no, that glass house farm was outside of Camarillo City limits as an incorporated Ventura County That concludes in person speakers we will now move on to remote

Thank you, we will move on then. Next up I would like to invite the president and CEO of FoodShare Ventura County Monica White. Welcome Monica.

Thank you so much! I appreciate the opportunity to be able to share a little bit about FoodShare. We believe we have a presentation that we're going to pull up because pictures speak a thousand words Yay, there it is. All right well thank you for the opportunity to be able to share a little bit about the state of hunger in Ventura County and more specifically right here in Camarillo.

Again my name is Monica White I'm the president and CEO of FoodShare and it's my honor to be able to lead this incredible organization that has been here in Ventura County since 1978 Go back. This is a picture of in Camarillo, this is our volunteers back in 1978 gleaning from our local farms the very first year I guess it's on auto. Very first year, they collected 34,000 pounds of food. Today we are distributing 32 million pounds of food on an annual basis. We get that food from a variety of different sources. We get it from the government about 20%. We collect from grocery stores. We collect from farmers, packing houses, Port of Wene'mu. People's backyards and a lot of food drives, as you can imagine. Everybody wants to be able to help feed their neighbors those big yellow barrels that you see out there.

We also anybody anything that we can't get from the variety of those sources we purchase and that's about two-and-a-half million dollars on an annual basis. And that's for our specific programs that we may not be able to get it from those other sources Those, the items that we are purchasing go towards our farm worker boxes. They go to our unhoused kitchen-free bags and more produce. 200, 200 nonprofit partners is who we work with that's helping to get all of that food out. They get the food from us at no cost. We do not charge anything and we do not even charge to deliver to them.

There are after-school programs, there are church pantries. There are congregate meal sites which is another way of saying soup kitchens and our biggest one drive through is in Oxnard it's every week every Wednesday 1,000 cars are coming through I'm going to be able to show you a picture of that as well So how many people are we actually serving in Ventura County? 254,000 is our number from last year. That is an unduplicated number and you can see that we had a large increase obviously during COVID and we really thought it would go back down maybe not to pre-pandemic levels but we're averaging at about 250,000 ever since COVID One of the big numbers in this one is that if we were to go and buy all that 23 million pounds of food on an annual basis, we went to Vons and said fill her up.

It would cost us 67 million dollars. Our annual budget's only 10 million dollars so you can imagine a lot of that donated food is very important to us. So right here in Camarillo, here are your stats. 1.1 million pounds of that 32 million pounds of food was distributed here when you put that into equal and a meal, that's 955 million almost a million meals. Sorry, 955,000.

That's 8500 people that were served out of your total population of around 70,000, that's 12% of your city population was served through FoodShare's network of partners. We work with 14 different pantries. We rescue from 12 different locations and again that retail value if we had to go purchase all of it, it's about 3.6 million dollars And these are some of our partners, Camarillo Community Church, Crossroads Church, the Dolphin Pantry at Cal State University Channel Islands, Pleasant Valley Parks and Rec, and Seventh Day Adventist Camarillo and St. Mary Magdalene. Those are our partners who are helping to feed those neighbors in need.

We do have an app that allows people to be able to find food that is available right now. They can go on there and they can see what is open within 5 miles of them, 10 miles or 15 miles. They can also toggle it to see at what else is available within their area that maybe is going to be open tomorrow but we have found this is very helpful for people who want to help Their neighbors in need. Instead of just saying, hey call FoodShare they can help you. You can pull it up on your app and find somewhere to send somebody to get more food.

Here's some of the pictures referring to some of our programs that we work through. This is a college park, this is that drive-through distribution. Again 1,000 cars serving about 5500 individuals for all of those cars that are going through for their families. They're getting a box of groceries, they're getting a box of produce and whatever it is that we have available from USDA that week, it could be eggs, it could be milk, it could be pork chops. It just depends every week, it is different And it takes 70 volunteers to be able to run this operation every week.

So if you ever want to come out and help, we'd love to have you. These are our kitchen-free bags. Everything in here is purchased and everything in here is good for our unhoused because it does not require a kitchen. It doesn't require refrigeration or a stove. It's pop top and we even put utensils and wet naps in there. These are a great picture of our farm worker boxes. We work with our local farm worker organizations to be able to help us as well, but we are delivering many of those boxes directly to the fields and we're also bringing diapers and we're also bringing feminine hygiene projects.

And our seniors, so we have a senior program that is through the government. They allow us to be able to distribute 3500 boxes annually or sorry monthly if you are over the age of 60 you live in this county of Ventura and you're under the federal poverty level for our area which is very low you qualify for one of these boxes If you do not qualify and it's all self-certified, we have another box for you. We will make sure that anybody who shows up for food is going to get exactly what they need.

We have several kids programs where we provide them with tasting exercises, and then we have a nutritionist who teaches them what a good plate looks like. And then they get to taste the things that they're making and then bring home the recipe and the produce or the grocery items to be able to share with their parents what they learned and be able to teach them what a good plate looks like as well.

The need is continuing. As you can see, that one graph shows that we are not expecting that our numbers will decrease any time soon but we are preparing for the future and what we are doing is we are building a brand new food bank It's located in Oxnard, not too far from our current facilities. That's 12 acres. We are well into our design phase. We have submitted our permits with the City of Oxnard and we are breaking ground ceremonially on September 11th from 3 to 5 right there on our property. You're all invited to attend. We would love to have you there and we hope to be able to officially break ground by the end of this year permit pending.

But here's a picture of what this new facility is going to look like. What we're happy about this is that it's going to be able to, and it's gonna allow us to be able to rescue even more food. Last year, we had to turn away 8 million pounds of produce. We do not have the freezer or cooler or ambient space available for all the food that is offered to us. This new building will allow us to be able to accept so much more of that It's 85,000 square feet. It's going to have a community room. It's going to have a commercial kitchen.

Three times the amount of cooler space and three times the amount of rack space. Separate driveways for our volunteers, separate driveways for the big rigs. It is much safer. We are so beyond excited about building this future home for FoodShare that it's gonna be able to serve our community for generations to come. Of course, a building of this size comes with a big price tag. $50 million but we have raised 45.5 million to date. We are 91% to goal. We have sent out our last push to the community to ask them to help us by buying a paver in our front entrance. The front entryway is going to have all pavers that can be engraved with your family's name, a note of optimism. Whatever it is that you would like within reason but those are available and all on our website at foodshare.com if you would like to be part of that and of course if you would like to have a naming right we have other opportunities as well at higher cost Higher price, higher pledge, higher grant.

More money. Money, exactly. But thank you so much. Here's a picture of those pavers that are available and I appreciate the opportunity to be able to share what is going on at FoodShare and what our future looks like.

Anybody have questions for Monica?

Kevin. Thank you for what you do. I thank you for what you do. I know it spends a lot of your time, but I want to thank you for that and it's grown a lot since the early days hasn't it? It's been phenomenal but good luck in your new building and we'll continue to help improve the lives of those folks that need it in the services that you provide so doesn't go unnoticed And thank your board and all your volunteers. I've known several of them, and they're kind of the unsung heroes in all this too, so thank them for us if you would.

I will! Thank you so much, and we appreciate your support. You have been there for us when we needed you during the government shutdown and fires and all of that, and we can't do this without the support of all of our community, and you have been there.

Tony? Monica, thanks for your presentation. I think the statistic that Resonated with me most is the fact that you had roughly 254,000 unduplicated clients in 25 compared to if I wrote this down correctly 132,000 just pre-COVID right around 2020. So the increase is astronomical in just six years so your food shares continuing to meet that need I think is a testament to what all of you do, your board, your staff, the volunteers. So thank you and I'll say ditto to what Council Member Kildee said.

Thank you. Thank you. My entire staff of 41 and all of our 4400 volunteers, all of us are on the same mission to ensure that no one goes hungry in Ventura County.

Monica, do they still have the drive-through at Pleasant Valley Rec and Park on Fridays? You guys used to support that?

You're asking me a question, of course I don't have the answer to. I don't know but I will find out.

I know that a couple of years ago, the Pleasant Valley Camarillo Lions Club volunteered there on Fridays and at that point there were over 200 cars driving through the community center parking lot getting food. And I quit doing it because Fridays are grandfather duty days for me now but I'm just curious if it's still going on? I see you listed them as a partner

I don't know if they're a drive-through still, but yeah with 200 pantry partners. Sure. I have a hard time keeping up on all of them and my backup's not here to be able to say Monica.

Yeah next time you come here make sure to have the Camarillo answer. Thanks Monica. You're welcome. We appreciate you. Okay

thank you so much. Thank you Monica.

Council comments, Mr. Tremblay would you be so kind as to go first?

Sure thank you Mr. Mayor for meetings attended since July 8 our last meeting July 9th the Airport Authority July 10th the Ventura County Transportation Commission July 15 the Utilities Committee last week I was at the CASA conference California Association of Sanitation Agencies conference in Napa Talk about that in just a minute. Yesterday, there are school crossing guard breakfast and thank you to staff for putting in the sheriff's department for putting that all together.

And then yesterday I had a meeting of the board ad hoc committee for Metrolinx Board for the LA 28 Olympics. As far as the CASA conference is concerned, the topics included sustainable resource management, a desiloing of regulatory agencies. You have so many regulatory agencies out there they all tend to have different agendas. The idea is to try and get them to start looking at one another and trying to assimilate what We also had a presentation on data centers.

and clean water agencies. This CASA conference, this is my last meeting as a statewide president of CASA. I completed my one-year term it was a privilege to serve and I appreciate all the support from the city and for my colleagues I know that we are going to close the meeting in memory of Mister children so have comments on that later. But then very quickly, I want to make sure that and I know everybody is already aware but I believe they are. And that is that the amazing pleasant Valley Recreation Parks and District Foundation As the amazing race for the parks event which is going to be on Saturday, October 3 2026.

And to those out there who might be seeing a TV you can enter this it's a great fundraiser for the parks Foundation and I've got copies of these for all of my council colleagues so I think are probably already aware of all this but going to give them to anyway and that's it from me thanks Mister

thank you Mister kill D

Yes, okay. So meetings attended and events since July 9th. July 11th was the opening of the Summer Concert Series Band Sabor. They were very great and big crowd there. Thursday, July 16th we had a BRSD board meeting Saturday July 18th, I welcomed the FIFA fans to Dizdar Park which we showed the soccer game. It was the game before the championship and we had a very big widescreen TV. I want to thank all of our staff who spent a lot of time getting that ready. It was really great.

It's interesting it was kind of low attendance at the beginning but they got more and more as Game progressed. It was a very hot day, but it was really great to do that. I hope we can do more of that in the future. On Wednesday, July 22nd I went down to LA for the CJPIA annual meeting and that's our insurance carrier. And I'll have more to say about that later but it was a very interesting meeting and I learned a lot about insurance with public agencies.

If you ever get a chance to do that, I strongly encourage to go there and attend one of the meetings. This past Saturday, August 8th, I actually had the privilege for another concert series. It was the Yellow Brick Band and it was also National Night Out. There was a lot of people there Saturday. The crowd actually went over almost into the street there but the band was really great.

The individual that played Elton John was really, really good. Big crowd and that's a great event for the public here and I'm really happy that we're able to do that. Yesterday also attended the crossing guard and again they're kind of the unsung people in our community here that do a really great job for us getting all ready for this year and a lot of them, if not all of them are really happy to be doing this and they provide a very necessary service.

So with that your honor that's all I have tonight. Thank you vice mayor

Thank you. Tuesday, August 11th I attended the Crossing Guards breakfast as well and ditto to what Councilmember Kildee said today was actually the first day of school for Oxnard Unified High School District and I have three kids one of them is in the high school and so crossing guards are so essential to the safety And it's just super important to always prioritize safety. I know we all want to get there on time, but definitely prioritizing safety should be our number one and I'm just very thankful for the work they do today at the high school.

We've made some changes to the, due to pedestrian and traffic safety along Camarillo High School. And so there was a lot of law enforcement that was present to try to help inform the residents as to or the people who were parents who are showing up as to the changes that were made. I did reach out to our trustee from Oxnard Unified High School District Just to make sure that those communications are going out to the parents as well, so that partnership continues.