REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING

Will the clerk please take roll?

Good evening. Council Member Barrett.

Present.

Council Member Castro. Present. Council Member Delgado. Present. Council Member Means.

Present

Mayor Innegren.

Present Next item is 4, Proclamations and Accommodations. Item 4A is Introduction of the 2026-2017 Council Members. Will Assistant City Manager Mr. Jonathan Rojas and the 26-2017 council members please join me in front

Well, good evening Mr. Mayor, Mayor Pro Tem, Council Members and members of the public here this evening along with our Teen Council. It gives me great pleasure to introduce our Teen Council for the year 2026-27. Our Teen Council really this year, the opportunity that they're going to have, they're going to have so many great skills and abilities but the main thing they are going to be excited about doing is really engaging with our city and with our community Developing leadership skills, learning more about local government and then also finding ways to provide feedback to city staff.

They've already met twice this year, and they have come up with four main goals that they want to focus on this year. So I'm going to share those with you. And then this year we're going to do something different. We're going to end the year culminating in a community service project where they're going to finish and they're going be able to walk away at graduation leaving their mark and leaving their impact from this cohort. So really excited about that.

Their four main goals are creating, expanding, supporting and promoting events and opportunities for teens in Moorpark while growing and utilizing the teen council's Instagram presence to increase awareness and engagement in local youth. The second goal is to support mental health awareness and resources for teens including participating or supporting at least one mental health focused event during the year And thirdly, supporting teens as they prepare for their futures by promoting college opportunities, preparedness including the application process as well as career exploration and professional opportunities.

Please join me in welcoming our team council members. Some of them are not present this evening, so I will read their names and if you just want to just step forward when I do read your name if you're present and I do apologize in advance if I mispronounce your name but we have a whole year to make sure I get it right. So without further ado Logan Abiara Perfect. Ethan Abiara, Claire Alger, Zahra Ashrif, Heidi Benitez, Isabel Charette, Andrew De La La, Kian Den, Janelia Epen, Bianca Gagajena, Joseph Greenlinger.

Zohab Imran. Kithrika Koditala. Mariana Leveranga Monforti. I apologize. Isabella Lena Ross. Eve Lukenga. Samuel Lukenga. Arya Magadala. Yashwanath Uraganti. Surindhi Uraganti. Jia Patel. Jameson Reed. Sonali Sampagi. Gauranesh Taigi, Winston Yeo, and Tanya Uddin. We're all very excited to have you joining the Teen Council this year. We have 25 of you total, so we're looking forward to doing some great things in the city of Moorpark and we will return midway through the year. The Teen Council will be excited to provide an update not only to the City Council but also to the public on what they've been up to this year. So congratulations and welcome!

Do you have any words or anything you wanted to share, Mayor? Yeah.

I just want to say thank you all for stepping forward. There's a lot of things y'all could be doing like playing Fortnite and sitting on social media, I'm sure but this city is really proud to have you all help us out and do a lot of great things. You're also going to learn a lot of great lessons that will help you go forward and if you want to get into government someday this is a good way to start so thank you so much and look forward to working with you

Thank you.

Next item is 4B, recognition of City Attorney Kevin Ennis upon the occasion of his retirement. Mr. Ennis please join me in the front of the dais. I've got a proclamation first. A proclamation of the Moorpark City Council honoring Kevin G. Ennis in recognition of his distinguished service as city attorney for the city of Moorpark, whereas Kevin G Ennis of Richard, Watson & Gershon began serving as a city attorney for the city of Moorpark in 2012 For 14 years has provided dedicated legal counsel, sound judgment and steadfast guidance to the City Council, city management and staff. And whereas throughout his tenure Kevin has worked alongside successive mayors, city councils, city managers and city employees helping navigate complex legal matters advance important community priorities and protect the interests of the city and its residents Whereas Kevin's leadership and legal experience have been instrumental in advancing significant projects that have helped shape Moorpark, including the revitalization of downtown Moorpark and the High Street Corridor.

Moorpark first ever comprehensive general plan update and a comprehensive zoning code update and numerous development and infrastructure initiatives that continue to contribute to community growth and character. Whereas during Kevin's tenure, the City successfully advanced several important efforts to preserve and protect its community assets including the acquisition of more than 256 acres of open space from waste management. And protection of groundwater resources serving the Royal Vista Community Park in a successful negotiation in defense of the Broad Beach Truck Traffic Agreement to protect Moorpark's local streets.

Whereas beyond these significant accomplishments, Kevin has provided invaluable counsel on municipal governance, ethics, land use, public agency law and litigation. Consistently helping the city navigate challenging issues while safeguarding public resources and upholding the principles in responsible local government. And whereas much of a city attorney's work takes place outside the public spotlight, yet Kevin's contributions are reflected throughout Moorpark in the projects, advanced open spaces preserved, public interest protected and strong foundation to municipal governance. and will continue to serve the community for generations to come. Whereas Kevin's professionalism, extensive institutional knowledge, commitment to public service and long-standing partnership with the city have left a lasting and meaningful impact on Moorpark, its elected officials, employees in the community is faithfully served.

Now therefore be it resolved Moorpark City Council on behalf of the entire city council and the residents of Moorpark hereby recognize and commend Kevin G. Ennis for his 14 years of exemplary service as city attorney and a significant contribution to the city of Moorpark. We extend our sincere gratitude for his dedication, leadership and unwavering commitment to our community and wish him continued happiness and fulfillment as he concludes his distinguished tenure as City Attorney on October 7th, 2026. A witness whereof, the Moorpark City Council does set its hand and cause a seal of the city of Moorpark to be affixed this seventh day of October, 2026.

And since this is probably the largest proclamation I've had to read, you know it's a good one. So I've got to say that Kevin is probably the first lawyer I've ever worked with. Before Kevin, I never really interacted with lawyers. I just kind of had the idea of what lawyers were and it was never a good thing really. But I gotta say working with you, when I first had that conversation going over all the different laws that I had to follow being mayor or Brown Act everything, it was a different thing. So I had a great relationship with you. Whoever had questions could call you up Always responsive. You would tell me way more than I would need to know about something, which was great. So as a new council member it was very good to get those lessons and all the different backgrounds of the job.

And I want to say thank you for working with us keeping Tom out of jail, which is quite The duty there. And I wish you the best in your retirement. You worked hard enough, and hopefully you can take some time and travel the world and relax a little bit and stop reading legal stuff maybe. I'd like to say a

few words? All right. Move this down a little bit. It was very impressive that you read that whole proclamation, because normally you wouldn't necessarily do that. So I am honored that she did that. They say you don't have to read the whole thing going forward? No. You don't have to. Good to know now. But in any event, thank you. That was very kind, very generous words. Let me take a few minutes. How many minutes do I have Mayor? As long as you want. 25, 30? You've got 30 minutes. I'm kidding.

There you go. That's it. That's it. I'm trying to drag this out, Mayor. Okay so first of all thank you very much. It has been one of the privileges and honors of my career to have served as City Attorney at Moorpark and I want to thank the City Council and all the past and present members of the council for the opportunity to serve this great community for the past many years.

I want to thank the council members who hired me, Mayor Janice Parvin, David Pollack, Roseanne Micos, Mark Van Dam and Keith Millhouse. I'd also like to thank the other council members I've had the opportunity to work with through the years including Daniel Groff and Ken Simons And all the current members of the council led by Mayor Chris Ennegrin, Mayor Pro Tem Antonio Castro, Council Members Tom Eames, Renee Delgado and Chris Barrett.

Thank you for the opportunity to serve you over the last few years under your leadership. The residents of Moorpark should be very proud of their past and present council members for their excellent leadership. They're all passionate advocates and protectors of this community. Moorpark, for those of us here in the room know, has a great tradition of having council meetings that are civil and respectful for all who attend.

The Council has done a great job over the last few decades of keeping its discussions and deliberations civil, thoughtful, and respectful. This takes work and dedication, and congratulations to the Council members for continuing that tradition. My day in and day out work for the city was with a very talented, hardworking, capable and amazing staff. led by Steve Cooney, Troy Brown and now PJ Gagajena. Those city managers were my teammates in accomplishing the goals of the City and I thank them for their professionalism expertise hard work and friendship.

I'd also like to thank all the amazing hard-working and dedicated employees of the City of Moorpark past and present that i have had the opportunity to work with including people such as Jeremy, Jessica, Dan, Haromi, Doug, Kai, Blanca, Brian Jonathan and Valerie, and many others. Some past ones as well including Maureen Benson former City Clerk and Debbie Trafenstedt long-time Assistant City Manager.

And all the employees who work under them they have all been my colleagues in this endeavor and I want to thank them for their hard work and professionalism through these years. Moorpark is very lucky to have such a great city staff working here at City Hall Now I wouldn't have been able to do my job without my dream team in my own office, including my Assistant City Attorneys, Gina Stinnett, Nick Garelli, Zach Heinzelman and Maricela Marchini.

But there are many other experts who have helped me out on various matters through the years. And I think staff might remember some of these folks, Craig Fox, Terhisa Ho-Yorano, Robin Harris, Diana Verrett, Paula Baeza, Jennifer Petrusas, Peter Pierce, Steven DeGuy, Stephen Flowers and many others. I bet Jessica remembers about eight of them right? So does Jeremy.

They all did much of the hard and expert legal work to accomplish the work of my office. I'd also like to say that I very much enjoyed the work as city attorney, and the challenging projects we got to work through. Chris mentioned many of them in that proclamation. As he mentioned, we tangled with the county and with Broad Beach residents over sand and gravel trucks. And we had a myriad of land use projects including the High Street Depot project We also went through the process that was hard of converting the city's election system from an at-large to a bi-district election system.

And there were a lot of other projects and actions to protect the city's quality of life, so it's been both intellectually exciting, challenging, and a real honor to help the city achieve its goals and work to those changes in state and federal laws as well. And then lastly, I'd like to wish my best all my best to my successor is Russia who is a very capable person stepping into my role as city attorney.

Little people may not know that but Israel and I used to work together when she was a newly minted attorney and I had the opportunity to work with your. I want to open up for the council members now.

When I say a few words. Yeah.

I'd just like to personally thank you, Kevin, for your years of service to the city. City attorney is a unique responsibility and you're not always telling us what we want to hear but making sure what we're doing is right, what's legal and what's best for the community. And your guidance, professionalism, dedication have truly been invaluable and our city is better for having you be a part of it, so thank you.

Kevin I also want to personally thank you for everything you've done for the city, for myself and for us as a council. When I first came on the council four years ago of course there was a lot to learn and I really appreciated having someone with your experience and knowledge in my corner to guide me through some very complicated issues. You've always been patient with our questions and I've appreciated your ability to explain not just what we can and can't do but why?

Congratulations on your retirement. And I hope you get to enjoy a lot fewer evenings at meetings and a lot shorter drives, and you'll definitely be missed, and I wish you the best. Thank you.

Kevin, I'll just add that one of the things that I appreciate the most about you is your steadiness. We've tackled like you talked about some really big issues, some intense issues along with just routine things and throughout all of that you take that same approach as measured, it's professional, it's thoughtful. You know, we can't talk about the things that we go through in closed session. But one of the things that I really appreciate is how you're always pushing our thinking and even though what you're sharing with us, your two, three, four moves ahead of where we need to be and that places us in a position of being able to make the best decisions for the people of Moorpark Very similarly, we know during that first year of being a council member so many things are new.

You're confronted with a different way of being in the community and I just wanted to thank you for also during that first year as I was trying to reconcile, you know, you were elected for a particular purpose and yet you have to recuse yourself from things that are...you would think well wasn't this what I was elected to do? You were graceful. You provided additional analysis beyond our analyses beyond what was necessarily required, and that meant a lot in particular at that time as I'm sure it will for others. So thank you.

It's the end of an era Kevin. The word keeps coming up bittersweet. It must be sweet for you. It is bitter for us because after 14 years you've seen everything that has gone on during that duration there have been four presidential administrations three presidents Two mayors, three city managers and a couple governors. You've seen a lot. Apple watches didn't exist when you started here.

AI certainly didn't exist. Thank God the Apple Watch came out so I could tell you to stand up, take a breath and deal with some of the things that we were bringing your way. And we didn't need AI because we always had KI right? Kevin Intelligence knew everything I'm not an easy person to go through an issue with, because I want to know why and why not and what if. And yet you took those questions and those concerns seriously, professionalism, kindness, and you brought me in and helped show me the way as I got on board. And I am forever eternally grateful for what you did for me personally and what you did for the city of Moorpark. So I wish you nothing but the sweet part of retirement. You earned every bit of it, and we will sorely miss you.

I'd like to invite our supervisor Janice Parvin

up. I'm proud to be here tonight really to honor you and good evening Council, Mayor, City Manager Kevin, we go way, way back. Right? I remember interviewing you and throwing out some really unusual questions and you still survived. And you're still here. But tonight, I want to honor you with a Certificate of Recognition from the County Board of Supervisors because I know that when I was a council member, we had some issues with the county.

And I was so mad at you because you were helping the county on other projects. And they kept fighting you but now I'm good with it. Just saying. All right, but with gratitude for 14 years of dedicated service as a city attorney providing sound counsel and steadfast guidance to the City Council, to management, to staff and our residents your legal expertise helped advance downtown Moorpark and thank you And the high street corridor revitalization. The city's first comprehensive general plan update and a comprehensive zoning code update. Your service also helped preserve more than 256 acres of open space, and I drive by it every day, and I'm so appreciative.

You've protected our groundwater resources and safeguarded Moorpark's local streets. Your lasting contributions will serve our community and our county of Ventura for generations, and we want to wish you the best of your retirement. But I do want to bring up a couple of things. One of the things I wanted to bring up was how we had to fight all those gravel trucks. Right? That was really, really hard for all of us, for the residents, for all the council to deal with and we really actually won that battle so thank you for that.

Thank you for getting us through the districts. That was not fun right? So you got us through some really tough things and Just, I appreciate you from a city council perspective and I also appreciate you from a county supervisor perspective because your advice was always very sound. And if I could talk you into it, because you're ultra conservative, if I could talk you into it then we could actually make a change. It was always good. So congratulations on your retirement. I will miss you.

I'd like to invite our City Manager, Mr. P.J. Gagahena

Well, Kevin, I have an opportunity and honor to present you with several certificates on behalf of Congresswoman Julia Brownlee who couldn't be here this evening. She wanted to absolutely congratulate you on your retirement and for your years of service, your commitment with the highest integrity in protecting local government and serving the city of Moorpark. So congratulations for that.

And another certificate we have is from our assembly member, Jackie Irwin. Again also congratulating you on your retirement and your years of service with the city and again best wishes on your future endeavors. Congratulations on that. And then Kevin, you know I'd like to just say a few words about you and what you mean to the city or city staff. You've obviously been through a whole number of council members and the city's three city managers and you work with a lot of staff as you mentioned. And you've always been a calm and steady presence for us working through a lot of complex issues with the city.

And, you know, your work also not only on a daily basis but as you know we've contacted you on nights, called you on your vacation a few times so hopefully less phone calls for you while you're enjoying your time off. I really appreciate you and the RWG team as well We worked with you in the trenches and got through some really, really complicated issues out there. And so I really appreciate all of that. Plus, you know, you have your fingerprints all over the city, right? I mean a lot of things that we decided on was through your advice and your recommendations, and that's how we were able to move the city forward. So really, really appreciate that.

You make the words, it depends sound really reassuring. Even though that was the answer we would get from you but no thank you for being a trusted advisor, counselor, friend and really on behalf of the department heads and the city staff well wishes on your retirement congratulations Kevin

Next item is 4c the minister of oath of the new city attorney is Rasha. Well, mr. Isra shop Please join me in front of the dais We make it awkward every single

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do you solemnly swear to support and defend the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State of California against all enemies, foreign and

domestic.

And that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State of California that I take this obligation freely without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion And that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties upon which I'm about to enter. Thank you.

Keep us out of trouble. I just want to say we're really impressed with your knowledge and what you were doing through our interviews, and you really stood out. And we're really excited to work with you. We've got a great council here. We all get along really well. A lot of projects to work on, a lot of complex things going on in the future. And we're really happy to have you as part of our team.

Yes. Try to be quiet. It's very much an honor to be selected and entrusted to the city and its projects, and its processes, and its decisions. We hope to do a great job. I and all of my colleagues over at BB&K are here to support you in any way that we can. And I do want to also congratulate Kevin Ennis on his retirement and to thank him for all of the time and effort and patience that he's shown to me over the years as well as everybody else in this room that's already spoken today.

Thank you.

At this point we'll take a brief 15-minute recess.

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department. I'll call this meeting back to order. Item 4D is a proclamation declaring October 2026 as Community Planning Month. Will Community Development Director Doug Spondell please join me up front? I have a certificate and I think Kevin may have taken it, so I can just wing it here A proclamation declaring October 2026 Community Planning Month, whereas community planners are responsible with keeping the cities all working in an organized fashion with businesses in the correct places. Houses in their correct places.

Whereas Mr. Doug Spondello and his group... Oh this is much better thank you. Mine was a lot shorter. Okay, proclamation of the Moorpark City Council proclaiming October 2026 as Community Planning Month. Let's see how much I got right. We're asked community planning month was established in 2026 by the American Planning Association APA to celebrate the achievements of community planning and highlight the vital role that planners play. Whereas planners work to improve the well-being of all people living in our communities by leveraging professional expertise, data driven insights and long term comprehensive vision for the future. And whereas Community Planning Month is a time to reflect on the individual contributions of urban and regional planners who work tirelessly to create vibrant sustainable and equitable communities.

Whereas they are trained professionals using a deep knowledge of the field, best practices and case studies to help communities define their goals and a path to achieving them. Whereas change is constant and affects all cities, towns, suburbs, counties, boroughs and rural areas. Whereas community planning and plans can help manage this change in a way that provides better choices for where and how people live and work.

Whereas planning is more important than ever as communities continue to navigate the growing housing crisis and destructive changes brought about by the pandemic. Now, therefore be it resolved that the Moorpark City Council hereby proclaims October 2026 as Community Planning Month and encourages all residents to recognize and celebrate the vital role that community planners play in creating safer more resilient and more prosperous communities. And witness whereof, the city council of the city of Moorpark does set its hand and cause a seal of the city of Moorpark to be affixed the seventh day of October 2026.

Thank you. If I could have our planning team join me, please? Good evening. Thank you Mayor and Council for recognizing Community Planning Month I'm pleased to accept this proclamation on behalf of our planning team, Gene Burse, Phil Newman, Arely Perez and Blake Erickson. Planning is about helping our community grow thoughtfully while preserving what makes Moorpark special.

And as the mayor said this evening on our proclamation, while change is inevitable, planning helps guide that change in a way that reflects our community's values, strengthens its character and addresses its future needs. Our planning team brings care, professionalism and dedication to that work every day from helping residents at the counter to guiding projects and plans that shape Moorpark for generations to come.

I'm proud to work alongside our planners and I appreciate the council's recognition of their efforts in service to our community. Thank you.

Next item is 4E, our Certificate of Recognition to the Finance Department for receiving the Government Finances Officers Association Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting Award for Fiscal Year 2025. Representing the 17th consecutive year of receiving the award. Will Budget and Finance Manager Gilbert Posolon please join me in front of the dais? Thank you.

Congratulations. Government Financers Officers Association, also known as the GFOA has awarded a Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting to the City of Moorpark for its annual comprehensive financial report, also known as ACFR. For fiscal year 2024 and 25. Report was judged by an impartial panel to ensure the city met the high standards of the GFOA program including demonstrating a constructive spirit of full disclosure to clearly communicate its financial story.

This award marks the 17th consecutive year that the city has been recognized by the GFOA. The GFOA Certificate of Achievement is the highest form of recognition in the area of governmental accounting and financial reporting, and its attainment represents a significant accomplishment by a government in its management. GFOa provides best practices, professional development, resources, and practical research for more than 28,000 members and communities they serve.

Congratulations. Say a few words?

Thank you, Mayor and members of the Council. I am incredibly proud to be up here tonight in recognition of our finance department being awarded a Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting by the GFOA. While I may be up here tonight accepting this recognition, this award belongs entirely to our dedicated finance team. Preparing the ACFR takes months of grueling behind-the-scene work. I want to thank the entire finance team for their relentless commitment to financial integrity.

In addition, this report could not be presented or prepared without the support and cooperation of each department within the city and our external auditors Rogers, Anderson, Mallody and Scott for their collaboration during the review process. To our residents, this certificate serves as a badge of trust. It proves that your local government is managing public funds with the utmost care, transparency and accountability. Thank you again.

Excitement is five public comment. Are there any speakers?

Yes, mr Mayor I've received two speaker cards this evening for public comment The first speaker is Joan Moisan who will be followed by Daniel as this is public comment You have three minutes to address the council

Hi everyone and thank you for having me My name is Joan Mazin. I worked for the post office for 50 years as a mail carrier. I just retired like maybe three and a half years ago, and one thing the post office was always passionate about was safety so that's been instilled in me for the last 50 years working at the post office how to be more safe Because we'd always have a problem if we weren't safe. We'd have hell to pay.

So before I bring about the safety factors that I'm here for, I wanted to first mention—I failed to do that on Monday when I went to Parks and Recreation meeting—that Moorpark's a wonderful city. It's very family-friendly. It is very low in crime. We're the fourth safest city in all of California. And that's why I'm here. I have two grandchildren. They're going to be riding their bikes very soon, so what I want to bring up is about the traffic signals that don't work correctly. It's not a very bike-friendly city in my opinion.

I ride my eBike all over Moorpark. My friend Dave rides his motor scooter over Moorpark, throughout Moorpark And we all have problems with the traffic lights. The sensor on them is not sensitive enough to change for a bike or a motor scooter, and the worst ones are In the most dangerous areas where we have our children, Mountain Meadow and Sierra Rahada. Where Mountain Meadow Elementary School is? That light doesn't change for a bike or a scooter. Mountain Trail and Sierra Rahada by Moorpark High School.

That light doesn't change either. Country Hill, Sierra Rahada, the other side of Moorpark High School. That traffic light doesn' change either. They need to put sensors on there that are more sensitive to bikes and scooters so that I don't have to do something that's illegal, to try to get across the street when the light will not change to green. I don' know what I'm supposed to do. Nobody really ever told me.

I've been riding my e-bike over Moorpark for the last three years and I had to navigate these lights for roughly three years Daniel Kim called me, I think it was yesterday. Daniel Kim from Public Works and he said he's trying to make it happen to get the lights fixed but so we got the ball rolling. So every day early in the morning I ride my bike to Arroyo Vista Park and I play pickleball like I play about six days a week.

I ride my bike on Saturdays to Miller Park to play pickleball. I take Sunday off But every day after I'm at Arroyo Vista for two hours, do I have a couple minutes?

Thank you. You'll have to finish that up but we'll stay in contact with you.

I can't finish...I didn't know when it was going to be time so I can't finish it?

Yeah, you could finish the sentence and then we'll have to move on.

They need to do the crosswalks also at Aleta Yancey Road. The crosswalks haven't worked in six or eight months, a year. And there was an accident last week, probably a bad one. And maybe that wouldn't have happened if they would've done the crosswalks.

Thank you.

We'll keep

in touch though. Sorry I didn't mean to cut you off but...

I didn't know I was going to be timed a little bit quicker. I'm sorry. Yeah. I'll come again.

And our second speaker is Daniel and again as this is public comment you have three minutes to address the council.

Oh, no. You can't see that. Oh well. All right. One second.

Good to

go. All right. Good evening Councilman City. Leadership is a sacred responsibility and privilege. One of Moorpark's bright young stars stood in front of this room and said something along those lines and I've been stuck thinking about it since because there's a lesson about leadership most of us learn when we're young. There are people who create value and there's people who extract value Creators leave something behind, infrastructure, housing, parks, library, technology that actually improves people's lives.

But extraction can look like progress too. It can come wrapped in a staff report. It can be called modernization. It can be called efficiency or simply the cost of doing business. Then it becomes a subscription next to an escalator. Then another contract, some after work, another request for proposal until eventually we're not building something anymore, we're feeding something Something is very hungry around here.

That's why something I've witnessed in this room bothers me so much. I watched this council spend more than 30 minutes picking apart a roughly $9,000 addition to a cleaning contract but we have passed million dollar line items without even batting an eye or asking about the contract details. That is bothersome. Questions were asked, costs mattered. People wanted explanation. Good! That is oversight. But tonight I'm probably going to watch a million dollar line item get passed without a single question and I'm not even gonna say which one because I want to see if I'm right.

30 minutes for $9,000 and silence for a million. It's not just one contract anymore it's the library, the parks, surveillance technology, reoccurring contracts. It's watching affordable housing encounter exemption after exemption while the money and land intended to produce housing someone didn't seem to produce enough housing. Meanwhile, we're paying for professional government. The car, the phone, health care, life insurance, professional memberships, even tuition reimbursement. And I don't begrudge professional employees for professional compensation but professional compensation comes with professional expectations.

We're paying for the professional leadership. We should receive professional accountability. Don't tell residents how complicated government is while presenting contracts in ways that I believe obscure what they're actually committing ourselves to. Don't tell us what we can't afford while signing us up for obligations that keep growing, and Chief when questions arise about CalPERS contracts please answer them!

Police chief, you. If I'm wrong, correct me. If we're missing context, give the context to us. If these contracts are necessary and appropriately governed, explain them or at least be able to. I would genuinely rather hear that I'm wrong than watch knowledgeable officials remain silent while residents have to reconstruct these systems ourselves because leadership is stewardship. The money isn't yours. The land isn't yours. The parks aren't yours, Mr. Laurentowski. These things have simply been entrusted to you for a little while And the computer is gonna die at the perfectly right time Well, they trusted you for a little while

And mr. Mayor that was the last public comment card I have

Thank you Next item is six free ordering of in addition to the agenda that we need to pull anything from consent Seeing none, we'll move on. This item is seven, announcements, future agenda items, reports and meetings, conference attended by council members and mayor. Start with Mr. Means.

Thank you, Mr. Mayor. I was pleased to attend at our High Street Arts Center the Candidates Forum on September 25th put on by the League of Women Voters. The way that they organized that in conjunction with our Chamber of Commerce and our High Street Arts Center to make sure that the people, the residents, the voters had a chance to get to know all the candidates in a fair unbiased and educational way not tolerant or supportive of divisive comments or interaction. I'm just really proud of Moorpark and the way that we handle that as a community, so pleasure to be there.

No libraries?

No libraries at this time Mr. Mayor. Thank you sir. You? We'll wait for yours.

Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Just one update. On October 1st I attended the morning portion of the Ventura County Housing Conference. Just wanted to call attention to Mr. Spondello was one of the panelists represented the City of Moorpark really well. Mr. DiCiacco was also a panelist but he wasn't representing the City of Moorpark that day. Phenomenal presentation thank you.

And then, unfortunately for the first time in quite a long time I did miss Country Days. Just wanted to thank the organizers and the city for putting on the event. I understand it was a hot day. It was in a different part of the county assisting a family member but thank you for everybody who made that day possible.

All right, on September 18th I attended the Moorpark Chamber of Commerce breakfast. On the 25th I participated in the Candidates Forum. On the 27th I attended the Rudy Perez Memorial Foundation event at Luna Yana. There was great food, great music and great cars with proceeds going to a wonderful foundation. Speaking of libraries on the 28th and I just wrote this one in, I went to the Lucas Museum Library which was pretty darn cool.

If you get a chance to go it's just opened I think a couple weeks ago so that was a very very cool museum. Amazing what those USC Trojan alumni can do isn't it? Yeah I hated every minute of having to see the maroon and gold On the 29th, I attended the Chamber's Restaurant Owners Forum. It was great to see so many restaurant owners come together, share their experience and collaborate with one another. On October 3rd, I attended the Moorpark Country Days Parade & Fair. It was brutally hot but still a great event and I want to give a big thank you to the city staff and Perez family for making that happen.

On the 6th, I attended the Chamber Networking Mixer at one of our newest businesses called Cal Kids. They offer K-12 tutoring, homework support and after school academic programs. On the 7th or this morning, I attended Coffee with a Cop. I met with Council Member Barrett for Library Artwork Ad Hoc Committee and attended the Executive Committee Meeting for Economic Development Collaborative. Thank you.

On September 18th, I attended the Chamber Networking Breakfast. On October 1st, I attended the Regional Defense Partnership meeting. On October 1st I also attended the Clean Power Alliance board meeting. On October 3rd, I attended the Moorpark Country Days parade and again shout out to the Rudy Perez Foundation for all their efforts in making sure that that event continues and it was a great celebration despite the heat.

This morning I attended the government relations meeting, the Chamber of Commerce. And then today I also attended the marketing ad hoc meeting with Council Member Delgado and then I attended the Moorpark Teaching Zoo Advisory Board meeting with Council Member Meath.

Thank you. All right, so for myself, September 18th I attended the Chamber Breakfast followed by the 25th, the Candidates Forum which was a great evening. On the 27th I attended the Rudy Perez Foundation, I guess we call it a car show at Lunaena and that was incredible. It was really fun. It felt just like a Moorpark backyard party and it was really well-attended I hope they do more of those. That was really awesome.

On the 29th, I attended the Restaurant Owners Forum put on by The Chamber and that was very informative. It's great to get all the restaurant owners in a room together and talk about successes, things that are tough to deal with these times right now, and I think a lot of good is going to come out of that one. And I got some feedback that people liked it a lot and want to do it again.

On October 3rd, I attended Country Days. And it was put on by the Rudy Perez Foundation. It was well done. It was hot, very hot, really hot. But nonetheless, it was a great event. And then today, I also attended the Chamber of Government Relations meeting. I've got a few announcements here. Don't miss the final movie in the park this year on Saturday, October 10th with the screening of Paramount.

The meeting will start at 6.30 p.m. at the Royal Vista Community Park. Admission is free and refreshments will be available for purchase. For details, visit moorparkca.gov slash movies. Put on your quads or blades and join us for a Monster Mash Skate Night on Friday, October 16th from 6-8pm at the Royal Vista Community Park. Enjoy an evening of skating, music and games plus fun activities for non skaters. There will also be a costume contest. Admission is free. For more information visit moorparkca.gov slash skate On October 31st, visit Haunted High Street for Halloween fun including trunk-or-treating, a carnival with games and attractions, a live DJ, Moorpark Library's Arts & Crafts pumpkin patch, food trucks and more. Carnival admission is $5 in advance, $10 at the gate.

All other activities are free. For details and to purchase carnival tickets, visit moorparkca.gov slash haunted. Next is the consent calendar. We haven't pulled anything so I'll entertain a motion

I'll move consent.

Second. We have a motion and a second, we'll need to roll call vote.

Mayor Integrand?