City Council — June 15, 2026

Good evening and welcome to the City of Port Hueneme's regular council meeting. Welcome again, we're going to call this meeting to order. The time is now 530. Madam Clerk please take roll.

Council Member Gama? Here. Council Member Lopez? Here. Council Member Perez? Here Mayor McQueen-Lachon? Here And let the record reflect that Mayor Pro Tem Hernandez currently absent

Great, we'll now hear a closed session public comments or public comments relating to closed session and they'll be limited to three minutes each. Madam Clerk do we have any public comments?

Yes, we have two public comments first is Theo Provencio followed by Leonard Castillo

Okay, well I'll make this short. Good evening Mayor and members of the City Council. My name is Theo Provencio. I'm a D5 operator with the city water department. Been here for 13 years. I am here tonight to speak on behalf of the dedicated city employees who keep our community running every single day. I am standing before you because we are at a critical crossroads and the current proposal on the table simply does not align with reality.

The city is currently offering a 1% cost of living adjustment COLA per year for two years. While we understand the complexities of municipal budgeting, we must be honest about what a one percent per year offer means in the current economic climate. Inflation is significantly higher than one percent. Housing, groceries, utilities, health care have all surged.

To offer a 1% adjustment in the high inflation environment isn't a wage freeze. It is, in practical terms, a pay cut. Every day the city staff show up to deliver the high quality services our residents expect and deserve but right now those same employees are struggling to keep up with the basic cost of living of surviving in the very city they serve. When wages fail to keep pace with the real world, we risk losing our experienced dedicated personnel to neighboring cities or the private sector. High turnover unfilled positions ultimately cost the city more in recruiting training and loss productivity Thank you.

We urgently call on the city to return to the table with a meaningful, realistic offer that reflects the true cost of living and shows real investment in the workforce that keeps the city moving forward. Thank you for your time and your consideration.

Hello Council, Council Members, Mayor. My name is Leonard Castillo I'm the Chief Negotiator with SCIU Local 721. I am before you and speaking on behalf of my members and just wanted to convey the reality that our members that serve this community and all your employees are facing the reality that In terms of their salaries, in terms of the benefits. The cost living in this climate is something that needs to be addressed and I do want to acknowledge that the city is moving in the right direction at our negotiations However, it's at this point as it stands just not enough for my members.

So again acknowledging that you're moving in the right direction and that there is movement I do want to convey that we acknowledge that and ultimately, we want you to give the additional authority that is needed to your bargaining team to come to a deal so we can go ahead and come to agreement before this contract expires. With that being said, we'd also like to, you know, we're reaching out to you to see if you have the availability to open a special session on the 29th. A special session on the 29th would be ideal considering that we do have bargaining prior. We have a few sessions before that date and with that date if we can come to an agreement and an agreement that our bargaining team can endorse We'd like to have that on the calendar so that we could vote on the contract and then get it to you to be fully authorized.

And ultimately, again, we're just here to speak to the matter of the fact that these city workers they put in this time to serve the community. They are a part of the community. Some of them are your constituents We just want you to Consider these, you know these these asks at this point in time. Thank you

Great. Thank you

And that concludes public comment

great thank you we're gonna

Thank you. We'll be entering closed session with respect to Government Code Section 54957.6, Conference with Labor Negotiators with the agency's representatives including Frank Lee, James Vega and Charles Peretz and we will be discussing the agreement with SEIU Service Employees International Union Local 721.

Great thank you. Do any members of the Council have a conflict of interest in this matter?

I don't have a conflict of interest, but do we want to share ex parte communications? Do

you have one?

There is no legal obligation to.

Did you want to read? Anyone would like to read the Juneteenth? I'll do it. Good evening everyone and welcome to our City Council meeting Monday, June 15th 2026. We are going to get started calling this meeting to order at 633. And so we'll have council member Gamma lead us in the Pledge of Allegiance.

Right hand over heart Great, thank you. Madam Clerk please take roll. Council Member Goma Yes.

Council Member Lopez? Here. Council Member Perez? Here. Mayor Pro Tem Hernandez? Here. And Mayor McQueen-Lajon?

Here Okay, great. So I have the opportunity to do the inspiration tonight and it comes by way of the event that I went to this weekend where it was commented that we don't believe people really know who we are and what we do so I'm just going to share a little bit about The service support and services we have going on That support our residents and then I want to talk a little bit about that one organization So as we begin tonight's meeting, I would like to take a moment to reflect on one of the greatest strengths of our city.

Not our buildings, not our streets, not even our beautiful coastline but the people and the organizations that dedicate themselves to serving others. A community is measured not by what it achieves, but how it cares for its residents. In Port Hueneme and throughout Ventura County we are blessed with the extraordinary network of non-profit and service organizations that work tirelessly to meet the needs of every generation and of every stage in life.

For our children and youth, organizations such as the Boys & Girls Club of the Greater Oxnard and Port Hueneme provide safe places, mentorship, academic support and opportunities for personal growth. Their work helps young people build confidence, character and hope for their future. For our students, organizations such as the Oxnard College Foundation and educational mentoring programs throughout the county help remove barriers to higher education through scholarship resources and encouragement empowering the next generation of leaders.

For our seniors, organizations such as Ventura County Area Agency on Aging provide vital services that promote independence, wellness, nutrition and social connection ensuring that our elders remain valued and engaged members of our community. For the veterans and military families, organizations include Gold Coast Veterans Foundation who offer support resources and advocacy for those who have sacrificed in service to our nation.

Their efforts remind us that honoring our veterans require more than words it requires actions For families facing hardship, organizations as FoodShare Ventura County work every day to combat food insecurity and provide nourishment and dignity to those in need. And through service clubs such as the Lions Club International, The Salvation Army and the Divine Nine fraternities and sororities like the one that I'm a member of that was founded as early as 1906. We have faith-based organizations community volunteers and countless local nonprofits acts of kindness and generosity are transformed into meaningful change for our residents That said, the reason for this reflection on this topic tonight is that I've had the opportunity to participate in a couple of events hosted by Seroptimus International of Channel Islands and the statement that people don't really know who and why they exist.

So I want to just share a bit about them. Suroptimus International of Channel Islands Chapter serves both Oxnard and Port Hueneme, is a beacon of hope for girls and women. They provide scholarships through their Live Your Dream Award offering financial support to women who are primary breadwinners They also create care kits, run anti-trafficking initiatives and mentor girls through the Dream It Be It program.

These efforts ensure that women and girls of Port Hueneme not only dream big but have the support to achieve those dreams. Now I'm going to go off script Because as I read each of these, I saw a connection from the city of Port Hueneme. We have people that are on most of these committees that are doing the work of these organizations and even for the ones that we don't have someone specifically on, I have always seen Port Hueneme residents participating in those events I mentioned the Boys and Girls Club. I know our Councilmember Perez, I don't know if she's still on the board but she was on the board to that. I talked about Lions Club, Salvation Army.

We have people that give to our community all the time we have our council member Gamma, who leads an effort to keep our beaches clean. We have Councilmember Lopez who is our liaison to the Veterans Ad Hoc Committee. We have our Mayor Pro Temp that is in several organizations that support our residents here in the city of Port Hueneme and I too do my very best to participate in supporting our events. I did want to mention we have with the Ventura County Area Agency of Aging, we have a liaison, Luis Mendez.

We have for our food share, we know that we have community members that give away food to residents and those outside of our cities all the time. So the City of Port Hueneme is showing up as residents are showing up and are really doing great things for the organization. I see Mr. Vega here with the port. We know that they're always out there giving to the community It's wonderful to work in a city and to belong in a city that cares about its members and communities abroad, so thank you to everyone who continues to do the work for the residents and community members here in Port Hueneme and Ventura County.

So while each group may serve a different population, together they are the backbone of a thriving Port Hueneme. Their work reminds us that when we care for our children, support our students, honor our seniors and uplift families in need We create a city where everyone has the chance to thrive. So thank you to everyone who gives their services and support to our residents and to communities that we touch. As elected leaders, we recognize that government cannot do all the work alone.

It takes partnership. It takes volunteers. It takes nonprofit leaders, donors, advocates and everyday residents who choose service over self-interest and community over division. So tonight, let us express our gratitude to all those organizations and individuals whose work often takes place quietly behind the scenes but whose impact is felt throughout our city every day.

May their examples inspire us to continue building a Port Hueneme that is compassionate, inclusive and united in service to one another. Thank you. All right, so we are going to move to our city attorney for the closed session report.

Thank you Madam Mayor there is no reportable action from closed session tonight.

Great thank you. Madam Clerk do we have any public comments not related to the agenda items?

Yes we have two general public comments one from Rich Rollins followed by Johnny Garcia Vasquez

I really was quite impressed by this opening Statement that you made as far as like how our community gets involved in a variety of different things to make our Community and our citizens a better place I'm going to talk to you in the short time on three different items The first of which I want to thank the city staff. I know they've had some challenging employee Staffing schedule problems, but they saw fit to Reorganize their staff so that the senior exercise program Which has been going on for a number of years could maintain and keep up Monday Wednesday and Friday I think you made a lot of seniors very very happy. And I want to thank Mr. Vega and the staff for doing that The second thing I want to pass out to you, a while back you approved the Nate's Place Pickleball Tournament and I want to give you a little bit of update.

That's going to be happening this Saturday and we have well over 100 participants so they're going to be raising a lot of money for Nate's Place and I want to give you a little flyer real quickly That's why I play tennis, so I can run back and forth. Anyway it's been a really big success. REACH and Nate's Place have worked together to really do a nice event this Saturday which will I think highlight the city of Port Hueneme The final thing, we had just gotten word as you know we're going to be doing the Veteran Banner Program and we have now received all the banners and we hope within the next week or so to work with Public Works to get those up.

We are also hoping to do some form of an unveiling ceremony and perhaps do a little walk and we hope that you will all be involved in that And we have, I think we have between 13 and 15 banners. Am I correct?

16.

16 now. 16 banners which I think is an excellent step our first time doing that so we hope that you will be involved in that. We will be giving you word when we actually do the different ceremonies and unveiling. That's about it.

Good evening Mayor, Council Members. I would like to wish you a happy Pride Month. Additionally thank you for the pride month proclamation that your city presented at the last council meeting however that is not enough in Port Hueneme there is an ongoing climate of homophobia within your city for the LGBTQIA plus community Council should consider the passage of city ordinance, measures or directives that protect and serve such constituents from ongoing hate incidents, hate speech, harassment or the direction for the establishment of a police commission that holds your police department accountable to respond to residents who are subject to hate incidents, hate speech, harassment and threats of physical bodily harm. Because the response from your police department of, we do not have the resources to dispatch anyone is very disgraceful and unethical.

As a lack of dispatch response by your police department to such hate incidents and threats of physical bodily harm could rapidly turn into hate crimes within your city. For example, such as the former hateful hate crime murder of Larry King at EO Green Middle School which is nearby here in South Oxnard. Additionally council should consider directives and requirements for council city staff and your police department to become knowledgeable and educated on the California Ralph Act so that the civil rights of your constituents are upheld here in California under the current law.

Negligence and lack of leadership action to protect and serve those in such protected statuses by council and your police department will just lead this city to become the hateful City-by-the-Sea instead of the friendly City-by the Sea. Or maybe, this city is already the hateful City-By-the-Sea Thank you. I wish you all a happy Pride Month and wish all the homophobes and bigots here in your city, particularly Gardner Management Limited staff and those residing at Park Madero Apartments and everywhere an unapologetically super uncomfortable month because love not hate always wins. Thank you.

Great, thank you. With that I'll move to the approval of the agenda. May I have a motion and a second to approve the agenda? So

moved.

Second.

All in favor? Aye. All opposed? Hearing none, motion passes unanimously.

Great. Do any members of the council have any conflicts of interest to disclose regarding the agenda items? No? Great, thank you. We're gonna move to presentation, our first presentation and that's the Juneteenth proclamation and I want to welcome Mr. Bruce Stewart, Ms. Toby Gibson and Mr. Buddy Gibson up to the podium. We're gonna take a picture when you're done so come on out. This is for the Juneteenth Celebration Committee of Ventura County to the podium and Mayor Pro Temp is gonna read your proclamation

Proclamation Juneteenth and the 35th Annual Juneteenth Freedom Day Celebration. Whereas on January 1st, 1863 President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation declaring enslaved people in Confederate held territories to be free. And whereas on June 19th, 1865 Major General Gordon Granger rode into Galveston Texas and announced that all enslaved people were free marking a defining moment, Marking a defining moment in the nation's journey toward liberty and equality. And whereas this historic event gave rise to Juneteenth observed annually on June 19th, which commemorates freedom and honors the resilience achievements and contributions of African Americans. And whereas June 19, 2026 marks the 161st anniversary Juneteenth was first recognized as a state holiday by Texas in 1980 and is now celebrated throughout the nation with a mission of promoting knowledge, understanding and appreciation of African American history and culture.

And whereas the first Juneteenth celebration in Ventura County was held on June 17th 1989 and for more than three decades community organizations volunteers and residents have continued this This tradition and whereas the 35th annual Juneteenth Freedom Day celebration will be held on June 20, 2026 at Plaza Park in Oxnard featuring cultural and historical exhibits live entertainment local artists community resources and family friendly activities. And whereas the city of Port Hueneme wishes to recognize the significance of Juneteenth and commence the Juneteenth Committee of Ventura County California and its community partners preserving and sharing this important history. Now therefore be it proclaimed that the City Council of the City of Port Hueneme does hereby recognize Juneteenth as a commemoration of freedom, perseverance and the ongoing pursuit of equality celebrates the 35th annual Juneteenth Freedom Day celebration to be held on June 20th, 2026 and encourages all residents to learn about the history and significance of Juneteenth and participate in the celebration in the spirit of freedom, unity, respect and hope proclaimed this 15th day of June 2026.

Thank you, Mayor Pro Tem. Now we're going to turn it over to Mr. Stewart I believe and you can bring whoever you'd like for he's the Juneteenth Celebration Committee of Ventura County President so over to you Bruce.

Yes

thank you very much for that proclamation and thank you very much for the years of support that you've shown the Juneteenth Committee of Ventura County We really look forward to this year, it's our 35th annual and we're really excited about it. One thing you forgot to mention was that we're going to have lots of good food if you come out there so please come on out!

And we're gonna have three live bands, we're gonna have the Goleta Sound, we'll gonna have the Sunday Praise team and we're going to have What's the name of the group that played for you, buddy? The band that played at your party.

I can't remember their names because they changed it.

Oh okay but it's a soul group, yeah. Seville, that's the name of the group, yeah. Okay and so we're really looking forward... We're going to have lots of demonstrations. We're gonna have an African drum group this year, the National Anthem of the African-American National Anthem, which is usually sung by one person. She's going to have a full choir. The Bethel A&E Choir is going to be backing her up. That's going to be a stirring thing to see. Also on a sad note I know that you remember that the Buffalo Soldiers join us every year with an encampment and a big exhibit. Unfortunately on Memorial Day of this year the leader of the troop passed away So they will not be there this year, but Buddy Gibson is preparing a special tribute to him where they usually are.

So please come out and see that. And let's see, are there any questions you might have of me about Juneteenth? I think you summed it up quite well in your proclamation.

Well, I know I'll be there, but for the rest of the audience and council and people and staff, do you want to tell us where it's being held and the time?

Okay, yes. It's going to be held at the Oxnard Plaza Park that's 5th and C, you know B-C right there, the big park. It's going to start at 10 o'clock and this year we're gonna extend an hour it's gonna last until 6 p.m., because we're gonna have a lot of things there to show you they're going to be over 60 booths They're going to be selling crafts, they're going to be giving information.

The Red Cross will be there taking blood donations so it's gonna be a fun time. Right, we have face painting. We have a train ride. We play soccer pin. So there's lots of things to do. That's

a lot more than I remember from last year.

Great. I think we have one more comment.

How many food vendors are going to be there? Because I'm interested in the food.

Yes, yes we're gonna have five food vendors. We're gonna have soul food, we're gonna have hot dogs, you can have ice cream, lemonade, barbecue, you name it, we're gonna have it. Catfish.

Looking

forward to it thank you.

We're gonna come down and take a photo

Yeah, I'm gonna be late. I'm gonna give them to everyone. Oh, come on.

One, two, three.

Okay, we're going to

Good evening Mayor and City Council I'm gonna update everybody for this year's Hueneme Beach Festival for July 11th and 12th So the festival this year, it should say 2026 but will be held on Saturday July 11th and Sunday July 12th. 2026 from 10 a.m to 8 p.m we will be opening an hour earlier this year for the festival on both days part of the reason is because of the Copacabana Beach soccer tournament on Saturday We noticed last year that a lot of families were waiting around to get in and get food from the festivals And they were out there since 7 in the morning so We decided to change that so that way once we're done playing, they can get in and get food for themselves and the families and the athletes before they all got to go back for their next game.

Again, for the community is a completely free event and there is free parking for everyone throughout the two days besides our normal general parking and our parking lots. The Port Hueneme and Wilinus will also be providing their port lot as well for overflow parking for everyone with the shuttle service to the entrance of the festival. Quick festival layout, Ocean View Drive will be used as a main entrance walkway and feature a first aid tent. Informational booths and food in general retail stalls. Parking lot B will be used to host our live entertainment main stage area with our food court and alcohol servicing area with all the seatings and chairs with the umbrellas. East Ocean View Drive and parking lot C will feature our carnival area by Castle Entertainment their food vendor and additional arts or crafts and an additional alcohol serving area.

On Saturday the 11th, again Hueneme Beach will have the Copacabana soccer tournament. And then Surfside Drive will remain unchanged and open to the public so there'll be no traffic impact for the flow for the pedestrians. Here you'll see the festival site plan. So again it will show Lot B, you'll have the main stage food court area with the chairs all the way down Ocean View Drive will be all of our informational booths, our sponsor booths arts and crafts going down to Lot C where the carnival area will be at And for entertainment for this year. So on Saturday, we will start off the morning with Maury and the Heavy Hitters. We will then go with Alice Bryan. He's a local country singer. And then we will transition to Fermin Fusion Salsa Merengue band for the evening.

And we will finish out with the Outlaw Mariachis. They are a cross between English rock and Spanish mariachi. It's a unique group that we'll be playing at the festival. And then throughout both days, we'll be having DJ Myron playing music throughout the main acts. On Sunday we will have, we actually will be beginning Sunday morning with In Stone in the morning then transitioning to Led Zeppelin again. We will then have Corazón de Maná and Banda La Veranosa Los Zacones de Vigil throughout the evening and the DJ.

For Saturday, the beach soccer tournament as it's already approved through a separate plan. There will be the fields one through nine and ten for the event. They'll have their parking and we're in coordination with our event coordinators for the festival And then the Youth Poster Contest. So you'll see all the posters we have up today. On the 11th, we will be announcing the winners for those poster contests so the committee is going to get together so we can notify the winners and then we'll have them there hopefully the day of the event so we can present them their Chang sponsored by Lujan Transportation and their framed poster.

For the community, the website is active and the QR code is active as well. For the pre-sale carnival rides it's $30 for 10 rides. The sale will end on Friday July 10th before the festival starts so we encourage everybody to get their pre-sale tickets because you'll get more bang for your buck with that pre-purchasing your carnival tickets And then on the 30th of this month, you'll see these two mailers will be going out to all the Hueneme residents and their utility bills. One will be promoting our police explorers and joining our program, and the other one will be the information for the festival and the link to the carnival rights. This will also be a mock-up of our posters that will be going up throughout the city in the community and our banners that will be going up with the help of Public Works on Ventura Road and CI and CI in Victoria.

And then while this will be the other sponsor poster that will be going up in our local businesses and throughout the city. When our gold sponsors this year Skunk Masters and Viper Security, Puerto Hueneme, Darvick Productions and Wellness will be our gold sponsors. Silver sponsors will be E-Rentals, Kona Big Wave, and then our bronze sponsors, the Port Hueneme POA, Renewal by Anderson, Lowers College, Farm Fresh to You, Ventura County Coast, Liberty Military Housing, Vallarta Supermarket, and Carnitas El Brother.

Any questions?

I have a question about the contest. So, I noticed a lot of entries that more than what you're used to getting

So we actually have a little less than last year. One of the things we realized was, we got a letter from one, I think it was from Ocean View School District so they actually had 190 posters that were turned in but she wrote a letter saying only 30 students turned in their waivers or entry forms so she withheld the posters So, we're going to evaluate what we're going to do next year because it would have been like almost double the amount of the posters and what we had. And then we actually so we reached out to all the major school districts on Michelle from finance got ahold of the Hueneme School District, the Oxnard School District and the schools in El Rio and they disseminated out from the district We got some feedback, some teachers said their students kind of refused to do it.

Some of them did or they just didn't participate. So we actually had a larger reach than we did this year for the posters but we did get a little bit less that got turned in.

Can I ask just one question? So talking about the art again, do the students know what the result could be if their poster was the best? Like are they shown pictures of the last winners

So when we give the notification, besides the waiver form, we have a separate form outlining the prizes that they go in and the details and the event. So they're given all of the information. I think some people just didn't – the parents didn't want to turn them in so then the teachers would held the artwork because they didn't have the waivers from.

Okay, great. Thank you. Did you have something there?

Yeah, a couple of questions. Yes. I wanted to know if you have updated your website, if that's the location we can go to or refer people to get information on parking and how to get to the entrance and all the logistics.

Correct, yes the website is open. It's updated.

And did you use a committee this year in your planning like we've done in previous years?

Yes we had our committee.

So the committee

members we had Jose from Community Development, Michelle from Finance then myself and my brother from the Police Department and then Veronica from the Community Center.

Okay well tell them thank you very much for all the hard work.

Thank you

Councilmember Lopez and then Gama.

So I could see that you brought forward some lessons learned from last year when you stated that you were going to move the vendors to an earlier start, was there anything else that we learned from last year?

That was really the only main thing that we got from the feedback from the residents. It was just people waiting to get in, to get the food. Other than that, we didn't receive any major complaints besides traffic. Just people trying to park or having to walk a distance. But it's something we can't control given that it is a festival. So we did have the, like I said, we had the shuttle from as far as from the port all the way right up to the entrance of the festival. Whereas in years past they still had a distance to walk in, the drop off is in front of the festival.

So, I know that seating is kind of limited and some of the events brought out huge crowds. That process like bringing a foldable chair

As far as into the

bringing in with you like carry. Oh,

you mean like a lawn chair? So that was we actually did not refuse lawn chairs last year so we did allow patrons to come in with their lawn chairs since we do have the grassy know more accessible. So we, um, the direction that we had given the security whether they had it, we let them come in with it because people did set up their chairs on the grassy know last year. Okay, so we're not prohibiting those

And then I didn't hear post Beach Fest that there was no noise complaints, correct?

Not that I recall.

Not last year. I think the year prior we got one and not last year we received.

Correct, yeah. And then perhaps it was more of those like we had with the car show two years ago with some noise complaint on that one.

And then the mailer, I like that. We should be using that more but that's just more of a comment. Thanks.

And then as far as getting out, as far as advertising, just so you guys know we will be running our media ads through 95.9 and the Mambo show starting two weeks prior to the event as well as on Radio La Seda will be coming out as well and then we also will be boosting our posts through the Hueneme Beach Festival Instagram account and the Explore Instagram account where we get a bigger reach actually by boosting the post to the different regions in the area.

Thank you.

There's one other minor change that impacts the council. And I think we gave you guys a heads up, but we were going to adjust the timing of the council presentation and the hero presentation also to just try to have that at a time a little later when there's more of an audience than there had been last year. So so that was the other small change we talked about.

Are you going to do a, I don't even know what it's called but you'd take all this artwork and put it on a banner and then put it on the entrance. You gonna do that again?

Yes, we're gonna do that again. We actually digitized everything already so we're gonna be getting the banners made just like last year to post on the entrance of the festival.

Yeah, I think that's a really good thing to do and I'm kind of sad about all the artwork that didn't make it. Correct. Maybe we could try and get them.

Just kind of back to your committee, what roles do the explorers actually have in the planning and organizing of these events? Since now they are the lead benefactor of any proceeds that we incur. What's their involvement in the planning?

So the Explorers, because they are in school so we don't have them here on the planning process during the day. That's why we have our city committee and myself and my brother are the head advisors for the Explorer program and part of the non-profit. So we handle the bulk of the, I guess you could say more of the administrative logistics where the Explorers have a big hand is actually the day of deployment of the two days of the festival. They're the ones doing our traffic control. They're the one setting up the items in the festival. They're doing that late night pickup of the trash Resetting everything coming into the morning set up even the to the umbrellas the table mats I'm getting that done and then just being a presence in the festival selling the water Again with the beer because we do have the beer booth it is for the Explorers But we will be having the Explorer's parents and families who are over 21 be the ones managing that while the explorers were handling everything else.

I was asking because I just think it's such a great opportunity for them to learn how to Organize and plan for events. And so it sounds like they've got the logistics side of it, you know setting up that day But the planning side I thought would be wonderful opportunity for them to learn how to put these events actually together, right? I understand they're in school. Thank you

great Nothing else. Thank you so much.

Thank You

Okay we're going to move to our consent calendar. Before we get there, Madam Clerk do we have any public comments for the consent items?

No public comments for consent.

Okay great so the consents calendar will be approved in one motion unless a council member would like to pull an item. Any items wishing to be pulled? I'd like to pull Item 7. Item 7? 3

and 5.

Okay with that said is there can I get a motion and a second for all other items so that would be remaining consent items yeah so that would be one two four six.

Second

okay great thank you. All in favor? Aye.

All opposed? Hearing none, motion passes unanimously

Okay let's take item number three.

Okay this is a continuation of the memorandum of understanding with Hueneme Elementary School so it's I'm reading the report and it looks like it's cut in half, the funding 53,000 per side there is a So if the district is capped at approximately half the cost, who covers the internal staff hours for managing the contract? The city may not. I mean we may absorb some of that cost so it talks about four hours of overtime. So I was kind of curious have we breached that before?

Do you want to answer that? Commander Owens has been working on this program with school district for many

years. Yeah, so that was built in because when we first decided to get rid of the life or the crossing guard program internally as a city and We decided to enter into the MOU at the School District It required a little more work on our part because all this process was brand new We've been doing this so long now that Really the staff report and reviewing the amendments in the contract is really the only amount of work I do on it at this point.

Finance does some stuff, but it's just not the amount of administrative work that it took when we first got it off the ground. So all city management services, the contractor, they handle everything now pretty much.

Yeah, I was gonna answer and say Commander Albertson and Ashley in our finance department make it look really easy. So I don't think it's too much effort but I was hoping that that's how they felt about it too so... I