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CITY COUNCIL AND PLANNING COMMISSION
Moorpark, California April 24, 2013
A Special Joint Meeting of the Moorpark City Council and Planning Commission was
held on April 24, 2013, 2013, at 7:00 p.m. at the Moorpark Community Center located at
799 Moorpark Avenue, Moorpark, California.
1. CALL TO ORDER:
Mayor Parvin called the City Council to order at 7:14 p.m.
Chair Gould called the Planning Commission to order at 7:14 p.m.
2. THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE:
Planning Commissioner, Kipp Landis, led the Pledge of Allegiance.
3. ROLL CALL:
City Council: Councilmembers Mikos, Millhouse, Pollock,
Van Dam, and Mayor Parvin.
Planning Commissioners: Commissioner Hamous, Landis, and Chair
Gould.
Absent: Commissioners Di Cecco and Groff.
Staff Present: Steven Kueny, City Manager; Deborah
Traffenstedt, Deputy City Manager; David
Bobardt, Community Development Director;
and Maureen Benson.
4. PUBLIC COMMENT:
None.
5. PRESENTATION/ACTION/DISCUSSION:
A. Consider Status Report on Mission Statement, Priorities, Goals and
Objectives for Fiscal Year 2012/2013 and Direction for Fiscal Year
2013/2014. Staff Recommendation: Direct staff as deemed appropriate.
Mr. Kueny deferred giving a staff report and stated staff is available to
respond to Council and Commission questions.
There were no speakers.
Minutes of the City Council and
Planning Commission
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A discussion followed among the Councilmembers, Commissioners, and
staff which focused on:
1) An update on the proposed Aszkenazy project on High Street;
2) Processing of Special Event Permits with forms on the City's website
and submission in person and the possibility of filing more permit forms
online for ease of doing business in the City;
4) An update on the day-laborer transition to the Ruben Castro Human
Services Center to take place in May;
5) An update on the Princeton Avenue Widening Project with the utility
relocations being the next hurdle;
6) An update on the status of the installation of the sound wall at Tierra
Rejada on State Route 23, with completion of the base of the wall and the
block wall to being going up in early May and a completion date in August;
7) Possibility of reducing development fees to encourage an enterprise
zone in the downtown area, which would lower the cost to build and
encourage more development;
8) Opportunities to consider changing from commercial to high density
residential and increased density allowed for affordable housing units;
9) Clarification that "blue-lights" on traffic signals are used by law
enforcement to facilitate documenting vehicles running red lights;
10) Status on funding for alternate for State Route 23 and the need to
assess fees for mining trucks using roadways;
11) Status on County enforcement of prohibition of mining in unapproved
areas in the County;
12) Explanation of citywide assessment districts for lighting and
landscaping, and parks maintenance and the need to find public support
for increasing these;
13) A community garden would require a group from the community to
manage and coordinate, as there is no staff available for this project.
Future consideration, when economic times improve, for a full-time
volunteer coordinator staff position to utilize volunteers to orchestrate
projects such as the community garden;
14) Limitations on what violations the City can enforce in private parking
lots;
15) Resident input needed regarding 9-acres of undeveloped land at the
south end of Tract 3032 called Buttercreek Park;
16) Status on the Civic Center Master Plan, which is located on land now
subject to state approval due to the dissolution of the Redevelopment
Agency;
17) Status on the updates to the Land Use and Circulation Elements;
18) Status on updates to the Zoning Ordinance;
19) Locations of electric vehicle charging stations in the City and potential
for revenue;
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Planning Commission
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20) Placing contact information on the City's website referring residents to
agencies that assist with injured animals;
21) Scheduling a Planning Commission study session to review the
Conditional Use Permit process versus the Administrative Permit process
to encourage more business to locate in Moorpark and then present
findings to City Council;
22) Lack of mitigation to the City in response to truck traffic generated by
the Oxnard Port traveling through the Moorpark;
23) An update on the North Hills Parkway with the phasing being
developed by the studio project, the City's effort with a consultant
preparing design plans in coordination with AB Properties portion to be
built per their development agreement, and the City's coordination with
Union Pacific for the undercrossing of the railroad tracks, which involves
the need to relocate underground fiber optics;
24) Possibility of providing a link on the City's website to the Moorpark
Historical Society's brochure on a Walking tour of Moorpark;
25) Report on Senator Pavely's efforts to pass Senate Bill 203, which
would allow continued use of Transportation Development Act funds for
street maintenance purposes;
26) Including protection and enhancement of the view shed in County
unincorporated areas in the General Plan update;
27) Consideration to include high speed fiber optics in the City to continue
to attract more businesses to Moorpark; and
28) Status on the secondary access to Arroyo Vista Community Park with
three options from a consultant to come before the Council in the future
and a request to also bring information regarding any commitments made
to residents near the emergency access.
6. ADJOURNMENT:
Mayor Parvin adjourned the City Council meeting and Chair Gould adjourned the
Planning Commission meeting at 8:31 p.m.
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