At last night’s city council meeting Adrian Bonilla was recognized for promoting sportsmanship and placing 8th in the 2019 Boys Southern California Masters Wrestling Tournament CIF Championship and advancing to the State Tournament.

Picture is Mayor Diane McCall (center) presenting Joanne King (left) and Linda Nunez with a recognition of the Fillmore Flower Show, celebrating 100 years of showcasing flowers to the Fillmore community.

At the regular Tuesday meeting of the Fillmore City Council a proclamation was presented to Fillmore High School wrestler Adrian Bonilla, honoring him for his historic first of advancing to the State Wrestling Tournament in Bakersfield. Fillmore High School Principal John Wilber reported this award in February: “Fillmore High School wrestler Adrian Bonilla, has advanced to the State Wrestling Tournament. Adrian is a Fillmore High School senior, 195 pound wrestler, who was also the Citrus Coastal League Champion in his weight class. He placed 5th in the Southern Section California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) Finals two weeks ago which earned him a trip to the CIF Masters Wrestling Tournament last weekend. At the Masters Tournament Adrian was 3-2 after two days of wrestling which was good for an 8th place, qualifying him for the State Tournament. Adrian is the first Fillmore High wrestler to advance to the State Tournament since the wrestling program started at Fillmore High School in 1987.”

Fillmore is celebrating the 100-year of its Flower Show. Joanne King and Linda Nunez received a City Proclamation recognizing the achievement.

Patterson Hardware was also recognized for its 100th-year as an essential part of Fillmore business. Mayor Diane McCall commented that it’s very nice to be able to purchase such a variety of hardware items from a home-owned business such as Patterson Hardware.

The organization, Donate For Life, was recognized with a City Proclamation for its work in seeking donations to provide physical organ replacements to critically ill recipients.

Council also recognized Fair Housing Month.

A presentation was made reminding citizens of the importance of the coming 2020 census.

The City Council adopted Urgency Ordinance 19-907, Ordinance 19-908, and Resolution 19-3691 to adopt a City Council Policy to establish design standards applicable to small wireless facilities within the public right of way and directed staff to bring back an amendment to the master fee schedule to establish application and related fees.

The City Council approved the introduction and first reading of an ordinance amending Fillmore Municipal Code 14.40.100 to include banning heavy truck traffic on River Street between A Street and C Street, except for certain deliveries, and authorizing staff to order, install and maintain signs advising of this prohibition.

Council approved the continuance of the public hearing associated with changes to CFD No 5 Improvement Area B and continue it to April 23, 2019.

Council approved a motion to conduct a Public Hearing to consider adopting Resolution No 19-3690 to approve an update to the Development Impact Fees and Finding of Exemption from CEQA.

City Council discussed and considered contributing $25,000 to the Ventura County Library (VCL) for collections and Fillmore Library building expansion. Council followed Staff recommends that the Council not contribute to the collections of the VCL. The extremely tight fiscal budget weighed heavily on the decision.

City Council adopted Ordinance 889 on May 8, 2018, amending the Fillmore Municipal Code to allow murals. Murals are not identified as one of the City Council goals. Council followed staff recommendations that the following actions be taken:1.Interpret the proposed request of a mural to determine that this mural complies with Fillmore Municipal Code Section 6.04.3940.1 as the building is a mixed-use building and not an apartment, per the code.