At the regular Tuesday City Council meeting a resolution authorizing and directing the execution of a Joint Exercise of Powers Agreement creating the Fillmore and Piru Basins Groundwater Sustainability Agency and adoption of a Resolution appointing a City Council Representative to the Board of Directors was unanimously approved. Mayor Carrie Broggie was appointed to the Board.

Ordinance No. 17-879 adopting changes to clarify the City Manager's contracting authority and thresholds for formal and informal bidding requirements for consistency with the state's Uniform Public Construction Cost Accounting Act (ACT) was unanimously approved.

The contract for the construction of the Dog Park fence project at Two Rivers Park was approved for $16,221.00. The Park will allow areas for both large and small dogs.

The adoption of Resolution 17-3598 approving the 2015 Ventura County Multihazard Mitigation Plan was unanimously approved. The document runs to 700 pages and can be accessed at County records.

The adoption of City Council Resolution 17-3597 adjusting several of the fees collected by Community Services was also unanimously approved.

The new Parks and Recreation Coordinators have worked to streamline the reservation and payment process for usage of City parks and fields. When community organizations, such as sports groups, reserve a City facility for the season they are required to pay the full use fee and/or deposit at the time the reservation is made. However, the current fee schedule does not have a deposit amount for reserving fields.

In order to ease the financial burden of full payment, City staff is recommending that the City Council establish a 20% deposit for all field reservations. Additionally, as staff was reviewing the fees for the upcoming pool season, they noticed some fees were unclear and/or wrong. Staff is requesting the following changes to the adopted fee schedule.

AQUATIC CENTER
Program Details Notes Current Proposed Adult Splash Pass 20 Visits No incentive for purchasing 20 instead of 10 $90.00 $85.50 (5% discount) Splash Pass Senior Discount (62+)10 Visits No discount is being provided & the discount would violate Prop 26 $45.00 Eliminate Splash Pass Senior Discount (62+) 20 Visit No discount is being provided & the discount would violate Prop 26 $90.00 Eliminate Group Swim Lessons

Session Per Person (no discount for group fee) $120.00 $75.00 Private Swim Lessons Session Per Person $120.00.
The City currently offers a Splash Pass which allows one adult 20 visits to the pool for $90. The City believes that they can recover their costs to provide this service for the reduced fee of $85.50. There is also a “Senior Discount (62+)” Splash Pass– however the rate does not actually provide a discount.

As Proposition 26 prohibits providing discounted fees to a certain classification of people when the discount is subsidized by other people paying that fee, staff recommends eliminating the two line items 01148.0001/376563.5 for senior discounted splash passes from the fee schedule. Group swim lessons and private swim lessons are currently offered at the same rate of $120.00 per Session. As group lessons are typically provided a lower fee than private lessons, staff is recommending that the fee for group swim lessons be reduced to $75.00 per session. With respect to the reservation of a City facility for a season of sports all field reservations for each park require a 20% deposit for the dates booked and will be billed monthly, in advance, in even installment payments. Any organization seeking to make a season long reservation can either elect to pay via the deposit and monthly billing option or pay in full at the time of the reservation.

DOG PARK
The City received a total of two (2) bids for the subject project. Bids were opened on May 18, 2017 at 10 AM in Council Chambers. The following bids were received: 1 C&W Construction Specialties, Inc. $16,221.20 2; Fence Factory $19,633.00. The engineer’s estimate of probable construction cost was $24,865. C&W Construction Specialties, Inc. submitted the low bid of $16,221.20, which is 34.7% below the engineer’s estimate.

The construction work includes installation of chain link fencing and gates surrounding the existing dirt area between “C” Street and the existing fencing west of “C” Street at Two Rivers Park. City Council award the contract to C&W Construction Specialties, Inc. in the amount of $16,221.20 for the construction of the Dog Park Fence Installation Project at Two Rivers Park, Issuance of the Wastewater Refunding Revenue Bonds, Series 2017, to refinance outstanding 2007 bonds of the Public financing Authority were unanimously approved.

Resolutions 17-3601 and 17-01 were approved for the recommended fiscal year 20-17-18 Budgets for the City of Fillmore and the Successor Agency to the City of Fillmore Redevelopment Agency.

The Budget for 2017-18 can be seen in its entirety online at fillmoregazette.com.

City Resolution 17-3595 to set the APPROPRIATIONS LIMIT for fiscal year 2017-18 was unanimously approved.

Resolution No. 17-3596 to allow collection of the delinquent water and sewer utility by placing them on the Property Tax Roll was unanimously approved by the Council.

Medical Marijuana Listening Session is set for Sunday, June 25, at 3:30 PM. Location: Memorial Building. 4TH

ANNUAL CHIEF RIGO LANDEROS MEMORIAL GOLF TOURNAMENT
This year’s four person scramble will take place Saturday, June 3 with a noon start at Elkins Ranch Golf
Course. Tournament fees are $120 per player and includes, golf, cart, drinks, lunch, gift bag, awards dinner
and raffle. Proceeds benefit the Fillmore Volunteer Firefighter Foundation in their efforts to provide important funding for personal protective equipment, safety and rescue gear, emergency medical supplies
and continuing education and training for the membership. If anyone would like to sponsor the event there are seven categories:Platinum$10,000 16 Entries Diamond $5,000 12 Entries Gold $2,500 8 Entries Silver $1,000 4 Entries Bronze$500 2 Entries Sterling $Any Tee Sponsor $30. Register online at www.fillmorefirefoundation.org/golf