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At the meeting councilors ratified acceptance of a $7,300,000 Encampment Resolution Fund (ERF) grant and approved a professional services agreement to purchase and install six detached temporary units on a city‑owned lot at 2361 Berry Street. Both votes were unanimous (5‑0).

Why it matters: the ERF grant funds a pair of coordinated projects — a nine‑unit permanent supportive housing development on Arneal Road and the six temporary units on Berry Street — intended to create a shorter, supported path from street outreach to permanent housing for people experiencing homelessness.

What the council approved
- ERF grant acceptance (ratification): city accepted $7,300,000 in ERF funding. Council recorded a unanimous vote (Yes: Martinez Bravo, Santangelo, Tremblay, Vice Mayor Tennyson, Mayor Kildee). Staff reported the city received the full grant check on March 31 and said there is no indication the state will retract the funds.
- Professional services agreement for 2361 Berry Street: the council approved a $527,025 contract with Azure Printed Homes to supply five 120‑square‑foot units and one 180‑square‑foot ADA‑accessible unit, with staff authorization to add a 10 percent contingency ($52,702.50) if required. The contract covers site preparation, fencing, basic drought‑tolerant landscaping and delivery/installation. Council also authorized use of CDBG funds already programmed for housing activities to cover part of the cost.

Project and funding details
- Arneal permanent supportive housing: a previously approved, planning‑commission‑backed nine‑unit, very‑low‑income mixed‑use project (two 2‑bedrooms and seven 1‑bedrooms) includes about 1,000 square feet of on‑site commercial/community space intended for Project Hope to provide appointments and services.
- Berry Street temporary housing: the city will install six detached units (five at 120 sq ft and one at 180 sq ft ADA) on a narrow, 3,750‑square‑foot lot. Azure Printed Homes will manufacture the units at its Gardena facility; the product is ANSI and Build America Buy America compliant and uses a proprietary blend of recycled plastics, fiberglass and concrete. Units will include sanitary and cooking facilities and on‑unit HVAC.
- Grant budget and timeline: staff presented the ERF budget allocation as $6,000,000 for construction of the nine Arneal units, $578,000 for hotel vouchers, $326,000 for developer fees (to be reallocated to construction management), $240,000 for two years of case management, $80,000 for operations through June 30, 2027, and smaller line items for security cameras, temporary RV storage and office supplies. Council was told the grant requires 50 percent of funds to be expended by June 30, 2026, 100 percent to be obligated by June 30, 2026, and full expenditure by June 30, 2027.
- Operating deficit and future funding: staff projected an ongoing operating deficit for the Arneal project after grant funds are exhausted and said the city will pursue additional grants; if none are available, general‑fund support would be required. The staff presentation used conservative rent estimates ($572 monthly for 1‑bedrooms; $616 for 2‑bedrooms after allowances) and a 10 percent vacancy assumption to calculate rental income for the pro forma.

Service model and partners
Project Hope will provide intensive case management and wraparound services to clients. For the Berry Street units, tenants will be screened and enrolled in Project Hope’s program and will receive ongoing case management; staff confirmed Project Hope — not the nonprofit listed in an Azure contract exhibit — will deliver services, and said they will adjust the contract wording to make that clear.

Council discussion and conditions
Council members asked detailed fiscal questions about long‑term staffing, reporting requirements to the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD), and the potential to use CDBG or other funds to cover operating gaps. Council member Tremblay asked staff to confirm that accepting the ERF grant did not create a fiscal obligation to operate the projects in perpetuity; the city attorney said there is no contractual obligation to the state beyond the grant termination date (April 2029) but cautioned that the city’s policy choices could lead it to continue services using local funds.

Quotes from staff and council
Lisette Torres, a city housing staff member, described the two sites as “crucial waypoints along our housing continuum,” emphasizing that the temporary and permanent options are intended to work in tandem. David Sanchez, community development director, and other staff walked the council through site details, costs and timelines.

Next steps
Staff will finalize contract edits (to reflect Project Hope as the services provider), pursue remaining CDBG and other grant allocations, and return to council with final budget and implementation timelines. The council approved both items and directed staff to return with materials to implement the projects and with future budget requests if grant funding does not cover ongoing operating costs.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Camarillo City Council Regular Meeting - April 9, 2025","oneSentenceSummary","The Camarillo City Council unanimously approved two housing items that together use state and federal funds to add temporary and permanent supportive housing in the city.","taxTitle","Camarillo, Ventura County, California","taxId",4605,"location","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":82,"_51":83,"_53":84,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":85,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":86,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6081842,"Camarillo police say 2024 crime totals rose under new NIBRS reporting; catalytic-converter thefts drop sharply",1001,5285000,6286000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2941388-5d7837a273e9292de6ff3b33f6529efb&start=5285&end=6286","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2941388-5d7837a273e9292de6ff3b33f6529efb/thumbnail_5285000.jpg","/articles/6081842/Camarillo/Ventura-County/California/Camarillo-police-say-2024-crime-totals-rose-under-new-NIBRS-reporting-catalytic-converter-thefts-drop-sharply","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6081842-a265734d94898f88e5dc9f8fc28dcbb6/orig.mp4?Expires=1770440114&Signature=TyxDCpQcOyfY7rGKlrZqCL-ETiO86BlnNtKQ~rxSTWkGL~Pax9qQPP~xx0UWyatD8yFoMPu73toJLRHjtsbHXDjh63QbFvp2mXQtlIZEzx~zxosKhRPREAVLusajcc77KhI5uJr19atlsNdhViFkz1GH5bdZnh3ldLLpzAszFNPY7abJSQYeWpfQnjxJOtxtZ5aqXBYE5XpKm5L-xQUlRDE7iKWA0nNyELeE2qteB~5dFQ7R55BPYMvOY~rxYfLvf~Y7dcAKluL9qkPnakIvAceWpa~R~NaJmdYwBTeNQrq2Kq4u95fE2hAtAvN-BoEjSePN88wf9wufuVPoCWsmNg__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Camarillo police presented a new-format crime report to the Camarillo City Council, saying that the city’s move to the National Incident Based Reporting System (NIBRS) in 2024 changed how crimes are counted and produced a higher overall total for the year.

Commander Tennyson, presenting the statistics, told the council the new system “significantly changes how we report crime,” and that NIBRS records every offense that occurs in a single incident rather than only the single highest-level offense. That change, he said, produced a 2024 total of 2,852 reported crimes for Camarillo when the department submitted its data to federal databases.

Why it matters: under the old Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) system, only the most serious offense in an incident was tallied; under NIBRS, a single incident can produce multiple reportable crimes. Commander Tennyson said the new method “is much more detailed and gives us a more detailed view to make data driven decisions.”

Key figures and trends from the report
- Total reported crimes (2024, NIBRS): 2,852 (no direct year‑to‑year comparison with UCR-format years).
- Crimes against persons (2024): 491 total, including 448 assaults.
- Crimes against property (2024): 1,447 total; theft remained the largest category with more than 500 thefts, including over 500 shoplifting incidents and nearly 200 categorized as organized retail theft. Commander Tennyson said most thefts were concentrated between the Camarillo Premium Outlets and the Camarillo Town Center (Target and Home Depot).
- Motor vehicle thefts: 72 in 2024, up from 60 the prior year; the most frequently stolen vehicles were Kia and Hyundai models.
- Catalytic-converter thefts: 16 in 2024, down sharply from a two‑year high of 161; the commander credited recently enacted state regulation of recycled‑materials purchases for the decline.
- Crimes against society (primarily drug- and weapons-related arrests): 914 total.

Task-force and enforcement activity
Commander Tennyson highlighted multi‑agency enforcement efforts against organized retail theft. In May of the prior year, a regional task force conducted a three‑day operation that led to 19 arrests, mostly of suspects from outside Ventura County. Over the year the organized‑retail‑theft task force conducted 64 investigations resulting in 116 arrests; investigators estimate thieves stole more than $117,000 in merchandise and detectives recovered more than $77,000 worth of property.

Traffic and response metrics
The department reported an average emergency response time of roughly 7 minutes, 8 seconds for high‑priority calls. Traffic collisions and DUI‑related crashes rose in 2024, with nearly 40 percent of collisions attributed to right‑of‑way and unsafe‑turn violations and about 15 percent attributed to speed. The department said it uses enforcement and data to “put cops on dots” at collision hot spots and reported reductions in injury and DUI accidents in the first three months of 2025.

Community engagement
Tennyson also emphasized non‑enforcement outreach: coffee‑with‑a‑cop, four cones‑with‑a‑cop park events funded last summer, a neighborhood‑watch program with more than 60 groups, trunk‑or‑treat events and school outreach. He encouraged residents to use the sheriff’s transparency dashboards for crime and other data.

Council reaction and next steps
Council members asked about hate‑crime reporting, school‑area enforcement and the geographic origin of organized‑retail suspects; Commander Tennyson said the overwhelming majority of organized‑retail suspects were from outside Ventura County and that the department is working to build trust in communities that may hesitate to report crimes.

Commander Tennyson closed by urging residents to use anonymous tip lines when appropriate and noted the department’s continued focus on data‑driven deployment.

The department posted datasets and dashboards on the county sheriff’s public site for residents who want deeper detail.","Camarillo police presented a new-format crime report to the Camarillo City Council, saying that the city’s move to the National Incident Based Reporting System (NIBRS) in 2024 changed how crimes are counted and produced a higher overall total for the year.",{"_33":88,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":89,"_41":90,"_43":91,"_45":92,"_47":93,"_49":94,"_51":95,"_53":96,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":97,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":98,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6081830,"Camarillo council reviews FY 2025–26 draft strategic plan and asks staff to adjust project‑prioritization weights",2825,11052000,13877000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2941388-5d7837a273e9292de6ff3b33f6529efb&start=11052&end=13877","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2941388-5d7837a273e9292de6ff3b33f6529efb/thumbnail_11052000.jpg","/articles/6081830/Camarillo/Ventura-County/California/Camarillo-council-reviews-FY-202526-draft-strategic-plan-and-asks-staff-to-adjust-projectprioritization-weights","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6081830-80c180f0895f0376fc30df3114b4140d/orig.mp4?Expires=1770440114&Signature=cCRxrbY2MFUzyTgAL0HsG4YHxSD6W3EiKCbZ0qg9oihze-y~rtXrSyqdotzuEihWNdmqdO4iy9W7r-XmJzpGsmnPz2vg15tjK5sR7XB17p4mb6FRNBM68TuWtgyOsQqsMnLKAVAwbqXw05xQ79ACof7nbCy7n1TMtXyyYXotos4EgnI7~Mh9qTz5NXcUo7I6MXAFL~veyucqT7ehPRv-dS-pS15MDsHU7YBRfQxphFXHkzSLkEtVwSwr4Z5uDpjw3BJRBuH~JZwZwXxAF~vLOgrU19ZtIEeQCJXFZntGBcHxRMSvQwphqIRvShOIFro7wlNSRlOTou5UtqHHU12GSg__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Camarillo City Council reviewed the proposed fiscal year 2025–26 strategic plan and a new major‑project prioritization matrix and directed staff to incorporate several council suggestions, including creating a standalone public‑safety goal and adjusting weighting factors used to rank projects for the upcoming budget.

Assistant City Manager Carmen Nichols and Administrative Services management analyst Bobby Dame presented the draft plan and the prioritization methodology, which uses asset categories (facilities, water, wastewater, transportation, technology, housing and others) and ten prioritized factors (legal compliance, health/safety/security, asset condition/level of service, equitable community investment, sustainability/resiliency, funding availability, quality of life, project readiness, return on investment and identified need). Each factor carries a weight that varies by asset category; the steering committee of subject‑matter experts proposed the initial weights.

Council direction and reasons
Council members supported the new public safety and emergency resilience goal and several suggested edits and additions to objectives and action strategies (for example, a Healthy Camarillo initiative and outreach to nonprofits). On the prioritization matrix, Council member Tremblay recommended raising the weight for health/safety/security in public‑safety assets and increasing legal‑compliance weightings for sanitary/storm drain projects and for water‑enterprise projects. He said, “public safety is… so incredibly important” and urged staff to reflect that in the scoring.

Staff response and next steps
Bobby Dame said the model treats each weighted factor in an all‑or‑nothing fashion to reduce subjectivity, and that departments had provided written justifications for factor scores. Staff told council that changes to weights could require rescoring; they offered to rerun the matrix with the revised weights and return the updated rankings. The council and staff agreed to the principle that the scoring is a tool — not an absolute bar — and that “identified need” can be used to elevate projects the council considers essential despite a low technical score.

Other council proposals
Council members proposed additional objectives and action items to be incorporated into the draft plan, including enhanced youth civic engagement programs, a community survey to measure quality‑of‑life outcomes, and strengthened intergovernmental advocacy related to the Camarillo Airport.

Final steps
Staff will update the draft strategic plan to reflect the council’s edits, adjust the prioritization weights per direction, rescore projects where appropriate, and bring a final package back to council for formal adoption.","The City Council reviewed a revised draft strategic plan and a new project‑prioritization matrix; staff proposed new goals including public safety and a weighted scoring system for capital/major projects. Councilors asked specific changes to prioritization weights and directed staff to rescore and return a final draft for adoption.","actionData","errors"]

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