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TO: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
ATTENTION: Jeffrey L. Stewart, City Manager
FROM: Mayra Ochiqui, City Clerk
SUBJECT: Consideration and possible action to approve the Minutes of the December 15, 2022, Adjourned Regular Meeting of the City Council.
DATE: January 12, 2023
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
None
RECOMMENDATION TO CITY COUNCIL
1) Approve the December 15, 2022, Adjourned Regular Meeting Minutes; or
2) Alternatively, discuss and take other action related to this item.
FISCAL IMPACT
None
ATTACHMENT
Minutes of the December 15, 2022, Adjourned Regular Meeting… ................. ………… 2
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CITY OF BELLFLOWER
ADJOURNED REGULAR MEETING OF
THE BELLFLOWER CITY COUNCIL
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 15, 2022, 10:00 A.M.
BELLFLOWER CITY HALL – COUNCIL CHAMBERS
PUBLIC PARTICIPATION
The City Council Chambers was open to the public. Per the Los Angeles County Health Officer Order effective March 4, 2022, it was recommended, but not required, to wear a face covering when inside Bellflower City Hall.
CALL TO ORDER
Mayor Santa Ines called the Adjourned Regular Meeting to order at 10:00 a.m.
ROLL CALL
The following members of the City Council responded present to roll call:
Mayor Sonny R. Santa Ines
Mayor Pro Tem Raymond Y. Hamada
Council Member Ray Dunton
Council Member Dan Koops
Council Member Victor Sanchez
Staff Participants:
Jeffrey L. Stewart, City Manager
Karl H. Berger, City Attorney
Mayra Ochiqui, City Clerk
Elizabeth Corpuz, Director of Planning and Building Services Jamie Bruccoleri, Building Official
Jennifer Poole-Eidd, Management Assistant
2 Bellflower City Council Minutes Item No. 14-B December 15, 2022 Page 2 of 3
14 PUBLIC HEARINGS – Continued
B Consideration and possible action to conduct a public hearing to waive further reading and adopt Ordinance No. 1421 – An Ordinance adopting the 2022 Editions of the California Building Code, the California Residential Code, the California Electrical Code, the California Mechanical Code, the California Plumbing Code, the California Energy Code, the California Fire Code, the California Existing Building Code, the California Green Building Standards Code, the California Referenced Standards Code, and the California Building Standards Administrative Code; making certain amendments based upon local conditions, and amending the Bellflower Municipal Code to reflect such changes [Continued from December 12, 2022]
CEQA: This Ordinance is exempt from review under the California Environmental Quality Act (Public Resources Code §§ 21000, et seq., “CEQA”) and the regulations promulgated thereunder (14 California Code of Regulations §§ 15000, et seq., the “CEQA Guidelines”) because it consists only of minor revisions and clarifications to an existing code of construction -related regulations and specification of procedures. These will not have the effect of deleting or substantially changing any regulatory standards or findings. Accordingly, the Ordinance (by itself) does not have the potential to cause significant effects on the environment. In addition, this Ordinance is an action being taken for enhanced protection of the environment and is exempt from further review und er CEQA Guidelines § 15308.
For the record this public hearing was continued from the December 12, 2022, Regular City Council Meeting at which the public hearing was opened and closed and City Manager Stewart read by title Ordinance No. 1421.
City Manager Stewart introduced the item.
Director of Planning and Building Services Corpuz and Building Official Bruccoleri 1) provided a PowerPoint presentation of the staff report; and 2) along with City Manager Stewart, responded to Council Members’ questions.
At the request of Council Member Koops and without objection, 1) Director Corpuz stated that the $50,000 threshold that triggers the undergrounding of utilities in a project is not included in this ordinance; and 2) City Manager Stewart stated that that part of the Bellflower Municipal Code could be re-evaluated in the new year.
For the record, there was no one in the audience wishing to provided public testimony.
Following discussion, it was moved by Council Member Dunton, seconded by Council Member Koops, and unanimously carried by the following roll call vote to waive further reading and adopt Ordinance No. 1421:
AYES: Council Members - Dunton, Koops, Sanchez, Hamada, and Mayor Santa Ines
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Adjournment
Without objection, Mayor Santa Ines adjourned the meeting at 10:12 a.m. to the next Regular Meeting of the Bellflower City Council at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday, January 12, 2023.
[Note: The Bellflower City Council will be recessed on the fourth Monday in December pursuant to Bellflower Municipal Code Section 2.04.020.
Pursuant to action taken by the Bellflower City Council on November 28, 2022, a quorum will not be present at the Regular City Council Meeting scheduled for January 9, 2023. An Adjourned Regular City Council Meeting will be held on Thursday, January 12, 2023, 4:00 p.m. Closed Session / 4:30 p.m. Open Session.
There will be no meeting on Monday, January 9, 2023.]
Sonny R. Santa Ines, Mayor
City of Bellflower
Attest:
Mayra Ochiqui, City Clerk
Approved: January 12, 2023
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