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REGULAR MEETING OF THE BELLFLOWER CITY COUNCIL
MONDAY, APRIL 10, 2023
BELLFLOWER CITY HALL - COUNCIL CHAMBERS
5:30 P.M. CLOSED SESSION / 7:00 P.M. OPEN SESSION
5:30 P.M. – CLOSED SESSION
1 CALL TO ORDER
2 ROLL CALL: Mayor Sonny R. Santa Ines
Mayor Pro Tem Raymond Y. Hamada
Council Member Ray Dunton
Council Member Dan Koops
Council Member Victor A. Sanchez
AGENDA
Bellflower City Council Agenda
April 10, 2023
3 RECESS TO CLOSED SESSION
A CONFERENCE WITH REAL PROPERTY NEGOTIATOR
(Pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.8)
Property: 16824 Bellflower Boulevard
Agency Negotiator: Jeffrey L. Stewart, City Manager
Negotiating Party: Jeric Rivera
Under Negotiation: Price and terms of payment
4 RECONVENE FOR OPEN SESSION
7:00 P.M. – OPEN SESSION
5 CALL TO ORDER
6 ROLL CALL: Mayor Sonny R. Santa Ines
Mayor Pro Tem Raymond Y. Hamada
Council Member Ray Dunton
Council Member Dan Koops
Council Member Victor A. Sanchez
7 INVOCATION: Council Member Ray Dunton
8 PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: Len Gorecki, Assistant City Manager/Director of Public Works
9 CITY COUNCIL ANNOUNCEMENTS / PRESENTATIONS
A City Council Announcements
B National Law Enforcement Month Proclamation
C Fair Housing Month Proclamation
10 PUBLIC COMMENTS
This is the time set aside for the public to address the City Council on matters not listed on the Agenda. Anyone wishing to address the City Council should come to the podium, be recognized by the Mayor, and state your name for the record. If you wish to address the City Council on an Agenda Item, you may do so by approaching the podium as we review that particular item. You will be given three (3) minutes to address the City Council.
11 PUBLIC HEARINGS
None
Bellflower City Council Agenda
April 10, 2023
12 ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS FOR CONSIDERATION
None
13 CONSIDERATION ITEMS
None
14 CONSENT CALENDAR
All items under the Consent Calendar are considered by the City Council to be routine and will be enacted by one motion. Specific items may be removed from the Consent Calendar at the request of any member of the City Council for separate consideration.
A Consideration and possible action to receive and file City Council Warrant Register No. 23-101, dated April 10, 2023.
Recommendation to City Council: 1) Receive and file Warrant Register No. 23-101; or 2) Alternatively, discuss and take other action related to this item.
B Consideration and possible action to adopt Resolution No. 23-12 – A Resolution prohibiting discrimination, harassment, and retaliation in the workplace, and superseding Resolution No. 16-17.
Recommendation to City Council: 1) Adopt Resolution No. 23-12; or 2) Alternatively, discuss and take other action related to this item.
C Consideration and possible action to approve the Minutes of the March 27, 2023, Regular Meeting of the City Council.
Recommendation to City Council: 1) Approve the March 27, 2023, Regular Meeting Minutes; or 2) Alternatively, discuss and take other action related to this item.
D Consideration and possible action to approve the Minutes of the March 27, 2023, Special Joint Meeting of the City Council, Bellflower Financing Authority, Bellflower Parking Authority, Parks and Recreation Commission, Planning Commission, and Public Safety Commission.
Recommendation to City Council: 1) Approve the March 27, 2023, Special Joint Meeting Minutes; or 2) Alternatively, discuss and take other action related to this item.
E Consideration and possible action to authorize the Director of Public Works, or designee, to convert the existing 2-way ‘Stop’ controls to 4-way ‘Stop’ controls on Coke Avenue at Rose Street (C.E.# 23-03).
Recommendation to City Council: 1) Authorize the Director of Public Works, or designee, to convert the existing 2-way ‘Stop’ controls to 4-way ‘Stop’ controls on Coke Avenue at Rose Street; or 2) Alternatively, discuss and take other action related to this item.
Bellflower City Council Agenda
April 10, 2023
14 CONSENT CALENDAR – Continued
F Consideration and possible action to award a contract to R.E. Schultz Construction, Inc. for the Thompson Park Playground Improvements (Specifications No. 22/23-07); and authorize the City Manager to execute a contract with R.E. Schultz Construction, Inc., in a form approved by the City Attorney.
CEQA: Pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) (Public Resources Code §§ 21000, et seq.) and CEQA Guidelines (California Code of Regulations, Title 14, §§ 15000, et seq.), the City conducted an environmental assessment. Based on the environmental assessment, the project was determined to be categorically exempt pursuant to CEQA Guidelines § 15303 (Class 1 – Existing Facilities).
Recommendation to City Council: 1) Award a contract to R.E. Schultz for the Project and authorize the City Manager to execute a contract with R.E. Schultz, in a form approved by the City Attorney; or 2) Alternatively, discuss and take other action related to this item.
G Consideration and possible action to receive and file the 2022 North Downtown Bellflower Parking Analysis.
Recommendation to City Council: 1) Receive and file the 2022 North Downtown Bellflower Parking Analysis (no action may be taken on this item; it is for informational purposes only); 2) Authorize the City Manager to update the Parking Analysis based upon changes to California law; 3) conduct an environmental assessment of the various parking options listed in the updated study; and 4) place on a future agenda for consideration and possible action.
15 COUNCIL REPORTS
16 ADJOURNMENT
Adjourn to the next Regular Meeting of the Bellflower City Council at 5:30 p.m. on Monday, April 24, 2023.
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I, Dakota Wallace, Management Assistant, of the City of Bellflower, do hereby declare under penalty of perjury, that the Agenda for the Regular Meeting of the Bellflower City Council to be held on Monday, April 10, 2023, at 5:30 p.m., was posted Thursday, April 6, 2023, at the following locations in the City of Bellflower:
City Hall Lobby and Doors, 16600 Civic Center Drive
City Website at www.bellflower.orq
Clifton M. Brakensiek Library
Executed this 6th day of April 2023 at Bellflower, California. - ace, Management Assistant