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REGULAR MEETING OF THE BELLFLOWER CITY COUNCIL
MONDAY, MAY 8, 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
May 8, 2023
3 RECESS TO CLOSED SESSION
A CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATOR
(Pursuant to Government Code Section 54957.6)
Agency Negotiator: Jeffrey L. Stewart, City Manager
Employee Organization: American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), AFL-CIO; AFSCME-
represented mid management employees
(Local 1511); Bellflower City Employees Association
(BCEA) represented full-time executive assistant
employees; and Bellflower City Employees
Association (BCEA) represented part-time community
service officers and maintenance workers
B CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL – INITIATION OF LITIGATION - GOVERNMENT CODE § 54956.9(d)(4). Number of Cases: One
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: Mayor Sonny R. Santa Ines
8 PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: Joel Hockman, Director of Public Safety
9 CITY COUNCIL ANNOUNCEMENTS / PRESENTATIONS
A City Council Announcements
B Proclamation Declaring May 14 – 20, 2023, as “National Public Safety Week”
C Proclamation Declaring May 21 – 27, 2023, as “National Public Works Week”
D Proclamation Declaring the month of May as “Asian American and Pacific Islander Month”
Bellflower City Council Agenda
May 8, 2023
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
A Consideration and possible action to conduct a public hearing to receive comments on the Fiscal Year 2023-2024 Annual Action Plan (AAP) and adopt Resolution No. 23-17 – A Resolution approving the Fiscal Year 2023-2024 Annual Action Plan (AAP); authorizing the City Manager to submit the AAP to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD); and authorizing the City Manager to take all actions necessary to implement the programs identified in the AAP.
Recommendation to City Council: 1) Open the public hearing; take testimonial and documentary evidence; and after considering the evidence, adopt Resolution No. 23-17; or 2) Alternatively, discuss and take other action related to this item.
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 Warrant Register No. 23-111, dated May 8, 2023.
Recommendation to City Council: 1) Receive and file Warrant Register No. 23-111; or 2) Alternatively, discuss and take other action related to this item.
B Consideration and possible action to approve the reappointment of Chamber of Commerce’s nominee Aaron Drake to the Southeast Los Angeles County Workforce Development Board (SELACO WDB) for the term ending June 2025.
Recommendation to City Council: 1) Approve the reappointment of Chamber of Commerce’s nominee Aaron Drake to the SELACO WDB for the term ending June 2025; or 2) Alternatively, discuss and take other action related to this item.
Bellflower City Council Agenda
May 8, 2023
14 CONSENT CALENDAR – Continued
C Consideration and possible action to adopt Resolution No. 23-16 – A Resolution amending Resolution No. 23-06 adopted on April 24, 2023, as to development impact fees for residential projects in accordance with Chapter
3.40 of the Bellflower Municipal Code.
Recommendation to City Council: 1) Adopt Resolution No. 23-16; or 2) Alternatively, discuss and take other action related to this item.
D Consideration and possible action to ratify the Amended 2023 Mayor’s Appointments to the various City-associated organizations.
Recommendation to City Council: 1) Ratify Mayor Santa Ines’s Amended 2023 Appointments to the various City-associated organizations; 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 Ibbetson Avenue at Rose Street (C.E.# 23-04).
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 Ibbetson Avenue at Rose Street; or 2) Alternatively, discuss and take other action related to this item.
F Consideration and possible action to authorize the Director of Public Works, or designee, to relocate the existing bus stop on Clark Avenue at Rose Street (C.E.# 23-05).
Recommendation to City Council: 1) Authorize the Director of Public Works, or designee, to relocate the existing bus stop on Clark Avenue at Rose Street; or 2) Alternatively, discuss and take other action related to this item.
G Consideration and possible action to approve the Minutes of the April 24, 2023, Special Meeting of the City Council.
Recommendation to City Council: 1) Approve the April 24, 2023, Special Meeting Minutes; or 2) Alternatively, discuss and take other action related to this item.
H Consideration and possible action to approve the Minutes of the April 24, 2023, Regular Meeting of the City Council.
Recommendation to City Council: 1) Approve the April 24, Regular Meeting Minutes; or 2) Alternatively, discuss and take other action related to this item.
15 COUNCIL REPORTS
16 ADJOURNMENT
Adjourn to the next Regular Meeting of the Bellflower City Council at 5:30 p.m. on Monday, May 22, 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, May 9, 2023, at 5:30 p.m., was posted Thursday, May 4, 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
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