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AMENDED
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REGULAR MEETING OF THE BELLFLOWER CITY COUNCIL
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 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 Dan Koops
Council Member Ray Dunton
Council Member Victor A. Sanchez
AGENDA
Bellflower City Council Agenda
September 11, 2023
3 RECESS TO CLOSED SESSION
A 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 Dan Koops
Council Member Ray Dunton
Council Member Victor A. Sanchez
7 INVOCATION: Mayor Sonny R. Santa Ines
8 PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: Jim DellaLonga, Director of Economic Development
9 CITY COUNCIL ANNOUNCEMENTS / PRESENTATIONS
A City Council Announcements
B Proclamation Declaring September as National Hispanic Heritage
C Proclamation Declaring the month of September as Pedestrian Safety Month
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
12 ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS FOR CONSIDERATION
None
Bellflower City Council Agenda
September 11, 2023
13 CONSIDERATION ITEMS
A Consideration and possible action to set a public hearing for Zoning Ordinance Text Amendment Case No. ZOTA 23-01 and Conditional Use Permit Case No. CU 23-01. __________________________________________ CEQA: The recommended action, by itself, is exempt from review under the California Environmental Quality Act (Public Resources Code §§ 21000, et seq., “CEQA”) and CEQA regulations (14 California Code of Regulations §§ 15000, et seq.) because it does not involve any commitment to a specific project which could result in a potentially significant physical impact on the environment; and constitute an organizational or administrative activity that will not result in d irect or indirect physical changes in the environment. Accordingly, the proposed action does not constitute a “project” that requires environmental review (see specifically 14 Cal.
Code of Regs. § 15378(b)(4-5)).
Recommendation to City Council: 1) Set a public hearing for ZOTA 23-01 and CU 23-01 for September 25, 2023; or 2) Alternatively, discuss and take other action related to this item.
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. 24-031, dated September 11, 2023.
Recommendation to City Council: 1) Receive and file Warrant Register No. 24-031; or 2) Alternatively, discuss and take other action related to this item.
B Consideration and possible action to adopt Resolution No. 23-41 – A Resolution approving Final Map No. 83812 to allow for the subdivision of a 41,174-square foot lot into eight lots for the construction of eight, two-story, single-family residences with attached garages on property located at 10343-10351 Mapledale Street; and authorize the City Manager to execute Subdivision Improvement Agreement File No. 1010, in a form approved by the City Attorney, with KMH Paramount Investments, LLC.
CEQA: The City reviewed the project’s environmental impacts under the California Environmental Quality Act (California Public Resources Code §§ 21000, et seq., “CEQA”) and CEQA Guidelines (14 California Code of Regulations §§ 15000, et seq.) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines § 15532, Class 32 (In-Fill Development Projects). No additional environmental review is required for the final map.
Recommendation to City Council: 1) Adopt Resolution No. 23-41; and authorize the City Manager to execute Subdivision Improvement Agreement File No. 1010, in a form approved by the City Attorney; or 2) Alternatively, discuss and take other action related to this item.
Bellflower City Council Agenda
September 11, 2023
14 CONSENT CALENDAR – Continued
C Consideration and possible action to approve the Minutes of the August 28, 2023, Regular Meeting of the City Council.
Recommendation to City Council: 1) Approve the August 28, 2023, Regular Meeting Minutes; or 2) Alternatively, discuss and take other action related to this item.
D Consideration and possible action to award a contract to Sequel Contractors, Inc. for the Local Streets Grind and Cap (Specifications No. 22/23-01); and authorize the City Manager to execute a contract with Sequel Contractors, 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 Sequel for the Project; and authorize the City Manager to execute a contract with Sequel, in a form approved by the City Attorney; or 2) Alternatively, discuss and take other action.
E Consideration and possible action to award a contract to Transwest Truck Center LLC for the purchase of two (2) 2023 F-350 stake bed dump trucks for the Public Works Department and authorize the City Manager to execute a contract with Transwest Truck Center LLC, in a form approved by the City Attorney.________________________________________________________ Recommendation to City Council: 1) Award a contract to Transwest for the purchase of two (2) 2023 F-350 stake bed dump trucks; and authorize the City Manager to execute a contract with Transwest, in a form approved by the City Attorney; or 2) Alternatively, discuss and take other action related to this item.
F Consideration and possible action to adopt Resolution No. 23-42 – A Resolution adjusting salary and employment categories within the City Manager’s Office (Exhibit A), effective September 11, 2023.
Recommendation to City Council: 1) Adopt Resolution No. 23-42, approving the attached personnel and salary plan adjustments and authorizing the City Manager to implement the Plan as appropriate; 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, September 25, 2023.
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I, Dakota Wallace, Management Assistant, of the City of Bellflower, do hereby declare under penalty of perjury, that the Amended Agenda for the Regular Meeting of the Bellflower City Council to be held on Monday, September 11, 2023, at 5:30 p.m., was posted Friday, September 8, 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 8th day of September 2023 at Bellflower, California. .�1
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