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REGULAR MEETING OF THE BELLFLOWER CITY COUNCIL
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2024
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 Dan Koops
Mayor Pro Tem Ray Dunton
Council Member Wendi Morse
Council Member Victor A. Sanchez
Council Member Sonny R. Santa Ines
3 RECESS TO CLOSED SESSION
A CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - ANTICIPATED LITIGATION Significant exposure to litigation pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(2): Two Matters
AGENDA
Bellflower City Council Agenda
February 26, 2024
4 RECONVENE FOR OPEN SESSION
7:00 P.M. – OPEN SESSION
5 CALL TO ORDER
6 ROLL CALL: Mayor Dan Koops
Mayor Pro Tem Ray Dunton
Council Member Wendi Morse
Council Member Victor A. Sanchez
Council Member Sonny R. Santa Ines
7 INVOCATION: Council Member Wendi Morse
8 PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: Elizabeth Oba, Director of Planning and Building Services
9 CITY COUNCIL ANNOUNCEMENTS / PRESENTATIONS
A City Council Announcements
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
13 CONSIDERATION ITEMS
None
Bellflower City Council Agenda
February 26, 2024
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. 24-082, dated February 26, 2024.
Recommendation to City Council: 1) Receive and file Warrant Register No. 24-082; or 2) Alternatively, discuss and take other action related to this item.
B Consideration and possible action to receive and file Treasurer’s Report for the Month of January 2024.
Recommendation to City Council: 1) Receive and file the Treasurer’s Report; or 2) Alternatively, discuss and take other action related to this item.
C Consideration and possible action to approve the Minutes of the January 22, 2024, Regular Meeting of the City Council.
Recommendation to City Council: 1) Approve the January 22, 2024, 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 February 12, 2024, Joint Regular Meeting of the City Council and Bellflower Financing Authority.
Recommendation to City Council: 1) Approve the February 12, 2024, Joint Regular Meeting Minutes; or 2) Alternatively, discuss and take other action related to this item.
E Consideration and possible action to waive further reading and adopt Ordinance No. 1426 – An Ordinance changing the Zoning Designation from C-G (General Commercial) Zone to R-1 (Low Density Residential) Zone for properties located at 10473, 10505, and 10511 Artesia Boulevard.
CEQA: The City reviewed the environmental impacts of the proposed Ordinance pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (Public Resources Code §§ 21000, et seq. “CEQA”) and the regulations promulgated thereunder (14 Cal.
Code of Regs. §§ 15000, et seq., the “CEQA Guidelines”). CEQA Guideline § 15164 provides that an addendum to an adopted Negative Declaration may be prepared where none of the conditions described in CEQA Guidelines § 15162 have occurred. The proposed Ordinance is within the scope of the City’s General Plan Map update which was evaluated under a Negative Declaration (“ND”) (Attachment D) and will not result in substantial changes in the project requiring major revisions to the ND, substantial changes with respect to the circumstance s under which the ND was undertaken, and that there is no new information of substantial importance which was not known and could not have been known at the time the ND was adopted. Accordingly, the Ordinance is not subject to further environmental review.
Recommendation to City Council: 1) Waive further reading and adopt Ordinance No. 1426; or 2) Alternatively, discuss and take other action related to this item.
Bellflower City Council Agenda
February 26, 2024
14 CONSENT CALENDAR – Continued
F Consideration and possible action to ratify Amendment No. 1 to Agreement File No. 774.1, between John Giries and the City of Bellflower, regarding the use of Town Center Plaza, 9847 Belmont Street, and a portion of the City-owned parking lot (APN 7109-010-914) to host a comedy event.
Recommendation to City Council: 1) Ratify Amendment No. 1 to Agreement File No. 774.1, 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 adopt Resolution No. 24-11 – A Resolution declaring unclaimed monies as property of the City of Bellflower and transferring it to the City’s General Fund pursuant to Government Code § 50053.
Recommendation to City Council: 1) Adopt Resolution No. 24-11; or 2) Alternatively, discuss and take other action related to this item.
H Consideration and possible action to adopt Resolution No. 24-12 – A Resolution retroactively adopting City Election Campaign Finance Policies in accordance with Government Code § 85702.5.
Recommendation to City Council: 1) Adopt Resolution No. 24-12 retroactively adopting campaign finance policies; 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, March 11, 2024.