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AGENDA
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REGULAR MEETING OF THE BELLFLOWER CITY COUNCIL
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 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 Tern Ray Dunton
Council Member Wendi Morse
Council Member Victor A. Sanchez
Council Member Sonny R. Santa Ines
Bellflower City Council Agenda
September 9, 2024
3 RECESS TO CLOSED SESSION
A CONFERENCE WITH REAL PROPERTY NEGOTIATOR
(Pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.8)
Property: 9443 Artesia Boulevard (APN 7161-001-900) Agency Negotiator: Ryan Smoot, City Manager
Negotiating Party: Jeff Estabrooks
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 Dan Koops
Mayor Pro Tem Ray Dunton
Council Member Wendi Morse
Council Member Victor A. Sanchez
Council Member Sonny R. Santa Ines
7 INVOCATION: Mayor Dan Koops
8 PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: P.J. Mellana, Director of Parks and Recreation 9 CITY COUNCIL ANNOUNCEMENTS / PRESENTATIONS
A City Council Announcements
B National Hispanic Heritage 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
September 9, 2024
12 ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS FOR CONSIDERATION
A Consideration and possible action to read by title only,waive further reading, and introduce Ordinance No. 1436 — An Ordinance amending Section 2.16.010 of the Bellflower Municipal Code to provide a salary adjustment for Members of the City Council following the next General Municipal Election.
Recommendation to City Council: 1) Read by title only, waive further reading, and introduce Ordinance No. 1436; or 2) Alternatively, discuss and take other action related to this item.
13 CONSIDERATION ITEMS
A Consideration and possible action to award a contract to Willdan Engineering and authorize the City Manager to execute Agreement File No. 163.15 with Willdan Engineering, in a form approved by the City Attorney, for Professional Services for Complete In-House Building Division Operations and Fire Plan Check Review and Inspection Services.
Recommendation to City Council: 1) Award an agreement to Willdan Engineering and authorize the City Manager to execute Agreement File No. 163.15, in a form approved by the City Attorney; and 2) Authorize a budget amendment to increase the appropriation for Account No. 600-42072-4120 by $410,000 for FY 24-25 with a General Fund transfer; or 3) Alternatively, discuss and take other action related to this item.
B Consideration and possible action to adopt Resolution No. 24-54 — A Resolution adopted pursuant to Public Contracts Code § 20168 finding that an emergency exists within the City and authorizing contracting without the need for bidding pursuant to § 20168 and Bellflower Municipal Code ("BMC") Chapters 3.28 and 8.36.
CEQA: The emergency and extended repairs are categorically exempt from the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to 14 California Code of Regulations § 15269 (demolition of the identified facilities is necessary to prevent or mitigate an emergency) and § 15301 (Existing Facilities). The expected action would demolish structures constituting a threat to public health and safety with no expansion of the existing use. The project is not anticipated to have any significant impacts regarding traffic, noise, air quality, or water quality. Additionally, the City Council's actions are exempt from additional CEQA review as they are being made to protect public and private property and necessary to maintain services essential to the public, health and welfare (see, CalBeach Advocates v. City of Solana Beach (2002) 103 Cal.App.4th 529: CEQA findings regarding an anticipated imminent emergency are valid).
Recommendation to City Council: 1) Adopt Resolution No. 24-54, declaring an emergency and authorizing contracting without formal bidding pursuant to Public Contracts Code § 20168 and Bellflower Municipal Code (BMC) sections 3.28.090 and 8.36.160, and Chapter 8.40; 2) Authorize the City Manager to execute a standard public works contract, in a form approved with the City Attorney, with a contractor to perform demolition for buildings located on the property located at 9103-9123 Artesia Boulevard; 3) Authorize the City Attorney to initiate litigation to abate any public nuisance on the property and take all legal actions required to ensure the City's recovery of costs; or 4) Alternatively, discuss and take other action related to this item.
Bellflower City Council Agenda
September 9, 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 City Council Warrant Register No. 25-031, dated September 9, 2024.
Recommendation to City Council: 1 ) Receive and file Warrant Register No. 25-031 ; or 2) Alternatively, discuss and take other action related to this item.
B Consideration and possible action to authorize the City Manager to execute Addendum No. 3 to Transfer Agreement No. 2020RPLSGR02 (Agreement File No. 887), in a form approved by the City Attorney, with the Los Angeles County Flood Control District for the Safe, Clean Water Program — Regional Program Funds.
Recommendation to City Council: 1) Authorize the City Manager to execute Addendum No. 3 to Agreement File No. 887, in a form approved by the City Attorney; or 2) Alternatively, discuss and take other action related to this item.
C Consideration and possible action to waive further reading and adopt Ordinance No. 1435 - An Ordinance amending Bellflower Municipal Code Chapter 5.36 related to entertainment permits.
Recommendation to City Council: 1) Waive further reading, and adopt Ordinance No. 1435; or 2) Alternatively, discuss and take other action related to this item.
D Consideration and possible action to 1) Adopt Resolution No. 24-53 - A Resolution adopting the 2024 Conflict of Interest Code for the City of Bellflower in accordance with the Political Reform Act, and superseding Resolution No. 22-52; and 2) receive and file the Bellflower Public Facilities Corporation's 2024 Local Agency Biennial Notice determining that no amendment is required to its Conflict of Interest Code.
Recommendation to City Council: 1) Adopt Resolution No. 24-53; and 2) Receive and file the Bellflower Public Facilities Corporation's 2024 Local Agency Biennial Notice; or 3) Alternatively, discuss and take other action related to this item.
E Consideration and possible action to approve the Minutes of the August 12, 2024, Regular Meeting of the City Council.
Recommendation to City Council: 1 ) Approve the August 12, 2024, 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, September 23, 2024.
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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, September 9, 2024, at 5:30 p.m., was posted Thursday, September 5, 2024, 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 5th of September 2024 at Bellflower, California. i
Dakota Wallace, Management Assistant