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REGULAR MEETING OF
THE BELLFLOWER CITY COUNCIL
MONDAY, JANUARY 13, 2025
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 Ray Dunton
Mayor Pro Tem Sonny R. Santa Ines
Council Member Dan Koops
Council Member Wendi Morse
Council Member Victor A. Sanchez
AGENDA
Bellflower City Council Agenda
January 13, 2025
3 RECESS TO CLOSED SESSION
A PUBLIC EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE EVALUATION
(Pursuant to Government Code Section 54957)
Title: City Clerk
B PUBLIC EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE EVALUATION
(Pursuant to Government Code Section 54957)
Title: City Manager
4 RECONVENE FOR OPEN SESSION
7:00 P.M. – OPEN SESSION
5 CALL TO ORDER
6 ROLL CALL: Mayor Ray Dunton
Mayor Pro Tem Sonny R. Santa Ines
Council Member Dan Koops
Council Member Wendi Morse
Council Member Victor A. Sanchez
7 INVOCATION: Mayor Ray Dunton
8 PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: Brian McNerney, Interim Director of Public Safety
9 CITY COUNCIL ANNOUNCEMENTS / PRESENTATIONS
A City Council Announcements
B Presentation: Student Recognition for the Community Recycling Artwork Contest
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.
Bellflower City Council Agenda
January 13, 2025
11 PUBLIC HEARINGS
None
12 ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS FOR CONSIDERATION
A Consideration and possible action to read by title only, waive further reading, and introduce Ordinance No. 1437 – An Ordinance adding a new Section
2.28.050 to the Bellflower Municipal Code regulating uncontested municipal elections.
Recommendation to City Council: 1) Read by title only, waive further reading, and introduce Ordinance No. 1437; or 2) Alternatively, discuss and take other action related to this item.
B Consideration and possible action to adopt Resolution No. 25 -02 – A Resolution adopted pursuant to Bellflower Municipal Code (“BMC”) Chapter 2.20 and Public Contracts Code § 20168 finding that a local emergency exists within the City and authorizing contracting without the need for bidding pursuant to § 22050 and Bellflower Municipal Code § 3.28.070(d) and finding that the nuisance abatement project at 17046 Bellflower Boulevard is exempt from review under the California Environmental Quality Act as an emergency project.
CEQA: The Resolution itself and the projects anticipated by the Resolution were reviewed pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (Public Resources Code §§ 21000, et seq., “CEQA”) and the regulations promulgated thereunder (14 Cal. Code of Regulations §§15000, et seq., the “CEQA Guidelines”). Based upon that review, the Projects are exempt from further review pursuant to CEQA Guidelines § 15269(a) because the protection of public and private property is necessary to maintain service essential to the public, health and welfare.
Recommendation to City Council: 1) Adopt Resolution No. 25-02; and 2) Authorize funding up to $250,000 for the nuisance abatement project at 17046 Bellflower Boulevard; or 3) Alternatively, discuss and take other action related to this item.
13 CONSIDERATION ITEMS
A Consideration and possible action to approve the City of Bellflower Department of Parks and Recreation Special Event Calendar for calendar years 2025 and 2026.
Recommendation to City Council: 1) Approve the City of Bellflower Department of Parks and Recreation Special Event Calendar for calendar years 2025 and 2026 ; 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.
Bellflower City Council Agenda
January 13, 2025
14 CONSENT CALENDAR – Continued
A Consideration and possible action to receive and file Warrant Register No. 25-071, dated January 13, 2025.
Recommendation to City Council: 1) Receive and file
Warrant Register No. 25-071; 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 November 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 receive and file the City’s Development Impact Fee Annual Report for Fiscal Year 2023 -24 pursuant to Government Code Section 66006.
Recommendation to City Council: 1) Receive and file the Development Impact Fee Annual Report for Fiscal Year 2023-24 pursuant to Government Code § 66006; or 2) Alternatively, discuss and take other action related to this item.
D Consideration and possible action to approve the Proposed Fiscal Year 2025-27 Budget Calendar.
Recommendation to City Council: 1) Approve the Proposed Fiscal Year 2025 -27 Budget Calendar; or 2) Alternatively, discuss and take other action related to this item.
E Consideration and possible action to adopt Resolution No. 25 -01 – A Resolution adopting a fine schedule pursuant to California Vehicle Code (CVC) § 40203.5, and superseding Resolution No. 15-90.
Recommendation to City Council: 1) Adopt Resolution No. 25 -01; or 2) Alternatively, discuss and take other action related to this item.
F Consideration and possible action to ratify the 2025 Mayor’s Appointments to the various City-associated organizations.
Recommendation to City Council: 1) Ratify Mayor Dunton’s 2025 appointments to the various City-associated organizations; or 2) Alternatively, discuss and take other action related to this item.
G Consideration and possible action to approve City Council Appointments/Reappointments to the Planning Commission, Public Safety Commission, and Parks & Recreation Commission.
Recommendation to City Council: 1) Approve Council Members’ appointments/reappointments to the Planning Commission, Public Safety Commission, and Parks & Recreation Commission; or 2) Alternatively, discuss and take other action related to this item.
Bellflower City Council Agenda
January 13, 2025
14 CONSENT CALENDAR – Continued
H Consideration and possible action to authorize the City Manager, or designee, to install no overnight parking restrictions between 10:00 p.m. – 6:00 a.m. fronting H. Byrum Zinn Community Park & Trail (Zinn Park) located at 10350 Foster Road.
Recommendation to City Council: 1) Approve the recommendation of the Public Safety Commission to authorize the City Manager, or designee, to install no overnight parking restrictions between 10:00 p.m. – 6:00 a.m. fronting Zinn Park; or 2) Alternatively, discuss and take other action related to this item.
I Consideration and possible action to approve a budget amendment and authorize the City Manager to purchase a truck for the Public Safety Department.
Recommendation to City Council: 1) Approve a budget amendment to reallocate $35,000 from Account No. 010-42130-2200 to Account No. 010-47500-2000 and authorize the City Manager to purchase a truck for the Public Safety Department; or 2) Alternatively, discuss and take other action related to this item.
J Consideration and possible action to reject all bids received for the Aquatic Center Outdoor Pool Improvements (Specifications No. 23/24-06) and authorize the solicitation of bids for construction.
Recommendation to City Council: 1) Reject all bids received for the Aquatic Center Outdoor Pool Improvements project (Specifications No. 23/24-06); and 2) Authorize City staff to re-package the project bid documents and re-solicit bids for construction; or 3) Alternatively, discuss and take other action related to this item.
K Consideration and possible action to approve the Minutes of the November 25, 2024, Regular Meeting of the City Council.
Recommendation to City Council: 1) Approve the November 25, 2024, Regular Meeting Minutes; or 2) Alternatively, discuss and take other action related to this item.
L Consideration and possible action to approve the Minutes of the December 9, 2024, Regular Meeting of the City Council.
Recommendation to City Council: 1) Approve the December 9, 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 5:00 p.m. on Monday, January 27, 2025, in the Green Room for the Outgoing Mayor’s Ceremony.
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I, Jennifer Russell, 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, January 13, 2025, at 5:30 p.m., was posted Thursday, January 9, 2025, at the following locations in the City of Bellflower:
City Hall Lobby and Doors, 16600 Civic Center Drive
City Website at www.bellflower.org
Please note that this agenda was not posted at the Clifton M. Brakensiek Library on Thursday, January 9, 2025, due to the library being closed. The Agenda for the Regular Meeting of the Bellflower City Council to be held on Monday, January 13, 2025, at 5:30 p.m., was posted Friday, January 10, 2025, at the Clifton M. Brakensiek Library.
Executed this 13th of January 2025 at Bellflower, California.
Jennifer Russell, Management Assistant