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REGULAR MEETING OF THE BELLFLOWER CITY COUNCIL
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 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
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2 ROLL CALL
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3 RECESS TO CLOSED SESSION
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4 RECONVENE FOR OPEN SESSION
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AGENDA
Bellflower City Council Agenda
February 24, 2025
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: Council Member Dan Koops
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
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12 ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS FOR CONSIDERATION
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13 CONSIDERATION ITEMS
A Consideration and possible action to authorize the Mayor to execute Amendment No. 2 to Agreement File No. 1050, in a form approved by the City Attorney, with P.M. Law Enforcement Consulting Services, LLC, for Public Safety Consultant Services.________________________________ Recommendation to City Council: 1) Authorize the Mayor to execute Amendment No. 2 to Agreement File No. 1050 with P.M. Law Enforcement Consulting Services, LLC, in a form approved by the City Attorney; or 2) Alternatively, discuss and take other action related to this item.
Bellflower City Council Agenda
February 24, 2025
13 CONSIDERATION ITEMS – Continued
B Consideration and possible action to consider a General Plan Amendment (GPA); a Development Agreement (DA) by and between the City of Bellflower and Terrace Group Holdings, LLC (“TGH”) to construct a four-story self-storage facility on property located at 8825 Artesia Boulevard (APN 7162-002-087) within the West Artesia Specific Plan; activating the Development Agreement Zone Layover (DAZL); and amending the zoning map (ZC).
CEQA: Following review of the application, the Director recommended the project be denied. Consequently, the City did not conduct environmental review to comply with the California Environmental Quality Act (California Public Resources Code §§ 21000, et seq., “CEQA”) and CEQA regulations (14 California Code of Regulations §§ 15000, et seq.; “CEQA Guidelines”). Projects that are denied do not require environmental review under CEQA (CEQA Guidelines §§ 15061(b)(4) and 15270). Should the City Council receive and file this report, the application will be processed in accordance with applicable law including, without limitation, environmental review.
Recommendation to City Council: 1) Deny the project application; 2) Receive and file this report without taking action; or 3) Alternatively, discuss and take other action related to this item. (Note: The project cannot be approved before environmental review is completed.)
C Consideration and possible action to adopt Resolution No. 25-11 – A Resolution approving a 36-month commitment of HOME Partnership Community Housing Development Organization (CHDO) funds and HOME Partnership American Rescue Plan (HOME-ARP) funds to a potential permanent supportive housing project located at 15804 Lakewood Boulevard; certifying Wakeland Opportunities for Affordable Housing as a Bellflower CHDO; and authorizing the City Manager to execute future funding agreements and other documents related to these funds and this potential project.
Recommendation to City Council: 1) Adopting Resolution No. 25-11 approving the commitment of $2,056,204 of HOME-CHDO funds and $1,106,487 of HOME-ARP funds to a potential (future) permanent supportive housing project at 15804 Lakewood Boulevard; certify Wakeland Opportunities for Affordable Housing (WOAH) as a Bellflower CHDO as it relates to the potential permanent supportive housing project; authorize the City Manager to provide to WOAH a zoning verification letter, in a form approved by the City Attorney and execute future HOME-CHDO and HOME-ARP funding agreements once conditions are met to implement the potential permanent supportive housing project; or 2) Alternatively, discuss and take other action related to this item.
Bellflower City Council Agenda
February 24, 2025
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. 25-082, dated February 24, 2025. _____
Recommendation to City Council: 1) Receive and file Warrant Register No. 25-082; 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 2025.
Recommendation to City Council: 1) Receive and file Treasurer’s Report; 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. 1442 – An Ordinance approving 1) Zone Change Case No. ZC 25-01 to: (A) establish zoning overlays (“Housing Opportunity Overlay Zone – HOOZ”) for certain properties to allow mixed use or residential developments; and (B) expand and modify boundaries of the Downtown Bellflower Transit-Oriented Development Specific Plan (“TODSP”) area; and (2) approve Zoning Ordinance Text Amendment Case No. ZOTA 25-01 to: (A) establish regulatory framework of future development and uses within the “HOOZ”; and (B) amend the TODSP document related to regulations and expansion of the boundaries to implement the Housing Element.__________
CEQA: The City reviewed the environmental impacts of the proposed Resolution and 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”). In accordance with CEQA and CEQA Guidelines § 15162, the City Council finds as follows: A) Resolution No. 22-04 was adopted by the City Council on January 20, 2022, approving Mitigated Negative Declaration No. MND 21-01; B) Changing the zoning designation for the properties identified in the Resolution and Ordinance is an activity contemplated by MND 21-01; C) This activity does not contemplate any changes which will require major revisions to MND 21 -01 nor are there any substantial changes with respect to the circumstances under which MND 21 -01 was undertaken; and D) There is no new information of substantial importance, which was not known and could not have been known with the exercise of reasonable diligence at the time MND 21-01 was approved.
Recommendation to City Council: 1) Waive further reading and adopt Ordinance No. 1442; or 2) Alternatively, discuss and take other action related to this item.
D Consideration and possible action to approve the Minutes of the January 27, 2025, Regular Meeting of the City Council.
Recommendation to City Council: 1) Approve the January 27, 2025, Regular Meeting Minutes; or 2) Alternatively, discuss and take other action related to this item.
Bellflower City Council Agenda
February 24, 2025
14 CONSENT CALENDAR – Continued
E Consideration and possible action to approve the Minutes of the February 10, 2025, Joint Special Meeting of the City Council, Bellflower Financing Authority, Bellflower Parking Authority, Parks and Recreation Commission, and Planning Commission.
Recommendation to City Council: 1) Approve the February 10, 2025, Joint Special Meeting Minutes; 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 convert the existing 2-way ‘Stop’ controls to 4-way ‘Stop’ controls on Arthurdale Street at Cornuta Avenue and to convert the existing 2-way ‘Stop’ controls to a 1-way ‘Stop’ control on Arthurdale Street at Ocana Avenue.___________________________________________________ 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 Arthurdale Street at Cornuta Avenue; and 2) Convert the existing 2-way ‘Stop’ controls to a 1-way ‘Stop’ control on Arthurdale Street at Ocana Avenue; or 3) Alternatively, discuss and take other action related to this item.
G Consideration and possible action to adopt Resolution No. 25-10 – A Resolution memorializing parking lot modifications at various City-owned or controlled parking lots made by the City Manager in accordance with Bellflower Municipal Code (BMC) Chapter 10.12, and superseding Resolution No. 21-63.
Recommendation to City Council: 1) Adopt Resolution No. 25-10, memorializing parking lot modifications at various City-owned or controlled parking lots made by the City Manager and superseding Resolution No. 21-63, or; 2) Alternatively, discuss and take other action related to this item.
H Consideration and possible action to provide direction to the City Manager regarding the reallocation of unused Community Development Block Grant Coronavirus Relief (CDBG-CV) funds for the updated design and sidewalk improvements of the TownCenter Gateway Plaza area located at the northeast corner of Belmont Street and Bellflower Boulevard. _____ Recommendation to City Council: 1) Direct the City Manager to prepare a substantial amendment to the 2020-21 Annual Action Plan by reallocating $407,553 of CDBG-CV funds for the updated design and sidewalk improvements of the TownCenter Gateway Plaza area; or 2) Alternatively, discuss and take other action related to this item.
Bellflower City Council Agenda
February 24, 2025
14 CONSENT CALENDAR – Continued
I Consideration and possible action to authorize the City Manager to execute a public health services contract with the County of Los Angeles (“County”), in a form approved by the City Attorney, for the performance of public health services by the Los Angeles County’s Department of Public Health (“DPH”).
Recommendation to City Council: 1) Authorize the City Manager to execute Contract No. PH-005597 (City Agreement File No. 51.99) with the County of Los Angeles, in a form approved by the City Attorney, for the performance of public health services by the Los Angeles County’s Department of Public Health; 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 10, 2025.