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REGULAR MEETING OF THE BELLFLOWER CITY COUNCIL
MONDAY, MARCH 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
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
March 24, 2025
3 Consideration and possible action to appoint the City Manager, City Attorney, and Deputy City Attorney Zach Lopes as Labor Negotiators for the City.
Recommendation to City Council: 1) Appoint the City Manager, City Attorney, and Deputy City Attorney Zach Lopes as Labor Negotiators for the City; or 2) Alternatively, discuss and take other action related to this item.
4 RECESS TO CLOSED SESSION
A CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATOR
(Pursuant to Government Code Section 54957.6)
Agency Negotiator: City Manager, City Attorney, Deputy City Attorney Zachery A. Lopes.
Employee Organization: All represented employee bargaining units.
5 RECONVENE FOR OPEN SESSION
7:00 P.M. – OPEN SESSION
6 CALL TO ORDER
7 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
8 INVOCATION: Council Member Victor A. Sanchez
9 PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: P.J. Mellana, Director of Parks and Recreation
10 CITY COUNCIL ANNOUNCEMENTS / PRESENTATIONS
A City Council Announcements
B Presentation: Greater Los Angeles County Vector Control District
11 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
March 24, 2025
12 PUBLIC HEARINGS
None
13 ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS FOR CONSIDERATION
None
14 CONSIDERATION ITEMS
A Consideration and possible action to authorize the City Manager to complete the city-wide Urban Forestry Management Plan and to designate the appropriate funding source following the United States Department of Agriculture suspension of grant funds previously award to the City of Bellflower. __________
Recommendation to City Council: 1) Authorize the City Manager to complete the Urban Forestry Management Plan currently in progress with West Coast Arborists, Inc. (WCA); and 2) Designate an alternative funding source to complete the Urban Forestry Management Plan in lieu of awarded grant funds being suspended by the Federal government; or 3) Alternatively, discuss and take other action related to this item.
B Consideration and possible action to authorize the Mayor to submit a letter to the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors requesting action to reduce the number of vacancies and support adequate detention capacity County-wide. __________
Recommendation to City Council: 1) Authorize the Mayor to submit a letter to the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors requesting action to reduce the number of vacancies and support adequate detention capacity County -wide; or 2) Alternatively, discuss and take other action related to this item.
15 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. 05-092, dated March 24, 2025.
Recommendation to City Council: 1) Receive and file Warrant Register No. 05- 092; or 2) Alternatively, discuss and take other action related to this item.
B Consideration and possible action to receive and file City Council Treasurer’s Report for the Month of February 2025. _____ Recommendation to City Council: 1) Receive and file the Treasurer’s Report; or 2) Alternatively, discuss and take other action related to this item.
Bellflower City Council Agenda
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15 CONSENT CALENDAR – Continued
C Consideration and possible action to incorporate all items outlined in the Staff Report into the Third Party Special Event Permit for the request by Bellflower Noon Lions Club to temporarily close Bellflower Boulevard on October 4, 2025, for a car show, and approving the concurrent request for the City to provide financial support or in-kind services to assist with the event.
Recommendation to City Council: 1) Incorporate all items outlined in the Staff Report into the Third-Party Special Event permit for a car show in 2025; or 2) Alternatively, discuss and take other action related to this item.
D Consideration and possible action to authorize the City Manager to execute Amendment No. 1 to Agreement File No. 857.1, in a form approved by the City Attorney, with George Chevrolet for use of City’s property identified by separate instrument executed by City’s City Manager and Licensee.
Recommendation to City Council: 1) Authorize the City Manager to execute Amendment No. 1 to Agreement File No. 857.1, in a form approved by the City Attorney; or 2) Alternatively, discuss and take other action related to this item.
E Consideration and possible action to approve the Minutes of the February 24, 2025, Regular Meeting of the City Council.
Recommendation to City Council: 1) Approve the February 24, 2025, Regular Meeting Minutes; or 2) Alternatively, discuss and take other action related to this item.
F Consideration and possible action to approve the Minutes of the March 10, 2025, Regular Meeting of the City Council.
Recommendation to City Council: 1) Approve the March 10, 2025, Regular Meeting Minutes; or 2) Alternatively, discuss and take other action related to this item.
16 COUNCIL REPORTS
17 ADJOURNMENT
Adjourn to the next Regular Meeting of the Bellflower City Council at 5:30 p.m. on Monday, April 14, 2025.