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REGULAR MEETING OF THE BELLFLOWER CITY COUNCIL
MONDAY, MAY 12, 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
3 Consideration and possible action to appoint Deputy City Attorney N. Richard Shreiba as an additional Labor Negotiator for the City.
Recommendation to City Council: 1) Appoint Deputy City Attorney N. Richard Shreiba as an additional Labor Negotiator for the City; or 2) Alternatively, discuss and take other action related to this item.
AGENDA
Bellflower City Council Agenda
May 12, 2025
4 RECESS TO CLOSED SESSION
A CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATOR
(Pursuant to Government Code Section 54957.6)
Agency Negotiators: City Manager, City Attorney, Deputy City Attorney N. Richard Shreiba
Employee Organization: All represented employee bargaining units.
B CONFERENCE WITH REAL PROPERTY NEGOTIATOR
(Pursuant to Government Code § 54956.8)
Property: 17046 Bellflower Boulevard (APN 7109-025-002) Agency Negotiator: Ryan Smoot, City Manager
Negotiating Party: Euclid Hazard Capital, LLC; Artes Capital Under Negotiation: Price and terms of payment
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 Dan Koops
9 PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: Elizabeth Oba, Director of Planning and Building Services
10 CITY COUNCIL ANNOUNCEMENTS / PRESENTATIONS
A City Council Announcements
B Proclamation Declaring May 18 – 24, 2025, as “National Public Works Week”
C Proclamation Declaring the month of May as “Asian American and Pacific Islander Month”
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
May 12, 2025
12 PUBLIC HEARINGS
A Consideration and possible action to adopt Resolution No. 25 -14 – A Resolution approving a Substantial Amendment to the Fiscal Year (FY) 2020- 2021 Annual Action Plan to reprogram unused Community Development Block Grant Coronavirus Relief funds (CDBG-CV) for the redesign of the public sidewalk located at TownCenter Gateway Plaza on the northeast corner of Belmont Street and Bellflower Boulevard to encourage social distancing. (Continued from April 14, 2025)
Recommendation to City Council: 1) Re-open the continued public hearing; take testimonial and documentary evidence; and after considering the evidence, provide direction to the City Manager regarding the reallocation of CDBG -CV funds, and continue the Public Hearing to May 27, 2025 ; or 2) Alternatively, discuss and take other action related to this item.
B Consideration and possible action to 1) conduct a public hearing to consider an appeal from Robert Preece (representing Design UA, Inc.) of the Planning Commission’s adoption of Resolution No. PC 24-15; and 2) adopt Resolution No. 25-15 – A Resolution denying an appeal (AP-25-01) and upholding Planning Commission Resolution No. PC 24-15 denying Development Review (DR 3-24-15169) and Conditional Use Permit (CU-24-07) for the construction of a 3,786-square-foot restaurant with a drive-through component located at 16211 Bellflower Boulevard. (Continued from April 28, 2025)
CEQA: The City reviewed the environmental impacts of the proposed Project 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 § 15061(b)(4) exempts projects that are disapp roved or rejected. Should the City Council affirm the Planning Commission’s decision and deny the DR and CUP, no further environmental review is required. If, however, the City Council opts to overturn the Planning Commission’s decision and approve the pro ject, it is still exempt pursuant to CEQA Guideline § 15303 (New Construction or Conversion of Small Structures) as the project is less than 10,000 square feet in floor area on a site zones for such use and not involving significant amounts of hazardous substances where all necessary public services and facilities are available, and the surrounding area is not environmentally sensitive.
Recommendation to City Council: 1) Re-open the continued public hearing; take testimonial and documentary evidence; and 2) After considering the evidence, adopt Resolution No. 25-15; or 3) Alternatively, discuss and take other action related to this item.
Bellflower City Council Agenda
May 12, 2025
13 ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS FOR CONSIDERATION
A Consideration and possible action to: 1) adopt Urgency Ordinance No. 1444 - An Urgency Ordinance amending Bellflower Municipal Code Chapter 17 (Accessory Dwelling Units) governing maximum allowable square footage; 2) adopt Urgency Ordinance No. 1445 - An Urgency Ordinance amending Bellflower Municipal Code Chapter 17 (Accessory Dwelling Units) governing the number of allowable accessory dwelling units; 3) read by title only, waive further reading, and introduce Ordinance No. 1446 – An Ordinance amending Bellflower Municipal Code Chapter 17 (Accessory Dwelling Units) governing maximum allowable square footage; and 4) read by title only, waive further reading, and introduce Ordinance No. 1447 – An Ordinance amending Bellflower Municipal Code Chapter 17 (Accessory Dwelling Units) governing the number of allowable accessory dwelling units. (Matter continued from April 28, 2025)
Recommendation to City Council: 1) Adopt Urgency Ordinance Nos. 1444 and 1445 by at least a four-fifths (4/5) vote to take effect immediately; 2) Read by title only, waive further reading, and introduce Ordinance Nos. 1446 and 1447. Second reading and possible adoption would occur on May 2 7, 2025; or 3) Alternatively, discuss and take other action related to this item.
14 CONSIDERATION ITEMS
None
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 Warrant Register No. 25-111, dated May 12, 2025.
Recommendation to City Council: 1) Receive and file Warrant Register No. 25-111; or 2) Alternatively, discuss and take other action related to this item.
B Consideration and possible action to approve the Minutes of the April 21, 2025, Special Meeting of the City Council.
Recommendation to City Council: 1) Approve the April 21, 2025, Special Meeting Minutes; or 2) Alternatively, discuss and take other action related to this item.
C Consideration and possible action to approve the Minutes of the April 24, 2025, Special Meeting of the City Council.
Recommendation to City Council: 1) Approve the April 24, 2025, Special Meeting Minutes; or 2) Alternatively, discuss and take other action related to this item.
Bellflower City Council Agenda
May 12, 2025
15 CONSENT CALENDAR – Continued
D Consideration and possible action to approve the Minutes of the April 29, 2025, Special Meeting of the City Council.
Recommendation to City Council: 1) Approve the April 29, 2025, Special Meeting Minutes; or 2) Alternatively, discuss and take other action related to this item.
E Consideration and possible action to approve the appointment of the Chamber of Commerce’s nominee Jennifer Beech to the Southeast Los Angeles County Workforce Development Board (SELACO WDB) for the term July 1, 2025 to June 30, 2027.
Recommendation to City Council: 1) Approve the appointment of Chamber of Commerce’s nominee Jennifer Beech to the SELACO WDB Board of Directors for the term ending June 30, 2027; or 2) Alternatively, discuss and take other action related to this item.
F Consideration and possible action to adopt Resolution No. 25-16 – A Resolution approving the Amended and Restated Joint Exercise of Powers Agreement for the Los Angeles Gateway Region Integrated Regional Water Management Authority.
Recommendation to City Council: 1) Adopt Resolution No. 25-16, authorizing the City Manager to sign the Amended and Restated Joint Exercise of Powers Agreement for the Gateway Region Integrated Regional Water Management Joint Powers Authority (Agreement File No. 523); or 2) Alternatively, discuss and take other action related to this item.
G Consideration and possible action to approve the 2025 Fireworks Permits.
Recommendation to City Council: 1) Approve 14 Fireworks Permits; and 2) Authorize the City Manager to execute the necessary approvals for the Bellflower Chamber of Commerce and Bellflower Kiwanis Club to operate on City owned property; or 3) 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 Tuesday, May 27, 2025.
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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. May 12, 2025, at 5:30 p.m., was posted Thursday, May 8, 2025, at the following locations in the City of Bellflower:
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City Website at www.bellflower.orq
Clifton M. Brakensiek Library
Executed this 8t" of May 2025 at Bellflower, California.
Jennifer Russell,
Management Assistant