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REGULAR MEETING OF THE BELLFLOWER CITY COUNCIL
MONDAY, JUNE 23, 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
June 23, 2025
3 RECESS TO CLOSED SESSION
A CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL – EXISTING LITIGATION - GOVERNMENT CODE § 54956.9(d)(1). Number of Cases: One.
1. City of Bellflower v. 20434 South Santa Fe Ave., LLC (filed April 2, 2024) LASC Case No. 24NWCV01017.
B CONFERENCE WITH REAL PROPERTY NEGOTIATOR
(Pursuant to Government Code § 54956.8)
Property: 9228 and 9236 Artesia Boulevard Agency Negotiator: Ryan Smoot, City Manager
Negotiating Party: Yash Desai
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 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 Pro Tem Sonny R. Santa Ines
8 PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: P.J. Mellana, Director of Parks and Recreation
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.
Bellflower City Council Agenda
June 23, 2025
11 PUBLIC HEARINGS
None
12 ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS FOR CONSIDERATION
None
13 CONSIDERATION ITEMS
A Consideration and possible action to consider a Right-of-Way Use Agreement with the Gateway Cities Council of Government (“GCCOG”) for the installation, maintenance, and operation of the Gateway Cities Regional Fiber Optic Network with the City of Bellflower.
Recommendation to City Council: 1) Authorize the City Manager, or designee, to execute the Right-of-Way Use Agreement between the City and the Gateway Cities Council of Governments, in a form approved by the City Attorney; 2) Authorize the City Manager, or designee, to administer the Agreement .
The City Engineer is authorized to approve finalized plans in accordance with Bellflower Municipal Code (“BMC”) § 3.30.050; or 3) 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.
A Consideration and possible action to receive and file Warrant Register No. 25-122, dated June 23, 2025.
Recommendation to City Council: 1) Receive and file Warrant Register No. 25-122; 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 May 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.
C Consideration and possible action to approve the Minutes of the June 9, 2025, Regular Meeting of the City Council.
Recommendation to City Council: 1) Approve the June 9, 2025, Regular Meeting Minutes; or 2) Alternatively, discuss and take other action related to this item.
Bellflower City Council Agenda
June 23, 2025
14 CONSENT CALENDAR – Continued
D Consideration and possible action to authorize the Mayor to execute Measure M – Amendment No. 1 to Agreement File No. 51.93, with the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority, in a form approved by the City Attorney, for Foster Road Traffic Signal Upgrades Project.
Recommendation to City Council: 1) Authorize the Mayor to execute Amendment No. 1 to Agreement File No. 51.93, 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 adopt Resolution No. 25-26 – A Resolution authorizing the submittal of Used Oil Payment Program Applications to the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (“CalRecycle”) for the next five fiscal years.
Recommendation to City Council: 1) Adopt Resolution No. 25 -26; or 2) Alternatively, discuss and take other action related to this item.
F Consideration and possible action to authorize the City Manager to execute Amendment No. 1 to Agreement File No. 714.4, in a form approved by the City Attorney, with Advanced Avant-Garde Corporation for Housing Consultant Services.
Recommendation to City Council: 1) Authorize the City Manager to execute Amendment No. 1 to Agreement File No. 714.4, in a form approved by the City Attorney; or 2) Alternatively, discuss and take other action related to this item.
G Consideration and possible action to authorize the City Manager to execute Amendment No. 1 to AFN 230.3 with West Coast Arborists, Inc., in a form approved by the City Attorney, for tree maintenance services.
Recommendation to City Council: 1) Authorize the City Manager to execute Amendment No. 1 to AFN 230.3, in a form approved by the City Attorney, with West Coast Arborists, Inc.; or 2) Alternatively, discuss and take other action related to this item.
H Consideration and possible action to consider a request from Cal-City Construction to substitute the plumbing subcontractor (Line Tech Plumbing, Inc.) for the Bellflower Youth and Senior Center Facility (Specifications No. 23/24-07) and to clarify and correct clerical errors related to the Waterproofing (Roger H. Proulx & Co.) and Drywall (Schmitt Drywall Contracting) subcontractors.
Recommendation to City Council: 1) Approve the requested substitution of the Drywall subcontractor from Line Tech Plumbing, Inc. to So Cal Sewer Construction, Inc.; and 2) Approve the request to clarify that the Waterproofing subcontractor will be Roger H. Proulx & Co., not Proulx Company, Inc.; and 3) Approve the request to correct the name of the Drywall subcontractor from Schmitt Contracting Inc. to Schmitt Drywall Contracting; or 4) Alternatively, discuss and take other action related to this item.
Bellflower City Council Agenda
June 23, 2025
14 CONSENT CALENDAR – Continued
I Consideration and possible action to authorize the City Manager to execute Amendment No. 1 to Agreement File No. 966 for Specifications No. 20/21-01, in a form approved by the City Attorney, with Elecnor Belco Electric, Inc., for additional work for the Lakewood Boulevard Traffic Signal Improvements – Part 1: Lakewood Boulevard (4) Intersections and consolidate all the approved change orders related to the contract.
Recommendation to City Council: 1) Authorize the City Manager, or designee, to execute Amendment No. 1 to Agreement File No. 966 with Belco for Specifications No. 20/21-01, in a form approved by the City Attorney; or 2) Alternatively, discuss and take other action related to this item.
J Consideration and possible action to authorize the City Manager to execute Agreement File No. 1094 with MCCi, LLC, in a form approved by the City Attorney, for GovBuilt software application services that include the subscription, installation, and technical support for a comprehensive permitting system.
Recommendation to City Council: 1) Authorize the City Manager to execute Agreement File No. 1094, in a form approved by the City Attorney ; 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, July 14, 2025.
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) SS
CITY OF BELLFLOWER
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, June 23, 2025, at 5:30 p.m., was posted Thursday, June 19, 2025, at the following locations in the City of Bellflower:
City Hall Lobby and Doors, 16600 Civic Center Drive
City Website at www.bellflower.orq
Please note that this Agenda was not posted at the Clifton M. Brakensiek Library on Thursday, June 19, 2025, or Monday, June 23, 2023, due to the library being closed.
Executed this 23rd of June 2025 at Bellflower, California.
D kota Wallace,
M • nagement Assistant