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REGULAR MEETING OF THE BELLFLOWER CITY COUNCIL
MONDAY, AUGUST 11, 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
August 11, 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: 9849 Flower St.
Agency Negotiator: Ryan Smoot, City Manager
Negotiating Party: David Pai Trust
Under Negotiation: Price and terms of payment
C CONFERENCE WITH REAL PROPERTY NEGOTIATOR
(Pursuant to Government Code § 54956.8)
Property: 15751 Blaine Ave.
Agency Negotiator: Ryan Smoot, City Manager
Negotiating Party: County of Los Angeles
Under Negotiation: Price and terms of payment
D CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL – EXISTING LITIGATION
(Pursuant to Government Code § 54956.9(d)(1))
Jason P. Clarke, Case No. 10472694
California Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board
E 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.
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
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7 INVOCATION: Council Member Wendi Morse
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
A Consideration and possible action to conduct a public hearing to adopt Resolution No. 25-29 – A Resolution approving Entertainment Permit Case No. EP 25-01 to allow for live musical and dance performers, DJs, dancing, karaoke, and stand-up comedy at an existing restaurant within the General Commercial (“C-G”) zone on real property commonly known as 14074 Woodruff Avenue; Applicant: Agustin Fernandez-Saucedo.
CEQA: The City reviewed the environmental impacts under 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”). The activity contemplates issuing a permit for dance and entertainment within an existing structure and does not involve any physical changes to the environment. Accordingly, this activity is exempt from further review pursuant to CEQA Guidelines § 15301.
Recommendation to City Council: 1) Open the public hearing, take testimonial and documentary evidence; and after considering the evidence, adopt Resolution No. 25-29; or 2) Alternatively, discuss and take other action related to this item.
12 ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS FOR CONSIDERATION
None
13 CONSIDERATION ITEMS
A Consideration and possible action to provide direction regarding two City-owned parcels and whether they should be considered for future park development.
Recommendation to City Council: 1) Discuss and provide direction to staff regarding the suitability of two parcels for future park development; or 2) Alternatively, discuss and take other action related to this item.
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13 CONSIDERATION ITEMS
B Consideration and possible action to authorize the City Manager to execute Agreement File No. 805.2, in a form approved by the City Attorney, with De Novo Planning Group, for the preparation of an Arts District Overlay Zone and related General Plan Amendment.
Recommendation to City Council: 1) Authorize the City Manager to execute Agreement File No. 805.2 with De Novo Planning Group for the preparation of an Arts District Overlay Zone, related General Plan Amendment, and environmental clearance; 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.
A Consideration and possible action to receive and file Warrant Register No. 26-021, dated August 11, 2025.
Recommendation to City Council: 1) Receive and file Warrant Register No. 26-021; or 2) Alternatively, discuss and take other action related to this item.
B Consideration and possible action to receive and file the Treasurer’s Report for the Month of June 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 approve the Minutes of the July 14, 2025, Regular Meeting of the City Council.
Recommendation to City Council: 1) Approve the July 14, 2025, Regular Meeting Minutes; or 2) Alternatively, discuss and take other action related to this item.
D Consideration and possible action to receive and file Memorandum of Understanding File No. 25.1, in a form approved by the City Attorney, with the County of Los Angeles and the Los Angeles County Development Authority for the Lead-Free Homes LA Program.
Recommendation to City Council: 1) Receive and file Memorandum of Understanding File No. 25.1; or 2) Alternatively, discuss and take other action related to this item.
E Consideration and possible action to authorize the City Manager to execute Memorandum of Understanding File No. 21.12, in a form approved by the City Attorney, with the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (“LACMTA”) to receive payment of the City’s portion of transit fund allocations for collecting and reporting data for the National Transit Database for Report Year 2023. ________________________________ _____ Recommendation to City Council: 1) Authorize the City Manager to execute Memorandum of Understanding File No. 21.12, in a form approved by the City Attorney; or 2) Alternatively, discuss and take other action related to this item.
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14 CONSENT CALENDAR – Continued
F Consideration and possible action to authorize the City Manager to execute Addendum No. 4 to Transfer Agreement No. 2020RPLSGR02 (Agreement File No. 887), in a form approved by the City Attorney, with the Los Angeles County Flood Control District for the Safe, Clean Water Program – Regional Program Funds.
Recommendation to City Council: 1) Authorize the City Manager to execute Addendum No. 4 to Agreement File No. 887, 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 award a contract to CJ Concrete Construction, Inc., for the Annual Concrete Improvements CIP No. 51605; and authorize the City Manager to execute a contract with CJ Concrete Construction, Inc., in a form approved by the City Attorney.
CEQA: The City reviewed the environmental impacts of the proposed activity 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”). The activity contemplates awarding a contract to repair and maintain existing improvements.
Accordingly, no further environmental review is required pursuant to CEQA Guidelines § 15301 (Existing Facilities).
Recommendation to City Council: 1) Award a contract to CJ Concrete Construction, Inc., for the Project and authorize the City Manager to execute said contract in a form approved by the City Attorney; or 2) Alternatively, discuss and take other action related to this item.
H Consideration and possible action to approve Mayor Dunton’s reappointment of Robert Wilson to the Bellflower Unified School District’s Citizens’ Task Force for the 2025-2026 School Year. __________ Recommendation to City Council: 1) Approve Mayor Dunton’s reappointment of Robert Wilson to the Bellflower Unified School District’s Citizens’ Task Force for the 2025-2026 School Year; 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, August 25, 2025.
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) SS
CITY OF BELLFLOWER
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, August 11, 2025, at 5:30 p.m., was posted Thursday, August 7, 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
Clifton M. Brakensiek Library
Executed this 11th of August 2025 at Bellflower, California.
Jennif Russell,
Management Assistant