T h e C i t y o f B e l l f l o w e r
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REGULAR MEETING OF THE BELLFLOWER CITY COUNCIL
MONDAY, AUGUST 25, 2025
BELLFLOWER CITY HALL - COUNCIL CHAMBERS
5:30 P.M. CLOSED SESSION / 7 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 25, 2025
3 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: 17416-17422 Bellflower Boulevard Agency Negotiator: Ryan Smoot, City Manager
Negotiating Party: Michael Silyan
Under Negotiation: Price and terms of payment
C CONFERENCE WITH REAL PROPERTY NEGOTIATOR
(Pursuant to Government Code § 54956.8)
Property: 9526 Oak Street
Agency Negotiator: Ryan Smoot, City Manager
Negotiating Party: Michelle Castillo, Broker on behalf of the Joe K.
Andrews Trust/Andrews Family Trust
Under Negotiation: Price and terms of payment
4 RECONVENE FOR OPEN SESSION
7 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 Victor A. Sanchez
8 PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: Brian McNerney, Director of Public Safety
Bellflower City Council Agenda
August 25, 2025
9 CITY COUNCIL ANNOUNCEMENTS / PRESENTATIONS
A City Council Announcements
B Presentation by Kingdom Causes Bellflower
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
None
12 ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS FOR CONSIDERATION
None
13 CONSIDERATION ITEMS
A Consideration and possible action to provide direction to the City Manager regarding the future of New Hope Temporary Shelter.
Recommendation to City Council: 1) Provide direction to the City Manager regarding the future of New Hope Temporary Shelter; 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. 26-022, dated August 25, 2025.
Recommendation to City Council: 1) Receive and file Warrant Register No. 26-022; 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 July 2025.
Recommendation to City Council: 1) Receive and file Treasurer’s Report; or 2) Alternatively, discuss and take other action related to this item.
Bellflower City Council Agenda
August 25, 2025
14 CONSENT CALENDAR – Continued
C Consideration and possible action to approve the Minutes of the August 11, 2025, Regular Meeting of the City Council.
Recommendation to City Council: 1) Approve the August 11, 2025, Regular Meeting Minutes; or 2) Alternatively, discuss and take other action related to this item.
D Consideration and possible action to approve the Minutes of the August 20, 2025, Special Meeting of the City Council.
Recommendation to City Council: 1) Approve the August 20, 2025, Special Meeting Minutes; or 2) Alternatively, discuss and take other action related to this item.
E Consideration and possible action to authorize the City Manager to execute Agreement File No. 650.2, in a form approved by the City Attorney, with John L. Hunter & Associates, to provide Stormwater Compliance Services.
Recommendation to City Council: 1) Authorize the City Manager to execute Agreement File No. 650.2, in a form approved by the City Attorney ; or 2) Alternatively, discuss and take other action related to this item.
F Consideration and possible action to award a contract to Onyx Paving, Inc., for the Resurfacing of Alondra Boulevard from Bellflower Boulevard to Hayter Avenue, Specifications No. 22/23-05; and authorize the City Manager to execute a contract with Onyx Paving, 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 Onyx Paving, Inc., for the Project and authorize the City Manager to execute a contract 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 Agreement File No. 464.6, in a form approved by the City Attorney, between the City of Bellflower, acting as the Successor Housing Agency to the Dissolved Bellflower Redevelopment Agency, and Kingdom Causes Bellflower to renew the Homeless Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing Services for Fiscal Year 2025-2026.
Recommendation to City Council: 1) Authorize the City Manager to execute Agreement File No. 464.6, in a form approved by the City Attorney; or 2) Alternatively, discuss and take other action related to this item.
Bellflower City Council Agenda
August 25, 2025
14 CONSENT CALENDAR – Continued
H Consideration and possible action to award a contract to Villa Ford of Orange for the purchase of one new 2025 Ford F-350 regular cab single rear wheel truck with stake bed body for the Public Works Department; and authorize the City Manager to execute a contract with DWWVF, Inc., dba Villa Ford of Orange, in a form approved by the City Attorney.
Recommendation to City Council: 1) Award a contract to Villa Ford of Orange for the purchase of one new 2025 Ford F-350 regular cab single rear wheel truck with stake bed body; and authorize the City Manager to execute said contract with Villa Ford of Orange, 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, September 8, 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 25, 2025, at 5:30 p.m., was posted Thursday. August 21, 2025, at the following locations in the City of Bellflower:
City Hall Lobby and Doors. 16600 Civic Center Drive
City Website at www.bellflower.org
Clifton M. Brakensiek Library
Executed this 21st of August 2025 at Bellflower, California.
Jen fifer Russell,
Management Assistant