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TO: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
ATTENTION: Ryan Smoot, City Manager
FROM: Mayra Ochiqui, City Clerk
SUBJECT: Consideration and possible action to approve the Minutes of the August 20, 2025, Special Meeting of the City Council.
DATE: August 25, 2025
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
None
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.
FISCAL IMPACT
None
ATTACHMENT
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MINUTES
CITY OF BELLFLOWER
SPECIAL MEETING OF THE BELLFLOWER CITY COUNCIL
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 20, 2025, 9:00 A.M.
BELLFLOWER CITY HALL – COUNCIL CHAMBERS
1 CALL TO ORDER
Mayor Dunton called the Special Meeting to order at 9:10 a.m. in the Council Chambers at Bellflower City Hall, 16600 Civic Center Drive, Bellflower.
2 ROLL CALL
The following Members of the City Council responded present to 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
Staff Participants:
Ryan Smoot, City Manager
Karl H. Berger, City Attorney
Mayra Ochiqui, City Clerk
Len Gorecki, Assistant City Manager/Director of Public Works Wangsu Lee, Assistant to the City Manager
Dakota Wallace, Management Analyst I
3 PUBLIC COMMENTS
For the record, there was no one in attendance wishing to provide public comments.
4 RECESS TO CLOSED SESSION
For the record, 1) Mayor Dunton announced the titles of the Closed Session items; 2) Council Member Koops announced that he would recuse himself from Item 3-A as he has property interests within 500 feet of the subject property; and 3) there being no one from the public in attendance, without objection, Mayor Dunton recessed the Meeting at 9:12 a.m. to a Closed Session regarding:
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August 20, 2025 Page 2 of 2
4 RECESS TO CLOSED SESSION – Continued
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 LEGAL COUNSEL – EXISTING LITIGATION
(Pursuant to Government Code § 54956.9(d)(1)):
One Case: Orange County Catholic Worker, et al. v. Orange County, et al. (filed January 29, 2018) United States District Court, Central District of California, Case No. 8:18-cv-00155-DOC-JDE.)
For the record, Closed Session adjourned at 11:13 a.m.
5 RECONVENE FOR OPEN SESSION
Mayor Dunton reconvened the Meeting at 11:16 a.m. with all members present and announced that no reportable action was taken during Closed Session.
6 ADJOURNMENT
Without objection, Mayor Dunton adjourned the meeting at 11:16 a.m.
Ray Dunton, Mayor
City of Bellflower
ATTEST:
Mayra Ochiqui, City Clerk
Approved: August 25, 2025