T h e C i t y o f B e l l f l o w e r
Families. Businesses. Futures.
16600 Civic Center Drive, Bellflower, CA 90706
Tel 562.804.1424 Fax 562.925.8660 www.bellflower.ca.gov
Next CC Resolution No. 26-06 Next CC Agreement No. 1123 Next Ordinance No. 1453
In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you need special assistance to participate in this meeting, please contact the City Clerk’s Office at (562) 804-1424, extension 2220 or [email protected]. Notification 48 hours prior to the meeting will enable the City to make reasonable arrangements to ensure accessibility to this meeting.
Agenda Items are on file in the Office of the City Clerk and are available for public inspection during normal business hours. For your convenience, the Agenda is also posted on the City’s Website at www.bellflower.ca.gov with links to each Agenda Item (unless they are too lengthy or unavailable at the time of posting). Any supplemental material distributed to a majority of the members of the City Council/Successor Agency after the posting of this Agenda will be made available for public inspection during normal business hours in the City Clerk’s Office at City Hall, 16600 Civic Center Drive, Bellflower. (Privileged documents and Closed Session documents are exempted.)
REGULAR MEETING OF THE BELLFLOWER CITY COUNCIL
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2026
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 Sonny R. Santa Ines
Mayor Pro Tem Victor A. Sanchez
Council Member Ray Dunton
Council Member Dan Koops
Council Member Wendi Morse
AGENDA
Bellflower City Council Agenda
February 9, 2026
3 RECESS TO CLOSED SESSION
A CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL – EXISTING LITIGATION
(Pursuant to Government Code § 54956.9(d)(1))
Jason P. Clarke, Case No. 25NWCV02026
B CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - POTENTIAL LITIGATION
Significant exposure to litigation pursuant to Government Code § 54956.9(d)(2):
One Matter. FACTS AND CIRCUMSTANCES: Letters Dated December 19, 2025 and December 18, 2025 (see attached).
C CONFERENCE WITH REAL PROPERTY NEGOTIATOR
(Pursuant to Government Code § 54956.8)
Property: 9855 Flower Street
Agency Negotiator: Ryan Smoot, City Manager
Negotiating Party: Michelle Thrakulchavee
Under Negotiation: Price and terms of payment
D CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL — EXISTING LITIGATION — GOVERNMENT CODE § 54956.9(d)(1):
City of Bellflower v. 20434 South Santa Fe Ave., LLC (filed April 2, 2024) LASC Case No. 24NWCV01017
4 RECONVENE FOR OPEN SESSION
7:00 P.M. – OPEN SESSION
5 CALL TO ORDER
6 ROLL CALL: Mayor Sonny R. Santa Ines
Mayor Pro Tem Victor A. Sanchez
Council Member Ray Dunton
Council Member Dan Koops
Council Member Wendi Morse
7 INVOCATION: Council Member Dunton
8 PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: Len Gorecki, Assistant City Manager/Director of Public Works
Bellflower City Council Agenda
February 9, 2026
9 REQUEST TO APPEAR REMOTELY
10 CITY COUNCIL ANNOUNCEMENTS / PRESENTATIONS
A City Council Announcements
B Proclamation: National Black History Month
C Presentation: Wakeland Supportive Housing
D Presentation: Citywide Express Communications Assessment
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.
12 PUBLIC HEARINGS
A Consideration and possible action to conduct a public hearing to authorize the recording of a Notice of Special Assessment for Nuisance Abatement Against the Owner of 9103-9121 Artesia Boulevard; and adopt Resolution No. 26-04 – A Resolution to record a Notice of Special Assessment for Nuisance of 9111-9119 Artesia Boulevard (APN 7162-016-044 and 7162-016- 045). [CONTINUED FROM JANUARY 26, 2026]
Recommendation to City Council: 1) Re-open the continued public hearing; take testimonial and documentary evidence; and after considering the evidence, adopt Resolution No. 26-04; or 2) Alternatively, discuss and take other action related to this item. CLICK HERE FOR SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIALS
13 ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS FOR CONSIDERATION
None
14 CONSIDERATION ITEMS
A Consideration and possible action to adopt Resolution No. 26-05 – A Resolution implementing Title 14 of the Bellflower Municipal Code by establishing policies and procedures for obtaining, modifying, and maintaining Cannabis Business Permits (“CBP”); and superseding Resolution No. 23-18.
Recommendation to City Council: 1) Adopt Resolution No. 26-05; 2) Authorize the City Manager to accept and process applications for cannabis-related CUPs and CBPs; or 3) Alternatively, discuss and take other action related to this item.
Bellflower City Council Agenda
February 9, 2026
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 City Council Warrant Register No. 26-081, dated February 9, 2026.
Recommendation to City Council: 1) Receive and file Warrant Register No. 26-081; or 2) Alternatively, discuss and take other action related to this item.
B Consideration and possible action to approve the Minutes of the January 26, 2026, Regular Meeting of the City Council.
Recommendation to City Council: 1) Approve the January 26, 2026, Regular Meeting Minutes; or 2) Alternatively, discuss and take other action related to this item.
C Consideration and possible action to award a contract to Gallagher Benefit Services, Inc., to conduct a Comprehensive City-wide Classification and Compensation Study and authorize the City Manager to execute Agreement File No. 1122 in a form approved by the City Attorney.
Recommendation to City Council: 1) Authorize the City Manager to execute Agreement File No. 1122 with Gallagher Benefit Services, Inc., in a form approved by the City Attorney; or 2) 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 Monday, February 23, 2026.