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REGULAR MEETING OF THE BELLFLOWER CITY COUNCIL
MONDAY, APRIL 27, 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
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2 ROLL CALL
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AGENDA
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April 27, 2026
3 RECESS TO CLOSED SESSION
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4 RECONVENE FOR OPEN SESSION
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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 Dan Koops
8 PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: Len Gorecki, Assistant City Manager/Director of Public Works
9 REQUEST TO APPEAR REMOTELY
None
10 CITY COUNCIL ANNOUNCEMENTS / PRESENTATIONS
A City Council Announcements
B Presentation: Public Safety and Sheriff Update
C Presentation: Foster Road Traffic Signal Upgrades and Lane Striping Project
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.
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12 PUBLIC HEARINGS
A Consideration and possible action to conduct a Public Hearing to consider a Tentative Map, a Development Review, and a Conditional Use Permit, and to adopt Resolution No. 26-14 – A Resolution approving Tentative Map No. TM 83476 to reconfigure eight lots into five lots; Development Review Case No. DR 9-25-16688 to allow for the construction of four commercial buildings ranging from 1,025 square feet to 5,728 square feet; and Conditional Use Permit Case No. CU 25-07 to allow for three drive-through facilities, a fuel station with accessory off-site alcohol sales, and for developing on lots that will measure less than 1.5 acres within the Design for Development for the South Bellflower Commercial Area (“DFD”) on real property commonly known as 17617 – 17639 Bellflower Boulevard; Applicant: Steven Pollock, representing OnPoint Development Management.
CEQA: This Project was reviewed for compliance with the California Environmental Quality Act (California Public Resources Code §§ 21000, et seq., "CEQA") and CEQA regulations (14 California Code of Regulations §§ 15000, et seq.; the “CEQA Guidelines”). The proposed Project is categorically exempt per CEQA Guidelines § 15332 (Class 32 – In-Fill Development Projects), because the site is less than five acres, surrounded by urban uses and has no value as habitat for endangered, rare or threatened species. The Project would not result in significant effects related to traffic, noise, air quality, or water quality and it can be adequately served by all required utilities and public services. Furthermore, it can be seen with certainty that no special circumstances exist that would create a reasonable possibility that the proposed Project will have a significant adverse effect on the environment.
Recommendation to City Council: 1) Open the public hearing; take testimonial and documentary evidence; and after considering the evidence, adopt Resolution No. 26-14; or 2) Alternatively, discuss and take other action related to this item.
B Consideration and possible action to conduct a public hearing to receive comments on the Fiscal Year 2026-2027 Annual Action Plan (AAP) and adopt Resolution No. 26-15 – A Resolution approving the Fiscal Year 2026-2027 Annual Action Plan (AAP); authorizing the City Manager to submit the AAP to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD); and authorizing the City Manager to take all actions necessary to implement the programs identified in the AAP.
Recommendation to City Council: 1) Open the public hearing; take testimonial and documentary evidence; and after considering the evidence, adopt Resolution No. 26-15 approving the Fiscal Year 2026-2027 AAP and authorizing any necessary budgetary adjustments to the Fiscal Year 2026-2027 Operating Budget in accordance with the Fiscal Year 2026-2027 AAP; or 2) Alternatively, discuss and take other action related to this item.
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13 ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS FOR CONSIDERATION
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14 CONSIDERATION ITEMS
A Consideration and possible action to adopt the Urban Forest Master Plan (“UFMP”) and provide the City Manager with direction regarding the City’s urban forest regulations.
CEQA: The UFMP is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15061(b)(3). Here, the UFMP is intended to ameliorate the impacts of climate change and human activity upon the environment. It is plain, therefore, from any reasonable viewpoint that there is no significant impact upon the environment arising solely from adopting the UFMP.
Individual projects that implement the UFMP will be independently evaluated in accordance with CEQA.
Recommendation to City Council: 1) Adopt the Urban Forest Master Plan; and 2) Provide the City Manager with direction regarding the City’s urban forest regulations; or 3) Alternatively, discuss and take other action related to this item.
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 Warrant Register No. 26-102, dated April 27, 2026.
Recommendation to City Council: 1) Receive and file Warrant Register No. 26-102; or 2) Alternatively, discuss and take other action related to this item.
B Consideration and possible action to receive and file Investments Report for the Month of March 2026.
Recommendation to City Council: 1) Receive and file Investments Report; or 2) Alternatively, discuss and take other action related to
C Consideration and possible action to award a contract to Thermal Concepts, Inc., for the HVAC Building Automation Systems at City Hall and Simms Park and authorize the City Manager to execute Agreement File No. 777.4 in a form approved by the City Attorney.______________________________________ Recommendation to City Council: 1) Authorize the City Manager to execute Agreement File No. 777.4 with Thermal Concepts, Inc., in a form approved by the City Attorney; or 2) Alternatively, discuss and take other action related to this item.
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15 CONSENT CALENDAR – Continued
D Consideration and possible action to waive further reading and adopt Ordinance No. 1456 – An Ordinance approving 1) Zone Change Case No. ZC 25-02 to amend the zoning map from Transit Oriented Development Specific Plan (“TODSP”) to Flower Street Specific Plan (“FSSP”) on real property commonly known as 9855, 9903, and 9915 Flower Street; 2) Specific Plan Case No. SP 25-01 for Flower Street Specific Plan (“FSSP”) which provides the development and design standards for the three parcels; and 3) Development Agreement File No. 1125.1 between Bellflower 5 Inv, LLC and the City to facilitate development of 9903 Flower Street and potential future development of 9855 Flower Street; Applicant: Eric Miller Representing City Ventures Homebuilding, LLC and City of Bellflower.
CEQA: This Project was reviewed for compliance with the California Environmental Quality Act (California Public Resources Code §§ 21000, et seq., "CEQA") and CEQA regulations (14 California Code of Regulations §§ 15000, et seq.; the “CEQA Guidelines”). An Initial Study (“IS”) and MND 25-01 were prepared. These found that the proposed project will not have a significant adverse effect on the environment with implementation of proposed mitigation measures. The 30-day public review period for the IS and MND began on January 9, 2026 and closed on February 9, 2026.
Recommendation to City Council: 1) Waive further reading and adopt Ordinance No. 1456; or 2) Alternatively, discuss and take other action related to this item.
E Consideration and possible action to authorize the City Manager to execute Exclusive Negotiation Agreement File No. 1137 with Coast to Coast LLC for the development of a Sonic drive through at 9818 Artesia Boulevard, in a form approved by the City Attorney.
Recommendation to City Council: 1) Authorize the City Manager to Execute Exclusive Negotiation Agreement File No. 1137, 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 waive further reading and adopt Ordinance No. 1454 – An Ordinance granting to Bellflower-Somerset Mutual Water Company a franchise agreement to transmit and distribute potable water in, under, along, across, or upon City’s public streets, ways, alleys and places [Agreement File No. 320.9].
Recommendation to City Council: 1) Waive further reading and adopt Ordinance No. 1454 granting a Water Franchise to Bellflower-Somerset Mutual Water Company; or 2) Alternatively, discuss and take other action related to this item.
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15 CONSENT CALENDAR – Continued
G Consideration and possible action to waive further reading and adopt Ordinance No. 1455 – An Ordinance amending Chapter 8.16 (Regulating Fireworks) of the Bellflower Municipal Code to extend the time for selling safe and sane fireworks within the City and to allow certain fireworks stands to be located along secondary arterial streets.
QEQA: The Ordinance is exempt from additional review under the California Environmental Quality Act (Public Resources Code §§ 21000, et sea., “CEQA”) and regulations promulgated thereunder (14 California Code of Regulations §§ 15000, et sea., the “CEQA Guidelines”) because under CEQA Guidelines §§ 15061 (b) (3) and 15378(b)(5), the Ordinance establishes internal governmental procedures that have no potential to cause a significant effect on the environment.
Recommendation to City Council: 1) Waive further reading and adopt Ordinance No. 1455; or 2) Alternatively, discuss and take other action related to this item.
H Consideration and possible action to authorize the City Manager to execute Amendment No. 7 to Agreement File No. 923, in a form approved by the City Attorney, with Craftwater Engineering, Inc., for additional work required for the Simms Park Stormwater Capture Project.
Recommendation to City Council: 1) Authorize the City Manager to execute Amendment No. 7 to Agreement File No. 923, in a form approved by the City Attorney; or 2) Alternatively, discuss and take other action related to this item.
I Consideration and possible action to authorize the City Manager to approve Agreement File No. 51.97 – Change Order No. 14-1137-2.01 issued by the County of Los Angeles Public Works for design modifications to the Woodruff Avenue Traffic Signal Synchronization Program (TSSP) project.
Recommendation to City Council: 1) Authorize the City Manager to approve AFN 51.97 – Change Order No. 14-1137-2.01, in a form approved by the City Attorney; and 2) Approve a budget amendment to increase the budget in Account No. 115-51608-9000 to $550,000; or 3) Alternatively, discuss and take other action related to this item.
J Consideration and possible action to authorize the City Manager to execute Amendment No. 6 to Agreement File No. 917, in a form approved by the City Attorney, with BOA Architecture for additional design services and construction support services.
Recommendation to City Council: 1) Authorize the City Manager to execute Amendment No. 6 to Agreement File No. 917, 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, May 11, 2026.