Mayor Hugo Argumedo
Mayor Pro Tem Ivan Altamirano
Councilmember Mireya Garcia
Councilmember Kevin Lainez
Councilmember Oralia Rebollo
Commerce City Hall
Council Chambers
5655 Jillson Street
Commerce, CA 90040
Phone: (323)722-4805
Fax: (323) 726-6231
Tuesday, January 23, 2024 - 5:00 PM
CONCURRENT JOINT MEETINGS OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
COMMERCE, JOINT POWERS FINANCING AUTHORITY AND THE GOVERNING BODY
OF THE SUCCESSOR AGENCY TO THE COMMERCE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
COMMISSION
Agenda
5:00 P.M. CLOSED SESSION
CALL TO ORDER
Mayor/Chairperson Argumedo
ROLL CALL
City Clerk Shumway
PUBLIC COMMENT ON CLOSED SESSION ITEMS
Citizens wishing to address the City Council and Successor Agency on any item on the Closed Session agenda may do so at this time. Please complete a speaker's card and give it to the City Clerk /Secretary prior to commencement of the City Council/ Successor Agency meetings. Please limit your remarks to three (3) minutes.
RECESS TO CLOSED SESSION
1. Pursuant to Government Code §54957.6 the City Council will confer with its labor negotiator, Vilko Domic, with respect to labor negotiations pertaining to compensation and benefits for the unrepresented full-time executive management employees.
Employee Title: Director of Human Resources, Director of Transportation, Director of Parks & Recreation, Director of Public Works, Director of Administrative Services and City Clerk, Director of Library Services, Director of Economic Development and Planning, Director of Finance and City Treasure, Deputy Director of Public Works Operations, Assistant Director of Parks and Recreation.
2. CITY COUNCIL CONFERENCE REGARDING PUBLIC EMPLOYEE
RECRUITMENT/EMPLOYMENT/APPOINTMENT pursuant to Government Code 54957 (b) (1) Employee Title: City Manager
RECONVENE TO OPEN SESSION
ORAL CLOSED SESSION ANNOUNCEMENT
6:00 P.M. - CITY COUNCIL MEETING
CALL TO ORDER
Mayor/Chairperson Argumedo
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ROLL CALL
City Clerk Shumway
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
Acting Director of Public Works Nila
INVOCATION
Councilmember Garcia
APPEARANCES AND PRESENTATIONS
1. 64th City Birthday Celebration & Cake Cutting Ceremony
PUBLIC COMMENT
Citizens wishing to address the City Council and Successor Agency on any item on the agenda or on any matter not on the agenda may do so at this time. State law (Government Code Section 54950 et seq.) prohibits the City Council from taking action or engaging in discussion on a specific item unless it appears on a posted agenda .
Upon request, the City Council may, in their discretion, allow citizen participation on a specific item on the agenda at the time the item is considered by the City Council. If you wish to address the City Council /Successor Agency at this time, please complete a speaker's card and give it to the City Clerk prior to commencement of the City Council meeting. Please limit your remarks to three (3) minutes.
To increase the effectiveness of the Public Comment Period, the following rules shall be followed: No person shall make any remarks which result in disrupting, disturbing or otherwise impeding the meeting.
Pursuant to Section 54957.95 of the Government Code, the presiding member of the legislative body conducting a meeting, or their designee, is authorized to remove, or cause the removal of, an individual for disrupting the meeting. Any such removal will be preceded by a warning to the disruptive individual by the presiding member of the legislative body or their designee that the individual ’s behavior is disrupting the meeting and that the individual ’s failure to promptly cease their disruptive behavior may result in their removal.
CONSENT CALENDAR
Items under the Consent Calendar are considered to be routine and may be enacted by one motion. There will be no discussion of these items unless members of the Public or City Council request specific items to be removed from the Consent Agenda for a separate discussion. lf the item is desired to be discussed separately, it should be the first item under Scheduled Matters.
2. Approval of Warrant Register Nos. 11A, and 11B
The City Council and Successor Agency will consider for approval the bills and claims set forth in Warrant Registers No.11 A dated January 23, 2024, and No. 11B dated January 10, 2024, through January 15, 2024.
11 B 2024
11 A 2024
Attachments:
3. Approval of Minutes
The City Council and Successor Agency will consider for approval the minutes of the City Council meeting of Tuesday, January 16, 2024, held at 5:00 p.m.
Attachments: 2024-01-16 CC Minutes
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4. Fifth Amendment to the Professional Services Agreement with Stantec Architecture, Incorporated
The City Council will consider for adoption a Resolution approving the Fifth Amendment to the Professional Service Agreement with Stantec Architecture Incorporated for additional geotechnical-related services for the final design phase for the new transit maintenance facility project.
Staff Report
Resolution
Agreement Amendment # 5
Attachments:
5. Drinking Water Treatment Operations and Maintenance Funding Program The City Council will consider for adoption a Resolution approving a Memorandum of Understanding between the City of Commerce and the Water Replenishment District of Southern California for Proposition 68 Groundwater - Drinking Water Treatment Operations and Maintenance Funding Program.
Staff Report
Resolution
MOU
Attachments:
SCHEDULED MATTERS
6. Eastern Avenue Transit Hub
The City Council will receive and file a presentation by HCI, the City's Traffic consultant on the completed Eastern Avenue Transit Hub Project and authorize staff to proceed with restriping plans for Eastern Avenue and approve an appropriation of $291,000 from Measure AA for the restriping.
Staff Report
Resolution
Attach 1 - Project Limits
Attach 2 - Concept Plans - Alternatives
Attach 3 - Cost Estimates
Attach 4 - Commerce - Eastern Avenue at Jillson Street - Traffic Signal Warrants Analysis Attach 5 - Eastern Corridor - Collision History
Attach 6 - Alternate Routes
Attachment 7 - Biking Map
Attachments:
7. Speed & Reckless Driving Exhibition Ordinance Review The City Council will receive and file an update regarding the City's reckless driving exhibition ordinance compared to other cities, and provide direction as may be deemed necessary.
Attachments: Staff report
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8. Committee and Commission Appointments
The City Council will consider making appointments to City Commissions and Committees.
Attachments: Staff Report
PUBLIC HEARING
9. Resolution Adopting Certain Fundings and Approving Energy Services Contract for Energy Related Improvements to City Facilities with Alliance Building Solutions, Inc. and Associated Financing with Alliance Funding Solutions, Inc, in the Form of a Tax-Exempt Lease - Continuance of this Item to the Next City Council Meeting
The City Council will consider continuing this agenda item to the next regular scheduled meeting for adopting a Resolution approving certain Fundings and Approving Energy Services Contract for Energy Related Improvements to City Facilities with Alliance Building Solutions, Inc. and associated financing with Alliance Funding Solutions, Inc, in the Form of a Tax-Exempt Lease finding that all requirements pursuant to Government Code 4217 for the upgrades of the City facilities have been met.
ORDINANCES
10. Adoption and Second Reading of Ordinance to Repeal Ordinance No. 784, to Revoke Development Agreement No. 784 Related to a Commercial Cannabis Permit Application No. 18-069
The City Council will consider for adoption and Secpond reading, by title only and waiving a full reading, an Uncodified Ordinance to repeal Ordinance No. 784, and revoking related development agreement No. 784 between 4Front Capital Holdings, Inc. and the City of Commerce, which allowed commercial cannabis activities at 6100 Bandini Boulevard and making findings of a CEQA categorical exemption.
Staff Report
Attachment A
Attachment B
Attachment C
Attahcment D
Attachments:
CITY COUNCIL/SUCCESSOR AGENCY REPORTS
ADJOURNMENT
Written materials distributed to the City Council are available for public inspection immediately following the posting of this agenda (at least 72 hours prior to a regular City Council meetings) in the City Clerk's Office, at Commerce City Hall, 2535 Commerce Way, Commerce, California, and the Central Library, 5655 Jillson Street, Commerce, California.
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