Agenda — Commerce City Council, August 13, 2024

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, August 13, 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 §54956.8, the City Council will confer with its real property negotiator, Ernie Hernandez, with respect to real estate negotiations with:

A. 7025 Slauson Ave., Commerce, CA (APN: 6356-004-025)
B. 6364 Zindell Street, Commerce, CA (APN: 6357-015-900 and 6357-019-304) and 7316 E. Gage Ave. (APN: 6357-018-005)
C. Craig Realty Corporation concerning proposed price and other terms relating thereto, comprised of the former Commerce Community Development Commission-owned real property located along the Telegraph Road Corridor, south of Gaspar Avenue and north of the Commerce Casino [Tubeway Avenue], formerly known as 5809, 5819, 5823, 2901/2903, 5933, 5901, 5959, 6000, 6003 and 6233 Telegraph Road and 2240 Gaspar Avenue; 2311, 2322 and 2366 Travers Avenue, Commerce, California.

D. Wash-Tel Commerce, LLC concerning proposed price and other terms relating thereto, comprised of 6329 and 6355 Washington Boulevard, Commerce, California, commonly referred to as the Stahl Trust property.

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2. Pursuant to Government Code §54957.6 the City Council will confer with its labor negotiator, Ernie Hernandez, with respect to labor negotiations pertaining to compensation and benefits for the unrepresented full-time executive management employees.

3. Conference with Legal Counsel Pursuant to Government Code Sections 54956.9(d)(2) & (e)(2) - Regarding Anticipated/Potential Litigation - Two (2) Matters.

RECONVENE TO OPEN SESSION

ORAL CLOSED SESSION ANNOUNCEMENT
6:00 P.M. - CITY COUNCIL MEETING

CALL TO ORDER
Mayor/Chairperson Argumedo

ROLL CALL
City Clerk Shumway

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
Transportation Director McFerguson

INVOCATION
Councilmember Rebollo

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.

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1. Approval of Warrant Register Nos. 2A, 24A, 2B and 24B The City Council and Successor Agency will consider for approval the bills and claims set forth in Warrant Registers No. 2A dated August 12, 2024, No. 24A dated August 13, 2024, No. 2B dated July 10, 2024, through July 21, 2024, and No. 24B dated July 24, 2024, through August 07,2024. 2A
24A
2B
24B
Attachments:

2. Approval of Minutes
The City Council and Successor Agency will consider for approval the minutes of the City Council meeting of Tuesday, July 23, 2024, held at 6:00 p.m.

Attachments: 2024-07-23 CC Minutes

3. Letter of Opposition for SB 549 (Newman) Gaming: Tribal Nations Access to Justice Act
The City Council will consider for adoption of a Resolution authorizing staff to send a letter to the State of California opposing SB 549 (Newman).

Staff Report
Resolution
Letter - Oppose SB 549
Attachments:

4. Eastern Avenue Median Improvements Project Acceptance The City Council will consider adoption of a Resolution accepting the Eastern Avenue Median Improvements Project as complete, authorizing staff to file the Notice of Completion with the County Recorder's Office, and authorizing release of 5% retention per contract provisions.