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COMPTON CITY COUNCIL
AGENDA
08/04/2026
1:30 PM – SPECIAL PUBLIC MEETING
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PUBLIC COMMENTS ON CLOSED SESSION
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1. Public Employment
Title: City Controller
Pursuant to Government Code section 54957(b)(1)
2. Conference with Legal Counsel - Existing Litigation
Henry Ramey v. City of Compton LASC Case No. 24CMCV00194 Pursuant to Government Code section 54956.9(c) or (d)(1) -2- City Council Agenda
8/4/2026 1:30 PM
3. Conference with Legal Counsel – Anticipated Litigation Pursuant to Government Code section 54956.9(d)(4) to consider initiation of litigation in three cases
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BARBARA BAKER – FEDERAL GRANTS ADVISORY BOARD
CITY MANAGER'S REPORT
6. REQUEST TO AUTHORIZE TRAVEL FOR ELECTED OFFICIALS - 2026 SACRAMENTO LEGISLATIVE TOUR - SACRAMENTO, CA - JANUARY 5, 2026 - JANUARY 7, 2026
7. UPDATE ON CHARTER REVIEW COMMITTEE AND APPROVAL TO AMEND RESOLUTION 26,357 EXTENDING COMMITTEE TERM AND SCOPE THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 2028
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TRUCK YARD GENERAL BUSINESS LICENSE TAX MEASURE TO THE
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1. July30, 2026
TO:
FROM:
SUBJECT:
HONORABLE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBER
CITY MANAGER/
REQUEST TO AUTHORIZE TRAVEL FOR ELECTED
OFFICIALS
Authorize travel to attend the 2026 Annual Conference and Expo
Recommendation:
Location:
Meeting Date:
Anaheim, CA
September 23,2026 thruSeptember 25,2026
Approximate Cost: Registration:$725 (Perattendee)
Hotel: N/A
Transportation:N/A
Per Diem: Receiptsrequired(Not toexceed $75 per day)
Source of Funds: General Fund
Purpose: The purposeof attendingthe2026 Annual Conferenceand Expo istolearnand discussissuesthatareimpactingour city.
Elected Official Attending
Mayor Emma Sharif
Councilmember Deidre M. Duhart
Councilmember Andre Spicer
Councilmember Jonathan Bowers
Councilmember Lillie Darden
6. AUGUST 4, 2026
TO: HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS
FROM: JEROME GROOMES
INTERIM CITY MANAGER
SUBJECT: UPDATE ON CHARTER REVIEW COMMITTEE AND APPROVAL TO AMEND RESOLUTION 26,357 EXTENDING COMMITTEE TERM AND SCOPE
THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 2028
SUMMARY
The purpose of this report is to provide the City Council with an update on the work of the Charter Review Committee and to present an amended resolution updating Resolution No. 26,357. The amendment extends the Committee’s term and scope through December 31, 2028, incorporates the development of a Charter Review Handbook and Best Practices Guidelines, and includes updated fiscal impacts.
BACKGROUND
The Charter Review Committee was established under Resolution No. 26,357 to conduct a comprehensive review of the City Charter and recommend amendments for Council consideration. The Committee convened official meetings in April 2026 and August 2026, during which members reviewed multiple Charter sections and provided extensive feedback regarding modernization, clarification, and governance structure.
The Committee has made measurable progress but indicated that additional time is required to complete its review. The upcoming November 2028 election cycle provides the next opportunity for ballot placement of proposed Charter amendments, making an extension of the Committee’s term essential.
ANALYSIS
During its 2026 meetings, the Committee conducted detailed review of various Charter provisions and identified the need for expanded public engagement including workshops, stakeholder meetings, and neighborhood presentations. In addition, the Committee will work with the Grants Department to explore potential grant funding opportunities to support community outreach, educational materials, and Charter research.
The Committee also recommended the development of a Charter Review Handbook and Best Practices Guidelines. These materials will provide structured guidance, historical context, templates, definitions, and procedural standards for both the current Charter review effort and future committees. The Handbook will enhance transparency,
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increase community understanding, and ensure consistency in the Charter review process.
Due to the breadth of work ahead—including drafting ballot-ready Charter amendments, coordinating public engagement, and completing the Handbook—the Committee is requesting that the City Council extend its term through December 31, 2028.
FISCAL IMPACT
Fiscal impacts related to stipend payments for Charter Review Committee members are as follows:
• Fiscal Year 2026-2027 (January 2027–June 2027):
Total of $9,900 from GL account 1004-610-000-4107 for eleven members attending regular meetings on the first and third Monday of each month. • Fiscal Year 2027-2028 (July 2027–June 2028):
Total of $19,800 from GL account 1004-610-000-4107 for eleven members attending regular meetings on the first and third Monday of each month. • Fiscal Year 2028-2029 (July 2028–December 31, 2028):
Total of $9,900 from GL account 1004-610-000-4107 for eleven members attending regular meetings on the first and third Monday of each month.
If proposed Charter amendments are ultimately referred to the voters, the City will incur additional election-related costs associated with placing Charter changes on the ballot.
RECOMMENDATION
It is recommended that the City Council adopt the attached resolution amending Resolution No. 26,357 to:
• Extend the Charter Review Committee’s term through December 31, 2028. • Authorize the Committee to continue review of the City Charter and development of Charter amendments.
• Direct the Committee to develop a Charter Review Handbook and Best Practices Guidelines.
• Authorize collaboration with the Grants Department to seek grant funding opportunities.
• Affirm stipend allocations and associated fiscal impacts. • Direct staff support for public outreach, document preparation, and Committee coordination.
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TAMARA BINNS
ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER
APPROVED FOR FORWARDING:
JERRY GROOMES
INTERIM CITY MANAGER
Attachment:
• Proposed Resolution Amending Resolution No. 26,357 (Updated Term and Scope) • Chart of proposed recommendations
• Public Comments received in writing
• List of Charter Commissioners as of August 2026
RESOLUTION NO. _____________
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COMPTON AMENDING AND UPDATING RESOLUTION NO. 26,357 TO EXTEND THE TERM AND SCOPE OF THE CHARTER REVIEW COMMITTEE THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 2028.
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Compton established the Charter Review Committee through Resolution No. 26,357 for the purpose of reviewing the City Charter and providing recommended amendments for Council consideration; and WHEREAS, the Charter Review Committee convened official meetings in April 2026 and August 2026, during which members reviewed multiple sections of the City Charter and provided extensive feedback related to modernization, clarification, and governance structure; and
WHEREAS, the Committee has made substantial progress but has determined that additional time is required to continue its analysis, prepare draft amendments, and ensure robust community engagement; and
WHEREAS, the Committee further identified the need to conduct public workshops, stakeholder meetings, and other community outreach efforts to ensure Charter amendment recommendations appropriately reflect community priorities; and WHEREAS, the Committee will work with the Grants Department to explore potential grant opportunities to support public engagement, Charter research, and educational materials; and
WHEREAS, the Committee has also recommended the creation of a Charter Review Handbook and Best Practices Guidelines to provide clear standards, historical context, procedural direction, and consistent frameworks for conducting Charter review activities; and
WHEREAS, the November 2028 election cycle is the next available opportunity for placement of potential Charter amendments on the ballot; and WHEREAS, the Committee has formally requested that the City Council extend its term and scope through December 31, 2028 to allow sufficient time to complete its work and prepare ballot-ready recommendations.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COMPTON DOES HEREBY RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
Resolution No. _________
SECTION 1. Resolution No. 26,357 is hereby amended to extend the Charter Review Committee’s term and scope through December 31, 2028.
SECTION 2. The Charter Review Committee is authorized to continue reviewing the City Charter, developing recommended amendments, conducting public engagement activities, preparing items for potential inclusion on the November 2028 election ballot, and collaborating with the Grants Department to identify and apply for grant funding opportunities.
SECTION 3. The Charter Review Committee is directed to create a Charter Review Handbook and Best Practices Guidelines to support consistency, transparency, and accessibility in Charter review processes for current and future committees.
SECTION 4. City staff is directed to provide administrative support to the Charter Review Committee as needed to facilitate meetings, public outreach, preparation of draft materials, development of the Charter Review Handbook, and coordination with the Grants Department.
SECTION 5. Stipends in the amount of 75 dollars per committee member for each meeting attended shall be allocated based on attendance and active participation.
SECTION 6. Fiscal impact for Charter Review Committee members for the remaining 2026-2027 Fiscal Year is Nine Thousand Nine Hundred Dollars ($9,900) in Budget Account No. 1004-610-000-4107.
SECTION 7. Funds for this expenditure are available in the 2026-2027 Fiscal Year for eleven members for the period January 2027 through June 2027 for regular meetings held on the first and third Monday of each month.
Fiscal Year 2027-2028 (July 2027 to June 2028) fiscal impact is Nineteen Thousand Eight Hundred Dollars ($19,800) in Budget Account No. 1004-610-000-4107, for eleven members for regular meetings held on the first and third Monday of each month.
Fiscal Year 2028-2029 (July 2028 to December 31, 2028) is Nine Thousand Nine Hundred Dollars ($9,900) in Budget Account No. 1004-610-000-4107 for eleven members, for regular meetings held on the first and third Monday of each month.
Resolution No. _________
If proposed Charter amendments are ultimately referred to the voters, the City will incur costs associated with the City of Compton’s election expenses.
SECTION 7. Stipends shall be distributed equitably among committee members based on attendance, participation, and fulfillment of assigned responsibilities, as determined by the City Manager or designee.
SECTION 8. This Resolution shall take effect immediately upon its adoption.
ADOPTED this _________ day of _________________, 2026.
________________________________
EMMA SHARIF
MAYOR OF THE CITY OF COMPTON
ATTEST:
___________________________________
SATRA D. ZURITA
CITY CLERK OF THE CITY OF COMPTON
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) ss
CITY OF COMPTON )
I, Satra D. Zurita, City Clerk of the City of Compton, hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was adopted by the City Council of the City of Compton, signed by the Mayor and attested by the City Clerk at a regular meeting thereof held on this ________ day of ________________, 2026.
That said Resolution was adopted by the following vote, to wit:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS-
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS-
ABSTAIN: COUNCILMEMBERS-
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS-
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SATRA D. ZURITA
CITY CLERK OF THE CITY OF COMPTON
July 30, 2026
CHARTER REVIEW COMMITTEE
Consolidated Compilation of Proposed Charter Discussion Items No Action formal vote taken as the Commiittee requesting additional time to evaluate Section 500 -- City Council; Districts
R-1 Amend paragraph 9 to change the basis for equitable district division from registered voters to residents of Compton.
Raised by: Commissioner Quinteros
R-2 Add a redistricting subheading to the section and identify specific triggers for redistricting.
Raised by: Commissioner Quinteros
R-3 Provide that Richland Farms receive its own council district, on the basis that the area is disadvantaged within District 3.
Raised by: Commissioner Marquez
Section 501 -- Districts
R-4 Describe district boundaries by actual street names rather than by general area descriptions.
Raised by: Commissioner Quinteros
R-5 Tie district boundaries to specific street names and rail lines, including Willowbrook Avenue.
Raised by: Commissioner Lister
Section 502 -- Redistricting
R-6 Add language requiring redistricting when any district has a significantly larger population than neighboring districts, in order to balance representation.
Raised by: Commissioner Lister
R-7 Move the district-related provisions currently in Section 500, beginning at approximately paragraph 7, to Section 502 for organizational clarity. Commissioner Quinteros withdrew a prior redistricting recommendation and deferred to this one.
Raised by: Vice Chair Butler
R-8 Integrate public comment provisions into the redistricting process.
Raised by: Commissioner Baker
Section 503 -- Eligibility
R-9 Consider expanding the district residency requirement prior to nomination from 30 days to 60 days.
R-10 Revise the district residency requirement to one year.
Raised by: Commissioner Marquez
Section 504 -- Compensation of Members of Council, Boards, and Commissions R-11 Increase monthly compensation for the Mayor and Council members to $3,000; eliminate the auto allowance and cell phone allowance; include cost-of-living increases; and condition any increase on financial disclosure requirements and ethics training.
Effective date of December 2026.
July 30, 2026
Raised by: Vice Chair Butler
R-12 Benchmark Council compensation to comparable cities, using part-time comparators such as Downey if the Council remains part-time and full-time comparators such as Carson if it does not. Move the Council to full-time status. Any increase should take effect for the winners of the 2028 and 2030 elections rather than immediately.
Raised by: Commissioner Quinteros
R-13 If a compensation increase is recommended, eliminate the existing benefit package beginning with the next election rather than in 2026.
Raised by: Commissioner Lister
R-14 If the Council transitions to full-time status, eliminate lifetime benefit eligibility and eliminate Council liaison positions.
Raised by: Commissioner Marquez
R-15 Require that all salary and compensation information be fully transparent and publicly disclosed.
Raised by: Commissioner Warren
R-16 Frame the item as a compensation package rather than a salary increase, and conduct a comparative study before any dollar figure is set.
Raised by: Commissioner Baker
Section 505 -- Vacancies
R-17 Clarify the vacancy language so that an appointed person holds office until the results of the applicable election are certified. Clean up the language beginning after the reference to the City Council.
Raised by: Commissioner Quinteros
R-18 Specify in the Charter the vote threshold required to fill a vacancy.
Raised by: Commissioner Lister
See also R-64 and R-65 under Section 1303. The Committee later recommended harmonizing Section 505 with the special election provisions.
Section 600 -- Presiding Officer; Mayor
R-19 Enumerate the duties of the office of Mayor in the Charter, or retain the section as written. Legal counsel advised the Mayor Pro Tem role is not defined in the Charter but is established in the Municipal Code.
R-20 Apply gender-neutral language updates to the section.
Raised by: Commissioner Lister
Section 601 -- Powers Vested in City Council
R-21 Enumerate the duties of the Council, or retain the section as written. Commissioner Baker stated the Council's primary responsibility is to enforce the Charter and that the language should be incorporated into Section 600. Commissioner Baker also stated the section is acceptable as written.
Section 602 -- Interference in Administrative Service
R-22 Add a check and balance on the provision granting the City Manager sole authority over subordinate staff. Staff advised that appeals of City Manager decisions go to the July 30, 2026
Personnel Board and that the unrepresented positions are the City Manager, the Assistant City Managers, and the Human Resources Director.
Raised by: Commissioner Quinteros
Section 605 -- Place of Meetings
R-24 Address grammar and structure issues identified in the section.
Section 606 -- Quorum; Proceedings
R-25 Divide the section: retain the quorum provisions in place and relocate the enumerated Council powers to Section 601 or to another appropriate placement.
Raised by: Commissioner Quinteros
R-26 Shift the language that appears to place responsibility for maintaining proper records on the Council. Commissioner Lister noted some records have no original document and that parts of the language appear obsolete.
Raised by: Commissioner Baker
R-27 Address the age-related language issue identified in the section.
Section 607 -- Adoption of Ordinances and Resolutions
R-28 Apply formatting and clarifying changes to improve readability.
Raised by: Commissioner Quinteros
Section 608 -- Publication of Ordinances
R-29 Address electronic publication in the Charter, noting that the City historically relied on a weekly periodical distributed to libraries and City Hall and that current physical copies require a paid subscription.
Raised by: Commissioner Lister
Section 609 -- Publication
R-30 Designate an official source for required postings in the Charter.
Raised by: Commissioner Lister
R-31 Target the publication with the largest circulation and add website and social media posting.
Raised by: Commissioner Quinteros
R-32 Require that the publication be circulated to residents in the affected neighborhood.
Raised by: Commissioner Marquez
R-33 Require that notices be freely accessible and posted online and on social media.
Raised by: Committee consensus
Section 610 -- Codification of Ordinances
R-34 Expand the language to require that ordinances be posted online, consistent with the Section 609 recommendation. Discussion noted that some ordinances are not codified and raised the question of where uncodified ordinances are maintained.
Raised by: Commissioner Lister
Section 614 -- Publishing of Legal Notices
R-35 Add language specifying the publication used for legal notices.
Raised by: Commissioner Lister
July 30, 2026
R-36 Require that legal notices appear on the City website and on social media.
Raised by: Vice Chair Butler
Section 700 -- City Clerk
R-37 List additional qualifications for the City Clerk and consider making the position appointed rather than elected.
Raised by: Commissioner Holbrook
R-38 Clean up and expand the description of the office.
Raised by: Vice Chair Butler
R-39 Adopt an in-person identification and signature matching requirement modeled on the Huntington Beach measure, addressing subsection (e) on signature mismatch and cure.
Raised by: Commissioner Marquez
R-40 Section contains two subsection (e) entries. Clean up the duplication.
Raised by: Commissioner Quinteros
R-41 Specify “Certified Municipal Clerk” as the professional certification standard if a certification is required.
Raised by: Commissioner Lister
Section 701 -- City Treasurer
R-42 Require relevant certifications and background for the office.
Raised by: Vice Chair Butler
R-43 Allow up to one year after election for the office holder to obtain required certifications.
Raised by: Commissioner Quinteros
R-44 Require the Treasurer to attend all Council meetings, as the Clerk does.
Raised by: Commissioner Baker
R-45 Require that both the City Clerk and City Treasurer positions be bonded.
Raised by: Commissioner Marquez
R-46 Consider whether the Clerk and Treasurer positions should be appointed rather than elected.
Raised by: Commissioner Lister
R-47 Spell out the Treasurer's investment responsibilities in the Charter, noting the section currently reads as bookkeeping duties.
Raised by: Commissioner Baker
Section 702 -- City Attorney
R-48 Reinstate the original ten-year experience requirement for the City Attorney, which a prior Charter amendment reduced to five years. Legal counsel confirmed the Committee has authority to make this recommendation.
Section 705 -- City Manager; Appointment
R-49 Broaden the language of the section.
Section 706 -- City Manager Powers and Duties
July 30, 2026
R-50 Amend the section so the City Manager does not retain removal power over department head positions that are no longer appointed, noting only two department-head positions remain appointed.
Raised by: Commissioner Quinteros
Section 708 -- City Controller Powers and Duties
R-51 Establish third-party oversight or audit of the City Controller's office.
Raised by: Vice Chair Butler
R-52 Resolve whether a budget calendar belongs in this section.
Raised by: Commissioner Lister
Section 709 -- City Engineer
R-53 Include additional qualifications and require an engineering degree.
Raised by: Commissioner Holbrook
R-54 Require that the City Engineer be a registered civil engineer.
Raised by: Commissioner Quinteros
R-55 Change "shall" to "must" in the second sentence.
Raised by: Commissioner Holbrook
R-56 Consider whether the powers and duties section belongs in the Charter given that the City Engineer is a classified civil service position. Commissioner Lister noted the position may be included because the City Engineer signs off on construction projects and that most city charters include it.
Raised by: Commissioner Baker
Section 710 -- Street Superintendent Powers and Duties
R-57 Spell out qualifications for the position.
Raised by: Commissioner Holbrook
R-58 Spell out the duties and responsibilities of the position.
Raised by: Commissioner Lister
R-59 Require an annual report on the status of the City's streets.
Raised by: Commissioner Quinteros
R-60 Remove Section 710 if it is duplicative of the City Engineer provisions.
Section 711 -- Building Official Powers and Duties
R-61 Expand the qualifications for the position.
Raised by: Commissioner Holbrook
R-62 Add checks on the Building Official's authority.
Raised by: Commissioner Baker
R-63 Add an oversight element to the section.
Raised by: Commissioner Marquez
R-64 Review how other city charters address this position before finalizing.
Raised by: Commissioner Gideon
R-65 Consider removing the section from the Charter.
Section 712 -- Chief of Police Powers and Duties
July 30, 2026
R-66 Change the title from Chief of Police to Public Safety Director to align with the current department structure.
Raised by: Commissioner Lister
R-67 Remove Section 712. Legal counsel cautioned that outright deletion has long-term consequences if the City were to establish its own police department, and suggested suspending rather than deleting the language.
Raised by: Commissioner Baker
Section 713 -- Fire Department Chief
R-68 Add qualifications for the position.
Raised by: Commissioner Holbrook
R-69 Remove the section, since the role is addressed in Personnel and Human Resources documents.
Raised by: Commissioner Baker
R-70 Write into the Charter the practice by which the Fire Chief serves as acting City Manager during a vacancy. Staff confirmed this is currently addressed by resolution and Municipal Code Section 2-2.5, not by the Charter.
Raised by: Commissioner Quinteros
R-71 Add the hiring and firing process for the Fire Chief to the Charter.
Raised by: Commissioner Marquez
Section 1000 -- Boards and Commissions
R-72 Add the Charter Review Committee as an enumerated board under Section 1000, to be convened on a regular basis rather than sunsetting after each election cycle.
Raised by: Commissioner Quinteros
R-73 Add language specifying a defined charter review period and community involvement provisions.
Raised by: Commissioner Lister
R-74 Establish a periodic charter review cycle. A range of five to ten years was under discussion, with Commissioner Holbrook recommending five.
Raised by: Commissioner Holbrook
R-75 Add the Public Safety Commission to this section.
Raised by: Commissioner Baker
R-76 Designate the Director of Public Safety as staff liaison to the Public Safety Commission, and add staff liaison roles and duties to this section.
Raised by: Commissioner Quinteros
R-78 Establish a deadline for newly appointed commissioners to complete ethics training and swearing-in, on the order of 30 to 45 days, so that commission operations are not delayed. Staff advised such language would give the City Clerk's office authority to act when appointees delay onboarding.
R-79 Require that commissioners complete a formal orientation before their first meeting, and incorporate a commission handbook requirement into the Charter or adopt it as a standalone policy.
Raised by: Commissioner Gideon
Section 1001 -- Appropriations
July 30, 2026
R-80 Add "and equipment" to the language requiring the Council to include sufficient appropriations of funds for the efficient operation of each commission.
Raised by: Commissioner Quinteros
Section 1003
R-81 Delete the section. The Committee raised the question whether the Charter can be renumbered following a deletion or whether the deleted section number must remain on the record. Staff indicated research is required.
Section 1006 -- Oaths and Affirmations
R-82 Limit the authority to administer an oath to a witness to the chair of the commission or committee, rather than vesting that authority in every commissioner. Current language appears to extend the power to all commissions rather than only the three enumerated under Section 1000.
Raised by: Commissioner Quinteros
Section 1007 -- Planning Commission
R-83 Require that the Planning Commission be composed of at least one resident from each Council district.
Raised by: Commissioner Quinteros
R-84 Specify that each Council member appoints a commissioner residing in that member's district, and that the Mayor appoints at large from the City as a whole. Discussion noted this reflects current practice but is not stated in the Charter.
Raised by: Commissioner Quinteros
R-85 Add qualification requirements for appointment to the Planning Commission.
Raised by: Commissioner Holbrook
R-86 Add language applicable to all commissions providing that an individual may not hold a position with the City for at least one year after leaving a commission.
Raised by: Commissioner Quinteros
Section 1008 -- Planning Commission Powers and Duties
R-87 Apply the one-year post-service employment bar to this section as well.
Raised by: Commissioner Lister
R-88 Amend subsection (c) to provide that no development or construction project is approved before it comes before the Planning Commission. Legal counsel clarified the recommendation should be limited to discretionary entitlements, which are distinct from by-right projects requiring no discretionary City approval.
Raised by: Commissioner Marquez
R-89 Add district-based language to this section, consistent with the Section 1007 recommendation.
Raised by: Commissioner Marquez
Section 1009 -- Personnel Board
R-90 Apply district-specific appointment by Council members and at-large appointment by the Mayor to the Personnel Board.
Raised by: Commissioner Quinteros
R-91 Add qualification requirements for appointment to the Personnel Board.
July 30, 2026
Raised by: Commissioner Gideon
R-92 Define or spell out the term "qualified electors" in the Charter. Legal counsel advised the term draws from the California Elections Code and establishes a floor of eligibility, primarily residency, rather than any subject-matter background requirement.
Raised by: Committee consensus
R-93 Consider appointment requirements that go beyond the statutory eligibility floor.
Raised by: Commissioner Gideon
Section 1011 -- Recreation and Parks Commission
R-94 Provide that the Recreation and Parks Commission be composed of one member per Council district and one at-large member appointed by the Mayor.
Raised by: Commissioner Quinteros
R-96 Do not remove the Recreation and Parks Commission from the Charter. Discussion raised a concern that removing provisions of this nature could affect the City's status as a charter city.
Raised by: Commissioner Marquez
Section 1012 -- Recreation and Parks Commission Powers and Duties R-97 Do not remove the Recreation and Parks Commission or its powers and duties from the Charter.
Raised by: Commissioner Marquez
Proposed New Sections Under Article X
R-98 Add a new Section 1013 establishing a code of conduct and standing protocols applicable to all commissioners serving on City boards and commissions.
Raised by: Commissioner Quinteros
R-99 Add a new section, tentatively Section 1014, establishing an ethics commission.
Raised by: Commissioner Gideon
Section 1100 -- Merit Principle
R-100 Add nepotism as a standalone section within Article XI rather than addressing it within the merit principle section.
Raised by: Commissioner Holbrook
R-101 Include the Personnel Board in the Committee's civil service discussion.
Raised by: Vice Chair Butler
Section 1101 -- Classified Service
R-102 Request that the City Council appoint a representative from the City Attorney's office to work with Human Resources to update Section 1101 in its entirety, so that the section conforms to state law and reflects the City's current employment structure. Staff confirmed the list of unclassified positions is out of date and that positions change continually.
Raised by: Commissioner Quinteros
R-103 Add Charter language addressing unclassified employees, which the section does not presently contain.
Raised by: Commissioner Holbrook
July 30, 2026
Section 1201 -- Official Bonds
R-104 Add language requiring that the official bonds be amended as necessary to meet the requirements of the State.
Raised by: Commissioner Quinteros
R-105 Add language providing that bond amounts remain in alignment with changing state requirements.
Raised by: Commissioner Warren
R-106 Set a minimum bond amount of $4,000,000.
Raised by: Commissioner Marquez
Section 1202 -- Financial Interest
R-107 Require that Form 700 filings be made available to the public, and that gifts and gratuities likewise be publicly disclosed.
Raised by: Commissioner Warren
Section 1203 -- Duties of Officers and Employees
R-108 Clarify the language to specify which positions the section applies to. Staff explained the section gives the Council authority to delegate duties to the positions over which it has purview.
Raised by: Vice Chair Butler
Section 1205 -- Department Head Appointment Powers
R-109 Remove the department head appointment reference from this section and place the authority under Human Resources.
Raised by: Vice Chair Butler
R-110 Remove this section from the Charter.
Raised by: Commissioner Quinteros
Sections 1301 and 1302 -- General Municipal Elections
R-111 Update the election language to conform to the current California Elections Code, including language providing that elections shall be held on an established election date as defined in the Elections Code.
Raised by: Commissioner Lister
R-112 Reference the language adopted by the November 8, 2024 ballot measure.
Raised by: Commissioner Gideon
Raised by: Commissioner Marquez
Section 1303 -- Special Municipal Elections
R-114 Require that a special election be held to fill a vacancy rather than leaving the decision to Council discretion, with the special election to occur within 90 days of the vacancy.
Raised by: Commissioner Lister
R-115 Return to Section 505 and mirror the vacancy language so that Sections 505 and 1303 are harmonized.
Raised by: Commissioner Lister, with concurrence from Commissioner Marquez R-116 Provide that, if the Council declines to hold a special election on the basis of cost, the Council must document and demonstrate that funds are not available.
July 30, 2026
Raised by: Commissioner Warren
R-117 Establish the actual cost of a special election, and add transparency language so that the cost is disclosed as a factor in any determination whether a special election can be held.
Raised by: Commissioner Gideon
Section 1304 -- Procedure for Holding Elections
R-118 Require a minimum of one polling location per Council district, to the extent consistent with state law. Legal counsel advised that state law sets the parameters and that the City may provide for more than the state minimum.
Raised by: Commissioner Baker
Section 1305 -- Initiative, Referendum, and Recall
R-119 Simplify the language of the section to improve readability.
Raised by: Commissioner Quinteros
R-120 Provide that the voter roll be purged of deceased voters before signature thresholds are calculated. Discussion noted the County, not the City, maintains the voter roll, and that the recommendation would operate as a requirement that the City Clerk request the purge.
Raised by: Commissioner Marquez
CROSS-CUTTING RECOMMENDATIONS
R-121 Consider whether the Charter should address technology, artificial intelligence, and digital standards, noting the Charter currently lacks provisions on digital governance, digital publication, and data protection.
R-122 Schedule a dedicated discussion addressing the relationship among the Charter, the Municipal Code, and Council resolutions, including how conflicts are resolved and whether a companion review of the Municipal Code is needed to conform the Code to any adopted Charter amendments. Legal counsel advised the Charter generally controls over the Municipal Code and ordinances.
Raised by: Commissioner Lister, with related comment from Commissioner Quinteros
The Committee did not take a vote to adopt or forward any of the substantive Charter recommendations listed above.
From: Ms Cynthia
To: Sunny Soltani Aleshire Wynder Law
Cc: Tamara Binns; Fidel Marquez
Subject: CHARTER CHANGE RECOMMENDATIONS
Date: Tuesday, May 12, 2026 9:36:57 AM
CHARTER CHANGE RECOMMENDATIONS
Dear Compton Charter Committee:
Thank you for your service.
I am a resident of the City of Compton.
I am addressing my comments to the current legal authority with a request to please distribute a copy to the entire committee.
Please attached below find my input and recommendation on areas for your consideration to better and improve the Compton City Charter
I hope this proves helpful in illuminating some of the areas of deficiencies not currently addressed by the Compton City Charter.
If you have any questions or desire further clarification, I can be reached at:
Cynthia Macon
Compton Resident
[email protected]
562-618-0471
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MEASURE P FOREVER TAX END DATE AND PURPOSE
The Measure P sales tax done by a charter change was falsely marketed to voters as “Fix Our Streets,” a method to fund repair of city streets.
The money was then instead channeled into the general fund and used for other purposes according to the fine print that was not emphasized to residents and no one read. This needs to be rectified.
Measure P currently has no ending date and is therefore called a forever tax, placing Compton into the highest sales tax bracket in the State of California, forever.
1. Add charter change amendment to set an ending date for the Measure P sales tax.
The sales tax currently is needed to augment the budget but determine with management a
reasonable time period per the city budget for the tax to end. This may be, for example, 20 years in the future but Measure P is currently an unfair tax on future generations.
1. Make mandatory Measure P funds be earmarked and limited as originally advertised to repair city streets/sidewalks.
The bulk of Measure P which currently brings in $10-13 million, annually, is not placed on city streets. The city has 175 miles at one million dollars per mile to pave. Assuring Measure P as originally advertised will go to fixing only streets and sidewalks will speed up repairs and halt the money from being stolen or diverted.
Question if other areas mentioned originally in Measure P should be allowed such as:
“retain/hire firefighters/paramedics, improve sheriff staffing to improve response times, expand gang/drug prevention, economic development, youth job training and improve parks.” Given the discontent with streets repairs, my answer is “no” until the streets are done.
Remove the language has effectively allowed Measure P funding be placed into the general fund for any and all other purposes or where it disappears.
1. Remove specifically the wording: “and provide other general fund services in Compton.”
Citizen oversight as written is after the fact. The Measure P Commission therefore has no impact or oversight on how the money is therefore used so was falsely advertised to voters as a group would determine and monitor Measure P spending.
1. Change and specify the citizen oversight committee must pre-approve use of the Measure P funds as advertised to the public.
ADD OPENING SECTION
Add table of contents and page numbers in front of charter.
Change to gender neutral designations for council. Councilperson not councilman or councilwoman.
Specify throughout the charter the exact numerical value needed to pass an item, no matter the council number present. Not exactly specifying the number has led to false claims and interpretations seek to undermine majority consent of council.
BOUNDARIES -LAND & BUILDING INCREASE OR DECREASE (SECTION II) Mandate public reporting and resident input
on any addition or subtraction change in boundaries or buildings for any reason.
Make annual report and list of holding with additions and subtractions mandatory along with the reporting of the budget.
OPTION ON CUSD LAND
The City of Compton holds first right of refusal on any schools or school properties no longer needed or being closed by the Compton Unified School District. This option lapse after the City of Compton does not execute its option.
Make city option on any CUSD property mandatory to be made public, annually, along with any acquisitions or defaults on the designated CUSD property.
THE ELECTED OFFICERS (SECTION V)
COMPENSATION - SECTION 504
The city currently pays five liaisons or council assistants at $60,000 per year, approximately, for $300,000 total. The city currently pays five council members at $600 per month or $7,200 per year. The total current costs to taxpayers for 5 liaisons and 5 council members is $336,000 annually.
But other cities only share 1 or 2 liaisons for the entire council per the state auditor. Propose distributing the same money differently with no additional costs to residents.
Reduce to 2 liaisons at $60,000 per year at an annual cost of $120,000. You can then increase the part time pay for five councilmembers from $7200 to $43,200 per year. Total costs to taxpayers will still remain $336,000, annually.
Before:
5 liaisons @ $60,000 = $300,000
5 council & $7200 = $36,000
Total: $336,000
After:
2 liaisons @ $60,000 = $120,000
5 council @ $43,200 = $216,009
Total: $336,000
TERM LIMITS - SECTION 504
Propose two four-year or eight (8) year term limits on all elected offices.
VACANCIES - SECTION 504
Explicitly specify the steps to making a council appointment. This has been abbreviated and undermined in the past.
Suggested Steps:
1. Council to vote on whether an election or appointment will take place.
2. If appointment, the City Clerk sets deadline and accepts applications.
3. 1st Round-The council will vote on nominees with those multiple with 3 or more votes moving to the 2nd round.
4. Note: Council members with any connection to appointees must recuse themselves from a vote on that specific person.
5. 2nd Round-The council meets in closed session to discuss the nominees made it to the 2nd round with 3 votes and make the final decision.
6. Final vote is taken before public by council.
MAINTAIN 30-DAY APPOINTMENT TIME-
SECTION 505
Maintain the 30-Day versus increasing to 60-day limit for appointing a person before a mandatory election must occur. The City already suffers from dubious appointments that all end in a former city employee being appointed. The 30 day limit is the same with many other cities. The 60 day increase has just given corrupt players more time to find compromised persons to appoint to the office and therefore needs to be halted.
Maintain election is mandatory if vacancy is not filled by appointment within thirty (30) days.
THE CITY COUNCIL (SECTION VI)
ADD TALLYING THE VOTE-SECTION 604
Keep voting results restricted to three affirmative votes (majority) and four affirmative votes (supermajority) as outlined in different sections of the charter.
Only “aye or yes”and “no” votes are to be counted.
Abstentions should be specifically pointed out to not be counted. No passage is therefore possible with just two votes.
Rather than refer to a majority or super majority in other areas of the charter, continue to indicate the exact numerical number needed to pass a vote, or face confusion in the future over what number equals a majority or super majority, given constant manipulation of the numbers.
Outline specific instances of voting:
-Passage of agenda items:
3 aye, yes or affirmative votes
-Passage of Resolution:
3 aye, yes or affirmative votes
-Amending the budget:
4 aye, yes or affirmative votes:
-Dismissal of Contract Employee:
3 aye, yes or affirmative votes
*Note some CM try to request 4 votes for dismissal which conflicts with the city charter requirement so should not be entered into a contract. Add the following wording: “No contract with an employee can override this section of the city charter.” Other instances?
AMEND VOTING TALLY IF CITY REACHES OVER 100,000 IN POPULATION AND EXPANDS TO SEVEN (7) COUNCIL SEATS
Outline specific instances of voting:
-Passage of agenda items:
4 aye, yes or affirmative votes
-Passage of Resolution:
4 aye, yes or affirmative votes
-Amending the budget:
5 or 6 aye, yes or affirmative votes?
-Dismissal of Contract Employee:
4 aye, yes or affirmative votes
ADD PROPOSED SECTION 606
CITIZEN PARTICIPATION - SECTION 604
Include the proposed section from the prior charter committee highlighting citizen participation.
Include there being a majority vote of council necessary to expel a person from the meeting and specifically what can or cannot be done by the Mayor alone.
NUMBER OF MONTHLY MEETINGS
SECTION 614
Maintain four city council meetings per month.
The attempt to reduce meetings to just two times per month was to reduce citizen participation and council obligation to attend. The city needs constant monitoring at this time by residents.
OFFICERS, POWERS AND DUTIES
(SECTION VII)
MEETING ATTENDANCE
Make mandatory the City Treasurer, City Clerk and City Attorney attend city council meetings.
Their authority and knowledge may be needed by council or to respond to public inquiries.
Set the same guidelines as the council of 60 days absentism or missing from attendance from council meetings can lead to removal from office.
CITY TREASURER - SECTION 701
Change the City Treasurer position which historically has been noted as filled by persons commonly missing from daily office and city council meetings (Doug Sanders and Brandon Mims) to a hired or elected professional position with additional bonding, certification and work experience needed.
Outline the specific professional designation and position qualifications and certifications needed per the California League of Voters:
-Bachelor’s Degree/Finance or Accounting or Public Administration -Plus Certified California Municipal Treasurer (CCMT) or CPA Certification -Or Bachelor’s Degree/Finance or Accounting or Public Administration plus 3 years senior fiscal management experience.
While in office, make necessary to complete 40 units every four years to maintain certification as CCMT.
Make eligibility to possess and qualify for a surety bond mandatory.
Make mandatory that city clerk pre-confirm surety bond eligibility.
APPOINTED CITY ATTORNEY FIRM -
SECTION 702
The City Attorney is now an appointed position requires ten year municipal law firm experience per passage of Measure CA. Tighten the language as advertised to the public.
Specify ten-year municipal “firm” not an individual attorney.
Specify no “residency” requirement.
Specify how to count the ten-year experience part. The firm should be established and in business continuously serving other cities for ten years minimum.
The hourly legal rate is currently set by council resolution at $240 an hour.
Reiterate city council sets the hourly cost limit on hiring outside legal firms.
Make any overrides, especially on a contract, be mandatory by majority vote of council.
CITY CLERK
Increase and outline certifications and training needed. -Bachelors Degree in Public or Business Administration or High School or Community College Degree with extensive 10 year experience.”
-Plus Valid California Driver’s License
-Plus 3-5 years municipal administrative experience
-Plus Certified Municipal Clerk designation.
-Plus California Notary Public Commission designation.
-Tested knowledge of Brown Act, Public Records Act, FPPC guidelines, records retention and management, California elections code and major city municipal codes.
INCREASE AND MANDATE ELECTED OFFICIAL VALIDATION REQUIREMENTS
FOR CANDIDATES RUNNING FOR OFFICE
Set new requirements for candidate validation to include:
18 years of age
Residency 1 month verified by city clerk
-Validation with County Registrar
-Plus Validation with utility bill
-Plus Validation with mortgage or lease
-Plus Validation with driver’s license
-Plus Validation with last year’s tax report
-Plus Validation by investigator if any complaints of residency filed with clerk Residency requirements was reduced from one year to one month per city Measure L.
Residents desire residency return to one year. This cannot be changed by charter because it conflicts with state general law mandated for all cities at the time, Howrver, since Compton is a charter city, the City Attorney must pursue this change, legally, at the state level.
Formally request the appointed city law firm look into restoring one year residency as Cimpton is a charter town, negatively affected by the residency change and the influx of carpet baggers.
UPGRADE CITY CLERK REPORTING
Make monthly report on check registry required be appended to city agenda or placed on city website with link noting its existence in the city agenda Make annual report on city land and buildings possessed be available and updated on the city website, annually, with link noting its existence placed on the city agenda Make mandatory that each city agenda item indicate the specific elected official or staff added or championed the item. This is done on the LA county agenda. If an agenda item is added and championed by a city council person, for example, the agenda item should indicate that councilperson’s name in parenthesis at the end of the agenda description indicated as:
“Championed by XYZ.”
Make monthly credit card charges be appended to the city agenda, each month, with a link attached to the website where the information can be found, electronically.
Make annual publication of city price list mandatory to be placed on the city website with an annual report or attachment to the city agenda.
Make mandatory that final election cost be published in a report attached to the agenda and in the city clerk website.
Determine if copies of the Compton City Charter will be free or at duplication cost to residents.
Make required that city website contain:
Compton City Charter
Robert’s Rule of order
Brown Act
Public Records Act
FOIA-Freedom of Information Act
Link to State Rules and Regulation website.
Government reporting agency contact info:
-local sheriff, city attorney, district attorney, public integrity, FPPC, CalTrans, EPA, water boards, HUD, State Auditor, etcetera,
COUNCIL APPOINTED BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS - SECTION X
ADD 1-YEAR CITYWIDE PROHIBITION
Require a one (1) year prohibition on Mayor, city council, elected officers, city manager, city management, employees and commissioners against transferring, being hired or being appointed or elected from one to another city, elected, hired or appointed position without a one-year wait.
This provision is commonly enacted in other cities to halt conflicts of interest and influence peddling.
INCREASE SPECIFIC COMMISSIONER QUALIFICATIONS
Increase specific qualifications and skillset to be appointed a commissioner to reduce political pandering instead of effective performance.
Institute two year residency requirement.
Require civic engagement history plus:
Planning-real estate or land use or city planning experience Personnel-employment or union experience
Public Safety-law enforcement experience
Federal Grants Advisory- nonprofit or community organizer experience Beautification-gardening or landscaping or city planning experience Measure P Taxpayer—Majority homeowners
Aging-seniors over age of 55 plus
Parks and Recreation-parks, coaching or community experience.
Olympics and Tourism (temporary)
CIVIL SERVICE - SECTION 11
Supermajority should indicate exactly what specific numerical vote is needed.
ADD RECUSING FROM VOTE
Add specific language ordering elected officials to recuse themselves from voting when the issue or person involved is:
Family
Business associates
Co-workers Workers
Neighbors
Shared Interest in a company or nonprofit
Etcetera
Make mandatory CA or City Clerk or fellow council request the reclusion.
Add penalties for violation
EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT & MEDICAL
SECTION XVI
Residents are complaining of the PERS retirement amount in their taxes. They desire to see this amount reduced and an Increase in the years required to receive retirement benefits for elected officials and employees, alike.
Increase years required to receive retirement benefits for hired staff.
Increase contribution percentage required into retirement for new versus classic employees.
Eliminate or reduce full medical benefits for elected officials and hired staff, or increase time to become vested with full medical benefits.
GRANT DEPARTMENT
Increase Nonprofit Evaluation Criteria.
Make mandatory annual a report day for all nonprofits receiving funding to appear before council. Currently never see some awardees.
Make 5 or preferably 10-year minimum requirement to be in business to receive funding for a nonprofit to halt nonprofit theft.
Make mandatory nonprofits desiring facility placement pay the market rate per the state audit.
Make annual reporting on occupation of city buildings with their payment history and balance available to the public on the city website and agenda.
Make annual reporting of all parties received city issued grants of any type be mandatory to be reported to the public in a list placed on the agenda and the city website. Include name, contact information, website, grant amount, scope of work, status as in progress or completed.
PROSTITUTION ORDINANCE
Add daily ticketing amount for prostitution.
Add motel and hotel and home prohibitions.
Increase penalties for Johns and pimps.
STREET RACING ORDINANCE
Increase penalties for drivers and bystanders.
Increase car towing and cost penalties.
Increase penalties according to increasing numbers of arrests.
MARIJUANA ORDINANCE
Increase illegal operating penalties per day.
Increase other marijuana related penalties
From: Ernie Gutierrez <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, June 15, 2026 9:36 PM
To: Tamara Binns <[email protected]>
Subject: Charter Review Committee 6/15/2026 Section 503 Residency Requirement
Good evening, Ms. Binns.
I was part of the Charter Review Committee established under Resolution No. 25,156 back in 2019. At that time, we were working under similar time constraints, and the process felt somewhat chaotic. Watching the current process unfold feels a bit like history repeating itself, which has been frustrating at times.
I also want to apologize if I have come across as rude or if I have lost my bearing when addressing you or the committee. That has not been my intention. I want to acknowledge that you are doing an excellent job, given the circumstances and the constraints you are working under.
I also wanted to provide some information related to today’s meeting. The residency requirement has always been a hot topic. In Compton, the requirement used to be one year, but it was changed to thirty days. This issue is likely to come up again in the future. I believe including a legal reference or explanatory note in connection with Charter Section 503 may help answer future questions and reduce confusion.
The relevant legal history appears to be as follows:
Camara v. Mellon, 4 Cal.3d 714 (1971)
Struck down Santa Cruz’s three-year requirement.
Zeilenga v. Nelson, 4 Cal.3d 716 (1971)
Struck down Butte County’s five-year requirement.
Thompson v. Mellon, 9 Cal.3d 96 (1973)
Struck down Santa Cruz’s two-year requirement and gave the stronger 30- day analysis.
Johnson v. Hamilton, 15 Cal.3d 461 (1975)
The clearest California Supreme Court case for the final rule: local candidate residency requirements over 30 days are unconstitutional.
The Compton Charter’s current language appears to mirror that rule by requiring the candidate to be a qualified elector of the City or district for at least thirty (30) days next preceding nomination or appointment.
For that reason, I believe Johnson v. Hamilton should be the primary case cited, with Thompson v. Mellon included as supporting authority. I would not lead with Camara unless the goal is to provide the full historical background.
May I suggest having the Acting City Attorney review this issue for approval and, if appropriate, provide the legal reference or explanation to the committee? Thank you again for your work on this process.
Respectfully,
Hernaldo Gutierrez
July 2, 2026
Dear Honorable Members of the Charter Review Committee, Thank you for your service to the residents of the City of Compton. I have not been able to attend your Committee meetings, but I do make it a point to watch the posted meeting videos on the City’s YouTube channel. The Committee has had some very spirited discussions and put forth thoughtful Charter recommendations.
I would like to offer some insight as someone who has had the opportunity to review, make, and approve recommendations to governing documents as part of appointed and elected governing bodies for both California State University, Dominguez Hills and the Compton Unified School District.
The City Charter should outline the fundamental structure of government and provide maximum local autonomy. It should continue to avoid overly detailed administrative procedures that would require constant amendment. For example (referencing a recommendation I heard during your discussions): adding detailed job descriptions or qualifications for elected officials.
Regarding the Certified Municipal Clerk designation:
• This certification takes more than one year to obtain. • The Municipal Clerks Association does not offer all courses every year. • These courses are not guaranteed; they are professional development-based courses.
Day-to-day administrative details, personnel rules, and specific departmental structures should not be detailed in the Charter. These are best delegated to the City Council to adopt via the Municipal Code, which is much easier to amend as the City grows. Otherwise, adopting the slightest change would require the City Council to form a charter review committee and pay to place the item on the ballot. Can you imagine doing that to update the specifications for the City Engineer, only to then have the voters not fully understand the measure and reject it? For reference, the specific duties of the City Clerk are mentioned 133 times, and the City Treasurer 44 times, in the municipal code. (You can search the Municipal Code for “City Clerk” and “City Treasurer” to view all of their functions).
There has also been some discussion regarding past ballot measures, the City Attorney position, district-only voting, the number of meetings, and legalizing fireworks. Regardless of the outcome of past elections, the Council has charged this Committee with bringing forth recommendations, even if that means essentially asking the voters of the City these questions again. This is perfectly fine! This is how the checks and balances of government work. The voter landscape in our community is constantly evolving, and minds change every day.
I would like to ask the Committee to consider the following recommendations:
Section 500. Enumeration of and Term. The elective officers of the City shall consist of: A City Council composed of five (5) seven (7) members who are registered voters of the City, four (4) six (6) to be residents of their respective districts and nominated and elected only by the residents of their respective districts. The fifth seventh shall be nominated and elected from the City at large and shall hold the office of Mayor:
At any time when the City Council finds by ordinance adopted by not less than four (4) affirmative votes that the population of the City exceeds 100,000 persons, the City Council shall thereupon, and within sixty (60) days after the effective date of such ordinance, adopt an ordinance by at least three (3) affirmative votes dividing the City into six (6) Districts for the purpose of electing members of the Council.
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Section 603. Regular Meetings. The City Council shall hold at least four regular meetings each month meet 1st and 3rd Tuesday of each month, at such times as it shall fix by ordinance or resolution and may adjourn or re-adjourn any regular meeting to a date certain which shall be specified in the order of adjournment and when so adjourned each adjourned meeting shall be a regular meeting for all purposes. (or 2nd and 4th Tuesday of Each Month) This amendment will provide staff with adequate time to properly prepare for Council meetings.
With meetings held on Tuesdays, city staff then only has Wednesday and Thursday to prepare and post the agenda for the following week. As it stands right now, because of the weekly schedule, staff is limited to just two days of preparation. Furthermore, this change brings Compton’s City Council meetings in line with those of surrounding communities of a similar size. The Compton City Council is currently the only council in the area that still meets weekly, whereas others made this change more than a decade ago.
Lastly, I am attaching to this letter the City Charter for the City of Carson. In the last six years, Carson transitioned from a General Law City to a Charter City. Their Charter is the newest one I have been able to find, and I believe it could serve as a good reference as you continue to review Compton’s Charter.
Thank you again for your service to Compton,
Skyy
http://ci.carson.ca.us
CITY OF CARSON
CITY CHARTER
The City of Carson, incorporated as a California general law city on February 20, 1968.
On November 6, 2018, with the City’s voters approval, the City of Carson became a California chartered city.
California Statutes 2019 - Charter Chapter Number 7
Filed on January 17, 2019
Pursuant to Section 7 of Ordinance No. 20-2008, the City Council directed that the following notation be included in the City Charter in regards to Ordinance No. 20-2008:
“elements of the Charter that are consistent with an ‘at-large method of election’ as defined in Section 14026(a)(3) of the California Elections Code, are superseded by preemptive State law, i.e., the CVRA, pursuant to the court decision of Jauregui v. City of Palmdale, (2014) 226 Cal.App.4th 781. To the extent that the City Charter conflict with the provisions of this Ordinance, this Ordinance shall govern.
For a full text version of the City Charter in Spanish or Tagalog, please visit our website at ci.carson.ca.us, or call (310) 952-1720 to request a copy to be mailed to you at no cost.
Para leer la versión completa en español de la Carta Constitutiva, visite nuestra página electrónica en ci.carson.ca.us o llame al (310) 952-1720 para solicitar que se le envíe una copia por correo sincargo alguno.
Para sa buong bersyon ng teksto ng T sarter ng Lungsod sa Tagalog, mangyaring bisitahin ang aming website sa ci.carson.ca.us, o tumawag sa (310) 952-1720 upang humiling ng isang kopyang ipapadala sa inyo sa pamamagitan ng koreo nang walang bayad.
Rev 09-03-20
2 01007.0002/492583.10
TABLE OF CONTENTS
ARTICLE I – INCORPORATION AND SUCCESSION .................................................... 7 SECTION 100. Name and Boundaries. ...................................................................... 7 SECTION 101. Succession, Rights and Liabilities. .................................................... 7 SECTION 102. Ordinances. ....................................................................................... 7 SECTION 103. Continuance of Present Officers and Employees. ............................. 7 SECTION 104. Continuance of Contracts and Franchises. ....................................... 8 SECTION 105. Pending Actions and Proceedings. .................................................... 8 SECTION 106. Seal. .................................................................................................. 8 SECTION 107. Severability ........................................................................................ 9 SECTION 108. Effective Date of Charter. .................................................................. 9 SECTION 109. Citation .............................................................................................. 9 SECTION 110. Interpretation ..................................................................................... 9 SECTION 111. Amendment. .................................................................................... 10 ARTICLE II – POWERS OF THE CITY .......................................................................... 10 SECTION 200. Powers. ............................................................................................ 10 SECTION 201. Procedures. ..................................................................................... 10 SECTION 202. Form of Government ....................................................................... 11 SECTION 203. Intergovernmental Relations. ........................................................... 11 SECTION 204. Establishment of Specialized Agencies or Authorities. .................... 11 SECTION 205. Contracting Authority ....................................................................... 12 SECTION 206. Economic Development. .................................................................. 12 SECTION 207. General Land Use Authority ............................................................ 17 SECTION 208. Abatement of Nonconforming Uses. ................................................ 19 SECTION 209. Cannabis Regulation; Retail Dispensary Ban .................................. 20 ARTICLE III – CITY COUNCIL ....................................................................................... 20 SECTION 300. Powers Vested in the City Council .................................................. 20 SECTION 301. Elective Officers; Indemnification .................................................... 21 SECTION 302. Mayor; Mayor Pro Tempore. ............................................................ 21 SECTION 303. Eligibility ........................................................................................... 22
SECTION
304. Compensation and Expenses. ......................................................... 22 SECTION 305. Limitation of Terms. ......................................................................... 23 SECTION 306. Vacancies. ....................................................................................... 23 SECTION 307. Interference in Administrative Service. ............................................ 24 SECTION 308. Meetings. ......................................................................................... 25 3 01007.0002/492583.10
SECTION 309. Special Meetings. ............................................................................ 26 SECTION 310. Quorum; Proceedings. ..................................................................... 26 SECTION 311. Oaths; Subpoenas. .......................................................................... 27 SECTION 312. Citizen Participation ......................................................................... 27 SECTION 313. Adoption of Ordinances and Resolutions. ....................................... 28 SECTION 314. Ordinances; Publication ................................................................... 29 SECTION 315. Codification of Ordinances. ............................................................. 29 SECTION 316. Ordinances; When Effective ............................................................ 30 SECTION 317. Ordinances; Violation; Penalty ........................................................ 31 SECTION 318. Publishing of Legal Notices. ............................................................ 31 SECTION 319. Contracts; Property .......................................................................... 32 ARTICLE IV – CITY MANAGER AND CITY ATTORNEY .............................................. 33 SECTION 400. City Manager. .................................................................................. 33 SECTION 401. Eligibility ........................................................................................... 33 SECTION 402. Compensation and Bond ................................................................. 34 SECTION 403. City Manager Powers and Duties. ................................................... 34 SECTION 404. Removal. ......................................................................................... 36 SECTION 405. Acting City Manager. ....................................................................... 36 SECTION 406. City Attorney .................................................................................... 37 SECTION 407. City Attorney, Powers and Duties. ................................................... 37 ARTICLE V – OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES ............................................................... 38 SECTION 500. Administrative Departments. ........................................................... 38 SECTION 501. City Clerk; Powers and Duties. ........................................................ 39 SECTION 502. City Treasurer; Powers and Duties. ................................................. 41 SECTION 503. Compensation ................................................................................. 42 SECTION 504. Department Heads. ......................................................................... 42 SECTION 505. Nepotism, Favoritism, and Corruption ............................................. 43 ARTICLE VI – APPOINTIVE BOARDS, COMMITTEES AND COMMISSIONS ............. 44
SECTION
600. In General. ....................................................................................... 44 SECTION 601. Appropriations. ................................................................................ 44 SECTION 602. Appointments; Terms. ..................................................................... 44 SECTION 603. Chairs; Meetings; Staff; Rules. ........................................................ 45 SECTION 604. Compensation ................................................................................. 46 SECTION 605. Removal; Vacancies ........................................................................ 46 4 01007.0002/492583.10
SECTION 606. Planning Commission; Powers and Duties. ..................................... 47 SECTION 607. Mobile Home Park Rental Review Board. ....................................... 48 SECTION 608. Carson Housing Authority ................................................................ 49 SECTION 609. Carson Reclamation Authority ......................................................... 49 ARTICLE VII – PERSONNEL SYSTEM ......................................................................... 50 SECTION 700. Personnel System ........................................................................... 50 SECTION 701. Personnel Rules and Policies .......................................................... 51 SECTION 702. Employee Contracts; State Employees Retirement System ........... 52 SECTION 703. Eligibility for Appointed Office. ......................................................... 53 SECTION 704. Illegal Contracts; Financial Interest. ................................................ 53 SECTION 705. Civil Service Commission ................................................................ 54 ARTICLE VIII – ELECTIONS ......................................................................................... 56 SECTION 800. Authority .......................................................................................... 56 SECTION 801. General Municipal Elections. ........................................................... 56 SECTION 802. Special Municipal Elections. ............................................................ 56 SECTION 803. Procedure for Holding Elections. ..................................................... 56 SECTION 804. Initiative, Referendum and Recall .................................................... 57 ARTICLE IX – FISCAL ADMINISTRATION .................................................................... 57 SECTION 900. Fiscal Year. ...................................................................................... 57 SECTION 901. Annual Budget. ................................................................................ 57 SECTION 902. Proposed Budget, Submission to City Council ................................ 57 SECTION 903. Budget, Public Hearing .................................................................... 58 SECTION 904. Budget; Adoption ............................................................................. 58 SECTION 905. Budget; Appropriations .................................................................... 59 SECTION 906. Municipal Finance and Tax Authority .............................................. 59 SECTION 907. Limitation on Tax Authority .............................................................. 60 SECTION 908. Fees and Assessments ................................................................... 61 SECTION 909. Bonded Debt. ................................................................................... 62 SECTION 910. Election for Major Capital Projects .................................................. 62 SECTION 911. Enterprise Funds ............................................................................. 63 SECTION 912. Presentation of Demands. ............................................................... 63 SECTION 913. Independent Audit ........................................................................... 65 SECTION 914. Purchasing Ordinance ..................................................................... 66 SECTION 915. Outsourcing ..................................................................................... 67 5 01007.0002/492583.10
SECTION 916. Local Preference ............................................................................. 68 SECTION 917. Gift of Public Funds ......................................................................... 69 ARTICLE X – FRANCHISES .......................................................................................... 69 SECTION 1000. Granting of Franchises .................................................................. 69 SECTION 1001. Resolution of Intention; Notice and Public Hearing ....................... 70 SECTION 1002. Term of Franchise ......................................................................... 71 SECTION 1003. Purposes of Article; Inapplicable to City ........................................ 71 SECTION 1004. Eminent Domain. ........................................................................... 72 6 01007.0002/492583.10
PREAMBLE
We, the People of the City of Carson, State of California, declare our intent to protect and preserve the values that have guided and sustained our City since it was formed in 1968. We hold dear the historic doctrine of home rule; the right to determine t he structure of our government, our land uses and forms, and the character of our community. Our City has special resources with a strong industrial base and unique development opportunities; the City can be an economic power house at the center of major regional transportation corridors. Proper development would allow us to provide the highest quality of life and services for our residents while promoting social, economic, and environmental quality and justice. We believe fiscal responsibility and the prudent stewardship of public funds is essential for confidence in government, that ethics and integrity are the foundation of public trust; and that just governance is built upon these values. The express purpose of this Charter is to secure and exercise for the City of Carson the full scope of control over its municipal affairs that is authorized by law. We do hereby exercise the express home rule rights granted by the Constitution of the State of California for the people and adopt this Charter for the citizens of the City of Carson.
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ARTICLE I – INCORPORATION AND SUCCESSION
SECTION 100. Name and Boundaries.
The City of Carson, hereinafter termed the City, shall continue to be a California municipal corporation under its present name of “City of Carson.” The boundaries of the City shall be the boundaries established at the time this Charter takes effect, and a s such boundaries may be changed thereafter from time to time in the manner authorized by law.
SECTION 101. Succession, Rights and Liabilities.
The City shall continue to own, possess and control all rights and property of every kind and nature owned, possessed or controlled by it at the time this Charter takes effect and shall continue to be subject to all its debts, obligations, liabilities and contracts.
SECTION 102. Ordinances.
All lawful ordinances, resolutions, rules and regulations, and portions thereof, in force at the time this Charter takes effect, and not in conflict or inconsistent herewith, are hereby continued in force until they are repealed, amended, changed or superseded.
SECTION 103. Continuance of Present Officers and Employees.
The present officers and employees of the City shall continue to perform the duties of their respective offices and employments without interruption until the appointment or election and qualification of their successors, but subject to removal, amendmen t, change, or control as provided by this Charter. Nothing contained in this Charter, unless specifically otherwise provided herein, shall affect or impair the personnel, pension, or 8 01007.0002/492583.10
retirement rights or privileges of officers or employees of the City, or of any office, department, or agency thereof, existing at the time this Charter takes effect.
SECTION 104. Continuance of Contracts and Franchises.
All contracts entered into by the City or for its benefit prior to the effective date of this Charter and then in effect, shall continue in full force and effect according to their terms, except as provided in Section 1002 of this Charter for certain franchises.
SECTION 105. Pending Actions and Proceedings.
No action or proceeding, civil or criminal, filed and pending at the time this Charter takes effect, brought by or against the City or any officer, office, department or agency thereof, shall be affected or abated by the adoption of this Charter or by any thing contained in the Charter, but all such actions or proceedings may be continued notwithstanding that functions, powers, and duties of any officer, office, department or agency a party thereto, may be assigned or transferred by or under this Charter to another officer, office, department or agency, but in that event the same may be prosecuted or defended by the head of the office, department or agency to which such functions, powers and duties have been assigned or transferred by or under this Charter.
SECTION 106. Seal.
The official seal of the City at the time this Charter takes effect shall continue to be the official seal of the City for its acts and business unless and until changed by ordinance of the city council.
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SECTION 107. Severability.
If any article, sections, sentence, clause or portion of this Charter is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by any court of competent jurisdiction, such portion shall be deemed a separate, distinct and independent provision and severable and such holding shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this Charter.
SECTION 108. Effective Date of Charter.
This Charter shall take effect upon its approval and ratification by the qualified voters of the City and, if approved, after filing and acceptance by the Secretary of State, in accordance with State law.
SECTION 109. Citation.
Any citation to any specific provision of State law hereunder, shall be construed to apply to any successive amendments or revisions to such sections so long as such amendments or revisions are largely consistent with such authorities as of the effective date hereof.
SECTION 110. Interpretation
The provisions of this Charter shall be construed in accordance with the generally accepted meaning of the language used, and in the event of any asserted ambiguity in, or dispute regarding, the interpretation of any matter herein, the ambiguity or dispute shall be resolved by a construction which best carry out the overall intent of this Charter as expressed in the terms hereof.
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SECTION 111. Amendment.
Any proposal for the amendment, revision, or repeal of this Charter or any portion thereof may be proposed by a majority affirmative vote of the city council, or by initiative by the People of the City of Carson. No such proposal shall be effective until approved by a majority vote of the voters voting at a statewide general election, for proposals by the city council, or at a statewide general, statewide primary, or regularly scheduled general municipal election, for proposals by initiative, and filed with the Secretary of State, in accordance with State law.
ARTICLE II – POWERS OF THE CITY
SECTION 200. Powers.
The City shall have the power to make and enforce all laws and regulations in respect to municipal affairs, subject only to such restrictions and limitations as may be provided in this Charter and in the Constitution of the State of California and to avoid enactments of the State of California contrary thereto. The City shall also have the power to exercise, or act pursuant to any and all rights, powers, privileges or procedures, heretofore, or hereafter established, granted or prescribed by any law of the State, by this Charter, or by other lawful authority, or which a municipal corporation might or could exercise, or act pursuant to, under the Constitution of the State of California. The enumeration in this Charter of any particular power shall not be held to be exclusive of, or any limitation upon, the generality of the foregoing provisions. This Charter shall be liberally construed to vest the City with all legal authority and powers necessary to protect the health, safety, and general welfare of all of the citizens of the City.
SECTION 201. Procedures.
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SECTION 202. Form of Government.
The municipal government established by this Charter shall continue to be the form of government known as the "Council -Manager" form of government so that the city council shall establish the policies of the City, and the city manager shall administer the government of the City in accordance with such policies.
SECTION 203. Intergovernmental Relations.
The City may exercise any of its authority and may perform any of its powers jointly, or in cooperation with, one or more other cities, counties, states, the United States, or any political subdivisions, civil divisions, or agencies thereof, or other governmental entity by entering into joint powers agreements with such entities or in such other manner as authorized by law.
SECTION 204. Establishment of Specialized Agencies or Authorities.
The City shall have the power to establish authorities or entities for housing, mobile home rent control, economic development, reclamation and remediation, finance, or other special districts or commissions or agencies of specialized expertise to the full extent as may be permitted by state or federal law, in order to carry out the business of the City or otherwise advance the health, safety, or general welfare of its citizens. Any such entity specified herein, including the Carson Housing Authority, Carson Reclamation Authority, Civil Service Commission, Mobile Home Park Rental Review Board, and Planning Commission may only be disbanded when their purposes have been fulfilled and by amendment to this Charter. All specialized agencies created by the City and in existence on the effective date of this Charter shall continue to perform their duties and operate pursuant to their existing legal authority and, in addition, any authority granted hereunder, unless and until city council may otherwise provide by ordinance or resolution.
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SECTION 205. Contracting Authority.
The City shall have the power to contract with any county, city, or other governmental body for the performance of City functions or services by such county, city or other body, including without limitation for law enforcement and fire services, and the Ci ty shall also have the power to transfer any of its functions and any of the functions of an officer, board, or commission of the City to an officer, board, or commission of the county in which the City is situated provided that the City shall retain the authority to direct the actions of the body pursuant to the contract and plenary authority of the City.
The responsibility for providing law enforcement and fire protection services is contracted to the LA County Sheriff’s Department and LA County Fire Department (Consolidated Fire Protection District of Los Angeles County), respectively. The City may not establish its own City law enforcement or fire departments to provide law enforcement or fire protection services unless and only upon: (1) the completion of a comprehensive financial analysis that supports a finding by the planning commission and city council that sustaining a City law enforcement or fire department will be financially sustainable and viable for at least 20 years, (2) a proposal is approved by a two-thirds vote of the planning commission and city council,(3) is approved by the majority of the voters of the City, and (4) approved compliance with Los Angeles County Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCO) requirements and any other State and County requirements.
SECTION 206. Economic Development.
A. Economic Development Opportunities. The City is centrally located at the junction of major freeway corridors with excellent access to Downtown Los Angeles, the West Los Angeles economic hub and the Pacific Rim hub of the Los Angeles/Long Beach port system, one of the largest trading centers in the world, with the highest volume in the United States. Carson was originally seen as an excellent location for large scale industrial projects like Shell and Tesoro Refineries and major warehousing 13 01007.0002/492583.10
and logistics operations. However, prior to incorporation and in the post second world war housing boom, Carson became a site for county landfills and various disfavored uses. The extensive landfill areas have left major sites needing cleanup that are presently unavailable for economic development. Accordingly, given the City’s great location, major industries and employers, and the significant undeveloped properties, this presents special development opportunities for Carson that may be promoted by this Charter .
B. Constraints. The City has found that its previous redevelopment program, which was dissolved pursuant to state law, was essential to redeveloping many vacant, contaminated, and blighted parcels scarred by decades of misuse, refuse dumps and landfills, auto dismantling centers, and other similar uses. Other constraints have included: (i) being a low property tax city with its property taxes being reallocated to other public agencies in greater proportion than other cities; (ii) critical undeveloped infrastructure; and (iii) contamination requiring significant remediation under current environmental and health and safety standards. It is the objective of the City of Carson to design and implement a local program within the authority under this Charter to accomplish the City’s economic development purposes.
C. Economic Development Powers. It is a significant goal of adopting this Charter to allow the City to pursue economic development to the maximum degree permitted by the California Constitution. To this end for purposes of eliminating blight, encouraging private investment, providing public infrastructure, and causing the development and redevelopment of property, the City shall have the powers enumerated herein.
(1) Receipt of Financial Assistance. The City may seek or accept financial or any other assistance from public or private sources, including from the state or federal government, for the City's activities, powers, and duties hereunder.
(2) Acquisition of Property. The City may purchase, lease, obtain option upon, acquire by gift, grant, bequest, devise, or otherwise, any real or personal property, any interest in property, and any improvements on it, including repurchase of developed property previously owned by the City. 14 01007.0002/492583.10
(3) Eminent Domain. The City may acquire real property by eminent domain, and may acquire every estate, interest, privilege, easement, franchise and rights in land, including encumbrances by way of mortgage or indebtedness, or any interest arising from covenants and conditions. Any such proceeding shall be undertaken only in accordance with the Eminent Domain Law (Code of Civil Procedure § 1230.010 et seq.) and all procedures therein to protect property owner rights. No property currently zoned and used for residential purposes may be acquired by eminent domain for the purposes provided in this Chapter.
(4) Management of Property. The City may rent, maintain, manage, operate, repair and clear real property and may insure or provide for the insurance of any operations of the City against risks or hazards.
(5) CC&Rs. The City may provide for the retention of controls and the establishment of any restrictions or covenants running with the land for such periods of time and under such conditions as shall be necessary to effectuate the purposes hereof.
(6) Non-Discrimination. The City shall include in all deeds, leases or contracts for sale, lease, sublease or transfer of land, non-discrimination clauses.
(7) Issuance of Bonds. The City may issue its bonds or other financial instruments permitted by law and expend the proceeds from their sale to carry out the purposes hereof. The bonds and obligations issued by the City also may be purchased, invested in, or used for security.
(8) Site development. The City may clear or move buildings, structures or improvements from real property; may grade any site; and may develop as a building site any property owned by it. It may cause or make provisions with other agencies for the installation of streets, utilities, parks and other public improvements.
(9) Property Disposition. The City may sell, lease, exchange, subdivide, transfer, assign, pledge, encumber or otherwise dispose of any real or personal property or any interest in property acquired by it. The City may use ground leases or the 15 01007.0002/492583.10
sale of publicly owned land, including at less than fair market value as provided herein, or development agreements in accordance with law, lease -lease back financing, infrastructure financing, design build contracts, and/or other creative mechanisms to fulfill the purposes hereof.
(10) Property Remediation. The City may investigate and evaluate the environmental condition of property, prepare remediation plans and obtain approval thereof from regulatory agencies, and undertake remediation in accordance with such plans.
The City may also utilize any authority provided in state or federal law to remediate properties and to undertake actions against potentially responsible parties to cause the remediation of property.
(11) Relocation. The City may provide (i) relocation assistance to persons displaced by governmental action, and (ii) aid and provide assistance to property owners for property maintenance in connection with rehabilitation loans and grants.
(12) Cooperation. The City shall cooperate with other public agencies in the formulating and administration of its economic development assistance programs. The planning commissions and the legislative bodies of the City and the cooperating public agencies may hold joint hearings and meetings regarding the projects assisted hereunder.
(13) Special Districts. The financing of both the development of infrastructure and services through community service districts, landscape and lighting districts, assessment districts, school facility improvement bonds, infrastructure finance, and similar special district financing mechanisms shall be permitted to the full extent under California law;
(14) Tax and Assistance Agreements. The use of tax rebates, tax credits, or similar agreements permitted by law including for sales taxes, transient occupancy taxes, utility taxes or other taxes shared with the generator thereof, and rebates or waivers of franchise fees, business license fees, development impact fees, or other revenue sources, or any other economic development subsidy (including 16 01007.0002/492583.10
land write-downs), may be provided when justified as provided herein. In the event of such agreements, they may only be approved after a public hearing thereon identifying the amount and terms of such assistance and the justification for such assistance.
(15) Regulatory Relief. The modification or suspension of zoning and other land use restrictions affecting the feasibility of development, density bonuses, expedited processing of entitlements, design-build contracts, environmental sustainability, special development zones, the establishment of clear and consistent regulatory regimes, creating procedures for dispute resolution, clear definition of scope of environmental review and use of scoping processes, and other similar methods, can be used to encourage economic development.
D. Economic Development Authority. In exercising the powers granted pursuant hereto, the city council may by ordinance exercise the above authorities, or create a subordinate economic development authority, and/or enable the Carson Reclamation Authority to so act to incentivize private investment by the grant or loan of public resources, the reduction of regulatory burdens, asset monetization, revenue or tax sharing, deferred or accelerated returns, infrastructure financing, alternative procurement strategies, concession or leasing arrangements, securitization of obligations, or other measures where the risks to the private entity can be reduced to a level whereby the development entity and investors can earn a commercially reasonable return on investment and will accordingly proceed with the economic development project. Should the State of California re -establish a redevelopment program or create additional economic development strategies in addition to those provided herein, the City is authorized to use them for the purposes provided herein.
Any program to undertake the above shall establish that any public assistance or subsidy provided to a project by the City have a sufficient public purpose and must include a comprehensive report identifying the nature of the project, the necessity of the assistance, the amount of the assistance, the public benefits of the project, the return on the project, and the regulations and conditions governing the project. The project would only be approved after a duly noticed public hearing and compliance with California 17 01007.0002/492583.10
Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”) (Public Resources Code § 21000 et seq.). The City may adopt a comprehensive ordinance with measures to carry out the foregoing.
SECTION 207. General Land Use Authority.
A. Goals and Objectives. The City of Carson while taking advantage of its location and economic opportunities, as described in Section 206 of this Charter, prides itself in providing exceptional services to the residents and business community it serves. It is the goal of the City to be a balanced community, providing employment opportunities, retail services, recreational activities, and quality neighborhoods, and to serve the needs of those who reside, work and recreate in the City. All industrial, commercial, and residential development shall be undertaken with a high degree of social and environmental quality and justice. In promoting balance and livability, it is the goal of the City that residents be able to reside, work, purchase goods and services, attend school, recreate, and otherwise enjoy the civil society, natural environment and other amenities of Carson.
B. Land Use Powers. Except as otherwise provided by ordinance of the city council, the City shall have the full power to enact regulatory land use measures, including but not limited to the following:
(1) Creation of a general plan for the long-term growth and orderly development of the City consistent with the foregoing policies.
(2) Creation of zoning ordinances with specific land use regulations which will carry out the City’s land use policies.
(3) Enact specific plans, overlay control districts or other similar matters for the regulation and development of land.
(4) Provide adequate enforcement mechanisms to abate public nuisances which depreciate nearby property values.
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(5) Make determinations pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act to protect the quality of the environment.
(6) Approve the subdivision or re-subdivision of property.
(7) Establish a site design and review process for development applications to assure high development quality and compatibility with adjacent uses.
(8) Establish procedures to approve conditional uses, variances and other land use entitlements.
(9) Establish regulations which are sensitive to the industrial history of the City and allow the City to remediate, redevelop, and address such uses for the benefit of public health and general welfare, and to increase property values throughout the City. The City may adopt and amend from time to time its comprehensive oil and gas code, that provides for the reasonable regulation of oil and gas facilities, operations, removal of oil field facilities and redevelopment of oil and gas sites.
(10) Establish procedures for preserving and protecting mobilehome parks through specific plans, special zoning or overlay districts, or other regulations, as an essential component of the City’s affordable housing stock. In determining reasonable measures to mitigate the adverse impacts of mobilehome park closures or conversion to other uses, the City shall consider the results of a survey of the park residents’ support for the closure or conversion. With respect to closure or conversion to subdivided resident ownership, the City shall also consider the results of a survey of the park residents’ support and may disapprove the closure or conversion if the results of the survey do not demonstrate the support of at least a majority of the park's homeowners.
(11) Establish procedures that encourage the development of affordable housing sufficient to meet community needs and improve housing quality standards through zoning regulations, and authorize the Housing Authority to develop varied housing assistance programs to address housing affordability issues including preserving mobilehome parks.
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(12) Establish measures to mitigate for the impacts of development on adjacent property and the City generally through land use regulations, requirements that the developer provide appropriate infrastructure improvements, imposition of impact mitigation fees, assessments for construction of infrastructure improvements, and similar measures.
(13) Condition development to provide for its maintenance in a first class condition and the protection of public safety and welfare, and through recorded covenant agreements, assessments, and other measures, assure that such development is adequately maintained and pays its fair share of the costs resulting from the development. Recorded covenants may also be used to carry out the purposes of Sections 208 and 209, and similar purposes.
(14) Provide for environmental stewardship and social justice in the development, management, and use of land through consideration of the inextricable linkages between social, economic and environmental issues, and for the incorporation of the ideals of sustainability such as accessible and affordable housing, food, services and transportation, accessible and inclusive green and public spaces, sustainable development, protection from pollution and contamination, and mitigation and adaptation to climate change.
SECTION 208. Abatement of Nonconforming Uses.
A. Purpose. Section 206 of this Charter recounts certain adverse circumstances concerning the development of the City which resulted in the establishment of uses under County zoning regulations which had adverse impacts on citizen’s health and safety and on surrounding properties. Section 207 of this Charter outlines land use policies to deal with mitigating and regulating adverse land use impacts (13), maintenance of development in a good condition (14), addressing certain industrial uses (9), and effectively abating nuisances (4).
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B. Nonconforming Uses. Where uses no longer conform with general plan or zoning regulations, and where such uses are having an adverse impact on health, safety and the general welfare, or negatively impact adjacent land uses, the City may by adoption of suitable general plan and zoning regulations, make such uses nonconforming, and may by ordinance provide for the abatement of such uses, in a manner similar as for franchise under Section 1002 of this Charter, with abatement terms and the opportunities for hearings, taking of evidence, and extensions based upon recovery of a reasonable return on investment.
SECTION 209. Cannabis Regulation; Retail Dispensary Ban.
The City of Carson may prohibit and regulate cannabis activities in a manner that is necessary to protect the public health, safety, and welfare. Any outdoor personal cannabis cultivation is prohibited, except as authorized by City ordinance. Any commercial cannabis operations which involve the retail sale of cannabis (dispensaries) are prohibited. The City may authorize up to four (4) commercial cannabis operation centers, that may comprise of each type of the activities permitted by state law, except cannabis dispensaries. Any change to the type of authorized commercial cannabis activities of cultivation, manufacture, testing, or distributor and/or any increase to the number of authorized centers from that currently permitted in the City as of the effectiv e date of this Charter, may only be adopted by a majority vote of the voters in a general municipal election.
ARTICLE III – CITY COUNCIL
SECTION 300. Powers Vested in the City Council.
All powers of the City shall be vested in the city council except as otherwise provided in this Charter. Any authority not delegated by this Charter or ordinances of the City is retained by the city council.
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SECTION 301. Elective Officers; Indemnification.
The elective officers of the City shall consist of four city council members, one directly elected mayor, a city clerk, and a city treasurer. The members of the city council and the mayor shall be elected by the voters from the City at large at the time an d in the manner provided in this Charter. In the event that the population of the City exceeds one hundred thousand (100,000) residents, by resolution of the city council, the City may increase the elective officers of the City to six city council members, one directly elected mayor, a city clerk, and a city treasurer.
All elective officers shall serve for a term of four years and until their respective successors are elected and qualified. The elective officers in office at the time this Charter takes effect shall continue in office until the termination of their current terms and succeeding terms shall be likewise for four (4) years. The term of each elective officer shall commence no later than five days from the certification of the election results by the city council. Ties in voting among candidates for officer shall be settled by lot.
Elective officers and employees shall have the same indemnification rights as specified under California State law only.
SECTION 302. Mayor; Mayor Pro Tempore.
A. Mayor. The mayor shall serve as a member of the city council for all purposes and shall only have the rights, powers and duties of a member of the city council, unless otherwise provided for in this Charter or by ordinance. Unless otherwise expressly provided to the contrary, any provision in this Charter which relates to the city council or to members of the city council shall be interpreted to include the mayor as a member of the city council.
B. Powers. The mayor shall be the head of the City for all ceremoni al purposes.
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procedural order, and shall serve as the primary, but not exclusive, spokesperson of the City. The mayor shall assure that city council meetings are conducted in an orderly and fair manner in accordance with law and relying on the city attorney as parliame ntarian.
The mayor shall sign written contracts and conveyances made or entered into by the City. The mayor shall not have special voting rights or veto power over any actions of the city council. The mayor shall perform such duties consistent with their office as may be prescribed by this Charter, or as determined by the city council and not inconsistent herewith.
C. Mayor Pro Tempore. The mayor pro tempore shall perform the duties of the mayor during any period of the mayor's absence or disability. The mayor pro tempore shall be selected biennially in the month of January by a majority vote of the members of the city council, and shall serve for a term of two (2) years until their successor is selected. The city council by ordinance or resolution may establish a rotational system for such office among the council members.
SECTION 303. Eligibility.
No person shall be eligible to hold an elective office unless he or she is, at the time of issuance of nomination papers for the elective office, a qualified elector of the City, or of territory legally annexed thereto, and shall have been domiciled in the City for at least thirty (30) days immediately preceding the nomination period.
SECTION 304. Compensation and Expenses.
All members of the city council shall receive as total compensation for their services a monthly salary which shall be set at the “Low Income Limits” for a family of four (4) as set forth by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development for the area including Los Angeles County for the year 2018. The City shall not provide any additional compensation to members of the city council for attendance at other meetings 23 01007.0002/492583.10
of City or City-affiliated commissions, committees, subcommittees, and boards of directors, except the existing council/mayor differential shall continue. Any future adjustment to the salaries of city council members shall be in accordance with, and limited by, the provisions of law as set forth in Government Code Section 36516 or any successor provision thereto.
All of the members of the city council, including the mayor, shall continue to be entitled to reimbursement for their actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their official duties as stated in, and limited by, the provisions of law applicable to the reimbursement for expenses city council members in general law cities as set forth in Government Code Sections 36514.5, 53232.2 and 53232.3 or any successor provision thereto. The city manager shall be responsible for collecting any receipts from the members of the city council for reimbursable expenses within sixty days of the incurrence of any eligible expense, and shall submit quarterly reports to the city council regarding said expenses.
SECTION 305. Limitation of Terms.
No person shall serve more than three four -year terms of office as a member of the city council (12-year maximum). A partial term shall count as a full term unless the period is less than two full years, which period would not count as a term.
SECTION 306. Vacancies.
A. Vacancy. If a member of the city council (i) is absent from all regular meetings of the city council for a period of sixty (60) days consecutively from and after the last regular city council meeting attended by such member, unless such absence is by permission or excused by the city council expressed in its official minutes; (ii) ceases to be domiciled in the City or ceases to be an elector of the City; or (iii) is convicted of any felony or criminal offense involving a violation of his or her official duties, or (iv) formally 24 01007.0002/492583.10
resigns in writing; the office shall become vacant. The city council by resolution shall declare the existence of any such vacancy, and the office shall be deemed vacant from the date of such declaration.
B. Filling Vacancy. A vacancy on the city council, from whatever cause, may be filled by appointment by a majority of the remaining members of the city council, or by the calling of a special election if no appointment is made within sixty (60) days of the commencement of the vacancy. No person shall be eligible to fill a vacancy unless, at the time of appointment, they are a qualified elector of the City, have been domiciled in the City for at least sixty (60) days immediately preceding his or her appointment, and have not reached the term limit for city councilmembers pursuant to Section 305 of this Charter prior to, or during, their appointment to fill the vacancy. Any person appointed or elected to fill a vacancy on the city council shall serve the remaining unexpired term of the office. In the event it shall fail to fill a vacancy by appointment within sixty (60) days after such office shall become vacant, the city council shall cause an election to fill such vacancy to be held at the next available state election, but not less than 114 days from the call of the special election. The times and procedures for the calling of any special election to fill a city council vacancy may be established by City ordinance consistent with State law.
C. Elective Officers. Vacancies in other elective offices of the City shall be determined and filled in the same manner as provided herein for city council members.
D. Interim Appointment. If the city council calls a special election to fill a vacancy, the city council may make an interim appointment to fill the vacancy until the date of the special election. Persons eligible for appointment shall meet the criteria of subsection (B) above.
SECTION 307. Interference in Administrative Service.
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duties, or order, directly or indirectly, the appointment by the city manager or by any of the department heads in the administrative service of the City, of any person to an office or employment, or his or her removal therefrom. Except for the purpose of inquiry, the city council and its members shall deal with the administrative service under the city manager solely through the city manager, and neither the city council nor any member thereof shall give orders to any subordinates of the city manager, either publicly or privately, directly or indirectly.
SECTION 308. Meetings.
A. Compliance with State Law. Unless otherwise expressly provided in this Charter, all meetings of the city council shall be called and conducted in accordance with state law, as specified in Government Code Sections 54950 et seq. (“Ralph M. Brown Act”).
B. Regular Meetings. Unless otherwise provided by ordinance, or resolution of the city council, the city council shall hold regular meetings twice per month, unless otherwise determined by the city council. City council meetings shall be held at such times as it shall fix by ordinance or resolution and city council may adjourn or re -adjourn any regular meeting to a date and hour certain which shall be specified in the order of adjournment, and when so adjourned, each adjourned meeting shall be a regular meeting for all purposes. If the hour to which a meeting is adjourned is not stated in the order of adjournment, such meeting shall be held at the hour for holding regular meetings. If at any time any regular meeting falls on a holiday or municipal election, such regular meeting shall be held on the next business day unless otherwise specified by the city council.
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be removed or obscured by other posted material. Specifically, the notice and agenda shall also be posted at City Hall and on the City’s official website. The city clerk may also use additional technological means to disseminate information to the public.
D. Place of Meetings. Unless otherwise provided by ordinance or resolution of the city council, all meetings shall be held in the council chambers as such location is designated by ordinance or resolution of the city council, or in such place to which any such meeting may be adjourned, and, except for any closed sessions permitted under state law, shall be open to the public. If, by reason of fire, flood or other emergency, it shall be unsafe to meet in the place designated, the meetings may be held for the duration of the emergency at such place as is designated by the mayor, or, if the mayor should fail to act, by three (3) members of the city council.
SECTION 309. Special Meetings.
Special meetings may be called at any time in writing by the mayor, or by a majority of the city council members, by delivering written notice to each council member and the local media, in accordance with Government Code Section 54956(a). The notice for a special meeting shall specify the subject(s) to be considered in open and/or closed session, and only the matters specified in the notice may be discussed at special meetings, in accordance with Government Code Sections 54954.5 and 54956(b). The notice for a special meeting shall be conspicuously posted at least twenty four ho urs prior to the special meeting at the Designated Locations and in the manner for posting of the regular agendas set forth in Section 308 of this Charter.
SECTION 310. Quorum; Proceedings.
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regular meeting, the city clerk may declare the meeting adjourned to a stated day, hour, and place. Notice of a meeting adjourned by less than a quorum or by the clerk may be given by delivering written notice to each council member and the local media or waived in accordance with Government Code Section 54955. Notice of an adjourned meeting need not specify the matters to be acted upon.
SECTION 311. Oaths; Subpoenas.
Each member of the city council, or the city clerk, or the chair of any City board or commission shall have the power to administer oaths and affirmations in any investigation or proceeding pending before the city council or board or commission of City. The city council shall have the power and authority to compel the attendance of witnesses, to examine them under oath and to compel the production of evidence before it. Subpoenas, when authorized by resolution of the city council, may be issued by the mayor in the name of the City and shall be attested by the city clerk.
Disobedience of such subpoenas, or the refusal to testify upon other than constitutional grounds or statutory privileges, shall constitute a misdemeanor.
SECTION 312. Citizen Participation.
The city council and all its boards and commissions shall operate transparently and in a manner to promote citizen participation. No person shall be denied the right, personally or through counsel, to address the city council at any regular meeting, adjourned regular meeting or special meeting regarding any item within its subject matter jurisdiction and if such item is on the agenda, prior to such item being considered by the city council. City council may, by ordinance or resolution, establish time limitations for speaking and impose other reasonable regulations on the exercise of such right in order to preserve the orderly nature of its proceedings. The presiding officer may modify regular rules of procedure in a nondiscriminatory fashion where large audiences are present, and may make necessary orders to prevent disorderly conduct when the meeting is being 28 01007.0002/492583.10
disrupted. All boards and commissions of City shall conduct their meetings in a similar fashion consistent with the city council’s procedures or with their own procedures established by resolution so long as such procedures are consistent with the city council’s rules.
SECTION 313. Adoption of Ordinances and Resolutions.
A. Ordinances. With the sole exception of ordinances which take effect upon adoption as described below, all ordinances shall be first introduced by the city council, and shall have a second reading no sooner than five (5) days after the date of their introduction and prior to their adoption. All ordinances shall be introduced, deliberated, and passed upon at a regular or adjourned regular meeting of the city council. At the time of its introduction, an ordinance shall become a part of the proceedings of such meeting, and a copy of the introduced ordinance shall be kept in the custody of the city clerk and included in the code of ordinances. A proposed ordinance shall be read by title only unless a council member disagrees that the ordinance can be read by title only and requests a full reading.
B. Alteration and Correction. In the event that any ordinance is altered after its introduction, the same shall not be finally adopted except after a second reading at a regular or adjourned regular meeting held not less than five (5) days after the date upon which such ordinance was so altered. The correction of typographical or clerical errors shall not constitute the making of an alteration within the meaning of the foregoing sentence.
C. Payment of Money. Warrants and orders for the payment of money shall be approved by resolution adopted at any regular, adjourned regular, or special meeting.
D. Majority Necessary. Unless a higher vote is required by other provisions of this Charter, or by the laws of the State of California, an affirmative vote of the majority of the quorum shall be required for the enactment of any ordinance, resolution, or the making or approving of any warrant or order for the payment of money, or for entering 29 01007.0002/492583.10
into any contract where the amount to be paid by the City exceeds twenty five thousand dollars ($25,000) (Charter Section 403(7)), but the limit of $25,000 may be increased by ordinance provided that such ordinance is passed by a two -thirds affirmative vote of the city council at a regular or adjourned regular meeting.
E. Execution. All ordinances and resolutions shall be signed by the mayor or in the mayor’s absence, the mayor pro tempore, and attested by the city clerk.
F. Urgency. Any ordinance declared by the city council as an urgency measure necessary for the immediate preservation of public peace, health or safety, and containing a statement of the reasons for its urgency, may be introduced and adopted at one and the same meeting if passed by a two-thirds affirmative vote of the city council.
SECTION 314. Ordinances; Publication.
The city clerk shall cause each ordinance or a summary of each ordinance to be published at least once in a local newspaper or newspaper of general circulation in the City, and posted on the City’s official website within fifteen days after its adoption. I f there is no newspaper of general circulation in the City, the clerk shall cause it to be posted in the manner provided in Section 308 of this charter, or published in a newspaper of general circulation, printed and published in the County and circulated in the City. The city clerk may also use additional technological means available to disseminate information to the public.
SECTION 315. Codification of Ordinances.
A. Codification. All ordinances of the City which have been enacted and published in the manner required at the time of their adoption, and which have not been repealed, shall be compiled, consolidated, revised, indexed and arranged as a comprehensive ordinance code, and such code may be adopted by reference, with the same effect as an ordinance, by the passage of an ordinance for such purpose. Such code need not 30 01007.0002/492583.10
be published in the manner required for other ordinances, but not less than three copies thereof shall be filed for use and examination by the public in the office of the city clerk prior to the adoption thereof. Such a code may contain provisions of general application to all other ordinances including definitions, statutory construction rules, fines and penalties and similar provisions of general application which shall apply to all other ordinances of the City unless otherwise specifically provided. Amendments to the code shall be enacted in the same manner as ordinances.
B. Adoption of Codes by Reference. Detailed regulations pertaining to the construction of buildings, plumbing and wiring, mechanical devices, abatement of dangerous buildings, or similar matters consisting of part of a uniform code adopted by the County of Los Angeles, or generally adopted on a state -wide or region-wide basis, when arranged as a comprehensive code, may likewise be adopted by reference to the full extent permitted by the general laws of the State of California, and pursuant to procedures established therein. Maps, charts and diagrams also may be adopted by reference in the same manner.
SECTION 316. Ordinances; When Effective.
No ordinance shall become effective until thirty days from and after the date of its adoption, except the following, which shall take effect immediately upon adoption:
(1) An ordinance calling or otherwise relating to an election.
(2) An assessment district ordinance adopted under a special law or procedural ordinance relating thereto.
(3) An ordinance declaring the amount of money necessary to be raised by taxation, or fixing the rate of taxation, or levying a tax upon property.
(4) An urgency ordinance adopted in the manner provided for in Section 313F of this Charter.
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(5) Any other such ordinance authorized by State law.
SECTION 317. Ordinances; Violation; Penalty.
City council may designate the violation of any ordinance of the City to constitute a misdemeanor or an infraction. Unless specifically designated as an infraction, a violation of any ordinance of the City shall constitute a misdemeanor and may be prosecuted in the name of the people of the State of California or may be redressed by civil action. The maximum fine or penalty for any violation of a City ordinance, whether a misdemeanor or an infraction, shall be as established by ordinance or resolution of the city council. The city council may issue subpoenas under Section 311 of this Charter and report noncompliance thereof to the judge of the superior court of the county, in order to enforce any local law or ordinance.
SECTION 318. Publishing of Legal Notices.
The city clerk shall cause all legal notices to be published in a local or a newspaper of general circulation within the City as provided in Section 314 of this Charter, or posted in the Designated Locations and on the City’s official website as designated in Section 308 of this Charter. The city clerk may also utilize other technological means available for dissemination of information to the public.
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SECTION 319. Contracts; Property.
A. Contracts and Manner of Execution. The City shall not be bound by any contract, except as hereinafter provided, unless it is in writing, approved by the city council and signed on behalf of the City by the mayor or by such other employee as shall be designated by the city council, the city clerk, and the city attorney. Any of said officers shall sign a contract on behalf of the City when directed to do so by ordinance, resolution, or other order of the city council.
B. City Manager Authority to Contract. By ordinance or resolution the city council may authorize the city manager to bind the City, with a written contract, including by purchase order, for the acquisition of equipment, materials, supplies, labor, services or other items included within the budget approved by the city council, and shall by ordinance impose a monetary limit upon such authority as authorized by this Charter.
C. Surplus Personal Property. The city council shall by ordinance or resolution provide a method for the sale or exchange of personal property not needed in the City service or not fit for the purpose for which intended, and for the conveyance of title thereto.
D. Sale of Real Property. No real property of City shall be sold, transferred or conveyed without a finding by the planning commission and city council as to the consistency of the sale with the general plan. Moreover, real property valued at more than two million five hundred thousand dollars ($2,500,000), may not be sold, transferred or conveyed except when approved by ordinance or resolution passed by a two-thirds affirmative vote of the city council.
E. Acquisition of Real Property. Any real property which is sold, dedicated, or transferred to City must be accepted by resolution of the city council.
F. Park and Open Space. The City is fully authorized to acquire, dedicate and preserve real property for parkland and open space purposes, including surplus school sites. Parkland may include active and passive purposes, and shall include recreational activities such as ball fields and courts, gyms, pools, auditoriums, dog parks, and similar 33 01007.0002/492583.10
facilities. The City is also authorized to enter into licenses, leases or joint use agreements for use and maintenance of educational facilities for recreational purposes, and to indemnify the owner for the use thereof.
G. Public Utility. Contracts for the sale of the products, commodities or services of any department or public utility owned, controlled or operated by the City may be made by the manager of such utility or by the city manager upon forms approved by the city manager and at rates fixed by the city council.
H. Implementation. The city council may by ordinance or resolution adopt further procedures to carry out the intent of this section.
ARTICLE IV – CITY MANAGER AND CITY ATTORNEY
SECTION 400. City Manager.
There shall be a city manager who shall be the chief administrative officer of the City.
City council shall appoint, by an affirmative vote of a majority of its members, the person that it believes to be best qualified on the basis of his or her executive and administrative qualifications, with special reference to experience in, and knowledge of, accepted practices in respect to the duties of the office. The city manager shall serve at the pleasure of the city council.
SECTION 401. Eligibility.
No person shall be eligible to receive appointment as city manager while serving as a member of the city council nor within six years after he or she has ceased to be a member of the city council.
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SECTION 402. Compensation and Bond.
A. City Manager At Will. The city council shall be authorized to enter into a contract of employment with the city manager. The city manager shall have no vested or procedural rights in connection with his or her employment as city manager.
B. Contract. The city manager shall be paid a salary with benefits commensurate with their responsibilities as chief administrative officer of the City, which salary shall be established by resolution of the city council, or by contract with the city manager. Any severance clause shall not include benefits and the term of severance compensation shall not exceed the shorter of one year or the unexpired term of the contract per Government Code Section 53260.
C. Bond. The city manager shall furnish a corporate surety bond conditioned upon the faithful performance of their duties in such form and in such amount as may be determined by the city council. Any premium for such bond shall be a proper charge against the City.
SECTION 403. City Manager Powers and Duties.
The city manager shall be the administrative head of the government of the City under the direction and control of the city council. The city manager shall be responsible for the efficient administration of all the affairs of the City which are under the c ity manager’s control. In addition to his or her general powers as administrative head, and not as a limitation thereon, the city manager shall have the powers and duties as set forth by ordinance of the city council, including but not limited to the following:
(1) Ordinances. To recommend to the city council for adoption such measures and ordinances as deemed appropriate, and to enforce all laws and ordinances of the City and see that all franchises, contracts, permits and privileges granted by the City are faithfully observed;
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(2) Management Authority. To maintain management control, and provide direction to all department heads, subordinate officers and employees of the City. To effect such administrative organization of offices, positions or units in the interest of efficient, effective and economical conduct of the City's business with concurrence of the city council;
(3) Power of Appointment and Removal. As appointing authority, to appoint, remove, promote and demote all officers and employees, except for elected officials and the city attorney, subject to the following, (i) all other applicable personnel ordinances, rules and regulations of the City; (ii) appeal rules in the personnel system, if any; and (iii) all other ordinances of the City;
(4) Council Meetings. To cause to be prepared agendas and appropriate staff reports and make recommendations and present options on all agenda items; and to participate in meetings of the city council unless excused or as otherwise directed by the mayor or city council;
(5) Financial Reports. Oversee the financial affairs of the City and to keep the city council at all times advised as to the financial condition and needs of the City;
(6) Budget. To timely prepare and submit the proposed balanced annual budget to the city council for consideration and approval, and to manage the City’s finances in accordance with the budget;
(7) Contract Agent. To approve expenditures where the amount to be p aid by the City is twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) or less, unless such amount is increased by ordinance of the city council under Section 313(D) of this Charter, to purchase all supplies for all the departments or divisions of the City in accordance with the budget and the purchasing ordinance as approved by the city council, and to negotiate or cause negotiation of all contracts and to assure that all contracts are carried out in accordance with their terms;
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performance of any obligations of the City; to investigate all complaints in relation to matters concerning the administration of the City government and the service maintained by public utilities in the City; to create processes to receive complaints from citizens, vendors, and other aggrieved persons; to report on any investigative activities and make recommendations to the city council. At the city council's discretion, the council may decide to conduct/oversee specific resident, contractor and/or other non-employee complaints and investigations;
(9) Public Buildings. To exercise general supervision over all public buildings, public parks and all other public property which are under the control and jurisdiction of the city council;
(10) Other Duties. To perform such other duties or exercise such other powers as may be delegated to the city manager from time to time by ordinance, resolution or other official action of the city council.
SECTION 404. Removal.
Unless for cause, the city manager shall not be removed from office by action taken by the city council during the period of ninety (90) days following any municipal election at which a member of the city council is elected. At any other time the city manager may be removed only at a regular meeting of the city council and upon a majority vote the city council. In removing the city manager, the city council shall have absolute discretion, and its actions shall be final. The city manager is an at will employee and shall not have any procedural rights entitling him or her to a hearing or other notice prior to termination, except as may be provided by ordinance or contract.
SECTION 405. Acting City Manager.
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assistant city manager or other departmental director, as the city manager may designate in writing filed with the city clerk, shall be designated and delegated "acting" city manager authority. If the city manager fails to designate an "acting city manager," the acting position shall be filled in this order: assistant city manager, then finance director, unless the city council designates in writing a qualified City administrative officer to exercise the powers and perform the duties of manager during the temporary absence or disability.
SECTION 406. City Attorney.
There shall be a city attorney, who shall be appointed by and serve at the pleasure of the city council. A majority vote of the city council shall be required to appoint or remove the city attorney, which may only take place at a regular meeting of the city council. To become and remain eligible for city attorney the person appointed shall be an attorney - at-law duly licensed as such under the laws of the State of California, and having been a municipal law attorney for at least ten (10) years.
SECTION 407. City Attorney; Powers and Duties.
The city council is authorized to enter into a contract with the city attorney. The city attorney shall have no vested or procedural rights in connection with their service as city attorney. The city attorney shall have power and be required to:
(1) Represent and advise the city council and all City officers in all matters of law pertaining to their offices.
(2) Represent and appear for the City in any or all actions or proceedings in which the City is concerned or is a party, and represent and appear for any City officer or employee, or former City officer or employee, in any or all actions and proceedings in which any such officer or employee is concerned or is a party for any act arising out of his employment or by reason of his or her official capacity. 38 01007.0002/492583.10
(3) Attend all meetings of the city council and give advice or opinions in writing whenever requested to do so by the city council or by any of the advisory boards, committees, commissions or officers of the City.
(4) Approve the form of contracts made by and bonds given to the City, and all deeds or covenants recorded for or on behalf of the City.
(5) Approve any and all proposed ordinances and resolutions for the City and amendments thereto.
(6) Surrender to his or her successor all books, papers, files and documents pertaining to the City's affairs.
(7) Prosecute on behalf of the people of the City any or all criminal cases arising from violation of City ordinances, and such State misdemeanors as the City has the power to prosecute.
(8) Recommend and oversee the hiring and supervise the work of any and all other attorneys employed by the City to perform legal work on any litigation or other matter, or otherwise employed to assist the city attorney.
(9) To otherwise serve as the legal counselor to the City, and to perform other duties consistent with the Charter, as directed by the city council.
ARTICLE V – OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES
SECTION 500. Administrative Departments.
A. City Manager Administration. The city manager is responsible for the organization, conduct and operation of the several offices and departments of the City consistent with this Charter, and the ordinances of the City as established by the city council. The city manager shall assure the efficient and effective operation of the City departments, shall review their operation, and when needed, shall recommend creation 39 01007.0002/492583.10
of additional departments, divisions, offices and agencies or their consolidatio n, alteration or abolition. Each department shall be headed by an officer as department head who shall be appointed by and may be suspended or removed by the city manager.
B. Council Approval of Organizational Structure. Unless as otherwise provided in this Charter, the current organizational structure shall not be modified by the adoption of this Charter from that currently existing. Any reorganization or restructuring of a department recommended by city manager must be approved by ordinance or resolution of the city council. Upon recommendation by the city manager, the city council, by ordinance or resolution, may assign additional functions or duties to offices, departments or agencies so long as not inconsistent with this Charter. The city manager shall recommend and the city council shall provide for the number, titles, qualifications, powers, duties and compensation of all officers and employees.
SECTION 501. City Clerk; Powers and Duties.
There shall be a city clerk who shall be elected from the City at large. Staff of the city clerk’s office shall be employees of City and a part of the City’s personnel system. The city clerk shall have power and shall be required to:
(1) Attend in person or through authorized representative, all meetings of the city council and be responsible for the recording and maintaining of a full and true record of all of the proceedings of the city council in books that shall bear appropriate titles and be devoted to such purpose.
(2) Maintain records of all ordinances, certifying the same to be the original or a correct copy; as to an ordinance requiring publication, providing for the publication thereof and stating that the same has been published or posted in accordance with this Charter; monitor records of all official actions of the city council, including contracts, bonds, deeds, and other recorded instruments; and keep all books properly indexed and open to public inspection when not in actual 40 01007.0002/492583.10
use. All ordinances shall be properly codified and all copies of the municipal code, written or electronic, shall be kept current and updated.
(3) Manage the records of the official actions of the city council, including contracts, bonds, deeds, and other recorded instruments.
(4) Attest the signatures of City officials on written contracts or conveyances.
(5) Acknowledge the execution of all instruments executed by the City as required.
(6) In accordance with the City’s transparency goals, assure appropriate procedures are established and followed to comply with Government Code Section 6250 et seq. (“California Public Record Act”).
(7) Be the custodian of the seal of the City, and serve as City’s agent for service of process.
(8) Administer oaths or affirmations, take affidavits and depositions pertaining to the affairs and business of the City and certify copies of official records.
(9) Be ex-officio assessor, unless the city council implements the provisions of the state laws relative to the assessment of property and the collection of City taxes by county officers, or unless the city council by ordinance provides otherwise.
(10) Serve as the election official of the City and have charge of all City elections.
(11) Conduct opening bids for public works projects publicly advertised by the City.
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SECTION 502. City Treasurer; Powers and Duties.
There shall be a city treasurer who shall be elected from the City at large. Staff of the city treasurer’s office shall be employees of City and a part of the City’s personnel system. The city treasurer shall have power and shall be required to:
(1) Assist the finance director, as requested by such officer, in carrying out assigned duties. In the event of any disputes between the officials, such matters shall be referred to the city manager.
(2) Receive and safely keep all moneys which shall come into their hands as city treasurer.
(3) Comply with all provisions of law governing the deposit and securing of public funds, and assure that all funds are deposited in appropriate institutions in compliance with state law.
(4) Comply with all the provisions of the general laws of the State governing the handling of such funds as may come into his or her possession.
(5) Cooperate in the preparation of the independent annual audit in accordance with Government Code Section 41002 and Section 913 hereof.
(6) Pay out moneys only on warrants signed by persons designated by law, or ordinance, as the proper persons to sign warrants and as to trust funds which may come into their possession or control by virtue of some law, ordinance or resolution, by warrant or other order, in accordance with the provisions of such law, ordinance or resolution.
(7) Meet with the finance director at regular intervals and at least once each month, submit to the finance director a written report and accounting of all receipts, disbursements and fund balances, a copy of which report shall be filed with the city council.
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(8) Assist the finance director with the preparation of the annual report of the investment policy in accordance with Government Code Section 53646(a)(2), assure that all investments are made in accordance with such policy, and make recommendations for improvements in such policies. The annual report shall be reviewed by the investment committee.
(9) Serve as the chair of an investment committee, which shall include the finance director, the city manager or assistant city manager, a council member designated by the mayor, and a resident with financial expertise designated by the mayor, that periodically reviews the status of and plans for the investment of public funds in consideration of the anticipated financial needs of the City and shall report thereon publicly to the city council.
SECTION 503. Compensation.
The city council shall determine, by ordinance or resolution, the amount and type of compensation to be paid to all City officers, department heads, and employees. The council shall periodically survey comparable cities and set compensation levels so as to be reasonably competitive across similar classes and positions, taking into account the City’s fiscal condition. The salaries of the city clerk and city treasurer shall be set by resolution of the city council and maintained in a range appropriate under the City’s salary schedule in accordance with their highest paid subordinate or manager. The city clerk and city treasurer may also receive additional premiums for receiving the professional designation as “Certified California Municipal Clerk” or “Certified California Municipal Treasurer" in accordance with Council resolution.
SECTION 504. Department Heads.
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direction of the city manager and in accordance with the ordinances, resolutions and policies of the city council.
SECTION 505. Nepotism, Favoritism, and Corruption
It shall be the policy of the City to prohibit and ban nepotism, favoritism and corruption.
For the purposes of this section, officer shall mean all public officials of the City, elected or appointed, and manager shall mean the city manager, assistant city managers, and all department heads of the City.
An officer or manager of the City shall not themselves, and shall not direct any other person to, appoint, employ, promote, or advance for appointment to any committee, board or commission, employment, or promotion in or to any position in the City, any individual who is a relative of such manager or any officer of the City, by blood or marriage within the third degree, or a significant other of such manager or any officer of the City.
No individual shall be appointed to any committee, board or commission in the City if such appointment has been advocated by an officer or manager of the City for the preferential treatment of such individual for reasons other than expertise or performance in such committee, board or commission.
An officer or manager of the City, in the course of their duties, shall not accept or provide money or gifts to any individual or entity, except as permitted by State law, or by ordinance or resolution of the city council.
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ARTICLE VI – APPOINTIVE BOARDS, COMMITTEES AND COMMISSIONS
SECTION 600. In General.
To assist the city council in the governance of the City, there shall be a housing authority, mobile home rental review board, planning commission, and such other boards, committees or commissions as provided in this Charter or as the city council may establish by ordinance or resolution. The city council shall set the purposes of such boards, committees and commissions and may grant to them such powers and duties as it deems appropriate and are consistent with the provisions of this Charter.
SECTION 601. Appropriations.
The city council shall include in its annual budget such appropriations of funds as in its opinion shall be sufficient for the efficient and proper functioning of such boards, committees and commissions. The city council may, by ordinance or resolution, se t reasonable fees and charges for defraying the costs of hearings or other administrative proceedings of the City's appointive boards, committees and commissions.
SECTION 602. Appointments; Terms.
A. Appointments. The mayor and each member of the city council may appoint one member to a position on each City board, committee or commission, and the remaining membership positions shall be appointed by the mayor and approved by a majority of the city council, including the three alternates. To be qualified for appointment, the member shall be a qualified elector of the City, shall be domiciled in the City for at least sixty (60) days immediately preceding their appointment, and shall continue to reside in the City for the duration of his or her tenure, unless otherwise provided by ordinance.
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commission or committee, and may provide for expertise qualifications for each membership position, in lieu of appointment by individual council members, in which case the positions shall be filled by appointed by mayor and approved by the council.
B. Notice. Notice of the availability of a position for appointment or to fill a vacancy shall be subject to the provisions of Government Code Sections 54970 -54974 (“Maddy Act”) and posted in the Designated Locations pursuant to Section 308 of this Charter, as well as on the City’s official website. The city clerk may also utilize other technological means available to disseminate information to the public. The city council may, by resolution, adopt additional procedures to receive and consider applicants for City advisory boards, committees and commissions and may waive the filing of applications when it deems appropriate.
C. Terms. The members presently serving on the City’s appointive boards, committees, and commissions on the effective date of this Charter shall continue in their positions until the termination of their current terms, and succeeding members shall serve for a term of two (2) years, unless otherwise provided by ordinance or resolution of the city council, and until their respective successors are appointed and qualified.
Unless a vacancy occurs, the organizational meeting to fill the positions shall be at the same time as filling the position of mayor pro tempore in Section 302(C) of this Charter.
SECTION 603. Chairs; Meetings; Staff; Rules.
As soon as practicable, following the first day of every calendar year, or such other time as may be designated by resolution of the city council, the members of the each advisory board, committee or commission shall appoint a member to serve as chair and/or as vice-chair(s) of such board, committee or commission. Unless otherwise provided by ordinance or resolution, or in the rules of proceeding promulgated by the applicable advisory board, committee or commission, each appointive board, committee or commission shall hold regular meetings at least once each month, and may hold special meetings as such board, committee or commission may require. All 46 01007.0002/492583.10
proceedings shall be open to the public and conducted in a similar fashion to that provided in Section 312 of this Charter, except for such closed sessions as may be authorized by law, and shall be conducted in accordance with open meeting laws of the Brown Act. Except as may be otherwise provided in this Charter, the city manager shall designate a secretary for the recording of minutes for each of such boards, committees and commissions, who shall keep a record of its proceedings and transactions and shall provide appropriate staff support for such board or commission. Each appointive board, committee or commission may by resolution adopt such other rules and regulations which shall be consistent with this Charter and the rules and policies of the city council, including Section 312 hereof.
SECTION 604. Compensation.
As may be adjusted by ordinance or resolution in the future, upon approval of this charter, all members of appointive boards, committees and commissions, including the alternates, shall receive compensation for their services in the amount of fifty dollars ($50) per meeting and shall receive reimbursement for necessary traveling and other expenses incurred on official duty when such expenditures have received authorization by the city council.
SECTION 605. Removal; Vacancies.
Any member of an advisory board, committee or commission shall serve at the pleasure of the city council and may be removed at any time upon recommendation/nomination for removal by Mayor and a vote of a majority of the membership of the city council.
Causes for removal include but are not limited to:
(1) Excessive absenteeism, to be defined as absence from three consecutive meetings of such board, committee, or commission or for twenty five percent (25%) of the duly scheduled meetings of the board or commission within any 47 01007.0002/492583.10
fiscal year, unless by permission of such board or commission expressed in its official minutes.
(2) Upon conviction of any felony.
(3) Upon ceasing to be a qualified elector of the City.
(4) Upon written resignation by the member.
For the foregoing reasons, or any other, or without cause, the city council may declare the office of any board, committee, or commission member vacant, and the vacancy shall be effective from the date of the declaration unless otherwise specified in the declaration.
Any vacancies in any board, committee, or commission shall be filled by the mayor and city council in the same manner as specified herein for the original appointment of the removed member. Upon a vacancy occurring leaving an unexpired portion of a member’s term, any appointment to fill such vacancy shall be for the unexpired portion of such term.
SECTION 606. Planning Commission; Powers and Duties.
There shall be a planning commission consisting of no fewer than five (5) members.
The director of community development or his or her designated representative, shall attend all planning commission meetings. The planning commission may meet with and receive advice from the city attorney as it or the city attorney may deem necessary. The planning commission shall have all of the following powers and duties, which powers and duties may be modified by ordinance of the city council:
(1) All duties set out in the State Planning and Zoning Law for a planning agency as same now exists and as same may hereafter be amended.
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(2) After public hearing, recommend to the city council any amendment to the general plan or any part thereof, or any zoning ordinance amendments.
(3) Exercise authority granted to it by ordinance over subdivisions, use permits, or other matters not inconsistent with this Charter.
(4) Accomplish all duties and functions as established in Section 208 of this Charter.
(5) Review the quality and nature of development within the City in accordance with the general plan and make recommendations to the city council to assure development is carried out in accordance with the general plan and the City’s planning standards.
(6) Make recommendations to the city council concerning the annual capital improvement plan and as to the acquisition and disposal of real property in terms of consistence of such with the general plan.
(7) Perform other duties specified by the city council not inconsistent with this Charter.
SECTION 607. Mobile Home Park Rental Review Board.
There shall be a mobilehome park rental review board consisting of no fewer than five (5) members, including at least two (2) resident homeowners, two (2) park owners, and (1) at large member, as provided by ordinance of the city council. There shall also be no fewer than 5 alternate members as provided by ordinance of the city council, and the members and alternate members shall be appointed by the mayor and approved by the city council. The mobilehome park rental review board shall have all of the following powers and duties, which powers and duties may be modified by ordinance of the city council:
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(1) Make recommendations to the city council that the board deems appropriate regarding the implementation and enforcement of the City’s mobile home park regulations.
(2) Hear and determine rent adjustment applications seeking adjustment for capital improvement expenditures incurred and/or for adjustment to assure a Park Owner a “fair return” as that term is defined by law, and determine whether to approve, modify or disapprove such a rent adjustment pursuant to the procedures establish by ordinance of the city council.
(3) Perform other duties specified by the city council not inconsistent with this Charter.
SECTION 608. Carson Housing Authority.
There shall be a Carson housing authority consisting of the members of the Carson city council. The board members may provide for the selection, duties, and compensation of the officers/staff of the authority, who shall perform such duties and functions as may be require by the authority or the adopted bylaws and rules of procedure for the housing authority. The powers of the housing authority shall be vested in the board members thereof and shall include all rights, powers, duties, privileges, and immuniti es established by Health and Safety Code Section 34200 et seq. (“California Housing Authorities Law”).
SECTION 609. Carson Reclamation Authority.
There shall be a Carson reclamation authority, as established through a joint powers agreement pursuant to and in accordance with Government Code Section 6500 et seq. (“Joint Exercise of Powers Act”). whose debts, liabilities, and obligations shall not become the debts, liabilities, and obligations of its member agencies. The authority shall facilitate, potentially fund, and oversee the remediation and reclamation of the certain 50 01007.0002/492583.10
unimproved real properties located throughout the City that suffer from hazardous materials contamination or other forms of environmental degradation. The powers and duties of the authority may extend beyond that of property remediation to include:
development planning, funding and contracting, property acquisition and management, the establishment and maintenance of a reclamation fund, and any other powers or duties specified in the joint powers agreement, authority bylaws, or State general law.
ARTICLE VII – PERSONNEL SYSTEM
SECTION 700. Personnel System
City council may by ordinance or resolution establish a system of personnel rules and policies, governing the terms of employment of any or all employees of the City. The Personnel System shall have the following aspects: (i) the city manager shall be the appointing authority pursuant to Section 403(3) of this Charter, (ii) personnel rules and policies shall be consistent with Section 701 of this Charter, (iii) conducting collective bargaining and entering contracts with represented employees in accordance with Government Code Section 3500 et seq. (“Meyers Meyers-Milias Milias-Brown Act”), and (iv) disciplinary action shall be appealable to a civil service commission, if established as described in Section 705 of this Charter.
If implementation of any provision of this Charter or action by the city council proposes to effect a change on a matter or issue within the scope of representation between public employers and public employee organizations, the City shall comply with all legal obligations to meet and confer with the affected employee organization as defined by and required under the Meyers-Milias-Brown Act (Gov’t Code Section 3500 et. seq.). 51 01007.0002/492583.10
SECTION 701. Personnel Rules and Policies
The personnel system and personnel rules, as established by city council ordinances and resolutions, and per Section 102 of this Charter, remain in force except as otherwise clarified or modified by this Charter. The personnel rules and policies may govern, without limitation, the following aspects of the personnel system:
(1) Classification of employment by employment position between exempt and non- exempt appointments, and determination of "at will" categories of employment positions.
(2) The preparation, installation, revision and administration of a position classification plan covering all positions in the competitive service.
(3) The preparation, installation, revision and administration of a plan of compensation corresponding to the position classification plan, providing a rate or range of pay for each class.
(4) The public announcement of examinations and application for and acceptance of applications for employment and establishing of criteria related thereto.
(5) The preparation and administration of examinations and the establishment and use of resulting employment lists containing names of persons eligible for appointment.
(6) The certification and appointment of persons from employment lists, and the making of temporary, emergency, and provisional appointments.
(7) The establishment of hours of work, attendance and leave regulations, training programs, benefits, conduct guidelines and other conditions of work.
(8) The evaluation of employees during the probationary period and at periodic intervals.
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(9) The transfer, promotion, demotion, reinstatement, separation, or any other change of status of employees in the competitive service.
(10) The discipline of employees.
(11) A system or systems for submission to and review by the city manager, personnel manager or other designated person or persons, of designated types of discipline and personnel decisions, for fact -finding, recommendations, final decision or other designated purposes or effects.
(12) Establishment of a Civil Service Commission to hear appeals of disciplinary actions and make recommendations for improving the personnel system as provided in Section 705.
SECTION 702. Employee Contracts; State Employees Retirement System.
A. Memorandum of Understanding. The City may enter into any contracts or collective bargaining agreements with its employees, and shall meet and confer with the duly authorized representative of such employees regarding wages, hours and other terms and conditions of employment to be included in any such agreement. The City may by resolution establish conditions for the recognition of employee bargaining groups, but shall retain management rights and necessary authority to administer the City organization.
B. CalPERS Contract. Plenary authority under this Charter shall be vested in the City and the city council, and by delegation of the city council, to its several officers, agents, and employees, to do all acts and exercise all authority granted, permitted, or required to enable the City to continue as a contracting city under the Public Employees' Retirement System, and shall terminate such contract only by a two -thirds affirmative vote of the city council and in accordance with state law. 53 01007.0002/492583.10
SECTION 703. Eligibility for Appointed Office.
No person holding or retaining any elective public office, and no person holding any appointed office whose duties are incompatible with the duties to be discharged for the City, shall be eligible for appointment as city manager, city attorney, or a member of any appointed advisory board, committee or commission. No person shall be eligible for appointment as city manager, city attorney, or a member of any appointed advisory board, committee or commission who is a relative by blood or marriage within the th ird degree of any one or more members of the city council. The city manager, respective department heads, and all other persons empowered by this Charter or ordinance to appoint any person to any appointed position in the City government shall not appoint any person who is a relative by blood or marriage within the third degree of the person making the appointment.
SECTION 704. Illegal Contracts; Financial Interest.
A. Conflicts of Interest. All officers and employees of the City shall fully comply with all state laws regarding conflicts of interest.
B. Conflict of Interest Code. The City shall adopt a code consistent with State law governing conflicts of interest and officers and employees shall comply with such code.
No officer or employee shall participate in the making of any decision in which they have a material financial interest, whether in owning real property, a source of income, business interests, or other disqualifying financial interests.
C. Prohibited Contracts. No member of the city council, department head or other officer of the City shall be financially interested, directly or indirectly, in any contract, sale or transaction to which the City is a party. No member of any board, committee or commission shall be financially interested, directly or indirectly, in any contract, sale or transaction to which the City is a party and which comes before the board, committee or commission of which such person is a member for approval or other official action or which pertains to the department, office or agency of the City with which such board, 54 01007.0002/492583.10
committee or commission is connected. Any contract, sale or transaction in which there shall be such an interest, as specified in this section, shall become void at the election of the City when so declared by resolution of the city council.
D. Financial Interest. The general laws of the State of California including Government Code Sections 87100, 1090, and the implementing regulations thereof shall be used in determining what constitutes a financial interest for the purpose of this section, which general laws may be supplemented or modified by regulations of the city council adopted by ordinance.
E. Forfeit Office. If any member of the city council, department head or other officer of the City, or member of a board or commission shall be financially interested as aforesaid, upon conviction thereof he or she shall forfeit his or her office in addition to any other penalty which may be imposed for such violation of this Charter.
SECTION 705. Civil Service Commission
Contingent upon meet and confer with the affected employee organization as defined by and required under the Meyers -Milias-Brown Act (Gov’t Code Section 3500 et. seq.) on this section 705 and the explicit approval by each current affected employee organization within the City on the same, there is hereby established a civil service commission to consider appeals of disciplinary actions initiated against employees. The civil service commission shall consist of five (5) independent members with relevant expertise who are nominated by the mayor and ratified by the city council, reflecting the interests of management, employees and citizens, including businesses, but need not be residents, and except that one member shall be a board member of one of the City’s represented bargaining units. The members shall select three of their members to conduct any personnel appeal hearing, but any hearing of the commission must consistently be attended by the three designated members. The rules and regulations for appointment of members to the civil service commission shall be as further provided by ordinance of the city council consistent herewith. The civil service commission shall 55 01007.0002/492583.10
be advised by legal counsel, generally the city attorney, as it or the city attorney may deem necessary, unless the city attorney is representing the appointing authority. The civil service commission shall have the following powers and duties, which powers and duties may be modified by ordinance of the city council:
(1) Conduct hearings in accordance with personnel rules and policies adopted by the city council, and make findings and recommendations thereon to the city council as the final authority.
(2) Conduct investigations regarding hearings pending before it.
(3) Have the power to compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of documents by way of subpoena, and to examine witnesses appearing before it.
(4) Conduct hearings on protests, grievances, or questions arising under the personnel system before the civil service commission. Any person aggrieved by any action of the civil service commission may appeal such action to the city council, according to procedures which shall be established by ordinance. The decision of the city council in any such appeal shall be final.
(5) Review personnel rules and policies and make recommendations to the city council as to improving the personnel system by enhancing efficiency and protecting employee rights.
(6) Perform other duties specified by the city council not inconsistent with this Charter.
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ARTICLE VIII – ELECTIONS
SECTION 800. Authority.
Elections being municipal affairs, the city council retains full authority to regulate its elections although the procedures shall be in accordance with the California Elections Code unless otherwise provided herein, as provided in Section 803 of this Charter.
SECTION 801. General Municipal Elections.
General municipal elections for the election of city council members and other elected officials of the City, and for such other purposes as the city council may prescribe shall be held in the City to coincide with the statewide general election.
SECTION 802. Special Municipal Elections.
All other municipal elections that may be held by authority of this Charter, or of any law, shall be known as special municipal elections.
SECTION 803. Procedure for Holding Elections.
All elections shall be held in accordance with the provisions of the Elections Code of the State of California, as the same now exist or hereafter may be amended, for the holding of municipal elections, so far as the same are not in conflict with this Charter. The city council may in its discretion determine to conduct mail ballot elections by such procedure as it may prescribe by ordinance.
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SECTION 804. Initiative, Referendum and Recall.
There are hereby reserved to the electors of the City the powers of the initiative and referendum and of the recall of municipal elective officers. The provisions of the Elections Code of the State of California, as the same now exist or hereafter may be amended, governing the initiative and referendum and the recall of municipal officers, shall apply to the use thereof in the City so far as such provisions of the Elections Code are not in conflict with the provisions of this Charter.
ARTICLE IX – FISCAL ADMINISTRATION
SECTION 900. Fiscal Year.
The fiscal year of the City government shall begin on the first day of July of each year and end on the thirtieth day of June of the following year.
SECTION 901. Annual Budget.
The city council shall establish by ordinance the procedures for the preparation, review, adoption, distribution and administration the annual budget or multi -year budgets. Such budget shall include a five (5) year capital improvement program. The city council may establish other policies and procedures regarding the annual budget, such as reserve policies and adoption deadlines, by resolution. The city manager shall be responsible for the preparation of the budget in accordance with such policies.
SECTION 902. Proposed Budget, Submission to City Council.
At least forty-five (45) days prior to the beginning of each fiscal year, the city manager shall submit to the city council the proposed budget and make copies of same available for inspection by the public in the office of the city clerk, on the City’s official website and 58 01007.0002/492583.10
the Designated Location(s) per Section 308 of this Charter, and may use such other technological means available to disseminate information to the public as the city clerk may determine. After reviewing the proposed budget and making such revisions as it may deem advisable, the city council shall determine the time for the holding of a public hearing thereon and shall cause to be published a notice thereof not less than ten days prior to said hearing. Copies of the proposed budget shall be available for inspection by the public in the office of the city clerk at least ten days prior to said hearing.
SECTION 903. Budget, Public Hearing.
At the time and place specified in the notice, the city council shall hold a public hea ring on the proposed budget, at which interested persons shall be given the opportunity to be heard and present evidence. The hearing may be continued from time to time by the city council.
SECTION 904. Budget; Adoption.
On or before the first date of the fiscal year, city council shall adopt such budget as it deems appropriate for that fiscal year by resolution. In the event that the budget is not adopted before the first date of the fiscal year, the city council shall be prohibited from adopting an increase in council compensation during the term of such fiscal year. If the city council does not adopt the budget in a timely fashion, the budget from the prior fiscal year shall be expended until the budget is adopted. A copy of the approved budget, certified by the city clerk, shall be filed with the finance director and city treasurer and a further copy shall be placed, and shall remain on file, in the office of the city clerk where it shall be available for public inspection. The budget so certified sha ll be reproduced and copies made available for the use of the public and of departments, offices and agencies of the City.
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SECTION 905. Budget; Appropriations.
From the effective date of the budget, the several amounts stated therein as proposed expenditures shall be and become appropriated to the several departments, offices and agencies for the respective objects and purposes stated. All appropriations shall la pse at the end of the fiscal year(s) covered by the budget to the extent that they shall not have been expended or lawfully encumbered.
At any meeting after the adoption of the budget, the city council may by resolution amend or supplement the budget by motion adopted by an affirmative vote of a majority of the city council so as to authorize the transfer of unused balances appropriated for one purpose to another purpose, or to appropriate available funds not included in the budget, or to cancel any appropriation not expended or encumbered.
SECTION 906. Municipal Finance and Tax Authority.
A. Municipal Finance. The city council is specifically authorized to regulate municipal finance and adopt ordinances, resolutions and orders within the municipal affairs of the City to the extent permitted to charter cities under the State Constitution.
The City may in its discretion comply with state laws regulating municipal finance or avoid enactments of the State of California contrary to its ordinances
B. Taxes, Fees and Assessments. The City shall have the full power to enact any taxes, assessments, fees, or any other measures for the purpose of raising revenue which charter cities in the State of California may enact. The specific identification of a tax, fee, or assessment herein does not limit the general authorization provided in this Section 906.
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the health, safety and general welfare of the community. The authority hereunder to enact fees and special taxes includes the ability to establish fees or taxes on new development such as truck intensive businesses having significant impacts on the operation and maintenance of streets, where a charge would be levied on trucks or truck handling stalls and the funds raised would be used for construction or maintenance of roadways, sidewalks and parkways, lighting, street infrastructure and related purposes.
SECTION 907. Limitation on Tax Authority.
Notwithstanding the authority in Section 906 of this Charter to enact taxes, the following limitations shall apply:
(1) General Tax. The city council shall not impose, extend, or increase any general tax for general government purposes unless and until that tax is submitted to the electorate by a two-thirds affirmative vote of the city council and approved by a majority vote of the voters. A general tax shall not be deemed to have been increased if it is imposed at a rate not higher than the maximum rate so approved.
(2) Special Tax. The city council shall not impose, extend, or increase any special tax for specific purposes unless and until that tax is submitted to the electorate by a two-thirds affirmative vote of the city council and approved by a two -thirds vote of the voters. A special tax shall not be deemed to have been increased if it is imposed at a rate not higher than the maximum rate so approved.
(3) Property Tax. The maximum amount of any ad valorem tax on real property shall not exceed one percent (1%) of the full cash value of such property as provided by the State Constitution, except for the City with respect to bonded indebtedness for the acquisition or improvement of real property. Any such tax shall be submitted to the electorate by a two-thirds affirmative vote of the city council and approved by a two-thirds vote of the voters or except as may be 61 01007.0002/492583.10
permitted by the California Constitution as provided in Section 909 of this Charter.
(4) Limitations on Double Taxation. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Charter, any person in compliance with the tax in Chapter 3.5 of Article VI of the Carson Municipal Code as that Code reads upon approval of the Charter, shall not be liable for any additional business license tax, per barrel tax or storage tax that was not in existence as of the effective date of this Charter. This limitation applies to increases in the base or rate that existed in Chapter 3.5 of Article VI of the Carson Municipal Code on the effective date of this Charter. Further, with respect to any person in compliance with Chapter 3.5 of Article VI of the Carson Municipal Code as that Code reads upon approval of the Charter, no ordinance, regulation, ruling, opinion letter or any other similar legal authority imposing additional environmental requirement or regulation that is not authorized by this Charter shall be applied if it does not also apply to mercantile, manufacturing and other business corporations generally.
SECTION 908. Fees and Assessments.
A. Fees. In establishing fees for the provision of services or in connection with a regulatory program, the City shall generally comply with the applicable state law, and with all constitutional requirements.
B. Assessments. In establishing special districts for property assessments, the City shall generally comply with the applicable state law, and with all constitutional requirements, but unless inconsistent with such specific authority in carrying out the provisions of Section 207 of this Charter, the City shall have the authority to create districts for such purposes and establish the procedures therefore unless inconsistent with the State Constitution.
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SECTION 909. Bonded Debt.
The City shall have full power to incur bonded indebtedness for the purpose of raising revenue to the full extent permissible to charter cities under the State Constitution. No bonded indebtedness which shall constitute a general obligation of the City may be created unless authorized by the affirmative votes of two-thirds of those electors voting on such proposition at any election at which the question is submitted to the electors, in full compliance with the provisions of the State Constitution and of this Charter provided, however that to the extent the State Constitution in the future allows for a lesser requirement than a two-thirds vote of the electors with respect to water, wastewater and storm water or other municipal facilities, the provisions of the State Constitution shall apply. This requirement shall not apply to other forms of municipal finance including taxation, assessments and fees, which may be enacted in accordance with Section 907 of this Charter.
SECTION 910. Election for Major Capital Projects.
The appropriation and/or expenditure of City funds in excess of twenty million dollars ($20,000,000) by the City or any entity thereof, such as a public financing authority, for the development of public improvements or facilities must be approved by a two -thirds affirmative vote of the city council. For purposes of this section, the $20,000,000 trigger (“Trigger Amount”) only applies to the City’s funding of the project, and not any grant or other non-City funding, which shall not count towards the Trigger Amount and does not include financing costs, but would apply if City funds are planned to be spent over multiple years to carry out the project. Also, not counting towards the Trigger Amount are the following expenditures:
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(3) The redesign or modification of any public improvement or facility which has already received voter approval.
SECTION 911. Enterprise Funds.
A. Charge Not Exceed Cost. The City may not impose a fee or charge for water or sewer service, hook-ups, permitting, transfer or any other service that exceeds the cost of providing that service.
B. Administrative Fees Only For Administration of Fund. The City may not collect for its own general fund in-lieu taxes, fees or charges from any enterprise fund for administration or any other purposes except for administration of the fund.
C. No Borrowing From Fund. The City may not borrow funds held in reserve in any enterprise fund for its use or the use of any other department or program of the City except in the case of a declared emergency in accordance with State law.
SECTION 912. Presentation of Demands.
A. Presentation of Claims for Damages. All claims for damages against the City shall be governed by the general laws of the State of California, unless otherwise provided by ordinance of the city council. All claims for damages against the City must be verified and presented to the city clerk within ninety (90) days after the occurrence, event or transaction from which the damages allegedly arose, or within such shorter time as is otherwise provided by law, and shall set forth in detail the name and add ress of the claimant, the time, date, place and circumstances of the occurrence and the extent of the injuries or damages sustained. All such claims shall be approved or rejected by order of the city council and the date thereof given. City council may delegate its authority to reject claims to the city manager, city attorney, risk manager or other appropriate officer or department head. Any claim not approved or rejected by the 64 01007.0002/492583.10
city council within forty-five (45) days of presentation of the claim to the city clerk shall be deemed rejected by operation of law.
B. Other Claims. All other demands against the City must be in writing and may be in the form of a bill, invoice, payroll, or formal demand. Each such demand shall be presented to the finance director within ninety (90) days after the last item of the account or claim accrued, but claims presented after ninety (90) days may be honored in the discretion of the finance director. The finance director and city treasurer, or their designated representatives, shall examine all claims presented. If the amount thereof is legally due and there remains on the books an unexhausted balance of an appropriation against which the same may be charged, the demand shall be approved and a warrant drawn therefor, payable out of the proper fund. Otherwise the claim shall be rejecte d, but any such rejection may be overruled by the city council.
C. Presentation to Council. The finance director shall transmit such demand, with their approval or rejection thereof endorsed thereon, and warrant, if any, to the city manager. If a demand is one for an item included within an approved budget appropriation, it shall require the approval of the city manager and notice to the city council, otherwise it shall require the approval of the city council, following the adoption by it of an amendment to the budget authorizing such payment. Any person dissatisfied with the refusal of the city manager to approve any demand, in whole or in part, may present the same to the city council which, after examining into the matter, may approve or reject the demand in whole or in part.
D. Lawsuits. No suit shall be brought for money or damages against the City or any , commission or officer thereof whether such claim is for tort or contract damages, until a claim or demand for the same has been presented as provided herein and such claim and demand has been rejected in whole or in part. Suits must be brought within the time established in state law, unless the timeliness is waived by the council. Any amounts owed to the City pursuant to ordinance or resolution must be timely paid, before suit is commenced, though the claimant may pay under protest and contest the 65 01007.0002/492583.10
payment. The city attorney shall respond to any suit filed hereunder on behalf of the City.
SECTION 913. Independent Audit.
A. Audit Report. The city council shall employ, at the beginning of each fiscal year, a qualified certified public accountant who shall, at such time or times as may be specified by the city council, and at such other times as the accountant shall determine, examine the books, records, inventories and reports of all officers and employees who receive, handle or disburse public funds and of all such other officers, employees or departments as the city council may direct. No later than one hundred and eighty (1 80) days after the end of the fiscal year, a final audit and a report shall be submitted by such accountant to the city council. If a final audit and report is not submitted, such accountant shall provide, no later than one hundred and eighty (180) days after the end of the fiscal year, notice to the city manager and finance director describing the delays and expected time for future submission. The final audit and report shall be submitted, one copy thereof to be distributed to each member of the city council, one to the city manager, finance director and city treasurer and city attorney, respectively, and sufficient additional copies of the audit shall be placed on file in the office of the city clerk where they shall be available for the general public, and a copy of the financial statement as of the close of the fiscal year shall be available on the City’s official website and at Designated Locations pursuant to Section 308 of this Charter. The city clerk may also use other technological means available to disseminate information to the public.
B. Management Letter. In addition to the annual audit report, the auditor shall submit a management letter to the city manager and finance director that identifies suggested improvements in internal controls and other financial procedures that the auditor identified during the audit. The finance director will prepare a written response stating actions taken or proposed that will remedy the problems. The management letter and the finance director’s response shall be presented to the city council with the annual 66 01007.0002/492583.10
audit report. The auditor shall present and briefly explain the audit report results at a regular or adjourned regular meeting of the city council.
SECTION 914. Purchasing Ordinance.
The city council may, by ordinance, establish procedures for the procurement of supplies, services, construction of public works, on -call contracts, and the like. Such ordinance may provide requirements and procedures for competitive bidding, and award to the lowest responsive and responsible bidder except that no competitive bidding shall be required for sole source contracts, contracts for professional services, design build contracts, or contracts undertaken in response to emergency situations or other special exceptions authorized by ordinance of the city council. Formal bids need not be obtained for services such as professional services, where factors other than price are paramount, and informal bids may be obtained from at least three (3) individuals or firms, and a report shall be prepared documenting the process used and the reasons for selecting the provider. Such ordinance may also establish standards or qualifications for alternative bidding such as (i) screening of contractors or providers of goods and services by a prequalification process, or competitive registration based upon demonstrated competence and experience with similar projects in planning, design, development, finance, construction, maintenance, improvement, repair and operational characteristics; (ii) on-call contracts, where after a bid process is completed, contractors can be on standby to carry out emergency maintenance, repair work and public improvements as the need occurs; (iii) piggyback bidding, where a qualifying bid process with a public agency within the prior 12 months results in a winning bidder who will extend the same pricing to the City, (iv) design -build for major public works projects budgeted over five million dollars ($5,000,000) where due to the project complexity the City chooses to have general contractor design and build the project for a fixed cost, but the contractor must be selected through a process similar to the foregoing; and (v) similar exceptional circumstances where the city council by ordinance establishes appropriate controls similar to the foregoing. Appropriate contract controls shall be 67 01007.0002/492583.10
prescribed by the city council in the purchasing ordinance. The purchasing ordinance shall also establish criteria for insurance, bonding, liability, transferability, change orders, liquidated damages, terms, enforcement and other factors.
SECTION 915. Outsourcing.
The City may enter into a contract for any services which can be performed in a superior and cost -effective manner by such contractor, unless limited by the Constitution of the State of California. The City shall periodically review its existing operations and services to consider whether said operations and/or services may be performed as or more efficiently and effectively by a third party. Any contract entered into, pursuant to this provision, shall be approved by the city council.
Notwithstanding this section, in order to promote the efficient administration and completion of City construction projects, the City shall make all best efforts to negotiate a City-wide project labor agreement with the Los Angeles/Orange County Building and Construction Trades Council to cover all City construction projects where the cost to the City is five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) or more. The project labor agreement shall, in addition to complying with Public Contract Codes Section 2500 et seq.:
(1) bind all City contractors and subcontractors on the construction project through the inclusion of specifications in all relevant solicitation provisions and contract documents;
(2) not allow contractors and subcontractors to compete for or perform City contracts and subcontracts without otherwise assenting to the project labor agreement for covered projects;
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(5) set forth effective, prompt, and mutually binding procedures for resolving labor disputes arising during the term of the project labor agreement;
(6) provide other mechanisms for labor -management cooperation on matters of mutual interest and concern, including productivity, quality of work, safety, and health; and
(7) ensure compliance with applicable State, Federal, and local laws and regulations governing safety and health, equal employment opportunity, local labor preferences, labor and employment standards, and other matters.
The provisions of California Labor Code Section 1770 et. seq. regarding the payment of prevailing wages on public works and related regulations, as now existing and as may be amended, are accepted and made applicable to the City, its departments, boards, officers, agents and employees.
SECTION 916. Local Preference.
Except for those contracts funded through programs or partners, including but not limited to federal or state agencies, which prohibit the use of a local preference, Carson businesses may be provided a local preference for all contracts for materials, supp lies, equipment, services, or public projects, only after a finding by the city council that the local preference is being applied in a manner that is consistent with applicable laws, including but not limited to, State and federal law. The preference may be 5% on contracts up to one million dollars ($1,000,000). The city council may establish and/or modify the local preference by ordinance detailing the procedures and requirements for awarding local preference to local businesses.
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SECTION 917. Gift of Public Funds.
The City may not give or lend any public money, things of value, or any other form of public funds, through the making of a gift, the pledging of credit, the payment of liabilities or similar action, to any person or entity, public or private, in any manner except as follows:
(1) The City may provide financial assistance for economic development purposes in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 206 of this Charter.
(2) The City may by resolution of the city council give or lend public funds for expenditures or disbursements for the benefit of schools within the territory of the City.
(3) The city council may by ordinance adopt procedures to authorize public funding for other public or charitable organizations.
(4) Any gift of public funds set forth in subsections (2) and (3) above, shall only be provided if (i) the City is, at the time of approval, operating on a balanced budget, and (ii) approved by a two-thirds vote of the city council.
ARTICLE X – FRANCHISES
SECTION 1000. Granting of Franchises.
Any person, firm or corporation furnishing the City or its inhabitants with transportation, communication, terminal facilities, disposal, sanitation, waste, remediation, water, light, heat, electricity, gas, power, television, refrigeration, storage or any other public or semi- public utility or service; or using the public streets, ways, alleys or for the operation of plant works or equipment for the furnishing thereof, for providing storage, or traversing any portion of the City for the transmitting or conveying of any such service elsewhere, may be required by ordinance to have a valid and existing franchise therefor. The City may use existing state statutes for the granting of specified 70 01007.0002/492583.10
franchises, or may by ordinance establish an appropriate general or specific process for granting franchises, and conditioning such franchises in a manner which best protects the health, safety and welfare, but shall not interfere with property rights protected by the State Constitution. The city council is empowered to grant such franchise to any person, firm or corporation, whether operating under an existing franchise or not, and to prescribe the terms and conditions of any such grant to protect public health and safet y, minimize environmental impacts, mitigate impacts on property, including surrounding property, prevent interference with City operations, and assure cost recovery. The City may provide, by ordinance, the method or process and additional terms and conditi ons of any such grant or the making thereof, all subject to the provisions of this Charter.
SECTION 1001. Resolution of Intention; Notice and Public Hearing.
A. Resolution of Intent. Unless otherwise provided by ordinance of the city council, before granting any franchise, the city council shall pass a resolution declaring its intention to grant the same, stating the name of the proposed grantee, the character of the franchise and the terms and conditions upon which it is proposed to be granted.
Such resolution shall fix and set forth the day, hour and place when and where any persons having any interest therein or any objection to the granting thereof may appear before the city council and be heard thereon. It shall direct the city clerk to publish said resolution at least once, within fifteen days of the passage thereof, in a newspaper of general circulation in the City, posted on the City’s official website and at other location(s) as the city clerk may designate using the most modern means available to disseminate information to the public. Said notice shall be published at least ten days prior to the date of hearing.
B. Hearing; Granting. At the time set for the hearing the city council shall proceed to hear and pass upon all protests and its decision thereon shall be final and conclusive.
Thereafter it may by ordinance grant the franchise on the terms and conditions specified in the resolution of intention to grant the same, subject to the right of referendum of the people, or it may deny the same. If the city council shall determine that changes should 71 01007.0002/492583.10
be made in the terms and conditions upon which the franchise is proposed to be granted, a new resolution of intention shall be adopted and like proceedings had thereon. In connection with granting any franchise, city council may set and collect any franchise fee it deems reasonable, so long as such fee is not arbitrary or confiscatory.
SECTION 1002. Term of Franchise.
Every franchise shall state the term for which it is granted, which shall not exceed ten years with a maximum of two opportunities to extend the franchise for an additional five years each. Any extensions shall be subject to the approval of a majority of the members of the city council. Any franchise agreement entered into by the City and effective on the effective date of this Charter, whose term extends beyond twenty years after the effective date of this Charter, shall continue in effect for a period of up to fifteen years beyond the effective date of the Charter, and no further, provided that any franchisee whose franchise is in effect on the effective date of this Chapter may seek an extension of the franchise from city council beyond the fifteen year limit. The city council may grant a longer term on a case by case basis if it finds the ten year limit would impair the franchisee's ability to realize a reasonable return on investment of funds invested from the time invested and prior to the effective date of this Charter, in reliance on the franchise. The reasonable return on investment, per Section 1004 of this Charter, shall only value the fixed assets themselves and not the value of the franchise.
In making such claims, it shall be the obligation of the franchise to produce internal records to demonstrate the value of the investment and the return thereon. The city council may promulgate rules and regulations for the making and consideration of applications for such longer term franchises.
SECTION 1003. Purposes of Article; Inapplicable to City.
A. Purpose. Section 206 of this Charter recounted certain adverse circumstances concerning the development of the City. This included, in some circumstances, 72 01007.0002/492583.10
approving certain long term uses, including franchises, which have adverse health and safety impacts on citizens and properties, and for the purposes of this Article include, consistent with due process, being able to terminate franchises and adopt appropriate regulations concerning such uses.
B. Not Applicable to City. No franchise requirement of the City shall apply to the City, nor any subdivision, department, or division thereof.
SECTION 1004. Eminent Domain.
No franchise grant shall in any way, or to any extent, impair or affect the right of the City to acquire the property of the grantee thereof either by purchase or through the exercise of the right of eminent domain, and nothing therein contained shall be construed to contract away or to modify or to abridge, either for a term or in perpetuity, the City's right of eminent domain with respect to any public or private utility. In such a proceeding, no value shall be assigned to the franchise rights themselves, but only to any fixtures or equipment, or other interests arising out of the exercise of the franchise rights, as may be compensable under the general laws of the State of California.
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THE CITY OF CARSON
CITY CHARTER
From: Miguel Leon <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, July 4, 2026 7:29 AM
To: Tamara Binns <[email protected]>
Subject: City Charter - Public Comment (Sec. 600, 601, 603, 604, 607) Hello,
Here are my comments to the charter listed below:
Section 600 — Presiding Officer. Mayor.
I do not have a major concern with Section 600. It is common for the Mayor to serve as the presiding officer at City Council meetings. My only comment is that meeting procedures should be clear, consistent, and fair, including how speakers are recognized, how public comment is handled, and how order is maintained. I do not recommend Charter changes to this section.
Section 601 — Powers Vested in City Council.
I do not have a major concern with Section 601. It is standard for the City Council to hold the City’s legislative authority, subject to the Charter and state law. My only comment is that when Council takes action, the action should be clear in the public record, including the agenda, staff report when applicable, minutes, and vote record. I do not recommend major Charter changes to this section.
Section 603 — Regular Meetings.
My concern with Section 603 is not that Compton needs more meetings. Four regular meetings per month is already enough. My concern is access. I recommend moving regular City Council meetings to 6:00 p.m. so working residents, parents, commuters, students, seniors, and residents with transportation challenges have a better chance to attend or participate.
I also recommend that Compton organize its meeting records the way many other cities do: one meeting date, one official page, and the agenda, packet, staff reports, attachments, minutes, vote record, public comment instructions, accessibility information, and video linked together. The video can still be hosted on YouTube, but it should be linked directly under the official agenda page for that meeting. “This is an example”
Also, because Compton is a charter City (which I didn’t know till now), the Charter may set local meeting procedures, but the City still has to comply with the Brown Act and SB 707.
Cities over the populations of 30,000 have implemented two-way remote participation, agenda language and translation ,technology disruption policies, language access, accessibility, and public comment procedures to make sure they are updated where required. I don’t see that on the website, agenda, nor on a dedicated physical board required under this senate bill which is a bit problematic. Cities have to this by July 1st. - Check with your City Clerk.
Section 604 — Special Meetings.
I do not have a concern with special meetings being called by the Mayor or three Councilmembers. That is consistent with Brown Act practice. My concern is public awareness. Special meetings should be advertised better through the City website, social media, email/text alerts, public notice boards, and postings at City facilities.
Special meetings should also be included in the same centralized agenda portal, with the agenda, packet, public comment instructions, accessibility information, minutes, and video linked under the correct meeting date. I’m sure they are, just wanted to point out.
Section 607 — Adoption of Ordinances and Resolutions.
I do not have a major concern with the voting thresholds in Section 607 because different actions may legally require different vote counts depending on the type of ordinance, resolution, emergency action, Charter requirement, or state law.
I recommend that City staff explain either in the agendas and staff reports by including a plain-language explanation of what each ordinance or resolution does and what type of action Council is taking. Additionally, I noted when an item is taken under council consideration that said ordinance or resolution number is not listed on the staff reports only after execution of the item. This would help residential tracking and transparency as well. I personally don’t like the staff report format either but that’s just personal note. Not very clear.
Residents may not always understand the difference between an ordinance and/or resolution, whether an item is requires a public hearing, contract approval, budget action, policy action, study session, or administrative action, etc. This would help clear a lot of the miscommunication or misunderstanding of this process .
Thanks,
Sent from my iPhone
From: Ernie Gutierrez <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, July 14, 2026 9:14 PM
To: Tamara Binns <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected]; [email protected]; rodneylynnlister <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Charter Committee Special Agenda 07/15/2026
Ms. Binns,
Thank you. I appreciate your help.
Ernie
From: Tamara Binns <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, July 14, 2026 8:54 PM
To: Ernie Gutierrez <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected] <[email protected]>; [email protected] <[email protected]>; rodneylynnlister <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Charter Committee Special Agenda 07/15/2026
Hi Ernie. I forwarded your question to the board.
Tamara Binns
Assistant City Manager
City of Compton | City Manager’s Office
205 S. Willowbrook Ave. | Compton, CA 90220
Office: 310.605.5065 | Direct: 310.605-5577
[email protected]
City Hall is closed every Friday
From: Ernie Gutierrez <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, 14 July 2026 20:48:16
To: Tamara Binns <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Charter Committee Special Agenda 07/15/2026
Good evening, Ms. Binns,
Thank you for the update.
I have a question regarding the Charter Review Committee. What direction, guidance, or training did the committee receive to assist members in determining which charter amendments to consider or recommend?
Aside from the presentation titled “Knowing Your Charter Sections 300–500: Discussion and Review of January 27, 2026 Council Presentation,” presented on April 20, 2026, is there any other documentation or reference material available?
The committee secretary also mentioned that members were advised to review the charters of other cities for comparison. Are there any specific city charters, reports, or other materials that were provided or recommended to the committee?
Thank you for your assistance.
Sincerely,
Ernie Gutierrez
From: Tamara Binns <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, July 14, 2026 1:25 PM
To: 'Ernie Gutierrez' <[email protected]>
Subject: Charter Committee Special Agenda 07/15/2026
Tamara Binns
Assistant City Manager
City of Compton | City Manager’s Office
205 S. Willowbrook Ave. | Compton, CA 90220
Office: 310.605.5065 | Direct: 310.605-5577
t [email protected] | www.comptoncity.org
City Hall is closed every Friday
Ron L. Dowell, Chair, Concerned Citizens of Compton Charter Review Committee Given to the Compton Charter Review Committee on July 20, 2026 Good evening, Chair and members of the Charter Review Committee.
Thank you for undertaking one of the most important responsibilities in municipal government. A city charter is our local constitution, determining how power is exercised long after each of us has left office.
My concern is not with this committee's dedication. It is with the process established by Resolution No. 26,357.
Compton has approximately 100,000 residents. Yet the
recommendations before you are being developed based on input from only a small number of residents through written correspondence and public comments. While every comment is valuable, that is not the same as obtaining a representative cross-section of our community.
Charter reform should include homeowners and renters; young people and seniors, churches, schools, nonprofits, neighborhood organizations, businesses, and residents from every neighborhood-from Wilmington Arms and Sunny Cove to Richland Farms and the Long Beach Boulevard business corridor.
Before voters are asked to adopt a new charter, they should have a meaningful opportunity to help write it.
I respectfully recommend that the City Council amend Resolution No. 26,357 to extend the committee's work until at least the November 2028 election. That additional time should support a comprehensive Charter Review and Civic Engagement Initiative, including town halls, surveys, educational workshops, governance research, multilingual outreach, and transparent reporting, so the final recommendations genuinely reflect the people of Compton. Committee member Gideon's proposal outlines one possible framework.
1 Ron L. Dowell, Chair, Concerned Citizens of Compton Charter Review Committee Given to the Compton Charter Review Committee on July 20, 2026 We have only one opportunity to present voters with a revised charter.
Let's ensure they recognize it as their charternot merely the committee's recommendations.
2 Ron L. Dowell, Chair, Concerned Citizens of Compton Charter Review Committee Given to the Compton Charter Review Committee on July 20, 2026 One final thought.
The question before us is not whether Compton needs charter reform. It does.
The question is whether we are willing to give the public sufficient time to participate meaningfully in drafting the document that will govern this city for decades.
Public participation is not an obstacle to charter reform.
It is the source of its legitimacy.
If the City Council extends this committee's work through the November 2028 election and invests in broad civic engagement, Compton can produce à charter that is both legally sound and publicly trusted.
Please leave this process with a charter the community helped create not simply one the community was asked to approve.
A charter belongs to every resident of Compton. Before we rewrite our city's constitution, we should first hear from the people whose names will never appear on its pages, yet who will live under every word it contains.
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TO: HONORABLE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS
FROM: COMPTON CITY MANAGER’S OFFICE
SUBJECT: ADOPTION OF AN ORDINANCE AND RESOLUTIONS
SUBMITTING THE CITY OF COMPTON DISTRIBUTION
FACILITY, INDUSTRIAL BUSINESS, INDUSTRIAL STORAGE
FACILITY, AND TRUCK YARD GENERAL BUSINESS LICENSE
TAX MEASURE TO THE VOTERS AT THE NOVEMBER 3, 2026
MUNICIPAL ELECTION
SUMMARY
The City of Compton contains approximately 16 million square feet of industrial building area. This substantial industrial base supports distribution, warehousing, manufacturing, industrial storage, processing, recycling, materials handling, and truck-related operations.1
Staff recommends submitting to the voters a general business license tax measure applicable to the following business activities: persons actively conducting or operating qualifying distribution facilities; industrial businesses, defined to include indoor or outdoor manufacturing with regular large-truck activity; industrial storage facilities involving the regular receipt or transportation of industrial materials by large truck; and truck yards. The tax would be measured by the combined gross floor area and qualifying outdoor business area principally and actively used in the covered operation. Together, those included areas constitute the business’s “taxable area,” as defined in the ordinance. Separately identifiable areas principally used as e-commerce facilities would be exempt as provided in the ordinance.
Vacant or unused land, specified circulation and access areas, passenger-vehicle parking, public rights-of-way, idle or decommissioned equipment, reserve storage capacity, and other excluded areas would not be included. An area meeting more than one taxable classification would be counted only once.
The measure would authorize an initial voter-authorized maximum rate of one dollar ($1.00) per square foot of taxable area per fiscal year. The City Council could establish a lower operative rate and could establish exemptions, incentives, deductions, or other reductions as authorized by the ordinance and applicable law.
If the City Council does not establish the initial operative rate before the tax first becomes due, the initial operative rate would be $1.00 per square foot. Beginning July 1, 2027, the voter-authorized maximum rate would increase annually by the lesser of three percent or the applicable Consumer Price Index adjustment. An 1 Information provided by the City of Compton Community Development Department, based on planning research prepared by Moore Iacofano Goltsman, Inc. for the draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Report for the Compton General Plan 2045 Update, Project Description, Table 3.3, “Existing Land Use Development Estimates (2023)” (reporting 16,251,669 square feet of existing industrial building area).
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adjustment to the maximum rate would not automatically increase the operative rate.
City planning records identify approximately 16 million square feet of industrial building area. Based on that inventory, the initial voter-authorized maximum rate, and the classifications and exclusions in the ordinance, staff estimates that the measure would generate approximately over $10 million annually. Actual revenue will be determined in accordance with the ordinance based on the operative rate established by the City Council, verified taxable area, exempt e-commerce areas, applicable statutory limitations, authorized reductions, apportionment, and changes in business occupancy and operations. All proceeds would remain in Compton, be deposited into the General Fund, and be available for any lawful municipal purpose. The measure would require annual public reporting of the operative rate, the amount collected, and administrative costs, and would require review of tax collection and accounting through the City’s annual independent financial audit.
The election ordinance would submit the proposed tax ordinance to the voters at the November 3, 2026 election, consolidated with the statewide general election held on the same date. The measure would require approval by a majority of the votes cast on the measure.
BACKGROUND
The Compton Municipal Code requires persons conducting business within the City to obtain a business license and establishes procedures for administering, collecting, and enforcing business license taxes. Proposed Municipal Code section 3-6 would establish a separately measured general business license tax limited to the qualifying operations defined in the ordinance. Existing business license requirements would remain in place, while liability under the proposed measure would be determined under the voter-approved classifications, taxable-area rules, e-commerce exemption, exclusions, and rate provisions contained in section 3-6.
The proposed measure responds to the scale and character of Compton's industrial economy and the City's need for stable, locally controlled revenue.
Covered operations often use substantial indoor and outdoor areas, involve the movement of large trucks or the storage, processing, handling, transfer, and distribution of significant quantities of goods and industrial materials, and rely on municipal services and infrastructure, including street maintenance, traffic management, police patrol, fire and emergency response, hazardous-material response, environmental protection, code enforcement, and building and land-use inspections. Many non-e-commerce industrial and warehouse operations may generate limited direct local sales-tax revenue relative to the scale of their activities. The proposed tax would diversify General Fund revenue while preserving the City Council's ability to calibrate the operative rate and authorized reductions in response to verified taxable area, revenue needs, administrative experience, and business conditions.
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Other cities have considered similar taxes on warehouse, industrial, and truck- related businesses. For example, in considering a square-footage business license tax, the City of Perris relied on a recent truck-corridor study identifying substantial annual funding needs for street maintenance and rehabilitation.2 The City has also identified a need for additional locally controlled revenue to maintain municipal services and address existing and future service and infrastructure needs.
Existing Industrial Development and Transportation Context City planning records identify approximately 16 million square feet of existing industrial building area within Compton. Industrial uses are concentrated primarily along the Alameda Street corridor, with additional industrial development along Compton Boulevard, Wilmington Avenue, Rosecrans Avenue, and Long Beach Boulevard. A substantial concentration of industrial uses is also located in the southern portion of the City near State Route 91.
Compton’s location within the regional transportation network supports industrial, commercial, and goods-movement activity. Interstate 710 runs along the City’s eastern boundary, State Route 91 crosses the southern portion of the City, and Interstate 105 is located immediately north of the City. Rosecrans Avenue and Alondra Boulevard provide major east-west access to Interstate 710, while Central Avenue, Wilmington Avenue, Alameda Street, and Long Beach Boulevard serve as major north-south corridors providing access to State Route 91 or Interstate 105. Rosecrans Avenue carries the highest average daily traffic volume among City roadways.²
The City’s industrial land-use base and transportation setting support the use of taxable area as the measure of the proposed business license tax. Calculating the tax based on taxable area, consisting of the combined gross floor area and qualifying outdoor business area principally and actively used in conducting a taxable business provides a consistent, verifiable, and administratively practical measure of the scale of the business operation. The tax would be imposed on qualifying business activity and would not be based on property ownership, assessed value, parcel size, rental value, installed capacity, or the mere existence of land, buildings, tanks, equipment, or other improvements.
City Street Network And Pavement Needs
2 In a recent study of a similarly situated community, City of Perris, it showed that approximately 25.24 million square feet of potentially taxable industrial area, equates to approximately 1.12 daily corridor truck movements per 1,000 square feet, or approximately 17,900 when applied to 16 million square feet. Perris counted all trucks using the studied corridors; the comparison is used only as regional context. Staff report dated July 28, 2026.
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The City's 2024 Pavement Management Program (“PMP”) evaluates approximately 204.8 centerline miles and 34.14 million square feet of pavement with an estimated replacement value of approximately $410.7 million. The PMP rates the overall pavement network at a Pavement Condition Index (PCI) of 60.8 ("Fair"), including a PCI of 66.1 for arterial and collector streets and 56.6 for local streets. The PMP further identifies that approximately 43 percent of arterial and collector street mileage and 60 percent of local street mileage require overlay rehabilitation or reconstruction.
The PMP estimates approximately $119.4 million in deferred pavement maintenance and projects that, under a modeled annual pavement maintenance and rehabilitation investment of approximately $10 million, the deferred maintenance backlog would remain at approximately $123.6 million after five years. The PMP also notes that deferred repairs carried into future budget cycles generally require more costly rehabilitation treatments.
The Fiscal Year 2026-2027 Proposed Budget includes approximately $32.13 million for Public Works-Engineering activities, including approximately $14.09 million for operations and maintenance and approximately $16.60 million for capital outlay, supporting a broad range of infrastructure and public works responsibilities throughout the City.
STATEMENT OF ISSUE
Proposed Tax
The proposed measure would apply to persons conducting or operating qualifying distribution facilities, industrial businesses, industrial storage facilities, and truck yards within the City. The ordinance defines each classification by neutral operational characteristics. Certain classifications require regular large-truck activity, and a “large truck” would be defined by reference to a vehicle weight exceeding five tons.
The tax would be measured by the taxable area, consisting of the combined gross floor area and qualifying outdoor business area principally and actively used to conduct or support the taxable business. Vacant, inactive, unused, nonoperational, and separately identifiable nonqualifying areas would be excluded. Areas qualifying under more than one taxable classification would be counted only once.
Mixed-use properties and businesses operating both inside and outside the City would be reasonably apportioned so that the tax reflects only qualifying business activity conducted within Compton.
Businesses would report their taxable area, subject to City verification through operational records, plans, permits, leases, inspections, and other reliable information. The tax would apply to the business operator while qualifying operations are conducted. It would not be based on property ownership, assessed value, parcel size, rental value, installed or permitted storage capacity, or the mere Staff Report – Distribution Facilities, Industrial Businesses, Industrial Storage Facilities, and Truck Yards Tax Measure
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existence or ownership of land, buildings, tanks, equipment, or other improvements.
Findings Supporting Use of Taxable Area
The covered businesses use indoor and outdoor areas for storing, handling, processing, loading, unloading, staging, and distributing goods and industrial materials. The taxable area, as defined in the ordinance, reasonably reflects the scale and intensity of the business conducted at each location. Larger operational areas generally accommodate greater quantities of goods or materials, more extensive operations, additional equipment, and greater loading, unloading, and large-truck activity.
The City’s pavement condition data, its deferred-maintenance backlog, and the City’s continuing street-repair program provide a reasonable factual basis for distinguishing qualifying large industrial operations from smaller or less truck- intensive businesses and for using taxable area as an administrable measure of business scale. The classifications apply generally to all similarly situated businesses and are not based on any particular company, owner, product, brand, or parcel.
The engineering and pavement information is not intended to calculate a regulatory fee, establish an exact dollar amount of pavement damage attributable to each taxpayer, or restrict the use of tax proceeds to street work. The proposed measure is a general tax. The information instead provides policy context for the business classifications and the use of taxable area as the tax measure. All proceeds would remain available for any lawful municipal purpose.
Tax Rate and Revenue Estimate
The initial voter-authorized maximum rate would be one dollar ($1.00) per square foot of taxable area per fiscal year. The City Council could establish, increase, or reduce the operative rate by resolution, provided the operative rate does not exceed the voter-authorized maximum rate then in effect. The Council could also establish exemptions, incentives, deductions, or other reductions as authorized by the ordinance and applicable law. If the Council does not establish an initial operative rate before the tax first becomes due, the initial operative rate would be $1.00 per square foot. Beginning July 1, 2027, the maximum rate would increase annually by the lesser of three percent or the percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers, All Items, for the Los Angeles-Long Beach- Anaheim metropolitan area for the applicable 12-month period. An adjustment to the maximum rate would not automatically change the operative rate. The tax would continue until ended by the voters.
Based on approximately 16 million square feet of industrial building area, the initial voter-authorized maximum rate, and the classifications and exclusions in the ordinance, the tax is preliminarily estimated to generate approximately over $10 Staff Report – Distribution Facilities, Industrial Businesses, Industrial Storage Facilities, and Truck Yards Tax Measure
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million annually. Actual revenue will be determined under the ordinance and may be lower or higher depending on the operative rate established by the City Council, verified taxable area, active-use determinations, exempt e-commerce areas, authorized reductions, credits, apportionment, applicable statutory limitations, and changes in business occupancy and operations.
Accountability and Use of Revenue
The proposed measure is a general tax. All proceeds would be deposited into the General Fund and could be used for any lawful municipal purpose.
Potential uses include street and pothole repairs, public safety, protection of drinking water sources, disaster preparedness, parks, fire and emergency response, youth programs, storm drains, environmental protection, and other City services. These examples describe existing City needs but would not legally restrict how the proceeds are appropriated.
The measure would require public disclosure of revenues and expenditures, review through the City’s annual independent financial audit, and retention of the proceeds by the City for local governmental purposes.
Election Actions
The City Council previously called the June 2, 2026 Primary Nominating Election and the November 3, 2026 municipal election for City officers. The November election includes the election of members of the City Council following the June Primary Nominating Election.
Although the City Charter classifies municipal elections other than the General Municipal Election described in Charter section 1302 as special municipal elections, members of the City Council will be elected at the November 3, 2026 election. The November election therefore constitutes a regularly scheduled general election for members of the City’s governing body for purposes of article XIII C, section 2(b) of the California Constitution. The proposed general tax may be submitted at that election and must receive a majority of the votes cast on the measure to be approved.
Compton Charter section 1302 designates the even-year statewide primary as the City’s General Municipal Election. Charter section 1303 provides that all other municipal elections are special municipal elections and shall be called by ordinance. Compton Municipal Code section 6-2 likewise requires the City Council to order municipal elections by ordinance and specify the object and date of the election.
The proposed election ordinance would call the Special Municipal Election for the tax measure and submit the proposed tax ordinance to the voters as Exhibit A. A Staff Report – Distribution Facilities, Industrial Businesses, Industrial Storage Facilities, and Truck Yards Tax Measure
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separate companion resolution would request consolidation with the November 3, 2026 statewide general election, set forth the exact ballot question, request election services from the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk, authorize the County canvass, and provide for reimbursement of election costs.
Charter section 607 requires at least three affirmative votes of the City Council for enactment of an ordinance or resolution unless another Charter provision requires a higher vote.
The first resolution would request consolidation and County election services and set forth the exact ballot question. The second resolution would establish priorities for filing written arguments and direct the City Attorney to prepare an impartial analysis. The third resolution would authorize the filing of rebuttal arguments. The City would be responsible for its proportionate share of the costs charged by Los Angeles County for conducting the consolidated election.
FISCAL IMPACT
Based on approximately 16 million square feet of industrial building area, the initial voter-authorized maximum rate, and the classifications and exclusions in the ordinance, the tax is estimated to generate approximately over $10 million annually. Actual revenue will be determined under the ordinance based on the operative rate and verified taxable area of qualifying businesses. All proceeds would be deposited into the General Fund and could be used for any lawful municipal purpose.
RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that the City Council:
1. WAIVE further reading and ADOPT Ordinance No. _____ entitled, “AN
ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COMPTON
CALLING A SPECIAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION TO BE HELD ON
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2026, FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUBMITTING
TO THE QUALIFIED VOTERS OF THE CITY A PROPOSED ORDINANCE ADDING SECTION 3-6 TO CHAPTER 3 OF THE COMPTON MUNICIPAL
CODE, ESTABLISHING A GENERAL BUSINESS LICENSE TAX ON
DISTRIBUTION FACILITIES, INDUSTRIAL BUSINESSES (AS DEFINED), INDUSTRIAL STORAGE FACILITIES, AND TRUCK YARDS,” including the proposed tax ordinance as Exhibit A;
2. WAIVE further reading and ADOPT Resolution No. _____, entitled “A
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COMPTON
REQUESTING CONSOLIDATION OF THE SPECIAL MUNICIPAL
ELECTION TO BE HELD ON NOVEMBER 3, 2026, WITH THE
STATEWIDE GENERAL ELECTION HELD ON THE SAME DATE; AND
REQUESTING THAT THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY REGISTRAR-
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RECORDER/COUNTY CLERK CONDUCT ALL NECESSARY ELECTION
SERVICES;” and
3. WAIVE further reading and ADOPT Resolution No. _____, entitled “A
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COMPTON
SETTING PRIORITIES FOR FILING WRITTEN ARGUMENTS AND
DIRECTING THE CITY ATTORNEY TO PREPARE AN IMPARTIAL
ANALYSIS REGARDING A CITY MEASURE ESTABLISHING A
GENERAL BUSINESS LICENSE TAX ON DISTRIBUTION FACILITIES,
INDUSTRIAL BUSINESSES (AS DEFINED), INDUSTRIAL STORAGE
FACILITIES, AND TRUCK YARDS, TO BE SUBMITTED TO THE VOTERS
AT THE SPECIAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION TO BE HELD ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2026;” and
4. WAIVE further reading and ADOPT Resolution No. ______, entitled “A
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COMPTON
PROVIDING FOR THE FILING OF REBUTTAL ARGUMENTS
REGARDING A CITY MEASURE ESTABLISHING A GENERAL
BUSINESS LICENSE TAX ON DISTRIBUTION FACILITIES, INDUSTRIAL
BUSINESSES (AS DEFINED), INDUSTRIAL STORAGE FACILITIES, AND
TRUCK YARDS, TO BE SUBMITTED AT THE SPECIAL MUNICIPAL
ELECTION TO BE HELD ON NOVEMBER 3, 2026.”
ATTACHMENT(S)
Ordinance Calling the Special Municipal Election and Submitting the Proposed Industrial/Warehouse General Business License Tax Ordinance to the Voters, including the proposed tax ordinance as Exhibit A Resolution Requesting Consolidation of the Special Municipal Election with the Statewide General Election
Resolution Establishing Priorities for Filing Written Arguments and Directing the City Attorney to Prepare an Impartial Analysis
Resolution Authorizing Rebuttal Arguments
2024 Pavement Management Program
APPROVED FOR FORWARDING:
JERRY GROOMES
INTERIM CITY MANAGER
RESOLUTION NO. ___________
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COMPTON
SETTING PRIORITIES FOR FILING WRITTEN ARGUMENTS AND
DIRECTING THE CITY ATTORNEY TO PREPARE AN IMPARTIAL
ANALYSIS REGARDING A CITY MEASURE ESTABLISHING A
GENERAL BUSINESS LICENSE TAX ON DISTRIBUTION FACILITIES,
INDUSTRIAL BUSINESSES (AS DEFINED), INDUSTRIAL STORAGE
FACILITIES, AND TRUCK YARDS, TO BE SUBMITTED TO THE
VOTERS AT THE SPECIAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION TO BE HELD ON
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2026
WHEREAS,the City of Compton (“City”) is a charter city organized under the Constitution and laws of the State of California and the City’s Charter; and WHEREAS,a Special Municipal Election is to be held in the City on Tuesday, November 3, 2026, at which the qualified voters will consider a ballot measure proposing an annual general business license tax on distribution facilities, industrial businesses, industrial storage facilities, and truck yards, excluding qualifying e-commerce areas, based on taxable indoor and outdoor area principally and actively used in conducting those businesses (“Measure”); and
WHEREAS,whenever a municipal ballot measure is authorized, state law provides that the City Council may direct the City Attorney to prepare an impartial analysis and provide for the filing of written arguments for and against the measure to be filed with the City’s Elections Official.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COMPTON DOES HEREBY RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1.Recitals. The recitals set forth above are true and correct and are incorporated herein by this reference.
SECTION 2.Written Arguments Authorized. Pursuant to California Elections Code section 9282, the City Council, or any member or members of the City Council authorized by the City Council, or any individual voter who is eligible to vote on the Measure, or bona fide association of citizens, or any combination of voters and associations, are authorized to file a written argument for or against the Measure.
SECTION 3.Priority of Arguments. In the event that more than one argument for, or more than one argument against, the Measure is timely submitted to the City’s Elections Official, the City’s Elections Official shall select one argument in favor and one argument against the Measure to be printed and distributed to the voters. In selecting the arguments, the City’s Elections Official shall give preference and priority in the order named, to the arguments of the following: (1) to the City Council, or member or members of the City Council authorized by the City Council; (2) to the individual voter, or bona fide association of citizens, or combination of voters and associations, who are the bona fide sponsors or proponents of the Measure; (3) to bona fide associations of citizens; and (4) to individual voters who are eligible to vote on the Measure, in accordance with Elections Code section 9287(a).
SECTION 4.Form and Filing of Arguments. In accordance with the requirements of Division 9, Chapter 3, Article 4 of the California Elections Code, all written arguments for or against the Measure: (1) shall not exceed three hundred (300) words in length; (2) shall be filed with the City’s designated elections official; (3) shall be accompanied by the printed name(s) and signature(s) of the person(s) submitting it, or if submitted on behalf of an organization, the name of the organization, and the printed name and signature of at least one of the principal officers who is the author of the argument; and (4) shall be accompanied by the completed and signed Form of Statement to be Filed by Author(s) of Argument as provided for in California Elections Code section 9600. All written arguments may be changed or withdrawn until and including the date fixed by the City’s designated RESOLUTION NO.___________
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Elections Official, after which time no arguments for or against the Measure may be submitted to the Elections Official.
SECTION 5.Impartial Analysis by City Attorney. The City Council hereby directs the City’s designated elections official to transmit a copy of the Measure to the City Attorney. In accordance with California Elections Code § 9280, the City Attorney is hereby directed to prepare an impartial analysis of the Measure, not to exceed five hundred (500) words in length, showing the effect of the Measure on the existing law and the operation of the Measure. The analysis shall include a statement indicating that the Measure was placed on the ballot by the City Council. In the event the entire text of the Measure is not printed on the ballot, nor in the voter information guide, there shall be printed immediately below the impartial analysis, in no less than 10-point bold type, a legend substantially as follows: “The above statement is an impartial analysis of Ordinance or Measure __. If you desire a copy of the ordinance or measure, please call the elections official's office at (310) 605-5530 and a copy will be mailed at no cost to you.” The impartial analysis shall be filed by the date set by the City’s designated Elections Official for the filing of primary arguments.
SECTION 6.Distribution to Voters. The City’s designated Elections Official shall cause the City Attorney’s impartial analysis, and duly selected arguments, to be printed and distributed to voters in accordance with applicable law.
SECTION 7.Certification and Effective Date. The Mayor shall sign and the City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this Resolution and enter it into the book of original Resolutions. This Resolution shall be effective immediately upon adoption.
ADOPTED this 4th day of August, 2026.
_______________________________
EMMA SHARIF
MAYOR OF THE CITY OF COMPTON
ATTEST:
___________________________________
SATRA D. ZURITA
CITY CLERK OF THE CITY OF COMPTON
RESOLUTION NO.___________
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES
CITY OF COMPTON
I, Satra D. Zurita, City Clerk of the City of Compton, hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was adopted by the City Council, signed by the Mayor and attested by the City Clerk at a regular meeting thereof held on the 4th day of August, 2026.
That said Resolution was adopted by the following vote to wit:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS-
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS-
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS-
ABSTAIN: COUNCIL MEMBERS-
___________________________________
SATRA D. ZURITA
CITY CLERK OF THE CITY OF COMPTON
RESOLUTION NO. ___________
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COMPTON
REQUESTING CONSOLIDATION OF THE SPECIAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION TO BE HELD ON NOVEMBER 3, 2026, WITH THE STATEWIDE GENERAL ELECTION HELD ON THE SAME DATE; AND REQUESTING THAT THE LOS
ANGELES COUNTY REGISTRAR-RECORDER/COUNTY CLERK CONDUCT
ALL NECESSARY ELECTION SERVICES
WHEREAS,the City of Compton (“City”) is a charter city organized under the Constitution and laws of the State of California and the City’s Charter; and WHEREAS,by Ordinance No. _____, the City Council called a Special Municipal Election to be held on November 3, 2026, for submission to the qualified voters of a measure proposing an annual general business license tax on distribution facilities, industrial businesses, industrial storage facilities, and truck yards, excluding qualifying e- commerce areas, based on taxable indoor and outdoor area principally and actively used in conducting those businesses (“Measure”); and
WHEREAS, the Special Municipal Election will be held on the same date as the Statewide General Election, and the City Council desires to consolidate the elections and request election services and canvassing from the Los Angeles County Registrar- Recorder/County Clerk pursuant to Elections Code sections 10002, 10402, 10403, 10411, and 10418; and
WHEREAS, the City agrees to reimburse the County of Los Angeles for the City’s share of the costs incurred in consolidating and conducting the Special Municipal Election.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COMPTON DOES HEREBY RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Recitals. The recitals set forth above are true and correct and are incorporated herein by reference.
Section 2. Request for Consolidation. Pursuant to sections 10402 and 10403 of the Elections Code, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors is hereby requested to consent and agree to the consolidation of the submission of the Measure at the Special Municipal Election with the election conducted by Los Angeles County to be held on Tuesday, November 3, 2026. The City Council acknowledges that the consolidated election will be held and conducted in the manner prescribed in Elections Code section 10418.
Section 3. Ballot Question. That the City Council of the City of Compton, pursuant to its right and authority, hereby orders submitted to the voters at the Special Municipal Election to be held on Tuesday, November 3, 2026, the following question:
YES
City of Compton Industrial/Warehouse Tax Measure.
Shall the measure with no tax on residents, funding
street/pothole/sewer drain repairs; maintaining
911/paramedic/medical responses; helping prevent
property crimes/burglaries; protecting drinking water
sources; maintaining public services, by establishing
a business license tax of up to $1 per square foot of
industrial/warehouse/manufacturing businesses with
large truck activity limiting annual increases to 3%,
providing approximately $10,000,000 annually until
ended by voters, requiring spending disclosure, all
funds used locally, be adopted?
NO
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The City’s designated Elections Official is authorized to make minor, non-substantive changes to the ballot question to conform to Elections Code requirements and ballot formatting.
Section 4. Request to Authorize Los Angeles County Registrar- Recorder/County Clerk to Carry out Election. The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors is requested to permit and direct the Los Angeles County Registrar- Recorder/County Clerk to take any and all necessary steps for the holding of this consolidated election, including procuring and furnishing all official ballots, notices, printed matter, supplies, equipment, and other materials necessary to properly and lawfully conduct the consolidated election in accordance with the Elections Code and the laws of the State of California.
Section 5. County Canvass Authorized. Pursuant to Elections Code section 10411, the City Council authorizes the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors to canvass the returns of the Special Municipal Election and requests that the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk conduct the canvass on behalf of the Board.
The election shall be held in all respects as if there were only one election, and only one form of ballot shall be used.
Section 6. Election Costs. The City of Compton recognizes that additional costs will be incurred by Los Angeles County by reason of this consolidation and agrees to reimburse Los Angeles County for the City’s share of such costs, upon presentation of a properly detailed invoice to the City’s Elections Official.
Section 7. Filing with the County. The City’s Election Official is directed to file a certified copy of this Resolution and the election-calling ordinance with the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors and the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk within the time prescribed by law.
Section 8. Certification and Effective Date. The Mayor shall sign and the City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this Resolution and enter it into the book of original Resolutions. This Resolution shall be effective immediately upon passage and adoption.
ADOPTED this 4th day of August, 2026.
_______________________________
EMMA SHARIF
MAYOR OF THE CITY OF COMPTON
ATTEST:
___________________________________
SATRA D. ZURITA
CITY CLERK OF THE CITY OF COMPTON
RESOLUTION NO.___________
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES
CITY OF COMPTON
I, Satra D. Zurita, City Clerk of the City of Compton, hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was adopted by the City Council, signed by the Mayor and attested by the City Clerk at a regular meeting thereof held on the 4th day of August, 2026.
That said Resolution was adopted by the following vote to wit:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS-
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS-
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS-
ABSTAIN: COUNCIL MEMBERS-
___________________________________
SATRA D. ZURITA
CITY CLERK OF THE CITY OF COMPTON
RESOLUTION NO. ___________
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COMPTON
PROVIDING FOR THE FILING OF REBUTTAL ARGUMENTS REGARDING A
CITY MEASURE ESTABLISHING A GENERAL BUSINESS LICENSE TAX ON
DISTRIBUTION FACILITIES, INDUSTRIAL BUSINESSES (AS DEFINED),
INDUSTRIAL STORAGE FACILITIES, AND TRUCK YARDS, TO BE
SUBMITTED AT THE SPECIAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION TO BE HELD ON NOVEMBER 3, 2026
WHEREAS,the City of Compton (“City”) is a charter city organized under the Constitution and laws of the State of California and the City’s Charter; and WHEREAS,a Special Municipal Election is to be held in the City on November 3, 2026, at which the qualified voters will consider a ballot measure proposing an annual general business license tax on distribution facilities, industrial businesses, industrial storage facilities, and truck yards, excluding qualifying e-commerce areas, based on taxable indoor and outdoor area principally and actively used in conducting those businesses (“Measure”); and
WHEREAS,California Elections Code Section 9285 authorizes the City Council, by majority vote, to adopt provisions to provide for the filing of rebuttal arguments regarding city measures submitted at a municipal election.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COMPTON DOES HEREBY RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Recitals. The recitals set forth above are true and correct and are incorporated herein by this reference.
SECTION 2. Rebuttal Arguments Authorized. Pursuant to Elections Code section 9285, when the City’s designated Elections Official has selected the arguments for and against the Measure submitted at the Special Municipal Election to be held on November 3, 2026, which will be printed and distributed to the voters, the City’s designated Elections Official shall send copies of the argument in favor of the Measure to the authors of the argument against the Measure, and copies of the argument against the Measure to the authors of the argument in favor of the Measure. The author or a majority of the authors of an argument relating to the Measure may prepare and submit a rebuttal argument, or may authorize in writing another person or persons to prepare, submit, or sign the rebuttal argument, not to exceed two hundred fifty (250) words in length. A rebuttal argument may not be signed by more than five (5) persons. The rebuttal arguments shall be filed with the City’s designated Elections Official not more than ten (10) days after the final date for filing primary arguments. The rebuttal arguments shall be accompanied by the completed and signed Form of Statement to be Filed by Author(s) of Argument as provided for in Elections Code section 9600. Rebuttal arguments shall be printed in the same manner as the direct arguments. Each rebuttal argument shall immediately follow the direct argument which it seeks to rebut.
SECTION 3. Repeal of Prior Rebuttal-Argument Resolutions. All previous resolutions providing for the filing of rebuttal arguments for City measures are repealed to the extent they are inconsistent with this Resolution and only as applied to City measures submitted at the Special Municipal Election to be held on November 3, 2026.
SECTION 4. Limited Applicability. The provisions of Section 2 of this Resolution shall apply only to the Special Municipal Election to be held on November 3, 2026, and shall then be repealed.
SECTION 5. Certification and Effective Date. The Mayor shall sign and the City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this Resolution and enter it into the book of original Resolutions. This Resolution shall be effective immediately upon passage and adoption.
RESOLUTION NO.___________
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ADOPTED this 4th day of August, 2026.
_______________________________
EMMA SHARIF
MAYOR OF THE CITY OF COMPTON
ATTEST:
___________________________________
SATRA D. ZURITA
CITY CLERK OF THE CITY OF COMPTON
RESOLUTION NO.___________
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES
CITY OF COMPTON
I, Satra D. Zurita, City Clerk of the City of Compton, hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was adopted by the City Council, signed by the Mayor and attested by the City Clerk at a regular meeting thereof held on the 4th day of August, 2026.
That said Resolution was adopted by the following vote to wit:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS-
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS-
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS-
ABSTAIN: COUNCIL MEMBERS-
___________________________________
SATRA D. ZURITA
CITY CLERK OF THE CITY OF COMPTON
Revised 9-4-24
FINAL REPORT
UPDATE OF
PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT PROGRAM
(Citywide)
2024-2029
City of Compton, CA
July 26, 2024
100-21
July 26, 2024
Mr. John Strickland
Public Works Project Manager
City of Compton
205 South Willowbrook Avenue
Compton, CA 90220
Subject: Final Report - Update of the Pavement Management Program
Dear John:
As part of the 2024 Update of the Pavement Management Program for the City of Compton, Bucknam Infrastructure Group, Inc. (Bucknam) is pleased to submit the Final Report for the City’s pavement network.
The information contained in this report was used to develop the recommended improvement program for the pavement network. The report covers the following categories:
• Executive Summary (Section I)
• Pavement Management Program Development and Reporting (Section II)
• Pavement Conditions For Each Segment in the Network (PCI Report – Section III) The Pavement Condition Index report shows the present condition of each street in the pavement network. In addition, the report shows the basic geometry of each street segment.
• Forecast Maintenance Reports (Section IV)
• Recommended Maintenance and Repair Strategies
The recommended maintenance and repair strategies were used to generate the Forecasted Maintenance & Rehabilitation Report and were based on our 2024 inspections. Additionally, we have assessed and incorporated unit cost and maintenance application practices/types with our strategies.
• Projected Projects based on M&R Strategies
The Forecasted Maintenance & Rehabilitation Report projects the street maintenance activities required for the next five years, broken down to show maintenance levels for Arterials and Collectors streets. The report included in this section is broken down by fiscal year.
Our thorough analysis of previous and current Compton PMP strategies enabled our staff to make proactive recommendations to the City’s pavement CIP. All comments received from the City have been incorporated in the reports that follow. All of the City’s issues and needs that were brought to our attention a re included in the report. It has been a pleasure working with you and the City on updating your Pavement Management Program. We look forward to the continued success of this project and future teamwork with City staff.
Sincerely,
Bucknam Infrastructure Group, Inc.
Peter J. Bucknam
Project Manager
Infrastructure Management – GIS Services
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
I. Executive Summary
A. Compton Pavement Network
B. Current Citywide Conditions
C. Maintenance Strategy Development
D. Annual Budget Projections
E. Quality Control Efforts
F. Findings and Recommendations
II. Pavement Management Program-Capital Improvement Program A. Pavement Management Program Update 2023-24
B. Maintenance Strategy Assignments
C. Multi-Year Annual Work Program Projects
i. Actual Budget ($10 million/yr)
ii. Maintain PCI Budget
D. Condition Distribution Report
E. Calculation of PCI
F. Compton MyRoads® PMP Web-Portal
G. Sample Distress Photos – Recommended Treatment
III. Pavement Condition Index (PCI) Reports
A. Pavement Condition Index Reports - Definitions
B. 2024 Compton PCI Map
C. Name Order (A-Z)
D. PCI Order (0-100)
IV. Forecast Maintenance / Rehabilitation Report
A. Projected Annual Budget Recommendations, Five Year Plan (2024-2029)
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Table and Figure Reference Page #
Figure 1 – Pavement Area by Rank Sec 1-2
Figure 2 – Historical Compton PCI Findings (FY 2014-2024) Sec 1-3 Figure 3 – PCI Distribution for All Streets (by section mi.) Sec 1-6 Figure 4 – Sample Pavement Life Cycle Sec 2-3
Figure 5 – Resulting Network PCI & Budget Expenditures (Actual Budget) Sec 2-7 Figure 6 – Resulting Network PCI & Budget Expenditures (Maintain Budget) Sec 2-10 Figure 7 – PCI Calculation Worksheet Sec 2-13
Figure 8 – Compton MyRoads® PMP Web-Portal Sec 2-14 Figure 9 – Arterial/Collector Condition Distribution Sec 2-15 Figure 10 – Local Condition Distribution Sec 2-15 Figure 11 – Sample Distress Photos – Recommended Treatment Sec 2-16 Figure 12 – 2024 Compton PCI Map Sec 3-4
Table 1 – Historical and Summary Findings for Compton PMP Network Sec 1-3 Table 2 – Condition Distribution by Mileage for All Streets Sec 1-4 Table 3 – Neighboring City PCI’s Sec 1-4
Table 4 – Citywide Projection Utilizing “Actual” Budget Sec 1-9 Table 5 – Five-Year Projection Demonstrating Required Budget to Maintain PCI of 61 Sec 1-9 Table 6 – PCI Range Sec 2-2
Table 7 – Maintenance Strategy Assignments Sec 2-2 Table 8 – Citywide Projection Utilizing “Actual” Budget ($10.0 mil/yr) Sec 2-6 Table 9 – F
ive -Year Projection Demonstrating Required Budget to Maintain PCI of 61 Sec 2-9
Acronym Listing
American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM)
Army Corps of Engineers (ACOE)
Asphalt Concrete (AC)
Asphalt Rubber Hot Mix (ARHM)
Average Daily Traffic (ADT)
Capital Improvement Program (CIP)
Geographic Information System (GIS)
Los Angeles County MTA (METRO)
Maintenance and Repair (M&R)
Pavement Condition Index (PCI)
Pavement Management Program (PMP)
Portland Cement Concrete (PCC)
Remove & Replace (R&R)
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SECTION I
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
2024 UPDATE OF PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
This report reflects the continued commitment and proactive management of the City’s Pavement Management Program (PMP); the last major update to the City’s PMP was performed in 2021. As the City of Compton continues to show growth in its population, demographics, infrastructure and maintenance needs, the street network is demonstrating similar needs in regard to capital revenues and capital improvement program management.
Today, the City is currently using the Army Corps of Engineers pavement management program, MicroPAVER, to manage the 205 miles within street network. This software is essential to the City in that it assists Public Works staff in identifying what levels of annual funding are needed to maintain and/or improve the pavement conditions across the network. These funds are vital for the annual arterial / collector street capital improvement program projects as well as for c ost-effectively managing the local network through proactive cyclical maintenance/rehabilitation and scheduling. Under this project, the City has incorporated the update of its unique Pavement Management – GIS MyRoads® PMP web-portal and GIS layers that assist the City in spatially analyzing pavement conditions and economic needs for a given pavement segment or citywide.
The Compton PMP has been developed to assist City personnel by providing current data on the City street networks and to develop cost -effective maintenance / rehabilitation strategies to maintain a desirable level of pavement performance on a network scale; this optimiz es the expenditure of limite d fiscal resources. The PMP efforts in 2023-24 consisted of analyzing the City’s previous PMP dataset for quality and usability. City staff also provided key information pertaining to the ongoing maintenance/rehabilitation efforts that have occurred throughout the City since 2021. In doing this, we were tasked to generate an updated Capital Improvement Program report that identified deficiencies and recommendations in the current operating and maintenance efforts put forth by the City.
For the 2024 project, our staff surveyed all routes within the network to assist the City in complying with Los Angeles County MTA (METRO) PMP requirements and analyzed historical maintenance operations.
Specifically, the program provides administrators and maintenance personnel with:
* The present condition status of the pavement network (arterial, collector, and local streets), as a whole and of any grouping or individual component within the City; * A ranked list of all streets, or segments of streets, by condition within the network; * Rehabilitation/maintenance needs of qualifying street segments by year; * An optimized priority maintenance and rehabilitation program based on cost/benefit analysis and various levels of funding;
* Optimum annual budget levels for pavement maintenance for the current and the following five (5) years;
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* Prediction of the future performance of the City’s pavement network and each individual street section; and
* Pavement network and conditional data presented in ArcMap, MyRoads and is compatible with City’s existing GIS Enterprise
Pavement is a dynamic structure where deterioration is constantly occurring; thus the pavement management system needs to be updated on a regular basis to reflect these changes in pavement conditions, pavement maintenance histories, and maintenance strategies based upon budgetary constraints. In our approach to develop the City’s forecasted maintenance recommendations we worked with Compton staff in identifying unit costs for all maintenance practices used on an annual basis .
Currently, based upon the City’s maintenance practices and their associated unit costs, the total replacement value of the pavement network is $410,734,300. This value clearly indicates that the City’s pavement network is the most valuable and essential asset to Compton . The City’s use of slurry seal, overlay and R&R practices are typically applied at a five year, ten year and 25 year frequency respectively.
These frequencies are typical but the City may see increases in deterioration rates due to environmental, load and high average daily traffic (ADT) volumes. For example, high ADT volumes along one of Compton’s arterial streets will increase deterioration rates for a previously applied AC Overlay compared to a small local street. These deterioration rates are monitored through frequent inspections and functional class deterioration analysis within the City’s PMP database.
This report reflects our findings and recommendations for the PMP and the current state of the City’s pavement network. Furthermore, we have recommended detailed funding and maintenance strategies for the arterial/collector and residential networks for next five (5) years.
A. COMPTON PAVEMENT NETWORK
Within the Compton pavement
management network t here are
approximately 81.5 miles of Arterial-
Collector streets consist of
approximately 14,932,179 SF of
pavement which consists of 426
pavement sections . The Local network
consists of approx. 123.3 miles of streets,
19,207,990 SF of pavement which
consists of 913 pavement sections.
Combined, the entire network consists of
204.8 miles of streets and 34,140,169 SF
of pavement and 1,339 sections.
The City’s pavement network is broken down into manageable groups that have similar characteristics, such as pavement rank, surface type and logical segmentation. Pavement segments are identified by their branch and section numbers. Pavement “branches” that have a common usage, such as Central Ave., defines a “branch” within MicroPAVER. Pavement “sections” are pavement segments within the defined branch that have consistent pavement rankings, construction/maintenance histories and use.
Figure 1
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Representative inspection samples are then selected and visually surveyed to locate distress data. This data is used to calculate the pavement sections Pavement Condition Index (PCI) which includes distress type, extent of the distress and its severity.
PCI is a condition rating that ranges from 100 (a new pavement section or recently overlaid or reconstructed) to 0 for a section that has structurally failed and deteriorated dramatically. Weighted average PCI of a given area/zone = pavement section PCI * its own area divided by the total square footage of the given area/zone. Table 1 summarizes the section conditions found within the City of Compton pavement network by rank.
• The weighted average PCI for the City of Compton Arterial/Collector network is 66.1 • The weighted average PCI for the City of Compton Local network is 56.6
The weighted PCI value associated with the Arterial/Collector and Local routes shown through our survey analysis is timely in that it is showing that a large amount of preventative, slurry seal, and overlay work will be needed over the next several years to increase the level of condition (PCI) to a “preventative maintenance” state.
Table 1 – Historical and Summary Findings for Compton PMP Network
Figure 2 – Historical Compton PCI Findings (FY 2014-2024)
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B. CURRENT CITYWIDE CONDITIONS (ARTERIALS/COLLECTORS AND LOCALS)
The overall condition of the City’s pavement network is “Fair” with a weighted average PCI of 60.8 based on the surface area of each segment. A solid improvement from 2021; 56.0 to 60.8 (a 9% increase). The distribution of the City’s overall pavement network is shown in Section III of this rep ort (Condition Distribution).
Table 2 – Condition Distribution by Mileage for All Streets
For comparison, Bucknam performed
pavement management studies for
several other Los Angeles County
agencies and have included their
weighted PCI values (right).
As shown above, the majority of
segments are evenly distributed
through all five (5) condition categories (Very Good to Very Poor). For a network in “preventive” condition status you would typically see Very Good to Good section percentage totals at the 55% to 60% range; Compton’s network currently shows 35% of its sections within these PCI ranges. These findings indicate that the proper funding of the network over the past several years has not been ample and needs to continuely be approved upon each of the next five years to sustain or improve the overall PCI; this will allow Public Works managers/staff to proactively establish preventative and rehabilitation schedules that will generate further high-value ROI for the City. At a minimum, to sustain this asset, continued amounts of overlay rehabilitation and slurry seal maintenance needs to be budgeted for and performed across all areas of the pavement network.
As shown in Table 2, over 44% of the City’s entire network falls within the Poor to Very Poor condition categories based on the 2024 PCI findings, highlighting the need for continued funding of proactive overlay projects . More overlay rehabilitation activity will increase the City’s overall weighted PCI while reducing deferred maintenance costs in future fiscal years. Overlay projects applied to appropriate, qualifying segments is necessary to sustain the City’s network in a preventative condition status as described above. A network -wide preventative condition status is typically a network with a weighted average PCI over 75+.
Table 3
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Regarding the Local network, detailed inspection analysis shows that 23% (28.4 miles) of the Local pavement networks require slurry seal maintenance activity while 60% (74.1 miles) requires overlay rehabilitation or full reconstruction.
With the major amount of Local sections needing rehabilitation the City should proactively appropriate the necessary amount of annual overlay funding to improve the network to a higher condition level. The Local network will continue to be a major contributor to the high amount of deferred rehabilitation cost burdens unless appropriate pavement funding is applied.
In regard to the Arterial / Collector network, detailed inspection analysis shows that 27% (21.8 miles) of the pavement network requires slurry seal maintenance activity while 43% (35.1 miles) requires overlay rehabilitation or full reconstruction. Over the past three years the Arterial / Collector weighted PCI has improved by seven (7) PCI points. This is due to the proactive amount of arterial CIP overlay projects that have been applied to the network since 2021. With the overall arterial PCI in the mi d-60’s, continued planning and application of scheduled overlay projects needs to be implemented (FY 2024 thru 2027). This will continue to improve the overall conditions while freeing up additional funding for deferred Local overlay projects.
This Pavement Management Program update recommends pavement management strategies for each pavement segment based on the existing surface conditions. However, as large overlay and reconstruction projects are considered for funding, the City should make a final determination of the segment-specific pavement management approach based on subgrade R -values, structural design, and distress severities and extents.
PCI conditions reflect “surface” conditions; additional sub-surface data such as coring data, R-Values and ground penetrating radar (GPR) will provide the City to with a better approach to the maintenance that should be applied.
Our 2024 findings indicate that the PMP network has been proactively managed over the past several years. This is evident in the improvement of the citywide weighted PCI since 2021 and moderate amounts of deferred maintenance/rehabilitation projects. As the City strives to implement a stronger preventative state of M&R, cost efficient Arterial/Local rehabilitation and proactive use of available SB1/Gas Tax/Prop. C/Measure M/Measure R overlay funding should remain the focus.
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Figure 3 – PCI Condition Distribution for All Streets
Units shown above indicate total mileage (Table 2)
C. MAINTENANCE STRATEGY DEVELOPMENT
Based on the results of the condition survey and input from the City, pavement maintenance/rehabilitation strategies were developed. The City and Bucknam staff discussed and identified a distribution of benchmark pavement application unit cost that would be applied to the network over the next five years. The overriding goal of the PMP is to prevent the decrease in street conditions and not to allow an increase in the deferred maintenance costs over the five -year program.
These application unit costs are essential to the economic modeling performed.
Bucknam identified the required level of funding to 1) Maintain the current PCI of 61 and 2) Increase the PCI to 65. With this approach, Bucknam has recommended a “minimal level of service” which creates a major dividing line in determining between preventive maintenance and major pavement rehabilitation.
Generally within pavement management programs, a PCI range between 55 to 70 determines the threshold of when preventive or major overlay rehabilitation is activated. Based on the City’s weighted average PCI, condition distribution, maintenance practices, our team has identified a PCI of “65” as the minimum level of service. This means, in most cases, that pavement sections with a PCI greater than 65 will typically be recommended for preventive maintenance (i.e. slurry seal). This recommendation is indicated in Table 7, Section II.
Bucknam developed two multi-year Capital Improvement Programs for the City based on the pavement records, yearly capital expenditures, available funding and the most recent 2024 inspections. These recommendations and results are shown in Section II of this report.
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As shown above in Figure 3, 35% of the City’s streets are in Very Good to Good condition. These sections will be targeted for “preventive” maintenance within our Capital Improvement Program (CIP) recommendations. The reasoning in doing this is to extend the life cycles of those “good” pavement sections which accrues capital saving to aggressively rehabilitate those pavement sections that are below the “minimal level of service”.
In order to achieve the most effective and optimum program for the City, certain strategies have been selected and/or analyzed. Below is a listing of the maintenance activities utilized in strategy development.
Each activity is representative of the typical types of work that can be programmed as part of the long - term maintenance requirements of the City’s street network.
General Repairs-Stop Gap (Localized Maintenance*); PCI range – 20 to 95 For this maintenance type, small localized surface treatments are utilized as “holding action” solutions (stop gaps) to delay the need for pavement structural strengthening. They typically include activities such as crack sealing, AC deep patching, AC skin patching, PCC slab replacement, grinding and leveling.
The City of Compton may consider an equipment such as the Asphalt Zipper to apply proactive localized surface patch repairs (R&R). In doing this, they prevent portions of pavement sections (high severity distress locations) from deteriorating at a continuously fast rate.
Microsurfacing - (Global Maintenance*); PCI range – 60 to 85 Microsurfacing is similar to slurry seal. It consists of the application of a mixture of water, asphalt emulsion, aggregate (very small crushed rock), and chemical additives to an existing asphalt concrete pavement surface. Polymer is commonly added to the asphalt emulsion to provide better mixture properties. The major difference between slurry seal and microsurfacing is in how they “break” or harden. Slurry relies on evaporation of the water in the asphalt emulsion. The asphalt emulsion used in microsurfacing contains chemical additives which allow it to break without relying on the sun or heat for evaporation to occur. Thus, microsurfacing is an application that hardens quicker than slurry seals and can be used when conditions would not allow slurry seal to be successfully placed. Streets that have a lot of shade and streets that have a lot of traffic are good candidates for microsurfacing (source - LA County of Public Works).
Slurry Seals (Global Maintenance*); PCI range – 60 to 85 Surface treatments applied to pavements with minimal surface distress to provide new wearing surfaces and extend pavement life. Generally consists of a mixture of conventional or latex-modified emulsified asphalt, well-graded fine aggregate, mineral filler and water placed over an existing AC surface; Slurry seal application life-cycles are averaging 4 to 5 years . Type II Slurry is recommended for Local streets.
Cape Seals (Global Maintenance*); PCI range – 40 to 65
This is an application of a single layer of asphalt binder to a road surface immediately followed by a single layer of cover aggregate (chips). The single layer chip seal is then followed with a slurry seal application; Conventional cape seal application life-cycles are averaging 6 to 7 years. For sections that have lower PCI’s in this range, leveling courses should be considered. City is currently considering this application as an alternative cost-saving tool.
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Overlays (Major Maintenance*); PCI range – 20 to 60
AC Overlay – Placement of a layer of hot-mixed asphalt concrete over the existing pavement surface (may include pavement fabric). Grinding (milling) is performed prior to the overlay to reduce the total height of asphalt and assure alignment with existing gutter lines. This also includes “dig -outs” and crack sealing prior to the application of an overlay. This treatment provides a new wearing surfac e and increased structural strength to the pavement section. A conventional overlay should be designed for a ten-year life.
Asphalt Rubber Hot-Mix Overlay - The ASTM definition is: Asphalt-Rubber is a blend of asphalt cement, reclaimed tire rubber and certain additives in which the rubber component is at least 15% by weight of the total blend and has reacted in the hot asphalt cement sufficiently to cause swelling of the rubber particles. Specifically, using crumb rubber modified binders in pavement application benefit local agencies in that cities find:
• Pavement resists cracking by being more flexible;
• Cost savings come from a longer life cycle (from Bucknam’s experience typically 20% longer), decreased maintenance and the use of less material
• Improvement in skid resistance;
• Decreased noise; and
• It provides long-lasting color contrast for marking and striping • Life cycles are averaging 8 to 12 years
Reconstruction (Major Maintenance*); PCI range – 0 to 20 Removal of the existing pavement section to a prescribed depth followed by the placement of a conventional flexible pavement section using a structural AC Hot Mix or AR Hot Mix or a full depth asphalt. Each classification of road has a typical design cross-section upon anticipation traffic loading.
By performing a reconstruction the sections PCI resets at 100 and restarts the life-cycle deterioration of the section.
*Localized, Global and Major maintenance activities are default terms used within the MicroPAVER pavement software. Specific pavement repair applications are placed within each maintenance activity in order to develop multi-year maintenance forecast recommendations.
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D. ANNUAL BUDGET PROJECTIONS
The budgeting process was approached with the following in mind; generate two unique work programs for the next five (5) years based upon actual road pavement conditions in order to:
1. Demonstrate how the City’s current “Actual $10 Million annual budget” allocation for pavement maintenance/rehabilitation performs against the conditions found through our surveys
2. Recommend a proactive annual budget that, at a minimum, maintains the current weighted PCI on the network after five years (FY 2029)
Based on current and future pavement maintenance needs, two annual work programs have been prepared and summarized below. Table 4 demonstrates the pavement network performs over the next five years based upon the proposed allocated maintenance/rehabilitation funds . Table 5 demonstrates the necessary annual funding that is needed to maintain the current weighted PCI on the network (each scenario addresses arterial/collector and local streets; alleys were excluded).
Table 4 – Citywide Projection Utilizing “Actual” Budget
Table 5 – Five-Year Projection Demonstrating Required Budget to Maintain PCI of 61
Additional detail and breakdown of budget projections are demonstrated in Section IV of this report.
All work program budgets generated are presented in terms of current 2024 dollars. The annual costs shown above only include materials and labor for the pavement. Curb and gutter, striping, project management, mobilization, construction management are not included. All repair activities were based on distresses observed at the time of the field survey. These are recommendations and are to be used as “the best case scenario” for improving the City of Compton street network.
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E. QUALITY CONTROL EFFORTS
As indicated in our scope of work, Bucknam performed numerous quality control checks in the field during survey efforts as well as specific site investigations requested by the City.
Minor corrections were made to a handful of sections where we corrected the rank classification within MicroPAVER.
Through our internal quality control efforts, we believe we have found all the necessary publicly owned streets that needed to be reported on under this project.
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F. FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Arterials/Collectors
The actual workload requirements identified indicate that the Arterial/Collector street network is currently in “Fair” condition (PCI = 66.1 ). To improve upon this condition, it is essential that preventive maintenance and overlay rehabilitation activities are funded at the levels identified in Table 4.
Our arterial/collector findings for conditional data and recommendations for revenue expenditures are shown below:
• The Arterial/Collector network has a weighted PCI of 66.1;
• Currently, 43% of the arterial/collector network (approx. 35.1 miles) require overlay/reconstruction rehabilitation; 27% (approx. 21.8 miles) require slurry seal maintenance;
• At a minimum, Arterial/Collector maintenance projects should focus on achieving and maintaining a PCI of 70+ within the next five years;
• Develop a proactive fiscal and planned approach to identify arterial/collector overlay projects based on the deterioration modeling within MicroPAVER;
• Maintain arterial/collector revenues at the levels shown within the Section IV Forecast Maintenance & Rehabilitation (FMR) Report for a minimum of five years to generate the results identified within this report;
• Reassess/re-evaluate the arterial/collector rehabilitation budget program s every two years to improve on CIP forecasts for 2024-25 and beyond to ensure the results shown in Table 4 and 5;
• Perform pavement inspections on the arterial/collector network every three years to build a solid planning model within MicroPAVER/MyRoads® to track PCI deterioration;
• Demonstrated budget shown in Table 4 is ample to improve the Arterial/Collector weighted PCI of 66.1 through five years, furthermore, the citywide deferred maintenance sustains at a level of $120 million after five years;
o Unique budget scenarios created in MicroPAVER calculate annual deferred maintenance amounts based on the available/projected budget applied and section SF’s that fall within preventative, slurry seal, overlay and reconstruction PCI ranges;
• Bucknam recommends that the City proactively budget overlay rehabilitation projects at the levels shown in Table 4 in order to improve upon the conditions found today as well as minimize the impact of a moderate increase deferred maintenance across the City.
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Locals
The actual workload requirements identified indicate that the Local street network is currently in “Poor” condition (PCI = 56.6). To improve this condition, it is essential that preventive maintenance and overlay activities are funded at the levels identified in Table 4 to increase the network weighted average PCI value to the “Fair” category.
Our Local findings for conditional data and recommendations for revenue expenditures are shown below:
• The Local network has a weighted PCI of 56.6;
• Currently, 60% of the Local network (approx. 74.1 miles) require overlay/reconstruction rehabilitation; 23% (approx. 28.4 miles) require slurry seal maintenance;
• At a minimum, Local maintenance projects should focus on achieving and maintaining a weighted PCI above a level of 60+ within the next five years;
• Current Local Forecast Maintenance & Rehabilitation (FMR) recommendations should be followed as shown in Section IV of this report;
• Develop a proactive fiscal and planned approach to identify Local overlay projects based on the deterioration modeling within MicroPAVER;
• Increase Local revenues at the levels shown within the Section IV Forecasted Maintenance Report for a minimum of five years to generate the results identified within this report;
• Reassess/re-evaluate the Local rehabilitation budget program s every two years to improve on budget forecasts for 2024-25 and beyond to ensure the results shown in Table 4 or 5;
• Perform pavement inspections on the Local network every three years to build a solid planning model within MicroPAVER/MyRoads® to track PCI deterioration;
• Demonstrated budget shown in Table 4 is sufficient to improve the Local weighted PCI as it included necessary proactive overlay funding. Furthermore, the citywide deferred maintenance increases slightly from a level of $119.4 million to $123.6 million after five years;
o Unique budget scenarios created in MicroPAVER calculate annual deferred maintenance amounts based on the available/projected budget applied and section SF’s that fall within preventative, slurry seal, overlay and reconstruction PCI ranges;
• Bucknam recommends that the City allocate budget for overlay rehabilitations at the levels shown in Table 4 in order to improve upon the conditions found today as well as minimize the impact of a high increase of deferred maintenance across the City.
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SECTION II
PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
Bucknam performed the following services in accordance with the scope of services that was contracted with the City of Compton. As a quick overview, the following tasks were performed to complete the work over the past several months:
2024 Pavement Management Work Efforts:
Task 1: Project Kickoff-Data Management
Task 2: Update of Maintenance Activities
Task 3: Pavement Condition Survey (approx. 204.8 miles) Task 4: Budgetary Analysis and Capital Improvement Reports Task 5: Executive Summary and Final CIP Reports
Task 6: Mapping of the Pavement Network
A. PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT PROGRAM UPDATE 2023-24
As a part of the 2024 update of the pavement management system, a major element of work was to complete a comprehensive assessment of the existing street network and PMP database within the City.
This included assessing the City’s existing 2021 MicroPAVER database, GIS, street naming conventions and work history information. From there, Bucknam worked with the City to confirm public and private street listings which verified accuracy for CIP reporting. All data was then published within the City’s updated MicroPAVER database.
Work history information was provided by the City in the form of completed bid documents, institutional knowledge, and previous dataset and Excel documents. This information was entered into the proper pavement segments that match the limits of those projects. From there, CIP pavement recommendations were performed (discussed and demonstrated below) where the pavement maintenance information the City provided (PM P material practices, unit costs , and capital budgets) were used to generate recommendations through the MicroPAVER system.
Table 6 demonstrates PCI ranges defaulted within MicroPAVER. Once a pavement inspection is complete, a PCI is calculated for each pavement section. Each PCI calculated falls within a defined PCI range category (Very Good, Very Poor, etc.). F urthermore, a weighted P CI was calculated for the each functional class within the network (arterials/collectors and locals).
The PCI is a condition rating that ranges from 100 (a new pavement section or recently overlaid or reconstructed) to 0 for a section that has structurally failed and deteriorated dramatically. Weighted average PCI of a given area/zone = pavement section P CI multiplied by its own area divided by the total square footage of the given area/zone. This information can also be represented through MicroPAVER to show how much square footage or percentage of area falls within a PCI range category.
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Table 6 - PCI Range
These condition ranges are defined by the Army Corps of Engineers and defaulted within the MicroPAVER software. The summary of all roads condition data and their representative PCI's can be seen in the Pavement Condition Report in Section III.
B. MAINTENANCE STRATEGY ASSIGNMENTS
Once the appropriate activities from the above listings were selected by the City, a Maintenance Strategy Table was defined within the system that allocated the appropriate actions to the specific repair needs of the street. In defining the maintenance strategy list, emphasis was placed on defining pavement condition thresholds and using the PCI for the specific maintenance activities within these categories.
Maintenance Strategy Assignment Table
Table 7 – Maintenance Strategy Assignments
The Strategy Assignments List, shown in Table 7, was developed to identify the most critical segments in each of the w ork programs (Arterial/Collector and Local). Segment priorities were established by determining the range of PCI's requiring first attention based on the relative value of each segment’s PCI, thus maximizing the annual maintenance budget.
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Also, distress quantity, area extent, type and severity were critical elements in the decision process for recommending maintenance.
The assignment table is used as a guide within MicroPAVER to recommend maintenance, however, further assessment by City staff and/or outside parties can override maintenance recommendations. This can be done by reviewing and assessing distress extents and their weighted percentages.
Once the strategy assignments were set within the system, budgets and work assignments were generated for each work program on an annual basis. Using pavement deterioration curves for each type of pavement surface and class of road, both current year and future years work requirements for each pavement segment within the City were determined. In forecasting the maintenance requirements in future years, the current PCI value is reduced annually for each pavement segment based on the MicroPAVER deterioration curves within the City’s database.
Likewise, maintenance activities performed in a given year increase the P CI value as they are applied to the segment. The overall program is dynamic in that each strategy consists of a cyclic series of actions that simulates the pavement anticipated life cycle.
Figure 4 – Sample Pavement Life Cycle
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C. MULTI-YEAR ANNUAL WORK PROGRAM PROJECTIONS
The goal of these projections is to assist City policy makers in utilizing the recommendations of the MicroPAVER system. By using the City of Compton ’s current budgets and maintenance practices the system will develop “section unique” improvements and strategies. Each segment will be tied to a specific fiscal year. As shown in the following pages, we have assessed the budgets that have been projected t o meet the maintenance and rehabilitations needed to maximize the City’s return on investment. The budget forecasting goal for the City network focused on:
Establishing a proactive multi-year Maintenance & Rehabilitation Program; Developing a preventive maintenance program; and
Selecting the most cost-effective repairs based on City strategies
ACTUAL BUDGET – The Actual budget model was generated for the City to demonstrate how the City’s 5- Year PMP funding allocation ($10 Million / yr) performs against the current citywide conditions.
• City’s projected actual budget includes:
• Projects are funded through SB1 & Proposition C, Measure R, Measure M, Gas Tax and General Funds
MAINTAIN BUDGET – A Maintain budget was generated for the City to demonstrate the necessary funding that is required to maintain the current weighted PCI level of 61 through a five year model.
*All multi-year budget projections include a 4% inflation rate for the term of the budget forecast.
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ARTERIAL/COLLECTOR & LOCAL
FIVE-YEAR BUDGET PROJECTIONS
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ACTUAL – The first key step in developing a proactive PMP is to model the City’s existing conditions against the “actual” annual budget. In doing this, PCI performance, deferred maintenance and pavement application uses are able to benchmarked and demonstrated in a positive or negative result. The City’s existing 5-Yr PMP budget was used for this model; the City provided Bucknam with current 2024 unit costs for pavement maintenance applications. The resulting PCI conditions and maintenance distributions are shown below. Bucknam worked with the City’s Public Works staff to review previous methodologies and schedules applied by the City. With this scenario, our initial goal is to provide the City with a budgetary outlook and conditional impact report that can be used to eventually create a solid, preventative maintenance program.
ACTUAL BUDGET PROGRAM (FIVE YEAR MODEL)
Actual Budget Program incorporates pavement sections that have a functional class of Arterial (A /B), Collector (C) and Locals (E).
Table 8 – Citywide Projection Utilizing “Actual” Budget ($10 mil/yr)
By modeling the existing pavement conditions against the City’s available funding, we have found that two major positive results occur over the five year CIP. (See Figure 5 on the following page). First, t he weighted PCI for the entire network increases from a level of 60.8 to a level of 65.3 over the five year CIP which meets one of our recommended goals (minimum level of service = 65). The five year model above includes pavement applications covering:
• 5.8 million SF of Arterials/Collectors, or 30.1 miles; • 5.7 million SF of Locals, or 39.0 miles
Secondly, the resulting deferred maintenance backlog shows that it sustains at a level of $120 million after the five years program which indicates that an annual pavement budgets are ample enough to hold the deferred maintenance level (or backlog of maintenance) on the network. The backlog that has been identified above consists of slurry/cape seals, overlays and reconstruction. Combined with the positive results found with the weighted PCI we recommended that this 5-yr maintenance schedule be followed.
DEFERRED MAINTENANCE
Delaying repairs on streets where pavement conditions indicate a need creates deferred maintenance.
Deferred maintenance includes pavement maintenance, rehabilitation and reconstruction projects that are needed across the entire network, but cannot be per formed due to the lack of available funding.
These delayed projects are then pushed to the next budget cycle incurring higher unit costs/SF. The actual repairs that are being deferred are often referred to as a “backlog”.
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As maintenance is deferred, the opportunity to apply life extending preventive pavement applications is lost and the ultimate cost of rehabilitation multiples.
As shown, this projection model does meet the initial goal of maintaining or increasing the City’s pavement network PCI. With today’s economic issues at the Federal, State and local levels; the City should continuously monitor the management of overlay deferred maintenance (PMP studies every two to three years). The potential delay in projects and the resulting build- up of more overlay work in the five -year time frame is not a debt that City will want to accept.
Through Bucknam’s analysis of the previous pavement database, work history dates and our experience with AC Overlay deterioration rates, it is important to point out that pavement sections that were overlaid in fiscal year 2010 will need proper overlay maintenance approximately around fiscal year 2024-25 and beyond.
Figure 5 – Resulting Network PCI and Budget Expenditures (Actual Budget)
The resulting “increase of the weighted PCI” for the entire network demonstrates how applying proper funds to the network is preventing the City’s pavement from deteriorating at a rate that is not conducive to a PMP success. Based on available funding or programmed funding identified by the City’s long -term CIP, there may be an opportunity to proactively schedule or appropriate funds to areas of the City that have been annually deferred due to high maintenance costs.
Additionally, the City should continue to implement local, stop gap maintenance (i.e. deep patching, crack sealing, etc.) prior to any major slurry / cape seal or overlay maintenance. By performing stop gap measures to individual pavement sections the overall performance of the sections condition will increase and sustain itself longer than if no preventative maintenance was performed.
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As mentioned above, a local slurry/overlay maintenance “zone/area” strategy should be considered for several reasons. With the City applying a maintenance area methodology to the local network, four beneficial impacts occur:
1) Planned / Maintenance areas are addressed every seven years which creates a dedicated project schedule for City staff and constituent inquiries; 2) Deferred overlay maintenance can be addressed in a more effective manner due to accrued revenues
3) A preventative maintenance strategy is more cost -effective in a long -term PMP rather than implementing a maintenance approach that addresses only the “worst-first” streets. 4) All maintenance alternatives are available due to the increased funding and focused maintenance within one zone per year.
On the negative side, if low weighted PCI values occur within a given zone, all streets within that zone may not be able to be addressed with maintenance when that zone is scheduled for maintenance. The deferred maintenance will have to be scheduled for m aintenance in future years or simply will have to wait until the zone cycle repeats.
The Local maintenance model that has been developed under the Actual budget can be used as a benchmark to monitor the City’s annual budget allocations as the network continues to mature and age; the proper amount of funding for slurry seal and overlay maintenance needs to be the City’s highest priority.
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MAINTAIN PCI PROGRAM (FIVE YEAR MODEL)
With the City striving to show proactive maintenance across all City pavements, a budget program was generated to show the greatest return on investment through the application of slurry seal, mill & cap , and alternative overlay maintenance. Our goal under this model is to maintain the current 2024 weighted PCI of 61 through a five-year program. This model will demonstrate the necessary funding to achieve this goal.
Again, we used the “Actual” 5-yr PMP model (shown above) as a cornerstone for our modeling within the “maintain” program. Combining the previous reporting model with a realistic and achievable annual budget, we found positive results.
The Recommended Program incorporates pavement sections that have a functional class of Arterial (A/B), Collector (C) and Local (E).
Table 9– Five-Year Projection Demonstrating Required Budget to Maintain PCI of 61
Referring to Table 9, it is noted that the weighted PCI basically remains consist through the five-year projection (60.8 to 61.5). However, the annual deferred maintenance total increases from $119.5 million to $144.2 million at the end of the five-years if the City utilizes an annual budget average of $7,215,600/yr for slurry, overlay, and reconstruction maintenance. We found that annual average square footage breakdowns of maintenance areas were consistent and well balanced.
Under this model, w e recommend that a stronger focus be placed on the Local network improvements due to the fact that its network has approximately 29% more square footage compared to the arterial/collector network and has a significantly lower weighted PCI than the arterials/collectors.
We still recommend minor maintenance to the arterial/collector network, i.e. localized patching, slurry seal and th e use of Measure R, Proposition A/C & Gas Tax funds. B ut again, with the Local network showing a higher degree of negative results, a new focus for zoned area maintenance and proactive overlays should be implemented.
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Figure 6 – Resulting Network PCI and Budget Expenditures (Maintain Budget)
Additionally, it is recommended that the City continue to monitor the application of Slurry / Cape Seal or Grind & Overlay as an asphalt application for the specific local sections. Specific sections are now qualifying for maintenance that warrants a stronger application rather than a typical slurry seal.
With a five year cycle in motion, it is essential to address local sections that have PCI’s less than 65 with the proper rehabilitation since crews will not be back within that area for five to six years.
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PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT PROGRAM REPORTS
In addition to the annual budget scenario, this report contains a comprehensive and complementary assemblage of pavement management reports ranging from summary reports to annual maintenance and rehabilitation schedules (Forecast Maintenance & Rehabilitation (FMR) Report, Section IV). Collectively as well as individually, the reports represent reasonable projections of pavement maintenance needs and performance based on visual condition assessments, unit cost estimates, and pavement deterioration models.
It is important to note that pavement segment dimensions and surface area recorded during 1999-2021, and 2024 inspections, along with the action and repair costs, as presented within the reports are accurate within tolerable limits. This is noteworthy due to the "implied" accuracy of reporting length and width to the nearest foot, surface area to the nearest square foot, and action and repair unit costs and project estimates to the nearest penny and dollar, respectively.
NEXT STEPS
As with any infrastructure management software program, time investments need to be made by key Public Works staff to maintain the integrity of the data as well as the accuracy. Bucknam can perform training sessions in the use of the MicroPAVER tools and demonstrate how to generate standard common- sense reports to assist City staff in developing yearly budgets, project level analysis, and CIP projections.
This will be key to future management of the pavement program and reporting. City personnel need to maintain their commitment to the preventive maintenance system, while working toward reducing the City's present deferred rehabilitation projects.
In order to ensure that report outputs are accurate and credible, it is essential that the integrity of all data files be maintained. This will require performing all necessary updates when changes are made to scheduling scenarios, unit cost information, historical data, etc. In addition, the entire pavement network will have to be re-inventoried at regular intervals. This typically includes surveying arterial and collectors every two years and locals every three.
This will not only allow work to be scheduled based on the most current condition data available, but will provide City personnel with a means to monitor actual rates of pavement deterioration so appropriate modifications can be made to the system curves. To be compliant with the METRO requirements, the City must generate a triennial Pavement Management report indicating condition ratings , inspection dates and forecasted maintenance/rehabilitation recommendations. Bucknam will be supporting the City with staff level support to assist in the continuous updates with the MicroPAVER/MyRoads® system. This will include work history updates, generating reports from the system, unit cost updates, and future inspections.
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D. CONDITION DISTRIBUTION REPORT
This report depicts the distribution of the pavement condition throughout the street network by area.
The condition scheme range s from “Very Good” to “Very Poor”; with a “ Very Good ” condition corresponding to a pavement at the beginning of its life cycle, and a “ Very Poor” condition representing a badly deteriorated pavement with virtually no remaining life. The table below shows the general description for each pavement condition:
Condition Description – PCI Range - Description
2024 City of Compton weighted average PCI is 60.8 (Fair).
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E. CALCULATION OF PCI
In order to calculate a Pavement Condition Index (PCI) value within MicroPAVER, specific street section data needs to be inputted into MicroPAVER to define the survey limits, asphalt types, pavement age and metrics. Pavement “sections” are pavement segments within the defined branch that have consistent pavement street classifications, construction/maintenance histories and use. Representative inspection samples are then selected and visually surveyed to locate distress data. This data is used to calculate the pavement sections Pavement Condition Index (PCI) which includes distress type, extent of the distress and its severity.
The PCI is a condition rating that ranges from 100 (pavement section that is in perfect condition) to 0 for a section that has structurally failed and deteriorated dramatically. The PCI is calculated from three major data entries from our inspectors:
1. Distress Type (one of 20 AC or 19 PCC types); these include alligator cracking, bleeding, block cracking, corrugations, depressions, long/trans cracking, patch/utility cut, potholes, rutting, weathering, raveling, etc.
2. Distress Quantity (the square footage, length or count of a specific distress)
3. Distress Severity (the level of severity determined for each distress found; low, medium or high)
Figure 7 – PCI Calculation Worksheet
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F. COMPTON MYROADS® PMP WEB-PORTAL
Bucknam’s MyRoads® is a great match for the City of Compton’s PMP today and the future. MyRoads® brings your PMP data to life within a dynamic dashboard! Bucknam now provides all our PMP clients with a unique and agency driven “MyRoads®” web -portal that provides instantaneous access to your pavement management database. This “dashboard” allows users to toggle through individual sections via GIS mapping selections, zone queries, rank selection, PCI ranges, etc. to review all section metrics, latest/previous inspections, work histories generate filtered PCI reports and identify potential maintenance / rehabilitation costs based upon your unique needs.
Bucknam has shown below the Compton MyRoads® account actively working! This tool will be accessed by City staff simply through a Username/Password methodology. As changes are made to the Compton PMP database the MyRoads® dataset is changed to reflect work history edits, PCI inspections and section changes.
In summary, MyRoads® allows the user to perform the following dynamic functions:
• Query specific pavement segment(s) to view current/historic PCI, work history inspection; • Filter for pavement sections within a defined zone, PCI range and/or functional class; • Select a pavement section or grouping of section through the on-board GIS tool; • Enter slurry, overlay & reconstruction
unit costs to determine preliminary
cost of maintenance and resulting
citywide PCI
o Display critical street / sidewalk
/ ROW assets along pavement
section(s) that are critical to
Engineering Bid development
and solicitation (ADA ramps,
utilities, manholes, trees, etc.
• Displays all final GIS project maps (PCI,
work history, 5 -yr forecasted
maintenance, etc.)
• Bucknam will train Compton’s staff on
the simpl e use of the MyRoads ®
dashboard.
Figure 8 – Compton MyRoads® PMP Web-Portal
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Figure 9 – Arterial / Collector Condition Distribution
Figure 10 – Local Condition Distribution
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G. SAMPLE DISTRESS PHOTOS – RECOMMENDED TREATMENT (FIGURE 11)
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1. Alligator Cracking
Cracks that form a chicken wire or
alligator scale like pattern.
Low Severity: Thin parallel
longitudinal cracks that may come
together at certain points, but full
alligator pattern is not present yet.
Medium Severity:
Further
development of cracks into alligator
pattern. Cracks are starting to spall.
High S
everity : Alligator pattern is
heavily developed, and cracks are
spalled to the point where individual
pieces may become separated.
Typical Recommendation: Low severity, R&R – Patching, crack sealing; high severity R&R-overlay
2. Bleeding
Bleeding occurs when incorrectly
mixed asphalt is applied and in hot
weather the asphalt or tar rises to the
surface.
Severity is determined by the amount
of asphalt/tar present.
Typical Recommendation: Low
severity, apply coarse sand; high
severity, grind or heat planer excess,
resurfacing may be necessary
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3. Block Cracking
Longitudinal and transverse cracks
that intersect to form smaller than
10x10 ft blocks. Creates uniform
blocks with straight edges.
Low Severity: Cracking is less than
3/8 inches.
Medium Severity: Cracking
between 3/8 and 3 inches.
High Severity: Cracking is over 3
inches.
Typical Recommendation: Low
severity, crack sealing; high severity, R&R-overlay
4. Bumps and Sags
Small, localized, and linear upward
or downward displacements of
pavement, which can be caused by
a variety of factors.
Severity is determined by the
extent to which ride quality is
diminished.
Typical Recommendation: R&R -
Patching
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5. Corrugation
Closely spaced Bumps and or Sags that
form a washboard effect in the
pavement.
Severity is determined by the extent to
which ride quality is diminished.
Typical Recommendation: Low severity,
R&R – Patching; high severity, R&R-
overlay
6. Depression
Localized area of pavement with a lower
elevation than the surrounding
pavement.
Low Severity: depth of ½ to 1 inch.
Medium Severity: depth of 1 to 2
Inches.
High Severity: depth greater than 2
inches.
Typical Recommendation: R&R - Patching
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7. Edge Cracking
Cracks that are parallel to the
edge of the pavement that may
cause a break up of pavement.
Low Severity: Low or Medium
cracking with no breakup.
Medium Severity: Medium
cracking with some breakup.
High Severity: Considerable
breakup of pavement.
Typical Recommendation: R&R -
Patching
8. Joint Reflective Cracking
Cracking that is reflected through
AC pavement when it is overlaid
on top of PCC pavement.
Low Severity: Cracking is less than
3/8 inches.
Medium Severity: Cracking
between 3/8 and 3 inches.
High Severity: Cracking is over 3
inches.
Typical Recommendation: R&R -
Overlay
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9. Lane / Shoulder Drop-off
Elevation change between
pavement and shoulder.
Low Severity: Difference in
elevation is between 1 and 2
inches.
Medium Severity: Difference in
elevation is between 2 and 4
inches.
High Severity: Difference in
elevation is over 4 inches.
Typical Recommendation: R&R –
Patching or edge grinding
10. Linear & Transverse Cracking
Cracks that are generally either parallel or
perpendicular to traffic.
Low Severity: Cracking is less than 3/8 inches.
Medium Severity: Cracking is between 3/8 and 3
inches.
High Severity: Cracking is over 3 inches.
Typical Recommendation: Low severity, crack
sealing; high severity, R&R - Overlay
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11. Patching
Area of pavement that has been
replaced.
Severity is determined by the
quality of the patch and the
extent to which ride quality is
diminished.
Typical Recommendation: R&R –
structural / non-structural overlay
12. Polished Aggregate
Distress where traffic smooths
the pavement surface so friction
is diminished and cars can slide.
There are no Severity Levels for
this distress.
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13. Pothole
Severity Measured using the following Matrix.
Typical Recommendation: low severity Pothole fill or R&R – Patching, high severity should be R&R- Overlay
14. RR Crossing
Pavement distresses caused by
railroad crossings.
Severity is determined by the extent to
which ride quality is diminished.
Typical Recommendation: R&R -
Patching
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15. Rutting
Linear depressions along wheel
paths caused by traffic.
Low Severity: Depth is ¼ to ½
inches.
Medium Severity: Depth is ½ to
1 inch.
High Severity: i s greater than 1
inch.
Typical Recommendation:
Pavement with deeper ruts
should be leveled and overlaid
16. Shoving
Displacement of pavement
creating a “wave” over a more
solid surface.
Severity is determined by the
extent to which ride quality is
diminished.
Typical Recommendation: R&R -
Patching
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17. Slippage Cracking
Half-moon shaped cracks
where wheels cause pavement
to slide.
Low Severity: Average crack
width is less than 3/8 inch.
Medium Severity: Crack width
is between 3/8 and 3/2 inches.
High Severity: Crack width is
greater than 3/2 inches.
Typical Recommendation: R&R
- Patching
18. Swell
Upward Bulges creating “wave-like”
patterns.
Severity is determined by the extent to
which ride quality is diminished.
Typical Recommendation: Low severity,
R&R – Patching; high severity, R&R-
overlay
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19. Weathering
The wearing away of the asphalt binder.
Low Severity: Aggregate is starting to be
exposed.
Medium Severity: Aggregate is exposed
up to ¼ of its width.
High Severity: Aggregate is exposed to
greater than ¼ of its width.
Typical Recommendation: naturally
occurring, slurry seal
20. Raveling
The further weathering of asphalt so that
coarse aggregate is separating out of
pavement.
Medium Severity: Considerable loss of
aggregate.
H
igh Severity: Almost complete removal
of coarse aggregate.
Typical Recommendation: Low severity,
R&R – Patching; high severity, R&R-
overlay
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PORTLAND CEMENT CONCRETE (PCC)
1. Blowup
Buckling at cracks or joints where
there is not enough room for slab
expansion.
Severity is determined by the
extent to which ride quality is
diminished.
2. Corner Break
Crack close to corner of slab that
creates a corner piece.
Low Severity: Crack is less than ½
inches wide.
Medium Severity: Crack is
between ½ and 2 inches wide.
High Severity: Crack is wider than
2 inches.
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3. Divided Slab
Slab that is broken up into four or
more pieces by cracks.
Severity is determined by the
following matrix.
4. Durability Cracking
Pattern of cracks parallel to joints
caused by freeze-thaw expansion of
large aggregate.
Low Severity: Durability cracking
covers less than 15 percent of slab.
Medium Severity: Durability cracking
covers more than 15 percent of the
slab.
High Severity: Durability cracking
covers more than 15 percent of slab
and most pieces have come out.
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5. Faulting
Elevation Difference between
slabs.
Low Severity: Elevation difference
is between 1/8 and 3/8 inch.
Medium Severity: Elevation is
between 3/8 and ¾ inch.
High Severity: Elevation is greater
than ¾ inch.
6. Joint Seal Damage
Damage to sealant between joints
that allows soil, rock, or water
infiltration.
Low Severity: Joint sealant has only
minor damage.
Medium Severity: Joint sealant is in
fair condition. Water can infiltrate
and vegetation may be present.
High Severity: Joint sealant is in
poor condition. It may be missing
and rocks may be present.
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7. Lane / Shoulder Drop-Off
The Elevation difference between
pavement and shoulder.
Low Severity: Elevation difference is
between 1 and 2 inches.
Medium Severity: Elevation
difference is between 2 and 4
inches.
High Severity: Elevation difference
is greater than 4 inches.
8. Linear Cracking
Cracks that divide slab into two or
three pieces.
Low Severity: Crack is less than ½
inch wide.
Medium Severity: Crack is between
½ and 2 inches wide.
High Severity: Crack is wider than 2
inches.
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9. Large Patch
Patch that is larger than 5.5 sq ft.
Low Severity: Patch has little or no
deterioration.
Medium Severity: Patch is
moderately deteriorated.
High S everity : Patch is badly
deteriorated.
10. Small Patch
Patch that is smaller than 5.5 sq ft.
Low Severity: Patch has little or no
deterioration.
Medium Severity: Patch is
moderately deteriorated.
High Severity: Patch is badly
deteriorated.
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11. Polished Aggregate
Distress where traffic smooths the
pavement surface so friction is
diminished and cars can slide.
There are no Severity Levels for this
distress.
12. Popouts
Small piece of pavement that breaks
loose from surface.
There are no Severity Levels for this
distress, however popouts must
cover 3 per sq. meter of the slab.
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13. Pumping
Ejection of material from slab
foundation through joints or cracks
along with water.
There are no Severity Levels for this
distress.
14. Punchout
Localized area of a slab that is broken
into many pieces.
Severity is determined by the
following matrix.
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SECTION III
CITYWIDE
PAVEMENT CONDITION INDEX REPORT
A. 2024 Compton PCI Map
B. Name Order (A-Z)
C. PCI Order (0-100)
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A. PAVEMENT CONDITION INDEX REPORTS - DEFINITIONS
Listed alphabetically by street name or PCI, this report provides the City with a listing of pertinent inventory and pavement condition data for each inventory unit within the City's pavement network. The Pavement Condition Index (PCI) Report notes the na mes, limits, classification, dimension, surface type, and lane configuration of each inventory unit.
Detailed descriptions of the information appearing on this report are presented below:
BRANCH NAME - The name of each inventory unit appears in this column. Generally, the inventory unit name is taken directly from a street sign; however, where no street signs are posted, the name appearing on the network map is noted instead.
A sample set of street name suffix abbreviation definitions is presented below:
AV - Avenue CT - Court CIR - Circle
DR - Drive LN - Lane RD - Road
ST - Street WAY - Way EB - East Bound
NB - North Bound SB - South Bound WB - West Bound
FROM - A description of the beginning limit of each inventory unit appears in this column. If the beginning limit exists between intersections, then the beginning limit description may be an address, post mile marker, or a distance from a known point of reference (e.g., "500' N/MAIN ST").
TO - A description of the ending limit of each inventory unit appears in this column. Like BEGIN limit, the END limit description may consist of a street name, an address, or a distance from a known point of reference. In the case of cul-de-sacs, or dead-ends, the END limit may consist of a directional reference, such as "NORTH END".
RANK - The codes for the seven functional classifications as the inventory unit appears in this column are represented below. Basically, units are classified according to traffic volume.
CODE DESCRIPTION
A /B Primary Arterial, Arterial
C Collector
E Local
I Industrial
P Private
O Alley
SURFACE TYPE - A code was assigned to each inventory unit to describe surface type.
CODE DESCRIPTION
AC Asphalt Concrete
PCC Concrete
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LENGTH - The length of the section within each branch. The unit of measurement for the section length, typically linear feet (LF).
AREA - The area of each section within a branch. The unit of measurement for the section area, typically square feet (SF).
PCI - Pavement Condition Indices were calculated for inventory units based on severity and extent of distress manifestations observed within the inventory unit. Ranging between 0 and 100, a PCI of "100" corresponds to a pavement at the beginning of its life cycle, while a PCI of "0" corresponds to a badly deteriorated pavement which is at or near the end of its life cycle.
PCI CLIMATE, LOAD AND OTHER – reflects “Section Extrapolated Distress”; these values are shown within the Sample Distresses tab within the PCI window. Distresses are aggregated based on the type and severity level. For random samples, distress quantities are adjusted to reflect the extrapolated value based on the sections total area. Extrapolated distress deducts are classified as resulting from Climate, Load and Other distresses. The Distress Classification portion of the tab shows the “percent” of extrapolated distress deduct b elonging to Climate, Load and Other (these %’s are shown within the PCI reports herein). These values are beneficial in that they support the decision whether to recommend slurry seal, overlay or reconstruction project for street sections.
INSPECTION DATE – Represents the most recent inspection date performed on a given sections. PCI shown is historical in value and may not indicate what “today’s” PCI is due to variance in time. Pavement deterioration calculations can be performed on a section(s) to demonstrate a deteriorated PCI based upon a new current date.
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Figure 12 – 2024 Compton PCI Map
City of Compton, CA
2023-24 Pavement Condition Index (PCI) Report - All Streets Sorted by Rank, Name Order (A-Z)
BranchID Sec iD Name From To Surface Type Rank Lanes L W Area Insp. Date PCI PCI Pct Climate PCI Pct Load PCI Pct Other Work Type Work Date Arterials / Collectors
300 2 ACACIA AVE ARTESIA BLVD (S) WALNUT ST (W) AC C 4 1,085 76 60,257 6/10/24 28 22 66 12 New Construction - Initial 1/1/80 300 8 ACACIA AVE ALONDRA BLVD (W) MYRRH ST (W) AC C 2 1,305 40 49,305 6/5/24 72 66 34 0 New Construction - Initial 1/1/80 300 9 ACACIA AVE MYRRH ST (W) COMPTON BLVD (W) AAC C 4 1,390 60 74,604 6/5/24 63 32 67 1 Overlay - AC Structural 6/2/10 320 10 ALAMEDA ST NB 1450' N of ROSECRANS PINE ST (E) AC B 2 1,290 46 61,394 6/17/24 53 59 30 11 New Construction - Initial 1/1/80 320 11 ALAMEDA ST NB PINE ST (E) CARLIN AVE (E) AC B 2 1,320 48 55,898 6/17/24 83 83 0 17 New Construction - Initial 1/1/80 320 12 ALAMEDA ST NB CARLIN AVE (E) BANNING ST (E) AC B 2 1,325 46 60,576 6/24/24 85 70 30 0 New Construction - Initial 1/1/80 320 13 ALAMEDA ST NB BANNING ST (E) CITY LIMITS (N) AC B 2 1,570 46 71,726 6/24/24 83 69 25 6 New Construction - Initial 1/1/80 320 3 ALAMEDA ST NB GREENLEAF BLVD (E) CALDWELL ST (E) AC B 2 1,454 39 57,600 6/10/24 70 52 36 12 New Construction - Initial 1/1/80 320 4 ALAMEDA ST NB CALDWELL ST (E) ALONDRA BLVD (E) AC B 2 1,260 40 47,201 6/10/24 66 41 41 18 New Construction - Initial 1/1/80 320 5 ALAMEDA ST NB ALONDRA BLVD (E) MYRRH ST (E) AC B 2 1,365 46 59,612 6/10/24 71 63 29 8 New Construction - Initial 1/1/80 320 6 ALAMEDA ST NB MYRRH ST (E) COMPTON BLVD (E) AC B 2 1,356 46 56,334 6/10/24 73 42 39 19 New Construction - Initial 1/1/80 320 7 ALAMEDA ST NB COMPTON BLVD (E) ELM ST (E) AC B 2 1,731 46 73,903 6/24/24 76 69 15 16 New Construction - Initial 1/1/80 320 8 ALAMEDA ST NB ELM ST (E) ROSECRANS AVE (E) AC B 2 967 46 42,925 6/24/24 43 50 49 1 New Construction - Initial 1/1/80 320 9 ALAMEDA ST NB ROSECRANS AVE (E) 1450' N of ROSECRANS AC B 2 1,450 46 61,870 6/24/24 53 45 52 3 New Construction - Initial 1/1/80 330 1 ALAMEDA ST SB CITY LIMITS (S) MANVILLE ST (E) AC B 4 397 46 27,717 6/11/24 61 91 5 4 New Construction - Initial 1/1/80 330 10 ALAMEDA ST SB ELM ST (E) ROSECRANS AVE (E) AC B 4 971 60 50,119 6/19/24 76 39 18 43 New Construction - Initial 1/1/80 330 11 ALAMEDA ST SB ROSECRANS AVE (E) MEALY ST (E) AC B 4 816 58 43,590 6/19/24 66 27 49 24 New Construction - Initial 1/1/80 330 12 ALAMEDA ST SB MEALY ST (E) CITY LIMITS (N) AC B 4 1,190 58 63,886 6/19/24 70 45 40 15 New Construction - Initial 1/1/80 330 19 ALAMEDA ST SB CITY LIMITS (N) WEBER AVE (E) AC B 4 916 55 52,444 6/25/24 79 42 41 17 New Construction - Initial 1/1/80 330 2 ALAMEDA ST SB MANVILLE ST (E) ARTESIA BLVD (E) AC B 4 1,337 46 59,268 6/11/24 53 58 35 7 New Construction - Initial 1/1/80 330 3 ALAMEDA ST SB ARTESIA BLVD (E) AUTO DR (S) AC B 4 1,176 46 73,222 6/19/24 64 41 59 0 New Construction - Initial 1/1/80 330 4 ALAMEDA ST SB AUTO DR (S) GREENLEAF BLVD (E) AC B 4 1,405 46 84,323 6/19/24 39 24 64 12 New Construction - Initial 1/1/80 330 5 ALAMEDA ST SB GREENLEAF BLVD (E) CALDWELL ST (E) AC B 4 1,237 60 68,025 6/19/24 74 31 56 13 New Construction - Initial 1/1/80 330 6 ALAMEDA ST SB CALDWELL ST (E) ALONDRA BLVD (E) AC B 4 1,455 60 76,868 6/19/24 74 37 27 36 New Construction - Initial 1/1/80 330 7 ALAMEDA ST SB ALONDRA BLVD (E) MYRRH ST (E) AC B 4 1,423 60 71,475 6/19/24 75 39 16 45 New Construction - Initial 1/1/80 330 8 ALAMEDA ST SB MYRRH ST (E) COMPTON BLVD (E) AC B 4 1,282 60 69,645 6/19/24 80 35 31 34 New Construction - Initial 1/1/80 330 9 ALAMEDA ST SB COMPTON BLVD (E) ELM ST (E) AC B 4 1,731 60 84,251 6/19/24 77 38 25 37 New Construction - Initial 1/1/80 430 1 ALONDRA BLVD EB CITY LIMITS (W) OYMAR AVE (S) AC C 2 1,295 40 41,564 3/8/24 98 100 0 0 New Construction - Initial 1/1/80 430 10 ALONDRA BLVD EB WILLOWBROOK AVE (S) ALAMEDA ST (S) AC C 2 1,264 36 41,203 3/8/24 98 100 0 0 New Construction - Initial 1/1/80 430 11 ALONDRA BLVD EB ALAMEDA ST (S) SANTA FE AVE (S) AC C 2 966 32 24,471 3/8/24 98 100 0 0 New Construction - Initial 1/1/80 430 12 ALONDRA BLVD EB SANTA FE AVE (S) MAYO AVE (S) AC C 2 1,150 33 38,883 3/8/24 98 100 0 0 New Construction - Initial 1/1/80 430 13 ALONDRA BLVD EB MAYO AVE (S) LONG BEACH BLVD (S) AC C 2 1,485 33 53,583 3/8/24 98 100 0 0 New Construction - Initial 1/1/80 430 14 ALONDRA BLVD EB LONG BEACH BLVD (S) PANNES AVE (S) AC C 2 1,475 33 52,971 3/8/24 98 100 0 0 New Construction - Initial 1/1/80 430 15 ALONDRA BLVD EB PANNES AVE (S) 310' E of HARRIS AVE (S) AC C 2 1,443 33 49,602 3/8/24 84 48 52 0 New Construction - Initial 1/1/80 430 16 ALONDRA BLVD EB CITY LIMITS (W) 315' W of ATLANTIC (S) AC C 2 279 28 8,169 6/25/24 89 76 24 0 New Construction - Initial 1/1/80 430 17 ALONDRA BLVD EB 315' W of ATLANTIC (S) ATLANTIC AVE (S) PCC C 3 315 33 14,421 6/25/24 78 34 23 43 New Construction - Initial 1/1/80 430 18 ALONDRA BLVD EB ATLANTIC AVE (S) I-710 SB ON RAMP AC C 2 612 30 19,928 6/26/24 69 45 55 0 New Construction - Initial 1/1/80 430 19 ALONDRA BLVD EB I-710 SB ON RAMP I-710 OVERPASS AC C 2 380 36 16,576 6/26/24 33 46 54 0 New Construction - Initial 1/1/80 430 2 ALONDRA BLVD EB OYMAR AVE (S) KEENE AVE (S) AC C 2 1,710 36 61,930 3/8/24 98 100 0 0 New Construction - Initial 1/1/80 430 20 ALONDRA BLVD EB I-710 OVERPASS CITY LIMITS AAC C 2 135 36 7,210 6/26/24 98 100 0 0 Overlay - AC Structural 7/14/20 430 21 ALONDRA BLVD EB ATLANTIC AVE END PCC PCC C 2 140 30 4,539 6/26/24 61 70 0 30 New Construction - Initial 1/1/80 430 3 ALONDRA BLVD EB KENNE AVE (S) CENTRAL AVE (S) AC C 2 545 33 19,491 3/8/24 97 60 40 0 New Construction - Initial 1/1/80 430 4 ALONDRA BLVD EB CENTRAL AVE (S) NORTHWOOD AVE (S) AC C 2 1,785 30 51,413 3/8/24 96 100 0 0 New Construction - Initial 1/1/80 430 5 ALONDRA BLVD EB NORTHWOOD AVE (S) DWIGHT AVE (S) AC C 2 925 30 27,563 3/8/24 96 100 0 0 New Construction - Initial 1/1/80 430 6 ALONDRA BLVD EB DWIGHT AVE (S) WILMINGTON AVE (S) AC C 2 1,151 33 38,209 3/8/24 98 100 0 0 New Construction - Initial 1/1/80 430 7 ALONDRA BLVD EB WILMINGTON AVE (S) CENTER AVE (S) AC C 2 1,285 36 45,780 3/8/24 98 100 0 0 New Construction - Initial 1/1/80 430 8 ALONDRA BLVD EB CENTER AVE (S) OLEANDER AVE (S) AC C 2 1,368 40 47,741 3/8/24 98 100 0 0 New Construction - Initial 1/1/80 430 9 ALONDRA BLVD EB OLEANDER AVE (S) WILLOWBROOK AVE (S) AC C 2 1,340 36 43,277 3/8/24 97 60 40 0 New Construction - Initial 1/1/80 450 1 ALONDRA BLVD WB CITY LIMITS (E) I-710 OVERPASS AC C 2 135 36 5,586 6/26/24 98 100 0 0 New Construction - Initial 1/1/80 450 10 ALONDRA BLVD WB WILLOWBROOK AVE (S) OLEANDER AVE (S) AC C 2 1,345 35 45,314 3/8/24 97 100 0 0 New Construction - Initial 1/1/80 450 11 ALONDRA BLVD WB OLEANDER AVE (S) CENTER AVE (S) AC C 2 1,365 46 45,724 3/8/24 97 100 0 0 New Construction - Initial 1/1/80 450 12 ALONDRA BLVD WB CENTER AVE (S) WILMINGTON AVE (S) AC C 2 1,290 42 46,708 3/8/24 96 72 28 0 New Construction - Initial 1/1/80 450 13 ALONDRA BLVD WB WILMINGTON AVE (S) DWIGHT AVE (S) AC C 2 1,150 32 42,857 3/8/24 98 100 0 0 New Construction - Initial 1/1/80 450 14 ALONDRA BLVD WB DWIGHT AVE (S) NORTHWOOD AVE (S) AC C 2 930 32 36,345 3/8/24 98 100 0 0 New Construction - Initial 1/1/80 450 15 ALONDRA BLVD WB NORTHWOOD AVE (S) CENTRAL AVE (S) AC C 2 1,765 32 63,646 3/8/24 98 100 0 0 New Construction - Initial 1/1/80 450 16 ALONDRA BLVD WB CENTRAL AVE (S) KEENE AVE (S) AC C 2 545 36 17,667 3/8/24 98 100 0 0 New Construction - Initial 1/1/80 450 17 ALONDRA BLVD WB KEENE AVE (S) OYMAR AVE (S) AC C 2 1,710 38 63,357 3/8/24 98 100 0 0 New Construction - Initial 1/1/80 450 18 ALONDRA BLVD WB OYMAR AVE (S) CITY LIMIT (W) AC C 2 1,290 38 42,006 3/8/24 98 100 0 0 New Construction - Initial 1/1/80 450 19 ALONDRA BLVD WB I-710 OVERPASS I-710 SB ON RAMP AC C 2 440 36 16,456 6/26/24 33 29 71 0 New Construction - Initial 1/1/80