AGENDA
A SPECIAL MEETING
OF THE CUDAHY CITY COUNCIL
and JOINT MEETING of the
CITY OF CUDAHY AS SUCCESSOR AGENCY and HOUSING SUCCESSOR AGENCY
TO THE CUDAHY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION
Monday, February 24, 2025 – 6:30 P.M.
Written materials distributed to the City Council within 24 hours of the City Council meeting shall be available on the City’s website for public inspection at www.cityofcudahy.com.
In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), if you need special assistance to participate in this meeting, you should contact the City Clerk’s Office at (323) 773-5143 at least 24 hours in advance of the meeting.
Rules of Decorum
Under the Government Code, the City Council may regulate disruptive behavior that impedes the City Council Meeting.
Disruptive conduct may include, but is not limited to:
• Screaming or yelling during another audience member’s public comments period; • Profane language directed at individuals in the meeting room; • Verbal altercations with other individuals in the meeting room; and • Going beyond the allotted three-minute public comment period granted.
When a person’s or group’s conduct disrupts the meeting, the Mayor or presiding officer will request that the person or group stop the disruptive behavior, and WARN the person or group that they will be asked to leave the meeting room if the behavior continues.
If the person or group refuses to stop the disruptive behavior, the Mayor or presiding officer may order the person or group to leave the meeting room and may request that those persons be escorted from the meeting room. Any person who, without authority of law, willfully disturbs or breaks up a City Council meeting is guilty of a misdemeanor. (Pen. Code, § 403.) Elizabeth Alcantar Loza, Mayor
Cynthia Gonzalez, Vice Mayor
Martin U. Fuentes, Council Member
Amanda Gomez, Council Member
Daisy Lomelí, Council Member
This meeting will be conducted in
person, telephonically, and
electronically.
Council Chambers/Bedwell Hall
5240 Santa Ana Street
Cudahy, CA 90201
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City of Cudahy
City Council and Successor Agency
Special Meeting Agenda
February 24, 2025, at 6:30 P.M.
1. CALL TO ORDER
2. ROLL CALL
Council / Agency Member Fuentes
Council / Agency Member Gomez
Council / Agency Member Lomelí
Vice Mayor / Vice Chair Gonzalez
Mayor / Chair Alcantar Loza
3. PUBLIC COMMENTS
(Each member of the public may provide a public comment in person, telephonically or electronically.
In person participants must submit one comment card if they wish to address the City Council. Only speakers that submit a comment card within the first 20 minutes of the meeting will be permitted to speak. Remote participants may provide public comment by clicking the hand icon on Zoom or pressing star (*) nine (9) on the telephone, if they wish to address the City Council. Members of the public are permitted to speak for three (3) minutes concerning items on the council agenda. As provided under Government Code Section 54954.3(a), public comments for this special meeting shall be limited to matters listed on this special meeting agenda only.) (Any person who, without authority of law, willfully disturbs or breaks up a City Council meeting is guilty of a misdemeanor. (Pen. Code, § 403).)
4. BUSINESS SESSION
A. Consideration and Approval of a Resolution Approving a Loan Agreement with Hub Cities Consortium for Financial Assistance (page 5)
Presented by the City Attorney
Recommendation: The City Council is requested to adopt Resolution No. 25-09, approving a Loan Agreement with Hub Cities Consortium for Financial Assistance.
5. ADJOURNMENT
City of Cudahy
City Council and Successor Agency
Special Meeting Agenda
February 24, 2025, at 6:30 P.M.
I, Richard Iglesias, hereby certify under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California that the foregoing agenda was posted on the City’s website, City Hall, Clara Park, and Lugo Park not less than 24 hours prior to the meeting. A copy of said Agenda is on file in the City Clerk’sOffice.
Dated this 20th day of February 2025
Richard Iglesias
City Clerk
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STAFF REPORT
Date: February 24, 2025
To: Honorable Mayor/Chair and City Council/Agency Members From: Alfonso Noyola, City Manager
By: Richard Iglesias, City Clerk and City Attorney
Subject: Consideration and Approval of a Resolution Approving a Loan Agreement with Hub Cities Consortium for Financial Assistance
RECOMMENDATION
The City Council is requested to adopt Resolution No. 25-09, approving a Loan Agreement with Hub Cities Consortium for Financial Assistance.
BACKGROUND/ANALYSIS
Hub Cities Consortium Joint Powers Authority (“Hub Cities”), established in 1988, comprised of six member cities. The city members include, the City of Cudahy ("City"), Bell Gardens, Huntington Park, Maywood, Lynwood, and South Gate. Hub Cities provides a wide range of specialized programs and services for its key target groups, which include job assistance programs, services to youth and young adults, and business services.
In the past two years, Hub Cities has assisted 895 City of Cudahy (“City”) residents with employment services, and 125 residents with additional services, including supportive services, case management, job search assistance, classroom training, and vocational training to help City residents secure suitable employment opportunities.
On February 10, 2025, Hub Cities requested $545,000 total in financial assistance from its six member cities to continue operations through June 30, 2025. The City’s financial assistance will be no more than 1/6th of the total requested amount which will not exceed $90,834. This amount would allow Hub Cities to continue operations under their existing funding agreements through the end of the fiscal year, while they await the results of a funding proposal with Los Angeles County.
FINANCIAL IMPACT
If approved, the proposed loan between the City and Hub Cities Consortium would financially Item Number
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impact the general fund by $90,834 for Fiscal Year 2024-25. The $90,834 will be divided into six installments until the amount is reached.
CONCLUSION
Upon Council's approval of Resolution No. 25-09, which appropriates a loan of up to $90,834 to Hub Cities and authorizes the City Manager to enter into a loan agreement, as approved by the City Attorney, Hub Cities, with financial assistance from the other five member cities, will be able to continue providing services to the residents of the Southeast LA communities through the end of the fiscal year on June 30, 2025.
ATTACHMENTS
A. Resolution No. 25-09, approving a Loan Agreement between the City of Cudahy and Hub Cities Consortium
RESOLUTION NO. 25-09
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CUDAHY, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING A LOAN AGREEMENT BY
AND BETWEEN THE CITY OF CUDAHY AND THE HUB CITIES
CONSORTIUM FOR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE
WHEREAS, the Hub Cities Consortium (“Hub Cities”) was established in 1988 to provide specialized programs and services, including job assistance, youth development, and business support, to the Southeast Los Angeles region; and WHEREAS, Hub Cities is dedicated to empowering individuals toward selfsufficiency while meeting the workforce needs of the business community; and WHEREAS, Hub Cities is comprised of the Cities of Bell Gardens, Cudahy, Huntington Park, Lynwood, Maywood, and South Gate; and
WHEREAS, in the past two years, Hub Cities has assisted 895 City of Cudahy (“City”) residents with employment services, and 125 residents with additional services, including supportive services, case management, job search assistance, classroom training, and vocational training to help City residents secure suitable employment opportunities; and
WHEREAS, on February 10, 2025, Hub Cities contacted all member cities requesting financial assistance due to financial uncertainty; and WHEREAS, the City wishes to provide financial assistance to Hub Cities in the form of a loan agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, DETERMINED AND ORDERED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CUDAHY, CALIFORNIA, AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The Recitals set forth above are true and correct, constitute a material part of this Resolution, and are incorporated herein in their entirety as part of the findings.
SECTION 2. The City Council hereby authorizes the Finance Director to appropriate a sum not to exceed Ninety Thousand Eight Hundred Thirty-Four Dollars ($90,834) from the general fund for FY2024-25 in the form of a loan to Hub Cities for financial assistance. If other Hub Cities city members authorize an amount less than the requested amount of Ninety Thousand Eight Hundred Thirty-Four Dollars ($90,834), then the loan amount from the City of Cudahy shall be lowered accordingly.
SECTION 3. The City Council hereby approves a loan agreement by and between the City and Hub Cities, in a form approved by the City Attorney, for an amount not-toexceed Ninety Thousand Eight Hundred Thirty-Four Dollars ($90,834).
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Resolution No. 25-09
SECTION 4. The City Council hereby authorizes the City Manager to negotiate the terms of the loan, in a form approved by the City Attorney.
SECTION 5. The City Council further authorizes the City Manager to execute the loan agreement, along with all documents reasonably necessary to effectuate the intent of this Resolution.
SECTION 6. This Resolution shall take effect immediately upon its adoption by the City Council and the City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this Resolution and enter it into the book of original Resolutions.
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Cudahy at the special meeting of this 24th day of February 2025. ______________________________
Elizabeth Alcantar Loza
Mayor
ATTEST:
__________________________
Richard Iglesias
City Clerk
Resolution No. 25-09
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) SS:
CITY OF CUDAHY )
I, Richard Iglesias, City Clerk of the City of Cudahy, hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution No.25-09 was passed and adopted by the City Council of the City of Cudahy, signed by the Mayor and attested by the City Clerk at a special meeting of said Council held on the 24th day of February 2025 and that said Resolution was adopted by the following vote, to-wit:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
Richard Iglesias
City Clerk