Cudahy City Council
June 16, 2026

AGENDA

A REGULAR 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
June 16, 2026 – 6:30 P.M.

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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; • Throwing objects at other 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.)
Cynthia Gonzalez, Mayor
Daisy Lomelí, Vice Mayor
Elizabeth Alcantar Loza, Council Member
Martin U. Fuentes, Council Member
Amanda Gomez, Council Member
This meeting will be conducted in person,
telephonically, and electronically.

Council Chambers/Bedwell Hall
5240 Santa Ana Street
Cudahy, CA 90201
Teleconference Phone Number:
1 (669) 900-6833
Meeting ID: 893 4656 1963
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89346561963

City of Cudahy
City Council and Successor Agency
Regular Meeting Agenda
June 16, 2026, at 6:30 P.M.

1. CALL TO ORDER

2. ROLL CALL
Council / Agency Member Alcantar Loza
Council / Agency Member Fuentes
Council / Agency Member Gomez
Vice Mayor / Vice Chair Lomelí
Mayor / Chair Gonzalez

3. APPROVAL OF AGENDA

4. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

5. LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT
We would like to acknowledge that the land we inhabit today was once known as Tovangaar, the home of the Gabrieleño-Tongva people. We show our respects to the Gabrieleño-Tongva people, as well as all Indigenous people, past, present, and future, and honor their labor as original caretakers of this land. We commit to uplifting the Gabrieleño-Tongva people, invite you to acknowledge the history, and join us in caring for this land.

6. PRESENTATIONS
A. Certificate of Recognition to Karely Y. Nalvarte, Winner of the LA County Library Bookmark Contest
B. 3rd quarter Finance Update

7. 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 under the City Council’s jurisdiction, including items on the council agenda.)
(Any person who, without authority of law, willfully disturbs or breaks up a City Council meeting is guilty of a misdemeanor. (Pen. Code, § 403).)

8. CITY COUNCIL COMMENTS / REQUESTS FOR AGENDA ITEMS (Each Council Member is limited to three minutes.)

City of Cudahy
City Council and Successor Agency
Regular Meeting Agenda
June 16, 2026, at 6:30 P.M.

(This is the time for the City Council / Agency to comment on any topics related to “City Business,” including announcements, reflections on city / regional events, response to public comments, suggested discussion topics for future council meetings, general concerns about particular city matters, questions to the staff, and directives to the staff (subject to approval / consent of the City Council majority members present, regarding staff directives). Each Council / Agency Member will be allowed to speak for a period not to exceed three (3) minutes. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the City Council Members shall not use this comment period for serial discussions or debate between members on City business matters not properly agendized. The City Attorney shall be responsible for regulating this aspect of the proceeding.)

9. CITY MANAGER REPORT (information only)

10. REPORTS REGARDING AD HOC, ADVISORY, STANDING, OR OTHER COMMITTEE

MEETINGS
A. Economic Development Ad-Hoc Committee Report Out (page 11) Recommendation: The City Council is requested to:

1. Receive an update from the Economic Development Ad Hoc Committee; and

2. Direct the City Manager’s Office to bring back an agenda item to discuss City Council priorities for City-owned properties to include the types of businesses, development activity preferred at the sites, and overall prioritization elements for development for city owned sites; and

3. Direct staff to present community feedback regarding economic development priorities; and

4. Direct staff to obtain a proposal to provide a formal report from an economic development expert on items one and two and the feasibility of development based on Council priorities and community feedback, and economic development trends.

B. Street Vending Ad-Hoc Committee Report Out (page 13) Recommendation: The City Council is requested to:

1. Receive an update from the Street Vending Ad-Hoc Committee; and

2. Discuss and formally direct that staff develop a concept and plan for the creation of a Night Market and bring to Council for formal direction and approval; and

3. Direct staff to provide a formal update on the following:
a. Enforcement efforts related to sidewalk vending
b. The city’s current ordinances for sidewalk vending
c. Efforts to improve community appearance based on sidewalk vending impacts
d. Opportunities to centralize sidewalk vending in clear vending zones

City of Cudahy
City Council and Successor Agency
Regular Meeting Agenda
June 16, 2026, at 6:30 P.M.

C. Municipal Law Enforcement Ad-Hoc Committee Report Out (page 15) Recommendation: The City Council is requested to:

1. Receive an update from the Municipal Law Enforcement Ad-Hoc Committee; and

2. Provide direction to the City Manager on the specific data requests and reports from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Office per the terms of the City’s agreement for safety services; and

2. Approve the community outreach flyer for the Reimagining Safety screening event.

11. WAIVER OF FULL READING OF RESOLUTIONS AND ORDINANCES (Consideration to waive full text reading of all Resolutions and Ordinances by single motion made at the start of each meeting, subject to the ability of the City Council / Agency to read the full text of selected resolutions and ordinances when the item is addressed by subsequent motion.) (COUNCIL / AGENCY)
Recommendation: Approve the Waiver of Full Reading of Resolutions and Ordinances.

12. CONSENT CALENDAR
(Items under the Consent Calendar are considered routine and will be enacted by one motion, prior to the vote to approve the Consent Calendar, each Council Member shall have a maximum of three (3) minutes to comment on the Consent Calendar as a whole. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless a Council / Agency Member so requests specific item(s) be removed from the Consent Calendar for separate action. Items may only be considered as a separate action if either (1) a Council Member must recuse themselves due to a conflict of interest or (2) a Council Member has specific questions for City Staff. Items called for separate discussion will be heard as the next order of business.) A. Approval of the Local Agency Investment Fund (LAIF) for the Month of May 2026 (page 21) Presented by the Finance Director
Recommendation: The City Council is requested to approve the Local Agency Investment Fund (LAIF) Report for the month of May 2026 in the amount of $5,761,597.49.

B. Approval of the City Demands and Payroll Including Statement of Investment for the Month of April 2026 (page 25)
Presented by the Finance Director

City of Cudahy
City Council and Successor Agency
Regular Meeting Agenda
June 16, 2026, at 6:30 P.M.

Recommendation: The City Council is requested to approve the Demands and Payroll in the amount of $1,752,695.90 including the Statement of Investments for the month of April 2026.

C. Consideration to Review and Approve the Draft Minutes of June 1, 2026, for the Special Meeting of the City Council and the Joint Meeting of the City of Cudahy as Successor Agency and Housing Successor Agency to the Cudahy Development Commission (page 37) Presented by the City Clerk
Recommendation: The City Council is requested to review and approve the City Council / Successor Agency Draft Minutes for June 1, 2026.

D. Approval of Professional Services Agreement for Remote and On-site Translation Services (page 47)
Presented by the City Clerk
Recommendation: The City Council is requested to award a Professional Services Agreement (PSA) to Language Network to provide remote and on-site translation services not to exceed $35,000.

E. Adoption of Resolution No. 26-22 Authorizing the City Manager to Execute an Agreement between the Los Angeles Gateway Region Integrated Regional Water Management Joint Powers Authority (GWMA) and the City of Cudahy for Cost Sharing for the Installation of Monitoring Equipment and Monitoring Pursuant to the Harbor Toxic Pollutants Total Maximum Daily Load (Harbor Toxic Pollutants TMDL) (page 131)
Presented by the Administrative Analyst
Recommendation: The City Council is requested to adopt Resolution No. 26-22 authorizing the City Manager to execute an Agreement between the Los Angeles Gateway Region Integrated Regional Water Management Joint Powers Authority (GWMA) and the City of Cudahy for Cost Sharing for the Installation of Monitoring Equipment and Monitoring Pursuant to the Harbor Toxic Pollutants Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL).

13. PUBLIC HEARING
A. Public Hearing to Adopt Resolution No. 26-23, Repealing Resolution No. 22-20, and Adopting a Comprehensive Service Fee Study to Modify the Master Fee and Fine Schedule (page 177) Presented by the Community Development Director/Assistant City Manager

City of Cudahy
City Council and Successor Agency
Regular Meeting Agenda
June 16, 2026, at 6:30 P.M.

Recommendation: Staff recommends that the City Council:
1) Receive staff and consultant presentation summarizing the comprehensive service fee study and proposed comprehensive service and user fees; and
2) Open the public hearing and receive comments and testimony; and 3) Adopt Resolution 26-23, repealing Resolution No. 22-20, and adopting the attached comprehensive user and service fee study modifying the existing master fee and fine schedule.

B. Adoption of Resolution No. 26-24 Approving the Engineer’s Report, Confirming the Diagram and Levying the Annual Assessment to Maintain the City of Cudahy Street Lighting Assessment District (page 369)
Presented by the Finance Director
Recommendation: Staff recommends that the City Council:

1. Open the public hearing and receive comments; and

2. Adopt Resolution No. 26-24 Approving the Engineer’s Report, Confirming the Diagram and Levying the Annual Assessment to Maintain the City of Cudahy Street Lighting Assessment District for Fiscal Year (FY) 2026/2027; and

3. Direct staff to forward Resolution No. 26-24 to the Los Angeles County Assessor before the August 10th deadline.

14. BUSINESS SESSION
A. Fiscal Year 2026/27 Budget (page 421)
Presented by the City Manager
Recommendation: The City Council is recommended to adopt the FY 26/27 Budget.

The FY 26/27 General Fund Budget reflects a structural imbalance where ongoing and recurring expenditures exceed recurring revenues. During budget discussions with the Mayor and City Council over the last several months, staff has implemented various expenditure reductions and incorporated Mayor and City Council direction in the proposed FY 26/27 Budget.

City of Cudahy
City Council and Successor Agency
Regular Meeting Agenda
June 16, 2026, at 6:30 P.M.

For the upcoming fiscal year, the Mayor and City Council is presented with a balanced budget with the use of one-time revenues to close the gap between expenditures and revenues.

B. Award a Construction Contract to Simgel Co. Inc. for the Clara Bridge Lighting Improvement Project – CIP Project No. BRI-001 (page 507)
Presented by the Administrative Analyst
Recommendation: The City Council is requested to:

1. Find the Clara Bridge Lighting Improvement project, exempt from the environmental regulations of the California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”), pursuant to Cal. Code of Regulations, Title 14, Division 6, Chapter 3, Section(s) 15301(c), 15303(e) (and 15304(h).

2. Adopt Resolution No. 26-26 authorizing the City Manager to execute a Construction Services Agreement with Simgel Co. Inc. in the amount of $771,100.00 for the Clara Bridge Lighting Improvement Project – CIP Project No. BRI-001.

3. Approve the Clara Bridge Lighting Improvement Project’s plans and specifications.

4. Establish a project contingency amount of $77,110.00 (10% of the bid amount) for potential contract change orders, and an additional $57,833 (7.5% of bid amount) for Construction Management and Construction Inspection (CMCI) services and authorize the City Manager or his designee to approve change orders within the approved contingency amount.

C. Adoption of Resolution 26-27 Approving the Local Streets and Road Funding Program Project List for Fiscal Year (FY) 2026-27 to comply with the Road Repair and Accountability Act of 2017 (SB1 BEALL) (page 755)
Presented by the Finance Director
Recommendation: The City Council is requested to adopt Resolution 26-27, approving the Local Streets and Road Funding Program Project List for Fiscal Year (FY) 2026-27 to comply with the Road Repair and Accountability Act of 2017 (SB1 Beall).

D. Discussion and Direction on Brown Act (SB 707) Outreach Policies (page 765)

City of Cudahy
City Council and Successor Agency
Regular Meeting Agenda
June 16, 2026, at 6:30 P.M.

Presented by the City Attorney
Recommendation: It is recommended that the City Council discuss and provide direction to staff regarding outreach to encourage participation in City Council meetings by underrepresented and non-English speaking communities E. Consideration to Approve an Interim Urgency Ordinance Instituting a Temporary 45-Day Moratorium Prohibiting Processing, Approval, and Acceptance of New Data Center Land Use Applications (page 769)
Presented by the City Attorney
Recommendation: The City Council is requested to:

1. Determine the adoption of this Urgency Ordinance is exempt from California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15061(b)(3); and

2. Introduce by title only, and waive further reading of Urgency Ordinance, imposing a 45-day moratorium prohibiting processing, approval, and acceptance of new Data Center land use applications.

F. Consideration to Adopt Ordinance No. 769 Adding Chapter 9.15 “Law Enforcement Services Transparency and Constitutional Compliance” to Title 9 of the City’s Municipal Code and Amending Chapter 1.25 “Procedures Concerning Sensitive Information and Prohibition of the Use of City Resources for Federal Immigration Enforcement” of Title 1 of the City’s Municipal Code (page 777)
Presented by the City Attorney
Recommendation: The City Council is requested to waive the full reading and introduce Ordinance No. 769 by title only, adding Chapter 9.15 “Law Enforcement Services Transparency and Constitutional Compliance” to Title 9 of the City’s Municipal Code and amending Chapter 1.25 “Procedures Concerning Sensitive Information and Prohibition of the Use of City Resources for Federal Immigration Enforcement” of Title 1 of the City’s Municipal Code.

G. Discussion and Direction Regarding City-Sponsored Parcel or Vacant Parcel Tax (page 809) Presented by the City Attorney

City of Cudahy
City Council and Successor Agency
Regular Meeting Agenda
June 16, 2026, at 6:30 P.M.

Recommendation: The City Council of the City of Cudahy (“City”) is requested to provide feedback and direction regarding a city-sponsored parcel or vacant parcel tax for the November 2026 general election.

15. COUNCIL DISCUSSION - NONE

RECESS TO CLOSED SESSION

16. CLOSED SESSION
A. Closed Session Pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.8 – Conference with Legal Counsel – Real Property Negotiations
Property: APNs 6224-018-911, 6224-018-913, 6224-018-914, 6224-018-915, and 6224-018-916 Agency Negotiators: Christopher R. Lopez, City Manager
Negotiating Parties: Southern California Gas Company
Under Negotiation: Lease Terms

RECONVENE TO OPEN SESSION

17. CLOSED SESSION ANNOUNCEMENT

18. ADJOURNMENT
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 72 hours prior to the meeting. A copy of said Agenda is on file in the City Clerk’sOffice.

Dated this 12th day of June 2026
Richard Iglesias, CMC
City Clerk

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STAFF REPORT
Date: June 16, 2026
To: Honorable Mayor/Chair and City Council/Agency Members From: Christopher R. Lopez, City Manager/Executive Director Subject: Economic Development Ad-Hoc Committee Report Out

RECOMMENDATION
The City Council is requested to:

1. Receive an update from the Economic Development Ad Hoc Committee; and

2. Direct the City Manager’s Office to bring back an agenda item to discuss City Council priorities for City-owned properties to include the types of businesses, development activity preferred at the sites, and overall prioritization elements for development for city owned sites; and

3. Direct staff to present community feedback regarding economic development priorities; and

4. Direct staff to obtain a proposal to provide a formal report from an economic development expert on items one and two and the feasibility of development based on Council priorities and community feedback, and economic development trends.

BACKGROUND
On February 25, 2026, and on May 20, 2026, the Economic Development Ad-Hoc committee met to discuss various opportunities for the City to explore. During these discussions, action items were developed which are being brought forward for council discussion and direction.

FINANCIAL IMPACT
No financial impact at this time.

ATTACHMENTS
None
Item Number
10A

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STAFF REPORT
Date: June 16, 2026
To: Honorable Mayor/Chair and City Council/Agency Members From: Christopher R. Lopez, City Manager/Executive Director Subject: Street Vending Ad-Hoc Committee Report Out

RECOMMENDATION
The City Council is requested to:

1. Receive an update from the Street Vending Ad-Hoc Committee; and

2. Discuss and formally direct that staff develop a concept and plan for the creation of a Night Market and bring to Council for formal direction and approval; and

3. Direct staff to provide a formal update on the following:
a. Enforcement efforts related to sidewalk vending
b. The city’s current ordinances for sidewalk vending
c. Efforts to improve community appearance based on sidewalk vending impacts d. Opportunities to centralize sidewalk vending in clear vending zones

BACKGROUND
On May 29, 2026 the Street Vending Ad-Hoc met to discuss sidewalk vending and related topics within the City. During its discussions, the Committee identified several concepts for City Council consideration, including the potential creation of a Night Market, the identification of clear vending zones, and opportunities to address the appearance of trash in areas where sidewalk vending occurs.

As these items have been discussed by the Ad-Hoc, the City Council is requested to discuss and provide direction on the above-mentioned items.

FINANCIAL IMPACT
No financial impact at this time.

Item Number
10B

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STAFF REPORT
Date: June 16, 2026
To: Honorable Mayor/Chair and City Council/Agency Members From: Christopher R. Lopez, City Manager/Executive Director Subject: Municipal Law Enforcement Ad-Hoc Committee Report Out

RECOMMENDATION
The City Council is requested to:

1. Receive an update from the Municipal Law Enforcement Ad-Hoc Committee; and

2. Provide direction to the City Manager on the specific data requests and reports from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Office per the terms of the City’s agreement for safety services; and

3. Approve the community outreach flyer for the Reimagining Safety screening event.

BACKGROUND
On June 3, 2026, the Municipal Law Enforcement Ad-Hoc met to discuss public safety services, and the types of data and reports it may seek to request from the Sheriff’s Department. Per the terms of the agreement with the Sheriff’s Office, the agreement states that the Sheriff’s Department will work with the City to provide an appropriate tool and/or reports to demonstrate adequate service level compliance under this Agreement.

Such service level compliance reports include, but not limited to, daily staffing levels, service levels, deployment of service units, daily deputy activity, or similar type data that is reasonably available.

ANALYSIS
The International City/County Management Association has developed key performance indicators to assist with benchmarking performance of various city operations. The Ad-Hoc was presented with this information and is recommending the following items be requested from the Sheriff’s Office for the City’s data collection efforts to fully understand current performance. They are included below:

Item Number
10C

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Data Requested from the Sheriff’s Office:

1. DUI Arrests

2. Number of traffic accidents involving fatalities

3. Number of traffic accidents involving alcohol with fatalities

4. Expenditures: Sworn police overtime

5. Expenditures: Sworn police salaries and benefits (excluding OT)

6. Hours Paid: Sworn police staff

7. Percentage of property crimes cleared

8. Percentage of violent crimes cleared

9. Police calls: Calls for service resulting in a unit being dispatched

10. Residential population of area served: Police

11. Top Priority calls: Average time, dispatch to arrival on scene (in seconds)

12. Top Priority calls: Average time from receipt to dispatch (in seconds)

13. UCR Part I Property Crimes: Reported

14. UCR Part I Violent Crimes: Reported

Data Requested from the City Code Compliance Staff:

1. Code Enforcement cases resolved through forced compliance

2. Average calendar days, Inspection to forced compliance

3. Average calendar days, Inspection to voluntary compliance

4. Percentage of cases resolved through forced compliance

5. Total code cases available for resolution during the reporting period

FINANCIAL IMPACT
No financial impact at this time.

ATTACHMENTS
A. Reimagining Safety Community Screening Flyer

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STAFF REPORT
Date: June 16, 2026
To: Honorable Mayor/Chair and City Council/Agency Members From: Christopher Lopez, City Manager/Executive Director John Xie, Finance Director
Subject: Approval of the Local Agency Investment Fund (LAIF) for the Month of May 2026

RECOMMENDATION
The City Council is requested to approve the Local Agency Investment Fund (LAIF) Report for the month of May 2026 in the amount of $5,761,597.49.

BACKGROUND

1. In 1955, the Pooled Money Investment Account (PMIA) started. LAIF became part of the PMIA. The oversight is provided by the Pooled Money Investment Board (PMIB) and an inhouse Investment Committee. The PMIB members consist of the State Treasurer, Director of Finance, and State Controller.

2. In 1977, LAIF was created as a voluntary program by Section 16429.1 et seq. of the California Government Code. The program was intended to be used as an investment alternative for California's local governments and special districts. The LAIF continues today under State Treasurer, Fiona Ma's administration.

3. On May 1, 2026, the balance in LAIF was $5,761,597.49 (See Attachment).

4. On May 31, 2026, the balance in LAIF was $5,761,597.49 (See Attachment).

ANALYSIS
The voluntary program offers local agencies the opportunity to participate in a major portfolio, which invests hundreds of millions of dollars, using the investment expertise of the State Treasurer’s Office investment staff at no additional cost to the taxpayer.

Item Number
12A

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All securities are purchased under the authority of Government Code Section 16430 and 16480.4. The State Treasurer's Office takes delivery of all securities purchased on a delivery versus payment basis using a third-party custodian.

Cudahy Municipal Code Section 3.04.080 indicates, "Except as otherwise provided, no warrant shall be drawn or evidence of indebtedness issued unless there shall be at the time sufficient money in the treasury legally applicable to the payment of the same."

CONCLUSION
Once the City Council approves the current LAIF, this balance may be relied upon when determining if the City has sufficient funds available to pay demands and payroll as required by Cudahy Municipal Code Section 3.04.080.

STRATEGIC PLAN CORRELATION
Strategy #2. Provide regular updates to the City Council and community about the city’s finances.

FINANCIAL IMPACT
None

ATTACHMENT
A. Local Agency Investment Fund (LAIF) Balance.

LOCAL AGENCY INVESTMENT FUND
General Account - City #98-19-225
Beginning Balance as of May 01, 2026 $5,761,597.49
LAIF Interest earned 0
Transfer from LAIF to City operating account 0
Transfer from City operating account to LAIF 0
Ending Balance as of May 31, 2026 $ 5,761,597.49
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STAFF REPORT
Date: June 16, 2026
To: Honorable Mayor/Chair and City Council/Agency Members From: Christopher Lopez, City Manager/Executive Director John Xie, Finance Director
Subject: Approval of the City Demands and Payroll Including Statement of Investment for the Month of April 2026

RECOMMENDATION
The City Council is requested to approve the Demands and Payroll in the amount of $1,752,695.90 including the Statement of Investments for the month of April 2026.

BACKGROUND

1. On December 13, 1993, Ordinance 476 was adopted and codified as Cudahy Municipal Code Section 3.04.080 indicating, "Except as otherwise provided, no warrant shall be drawn, or evidence of indebtedness issued unless there shall be at the time sufficient money in the treasury legally applicable to the payment of the same."

2. During the month, the Finance Department completed the following demands and payroll:

A/P Demands $1,165,181.59
Payroll $587,514.31
Total: $1,752,695.90
Attachment A
Attachment B
Item Number
12B

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ANALYSIS
The Check Register Report (Attachment A), Payroll Warrants including payroll taxes and insurance premiums (Attachment B), Statement of Investment (Attachment C) indicate that the cash and investment balance was sufficient for disbursements for the month, a summary of cash received and disbursed by month during Fiscal Year (FY) 2025-26 (Attachment D), and a summary of cash received and disbursed by month during FY 2024-25 (Attachment E).

Cudahy Municipal Code Section 3.04.070 indicates, "Budgeted demands paid by warrant prior to audit by the council shall be presented to the council for ratification and approval..."

CONCLUSION
The Finance Director has reviewed the Demand/Warrant Register, Payroll Warrants, and Statement of Investments for April 2026. Based on the records available at the time preparation, sufficient cash resources were available to process the reported disbursements during the month. A Demand/Warrant Register has been submitted to the City Council for approval in accordance with Cudahy Municipal Code Section 3.04.070.

STRATEGIC PLAN CORRELATION
Goal (Financial Stability and Transparency)
• Provide regular updates to the City Council and Community about the City’s finances.

FINANCIAL IMPACT
The Statement of Investments Report (Attachment C) indicates that there are sufficient funds within the City’s holdings to meet the City’s cash flow requirements.

ATTACHMENTS
A. Accounts Payable Check Register Report.

B. Payroll Warrants including payroll taxes and insurance premiums.

C. Statement of Investments
D. Summary of Cash Receipt / Disbursement by Month FY 2025-26 E. Summary of Cash Receipt / Disbursement by Month FY 2024-25 F. Credit Card Payment Detail paid during the month.

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04/10/26 04/28/26 04/30/26 Total
Payroll Check Issued 179.96 99.16 622.27 901.39
(a) Direct Deposits 125,412.21 122,025.84 126,483.73 373,921.78 (b) ICMA & Union Dues 1,703.34 1,746.42 - 3,449.76
(c) CalPERS Ret & 457 Plan 26,185.35 27,744.74 - 53,930.09 (d) Payroll taxes 25,645.69 25,570.94 19,577.41 70,794.04 (e) CalPERS Medical 75,965.37 - - 75,965.37
(f) Employee Benefits 4,276.19 4,275.69 - 8,551.88
Total Amount 259,368.11 181,462.79 146,683.41 587,514.31 (a) Employees / Council Members / Commissioners
(b) ICMA & Union Dues
(c) CalPERS Retirement & 457 Plan
(d) Federal / State payroll taxes and unemployment
(e) CalPERS Medical (active and retired)
(f) Employee Benfits - Active and Retired employees

CITY OF CUDAHY
Payroll - including payroll taxes and insurance premiums:

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Type Issuer Amount % of Total
Deposit - 4588 Wells Fargo 2,867,279.63 23.56%
Checking - 7128 Wells Fargo 503,950.63 4.14%
Payroll - 4570 Wells Fargo 121,359.57 1.00%
Pooled Savings State Local Agency 4,306,792.15 35.39%
Investment Fund (LAIF)
7,799,381.98
Money Market Account Bank of New York (BNY) (a) 9,605.49 0.08% Successor Agency - 0688 Wells Fargo 4,362,047.10 35.84% 4,371,652.59
Total 12,171,034.57 100.00%
Pursuant to California Government Code Section 53646(b), I hereby certify that all investments held by the Authority are in compliance with state law and the agency's Statement of Investment Policy, and that there are sufficient funds within the agency's investment holdings to meet the Authority's cash flow requirements for the next six (6) months.

Respectfully submitted,
Acting Finance Director

CITY OF CUDAHY
Statement of Investments
April 30, 2026
Attachment C Page 32 of 811
Month
Receipts Disbursement
July 2025 $ 543,425.68 $ 5,348,611.40 (a)
August 2025 3,174,021.37 1,490,136.26
September 2025 4,881,824.99 3,404,130.55
October 2025 2,104,627.08 3,340,885.97
November 2025 1,621,749.79 2,174,728.73
December 2025 1,173,488.97 1,903,564.56
January 2026 4,848,479.86 (b) 2,407,878.77 (c)
February 2026 1,180,833.12 1,359,464.48
March 2026 816,092.60 1,792,631.57
April 2026 1,780,054.99 1,752,695.90
May 2026
June 2026
Total: $ 22,124,598.45 24,974,728.19
Note (a) - Capital Project $1.573M, Sheriff $1.186M (3 months) Keenan (Ins), and CalPERS Unfunded Liability $641K.

Note (b) - Includes $1,950,804 in Motor Vehicle In-Lieu Month
Cash Receipts Disbursement
July 2025 $ 481,146.70 $ 3,109,340.64 (1)
August 2025 1,555,890.77 854,330.70
September 2025 893,981.52 1,114,641.27
October 2025 1,314,560.66 1,196,654.11
November 2025 685,871.38 1,205,206.98
December 2025 777,611.77 1,157,684.74
January 2026 3,139,602.87 (2) 1,085,674.61
February 2026 748,989.68 1,101,673.02
March 2026 586,500.21 1,523,466.28
April 2026 746,528.77 998,924.39
May 2026
June 2026
Total: $ 10,930,684.33 $ 13,347,596.74
Note (a) - Sheriff $1.186M (3 months) Keenan (Ins), and CalPERS Unfunded Liability $641K.

Note (2) - Includes $1,950,804 in Motor Vehicle In-Lieu All Funds
General Fund
City of Cudahy
Summary of Cash Receipt/Disbursement by Month - FY 2025-2026 Attachment D Page 33 of 811
City of Cudahy
Summary of Cash Receipt/Disbursement by Month - FY 2024-2025 Month
July 2024
August 2024
September 2024
October 2024
November 2024
December 2024
January 2025
February 2025
March 2025
April 2025
May 2025
June 2025
Total:
$
$
All Funds
Receipts Disbursement
1,537,864.08 $ 3,641,311.49
995,697.04 1,290,369.09
913,424.92 3,023,210.74
1,231,618.97 2,197,219.69
210,291.23 842,168.80
808,306.87 1,601,849.17
3,780,451.34 (d) 1,721,266.39
880,961.79 1,447,014.74
900,181.23 1,561,541.79
1,786,755.19 (e) 1,900,675.18
2,642,468.32 (f) 2,162,630.14
1,051,756.76 3,922,309.00
16,739,777.74 25,311,566.22
(a)
(b)
(c)
(g)
Note (a) - City liab. & workers comp insurance, and PERS unfunded pension liab.

Note (b) - Includes $1.7M Debt Service payment
Note (c) - Includes Aug & Sep Sheriff invoice payments
Note (d) - Includes $1.888M in Motor Vehicle In-Lieu taxes Note (e) - Includes $319K in Franchise Fees
Note (f) - Includes $1.888M in Motor Vehicle In-Lieu receipt Note (g) - Includes $2.088M for LA River and $876K for Lugo Park Projects Month General Fund
Cash Receipts Disbursement
July 2024 $ 963,942.68 $ 2,896,825.05
August 2024 678,458.46 1,051,901.91
September 2024 545,421.73 998,247.07
October 2024 765,107.19 1,845,289.62
November 2024 133,653.35 647,782.87
December 2024 571,683.73 1,210,748.09
January 2025 3,218,974.09 1,364,627.64
February 2025 557,476.33 1,172,987.78
March 2025 605,946.32 1,221,490.94
April 2025 1,158,417.08 1,577,473.09
May 2025 2,510,862.37 (3) 1,445,412.30
June 2025 585,119.44 633,663.29
Total: $ 12,295,062.77 $ 16,066,449.65
Average Per Month: 1,024,588.56 1,338,870.80
Note (1) - City liab. & workers comp ins, and PERS unfunded pension liab.

Note (2) - Includes Aug & Sep Sherrif invoice payments
Note (3) - Includes $1.888M in Motor Vehicle In-lieu taxes (1)
(2)
Attachment E Page 34 of 811
Supplier - Name Amount Description
The Webstaurant Store Inc 1,923.56 Trashcan for facilities. filters for ice maker at city yard.

Southwes 1,649.60 Flights-Local Progress National Convening 2026 Www.Superbrightleds.Co 1,447.38 Replacement light fixtures for Clara Park.

Reprox Media 1,021.02 Program signs for Spring Event
Sp Sevilleclassics 972.34 Storage for Public Works Employees Www.Apwa.Net 970.00 Trainings/Education
Staples Inc 935.82 Copy Paper
Uline *ship Supplies 897.83 Advertise the 5K order#51021508 Pilgrim Fence Co 782.01 Fence mat'l for Atlantic/Clara property Msft * E0300zes1h 726.00 Microsoft subscriptions for staff Sq *creative Faces Llc 604.61 Face Painting and Ballon twisting for Spring Event Adobe Inc 575.76 Adobe subscriptions for staff
Sq *pink Laces Races 570.00 5k metals on May 2nd invoice number PLR-001 Www.Dji.Com 518.24 Communications/Advertising
Vivint Inc / Us 498.62 Contractual
Www Costco Com 424.86 Office Supplies
The Ups Store 5391 395.00 Employee Physical
Amazon Mktpl 383.91 Office Supplies
World Famous Grill 307.97 Office Supplies
Msft * E0300zetuj 305.25 Subscription
Comm Business Councl 300.00 Travel and meetings
Jimmy Johns - 3025 - Ecom 279.45 Special Event
Triple Ink Print Product 214.09 Advertising
Jersey Mikes Online Uc 207.95 Office Supplies
Icma Online 200.00 Subscription
Sq *agua Y Salud 200.00 Office Supplies
Fsp*cindys Jumpers Inc 176.30 Special Event
El Pollo Dorado 2 169.30 Office Supplies
Copalito Mexican Food Co 167.93 Training and Education
Samsclub.Com 162.04 Office Supplies
Business.Apple.Com 146.51 Subscription
Sp Tableclothsfactor 139.21 Advertising
Msft * E0300zetvd 132.14 Subscription
L B Johnson Ace Hdwe 130.59 Street Maintenance supplies Harbor Freight Tools2936 124.80 Park Maintenance & Supplies Canva* I04839-69872161 123.34 Advertising
Cudahy 89.94 Vehicle Maintenance
The Home Depot #6627 79.45 Special Event
Reproxmedia Inc 77.35 Office Supplies
U-Haul At Atlantic Ave 66.40 Food Distribution
Acmetools.Com 65.04 Building Materials
Cudahy Sinclair 59.02 Gasoline
Zoom.Com 888-799-9666 40.00 Contractual
Msft * E0300zetup 36.00 Subscription
Mar Y Sol Restaurant Puru 31.93 Travel and meetings
Target 00001909 22.14 Office Supplies
Adobe *800-833-6687 22.11 Subscription
Msft * E0300zes1i 16.00 Subscription
Sq *carlos Fabrics 13.26 Special Event
Dollar Tree 4.14 Miscellaneous expense
19,406.21

CITY OF CUDAHY
Credit Card Payment Detail
Apr 01, 2026 to Apr 30, 2026 paid on May 06, 2026

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STAFF REPORT
Date: June 16, 2026
To: Honorable Mayor/Chair and City Council/Agency Members From: Christopher R. Lopez, City Manager/Executive Director Richard Iglesias, City Clerk
Subject: Consideration to Review and Approve the Draft Minutes of June 1, 2026, for the Special Meeting of the City Council and the Joint Meeting of the City of Cudahy as Successor Agency and Housing Successor Agency to the Cudahy Development Commission

RECOMMENDATION
The City Council is requested to review and approve the City Council / Successor Agency Draft Minutes for June 1, 2026.

BACKGROUND / ANALYSIS
On December 12, 2016, the City Council of the City of Cudahy adopted Resolution No. 16-38, approving the use of summary action minutes, meant to allow the City Clerk's Office to write the minutes in brief, assuring a record of Council's actions, due to having a recording of the full Council Meeting on the City’s website.

Historically
The Municipal Clerk is one of the oldest professions in government, dating back to 1272 A.D., originating in England. The record keeper then was called Remembrancer, an English official whose job was to remind the Lord Treasurer and Barons of Court, of business pending.

Years later, in the 1600s, when early colonists came to America, the office of the Clerk was one of the first offices to be established. Over the years, the City Clerk’s office has become the core for local government, and the liaison to the residents of the Community. The Municipal Item Number
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Clerk (City Clerk) is the record keeper of a City’s recorded history.

William Bennett Munro, a Canadian historian, and political scientist, who taught at Harvard University and the California Institute of Technology, stated in one of his first textbooks written: “No other office in municipal service has so many contacts. It serves the Mayor, the City Council, the City Manager (when there is one), and all administrative departments, without exception. All of them call upon it, almost daily, for some service or information. Its work is not spectacular, but it demands versatility, alertness, accuracy, and no end of patience.

The public does not realize how many loose ends of city administration this office pulls together.”
Moving forward to the present time, the City Clerk’s office today is generally responsible for keeping a record of City Council meetings; agreements; recordings of official documents; legal advertisements; municipal elections; commissions and committees current files; claims against the city; and other legal or official documents.

City Clerks are required to keep record of the proceedings (minutes) of Council meetings (Government Code Sections 36814 and 40801). Minutes are the official record of a meeting which provides a history of the Council’s decisions and actions.

CONCLUSION
The City Council is requested to approve the attached City Council / Agency Draft Minutes of the proceedings of June 1, 2026.

STRATEGIC PLAN CORRELATION
No correlation to the strategic plan.

FINANCIAL IMPACT
No Financial Impact.

ATTACHMENT
A. June 1, 2026, Draft Minutes
B. Resolution No. 16-38, approving the City Clerk’s use of Summary Action Minutes as the Official Record of the City Council proceedings.

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MINUTES
CUDAHY CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING and
CITY OF CUDAHY AS SUCCESSOR AGENCY and

HOUSING SUCCESSOR AGENCY TO THE CUDAHY

DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION JOINT MEETING
June 1, 2026 6:30 P.M.

1. CALL TO ORDER
Mayor / Chair Gonzalez called the meeting to order at 6:37 p.m.

2. ROLL CALL
PRESENT: Council / Agency Member Elizabeth Alcantar Loza Council / Agency Member Amanda Gomez
Vice Mayor / Vice Chair Daisy Lomelí
Mayor / Chair Cynthia Gonzalez
ABSENT: Council / Agency Member Martin Fuentes
ALSO PRESENT: City Manager, Christopher R. Lopez, Assistant City Manager/Community Development Director, Juan Arauz, City Attorney, Shelley Preisler, City Attorney, Paloma McEvoy, Deputy City Attorney, Samuel Holmberg, City Clerk, Richard Iglesias, Community Services Director, Brenda Rodriguez, Finance Director, John Xie, Assistant to the City Manager, Estefania Zamora, Executive Assistant to the City Manager, Janet Andrade, Administrative Intern, Esmeralda Perez
Council Member Alcantar Loza, motioned to move Item 6A after Public Comments, seconded by, Vice Mayor Lomelí.

Motion: Council Member Alcantar Loza motioned to move Item 6A after Public Comments, seconded by Vice Mayor Lomelí. Motion passed 4-0-1 by the following roll call vote:

AYES: Alcantar Loza, Gomez, Lomelí, and Gonzalez
NOES: None
ABSENT: Fuentes
ABSTAIN: None

3. PUBLIC COMMENTS – NONE
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6. PRESENTATIONS
A.Certificate of recognition awarded to the Cudahy to College and Career Scholarship Recipients
At 6:44 p.m., City Attorney, Shelley Preisler recessed to closed session.

4. CLOSED SESSION
A.Conference With Legal Counsel – Existing Litigation: Pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(1): One Matter
Name of Case: Go Cudahy, LLC et al v. City of Cudahy (Case No. 25STCV06709) B.Closed Session Pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(e)(3) – Conference with Legal Counsel to Discuss Matter Involving Anticipated Litigation – One Matter C.Closed Session Pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.8 – Conference with Legal Counsel – Real Property Negotiations
Property: APNs 6224-018-911, 6224-018-913, 6224-018-914, 6224-018-915, and 6224-018-916
Agency Negotiators: Christopher R. Lopez, City Manager
Negotiating Parties: Southern California Gas Company
Under Negotiation: Lease Terms
D.Closed Session pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(2) and 54956.9(e)(1) - Conference with Legal Counsel - Anticipated Litigation - One Matter At 8:19 p.m., Mayor Gonzalez reconvened to open session.

5. CLOSED SESSION ANNOUNCEMENT
City Attorney Shelley Preisler announced that the City Council went into closed session for four matters; 1) Pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(1) – Conference With Legal Counsel Regarding Existing Litigation – One Matter, Case: Go Cudahy, LLC et al v. City of Cudahy (Case No. 25STCV06709), all four council members where present, no reportable action; 2) Pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(e)(3) - Conference with Legal Counsel to Discuss Matter Involving Anticipated Litigation – One Matter, in a 4-0 vote City Council took final action to approve the settlement of a pending pre-litigation claim against the city; 3) Pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.8 – Conference with Real Property Negotiators, Property: APNs 6224-018-911, 6224-018- 913, 6224-018-914, 6224-018-915, and 6224-018-916, Agency Negotiators: Christopher R. Lopez, City Manager, Negotiating Parties: Southern California Gas Company, discussion regarding lease terms, direction was given, no further reportable action; 4) Pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(2) and 54956.9(e)(1) - Conference

City Council/Successor Agency Minutes of 06/01/2026 Page 3 of 6 with Legal Counsel Regarding Anticipated Litigation - One Matter, no reportable action. -Item 6A was moved after Public Comments6. PRESENTATIONS A.Certificate of recognition awarded to the Cudahy to College and Career Scholarship Recipients
B.Cudahy Park Update

7. WAIVER OF FULL READING OF RESOLUTIONS AND ORDINANCES Motion: Vice Mayor Lomelí motioned to waive full reading of resolutions and ordinances, seconded by Council Member Gomez. Motion passed 4-0-1 by the following roll call vote:

AYES: Alcantar Loza, Gomez, Lomelí, and Gonzalez
NOES: None
ABSENT: Fuentes
ABSTAIN: None

8. CONSENT CALENDAR
A. Consideration to Review and Approve the Draft Minutes of May 19, 2026, for the Regular Meeting of the City Council and the Joint Meeting of the City of Cudahy as Successor Agency and Housing Successor Agency to the Cudahy Development Commission
Recommendation: The City Council is requested to review and approve the City Council / Successor Agency Draft Minutes for May 19, 2026.

B. Adoption of a Resolution of the City Council of the City of Cudahy Approving Participation in the Los Angeles Urban County Program for Community Development Block Grant and Authorizing the Execution of a Cooperation Agreement with the County of Los Angeles for Fiscal Years 2027-2029
Recommendation: The City Council is requested to:

1. Adopt Resolution No. 26-18, approving continued participation in the Los Angeles Urban County Community Development Block Grant Program by entering into a threeyear Cooperation Agreement for Fiscal Years 2027, 2028, and 2029 with the County of Los Angeles; and

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2. Authorize the City Manager, or designee, to execute any and all documents necessary for participation in the Los Angeles Urban County Community Development Block Grant Program.

C. Adoption of Resolution No. 26-19 Authorizing the City Manager to Execute a Fulfillment Agreement for Unprogrammed Surface Transportation Program-Local (STP-L) with the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (LACMTA) Recommendation: The City Council is requested to approve Resolution No. 26-19, authorizing the City Manager to execute a Fulfillment Agreement for unprogrammed surface transportation program-local (STP-L) with the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (LACMTA).

D. Approve the Engineer’s Report and Set the Public Hearing to Consider Annual Assessment within the City of Cudahy Street Lighting Assessment District Recommendation: The City Council is requested to:

1. Adopt Resolution No. 26-20 Initiating Proceedings and Ordering the Preparation of an Engineer’s Report for the City of Cudahy Street Lighting Assessment District.

2. Adopt Resolution No. 26-21 Approving the City Engineer’s Report and Declaring the Intention of the City to Hold a Public Hearing and Levy the Annual Assessment to Maintain the City of Cudahy Street Lighting Assessment District.

Motion: Council Member Alcantar Loza motioned to approve all Consent Calendar items, seconded by Vice Mayor Lomelí. Motion passed 4-0-1 by the following roll call vote:

AYES: Alcantar Loza, Gomez, Lomelí, and Gonzalez
NOES: None
ABSENT: Fuentes
ABSTAIN: None

9. BUSINESS SESSION
A. Review, Provide Direction, and Solicit Community Input On Proposed Ballot Measure Language For The Indefinite Reauthorization of The City of Cudahy’s Three-Quarter Percent Transactions And Use Tax For The November 2026 General Election Presented by the Deputy City Attorney
Recommendation: The City Council is requested to:

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1. Review the proposed ballot measure language for the indefinite reauthorization of the City of Cudahy’s (“City”) three-quarter percent (3/4%) transactions and use tax; and

2. Provide direction to staff on any revisions to the proposed ballot measure language; and

3. Direct staff to conduct community outreach; and

4. Take or provide direction to staff regarding additional, related action that may be desirable.
-Direction Given, No Action TakenB. Fiscal Year 2026/27 Budget Presentation Presented by the City Manager
Recommendation: The City Council is recommended to discuss and provide direction on the FY 26/27 General Budget.

The FY 26/27 General Fund Budget reflects a structural imbalance where ongoing and recurring expenditures exceed recurring revenues. Since the May 19, 2026 budget discussion with the Mayor and City Council, staff has implemented updated expenditure projections, resulting in a current gap of $888K.

In preparation for a final budget adopted by the Mayor and City Council prior to June 30, 2026, staff is requesting direction to close the remaining budget gap. -Direction Given, No Action Taken10. ADJOURNMENT
The City Council/Agency meeting adjourned at 9:34 p.m.

Cynthia Gonzalez
Mayor

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Richard Iglesias
City Clerk

Attachment
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STAFF REPORT
Date: June 16, 2026
To: Honorable Mayor/Chair and City Council/Agency Members From: Christopher R. Lopez , City Manager/Executive Director Richard Iglesias, City Clerk
Subject: Approval of Professional Services Agreement for Remote and On-site Translation Services

RECOMMENDATION
The City Council is requested to award a Professional Services Agreement (PSA) to Language Network to provide remote and on-site translation services not to exceed $35,000.

BACKGROUND

1. On December 15, 2025, the City issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) for Translation Services.

2. On January 8, 2026, the proposal due date closed, and the City received a total of 11 proposals.

3. On February 12, 2026, the City completed its review of all proposals.

4. On May 4, 2026, the City notified Language Network that it was the top-ranked in the RFP process and would be recommended to Council for contract approval.

ANALYSIS
Following best practices, the City issued an RFP to provide remote and on-site Spanish translation services to Cudahy residents.

The City received eleven (11) proposals during the RFP phase for remote or on-site. Two were submitted past the deadline, therefore they were not included as part of the evaluation process.

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The City deemed Language Network to be the most responsive, and responsible bidder due to their extensive experience, expertise, cost, and ability to perform the task requested in the RFP. If approved, Language Network would provide remote or on-site translation Services for City Council meetings, Special Meetings, Townhall Meetings, or other meetings as needed.

CONCLUSION
Translation services are necessary for our Spanish-speaking community, who attend City Council Meetings and other meetings as scheduled. Therefore, City staff recommends Council to approve an agreement with Language Network for remote and on-site translation services to continue to provide these services.

STRATEGIC PLAN CORRELATION
None.

FINANCIAL IMPACT
The financial impact for regular Council meetings (average of 3 hours per meeting) is estimated at $16,800 annually. The total cost to perform these services will vary depending on special meetings, town hall meetings, or other meetings where translation services are needed. The services will be funded through the general fund.

ATTACHMENTS
A. Draft Professional Services Agreement between the City of Cudahy and Language Translation with Exhibit A, Exhibit B, and Exhibit C.

1 2026

PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT
(Engagement: TRANSLATION SERVICES)
(Parties: Language Network Inc. and City of Cudahy)
THIS PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT (hereinafter, “Agreement”) is made and entered into this 1st day of July 2026 (hereinafter, the “Effective Date”) by and between the CITY OF CUDAHY, a municipal corporation (hereinafter, “CITY”) and LANGUAGE NETWORK INC. (hereinafter, “CONSULTANT”). For the purposes of this Agreement, CITY and CONSULTANT may be referred to collectively by the capitalized term “Parties.” The capitalized term “Party” may refer to CITY or CONSULTANT interchangeably, as appropriate.

RECITALS
WHEREAS, CITY requires professional translation services; and WHEREAS, CITY staff has determined that CONSULTANT possesses the experience, skills and training necessary to competently provide such services to CITY; and
WHEREAS, the execution of this Agreement was approved by the Cudahy City Council at its Regular Meeting of ___, 2026 under Agenda Item No. _____.

NOW, THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the mutual covenants and conditions herein contained, CITY and CONSULTANT agree as follows:

I.

ENGAGEMENT TERMS

1.1 TERM: This Agreement shall have a term commencing from the Effective Date through July 1, 2027 (hereinafter, the “Term”) and may be extended by the City administratively a maximum of two (2) one-year extension terms without having to return to City Council for approval. Nothing in this Section shall operate to prohibit or otherwise restrict the CITY’s ability to terminate this Agreement at any time for convenience or for cause as provided under Article V (Termination), below.

1.2 SCOPE OF SERVICES:

A. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, CONSULTANT agrees to provide the services and tasks described in that certain Request for Proposals of CITY entitled “Request for Proposal Translation Services” (hereinafter, “CITY RFP”) and the written proposal of CONSULTANT entitled “Proposal in Response to Translation Services” (hereinafter, the “CONSULTANT Proposal”). The CITY RFP and the CONSULTANT Attachment A Page 49 of 811
2 Proposal are attached and incorporated hereto as Exhibit “A” and “B” respectively. The term “Scope of Services” shall be a collective reference to the CITY RFP and the CONSULTANT Proposal. The capitalized term “Services” shall be a collective reference to all the various services and tasks referenced in the Scope of Services. In the event of any conflict or inconsistency between the provisions of the document entitled CITY RFP and the provisions of the document entitled CONSULTANT Proposal, the requirements of the document entitled CITY RFP shall govern and control but only to the extent of the conflict or inconsistency and no further. In the event of any conflict or inconsistency between the provisions of the Scope of Services and the provisions of this Agreement to which the Scope of Services is attached, the provisions of this Agreement shall govern and control.

1.3 PROSECUTION OF SERVICES:

A. CONSULTANT shall perform the Services contemplated under this Agreement on an on-call, as-needed basis. Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to grant CONSULTANT the exclusive right to perform any of the types of services or tasks contemplated under this Agreement nor shall anything in this Agreement be construed to entitle CONSULTANT to the receipt of any sums under this Agreement, except to the extent CITY requests the performance of any Services in the manner described below and such Services is in fact performed and completed by CONSULTANT and accepted by CITY. CITY requests for the performance of specific services or tasks contemplated under this Agreement shall be made in the form of a written work order(s) issued by the City Representative (each such written request hereinafter referred to as a “Work Order”). Each Work Order shall include the following information:

1. A detailed description of the specific services or tasks requested;

2. The location of where the particular services or tasks are to be performed, if applicable;

3. A not-to-exceed budget for performing the services or tasks;

4. A timeline for completing the requested services or tasks;

5. Any other information CITY deems necessary and relevant to the requested services or tasks; and

6. The signature of the City Representative, confirming that the services or tasks have been authorized by the City Representative.

B. CONSULTANT shall not perform any of the Services contemplated under this Agreement without a written Work Order request from the City Representative, containing the information set forth in Section 1.3(A), above;
C. CONSULTANT shall perform all assigned Services continuously and with due diligence so as to complete all assigned Services by the completion date indicated in each Work Order. CONSULTANT shall cooperate with

3 CITY and in no manner interfere with the work of CITY, its employees or other consultants, contractors, or agents;
D. CONSULTANT shall not claim or be entitled to receive any compensation or damage because of the failure of CONSULTANT, or its subconsultants, to have related services or tasks completed in a timely manner; E. CONSULTANT shall at all times enforce strict discipline and good order among CONSULTANT’s employees; and
F. CONSULTANT, at its sole expense, shall pay all sales, consumer, use or other similar taxes required by law.

1.4 COMPENSATION: CONSULTANT shall perform the Services in accordance with the “FEE PROPOSAL” which is attached and incorporated hereto as Exhibit “C” (hereinafter, the “COMPENSATION RATE”). The foregoing notwithstanding, CONSULTANT’s total compensation for the performance of all Services contemplated under this Agreement, may not exceed the aggregate sum of THIRTY-FIVE THOUSAND ($35,000.00) (hereinafter, the “Not-to-Exceed Sum”) during the Term of this Agreement, unless such added expenditure is first approved by the City Council. In the event CONSULTANT’s charges are projected to exceed the Aggregate Not-to-Exceed Sum prior to the expiration of this Agreement, CITY may suspend CONSULTANT’s performance pending CITY approval of any anticipated expenditures in excess of the Aggregate Not-toExceed Sum or any other CITY approved amendment to the compensation terms of this Agreement.

1.5 PAYMENT OF COMPENSATION: Following the conclusion of each calendar month, CONSULTANT will submit to CITY an itemized invoice indicating the services performed and tasks completed during the recently concluded calendar month, including services and tasks performed and any reimbursable out-ofpocket expenses incurred. If the amount of CONSULTANT’s monthly compensation is a function of hours worked by CONSULTANT’s personnel, the invoice should indicate the number of hours worked in the recently concluded calendar month, the person(s) responsible for performing the Services, the rate of compensation at which such services and tasks were performed, the subtotal for each task and service performed and a grand total for all services performed.

Within thirty (30) calendar days of receipt of each invoice, CITY will notify CONSULTANT in writing of any disputed amounts included in the invoice. Within forty-five (45) calendar days of receipt of each invoice, CITY will pay all undisputed amounts included on the invoice. CITY will not withhold applicable taxes or other authorized deductions from payments made to CONSULTANT.

1.6 ACCOUNTING RECORDS: CONSULTANT will maintain complete and accurate records with respect to all matters covered under this Agreement for a period of three (3) years after the expiration or termination of this Agreement. CITY will have the right to access and examine such records, without charge, during normal business hours. CITY will further have the right to audit such records, to make transcripts therefrom and to inspect all program data, documents, proceedings,

4 and activities.

1.7 ABANDONMENT BY CONSULTANT: In the event CONSULTANT ceases to perform the Services agreed to under this Agreement or otherwise abandons the undertaking contemplated herein prior to the expiration of this Agreement or prior to completion of any or all tasks set forth in the Scope of Services, CONSULTANT will deliver to CITY immediately and without delay, all materials, records, and other work product prepared or obtained by CONSULTANT in the performance of this Agreement. Furthermore, CONSULTANT will only be compensated for the reasonable value of the Services performed up to the time of cessation or abandonment, less a deduction for any damages, costs, or additional expenses which CITY may incur as a result of CONSULTANT’s cessation or abandonment.

II.

PERFORMANCE OF AGREEMENT

2.1 CITY’S REPRESENTATIVE: The CITY hereby designates Richard Iglesias, City Clerk (hereinafter, the “City Representative”) to act as its representative for the performance of this Agreement. The City Representative or the City Representative’s designee will act on behalf of the CITY for all purposes under this Agreement. CONSULTANT will not accept directions or orders from any person other than the City Representative or the City Representative’s designee.

2.2 CONSULTANT REPRESENTATIVE: CONSULTANT hereby designates Brenda Rourcke to act as its representative for the performance of this Agreement (hereinafter, “Consultant Representative”). Consultant Representative will have full authority to represent and act on behalf of the CONSULTANT for all purposes under this Agreement. Consultant Representative or the Consultant Representative’s designee will supervise and direct the performance of the Services, using his/her best skill and attention, and will be responsible for all means, methods, techniques, sequences, and procedures and for the satisfactory coordination of all Services under this Agreement. Notice to the Consultant Representative will constitute notice to CONSULTANT.

2.3 COORDINATION OF SERVICE; CONFORMANCE WITH REQUIREMENTS:

CONSULTANT agrees to work closely with CITY staff in the performance of the Services and this Agreement and will be available to CITY staff and the CITY Representative at all reasonable times. All work prepared by CONSULTANT will be subject to inspection and approval by City Representative or his or her designees.

2.4 STANDARD OF CARE; PERFORMANCE OF EMPLOYEES: CONSULTANT represents, acknowledges, and agrees to the following:

A. CONSULTANT will perform all Services skillfully, consistent with and adhering to its professional standard of care, that is, the degree of care and skill ordinarily exercised by members of the same profession currently practicing at the same time and in the same or similar locality;

5 B. CONSULTANT shall at all times employ such force, plant, materials, and tools as will be sufficient in the opinion of the CITY to perform the Services within the time limits established, and as provided herein. It is understood and agreed that said tools, equipment, apparatus, facilities, labor, and material shall be furnished and said Services performed and completed as required by the Agreement, and subject to the approval of the CITY’s authorized representative.

C. CONSULTANT will perform all Services in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the CITY;
D. CONSULTANT will comply with all applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations, including the conflict of interest provisions of Government Code §1090 and the Political Reform Act (Government Code §§81000 et seq.) CONSULTANT shall be liable for all violations of such laws and regulations in connection with CONSULTANT’s performance of the Services. If CONSULTANT performs any work knowing it to be contrary to such laws, rules and regulations, CONSULTANT shall be solely responsible for all costs arising therefrom;
E. CONSULTANT understands the nature and scope of the Services to be performed under this Agreement as well as any and all schedules of performance;
F. All of CONSULTANT’s employees and agents possess sufficient skill, knowledge, training, and experience to perform those services and tasks assigned to them by CONSULTANT; and
G. All of CONSULTANT’s employees and agents (including, but not limited to, subcontractors and subconsultants) possess all licenses, permits, certificates, qualifications, and approvals of whatever nature that are legally required to perform the tasks and services contemplated under this Agreement and all such licenses, permits, certificates, qualifications, and approvals will be maintained throughout the term of this Agreement and made available to CITY for copying and inspection.

The Parties acknowledge and agree that CONSULTANT will perform, at CONSULTANT’s own cost and expense and without any reimbursement from CITY, any services necessary to correct any errors or omissions caused by CONSULTANT’s failure to comply with the standard of care set forth under this Section or by any like failure on the part of CONSULTANT’s employees, agents, contractors, subcontractors and subconsultants. Such effort by CONSULTANT to correct any errors or omissions will be commenced immediately upon their discovery by either Party and, notwithstanding Section 5.2(B), will be completed within seven (7) calendars days from the date of discovery or such other extended period of time authorized by the City Representative in writing and in her sole and absolute discretion. The Parties acknowledge and agree that CITY’s acceptance of any work performed by CONSULTANT or on CONSULTANT’s behalf will not constitute a release of any deficiency or delay in performance. The Parties further

6 acknowledge, understand, and agree that CITY has relied upon the foregoing representations of CONSULTANT, including but not limited to the representation that CONSULTANT possesses the skills, training, knowledge, and experience necessary to perform the Services under the standard of care as articulated under section 2.4(A).

2.5 ASSIGNMENT: The skills, training, knowledge, and experience of CONSULTANT are material to CITY’s willingness to enter into this Agreement. Accordingly, CITY has an interest in the qualifications and capabilities of the person(s) who will perform the services and tasks to be undertaken by CONSULTANT or on behalf of CONSULTANT in the performance of this Agreement. In recognition of this interest, CONSULTANT agrees that it will not assign or transfer, either directly or indirectly or by operation of law, this Agreement, or the performance of any of CONSULTANT’s duties or obligations under this Agreement, without the prior written consent of the CITY. In the absence of CITY’s prior written consent, any attempted assignment or transfer will be ineffective, null and void and will constitute a material breach of this Agreement.

2.6 SUBSTITUTION OF KEY PERSONNEL: CONSULTANT has represented to CITY that certain key personnel will perform and coordinate the Services under this Agreement. Should one or more of such personnel become unavailable, CONSULTANT may substitute other personnel of at least equal competence upon written approval of CITY. In the event that CITY and CONSULTANT cannot agree as to the substitution of key personnel, CITY shall be entitled to terminate this Agreement for cause. As discussed below, any personnel who fail or refuse to perform the Services in a manner acceptable to the CITY, or who are determined by the CITY to be uncooperative, incompetent, a threat to the adequate or timely completion of the Project or a threat to the safety of persons or property, shall be promptly removed from the Project by the CONSULTANT at the request of the CITY. The key personnel for performance of this Agreement are as follows:

2.7 CONTROL AND PAYMENT OF SUBORDINATES; INDEPENDENT
CONTRACTOR: The Services will be performed by CONSULTANT or under CONSULTANT’s strict supervision. CONSULTANT will determine the means, methods, and details of performing the Services subject to the requirements of this Agreement. CITY retains CONSULTANT on an independent contractor basis and not as an employee. CONSULTANT reserves the right to perform similar or different services for other principals during the term of this Agreement, provided such work does not unduly interfere with CONSULTANT’s competent and timely performance of the Services contemplated under this Agreement and provided the performance of such services does not result in the unauthorized disclosure of CITY’s confidential or proprietary information. Any additional personnel performing the Services under this Agreement on behalf of CONSULTANT are not employees of CITY and will at all times be under CONSULTANT’s exclusive direction and control. CONSULTANT will pay all wages, salaries and other amounts due such personnel and will assume responsibility for all benefits, payroll taxes, Social Security and Medicare payments and the like. CONSULTANT will be responsible for all reports and obligations respecting such additional personnel,

7 including, but not limited to: Social Security taxes, income tax withholding, unemployment insurance, disability insurance, workers’ compensation insurance and the like. Notwithstanding any other CITY, state, or federal policy, rule, regulation, law, or ordinance to the contrary, CONSULTANT and any of its employees, agents, and subcontractors performing the Services under this Agreement shall not qualify for or become entitled to, and hereby agree to waive any and all claims to, any compensation, benefit, or any incident of employment by CITY, including but not limited to eligibility to enroll in the California Public Employees Retirement System (PERS) as an employee of CITY and entitlement to any contribution to be paid by CITY for employer contributions and/or employee contributions for PERS benefits.

2.8 REMOVAL OF EMPLOYEES OR AGENTS: If any of CONSULTANT’s officers, employees, agents, contractors, subcontractors or subconsultants is determined by the City Representative to be uncooperative, incompetent, a threat to the adequate or timely performance of the tasks assigned to CONSULTANT, a threat to persons or property, or if any of CONSULTANT’s officers, employees, agents, contractors, subcontractors or subconsultants fail or refuse to perform the Services in a manner acceptable to the CITY, such officer, employee, agent, contractor, subcontractor or subconsultant will be promptly removed by CONSULTANT and will not be reassigned to perform any of the Services.

2.9 COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS: CONSULTANT will keep itself informed of and in compliance with all applicable federal, state, or local laws to the extent such laws control or otherwise govern the performance of the Services. CONSULTANT’s compliance with applicable laws will include, without limitation, compliance with all applicable Cal/OSHA requirements and applicable regulations of the U.S.

Department of Housing and Urbanization.

2.10 NON-DISCRIMINATION: CONSULTANT represents that it is an equal opportunity employer, and it shall not discriminate against any subconsultant, employee or applicant for employment because of race, religion, color, national origin, handicap, ancestry, sex, or age. Such non-discrimination shall include, but not be limited to, all activities related to initial employment, upgrading, demotion, transfer, recruitment or recruitment advertising, layoff, or termination.

2.11 INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR STATUS: The Parties acknowledge, understand, and agree that CONSULTANT and all persons retained or employed by CONSULTANT are, and will at all times remain, wholly independent contractors and are not officials, officers, employees, departments, or subdivisions of CITY.

CONSULTANT will be solely responsible for the negligent acts and/or omissions of its employees, agents, contractors, subcontractors and subconsultants.

CONSULTANT and all persons retained or employed by CONSULTANT will have no authority, express or implied, to bind CITY in any manner, nor to incur any obligation, debt, or liability of any kind on behalf of, or against, CITY, whether by contract or otherwise, unless such authority is expressly conferred to CONSULTANT under this Agreement or is otherwise expressly conferred by CITY in writing.

8 III.

INSURANCE

3.1 DUTY TO PROCURE AND MAINTAIN INSURANCE: Before performing any Services contemplated under this Agreement, CONSULTANT will procure and maintain policies of insurance that meet the requirements and specifications set forth under this Article. CONSULTANT will procure and maintain the following insurance coverage, at its own expense:

A. Commercial General Liability Insurance: CONSULTANT will procure and maintain Commercial General Liability Insurance (“CGL Coverage”) as broad as Insurance Services Office Commercial General Liability coverage (occurrence Form CG 0001) or its equivalent. Such CGL Coverage will have minimum limits of no less than One Million Dollars ($1,000,000.00) per occurrence and Two Million Dollars ($2,000,000.00) in the general aggregate for bodily injury, personal injury, property damage, operations, products and completed operations, and contractual liability.

B. Automobile Liability Insurance: For any owned, non-owned, or hired vehicles used in connection with the performance of this Agreement, CONSULTANT will procure and maintain Automobile Liability Insurance as broad as Insurance Services Office Form Number CA 0001 covering Automobile Liability, Code 1 (any auto). Such Automobile Liability Insurance will have minimum limits of no less than Two Million Dollars ($2,000,000.00) per accident for bodily injury and property damage.

C. Workers’ Compensation Insurance/ Employer’s Liability Insurance: A policy of workers’ compensation insurance in such amount as will fully comply with the laws of the State of California and which will indemnify, insure and provide legal defense for both CONSULTANT and CITY against any loss, claim or damage arising from any injuries or occupational diseases occurring to any worker employed by or any persons retained by CONSULTANT in the course of carrying out the Services contemplated in this Agreement.

D. Errors & Omissions Insurance: For the full term of this Agreement and for a period of three (3) years thereafter, CONSULTANT will procure and maintain Errors and Omissions Liability Insurance appropriate to CONSULTANT’s profession. Such coverage will have minimum limits of no less than Two Million Dollars ($2,000,000.00) per claim.

3.2 ADDITIONAL INSURED REQUIREMENTS: The CGL Coverage and the Automobile Liability Insurance will contain an endorsement naming the CITY and CITY’s elected and appointed officials, officers, employees, agents, and volunteers as additional insureds.

3.3 REQUIRED CARRIER RATING: All varieties of insurance required under this

9 Agreement will be procured from insurers admitted in the State of California and authorized to issue policies directly to California insureds. Except as otherwise provided elsewhere under this Article, all required insurance will be procured from insurers who, according to the latest edition of the Best’s Insurance Guide, have an A.M. Best’s rating of no less than A:VII. CITY may also accept policies procured by insurance carriers with a Standard & Poor’s rating of no less than BBB according to the latest published edition the Standard & Poor’s rating guide. As to Workers’ Compensation Insurance/ Employer’s Liability Insurance, the CITY Representative is authorized to authorize lower ratings than those set forth in this Section.

3.4 PRIMACY OF CONSULTANT’S INSURANCE: All policies of insurance provided by CONSULTANT will be primary to any coverage available to CITY or CITY’s elected or appointed officials, officers, employees, agents, or volunteers. Any insurance or self-insurance maintained by CITY or CITY’s elected or appointed officials, officers, employees, agents, or volunteers will be in excess of CONSULTANT’s insurance and will not contribute with it.

3.5 WAIVER OF SUBROGATION: All insurance coverage provided pursuant to this Agreement will not prohibit CONSULTANT or CONSULTANT’s officers, employees, agents, subcontractors or subconsultants from waiving the right of subrogation prior to a loss. CONSULTANT hereby waives all rights of subrogation against CITY, its officials, officers, employees, agents, and volunteers.

3.6 VERIFICATION OF COVERAGE: CONSULTANT acknowledges, understands, and agrees, that CITY’s ability to verify the procurement and maintenance of the insurance required under this Article is a material consideration of this Agreement.

Accordingly, CONSULTANT warrants, represents, and agrees that it will furnish CITY with certificates of insurance and endorsements evidencing the coverage required under this Article on ACORD-25 or forms satisfactory to CITY in its sole and absolute discretion. The certificates of insurance and endorsements for each insurance policy will be signed by a person authorized by that insurer to bind coverage on its behalf and will be on forms provided by the CITY if requested. Before performing any Services, CONSULTANT shall provide CITY with all certificates of insurance and endorsements referenced herein. Upon CITY’s written request, CONSULTANT will also provide CITY with copies of all required insurance policies and endorsements.

3.7 FAILURE TO MAINTAIN COVERAGE: In the event any policy of insurance required under this Agreement does not comply with these specifications or is canceled and not replaced immediately so as to avoid a lapse in the required coverage, CITY has the right but not the duty to obtain the insurance it deems necessary, and any premium paid by CITY will be promptly reimbursed by CONTRACTOR or CITY will withhold amounts sufficient to pay premium from Consultant payments. In the alternative, CITY may cancel this Agreement effective upon notice.

3.8 SPECIAL RISKS OR CIRCUMSTANCES: City reserves the right to modify these requirements, including limits, based on the nature of the risk, prior experience,

10 insurer, coverage, or other special circumstances. Any amendment to the insurance requirements of this Article shall be memorialized and approved in the form of a written amendment to this Agreement, signed by the Parties. The requirement for written amendments, modifications or supplements cannot be waived and any attempted waiver will be void or invalid.

IV.

INDEMNIFICATION

4.1 CITY’s elected and appointed officials, officers, employees, agents, and volunteers (hereinafter, the “City Indemnitees”) should, to the fullest extent permitted by law, be protected from any and all loss, injury, damage, claim, lawsuit, cost, expense, attorneys’ fees, litigation costs, or any other cost arising out of or in any way related to the performance of this Agreement. Accordingly, the provisions of this indemnity provision are intended by the Parties to be interpreted and construed to provide the City Indemnitees with the fullest protection possible under the law.

CONSULTANT acknowledges that CITY would not enter into this Agreement in the absence of CONSULTANT’s commitment to indemnify, defend and protect CITY as set forth herein Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent CONSULTANT’s services are subject to Civil Code Section 2782.8, the above indemnity shall be limited, to the extent required by Civil Code Section 2782.8, to Claims that arise out of, pertain to, or relate to the negligence, recklessness, or willful misconduct of the CONSULTANT. CONSULTANT’s obligation to indemnify shall not be restricted to insurance proceeds, if any, received by the CITY, its officials, officers, employees, agents, or volunteers.

4.2 To the fullest extent permitted by law, CONSULTANT shall indemnify, hold harmless and defend the CITY Indemnitees from and against all liability, loss, damage, expense, cost (including without limitation reasonable attorneys’ fees, expert fees and all other costs, and fees of litigation) of every nature arising out of or in connection with CONSULTANT’s performance of work hereunder or its failure to comply with any of its obligations contained in this Agreement, except such loss or damage which is caused by the sole negligence or willful misconduct of the CITY.

4.3 CITY shall have the right to offset against the amount of any compensation due to CONSULTANT under this Agreement, any amount due to CITY from CONSULTANT as a result of CONSULTANT’s failure to either pay CITY promptly for any costs associated with CONSULTANT’s obligations to indemnify the CITY Indemnitees under this Article or related to CONSULTANT’s failure to either (i) pay taxes on amounts received pursuant to this Agreement or (ii) comply with applicable workers’ compensation laws.

4.4 The obligations of CONSULTANT under this Article will not be limited by the provisions of any workers’ compensation act or similar act. CONSULTANT expressly waives its statutory immunity under such statutes or laws as to CITY and CITY’s elected and appointed officials, officers, employees, agents, and volunteers.

11 4.5 CONSULTANT agrees to obtain executed indemnity agreements with provisions identical to those set forth herein this Article from each and every subcontractor or any other person or entity involved by, for, with or on behalf of CONSULTANT in the performance of this Agreement. In the event CONSULTANT fails to obtain such indemnity obligations from others as required herein, CONSULTANT agrees to be fully responsible and indemnify, hold harmless and defend CITY and CITY’s elected and appointed officials, officers, employees, agents, and volunteers from and against any and all claims and losses, costs or expenses for any damage due to death or injury to any person and injury to any property resulting from any alleged intentional, reckless, negligent, or otherwise wrongful acts, errors or omissions of CONSULTANT’s subcontractors or any other person or entity involved by, for, with or on behalf of CONSULTANT in the performance of this Agreement. Such costs and expenses shall include reasonable attorneys’ fees incurred by counsel of CITY’s choice.

4.6 CITY does not and shall not waive any rights that it may possess against CONSULTANT because of the acceptance by CITY, or the deposit with CITY, of any insurance policy or certificate required pursuant to this Agreement. This hold harmless and indemnification provision shall apply regardless of whether or not any insurance policies are determined to be applicable to the claim, demand, damage, liability, loss, cost, or expense.

4.7 This Article and all provisions contained herein (including but not limited to the duty to indemnify, defend, and hold free and harmless) shall survive the termination or normal expiration of this Agreement and is in addition to any other rights or remedies which the CITY may have at law or in equity.

V.

TERMINATION

5.1 TERMINATION WITHOUT CAUSE: CITY may immediately terminate this Agreement at any time for convenience and without cause by giving prior written notice of CITY’s intent to terminate this Agreement which notice shall specify the effective date of such termination. Upon such termination for convenience, CONSULTANT will be compensated only for those services and tasks which have been performed by CONSULTANT up to the effective date of the termination.

CONSULTANT may not terminate this Agreement except for cause as provided under Section 5.2, below. If this Agreement is terminated as provided herein, CITY may require CONSULTANT to provide all finished or unfinished Documents and Data, as defined in section 6.1 below, and other information of any kind prepared by CONSULTANT in connection with the performance of the Services.

CONSULTANT will be required to provide such Documents and Data within fifteen (15) calendar days of CITY’s written request. No actual or asserted breach of this Agreement on the part of CITY pursuant to Section 5.2, below, will operate to prohibit or otherwise restrict CITY’s ability to terminate this Agreement for convenience as provided under this Section.

5.2 EVENTS OF DEFAULT; BREACH OF AGREEMENT:

12 A. In the event either Party fails to perform any duty, obligation, service, or task set forth under this Agreement (or fails to timely perform or properly perform any such duty, obligation, service, or task set forth under this Agreement), an event of default (hereinafter, “Event of Default”) will occur. For all Events of Default, the Party alleging an Event of Default will give written notice to the defaulting Party (hereinafter referred to as a “Default Notice”) which will specify: (i) the nature of the Event of Default; (ii) the action required to cure the Event of Default; (iii) a date by which the Event of Default will be cured, which will not be less than the applicable cure period set forth under Sections 5.2B and 5.2C below or if a cure is not reasonably possible within the applicable cure period, to begin such cure and diligently prosecute such cure to completion. The Event of Default will constitute a breach of this Agreement if the defaulting Party fails to cure the Event of Default within the applicable cure period or any extended cure period allowed under this Agreement.

B. CONSULTANT will cure the following Events of Defaults within the following time periods:
i. Within ten (10) business days of CITY’s issuance of a Default Notice for any failure of CONSULTANT to timely provide CITY or CITY’s employees or agents with any information and/or written reports, documentation, or work product which CONSULTANT is obligated to provide to CITY or CITY’s employees or agents under this Agreement.

Prior to the expiration of the 10-day cure period, CONSULTANT may submit a written request for additional time to cure the Event of Default upon a showing that CONSULTANT has commenced efforts to cure the Event of Default and that the Event of Default cannot be reasonably cured within the 10-day cure period. The foregoing notwithstanding, CITY will be under no obligation to grant additional time for the cure of an Event of Default under this Section 5.2B.i. that exceeds seven (7) calendar days from the end of the initial 10-day cure period; or ii. Within fourteen (14) calendar days of CITY’s issuance of a Default Notice for any other Event of Default under this Agreement. Prior to the expiration of the 14-day cure period, CONSULTANT may submit a written request for additional time to cure the Event of Default upon a showing that CONSULTANT has commenced efforts to cure the Event of Default and that the Event of Default cannot be reasonably cured within the 14-day cure period. The foregoing notwithstanding, CITY will be under no obligation to grant additional time for the cure of an Event of Default under this Section 5.2B.ii that exceeds thirty (30) calendar days from the end of the initial 14-day cure period.

In addition to any other failure on the part of CONSULTANT to perform any duty, obligation, service or task set forth under this Agreement (or the failure to timely perform or properly perform any such duty, obligation, service or task), an Event of Default on the part of CONSULTANT will include, but will not be limited to the following: (i) CONSULTANT’s refusal or failure to

13 perform any of the services or tasks called for under the Scope of Services; (ii) CONSULTANT’s failure to fulfill or perform its obligations under this Agreement within the specified time or if no time is specified, within a reasonable time; (iii) CONSULTANT’s and/or its employees’ disregard or violation of any federal, state, local law, rule, procedure or regulation; (iv) the initiation of proceedings under any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership, reorganization, or similar legislation as relates to CONSULTANT, whether voluntary of involuntary; and/or (v) CITY’s discovery that a statement representation or warranty by CONSULTANT relating to this Agreement is false, misleading or erroneous in any material respect.

C. CITY will cure any Event of Default asserted by CONSULTANT within fortyfive (45) calendar days of CONSULTANT’s issuance of a Default Notice unless the Event of Default cannot reasonably be cured within the 45-day cure period. Prior to the expiration of the 45-day cure period, CITY may submit a written request for additional time to cure the Event of Default upon a showing that CITY has commenced its efforts to cure the Event of Default and that the Event of Default cannot be reasonably cured within the 45-day cure period. The foregoing notwithstanding, an Event of Default dealing with CITY’s failure to timely pay any undisputed sums to CONSULTANT as provided under Section 1.5, above, will be cured by CITY within five (5) calendar days from the date of CONSULTANT’s Default Notice to CITY.

D. CITY, in its sole and absolute discretion, may also immediately suspend CONSULTANT’s performance under this Agreement pending
CONSULTANT’s cure of any Event of Default by giving CONSULTANT written notice of CITY’s intent to suspend CONSULTANT’s performance (hereinafter, a “Suspension Notice”). CITY may issue the Suspension Notice at any time upon the occurrence of an Event of Default. Upon such suspension, CONSULTANT will be compensated only for those services and tasks which have been rendered by CONSULTANT to the reasonable satisfaction of CITY up to the effective date of the suspension. No actual or asserted breach of this Agreement on the part of CITY will operate to prohibit or otherwise restrict CITY’s ability to suspend this Agreement as provided herein.

E. No waiver of any Event of Default or breach under this Agreement will constitute a waiver of any other or subsequent Event of Default or breach.

No waiver, benefit, privilege, or service voluntarily given or performed by a Party will give the other Party any contractual rights by custom, estoppel, or otherwise.

F. The duties and obligations imposed under this Agreement and the rights and remedies available hereunder will be in addition to and not a limitation of any duties, obligations, rights, and remedies otherwise imposed or available by law. In addition to any other remedies available to CITY at law or under this Agreement in the event of any breach of this Agreement, CITY, in its sole and absolute discretion, may also pursue any one or more of the following remedies:

14 i. Upon written notice to CONSULTANT, the CITY may immediately terminate this Agreement in whole or in part;
ii. Upon written notice to CONSULTANT, the CITY may extend the time of performance;
iii. The CITY may proceed by appropriate court action to enforce the terms of the Agreement to recover damages for CONSULTANT’s breach of the Agreement or to terminate the Agreement; or
iv. The CITY may exercise any other available and lawful right or remedy.

CONSULTANT will be liable for all legal fees plus other costs and expenses that CITY incurs upon a breach of this Agreement or in the CITY’s exercise of its remedies under this Agreement.

G. In the event CITY is in breach of this Agreement, CONSULTANT’s sole remedy will be the suspension or termination of this Agreement and/or the recovery of any unpaid sums lawfully owed to CONSULTANT under this Agreement for completed services and tasks.

5.3 SCOPE OF WAIVER: No waiver of any default or breach under this Agreement will constitute a waiver of any other default or breach, whether of the same or other covenant, warranty, agreement, term, condition, duty, or requirement contained in this Agreement. No waiver, benefit, privilege, or service voluntarily given or performed by a Party will give the other Party any contractual rights by custom, estoppel, or otherwise.

5.4 SURVIVING ARTICLES, SECTIONS AND PROVISIONS: The termination of this Agreement pursuant to any provision of this Article or by normal expiration of its term or any extension thereto will not operate to terminate any Article, Section or provision contained herein which provides that it will survive the termination or normal expiration of this Agreement.

VI.

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

6.1 DOCUMENTS & DATA; LICENSING OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY: All Documents and Data will be and remain the property of CITY without restriction or limitation upon their use or dissemination by CITY. For purposes of this Agreement, the term “Documents and Data” means and includes all reports, analyses, correspondence, plans, designs, notes, summaries, strategies, charts, schedules, spreadsheets, calculations, lists, data compilations, documents or other materials developed and/or assembled by or on behalf of CONSULTANT in the performance of this Agreement and fixed in any tangible medium of expression, including but not limited to Documents and Data stored digitally, magnetically and/or electronically. This Agreement creates, at no cost to CITY, a perpetual license for CITY to copy, use, reuse, disseminate and/or retain any and all

15 copyrights, designs, and other intellectual property embodied in all Documents and Data. CONSULTANT will require all subcontractors and subconsultants working on behalf of CONSULTANT in the performance of this Agreement to agree in writing that CITY will be granted the same right to copy, use, reuse, disseminate and retain Documents and Data prepared or assembled by any subcontractor or subconsultant as applies to Documents and Data prepared by CONSULTANT in the performance of this Agreement.

6.2 CONFIDENTIALITY: All data, documents, discussion, or other information developed or received by CONSULTANT or provided for performance of this Agreement are deemed confidential and will not be disclosed by CONSULTANT without prior written consent by CITY. CITY will grant such consent of disclosure as legally required. Upon request, all CITY data will be returned to CITY upon the termination or expiration of this Agreement. CONSULTANT will not use CITY’s name or insignia, photographs, or any publicity pertaining to the Services in any magazine, trade paper, newspaper, television or radio production or other similar medium without the prior written consent of CITY.

6.3 FALSE CLAIMS ACT: CONSULTANT warrants and represents that neither CONSULTANT nor any person who is an officer of, in a managing position with, or has an ownership interest in CONSULTANT has been determined by a court or tribunal of competent jurisdiction to have violated the False Claims Act, 31 U.S.C., §§3789 et seq. and the California False Claims Act, Government Code §§12650 et seq.

6.4 NOTICES: All notices permitted or required under this Agreement will be given to the respective Parties at the following addresses, or at such other address as the respective Parties may provide in writing for this purpose:

CITY: CONSULTANT:

City of Cudahy
City Clerk's Office
Attn: Richard Iglesias
Cudahy City Hall
5220 Santa Ana St.,
Cudahy, CA 90201
Phone: (323) 773-5143
Language Network, Inc.
8506 Santa Monica Blvd #65575
West Hollywood, CA 90069
Attn: Brenda Rourcke
Phone: (949)733-2449
Such notices will be deemed effective when personally delivered or successfully transmitted by facsimile as evidenced by a fax confirmation slip or when mailed, forty-eight (48) hours after deposit with the United States Postal Service, first class postage prepaid and addressed to the Party at its applicable address.

6.5 COOPERATION; FURTHER ACTS: The Parties will fully cooperate with one another and will take any additional acts or sign any additional documents as are reasonably necessary, appropriate, or convenient to achieve the purposes of this Agreement.

6.6 SUBCONTRACTING: CONSULTANT will not subcontract any of the Services

16 contemplated under this Agreement, except as expressly stated herein, without the prior written approval of CITY. Subcontracts (including without limitation subcontracts with subconsultants), if any, will contain a provision making them subject to all provisions stipulated in this Agreement, including provisions relating to insurance requirements and indemnification.

6.7 CITY’S RIGHT TO EMPLOY OTHER CONSULTANTS: CITY reserves the right to employ other independent contractors in connection with the various projects worked upon by CONSULTANT.

6.8 CONFLICTS OF INTEREST:

A. CONSULTANT warrants, represents, and maintains that it has not employed nor retained any company or person, other than a bona fide employee working solely for CONSULTANT, to solicit or secure this Agreement. Further, CONSULTANT warrants and represents that it has not paid, nor has it agreed to pay, any company or person, other than a bona fide employee working solely for CONSULTANT, any fee, commission, percentage, brokerage fee, gift, or other consideration contingent upon or resulting from the award or making of this Agreement. For breach or violation of this warranty, CITY will have the right to rescind this Agreement without liability. For the term of this Agreement, no member, officer, or employee of CITY, during the term of his or her service with CITY, will have any direct interest in this Agreement, or obtain any present or anticipated material benefit arising therefrom.

B. CONSULTANT may serve other clients, but none whose activities within the corporate limits of CITY or whose business, regardless of location, would place CONSULTANT in a “conflict of interest,” as that term is defined in the Political Reform Act, codified at California Government Code §81000 et seq.

C. CONSULTANT shall not employ any official or employee of the CITY during the Term of this Agreement or any extension term. No officer or employee of CITY shall have any financial interest in this Agreement that would violate Government Code §§1090 et seq. CONSULTANT warrants and represents that no owner, principal, partner, officer, or employee of CONSULTANT is or has been an official, officer, employee, agent, or appointee of the CITY within the twelve-month period of time immediately preceding the Effective Date. If an owner, principal, partner, officer, employee, agent, or appointee of CONSULTANT was an official, officer, employee, agent, or appointee of the CITY within the twelve-month period immediately preceding the Effective Date, CONSULTANT warrants that any such individuals did not participate in any manner in the forming of this Agreement. CONTRACTOR understands that, if this Agreement is made in violation of Government Code §1090 et seq., the entire Agreement is void and CONSULTANT will not be entitled to any compensation for services performed pursuant to this Agreement, including reimbursement of expenses, and CONSULTANT will be required to reimburse the CITY for any sums paid to CONSULTANT. CONSULTANT understands that, in addition to the foregoing, it may be subject to criminal prosecution for a violation of Government Code §1090.

17 6.9 TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE: Time is of the essence for each and every provision of this Agreement.

6.10 GOVERNING LAW AND VENUE: This Agreement shall be interpreted and governed according to the laws of the State of California. In the event of litigation between the Parties, venue, without exception, will be in the Los Angeles County Superior Court of the State of California. If, and only if, applicable law requires that all or part of any such litigation be tried exclusively in federal court, venue, without exception, will be in the Central District of California located in the City of Los Angeles, California.

6.11 ATTORNEYS’ FEES: If either Party commences an action against the other Party, legal, administrative, or otherwise, arising out of or in connection with this Agreement, the prevailing Party in such litigation will be entitled to have and recover from the losing Party reasonable attorneys’ fees and all other costs of such action.

6.12 SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS: This Agreement will be binding on the successors and assigns of the Parties.

6.13 NO THIRD-PARTY BENEFIT: There are no intended third-party beneficiaries of any right or obligation assumed by the Parties. All rights and benefits under this Agreement inure exclusively to the Parties.

6.14 CONSTRUCTION OF AGREEMENT: This Agreement will not be construed in favor of, or against, either Party but will be construed as if the Parties prepared this Agreement together through a process of negotiation and with the advice of their respective attorneys.

6.15 SEVERABILITY: If any portion of this Agreement is declared invalid, illegal, or otherwise unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, the remaining provisions will continue in full force and effect.

6.16 AMENDMENT; MODIFICATION: No amendment, modification or supplement of this Agreement will be valid or binding unless executed in writing and signed by both Parties, subject to CITY approval. The requirement for written amendments, modifications or supplements cannot be waived and any attempted waiver will be void and invalid.

6.17 CAPTIONS: The captions of the various articles, sections and paragraphs are for convenience and ease of reference only, and do not define, limit, augment, or describe the scope, content, or intent of this Agreement.

6.18 INCONSISTENCIES OR CONFLICTS: In the event of any conflict or inconsistency between the provisions of this Agreement and any of the exhibits attached hereto, the provisions of this Agreement will control.

6.19 ENTIRE AGREEMENT: This Agreement, including all attached exhibits,

18 constitutes the entire, complete, final, and exclusive expression of the Parties with respect to the matters addressed herein and supersedes all other agreements or understandings, whether oral or written, which may have been entered into between CITY and CONSULTANT prior to the execution of this Agreement. Any statements, representations, or other agreements, whether oral or written, made by either Party that is not embodied herein will not be valid or binding on the Parties. No amendment, modification or supplement to this Agreement will be valid and binding unless in writing and duly executed by the Parties pursuant to Section

6.16, above.

6.20 FORCE MAJEURE: The completion deadline for any Services assigned to CONSULTANT may be extended in the event of any delays due to unforeseeable causes beyond the control of CONSULTANT and without the fault or negligence of CONSULTANT, including but not limited to severe weather, fires, earthquakes, floods, epidemics, quarantine restrictions, riots, strikes, freight embargoes, wars, litigation, and/or acts of any governmental agency, including the CITY.

CONSULTANT shall within three (3) calendar days of the commencement of such delay notify the City Representative in writing of the causes of the delay. The CITY Representative shall ascertain the facts and the extent of delay and extend the time for performing the services for the period of the enforced delay when and if in the judgment of the CITY Representative such delay is justified. The City Representative’s determination shall be final and conclusive upon the parties to this Agreement. In no event shall CONSULTANT be entitled to recover damages against the CITY for any delay in the performance of this Agreement, however caused, CONSULTANT’s sole remedy being extension of the Agreement pursuant to this Section.

6.21 COUNTERPARTS: This Agreement will be executed in three (3) original counterparts each of which will be of equal force and effect. No handwritten or typewritten amendment, modification, or supplement to any one counterpart will be valid or binding unless made to all three counterparts in conformity with Section

6.16, above. One fully executed original counterpart will be delivered to CONSULTANT and the remaining two original counterparts will be retained by CITY.
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19 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed the day and year first appearing in this Agreement, above.

CITY OF CUDAHY:

By:

Christopher R. Lopez
City Manager

Date:_______________________
LANGUAGE NETWORK INC:

By:

Name:

Title:

Date:_______________________
APPROVED AS TO FORM:

By: _____
Shelley Preisler
City Attorney
Date:____________________________

20 EXHIBIT “A”

CITY RFP

Request for Proposals (RFP)
Translation Services
December 15, 2025
Consultants may email questions to the following contact:

Richard Iglesias, City Clerk
[email protected]
City of Cudahy
5220 Santa Ana Street
Cudahy, CA 90201

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CITY OF CUDAHY

REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS
Translation Services
I. Introduction
The City of Cudahy is seeking qualified consultants with experience in providing verbal translation services for public meetings, townhalls, workshops, events, etc. This Request for Proposals (“RFP”) provides the scope of work, submission format, guidelines, and evaluation and selection process.

The City’s goal is to provide verbal translation services to Cudahy residents, many of whom are primarily Spanish-speaking.

Translation services required by the City are generally for short duration and specific in nature.

Through this RFP process, the City seeks to establish a Professional Services Agreement with the approved consultant with an authorized contract not-to-exceed fifty-five thousand ($55,000.00) for one year, with a maximum of two (2) one-year extension terms.

Depending upon the project's scale and particular needs, the consultant may need to demonstrate their ability to undertake the job before the project is assigned.

II. Background
Cudahy is located in Southeast Los Angeles County, next to the L.A. River. The City was incorporated on November 10, 1960, and named after its founder, meat-packing baron Michael Cudahy, who purchased the land known as Rancho San Antonio in 1908 for development.

Cudahy is 1.1 square miles with a population of 22,811. The City is a general law city and operates under the council-city manager form of government.

III. Scope of Work
Consultants shall be expected to provide the following services to the City of Cudahy upon request:

A. Public Meetings
The City requires Simultaneous interpretation (English/Spanish and Spanish/English) services primarily for in-person city council meetings every first and third Tuesday of each month at 6:30 p.m. and other meetings on an as-needed basis for special city council meetings, committee meetings, town hall meetings, workshops, events, and other meetings on Zoom or in person.

B. Emergency Translation
In the event of a catastrophic event or some other emergency, the City may require verbal translation services.

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IV. Statement of Qualifications Format and Content
The format and sequence of each Consultant Statement of Qualifications (“SOQ”) shall be as follows:

A. Provide office location, company history, current number of employees, and contact information.

B. Describe the Consultant in terms of overall capabilities, areas of expertise, certifications, experience, and training concerning the proposed scope of work in Section III.

C. Identify availability and accessibility for all City meetings, including the availability of other consultants and alternates; include routine and urgent response times.

D. Please list any current or past comparable contracts or experience. Please indicate:
a. Contracting agency
b. Type of services provided
c. Years of services provided
E. It is anticipated that services will be billed at hourly rates. Please provide a detailed list of hourly rates or project rates for all services referenced in the scope of work, as well as equipment rental charges (e.g., transmitters, receivers, etc.). Indicate if equipment rental charges are included as part of the project rates. Provide rates for Zoom and in-person meetings, and whether in-person translators can also be used for Zoom translations.

F. Resumes and certifications of all consultants providing service.

G. Provide a minimum of three (3) references. Include names, addresses, telephone numbers, and a brief project description.

H. Any additional information the Consultant deems appropriate.

V. Submittal Guidelines
Submissions shall be delivered in person or mailed in a sealed envelope or package, including three hard copies and a flash drive with an electronic copy of the proposal, to the address below.

No facsimiles or emailed proposals will be accepted.

Richard Iglesias
City Clerk
City of Cudahy
5220 Santa Ana Street
Cudahy, CA 90201
Any inquiries related to the RFP should be directed to Richard Iglesias at (323) 773-5143 ext. 227 or emailed to [email protected].

Please note that late or incomplete submissions will not be considered or evaluated.

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VI. Selection Process Timeline
Distribution of RFP: December 15, 2025
Submission deadline: January 8, 2026, at 5:00 p.m.

SOQ are evaluated: January 12, 2026
City Staff interviews top consultants (If needed): January 13, 2026 City Staff selects consultant(s): January 14, 2026
Finalize Agreement(s) with approved consultant(s): January 22, 2026 Agreement(s) subject to Council approval: February 3, 2026 VII. Evaluation and Selection Process
Submissions will be evaluated utilizing the following criteria:
• Background and experience of the Consultant in conducting similar work (20 points) • Ability to provide translation services, verbal or written, and complete the work in a correct and timely manner (20 points)
• Accessibility and Availability (20 points)
• Cost (20 points)
• References (10 points)
As part of the evaluation process, the City of Cudahy may conduct interviews with consultants whose qualifications closely match the requirements of the RFP. Upon completion of the evaluation process, the most qualified consultant(s) will be contacted to finalize the Scope of Work and related terms of a professional services agreement. A draft agreement (Attachment A) is included as part of this RFP.

The City of Cudahy reserves the right to reject any and all proposals received, not necessarily accept the lowest bid price submitted, should it be deemed in its best interest to do so.

VIII. General Terms and Conditions
Clarification of Information
The City reserves the right to request clarification of information submitted and to request additional information from any consultant.

Submission Validity
The Consultant pricing shall be valid for a minimum of 90 days.

Submission Acceptance
The City reserves the right to accept all or a portion of the Consultant’s proposal.

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Proposal Preparation Costs
The City shall not be responsible for any costs incurred by the Consultant in preparing, submitting, or presenting its response to the RFP.

Insurance
Consultant, at all times, while performing work under an awarded City Agreement, shall maintain general liability insurance coverage applicable to the services being rendered by the consultant in accordance with California law.

Withdrawal of Proposal Before Closing
Any consultant may request the withdrawal of their submission, either in person, by telephone, or written request, at any time prior to the scheduled closing date and time. Upon receiving the written request to withdraw any proposal, City of Cudahy will consider the Consultant’s submission null and void. Withdrawal of the Consultant's submission will not prejudice the Consultant's resubmittal for this or any future submissions.

Interpretation of Documents
During the solicitation period should a Consultant find discrepancies or omissions in the specifications of the RFP, or should the Consultant be in doubt as to their interpretation, the Consultant shall immediately notify the City contact named in the RFP. Should it be found necessary, an addendum will be posted on the city website. Any addenda shall form a part of this solicitation and shall become a part of the submitted proposal.

Public Record
Upon the authorization of consultants, the results will become available. Be advised that all information contained in submissions in response to this solicitation shall be subject to the California Public Records Act (Government Code Section 6250 et seq.), and information use and disclosure are governed by this act.

Liens
The Consultant shall pay all sums of money that become due from any labor, services, materials, or equipment furnished to consultant on account of said product/services to be furnished as a result of the RFP and that may be secured by any lien against the City of Cudahy.

The Consultant shall fully discharge such lien no later than the time of performance of the obligation.

Federal, State, and Local Laws
The Consultant and all subcontractors shall comply with all applicable federal, state, and local laws, rules, and regulations.

1 2026

PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT
(Engagement: TRANSLATION SERVICES)
(Parties: [CONSULTANT NAME] and City of Cudahy)
THIS PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT (hereinafter, “Agreement”) is made and entered into this ___________ day of __________________ 2026 (hereinafter, the “Effective Date”) by and between the CITY OF CUDAHY, a municipal corporation (hereinafter, “CITY”) and [CONSULTANT NAME] (hereinafter, “CONSULTANT”). For the purposes of this Agreement, CITY and CONSULTANT may be referred to collectively by the capitalized term “Parties.” The capitalized term “Party” may refer to CITY or CONSULTANT interchangeably, as appropriate.

RECITALS
WHEREAS, CITY requires professional translation services; and WHEREAS, CITY staff has determined that CONSULTANT possesses the experience, skills and training necessary to competently provide such services to CITY; and
WHEREAS, the execution of this Agreement was approved by the Cudahy City Council at its Regular Meeting of ___, 2026 under Agenda Item No. _____.

NOW, THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the mutual covenants and conditions herein contained, CITY and CONSULTANT agree as follows:

I.

ENGAGEMENT TERMS

1.1 TERM: This Agreement shall have a term commencing from the Effective Date through [COMPLETION DATE] (hereinafter, the “Term”). Nothing in this Section shall operate to prohibit or otherwise restrict the CITY’s ability to terminate this Agreement at any time for convenience or for cause as provided under Article V (Termination), below.

1.2 SCOPE OF SERVICES:

A. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, CONSULTANT agrees to provide the services and tasks described in that certain Request for Proposals of CITY entitled “Request for Proposal Translation Services” (hereinafter, “CITY RFP”) and the written proposal of CONSULTANT entitled “[TITLE OF CONSULTANT PROPOSAL]” (hereinafter, the “CONSULTANT Proposal”). The CITY RFP and the CONSULTANT Proposal are attached and incorporated hereto as Exhibit “A” and “B” respectively. The term “Scope of Services” shall be a collective reference Attachment A Page 74 of 811
2 to the CITY RFP and the CONSULTANT Proposal. The capitalized term “Services” shall be a collective reference to all the various services and tasks referenced in the Scope of Services. In the event of any conflict or inconsistency between the provisions of the document entitled CITY RFP and the provisions of the document entitled CONSULTANT Proposal, the requirements of the document entitled CITY RFP shall govern and control but only to the extent of the conflict or inconsistency and no further. In the event of any conflict or inconsistency between the provisions of the Scope of Services and the provisions of this Agreement to which the Scope of Services is attached, the provisions of this Agreement shall govern and control.

1.3 PROSECUTION OF SERVICES:

A. CONSULTANT shall perform the Services contemplated under this Agreement on an on-call, as-needed basis. Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to grant CONSULTANT the exclusive right to perform any of the types of services or tasks contemplated under this Agreement nor shall anything in this Agreement be construed to entitle CONSULTANT to the receipt of any sums under this Agreement, except to the extent CITY requests the performance of any Services in the manner described below and such Services is in fact performed and completed by CONSULTANT and accepted by CITY. CITY requests for the performance of specific services or tasks contemplated under this Agreement shall be made in the form of a written work order(s) issued by the City Representative (each such written request hereinafter referred to as a “Work Order”). Each Work Order shall include the following information:

1. A detailed description of the specific services or tasks requested;

2. The location of where the particular services or tasks are to be performed, if applicable;

3. A not-to-exceed budget for performing the services or tasks;

4. A timeline for completing the requested services or tasks;

5. Any other information CITY deems necessary and relevant to the requested services or tasks; and

6. The signature of the City Representative, confirming that the services or tasks have been authorized by the City Representative.

B. CONSULTANT shall not perform any of the Services contemplated under this Agreement without a written Work Order request from the City Representative, containing the information set forth in Section 1.3(A), above;
C. CONSULTANT shall perform all assigned Services continuously and with due diligence so as to complete all assigned Services by the completion date indicated in each Work Order. CONSULTANT shall cooperate with CITY and in no manner interfere with the work of CITY, its employees or other consultants, contractors, or agents;

3 D. CONSULTANT shall not claim or be entitled to receive any compensation or damage because of the failure of CONSULTANT, or its subconsultants, to have related services or tasks completed in a timely manner; E. CONSULTANT shall at all times enforce strict discipline and good order among CONSULTANT’s employees; and
F. CONSULTANT, at its sole expense, shall pay all sales, consumer, use or other similar taxes required by law.

1.4 COMPENSATION: CONSULTANT shall perform the Services in accordance with the “[COMPENSATION DOCUMENT]” which is attached and incorporated hereto as Exhibit “C” (hereinafter, the “COMPENSATION RATE”). The foregoing notwithstanding, CONSULTANT’s total compensation for the performance of all Services contemplated under this Agreement, may not exceed the aggregate sum of [WRITTEN AMOUNT ($__._____)] (hereinafter, the “Not-to-Exceed Sum”) during the Term of this Agreement, unless such added expenditure is first approved by the City Council. In the event CONSULTANT’s charges are projected to exceed the Aggregate Not-to-Exceed Sum prior to the expiration of this Agreement, CITY may suspend CONSULTANT’s performance pending CITY approval of any anticipated expenditures in excess of the Aggregate Not-toExceed Sum or any other CITY approved amendment to the compensation terms of this Agreement.

1.5 PAYMENT OF COMPENSATION: Following the conclusion of each calendar month, CONSULTANT will submit to CITY an itemized invoice indicating the services performed and tasks completed during the recently concluded calendar month, including services and tasks performed and any reimbursable out-ofpocket expenses incurred. If the amount of CONSULTANT’s monthly compensation is a function of hours worked by CONSULTANT’s personnel, the invoice should indicate the number of hours worked in the recently concluded calendar month, the person(s) responsible for performing the Services, the rate of compensation at which such services and tasks were performed, the subtotal for each task and service performed and a grand total for all services performed.

Within thirty (30) calendar days of receipt of each invoice, CITY will notify CONSULTANT in writing of any disputed amounts included in the invoice. Within forty-five (45) calendar days of receipt of each invoice, CITY will pay all undisputed amounts included on the invoice. CITY will not withhold applicable taxes or other authorized deductions from payments made to CONSULTANT.

1.6 ACCOUNTING RECORDS: CONSULTANT will maintain complete and accurate records with respect to all matters covered under this Agreement for a period of three (3) years after the expiration or termination of this Agreement. CITY will have the right to access and examine such records, without charge, during normal business hours. CITY will further have the right to audit such records, to make transcripts therefrom and to inspect all program data, documents, proceedings, and activities.

4 1.7 ABANDONMENT BY CONSULTANT: In the event CONSULTANT ceases to perform the Services agreed to under this Agreement or otherwise abandons the undertaking contemplated herein prior to the expiration of this Agreement or prior to completion of any or all tasks set forth in the Scope of Services, CONSULTANT will deliver to CITY immediately and without delay, all materials, records, and other work product prepared or obtained by CONSULTANT in the performance of this Agreement. Furthermore, CONSULTANT will only be compensated for the reasonable value of the Services performed up to the time of cessation or abandonment, less a deduction for any damages, costs, or additional expenses which CITY may incur as a result of CONSULTANT’s cessation or abandonment.

II.

PERFORMANCE OF AGREEMENT

2.1 CITY’S REPRESENTATIVE: The CITY hereby designates [CITY REPRESENTATIVE] (hereinafter, the “City Representative”) to act as its representative for the performance of this Agreement. The City Representative or the City Representative’s designee will act on behalf of the CITY for all purposes under this Agreement. CONSULTANT will not accept directions or orders from any person other than the City Representative or the City Representative’s designee.

2.2 CONSULTANT REPRESENTATIVE: CONSULTANT hereby designates [CONSULTANT REPRESENTATIVE] to act as its representative for the performance of this Agreement (hereinafter, “Consultant Representative”).

Consultant Representative will have full authority to represent and act on behalf of the CONSULTANT for all purposes under this Agreement. Consultant Representative or the Consultant Representative’s designee will supervise and direct the performance of the Services, using his/her best skill and attention, and will be responsible for all means, methods, techniques, sequences, and procedures and for the satisfactory coordination of all Services under this Agreement. Notice to the Consultant Representative will constitute notice to CONSULTANT.

2.3 COORDINATION OF SERVICE; CONFORMANCE WITH REQUIREMENTS:

CONSULTANT agrees to work closely with CITY staff in the performance of the Services and this Agreement and will be available to CITY staff and the CITY Representative at all reasonable times. All work prepared by CONSULTANT will be subject to inspection and approval by City Representative or his or her designees.

2.4 STANDARD OF CARE; PERFORMANCE OF EMPLOYEES: CONSULTANT represents, acknowledges, and agrees to the following:

A. CONSULTANT will perform all Services skillfully, consistent with and adhering to its professional standard of care, that is, the degree of care and skill ordinarily exercised by members of the same profession currently practicing at the same time and in the same or similar locality;

5 B. CONSULTANT shall at all times employ such force, plant, materials, and tools as will be sufficient in the opinion of the CITY to perform the Services within the time limits established, and as provided herein. It is understood and agreed that said tools, equipment, apparatus, facilities, labor, and material shall be furnished and said Services performed and completed as required by the Agreement, and subject to the approval of the CITY’s authorized representative.

C. CONSULTANT will perform all Services in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the CITY;
D. CONSULTANT will comply with all applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations, including the conflict of interest provisions of Government Code §1090 and the Political Reform Act (Government Code §§81000 et seq.) CONSULTANT shall be liable for all violations of such laws and regulations in connection with CONSULTANT’s performance of the Services. If CONSULTANT performs any work knowing it to be contrary to such laws, rules and regulations, CONSULTANT shall be solely responsible for all costs arising therefrom;
E. CONSULTANT understands the nature and scope of the Services to be performed under this Agreement as well as any and all schedules of performance;
F. All of CONSULTANT’s employees and agents possess sufficient skill, knowledge, training, and experience to perform those services and tasks assigned to them by CONSULTANT; and
G. All of CONSULTANT’s employees and agents (including, but not limited to, subcontractors and subconsultants) possess all licenses, permits, certificates, qualifications, and approvals of whatever nature that are legally required to perform the tasks and services contemplated under this Agreement and all such licenses, permits, certificates, qualifications, and approvals will be maintained throughout the term of this Agreement and made available to CITY for copying and inspection.

The Parties acknowledge and agree that CONSULTANT will perform, at CONSULTANT’s own cost and expense and without any reimbursement from CITY, any services necessary to correct any errors or omissions caused by CONSULTANT’s failure to comply with the standard of care set forth under this Section or by any like failure on the part of CONSULTANT’s employees, agents, contractors, subcontractors and subconsultants. Such effort by CONSULTANT to correct any errors or omissions will be commenced immediately upon their discovery by either Party and, notwithstanding Section 5.2(B), will be completed within seven (7) calendars days from the date of discovery or such other extended period of time authorized by the City Representative in writing and in her sole and absolute discretion. The Parties acknowledge and agree that CITY’s acceptance of any work performed by CONSULTANT or on CONSULTANT’s behalf will not constitute a release of any deficiency or delay in performance. The Parties further

6 acknowledge, understand, and agree that CITY has relied upon the foregoing representations of CONSULTANT, including but not limited to the representation that CONSULTANT possesses the skills, training, knowledge, and experience necessary to perform the Services under the standard of care as articulated under section 2.4(A).

2.5 ASSIGNMENT: The skills, training, knowledge, and experience of CONSULTANT are material to CITY’s willingness to enter into this Agreement. Accordingly, CITY has an interest in the qualifications and capabilities of the person(s) who will perform the services and tasks to be undertaken by CONSULTANT or on behalf of CONSULTANT in the performance of this Agreement. In recognition of this interest, CONSULTANT agrees that it will not assign or transfer, either directly or indirectly or by operation of law, this Agreement, or the performance of any of CONSULTANT’s duties or obligations under this Agreement, without the prior written consent of the CITY. In the absence of CITY’s prior written consent, any attempted assignment or transfer will be ineffective, null and void and will constitute a material breach of this Agreement.

2.6 SUBSTITUTION OF KEY PERSONNEL: CONSULTANT has represented to CITY that certain key personnel will perform and coordinate the Services under this Agreement. Should one or more of such personnel become unavailable, CONSULTANT may substitute other personnel of at least equal competence upon written approval of CITY. In the event that CITY and CONSULTANT cannot agree as to the substitution of key personnel, CITY shall be entitled to terminate this Agreement for cause. As discussed below, any personnel who fail or refuse to perform the Services in a manner acceptable to the CITY, or who are determined by the CITY to be uncooperative, incompetent, a threat to the adequate or timely completion of the Project or a threat to the safety of persons or property, shall be promptly removed from the Project by the CONSULTANT at the request of the CITY. The key personnel for performance of this Agreement are as follows:

2.7 CONTROL AND PAYMENT OF SUBORDINATES; INDEPENDENT
CONTRACTOR: The Services will be performed by CONSULTANT or under CONSULTANT’s strict supervision. CONSULTANT will determine the means, methods, and details of performing the Services subject to the requirements of this Agreement. CITY retains CONSULTANT on an independent contractor basis and not as an employee. CONSULTANT reserves the right to perform similar or different services for other principals during the term of this Agreement, provided such work does not unduly interfere with CONSULTANT’s competent and timely performance of the Services contemplated under this Agreement and provided the performance of such services does not result in the unauthorized disclosure of CITY’s confidential or proprietary information. Any additional personnel performing the Services under this Agreement on behalf of CONSULTANT are not employees of CITY and will at all times be under CONSULTANT’s exclusive direction and control. CONSULTANT will pay all wages, salaries and other amounts due such personnel and will assume responsibility for all benefits, payroll taxes, Social Security and Medicare payments and the like. CONSULTANT will be responsible for all reports and obligations respecting such additional personnel,

7 including, but not limited to: Social Security taxes, income tax withholding, unemployment insurance, disability insurance, workers’ compensation insurance and the like. Notwithstanding any other CITY, state, or federal policy, rule, regulation, law, or ordinance to the contrary, CONSULTANT and any of its employees, agents, and subcontractors performing the Services under this Agreement shall not qualify for or become entitled to, and hereby agree to waive any and all claims to, any compensation, benefit, or any incident of employment by CITY, including but not limited to eligibility to enroll in the California Public Employees Retirement System (PERS) as an employee of CITY and entitlement to any contribution to be paid by CITY for employer contributions and/or employee contributions for PERS benefits.

2.8 REMOVAL OF EMPLOYEES OR AGENTS: If any of CONSULTANT’s officers, employees, agents, contractors, subcontractors or subconsultants is determined by the City Representative to be uncooperative, incompetent, a threat to the adequate or timely performance of the tasks assigned to CONSULTANT, a threat to persons or property, or if any of CONSULTANT’s officers, employees, agents, contractors, subcontractors or subconsultants fail or refuse to perform the Services in a manner acceptable to the CITY, such officer, employee, agent, contractor, subcontractor or subconsultant will be promptly removed by CONSULTANT and will not be reassigned to perform any of the Services.

2.9 COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS: CONSULTANT will keep itself informed of and in compliance with all applicable federal, state, or local laws to the extent such laws control or otherwise govern the performance of the Services. CONSULTANT’s compliance with applicable laws will include, without limitation, compliance with all applicable Cal/OSHA requirements and applicable regulations of the U.S.

Department of Housing and Urbanization.

2.10 NON-DISCRIMINATION: CONSULTANT represents that it is an equal opportunity employer, and it shall not discriminate against any subconsultant, employee or applicant for employment because of race, religion, color, national origin, handicap, ancestry, sex, or age. Such non-discrimination shall include, but not be limited to, all activities related to initial employment, upgrading, demotion, transfer, recruitment or recruitment advertising, layoff, or termination.

2.11 INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR STATUS: The Parties acknowledge, understand, and agree that CONSULTANT and all persons retained or employed by CONSULTANT are, and will at all times remain, wholly independent contractors and are not officials, officers, employees, departments, or subdivisions of CITY.

CONSULTANT will be solely responsible for the negligent acts and/or omissions of its employees, agents, contractors, subcontractors and subconsultants.

CONSULTANT and all persons retained or employed by CONSULTANT will have no authority, express or implied, to bind CITY in any manner, nor to incur any obligation, debt, or liability of any kind on behalf of, or against, CITY, whether by contract or otherwise, unless such authority is expressly conferred to CONSULTANT under this Agreement or is otherwise expressly conferred by CITY in writing.

8 III.

INSURANCE

3.1 DUTY TO PROCURE AND MAINTAIN INSURANCE: Before performing any Services contemplated under this Agreement, CONSULTANT will procure and maintain policies of insurance that meet the requirements and specifications set forth under this Article. CONSULTANT will procure and maintain the following insurance coverage, at its own expense:

A. Commercial General Liability Insurance: CONSULTANT will procure and maintain Commercial General Liability Insurance (“CGL Coverage”) as broad as Insurance Services Office Commercial General Liability coverage (occurrence Form CG 0001) or its equivalent. Such CGL Coverage will have minimum limits of no less than One Million Dollars ($1,000,000.00) per occurrence and Two Million Dollars ($2,000,000.00) in the general aggregate for bodily injury, personal injury, property damage, operations, products and completed operations, and contractual liability.

B. Automobile Liability Insurance: For any owned, non-owned, or hired vehicles used in connection with the performance of this Agreement, CONSULTANT will procure and maintain Automobile Liability Insurance as broad as Insurance Services Office Form Number CA 0001 covering Automobile Liability, Code 1 (any auto). Such Automobile Liability Insurance will have minimum limits of no less than Two Million Dollars ($2,000,000.00) per accident for bodily injury and property damage.

C. Workers’ Compensation Insurance/ Employer’s Liability Insurance: A policy of workers’ compensation insurance in such amount as will fully comply with the laws of the State of California and which will indemnify, insure and provide legal defense for both CONSULTANT and CITY against any loss, claim or damage arising from any injuries or occupational diseases occurring to any worker employed by or any persons retained by CONSULTANT in the course of carrying out the Services contemplated in this Agreement.

D. Errors & Omissions Insurance: For the full term of this Agreement and for a period of three (3) years thereafter, CONSULTANT will procure and maintain Errors and Omissions Liability Insurance appropriate to CONSULTANT’s profession. Such coverage will have minimum limits of no less than Two Million Dollars ($2,000,000.00) per claim.

3.2 ADDITIONAL INSURED REQUIREMENTS: The CGL Coverage and the Automobile Liability Insurance will contain an endorsement naming the CITY and CITY’s elected and appointed officials, officers, employees, agents, and volunteers as additional insureds.

3.3 REQUIRED CARRIER RATING: All varieties of insurance required under this

9 Agreement will be procured from insurers admitted in the State of California and authorized to issue policies directly to California insureds. Except as otherwise provided elsewhere under this Article, all required insurance will be procured from insurers who, according to the latest edition of the Best’s Insurance Guide, have an A.M. Best’s rating of no less than A:VII. CITY may also accept policies procured by insurance carriers with a Standard & Poor’s rating of no less than BBB according to the latest published edition the Standard & Poor’s rating guide. As to Workers’ Compensation Insurance/ Employer’s Liability Insurance, the CITY Representative is authorized to authorize lower ratings than those set forth in this Section.

3.4 PRIMACY OF CONSULTANT’S INSURANCE: All policies of insurance provided by CONSULTANT will be primary to any coverage available to CITY or CITY’s elected or appointed officials, officers, employees, agents, or volunteers. Any insurance or self-insurance maintained by CITY or CITY’s elected or appointed officials, officers, employees, agents, or volunteers will be in excess of CONSULTANT’s insurance and will not contribute with it.

3.5 WAIVER OF SUBROGATION: All insurance coverage provided pursuant to this Agreement will not prohibit CONSULTANT or CONSULTANT’s officers, employees, agents, subcontractors or subconsultants from waiving the right of subrogation prior to a loss. CONSULTANT hereby waives all rights of subrogation against CITY, its officials, officers, employees, agents, and volunteers.

3.6 VERIFICATION OF COVERAGE: CONSULTANT acknowledges, understands, and agrees, that CITY’s ability to verify the procurement and maintenance of the insurance required under this Article is a material consideration of this Agreement.

Accordingly, CONSULTANT warrants, represents, and agrees that it will furnish CITY with certificates of insurance and endorsements evidencing the coverage required under this Article on ACORD-25 or forms satisfactory to CITY in its sole and absolute discretion. The certificates of insurance and endorsements for each insurance policy will be signed by a person authorized by that insurer to bind coverage on its behalf and will be on forms provided by the CITY if requested. Before performing any Services, CONSULTANT shall provide CITY with all certificates of insurance and endorsements referenced herein. Upon CITY’s written request, CONSULTANT will also provide CITY with copies of all required insurance policies and endorsements.

3.7 FAILURE TO MAINTAIN COVERAGE: In the event any policy of insurance required under this Agreement does not comply with these specifications or is canceled and not replaced immediately so as to avoid a lapse in the required coverage, CITY has the right but not the duty to obtain the insurance it deems necessary, and any premium paid by CITY will be promptly reimbursed by CONTRACTOR or CITY will withhold amounts sufficient to pay premium from Consultant payments. In the alternative, CITY may cancel this Agreement effective upon notice.

3.8 SPECIAL RISKS OR CIRCUMSTANCES: City reserves the right to modify these requirements, including limits, based on the nature of the risk, prior experience,

10 insurer, coverage, or other special circumstances. Any amendment to the insurance requirements of this Article shall be memorialized and approved in the form of a written amendment to this Agreement, signed by the Parties. The requirement for written amendments, modifications or supplements cannot be waived and any attempted waiver will be void or invalid.

IV.

INDEMNIFICATION

4.1 CITY’s elected and appointed officials, officers, employees, agents, and volunteers (hereinafter, the “City Indemnitees”) should, to the fullest extent permitted by law, be protected from any and all loss, injury, damage, claim, lawsuit, cost, expense, attorneys’ fees, litigation costs, or any other cost arising out of or in any way related to the performance of this Agreement. Accordingly, the provisions of this indemnity provision are intended by the Parties to be interpreted and construed to provide the City Indemnitees with the fullest protection possible under the law.

CONSULTANT acknowledges that CITY would not enter into this Agreement in the absence of CONSULTANT’s commitment to indemnify, defend and protect CITY as set forth herein Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent CONSULTANT’s services are subject to Civil Code Section 2782.8, the above indemnity shall be limited, to the extent required by Civil Code Section 2782.8, to Claims that arise out of, pertain to, or relate to the negligence, recklessness, or willful misconduct of the CONSULTANT. CONSULTANT’s obligation to indemnify shall not be restricted to insurance proceeds, if any, received by the CITY, its officials, officers, employees, agents, or volunteers.

4.2 To the fullest extent permitted by law, CONSULTANT shall indemnify, hold harmless and defend the CITY Indemnitees from and against all liability, loss, damage, expense, cost (including without limitation reasonable attorneys’ fees, expert fees and all other costs, and fees of litigation) of every nature arising out of or in connection with CONSULTANT’s performance of work hereunder or its failure to comply with any of its obligations contained in this Agreement, except such loss or damage which is caused by the sole negligence or willful misconduct of the CITY.

4.3 CITY shall have the right to offset against the amount of any compensation due to CONSULTANT under this Agreement, any amount due to CITY from CONSULTANT as a result of CONSULTANT’s failure to either pay CITY promptly for any costs associated with CONSULTANT’s obligations to indemnify the CITY Indemnitees under this Article or related to CONSULTANT’s failure to either (i) pay taxes on amounts received pursuant to this Agreement or (ii) comply with applicable workers’ compensation laws.

4.4 The obligations of CONSULTANT under this Article will not be limited by the provisions of any workers’ compensation act or similar act. CONSULTANT expressly waives its statutory immunity under such statutes or laws as to CITY and CITY’s elected and appointed officials, officers, employees, agents, and volunteers.

11 4.5 CONSULTANT agrees to obtain executed indemnity agreements with provisions identical to those set forth herein this Article from each and every subcontractor or any other person or entity involved by, for, with or on behalf of CONSULTANT in the performance of this Agreement. In the event CONSULTANT fails to obtain such indemnity obligations from others as required herein, CONSULTANT agrees to be fully responsible and indemnify, hold harmless and defend CITY and CITY’s elected and appointed officials, officers, employees, agents, and volunteers from and against any and all claims and losses, costs or expenses for any damage due to death or injury to any person and injury to any property resulting from any alleged intentional, reckless, negligent, or otherwise wrongful acts, errors or omissions of CONSULTANT’s subcontractors or any other person or entity involved by, for, with or on behalf of CONSULTANT in the performance of this Agreement. Such costs and expenses shall include reasonable attorneys’ fees incurred by counsel of CITY’s choice.

4.6 CITY does not and shall not waive any rights that it may possess against CONSULTANT because of the acceptance by CITY, or the deposit with CITY, of any insurance policy or certificate required pursuant to this Agreement. This hold harmless and indemnification provision shall apply regardless of whether or not any insurance policies are determined to be applicable to the claim, demand, damage, liability, loss, cost, or expense.

4.7 This Article and all provisions contained herein (including but not limited to the duty to indemnify, defend, and hold free and harmless) shall survive the termination or normal expiration of this Agreement and is in addition to any other rights or remedies which the CITY may have at law or in equity.

V.

TERMINATION

5.1 TERMINATION WITHOUT CAUSE: CITY may immediately terminate this Agreement at any time for convenience and without cause by giving prior written notice of CITY’s intent to terminate this Agreement which notice shall specify the effective date of such termination. Upon such termination for convenience, CONSULTANT will be compensated only for those services and tasks which have been performed by CONSULTANT up to the effective date of the termination.

CONSULTANT may not terminate this Agreement except for cause as provided under Section 5.2, below. If this Agreement is terminated as provided herein, CITY may require CONSULTANT to provide all finished or unfinished Documents and Data, as defined in section 6.1 below, and other information of any kind prepared by CONSULTANT in connection with the performance of the Services.

CONSULTANT will be required to provide such Documents and Data within fifteen (15) calendar days of CITY’s written request. No actual or asserted breach of this Agreement on the part of CITY pursuant to Section 5.2, below, will operate to prohibit or otherwise restrict CITY’s ability to terminate this Agreement for convenience as provided under this Section.

5.2 EVENTS OF DEFAULT; BREACH OF AGREEMENT:

12 A. In the event either Party fails to perform any duty, obligation, service, or task set forth under this Agreement (or fails to timely perform or properly perform any such duty, obligation, service, or task set forth under this Agreement), an event of default (hereinafter, “Event of Default”) will occur. For all Events of Default, the Party alleging an Event of Default will give written notice to the defaulting Party (hereinafter referred to as a “Default Notice”) which will specify: (i) the nature of the Event of Default; (ii) the action required to cure the Event of Default; (iii) a date by which the Event of Default will be cured, which will not be less than the applicable cure period set forth under Sections 5.2B and 5.2C below or if a cure is not reasonably possible within the applicable cure period, to begin such cure and diligently prosecute such cure to completion. The Event of Default will constitute a breach of this Agreement if the defaulting Party fails to cure the Event of Default within the applicable cure period or any extended cure period allowed under this Agreement.

B. CONSULTANT will cure the following Events of Defaults within the following time periods:
i. Within ten (10) business days of CITY’s issuance of a Default Notice for any failure of CONSULTANT to timely provide CITY or CITY’s employees or agents with any information and/or written reports, documentation, or work product which CONSULTANT is obligated to provide to CITY or CITY’s employees or agents under this Agreement.

Prior to the expiration of the 10-day cure period, CONSULTANT may submit a written request for additional time to cure the Event of Default upon a showing that CONSULTANT has commenced efforts to cure the Event of Default and that the Event of Default cannot be reasonably cured within the 10-day cure period. The foregoing notwithstanding, CITY will be under no obligation to grant additional time for the cure of an Event of Default under this Section 5.2B.i. that exceeds seven (7) calendar days from the end of the initial 10-day cure period; or ii. Within fourteen (14) calendar days of CITY’s issuance of a Default Notice for any other Event of Default under this Agreement. Prior to the expiration of the 14-day cure period, CONSULTANT may submit a written request for additional time to cure the Event of Default upon a showing that CONSULTANT has commenced efforts to cure the Event of Default and that the Event of Default cannot be reasonably cured within the 14-day cure period. The foregoing notwithstanding, CITY will be under no obligation to grant additional time for the cure of an Event of Default under this Section 5.2B.ii that exceeds thirty (30) calendar days from the end of the initial 14-day cure period.

In addition to any other failure on the part of CONSULTANT to perform any duty, obligation, service or task set forth under this Agreement (or the failure to timely perform or properly perform any such duty, obligation, service or task), an Event of Default on the part of CONSULTANT will include, but will not be limited to the following: (i) CONSULTANT’s refusal or failure to

13 perform any of the services or tasks called for under the Scope of Services; (ii) CONSULTANT’s failure to fulfill or perform its obligations under this Agreement within the specified time or if no time is specified, within a reasonable time; (iii) CONSULTANT’s and/or its employees’ disregard or violation of any federal, state, local law, rule, procedure or regulation; (iv) the initiation of proceedings under any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership, reorganization, or similar legislation as relates to CONSULTANT, whether voluntary of involuntary; and/or (v) CITY’s discovery that a statement representation or warranty by CONSULTANT relating to this Agreement is false, misleading or erroneous in any material respect.

C. CITY will cure any Event of Default asserted by CONSULTANT within fortyfive (45) calendar days of CONSULTANT’s issuance of a Default Notice unless the Event of Default cannot reasonably be cured within the 45-day cure period. Prior to the expiration of the 45-day cure period, CITY may submit a written request for additional time to cure the Event of Default upon a showing that CITY has commenced its efforts to cure the Event of Default and that the Event of Default cannot be reasonably cured within the 45-day cure period. The foregoing notwithstanding, an Event of Default dealing with CITY’s failure to timely pay any undisputed sums to CONSULTANT as provided under Section 1.5, above, will be cured by CITY within five (5) calendar days from the date of CONSULTANT’s Default Notice to CITY.

D. CITY, in its sole and absolute discretion, may also immediately suspend CONSULTANT’s performance under this Agreement pending
CONSULTANT’s cure of any Event of Default by giving CONSULTANT written notice of CITY’s intent to suspend CONSULTANT’s performance (hereinafter, a “Suspension Notice”). CITY may issue the Suspension Notice at any time upon the occurrence of an Event of Default. Upon such suspension, CONSULTANT will be compensated only for those services and tasks which have been rendered by CONSULTANT to the reasonable satisfaction of CITY up to the effective date of the suspension. No actual or asserted breach of this Agreement on the part of CITY will operate to prohibit or otherwise restrict CITY’s ability to suspend this Agreement as provided herein.

E. No waiver of any Event of Default or breach under this Agreement will constitute a waiver of any other or subsequent Event of Default or breach.

No waiver, benefit, privilege, or service voluntarily given or performed by a Party will give the other Party any contractual rights by custom, estoppel, or otherwise.

F. The duties and obligations imposed under this Agreement and the rights and remedies available hereunder will be in addition to and not a limitation of any duties, obligations, rights, and remedies otherwise imposed or available by law. In addition to any other remedies available to CITY at law or under this Agreement in the event of any breach of this Agreement, CITY, in its sole and absolute discretion, may also pursue any one or more of the following remedies:

14 i. Upon written notice to CONSULTANT, the CITY may immediately terminate this Agreement in whole or in part;
ii. Upon written notice to CONSULTANT, the CITY may extend the time of performance;
iii. The CITY may proceed by appropriate court action to enforce the terms of the Agreement to recover damages for CONSULTANT’s breach of the Agreement or to terminate the Agreement; or
iv. The CITY may exercise any other available and lawful right or remedy.

CONSULTANT will be liable for all legal fees plus other costs and expenses that CITY incurs upon a breach of this Agreement or in the CITY’s exercise of its remedies under this Agreement.

G. In the event CITY is in breach of this Agreement, CONSULTANT’s sole remedy will be the suspension or termination of this Agreement and/or the recovery of any unpaid sums lawfully owed to CONSULTANT under this Agreement for completed services and tasks.

5.3 SCOPE OF WAIVER: No waiver of any default or breach under this Agreement will constitute a waiver of any other default or breach, whether of the same or other covenant, warranty, agreement, term, condition, duty, or requirement contained in this Agreement. No waiver, benefit, privilege, or service voluntarily given or performed by a Party will give the other Party any contractual rights by custom, estoppel, or otherwise.

5.4 SURVIVING ARTICLES, SECTIONS AND PROVISIONS: The termination of this Agreement pursuant to any provision of this Article or by normal expiration of its term or any extension thereto will not operate to terminate any Article, Section or provision contained herein which provides that it will survive the termination or normal expiration of this Agreement.

VI.

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

6.1 DOCUMENTS & DATA; LICENSING OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY: All Documents and Data will be and remain the property of CITY without restriction or limitation upon their use or dissemination by CITY. For purposes of this Agreement, the term “Documents and Data” means and includes all reports, analyses, correspondence, plans, designs, notes, summaries, strategies, charts, schedules, spreadsheets, calculations, lists, data compilations, documents or other materials developed and/or assembled by or on behalf of CONSULTANT in the performance of this Agreement and fixed in any tangible medium of expression, including but not limited to Documents and Data stored digitally, magnetically and/or electronically. This Agreement creates, at no cost to CITY, a perpetual license for CITY to copy, use, reuse, disseminate and/or retain any and all

15 copyrights, designs, and other intellectual property embodied in all Documents and Data. CONSULTANT will require all subcontractors and subconsultants working on behalf of CONSULTANT in the performance of this Agreement to agree in writing that CITY will be granted the same right to copy, use, reuse, disseminate and retain Documents and Data prepared or assembled by any subcontractor or subconsultant as applies to Documents and Data prepared by CONSULTANT in the performance of this Agreement.

6.2 CONFIDENTIALITY: All data, documents, discussion, or other information developed or received by CONSULTANT or provided for performance of this Agreement are deemed confidential and will not be disclosed by CONSULTANT without prior written consent by CITY. CITY will grant such consent of disclosure as legally required. Upon request, all CITY data will be returned to CITY upon the termination or expiration of this Agreement. CONSULTANT will not use CITY’s name or insignia, photographs, or any publicity pertaining to the Services in any magazine, trade paper, newspaper, television or radio production or other similar medium without the prior written consent of CITY.

6.3 FALSE CLAIMS ACT: CONSULTANT warrants and represents that neither CONSULTANT nor any person who is an officer of, in a managing position with, or has an ownership interest in CONSULTANT has been determined by a court or tribunal of competent jurisdiction to have violated the False Claims Act, 31 U.S.C., §§3789 et seq. and the California False Claims Act, Government Code §§12650 et seq.

6.4 NOTICES: All notices permitted or required under this Agreement will be given to the respective Parties at the following addresses, or at such other address as the respective Parties may provide in writing for this purpose:

CITY: CONSULTANT:

City of Cudahy
[CITY DEPARTMENT]
Attn: [INSERT NAME]
Cudahy City Hall
5220 Santa Ana St.,
Cudahy, CA 90201
Phone: (XXX) XXX-XXXX

CONTRACTOR NAME

ADDRESS
Attn: [NAME/TITLE]
Phone: (XXX) XXX-XXXX
Such notices will be deemed effective when personally delivered or successfully transmitted by facsimile as evidenced by a fax confirmation slip or when mailed, forty-eight (48) hours after deposit with the United States Postal Service, first class postage prepaid and addressed to the Party at its applicable address.

6.5 COOPERATION; FURTHER ACTS: The Parties will fully cooperate with one another and will take any additional acts or sign any additional documents as are reasonably necessary, appropriate, or convenient to achieve the purposes of this Agreement.

6.6 SUBCONTRACTING: CONSULTANT will not subcontract any of the Services

16 contemplated under this Agreement, except as expressly stated herein, without the prior written approval of CITY. Subcontracts (including without limitation subcontracts with subconsultants), if any, will contain a provision making them subject to all provisions stipulated in this Agreement, including provisions relating to insurance requirements and indemnification.

6.7 CITY’S RIGHT TO EMPLOY OTHER CONSULTANTS: CITY reserves the right to employ other independent contractors in connection with the various projects worked upon by CONSULTANT.

6.8 CONFLICTS OF INTEREST:

A. CONSULTANT warrants, represents, and maintains that it has not employed nor retained any company or person, other than a bona fide employee working solely for CONSULTANT, to solicit or secure this Agreement. Further, CONSULTANT warrants and represents that it has not paid, nor has it agreed to pay, any company or person, other than a bona fide employee working solely for CONSULTANT, any fee, commission, percentage, brokerage fee, gift, or other consideration contingent upon or resulting from the award or making of this Agreement. For breach or violation of this warranty, CITY will have the right to rescind this Agreement without liability. For the term of this Agreement, no member, officer, or employee of CITY, during the term of his or her service with CITY, will have any direct interest in this Agreement, or obtain any present or anticipated material benefit arising therefrom.

B. CONSULTANT may serve other clients, but none whose activities within the corporate limits of CITY or whose business, regardless of location, would place CONSULTANT in a “conflict of interest,” as that term is defined in the Political Reform Act, codified at California Government Code §81000 et seq.

C. CONSULTANT shall not employ any official or employee of the CITY during the Term of this Agreement or any extension term. No officer or employee of CITY shall have any financial interest in this Agreement that would violate Government Code §§1090 et seq. CONSULTANT warrants and represents that no owner, principal, partner, officer, or employee of CONSULTANT is or has been an official, officer, employee, agent, or appointee of the CITY within the twelve-month period of time immediately preceding the Effective Date. If an owner, principal, partner, officer, employee, agent, or appointee of CONSULTANT was an official, officer, employee, agent, or appointee of the CITY within the twelve-month period immediately preceding the Effective Date, CONSULTANT warrants that any such individuals did not participate in any manner in the forming of this Agreement. CONTRACTOR understands that, if this Agreement is made in violation of Government Code §1090 et seq., the entire Agreement is void and CONSULTANT will not be entitled to any compensation for services performed pursuant to this Agreement, including reimbursement of expenses, and CONSULTANT will be required to reimburse the CITY for any sums paid to CONSULTANT. CONSULTANT understands that, in addition to the foregoing, it may be subject to criminal prosecution for a violation of Government Code §1090.

17 6.9 TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE: Time is of the essence for each and every provision of this Agreement.

6.10 GOVERNING LAW AND VENUE: This Agreement shall be interpreted and governed according to the laws of the State of California. In the event of litigation between the Parties, venue, without exception, will be in the Los Angeles County Superior Court of the State of California. If, and only if, applicable law requires that all or part of any such litigation be tried exclusively in federal court, venue, without exception, will be in the Central District of California located in the City of Los Angeles, California.

6.11 ATTORNEYS’ FEES: If either Party commences an action against the other Party, legal, administrative, or otherwise, arising out of or in connection with this Agreement, the prevailing Party in such litigation will be entitled to have and recover from the losing Party reasonable attorneys’ fees and all other costs of such action.

6.12 SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS: This Agreement will be binding on the successors and assigns of the Parties.

6.13 NO THIRD-PARTY BENEFIT: There are no intended third-party beneficiaries of any right or obligation assumed by the Parties. All rights and benefits under this Agreement inure exclusively to the Parties.

6.14 CONSTRUCTION OF AGREEMENT: This Agreement will not be construed in favor of, or against, either Party but will be construed as if the Parties prepared this Agreement together through a process of negotiation and with the advice of their respective attorneys.

6.15 SEVERABILITY: If any portion of this Agreement is declared invalid, illegal, or otherwise unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, the remaining provisions will continue in full force and effect.

6.16 AMENDMENT; MODIFICATION: No amendment, modification or supplement of this Agreement will be valid or binding unless executed in writing and signed by both Parties, subject to CITY approval. The requirement for written amendments, modifications or supplements cannot be waived and any attempted waiver will be void and invalid.

6.17 CAPTIONS: The captions of the various articles, sections and paragraphs are for convenience and ease of reference only, and do not define, limit, augment, or describe the scope, content, or intent of this Agreement.

6.18 INCONSISTENCIES OR CONFLICTS: In the event of any conflict or inconsistency between the provisions of this Agreement and any of the exhibits attached hereto, the provisions of this Agreement will control.

6.19 ENTIRE AGREEMENT: This Agreement, including all attached exhibits,

18 constitutes the entire, complete, final, and exclusive expression of the Parties with respect to the matters addressed herein and supersedes all other agreements or understandings, whether oral or written, which may have been entered into between CITY and CONSULTANT prior to the execution of this Agreement. Any statements, representations, or other agreements, whether oral or written, made by either Party that is not embodied herein will not be valid or binding on the Parties. No amendment, modification or supplement to this Agreement will be valid and binding unless in writing and duly executed by the Parties pursuant to Section

6.16, above.

6.20 FORCE MAJEURE: The completion deadline for any Services assigned to CONSULTANT may be extended in the event of any delays due to unforeseeable causes beyond the control of CONSULTANT and without the fault or negligence of CONSULTANT, including but not limited to severe weather, fires, earthquakes, floods, epidemics, quarantine restrictions, riots, strikes, freight embargoes, wars, litigation, and/or acts of any governmental agency, including the CITY.

CONSULTANT shall within three (3) calendar days of the commencement of such delay notify the City Representative in writing of the causes of the delay. The CITY Representative shall ascertain the facts and the extent of delay and extend the time for performing the services for the period of the enforced delay when and if in the judgment of the CITY Representative such delay is justified. The City Representative’s determination shall be final and conclusive upon the parties to this Agreement. In no event shall CONSULTANT be entitled to recover damages against the CITY for any delay in the performance of this Agreement, however caused, CONSULTANT’s sole remedy being extension of the Agreement pursuant to this Section.

6.21 COUNTERPARTS: This Agreement will be executed in three (3) original counterparts each of which will be of equal force and effect. No handwritten or typewritten amendment, modification, or supplement to any one counterpart will be valid or binding unless made to all three counterparts in conformity with Section

6.16, above. One fully executed original counterpart will be delivered to CONSULTANT and the remaining two original counterparts will be retained by CITY.
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19 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed the day and year first appearing in this Agreement, above.

CITY OF CUDAHY:

By:

XXXXX, City Manager

Date:_______________________
CONSULTANT NAME:

By:

Name:

Title:

Date:_______________________
APPROVED AS TO FORM:

By: _____
XXXXX
City Attorney
Date:____________________________

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CONSULTANT PROPOSAL

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LANGUAGE NETWORK INC.,
Proposal in Response to Translation Services
City of Cudahy - California
Contact Info:

Brenda Rourcke
Business Development Manager
T: (949) 733 2446 EXT 113
E-mail: [email protected]
Language Network Inc.,
www.language.network

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Language Network is pleased to submit this proposal in response the RFP- Translation Services. We bring over three decades of experience delivering interpretation and translation services to academic, medical, and public-sector institutions. Our approach prioritizes accuracy, compliance, security, and responsiveness, ensuring University of Arizona researchers receive reliable translations that fully support human subjects’ research.

On behalf of Language Network, we are honored to supportthe City of Cudahy in its mission to serve your community and provide essential language access to an increasingly diverse population. It is our privilege to respond to your Request for Proposals (RFP) for the expansion of language services.

Our commitment to the City of Cudahy is unwavering: we aim to help you communicate effectively and engage your community through reliable, timely, and culturally competent language support. We firmly believe that there is no substitute for translation and interpretation that are both linguistically accurate and culturally relevant. Meaningful communication requires careful consideration of language, region, cultural context, subject matter, and the environment in which the message will be delivered. By incorporating all these elements, we help ensure that your message resonates clearly across language and cultural boundaries.

Our team is prepared to support the full scope outlined in the RFP, including both primary requirements and potential future needs. With a network of professional linguists covering more than 200 languages and dialects, we are also able to provide expertise in less common languages. We hope you will find that Language Network Inc. is a reliable, comprehensive, and committed partner ready to support you regardless of the language, communication channel, ortimeline.

Sincerely,
Jordan Evans CEO
E-mail: [email protected]

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A. STATEMENT OF QUALIFICATIONS
Language Network is pleased to submit this proposal to the City of Cudahy in response to the referenced Request for Proposals. With more than three decades of experience delivering professional interpretation services, we have supported municipalities and public agencies in ensuring meaningful language access for diverse communities.

Since 2022, Language Network has had the privilege of collaborating with the City of Cudahy by providing Spanish interpretation services in both in-person and remote settings. We greatly value this ongoing partnership and appreciate the City’s collaboration and trust in our ability to deliver accurate, reliable, and culturally competent interpretation services.

Our approach emphasizes linguistic accuracy, confidentiality, responsiveness, and compliance with applicable standards to support the City’s commitment to equitable access and effective communication.

On behalf of Language Network, we are honored to continue our collaboration with the City of Cudahy and look forward to further supporting its mission through high-quality language access solutions.

A.1 COMPANY INFORMATION:

We have nearly 12 key local staff members (in addition to our 33 remote, internal team members) to exclusively support the City of Cudahy.

We will dedicate nearly 12 key local staff members, in addition to our 33 remote internal team members, to exclusively support the City of Cudahy.

A.2. LOCATION:
11801 Pierce Street, St 200
Riverside, California 92505
(949) 733-2446

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A.3 COMPANY HISTORY: Language Network began as a single Spanish interpreter in Orange City, California, in 1991. We have continued to listen to our clients to solve their challenges with language barriers, and as their needs grew, so did we. Today, we are a full-service language solutions company with a vast network of linguists, partnering with organizations across the entire state of California and Washington. Our language services include translation, interpreting, and consulting in over 200 languages.

Our established reputation and extensive experience in educational language services have allowed us to develop loyal relationships with a client base composed of state and local government agencies, colleges and universities, K-12 Schools, community and healthcare organizations. We pride ourselves on our ability to deliver prompt and reliable service to maintain a long-term client partnership. Language Network has an excellent reputation for supporting nearly 100 local government agencies throughout California and Washington.

Our translators and interpreters are highly qualified and experienced in working within the local government environment. Language Network Inc. has a selection process ensuring you get the right language professional who specializes and/or is experienced in the type of services needed.

A.4 CONTACT INFORMATION:

Brenda Rourcke
Business Development Manager
T: (949) 733 2446 EXT 113
E-mail: [email protected]
Language Network Inc.,
www.language.network

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B. CAPABILITIES AND EXPERTISE
Language Network is a full-service language solutions company specializing in on-site interpreting, remote interpreting, document translation, transcription and other multimedia services.

Organizations across local government, K-12 education, healthcare, insurance, legal, and government agencies rely on Language Network. In 2020, Language Network was recognized as one of the top twenty interpreting services providers out of 426 language companies by Common Sense Advisory. (Link) Language Network was founded in 1991 and is a minority owned California corporation with corporate headquarters in Riverside, California, with offices and team members based in Sacramento, Santa Barbara, and Greater Los Angeles. Language Network currently employs 41 team members to support our clients.

Our commitment is to provide the best interpreters and translators with the highest standard of quality, personal service and on-schedule delivery for each project at a reasonable cost. Our years of experience in translation, interpretation, project management, interpreter and translator training and education, and as multi-cultural communications consultants, assure our clients of the highest level of quality and service in the industry.

Language Network stays up to date with the latest trends, certifications and laws that affect our industry by maintaining contact with the Judicial Council of California, the National Board of Medical Interpreters (CMI), and Certification Commission for Health Care Interpreters (CCHI) and several local and national organizations. In addition, Language Network is an active member of industry associations such as the Association of Language Companies (ALC) and the American Translators Association (ATA).

We are currently partnered with nearly 100 local government entities in California and Washington.

Language Network interpreters and translators are specialized linguists with many years of experience providing communication in local government settings.

Our interpreters must have at least three years of in-the-field experience. The resources are educated and prepared to professionally conduct themselves in compliance to our industry code of ethics. Due to the nature of public meetings, our interpreters are proficient and provide consecutive and simultaneous interpretation to our local government clients.

Language Network certified translators are proficient in producing an accurate document translation that integrates critical factors: the target audience, cultural relevance, accurate translation of the subject matter and formatting of the document.

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Each of the translators must have at least 5 years of translation experience and be certified to translate their language pairs. Certification is obtained either through university translation degrees and/or accreditation through national organizations. Each of our translators must provide several sample translations for review.

C. AVAILABILITY AND ACCESSIBILITY
Language Network has over 4,000 highly qualified interpreters ready to meet your needs. Interpreters we work with provide quality and culturally sensitive interpretations to help you comply with regulations and reduce risk. Whether you have a meeting or conference that requires a single interpreter or a larger setting that requires interpreting equipment for multiple languages, Language Network can support the project. Our local on-site and video interpreters service several Cities throughout California and are welltrained in simultaneous interpretation within the public meeting space.

For public meetings in one or more languages, we deploy simultaneous interpreters either onsite, via video or both, depending on the City’s request. We have local resources who are highly trained and skilled in performing this type of interpretation.

Consecutive interpretation is also available via video, onsite and over the phone. Typically, we deploy this during the question-and-answersession of a public meeting and/or if questions on a virtual platform need to be site translated to the audience.

Over-the-phone interpreters are available 24/7/365 in an on-demand model, within minutes, to help facilitate a conversation. This easy and cost-effective form of interpreting is a great way to help your multilingual interactions run as smoothly as possible.

Our linguists who are assigned to local government requests understand that public meetings can last 3- 6 hours, if not longer. Our dedicated scheduling team will make sure to provide resources who can cover the duration of these meetings, as well as provide resources during weeknights when these types of meetings are typically held.

Language Network has over 2,000 certified translators who are proficient in producing an accurate document translation that integrates critical factors: the target audience, cultural relevance, accurate translation of the subject matter and formatting of the document.

Each of the translators must have at least 5 years of translation experience and be certified to translate their language pairs. Certification is obtained either through university translation degrees and/or accreditation through national organizations. Each of our translators must provide several sample translations for review.

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Language Network will also assign a dedicated Account Manager to prepare and deliver 30-minute onboarding/training session(s) to the requesters. The session(s) will include an overview of how to schedule services, reach on-demand telephonic interpreters, request translation quotes, and answer any questions that requesters have regarding specific use-cases. We can also cover the rules and regulations related to language access during this session, if requested.

We will provide a secure online booking system for requesters to pre-schedule interpretation appointments and run data reports to review usage. The booking system is HIPAA compliant, and each authorized user will be provided with a secure, dedicated username and password. Our Operations team can customize user access depending on whether the city would like one user or multiple users to have access.

Our goal is to ensure that we have a streamlined work plan and open communication during our partnership.

D. PAST EXPERIENCE
Language Network is contracted with nearly 100 local government agencies in California and Washington.

Please find below a few of our Southern California clients.

City of Cudahy
LN has been providing professional translation services to the CITY on an on-call, as-needed basis since 2022.

City of Cudahy
City Clerk’s Office
5220 Santa Ana Street
Cudahy, CA 90201
Phone: (323) 773-5143
Contact Person: Richard Iglesias
Project Cost Estimate: $42K

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City of Bellflower
16600 Civic Center Dr, Bellflower, CA 90706
Contact person: Mayra Ochiqui, City Clerk
Email address: [email protected]
Telephone address:(562) 804-1424, ext. 2222
Project name: Translation and Interpretation Services
Dates worked performed: 2011 - Current
Summary of the scope of services: Translation of election material. Over 10 years of translation requests for city election material that is mailed to residents and posted in newspapers. The City of Bellflower has to accommodate a large, limited English-speaking population and requests translated material in multiple languages. The City utilizes Language Network for reliable and accurate translation delivered in a timely manner and often requests 24 hour turnaround time to make election compliance deadlines for posting translated notices.

Project cost: $20K annually
City of Arcadia
Address: 240 W Huntington Dr, Arcadia, CA 91007
Contact person: Michael Bruckner, Deputy City Manager
Email address: [email protected]
Telephone address: (626) 574-5433
Project name: Interpretation and Translation
Dates worked performed: 2020-Current
Summary of the scope of services: City of Arcadia has large Mandarin/Cantonese speaking population and contacted Language Network to develop a Language access plan that would engage their diverse community across all city departments. The City of Arcadia provides language support at all public meetings, including simultaneous interpretation and translation. The City translates mailers, notices, and website communications within 24-48 hours and are able to utilise our 24/7 phone interpreting line to handle calls from the community. Finally, the City has been able to build engagement with their limited English-speaking populations and remain compliant with public meeting rules and regulations. All city departments from public works to city clerk’s office request translations and interpreting support with Language Network.

Amount: $10K annually

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City of Escondido
Location and Main Point of Contact:

Sarena Garcia, MMC, Assistant City Clerk
City Clerk’s Office | City of Escondido
Direct: 760-839-4080 | Main: 760-839-4617
Dates worked performed: 2020-Current
Amount: $60K annually for onsite and video simultaneous interpretation for public meetings regarding redistricting. Public meeting notice translation services.

City of Placentia
Location and Main Point of Contact:

Karen O’Leary | Deputy City Clerk
City of Placentia | 401 E. Chapman Ave. Placentia, CA 92870 714-993-8244 | FAX 714-961-0283 | [email protected] Dates worked performed: 2020-Current
Amount: $20K annually for onsite and video simultaneous interpretation for public meetings regarding redistricting. Public meeting notice translation services.

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12 E. FEE PROPOSAL:

On-site Interpreting Rates - Consecutive
Consecutive Interpreting- On-Site Unit
Minimum
Charge
Tier 1 Languages: Spanish $90 Per Hour 2 Hours
Tier 2 Languages $140 Per Hour 2 Hours
Tier 3 Languages $160 Per Hour 2 Hours
American Sign Language (ASL) $110 Per Hour 2 Hours
On-Site Interpreting Rates - Simultaneous
Simultaneous and or Seminar/Group
Interpreting- On-Site
Half
Day
Full
Day
Tier 1 Languages: $350 $550
Tier 2 Languages $550 $850
Tier 3 Languages $750 $1,250
Over-the-Phone Interpreting
Over the Phone Interpreting Unit
Minimum
Charge
Spanish $2.00 Per Minute 15 Minutes
All Other Languages $2.25 Per Minute 15 Minutes

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12 Video Remote Interpreting - Pick your PlatformPre-Scheduled Unit Minimum Charge
Tier 1 Languages: Spanish $90 Per Hour 2 Hours
Tier 2 Languages $140 Per Hour 2 Hours
Tier 3 Languages $160 Per Hour 2 Hours
American Sign Language (ASL) $110 Per Hour 2 Hours
Interpreting Equipment
Headset and Receivers (Minimum 20) $8 Per Unit
Transmitter $100 Per Unit
Document Translation
Translation (Translation, Edit, and Proof) Unit Project Minimum
Tier 1 Languages: Spanish 0.16 Per Word $100
Tier 2 Languages 0.26 Per Word $100
Tier 3 Languages 0.35 Per Word $100
Rush Fee 25% Of Total Project
Cost
*Standard turnaround time for translation is within 5 business days (projects less than 7,000 words)
*Unit is Source word – the language in which the material is written when submitted for translation

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12 Support and Multimedia Services:

Desktop Publishing/Formatting $65 Per Hour
Audio Transcription (Voice) $10 Per Minute
Multimedia File Format and Conversion $65 Per Hour

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12 Additional Terms:
*Rate for Short Notice Request (less than 1 business day), after hours, Holiday and/or Weekend Appointment Times $10 per hour additional.
*2-hour minimum fee applies to on-site interpreting. Each hour after 2 hours is billed at a prorated hourly rate. The hourly charge will commence from the interpreter’s initial arrival to the interpreter’s final departure. Anytime thereafter will be billed in 15-minute increments. Half day is defined as 0-3 hours, and Full day is defined as 3-6 hours. Anytime thereafter will be billed in 30-minute increments.
*For scheduled video remote calls late cancellation, 100% cancellation fee applicable for the time scheduled.
*Rate Exceptions: Depending upon the availability of interpreters and languages of lesser diffusion, rates may need to be altered accordingly. Rates for On-site-interpreters in States other than California (including Central and Northern California) may vary. Every effort is made to keep within the rates mentioned above. I
*Additional Charges: Mileage will be billed at the current IRS set mileage reimbursement rate and not to exceed 50 miles round-trip per interpreter. Round-trip from the interpreter’s home location to the site. Parking fees, tolls, and entrance fees need to be reimbursed. Round-trip from the interpreter's location to the site.
*Cancellation and Patient/Provider No-Show Policy: 100% Cancellation Fee if appointment is cancelled less than 24 hours (business day) before appointment. The interpreters are allocated time for your assignment alone; therefore, cancellation notifications less than 24 hours (business day) must be billed.

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12 Language List:

Tier 1 Languages:

Spanish
ASL Tier:

American Sign
Language
Tier 2 Languages:

Arabic (Egyptian) Chinese
Mandarin Flemish Hungarian
Polish Swedish
Arabic (Iraqi) Croatian French Italian Romanian Tagalog (Filipino)
Arabic (Modern
Standard) Czech French Canadian Korean Russian Taiwanese Arabic (Moroccan) Danish French
Creole Latvian Serbian Ukrainian
Arabic (Sudanese) Dutch Georgian Lithuania
n
Sicilian Vietnamese
Arabic (Yemeni) Estonian German Macedon
ian Slovak
Chinese
Cantonese Finnish Greek Norwegian
Slovene

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12 Tier 3 Languages:

Acehnese Chin (Falam) Hmong Lao Pidgin (Nigerian) Tigrinya Acholi Chin (Hakha) Hokkien Lautu Ponapean/Pohn
peian Toisanese
Afghani Chin (Lai) Icelandic Lingala Portuguese
(Brazilian) Tongan
Afrikaans Chin (Mizo) Igbo Lorma Portuguese
(European) Tosk
Akan Chin (Tedim) Ilocano Luganda Portuguese
Creole
Trukese/Chu
ukese
Akateco Chin (Zo,
Zomi) Ilonggo Luo Pulaar Turkish
Albanian Chin
(Zophei) Indonesian MaayMaay Punjabi Twi
Amharic Choujo Japanese Malay Q'anjob'al Urdu
Anuak Chuukese Jarai Malayala
m
Rohingya Uzbek
Armenian Cotocoli
(Tem) Jiangsu Mam Samoan Visayan
Ashanti Dari K’iche’
(Quiché)
Mandink
a
Sango Wolof
Assyrian Dinka Kannada Mara Senthang Xhosa
Azeri Dioula Karen Marathi Shanghainese Yiddish

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12 Tier 3 Languages:

Continued
Bahasa (Malaysian) Edo Karen (Pwo) Marshallese Shona Yoruba Bambara Ewe Karenni
(Kayah) Matu Sichuan Yup'ik
Bashkir Farsi Kazakh Mbay Sinhalese Zulu
Basque Foochow
(Fuzhou) Khmer Mende Siyin
Bassa Fukienese Kikongo Mien Somali
Belarusian Fulani Kikuyu Mina Somali Bantu
Bengali Fulde Kinyamuleng
e
Mixteco (Alto) Soninke
Bosnian Fuzhou Kinyarwanda Mixteco (Bajo) Soninke
(Sarahuli)
Bulgarian Ga Kirundi Moldovan Soninke
(Sarakhole)
Burmese Garre Kituba Mongolian Soranî
(Kurdish)
Cambodian Guarani Kizigua
(Kizigula) Montenegrin Sousou
Cape Verde Creole Gujarati Kosraean More Swahili
Carolinian Hainanese Krahn Mushunguli Sylheti
Catalan Haitian
Creole Krio Navajo Tajik
Cebuano Hakka
(Chinese) Kunama Nepali Tamil
Chaldean Harar Kurdish Nuer Telugu
Chamorro Hassaniya Kurdish
(Bahdini) Oromifa Temne
Chao-Chow Hausa Kurdish
(Kurmanji) Pashto Teochew
Cherokee Hebrew Kurdish
(Sorani)
Patois
(Jamaican) Thai
Chin Hindi Kyrgyz Pidgin
(Cameroonian) Tibetan

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12 E.1. TRANSLATION TURNAROUND TIME
• How fast can a document of 250 words be translated and returned? 1-3 business days
• How quickly can a document of 500 words be translated and returned? 2-3 business days
• How fast can a document of 1000 words be translated and returned? 3-4 business days
• When determining turnaround time, are weekend days included? No. Turnaround times are calculated based on business days only; weekends and holidays are excluded.
• What are the limits to a same-day, second-day, or third-day rush request? o Same day: up to 500 words
o Two days: up to 1,000 words
o Three days: up to 2,000 words
Note on turnaround times: The timelines provided above are for reference only and may vary depending on the number of languages requested and whether any of the languages are considered Languages of Limited Diffusion (LLD). For rush requests outside of these parameters, we will make every reasonable effort to meet the City’s required timelines.

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12 G. RESUMES
** Note **: For Certifications and CVs, please refer to Appendix A

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12 G. REFERENCES
City of Cudahy
LN has been providing professional translation services to the CITY on an on-call, as-needed basis since 2022.

City of Cudahy
City Clerk’s Office
5220 Santa Ana Street
Cudahy, CA 90201
Phone: (323) 773-5143
Contact Person: Richard Iglesias
Project Cost Estimate: $42K
City of Bellflower
16600 Civic Center Dr, Bellflower, CA 90706
Contact person:Mayra Ochiqui, City Clerk
Email address: [email protected]
Telephone address:(562) 804-1424, ext. 2222
Project name: Translation and Interpretation Services
Dates worked performed: 2011 - Current
Summary of scope of services: Translation of election material. Over 10 years of translation requests for city election material that is mailed to residents and posted in newspapers. The City of Bellflower has to accommodate a large limited English speaking population and requests translated material in multiple languages. The City utilizes Language Network for reliable and accurate translation delivered in a timely manner and often requests 24 hour turnaround time to make election compliance deadlines for posting translated notices.

Project cost: $20K annually

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Address: 240 W Huntington Dr, Arcadia, CA 91007
Contact person: Michael Bruckner, Deputy City Manager
Email address: [email protected]
Telephone address: (626) 574-5433
Project name: Interpretation and Translation
Dates worked performed: 2020-Current
Summary of scope of services: City of Arcadia has large Mandarin/Cantonese speaking populations and contacted Language Network to develop a Language access plan that would engage their diverse community across all city departments. The City of Arcadia provides language support at all public meetings including simultaneous interpretation and translation. The City translates mailers, notices, website communications within 24-48 hours and are able to utilize our 24/7 phone interpreting line to handle calls from the community. Finally, the City has been able to build engagement with their limited English speaking populations and remain compliant with public meeting rules and regulations. All city departments from public works to city clerk’s office request translations and interpreting support with Language Network.

Amount: $10K annually

City of Escondido
Location and Main Point of Contact:

Sarena Garcia, MMC, Assistant City Clerk
City Clerk’s Office | City of Escondido
Direct: 760-839-4080 | Main: 760-839-4617
Dates worked performed: 2020-Current
Amount: $60K annually for onsite and video simultaneous interpretation for public meetings regarding redistricting. Public meeting notice translation services.

City of Placentia
Location and Main Point of Contact:

Karen O’Leary | Deputy City Clerk
City of Placentia | 401 E. Chapman Ave. Placentia, CA 92870 714-993-8244 | FAX 714-961-0283 | [email protected] Dates worked performed: 2020-Current
Amount: $20K annually for onsite and video simultaneous interpretation for public meetings regarding redistricting. Public meeting notice translation services.

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12 H. SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION

APPENDIX A

Stephanie Wiley Cork
Executive Director, Interpreter Training
ALTA Language Services
Breaking Boundaries in Healthcare®
is created, updated and owned by
ALTA Language Services, a proud
IMIA and NCIHC member

CERTIFIC ATE OF QUAL I F I C ATION
Given on April 1st, 2022 to:

Mark Canas
For successful completion of 80 training hours with:

Breaking Boundaries in Healthcare® A Medical Interpreter Training Medical Interpretation in SPANISH
This certificate verifies passing scores in ALTA’s written exam and medical interpretation exam (verbal)

Mark Cañas
Spanish Interpreter

INTERPRETED FOR THE FOLLOWING
Physical, Occupational and Speech Therapy
Behavioral Health
Independent Medical Exams
Dental and Vision Appointments
Individual Service Plans for the Division of Developmental Disabilities Individual Education Plans
Valley Metro
Financial Interpretations

EXPERIENCE
AFLS May 2021 to Present
Language Connection June 2022 to Present

EDUCATION
40 and 80 hour Breaking Boundaries in Healthcare Course Alta Language Services
Lynwood High School
SKILLS
On-Site, Video and Telephonic Interpreting.

Consecutive Interpreting
Brief training in Simultaneous Interpreting
Advocate, Clarifier and Cultural Broker Roles
Polite
Note Taking
Open to constructive criticism
References available upon request

MGC
____________________________________________________________________________ Education
Master of Business Administration
Boise State University, Boise, ID, May 2020
Bachelor of Arts in Elementary Education with Bilingual/Multicultural emphasis Boise State University, Boise, ID May 1996.

Experience
Freelance Interpreter and Translator, February 2002 – Present Power of Translation, Boise, ID
● Provide oral interpretation at court and immigration proceedings, trainings, meetings, and events
● Provide written translations of legal, medical, educational, and training documents from English to Spanish and Spanish to English Follow-up/Career Counselor, September 2011 – May 2021
Boise State University, College Assistance Migrant Program (CAMP), Boise, ID ● Conduct follow-up for some 140 first-generation students from farm working families
● Instruct the CAMP University Success class (fall semester) and CAMP Career class (spring semester)
● Provide career services to both current CAMP freshmen and former CAMP students
● Plan and implement annual event in collaboration with High School Equivalency Program (HEP) involving 60 on- and off-campus employers, organization and agency representatives plus 60 students
Latina Outreach Coordinator, May 2005 – December 2009
Women’s Voices for the Earth, Missoula, MT
● Developed and implemented outreach and training regarding environmental health issues for two national campaigns to both mainstream women and monolingual Spanish-speaking women, farmworkers, and immigrants in the Pacific Northwest Region, Colorado, and California
● Wrote successful grants
● Participated in television and radio interviews in California, Washington, Texas, Idaho and Georgia.
● Presented workshops at various women conferences (Idaho, Oregon, California, and Colorado)
María González Cárdenas – Resumé Page 2

Consultant/Conference Coordinator, November 2003 – February 2004 Tribal/Latino Caucus, Caldwell, ID
● Developed and implemented plan and budget for Summit which included the identification of common issues for both communities, i.e., education, health, and civic engagement
● Collaborated with Idaho Tribes, U.S. Senators Mike Crapo and Larry Craig and their staff
● Planned, organized, and conducted a Press Conference which was covered by local media and USA Today
● Conducted civic engagement training
Project Director, June 2002 – November 2003
Idaho Latino Voter Education Project, Caldwell, ID
● Developed and implemented plan, including fundraising for voter registration, education and turnout in targeted Latino communities throughout Southern Idaho ● Raised $25,000 each of the two election cycles
● Collaborated with various community partners in Idaho and Oregon ● Collaborated with the Secretary of State’s office to translate the Voter Guide to Spanish
● Project successfully registered 5,000 new voters
● Developed bilingual (English and Spanish) outreach materials, including radio ads
● Organized and conducted fundraising events
● Supervised nine field coordinators and numerous volunteers Public Affairs Specialist, April 2000 – February 2002
Social Security Administration, Boise ID
● Developed and implemented outreach plan for the region’s (Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Alaska) Hispanic Community.
● Successfully coordinated and collaborated with various migrant service providers and Spanish language media in the region
● Developed bilingual (English and Spanish) outreach materials, i.e., fact sheets, newspaper articles and press releases
● Collaborated with congressional offices’ staff to respond to congressional inquiries
● Participated in Spanish language radio and television interviews ● Conducted numerous presentations in both English and Spanish Awards and Achievements
● Alston Bannerman Fellowship, March 2005
● Ford Foundation’s Leadership for a Changing World Finalist, July 2003 ● Social Security Administration’s Deputy Commissioner’s Citation, August 2001

MNR
Services Provided: Translations, Conference and Court Interpreting, Examination Development and Rating, Translator Education and Training Language Combinations: Spanish to English / English to Spanish Specializations: CIVIL AND CRIMINAL LAW; MACROECONOMICS; BUSINESS, TELECOMMUNICATIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES; ENERGY; EARTH SCIENCES; UNITED NATIONS SYSTEM, DEVELOPMENT, FINANCE, PUBLIC HEALTH, AGRICULTURE Education:

Master of Arts in Spanish Translation and Interpreting, University of Texas, Rio Grande Valley (December 2017) Graduate Certificate in Court Interpreting, University of Texas, Rio Grande Valley (May 2017) Graduate Certificate in Spanish Translation, University of Texas, Rio Grande Valley (May 2016) Courses in French at Scripps College and Université de Laval (2001 - 2003) New York University – Courses in commercial translation and translation for international organizations Southern California School of Interpreting - Spanish/English Conference Interpreter Option (1993) with specialized training in electronics terminology, business, and legal applications.

University of California at Los Angeles - Certificate in Spanish/English Translation and Interpretation (1983) Clark University, Worcester, Massachusetts - Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics 30 CIMCE units of training in translating and interpreting every two years pursuant to California law.

Current Certifications:

American Translators Association (Spanish to English Certified Translator, Life Voting Member) Administrative Office of the United States Courts (US Federal Courts, Spanish Interpreter Certification) State of California (Spanish Court and Administrative Hearings Interpreter) Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia del Reino de España, Diploma Superior de Español como Lengua Extranjera Papers, Publications, Presentations:

Fédération Internationale des Traducteurs, American Translator’s Association Chronicle and Proceedings, California Court Interpreters Association, California Federation of Interpreters, Southern California Translators and Interpreters Association, Asociación de Traductores e Intérpretes Profesionales de Baja California, Continuing Education Program of the Judicial Council of California, Centro del Estudio de Lingüística Aplicada (Mexico City):

Various presentations, workshops and courses on Spanish to English translation, translation theory, research and translation, legal translation, translation for the telecommunications industry, and the use of technology in translation. Special guest at Cal Poly Pomona Translation Slam for Literary Translation, 2015 Work Background in Translation and Interpretation:

Since 1983: Freelance Interpreter, Translator, and Conference Interpreter (Spanish/English) Since 1993: Official Spanish/English Translator/Interpreter for the U.S. District Court, Central District of Los Angeles Since 1994: Translation Instructor approved by the Judicial Council of California Since 2002 Rater for National credentialing program for interpreters 1986 to 2005: Spanish Interpreter Contracting with the California State Courts 1999 to 2013 Conference Interpreter for UN Indigenous Consultant Organizations 2009 to 2013: Legal, Business, and Technical Translation Instructor, California State University at Fullerton Other Notes:
- Served as a consultant to Tom West for the preparation of his Spanish-English Dictionary of Law and Business and to Dennis McKenna for the updated version of his Criminal Court Dictionary. - Interpreter for Nobel Laureate Rigoberta Menchú Tum during her visits in the US Southwest region since 1986. - We own conference interpreter equipment and can offer package rates for conference interpreting plus equipment

LearningBuilder
The Certification Commission for Healthcare Interpreters (CCHI) is pleased to confirm that Dolores Borja received CCHI's CHI™-Spanish certification on 1/20/2022. CCHI certification - either at the knowledge tier (CoreCHI™) or the performance tier (CoreCHI-Performance™ or language-specific CHI™) - is valid for four years provided that the credential holder adheres to CCHI's requirements regarding maintaining their certification and renews their certification in a timely manner. This certification was renewed on 1/20/2022. As of today, this interpreter's certification expires on 1/19/2026.

CCHI offers three certification credentials at two certification tiers:
the knowledge tier includes the CoreCHI™ certification available to interpreters of all languages, except those for which the CHI™ certification is available (i.e., except for Arabic, Mandarin, and Spanish). This certification requires candidates to meet CCHI's Language Proficiency criteria and pass the knowledge CoreCHI™ exam in English. the performance tier includes:
the CoreCHI-Performance™ certification for interpreters of all languages. This certification requires candidates to meet CCHI's Language Proficiency criteria and pass 2 exams: the knowledge CoreCHI™ exam AND the monolingual interpreting performance ETOE™ (English-to-English) exam.
the CHI™ (Certified Healthcare Interpreter™) certification that is available in Spanish, Arabic, and Mandarin. This certification requires candidates to meet CCHI's Language Proficiency criteria and pass 2 exams: the knowledge CoreCHI™ exam AND a bilingual interpreting performance CHI™ exam.

For more information about CCHI credentials, see https://cchicertification.org/certifications/.

CCHI also verifies four candidate statuses for individuals who haven't attained certification yet but have started the certification process:

At the knowledge tier: interpreters, who have the designated statuses of Candidate or CoreCHI™ Candidate, have been approved to sit for the CoreCHI™ knowledge exam but have not taken it yet.

1. At the performance tier: interpreters who have the designated statuses of CHI™ Candidate or CoreCHI-P™ Candidate, have completed their first certification step (i.e., passed the CoreCHI™ knowledge exam) and are in the process of taking their interpreting performance exam. These candidates must take and pass both the CoreCHI™ knowledge and the corresponding interpreting performance examinations before their certification credential is granted.

2. CCHI congratulates all healthcare interpreters who have earned the CoreCHI™ or CHI™ certification. The CoreCHI™ and CHI™ credentials are the nation's highest certification available to healthcare interpreters and professional recognition of their qualification.

Please direct your inquiries about CCHI certification credentials or statuses to [email protected].

The CCHI Commissioners

DL
Summary of Qualifications:

Bilingual English/Spanish (read, write, speak)
Effective communication in both languages
Comfortable working with diverse groups
Observe professional confidentiality guidelines
Meet schedules and timelines; plan, organize and prioritize Analyze situations accurately and adopt an effective course of action Proficient in Data Entry, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Photoshop Professional Experience:
2013 – Present INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR
Spanish Interpreter: Interpreter for different fields such as Medical, Legal, Mental Health for Youth and Adults Intervention Programs, Autism Assessments, Physiological Assessments for Youth and Adults, and Individual Educational Program (IEP’s).

Some of the clients to name a few are: Social Security and Disability Administration Office Kaiser Permanente, Molina Health Care, Loma Linda Health University.

County of Riverside Mental Health for both Youth Programs such as Wraparound, MDFT, and Youth Intervention Programs. San Bernardino and Riverside School Districts 2010 to 2013 HR Consultant
Examine, coordinate and participated in a selection panel for new positions, and/or replacements which included selection of applicants, appointment process, testing, verifications, and background checks. Other task includes new hire orientation, training, policy and procedure implementation, employee relations, investigations, terminations, payroll administration, benefit administration, etc.,
2008 - 2010
National Distribution Center, Hanes Brands Facility – Perris, CA Human Resources Director.
1999-2008
Frederick's of Hollywood -- Hollywood, CA
Human Resources Director
1994 –1999
GUESS? Inc. -- Los Angeles, CA
Bilingual Human Resources/Employee Relations Manage
1982 -1992
Cole of California/Catalina Swimwear a Division of Taren Holdings, Inc.) -- Los Angeles, CA Human Resources Administrator
EDUCATION: East Los Angeles College
Associate Degree in Business: Various courses Human Resources Management with special concentration in Worker's Compensation Administration, Employee Relations, Recruiting, employees retention and Training Master Degree in Business with focus on all aspect of Human Resources Management

818-923-9126
[email protected]
www.antorchainterpreting.com
Greater Los Angeles | Remote

C O N T A C T P R O F I L E

S K I L L S

E D U C A T I O N

P R O F E S S I O N A L E X P E R I E N C E
Leadership
Interpersonal Communication
Problem Solving
Constant Learning
Certificate in Medical Interpreting
Southern California School
of Interpretation
1/2009 to 9/2009
Santa Fe Springs, California
Bachelor of Arts in Spanish
Wheaton College
1996 to 2000
Wheaton, Illinois
Studied abroad in Spain.

Freelance Interpreter
Self-Employed (Greater Los Angeles)
Provide simultaneous and consecutive interpreting onsite at events, appointments, and conferences including IEP meetings, city council and board meetings, union bargaining sessions, nonprofit and advocacy meetings, church events, medical and mental health evaluations, and immigration interviews.

Deliver remote interpreting services (RSI, VRI, and OPI) for online conferences, webinars, medical appointments, educational and advocacy meetings.

Operate as a solopreneur doing business as Antorcha Interpreting since 2019.

Communicate in a timely and efficient manner with clients to ensure smooth and attentive customer service.

Proactively collaborate with partner interpreters and draw upon a wide network of reliable colleagues to team up with the ideal boothmate.

Demonstrate impeccable attention to detail, thorough preparation for assignments, and the ability to anticipate and adapt to meet clients’ needs. 2009 to present
Winner of 2022 ATA Advocacy Award for work on behalf of language professionals and language access in California and throughout the United States.

Seasoned English (A) and Spanish (B) interpreter with 14 years of professional experience. Certified through the Certification Commission for Healthcare Interpreters (CCHI) since 2012.

Specialize in mental health, education, immigration, community and church events.

L A N G U A G E S
English (A)
Spanish (B)

J E N N I F E R S A N T I A G O S
Op-Ed Author and Volunteer Advocate
MultiLingual and CalMatters
Performed on site and remote interpreting on a per-diem basis for adult and pediatric patients and families as part of hospital interpreter team.

Translated healthcare documents from English into Spanish and vice versa in collaboration with colleagues.

Adhered faithfully to healthcare interpreter ethics and protocols to ensure reliable and transparent language access.
2020 to present
Universidad de las Naciones
Certificate in Biblical Studies
1/2007 to 11/2007
Diriamba, Nicaragua
Staff Interpreter
Long Beach Memorial Medical Center 1/2011 to 3/2011
Fix PRO-Act and Reaffirm What California Got Right, MultiLingual, 9/1/2021.

Amendment to Clean-Up Bill for AB 5 Needed to Protect Professional Translators and Interpreters, CalMatters, 8/11/2020.

Currently advocate for the T&I professions by serving on the ATA Advocacy Committee, giving workshops, and speaking up periodically to legislators.

Mobilized colleagues, met with lawmakers, and in partnership with the Coalition of Practicing Translators and Interpreters of California (CoPTIC), contributed to winning an exemption from labor law AB 5 in September 2020, safeguarding the ability of language professionals to freelance.

F R E E L A N C E I N T E R P R E T E R A N D

A D V O C A T E F O R T H E P R O F E S S I O N

818-923-9126
[email protected]
www.antorchainterpreting.com
Greater Los Angeles | Remote

C O N T A C T

J E N N I F E R S A N T I A G O S

F R E E L A N C E I N T E R P R E T E R A N D

A D V O C A T E F O R T H E P R O F E S S I O N

R E L A T E D E X P E R I E N C E

P R O F E S S I O N A L

M E M B E R S H I P

R E F E R E N C E S
American Translators Association
(ATA), Member 2020 to present,
serve on the Advocacy Committee,
participated in Mentoring Program
as a mentee in 2022.

American Assocation of
Interpreters and Translators in
Education (AAITE), Member 2021 to
present, serve on the Events
Committee.

National Council on Interpreting in
Healthcare (NCIHC), Member 2020
to present.

California Healthcare Interpreting
Association (CHIA), Member 2010
to present.

Madeline Rios
909-263-4579
[email protected]
Elena Langdon
413-210-8421
[email protected]
Mental Health Historian
Self-Employed (Paramount, California)
Interviewed Spanish-speaking patients during intake process and documented 1000+ detailed histories of physical and psychological work-related injuries.

Coordinated and consulted with staff psychologist as needed.

Trained new historians in composition and editing skills and developed a template to facilitate effective histories.
2011 to 2016
Volunteer Teacher/Trainer
El Centro De Amistad (Canoga Park, California)
Identified monolingual Spanish-speaking clients’ mental health needs, provided educational resources, and connected 100+ clients to supportive services.

Translated forms and documents from English into Spanish as needed.

Recorded daily case notes accurately and efficiently.

Participated in supervision with clinical supervisor to gain insight on how to best support and assist clients.
2003 to 2005
Regroup and Refocus: Reaching your Goals in a Season of Self-Care, solo 30- minute session, ATA64 Conference, Miami, 10/28/2023.

Advocacy Strategies: Effective Storytelling for Language Professionals, participated in panel presentation, ATA64 Conference, Miami, 10/27/2023.

ATA Webinar: Successful Advocacy- The Sequel, participated in panel presentation, 3/1/2023.

ATA Advocacy: Stand Up and Speak Up for Translators and Interpreters, participated in panel presentation, ATA63 Conference, Los Angeles, 10/14/2022.

Your Voice Matters: the Power and Promise of T&I Grassroots Advocacy, led panel presentation, 3rd LEO Online Conference, 6/25/2021. 2021 to 2023
Juventud Con Una Misión (Diriamba, Nicaragua)
2005 to 2008
Adapted educational resources to provide leadership training in Spanish for 80+ Nicaraguan youth.

Taught full second grade curriculum to Nicaraguan children, developing and implementing lesson plans in consultation with teaching team.

Coordinated a three-month training program conducted in the Spanish and Miskito languages in Puerto Cabezas, Nicaragua.

Planned and guided numerous outreach activities at orphanages, schools, and churches throughout Nicaragua and in parts of Honduras.

Mental Health Case Manager
Both In Person and Remote

W O R K S H O P S P R E S E N T E D

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FEE PROPOSAL

Language Network | RFP L192605
Translation Services ©Language Network –
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12 E. FEE PROPOSAL:

On-site Interpreting Rates - Consecutive
Consecutive Interpreting- On-Site Unit
Minimum
Charge
Tier 1 Languages: Spanish $90 Per Hour 2 Hours
Tier 2 Languages $140 Per Hour 2 Hours
Tier 3 Languages $160 Per Hour 2 Hours
American Sign Language (ASL) $110 Per Hour 2 Hours
On-Site Interpreting Rates - Simultaneous
Simultaneous and or Seminar/Group
Interpreting- On-Site
Half
Day
Full
Day
Tier 1 Languages: $350 $550
Tier 2 Languages $550 $850
Tier 3 Languages $750 $1,250
Over-the-Phone Interpreting
Over the Phone Interpreting Unit
Minimum
Charge
Spanish $2.00 Per Minute 15 Minutes
All Other Languages $2.25 Per Minute 15 Minutes

Language Network | RFP L192605
Translation Services ©Language Network –
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12 Video Remote Interpreting - Pick your PlatformPre-Scheduled Unit Minimum Charge
Tier 1 Languages: Spanish $90 Per Hour 2 Hours
Tier 2 Languages $140 Per Hour 2 Hours
Tier 3 Languages $160 Per Hour 2 Hours
American Sign Language (ASL) $110 Per Hour 2 Hours
Interpreting Equipment
Headset and Receivers (Minimum 20) $8 Per Unit
Transmitter $100 Per Unit
Document Translation
Translation (Translation, Edit, and Proof) Unit Project Minimum
Tier 1 Languages: Spanish 0.16 Per Word $100
Tier 2 Languages 0.26 Per Word $100
Tier 3 Languages 0.35 Per Word $100
Rush Fee 25% Of Total Project
Cost
*Standard turnaround time for translation is within 5 business days (projects less than 7,000 words)
*Unit is Source word – the language in which the material is written when submitted for translation

Language Network | RFP L192605
Translation Services ©Language Network –
Confidential page 12 of
12 Support and Multimedia Services:

Desktop Publishing/Formatting $65 Per Hour
Audio Transcription (Voice) $10 Per Minute
Multimedia File Format and Conversion $65 Per Hour

Language Network | RFP L192605
Translation Services ©Language Network –
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12 Additional Terms:
*Rate for Short Notice Request (less than 1 business day), after hours, Holiday and/or Weekend Appointment Times $10 per hour additional.
*2-hour minimum fee applies to on-site interpreting. Each hour after 2 hours is billed at a prorated hourly rate. The hourly charge will commence from the interpreter’s initial arrival to the interpreter’s final departure. Anytime thereafter will be billed in 15-minute increments. Half day is defined as 0-3 hours, and Full day is defined as 3-6 hours. Anytime thereafter will be billed in 30-minute increments.
*For scheduled video remote calls late cancellation, 100% cancellation fee applicable for the time scheduled.
*Rate Exceptions: Depending upon the availability of interpreters and languages of lesser diffusion, rates may need to be altered accordingly. Rates for On-site-interpreters in States other than California (including Central and Northern California) may vary. Every effort is made to keep within the rates mentioned above. I
*Additional Charges: Mileage will be billed at the current IRS set mileage reimbursement rate and not to exceed 50 miles round-trip per interpreter. Round-trip from the interpreter’s home location to the site. Parking fees, tolls, and entrance fees need to be reimbursed. Round-trip from the interpreter's location to the site.
*Cancellation and Patient/Provider No-Show Policy: 100% Cancellation Fee if appointment is cancelled less than 24 hours (business day) before appointment. The interpreters are allocated time for your assignment alone; therefore, cancellation notifications less than 24 hours (business day) must be billed.

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Staff Report
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STAFF REPORT
Date: June 16, 2026
To: Honorable Mayor/Chair and City Council/Agency Members From: Christopher R. Lopez, City Manager
Daniela Trujillo, Administrative Analyst
Subject: Adoption of Resolution No. 26-22 Authorizing the City Manager to Execute an Agreement between the Los Angeles Gateway Region Integrated Regional Water Management Joint Powers Authority (GWMA) and the City of Cudahy for Cost Sharing for the Installation of Monitoring Equipment and Monitoring Pursuant to the Harbor Toxic Pollutants Total Maximum Daily Load (Harbor Toxic Pollutants TMDL)

RECOMMENDATION
The City Council is requested to adopt Resolution No. 26-22 authorizing the City Manager to execute and Agreement between the Los Angeles Gateway Region Integrated Regional Water Management Joint Powers Authority (GWMA) and the City of Cudahy for Cost Sharing for the Installation of Monitoring Equipment and Monitoring Pursuant to the Harbor Toxic Pollutants Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL).

BACKGROUND

1. On May 11, 2011, the California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Los Angeles Region, adopted the Dominguez Channel and Greater Los Angeles and Long Beach Harbors Toxic Pollutants Total Maximum Daily Load (Harbor Toxic Pollutants TMDL). This TMDL requires cities and agencies tributary to the Los Angeles and San Gabriel Rivers to conduct monitoring for toxic pollutants as defined by that TMDL. The City drains to the Los Angeles River.

2. On November 8, 2012, the Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board (Regional Board) adopted Order R4-2012-0175, the municipal National Pollutant Discharge Elimination Systems Permit (MS4 Permit), which became effective on December 28, 2012.

The newest MS4 Permit, Order No. R4-2021-0105, was adopted on July 23, 2021 and became effective on September 11, 2021. These MS4 Permits include the Harbor Toxic Pollutants TMDL and incentives for permittees willing to work cooperatively with other agencies in watershed monitoring efforts.

Item Number
12E

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3. On September 25, 2013, the Regional Board approved the Los Angeles River Upper Reach 2 Watershed Management Area (LAR-UR2 WMA) which led to the City's participation in the Los Angeles River Upper Reach 2 Watershed Management Plan (WMP) and the associated Coordinated Integrated Monitoring Plan (CIMP).

4. On February 12, 2016, the Regional Board approved the LAR UR2 CIMP which includes Harbor Toxic Pollutants TMDL monitoring by GWMA.

1. On June 15, 2015, the City of Cudahy, and other agencies identified in Exhibit A entered into an agreement with GWMA to cost share the installation of monitoring equipment and conduct monitoring as required by the Harbor Toxic Pollutants TMDL. . This agreement expired on June 30, 2018. A subsequent agreement expired on June 30, 2023 and a new Agreement was in effect until June 30, 2026. The new agreement was made and will be entered into as of July 1, 2026 and will expire on June 30, 2031.

ANALYSIS
To continue to achieve the objectives of the TMDL, Permittees desired to install three monitoring stations and water quality monitoring at said stations. To reduce costs, GWMA has been requested to act as the fiduciary agent for the installation, maintenance, and monitoring at three monitoring stations. All participating permittees will share the cost, responsibility, and testing results that are specific to their drainage area.

The attached agreement includes a cost share matrix. The City of Cudahy is within the Los Angeles River Upper Reach 2 Watershed Management Area of the Greater Los Angeles River Watershed, which eventually drains into the Los Angeles Harbor. Cost shares were developed based on each watershed group paying (1) a shared baseline fee, (2) a direct administrative fee, and (3) an indirect administration fee. As a member of GWMA, the City will have an annual 5% direct administration fee and a 0% indirect administration fee to cover the cost of administration of the Program by GWMA.

Under the terms of the Agreement, the City would be obligated to pay no more than $553.65 for FY 2026/27, $575.80 for FY 2027/28, $598.83 for FY 2028/29, $622.79 for FY 2029/30, and $647.69 for FY 2030/31 for a total not to exceed amount of $2,998.76. This cost will be paid using the City's Safe Clean Water Program Municipal Program Measure W return.

To participate in the program, the City will be required to sign the Agreement with GWMA. The term of this agreement will be July 1, 2026, and will expire on June 30, 2031.

CONCLUSION
Staff recommends City Council adopt Resolution No. 26-22 to continue the implementation of the Harbor Toxic Pollutants TMDL monitoring and maintenance of monitoring equipment.

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FINANCIAL IMPACT
Through the term of this agreement, the total amount shall not exceed $2,998.76 to be paid through Measure W funds.

ATTACHMENTS
A. Draft Resolution No. 26-22
B. Agreement between the City of Cudahy and the Los Angeles Gateway Region Integrated Regional Water Management Joint Powers Authority
C. Expiring Agreement between the City of Cudahy and the Los Angeles Gateway Region Integrated Regional Water Management Joint Powers Authority

RESOLUTION NO. 26-22

A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY

OF CUDAHY, CALIFORNIA, AUTHORIZING THE CITY

MANAGER TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT WITH THE

LOS ANGELES GATEWAY REGION INTEGRATED

REGIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT JOINT POWERS

AUTHORITY (GWMA)
WHEREAS, the mission of the GWMA includes the equitable protection and management of water resources within its area; and
WHEREAS, On May 11, 2011, the California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Los Angeles Region, adopted the Dominguez Channel and Greater Los Angeles and Long Beach Harbors Toxic Pollutants Total Maximum Daily Load (Harbor Toxic Pollutants TMDL). This TMDL requires cities and agencies tributary to the Los Angeles and San Gabriel Rivers to conduct monitoring for toxic pollutants as defined by that TMDL. The City drains to the Los Angeles River; and WHEREAS, On September 25, 2013, the Regional Board approved the Los Angeles River Upper Reach 2 Watershed Management Area (LAR-UR2 WMA) which led to the City's participation in the Los Angeles River Upper Reach 2 Watershed Management Plan (WMP) and the associated Coordinated Integrated Monitoring Plan (CIMP); and
WHEREAS, On June 15, 2015, the City of Cudahy, and other agencies entered into an agreement with GWMA to cost share the installation of monitoring equipment and conduct monitoring as required by the Harbor Toxic Pollutants TMDL. This agreement expired on June 30, 2018. A subsequent agreement expired on June 30, 2023, and a new agreement was in effect until June 30, 2026; and WHEREAS, continuing maintenance of the Monitoring Stations and future monitoring requires administrative coordination for the various MS4 Permittees that the GWMA can and is willing to provide; and
WHEREAS, under the terms of the agreement, the City would be obligated to pay no more than $553.65 for FY 2026/27, $575.80 for FY 2027/28, $598.83 for FY 2028/29, $622.79 for FY 2029/30, and $647.69 for FY 2030/31 for a total not to exceed amount of TWO THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED NINETY-EIGHT DOLLARS SEVENTY-SIX CENTS ($2,998.76); and
WHEREAS, the cost will be paid using the City's Safe Clean Water Program Municipal Program Measure W return; and
WHEREAS, the term of this agreement will be July 1, 2026, and will expire on June 30, 2031.

Attachment A Page 134 of 811
Resolution No. 26-22

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Cudahy, California, as follows:

SECTION 1. The City Council hereby authorizes the City Manager to execute a agreement with the Los Angeles Gateway Region Integrated Regional Water Management Joint Powers Authority, attached hereto as Exhibit A, SECTION 2. 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 its regular meeting on this 16th day of June 2026.

Cynthia Gonzalez
Mayor
ATTEST:

Richard Iglesias
City Clerk

Resolution No. 26-22

CERTIFICATION

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. 26-22 was passed and adopted by the City Council of the City of Cudahy at a regular meeting held on the 16th day of June 2026 and that said Resolution was adopted by the following vote, to-wit:

AYES:

NOES:

ABSENT:

ABSTAIN:
____________________________________
Richard Iglesias
City Clerk

Resolution No. 26-22

EXHIBIT A
Construction Services Agreement

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AGREEMENT

BETWEEN THE LOS ANGELES GATEWAY REGION INTEGRATED REGIONAL

WATER MANAGEMENT JOINT POWERS AUTHORITY

AND THE

CITY OF CUDAHY

FOR COST SHARING FOR THE INSTALLATION OF MONITORING EQUIPMENT

AND MONITORING PURSUANT TO THE HARBOR TOXIC POLLUTANTS TMDL This Agreement is made and entered into as of April 9, 2026 by and between the Los Angeles Gateway Region Integrated Regional Water Management Joint Powers Authority (“GWMA”), a California Joint Powers Authority, and the City of Cudahy, (the “Permittee”). The Permittee and the GWMA are collectively referred to as the “Parties.”

RECITALS
WHEREAS, the mission of the GWMA includes the equitable protection and management of water resources within its area;
WHEREAS, for the purposes of this Agreement, the term “MS4 Permittees” shall mean those public agencies that are co-permittees to a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System Permit (“MS4 Permit”) issued by the Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board (“Regional Board”); WHEREAS, the United States Environmental Protection Agency established the Total Maximum Daily Loads (“TMDL”) for Toxic Pollutants on March 23, 2012, with the intent of protecting and improving water quality in the Dominguez Channel and the Greater Los Angeles and Long Beach Harbor Waters (“Harbor Toxic Pollutants TMDL”); WHEREAS, the Harbor Toxic Pollutants TMDL regulates certain discharges from National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (“NPDES”) permit holders, requiring organization and cooperation among the MS4 Permittees;
WHEREAS, the Permittee manages, drains or conveys storm water into at least a portion of the Los Angeles River including its estuary or Coyote Creek or the San Gabriel River;
WHEREAS, various MS4 Permittees desire to achieve the objectives of the Harbor Toxic Pollutants TMDL by continuing to maintain the monitoring station in the Los Angeles River at Wardlow Road, monitoring station in the San Gabriel River near Spring Street, and monitoring station in the Coyote Creek, also near Spring Street and conducting monitoring at said monitoring stations (collectively “Monitoring Stations”) to ensure consistency with other regional monitoring programs and usability with other TMDL related studies;
WHEREAS, continuing maintenance of the Monitoring Stations and future monitoring requires administrative coordination for the various MS4 Permittees that the GWMA can and is willing to provide;
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WHEREAS, the Lower Los Angeles River Watershed Management Group and the Lower San Gabriel River Watershed Management Group have been formed pursuant to the MS4 Permit and oversee and manage the monitoring program for the Harbor Toxic Pollutants TMDL within their respective watersheds;
WHEREAS, the members of the GWMA are the Cities of Artesia, Bell, Bell Gardens, Bellflower, Cerritos, Commerce, Compton, Cudahy, Downey, Hawaiian Gardens, Huntington Park, La Mirada, Lakewood, Long Beach, Lynwood, Maywood, Montebello, Norwalk, Paramount, Pico Rivera, Santa Fe Springs, Signal Hill, South Gate, Vernon, Whittier, Water Replenishment District of Southern California, Central Basin Municipal Water District, and the Long Beach Water Department (“GWMA Members”); WHEREAS, because of the financial savings and benefits resulting from this costsharing arrangement, other MS4 Permittees that are not GWMA Members may request to participate in the cost sharing of the Monitoring Costs for the maintenance of the Monitoring Stations and the costs of monitoring conducted at the Monitoring Stations (collectively “Monitoring Costs”);
WHEREAS, the GWMA Board of Directors authorized the GWMA to enter into individual separate agreements with such individual MS4 Permittees (which shall not have voting rights in the GWMA) for the sole purpose of cost sharing the Monitoring Costs; WHEREAS, because GWMA Members already pay annual membership fees that pay for GWMA administrative costs, GWMA Members that participate in the cost share for the Monitoring Costs shall pay an administrative fee that is less than that the administrative fee charged to MS4 Permittees that are not GWMA Members; WHEREAS, certain private NPDES permit holders that are subject to the Harbor Toxic Pollutants TMDL have also expressed interest in participating in the cost share for the Monitoring Costs and procuring the monitoring data generated pursuant to this Agreement in order to satisfy their own permit obligations; WHEREAS, the current agreements that cover the cost share arrangements for the Monitoring Costs through fiscal year 2025-2026 will expire on June 30, 2026.

WHEREAS, it is currently unknown how many MS4 Permittees and private NPDES permit holders will ultimately participate in the cost sharing of the Monitoring Costs for fiscal years 2026-2027 through 2030-2031;
WHEREAS, depending on how many MS4 Permittees and private NPDES permit holders ultimately participate in the cost sharing for the Monitoring Costs, each participating Permittee’s annual cost share amount will be adjusted and the GWMA will notify each participating Permittee of its adjusted annual cost share amount in writing; WHEREAS, the Permittee desires to share in the Monitoring Costs;

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WHEREAS, the Parties have determined that authorizing GWMA to hire consultants as necessary to maintain the Monitoring Stations and conduct the monitoring required by the Harbor Toxic Pollutants TMDL will be beneficial to the Parties; WHEREAS, the Permittee agrees to pay: (a) its proportional share of the Monitoring Costs to be incurred by the GWMA in accordance with the Cost Sharing Formula reflected in Exhibit “A”; and (b) applicable administrative fees to cover administrative costs; and
WHEREAS, the role of the GWMA is to: (1) invoice and collect funds from the Permittee to cover its portion of the Monitoring Costs; and (2) hire and retain consultants to maintain Monitoring Stations and conduct monitoring at the Monitoring Stations.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and conditions set forth herein, the Parties do hereby agree as follows:

Section 1. Purpose. The purpose of this Agreement is for the Permittee to cost share in the Monitoring Costs.

Section 2. Cooperation. The Parties shall fully cooperate with one another to achieve the purposes of this Agreement.

Section 3. Voluntary Nature. The Parties voluntarily enter into this Agreement.

Section 4. Binding Effect. This Agreement shall become binding on GWMA and the Permittee.

Section 5. Term. This Agreement shall commence on July 1, 2026 and shall expire on June 30, 2031, unless terminated earlier pursuant to this Agreement.

Section 6. Role of the GWMA.
(a) The GWMA shall invoice and collect funds from the Permittee to cover the Monitoring Costs.
(b) The GWMA shall administer the consultants’ contracts for the Monitoring Costs. Provided the Permittee has paid all outstanding invoices to the GWMA to cover the Monitoring Costs and administrative costs, the GWMA will provide the Permittee with the monitoring data collected from the Monitoring Stations and any associated reports.
(c) The GWMA is authorized to, and may negotiate and enter into agreements with, and collect funds from general and individual NPDES permit holders, that are not MS4 Permittees, for cost-sharing the Monitoring Costs in order to reduce the total costs incurred by the MS4 Permittees.

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Section 7. Financial Terms.
(a) Annual Payment Amount. The Permittee shall pay no more than the following amounts for each of the five fiscal years (June 30-July 1) listed below (“Annual Payment Amount”):

Fiscal Year 2026-2027:

Five Hundred Twenty-Seven Dollars and Twenty-Eight Cents ($ 527.28) Fiscal Year 2027-2028:

Five Hundred Forty-Eight Dollars and Thirty-Seven Cents ($ 548.37) Fiscal Year 2028-2029:

Five Hundred Seventy Dollars and Thirty Cents ($ 570.30) Fiscal Year 2029-2030:

Five Hundred Ninety-Three Dollars and Twelve Cents ($ 593.12) Fiscal Year 2030-2031:

Six Hundred Sixteen Dollars and Eighty-Four Cents ($ 616.84) Each Annual Payment Amount includes the Permittee’s Cost Share Amount identified in Exhibit “A”, attached hereto and incorporated herein.
(b) Administrative Costs. In addition to the Annual Payment Amount, the Permittee shall also pay its proportional share of the GWMA’s staff time for hiring the consultants, managing the consultants’ contracts, and invoicing the Permittee and legal fees incurred by the GWMA in the performance of its duties under this Agreement (“Direct Costs”), and audit expenses and other overhead costs (“Indirect Costs”), referred to collectively herein as the “Administrative Costs Payment Amount”. The Administrative Costs Payment Amount will be added to the Permittee’s annual invoice to cover the Permittee’s share of the administrative costs.
i. GWMA Members. If the Permittee is a GWMA Member, then the Administrative Costs Payment Amount does not include the GWMA’s Indirect Costs, which GWMA Members absorb as part of their annual membership dues. The rate charged to GWMA Members in order to recover the Direct Costs portion of the Administrative Costs Payment Amount will range between zero percent (0%) and five percent (5%) of the of the Permittee’s Cost Share Amount identified in Exhibit “A.” On an annual basis the GWMA will evaluate the percentage rate charged to GWMA Members to ensure it adequately recovers the GWMA’s cost of performing its duties under this Agreement. Based on this review, the GWMA Board will establish the rate charged to recover its Direct Costs for the next fiscal year. The GWMA will provide the Permittee, through the respective Chairs of the Lower San Gabriel River and Lower Los Angeles River Watershed Management Groups, fifteen (15) days’ written notice prior to July 1st of the fiscal year in which a new rate will take effect.

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ii. Non-GWMA Members. If the Permittee is not a GWMA
Member, then the Administrative Costs Payment Amount will include the GWMA’s Indirect Costs. The rate charged to Non-GWMA Members in order to recover Direct Costs will range between five percent (5%) and ten percent (10%) of the Permittee’s Cost Share Amount identified in Exhibit “A.” The rate charged to Non-GWMA Members in order to recover Indirect Costs will range between two percent (2%) and five percent (5%) of the Permittee’s Cost Share Amount identified in Exhibit “A.” On an annual basis the GWMA will evaluate the percentage rates for both Direct and Indirect Costs charged to NonGWMA Members to ensure they adequately recover the GWMA’s cost of performing its duties under this MOU. Based on this review, the GWMA Board may increase or decrease the rates charged to recover its Direct and Indirect Costs for the next fiscal year. The GWMA will provide the Permittee, through the respective Chairs of the Lower San Gabriel River and Lower Los Angeles River Watershed Management Groups, fifteen (15) days’ written notice prior to July 1st of the fiscal year in which a new rate will take effect.
(c) Adjustment of Cost Share Based on Number of Participants. The Annual Payment Amount and the Administrative Costs Payment Amount identified in this Section 7 (“Financial Terms”) represent the maximum dollar amounts that the Permittee is required to submit to the GWMA, but may be reduced based on the final number of MS4 Permittees that participate in the cost sharing for the Monitoring Costs. (d) Reserve Credits. If the actual cost share amount plus administrative costs collected by GWMA from all participating permittees in the Harbor Toxic Pollutants TMDL program are less than the Annual Payment Amount, plus the Administrative Costs Payment Amount, paid by all permittees in a particular year, then the GWMA will notify the Chairs of the Lower San Gabriel River and Lower Los Angeles River Watershed Management Groups. The Chairs will direct GWMA on how to apply the excess balance, which may include carrying the balance over to cover permittee costs in one or more subsequent years. GWMA reserves the right to transfer funds from the excess balance to maintain a minimum balance of $10,000 in its account dedicated to the Harbor Toxic Pollutants TMDL program at all times, per GWMA’s Administrative Budget Policy.

Notwithstanding the forgoing, the Administrative Costs Payment Amount charged to nonGWMA Members for Indirect Costs will be retained by GWMA and is not subject to a credit.
(e) Funds remaining in the possession of the GWMA at the expiration or earlier termination of this MOU shall be promptly returned to the Permittee in proportion to the Cost Share Amount identified in Exhibit “A” or rolled over into the subsequent MOU for the Harbor Toxic Pollutants TMDL if requested by the Permittee. (f) The Permittee’s Annual Payment Amount and Administrative Costs Payment Amount for the 2026-2027 fiscal year are due upon execution of this Agreement, but in no event later than September 30, 2026. For each subsequent fiscal year, commencing with the 2027-2028 fiscal year, the GWMA shall submit annual invoices to the Permittee for the Annual Payment Amount and Administrative Costs Payment Amount. Upon receiving an invoice from GWMA, each Permittee shall pay the Annual

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Payment Amount and Administrative Costs Payment Amount set forth in the invoice to the GWMA within forty-five (45) days of receipt.
(g) The Permittee shall be delinquent if its invoiced payment is not received by the GWMA within forty-five (45) days after the invoice’s date. If the Permittee is delinquent, the GWMA will: 1) verbally contact the representative of the Permittee; and 2) submit a formal letter from the GWMA Executive Officer to the Permittee at the address listed in Section 11 of this Agreement. If payment is not received within sixty (60) days of the original invoice date, the GWMA may terminate this Agreement. However, no such termination may be ordered unless the GWMA first provides the Permittee with thirty (30) days written notice of its intent to terminate the Agreement. The terminated Permittee shall remain obligated to GWMA for its delinquent payments and any other obligations incurred prior to the date of termination. If the GWMA terminates this Agreement because the Permittee is delinquent in its payment, the Permittee shall no longer be entitled to the monitoring data collected from the Monitoring Stations. (h) Any delinquent payments by the Permittee shall accrue compound interest at the average rate of interest paid by the Local Agency Investment Fund during the time that the payment is delinquent.

Section 8. Independent Contractor.
(a) The GWMA is, and shall at all times remain, a wholly independent contractor for performance of the obligations described in this Agreement. The GWMA’s officers, officials, employees and agents shall at all times during the term of this Agreement be under the exclusive control of the GWMA. The Permittee cannot control the conduct of the GWMA or any of its officers, officials, employees or agents. The GWMA and its officers, officials, employees, and agents shall not be deemed to be employees of the Permittee.
(b) The GWMA is solely responsible for the payment of salaries, wages, other compensation, employment taxes, workers’ compensation, or similar taxes for its employees and consultants performing services hereunder.

Section 9. Indemnification and Warranty.
(a) The Permittee shall defend, indemnify and hold harmless the GWMA and its officers, employees, and other representatives and agents from and against any and all liabilities, actions, suits proceedings, claims, demands, losses, costs, and expenses, including legal costs and attorney’s fees, for injury to or death of person(s), for damage to property (including property owned by the GWMA) for negligent or intentional acts, errors and omissions committed by the Permittee or its officers, employees, and agents, arising out of or related to that Permittee’s performance under this Agreement, except for such loss as may be caused by GWMA’s negligence or that of its officers, employees, or other representatives and agents, excluding the consultant. (b) GWMA makes no guarantee or warranty that any monitoring data prepared by the consultants shall be approved by the relevant governmental authorities.

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GWMA shall have no liability to the Permittee for the negligent or intentional acts or omissions of GWMA’s consultants.

Section 10. Termination.
(a) The Permittee may terminate this Agreement for any reason, or no reason, by giving the GWMA prior written notice thereof, but the Permittee shall remain responsible for its entire Annual Payment Amount through the end of the current fiscal year during which Permittee terminates the Agreement and shall not be entitled any refund of any portion of said Annual Payment Amount. Moreover, unless the Permittee provides written notice of termination to the GWMA by February 15th immediately prior to a new fiscal year, the Permittee shall also be responsible for its Annual Payment Amount through the end of such new fiscal year (by way of example only, if the Permittee terminates on March 1st, 2027, the Permittee is responsible for the Annual Payment Amounts for both fiscal years 2026-2027 and 2027-2028. If the Permittee terminates on February 10, 2027, the Permittee is responsible for its Annual Payment Amount only for Fiscal year 2026-2027, not for fiscal year 2027-2028). If the Permittee terminates the Agreement, the Permittee shall remain liable for any loss, debt, or liability otherwise incurred through the end of the new fiscal year.
(b) The GWMA may, with a vote of the GWMA Board, terminate this Agreement upon not less than thirty (30) days written notice to the Permittee. Any remaining funds not due and payable or otherwise legally committed to Consultant shall be returned to the Permittee.

Section 11. Miscellaneous.
(a) Other NPDES Permit Holders. Individual or general NPDES permit holders who are not MS4 Permittees that receive Harbor Toxic Pollutants TMDL monitoring requirements in their NPDES permits may wish to participate in this cost share for the Monitoring Costs in order to receive the monitoring data collected from the Monitoring Stations. Upon receipt of a written request from an NPDES permit holder to participate in this cost share, the GWMA will either reject or accept the NPDES permit holder’s participation in the cost share arrangement. If accepted, the NPDES permit holder will enter into a separate cost share agreement with the GWMA that will require the NPDES permit holder to pay annually at least twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) (“Private Monitoring Fee”) for the Monitoring Costs, with an annual cost of living adjustment based on the CPI-All Urban Consumers for the Los Angeles Area as published by the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics (or any successor thereto). The calculation shall be made using the immediate prior 12-month index ending in January. Failure to pay the Private Monitoring Fee by the date set forth in the cost share agreement will result in termination of the NPDES permit holder’s participant status.

An NPDES permit holder accepted as a participant will only be entitled to receive the monitoring data collected from the Monitoring Stations for any fiscal year in which the participant has paid its Private Monitoring Fee. The Private Monitoring Fee will be applied as a credit toward the Permittee’s Annual Payment Amount in proportion to the Permittee’s Cost Share Amount identified in Exhibit “A.”

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(b) Notices. All Notices which the Parties require or desire to give hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed given when delivered personally or three (3) days after mailing by registered or certified mail (return receipt requested) to the following address or as such other addresses as the Parties may from time to time designate by written notice in the aforesaid manner:

To GWMA:

Ms. Grace Kast
Executive Officer
16401 Paramount Boulevard
Paramount, CA 90723
To the Permittee:

City of Cudahy
5220 Santa Ana St
Cudahy, CA 90201
Attn: Raul Diaz
(c) Amendment. The terms and provisions of this Agreement may not be amended, modified or waived, except by a written instrument signed by all Parties. (d) Waiver. Waiver by either the GWMA or the Permittee of any term, condition, or covenant of this Agreement shall not constitute a waiver of any other term, condition, or covenant. Waiver, by the GWMA or the Permittee, to any breach of the provisions of this Agreement shall not constitute a waiver of any other provision or a waiver of any subsequent breach of any provision of this Agreement. (e) Law to Govern: Venue. This Agreement shall be interpreted, construed, and governed according to the laws of the State of California. In the event of litigation between the Parties, venue shall lie exclusively in the County of Los Angeles. (f) No Presumption in Drafting. The Parties to this Agreement agree that the general rule than an agreement is to be interpreted against the Party drafting it, or causing it to be prepared, shall not apply.
(g) Severability. If any term, provision, condition or covenant of this Agreement is declared or determined by any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, void, or unenforceable, the remaining provisions of this Agreement shall not be affected thereby and this Agreement shall be read and construed without the invalid, void, or unenforceable provisions(s).
(h) Entire Agreement. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement of the Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior or contemporaneous agreements, whether written or oral, with respect thereto.

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(i) Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original, but all of which taken together shall constitute but one and the same instrument, provided, however, that such counterparts shall have been delivered to all Parties to this Agreement. (j) Legal Representation. All Parties have been represented by counsel in the preparation and negotiation of this Agreement. Accordingly, this Agreement shall be construed according to its fair language.
(k) Authority to Execute this Agreement. The person or persons executing this Agreement on behalf of Permittee warrants and represents that he or she has the authority to execute this Agreement on behalf of the Permittee and has the authority to bind Permittee.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed on their behalf, respectively, as follows:

DATE: _______________ LOS ANGELES GATEWAY REGION

INTEGRATED REGIONAL WATER

MANAGEMENT JOINT POWERS

AUTHORITY
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GWMA Chair
DATE: _______________ PERMITTEE

CITY OF CUDAHY

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COST SHARE MATRIX

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AGREEMENT

BETWEEN THE LOS ANGELES GATEWAY REGION INTEGRATED REGIONAL

WATER MANAGEMENT JOINT POWERS AUTHORITY

AND THE

CITY OF CUDAHY

FOR COST SHARING FOR THE INSTALLATION OF MONITORING EQUIPMENT

AND MONITORING PURSUANT TO THE HARBOR TOXIC POLLUTANTS TMDL This Agreement is made and entered into as of June 8, 2023, by and between the Los Angeles Gateway Region Integrated Regional Water Management Joint Powers Authority (“GWMA”), a California Joint Powers Authority, and the City of Cudahy, (the “Permittee”). The Permittee and the GWMA are collectively referred to as the “Parties”;

RECITALS
WHEREAS, the mission of the GWMA includes the equitable protection and management of water resources within its area;
WHEREAS, for the purposes of this Agreement, the term “MS4 Permittees” shall mean those public agencies that are co-permittees to a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System Permit Order (“MS4 Permit”) issued by the Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board; WHEREAS, the United States Environmental Protection Agency established the Total Maximum Daily Loads (“TMDL”) for Toxic Pollutants on March 23, 2012, with the intent of protecting and improving water quality in the Dominguez Channel and the Greater Los Angeles and Long Beach Harbor Waters (“Harbor Toxic Pollutants TMDL”); WHEREAS, the Harbor Toxic Pollutants TMDL regulates certain discharges from National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (“NPDES”) permit holders, requiring organization and cooperation among the MS4 Permittees;
WHEREAS, the Permittee manages, drains or conveys storm water into at least a portion of the Los Angeles River including its estuary or Coyote Creek or the San Gabriel River including their estuaries;
WHEREAS, various MS4 Permittees desire to achieve the objectives of the Harbor Toxic Pollutants TMDL by continuing to maintain the monitoring station in the Los Angeles River at Wardlow Road, monitoring station in the San Gabriel River near Spring Street, and monitoring station in the Coyote Creek, also near Spring Street and conducting monitoring at said monitoring stations (collectively “Monitoring Stations”) to ensure consistency with other regional monitoring programs and usability with other TMDL related studies;
WHEREAS, continuing maintenance of the Monitoring Stations and future monitoring requires administrative coordination for the various MS4 Permittees that the GWMA can and is willing to provide;
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WHEREAS, the Lower Los Angeles River Watershed Management Group and the Lower San Gabriel River Watershed Management Group have been formed pursuant to the MS4 Permit and oversee and manage the monitoring program for the Harbor Toxic Pollutants TMDL within their respective watersheds;
WHEREAS, the members of the GWMA are the Cities of Artesia, Bell, Bell Gardens, Bellflower, Cerritos, Commerce, Compton, Cudahy, Downey, Hawaiian Gardens, Huntington Park, La Mirada, Lakewood, Long Beach, Lynwood, Maywood, Montebello, Norwalk, Paramount, Pico Rivera, Santa Fe Springs, Signal Hill, South Gate, Vernon, Whittier, Water Replenishment District, Central Basin Municipal Water District, Port of Long Beach, and the Long Beach Water Department (“GWMA Members”); WHEREAS, because of the financial savings and benefits resulting from this costsharing arrangement, other MS4 Permittees that are not GWMA Members may request to participate in the cost sharing of the Monitoring Costs for the maintenance of the Monitoring Stations and the costs of monitoring conducted at the Monitoring Stations (collectively “Monitoring Costs”);
WHEREAS, the GWMA Board of Directors authorized the GWMA to enter into individual separate agreements with such individual MS4 Permittees (which shall not have voting rights in the GWMA) for purposes of only cost sharing in the Monitoring Costs; WHEREAS, because GWMA Members already pay annual membership fees that pay for GWMA administrative costs, GWMA Members that participate in the cost share for the Monitoring Costs shall pay an administrative fee that is less than that the administrative fee charged to MS4 Permittees that are not GWMA Members; WHEREAS, certain private NPDES permit holders that are subject to the Harbor Toxic Pollutants TMDL have also expressed interest in participating in the cost share for the Monitoring Costs and procuring the monitoring data generated pursuant to this Agreement in order to satisfy their own permit obligations; WHEREAS, the current agreements that cover the cost share arrangements for the Monitoring Costs through fiscal year 2022-2023 will expire on June 30, 2023.

WHEREAS, it is currently unknown how many MS4 Permittees and private NPDES permit holders will ultimately participate in the cost sharing of the Monitoring Costs for fiscal years 2023-2024 through 2025-2026;
WHEREAS, depending on how many MS4 Permittees and private NPDES permit holders ultimately participate in the cost sharing for the Monitoring Costs, each participating Permittee’s annual cost share amount will be adjusted and the GWMA will notify each participating Permittee of its adjusted annual cost share amount in writing; WHEREAS, the Permittee desires to share in the Monitoring Costs;

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WHEREAS, the Parties have determined that authorizing GWMA to hire consultants as necessary to maintain the Monitoring Stations and conduct the monitoring required by the Harbor Toxic Pollutants TMDL will be beneficial to the Parties; WHEREAS, the Permittee agrees to pay: (a) its proportional share of the Monitoring Costs to be incurred by the GWMA in accordance with the Cost Sharing Formula reflected in Exhibit “A”; and (b) applicable administrative fees to cover administrative costs; and
WHEREAS, the role of the GWMA is to: (1) invoice and collect funds from the Permittee to cover its portion of the Monitoring Costs; and (2) hire and retain consultants to maintain Monitoring Stations and conduct monitoring at the Monitoring Stations.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and conditions set forth herein, the Parties do hereby agree as follows:

Section 1. Purpose. The purpose of this Agreement is for the Permittee to cost share in the Monitoring Costs.

Section 2. Cooperation. The Parties shall fully cooperate with one another to achieve the purposes of this Agreement.

Section 3. Voluntary Nature. The Parties voluntarily enter into this Agreement.

Section 4. Binding Effect. This Agreement shall become binding on GWMA and the Permittee.

Section 5. Term. This Agreement shall commence on July 1, 2023 and shall expire on June 30, 2026, unless terminated earlier pursuant to this Agreement.

Section 6. Role of the GWMA.
(a) The GWMA shall invoice and collect funds from the Permittee to cover the Monitoring Costs.
(b) The GWMA shall administer the consultants’ contracts for the Monitoring Costs. Provided the Permittee has paid all outstanding invoices to the GWMA to cover the Monitoring Costs and administrative costs, the GWMA will provide the Permittee with the monitoring data collected from the Monitoring Stations and any associated reports.
(c) The GWMA is authorized and may negotiate, enter into agreements with, and collect funds from general and individual NPDES permit holders, that are not MS4 Permittees, for cost-sharing the Monitoring Costs in order to reduce the total costs incurred by the MS4 Permittees.

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Section 7. Financial Terms.
(a) Annual Payment Amount. The Permittee shall pay no more than the following amounts for each of the three fiscal years (June 30-July 1) listed below (“Annual Payment Amount”):

Fiscal Year 2023-2024:

Five Hundred Forty Six Dollars and Thirty Cents ($546.30) Fiscal Year 2024-2025:

Five Hundred Forty Eight Dollars and Sixty Six Cents ($548.66) Fiscal Year 2025-2026:

Five Hundred Sixty One Dollars and Fifty Four Cents ($561.54) Each Annual Payment Amount includes the Permittee’s Cost Share Amount identified in Exhibit “A”, attached hereto and incorporated herein.
(b) Administrative Costs. In addition to the Annual Payment Amount, the Permittee shall also pay its proportional share of the GWMA’s staff time for hiring the consultants, managing the consultants’ contracts, and invoicing the Permittee and legal fees incurred by the GWMA in the performance of its duties under this Agreement (“Direct Costs”), and audit expenses and other overhead costs (“Indirect Costs”), referred to collectively herein as the “Administrative Costs Payment Amount”. The Administrative Costs Payment Amount will be added to the Permittee’s annual invoice to cover the Permittee’s share of the administrative costs.
i. GWMA Members. If the Permittee is a GWMA Member, then the Administrative Costs Payment Amount does not include the GWMA’s Indirect Costs, which GWMA Members absorb as part of their annual membership dues. The rate charged to GWMA Members in order to recover the Direct Costs portion of the Administrative Costs Payment Amount will range between zero percent (0%) and five percent (5%) of the of the Permittee’s Cost Share Amount identified in Exhibit “A.” On an annual basis the GWMA will evaluate the percentage rate charged to GWMA Members to ensure it adequately recovers the GWMA’s cost of performing its duties under this Agreement. Based on this review, the GWMA Board will establish the rate charged to recover its Direct Costs for the next fiscal year. The GWMA will provide the Permittee, through the respective Chairs of the Lower San Gabriel River and Lower Los Angeles River Watershed Management Groups, fifteen (15) days’ written notice prior to July 1st of the fiscal year in which a new rate will take effect. ii. Non-GWMA Members. If the Permittee is not a GWMA
Member, then the Administrative Costs Payment Amount will include the GWMA’s Indirect Costs. The rate charged to Non-GWMA Members in order to recover Direct Costs will range between five percent (5%) and ten percent (10%) of the Permittee’s Cost Share Amount identified in Exhibit “A.” The rate charged to Non-GWMA Members in order to

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recover Indirect Costs will range between two percent (2%) and five percent (5%) of the Permittee’s Cost Share Amount identified in Exhibit “A.” On an annual basis the GWMA will evaluate the percentage rates for both Direct and Indirect Costs charged to NonGWMA Members to ensure they adequately recover the GWMA’s cost of performing its duties under this MOU. Based on this review, the GWMA Board may increase or decrease the rates charged to recover its Direct and Indirect Costs for the next fiscal year. The GWMA will provide the Permittee, through the respective Chairs of the Lower San Gabriel River and Lower Los Angeles River Watershed Management Groups, fifteen (15) days’ written notice prior to July 1st of the fiscal year in which a new rate will take effect.
(c) Adjustment of Cost Share Based on Number of Participants. The Annual Payment Amount and the Administrative Costs Payment Amount identified in this Section 7 (“Financial Terms”) represent the maximum dollar amounts that the Permittee is required to submit to the GWMA, but may be reduced based on the final number of MS4 Permittees that participate in the cost sharing for the Monitoring Costs. (d) Reserve Credits. If the actual cost share amount plus administrative costs collected by GWMA from all participating permittees in the Harbor Toxic Pollutants TMDL program are less than the Annual Payment Amount, plus the Administrative Costs Payment Amount, paid by all permittees in a particular year, then the GWMA will notify the Chairs of the Lower San Gabriel River and Lower Los Angeles River Watershed Management Groups. The Chairs will direct GWMA on how to apply the excess balance, which may include carrying the balance over to cover permittee costs in one or more subsequent years. , GWMA reserves the right to transfer funds from the excess balance to maintain a minimum balance of $10,000 in its account dedicated to the Harbor Toxic Pollutants TMDL program at all times, per GWMA’s Administrative Budget Policy.

Notwithstanding the forgoing, the Administrative Costs Payment Amount charged to nonGWMA Members for Indirect Costs will be retained by GWMA and is not subject to a credit.
(e) Funds remaining in the possession of the GWMA at the expiration or earlier termination of this MOU shall be promptly returned to the Permittee in proportion to the Cost Share Amount identified in Exhibit “A” or rolled over into the subsequent MOU for the Harbor Toxic Pollutants TMDL if requested by the Permittee. (f) The Permittee’s Annual Payment Amount and Administrative Costs Payment Amount for the 2023-2024 fiscal year are due upon execution of this Agreement, but in no event later than September 30, 2023. For each subsequent fiscal year, commencing with the 2024-2025 fiscal year, the GWMA shall submit annual invoices to the Permittee for the Annual Payment Amount and Administrative Costs Payment Amount. Upon receiving an invoice from GWMA, each Permittee shall pay the Annual Payment Amount and Administrative Costs Payment Amount set forth in the invoice to the GWMA within forty-five (45) days of receipt.
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is delinquent, the GWMA will: 1) verbally contact the representative of the Permittee; and 2) submit a formal letter from the GWMA Executive Officer to the Permittee at the address listed in Section 11 of this Agreement. If payment is not received within sixty (60) days of the original invoice date, the GWMA may terminate this Agreement. However, no such termination may be ordered unless the GWMA first provides the Permittee with thirty (30) days written notice of its intent to terminate the Agreement. The terminated Permittee shall remain obligated to GWMA for its delinquent payments and any other obligations incurred prior to the date of termination. If the GWMA terminates this Agreement because the Permittee is delinquent in its payment, the Permittee shall no longer be entitled to the monitoring data collected from the Monitoring Stations. (h) Any delinquent payments by the Permittee shall accrue compound interest at the average rate of interest paid by the Local Agency Investment Fund during the time that the payment is delinquent.

Section 8. Independent Contractor.
(a) The GWMA is, and shall at all times remain, a wholly independent contractor for performance of the obligations described in this Agreement. The GWMA’s officers, officials, employees and agents shall at all times during the term of this Agreement be under the exclusive control of the GWMA. The Permittee cannot control the conduct of the GWMA or any of its officers, officials, employees or agents. The GWMA and its officers, officials, employees, and agents shall not be deemed to be employees of the Permittee.
(b) The GWMA is solely responsible for the payment of salaries, wages, other compensation, employment taxes, workers’ compensation, or similar taxes for its employees and consultants performing services hereunder.

Section 9. Indemnification and Warranty.
(a) The Permittee shall defend, indemnify and hold harmless the GWMA and its officers, employees, and other representatives and agents from and against any and all liabilities, actions, suits proceedings, claims, demands, losses, costs, and expenses, including legal costs and attorney’s fees, for injury to or death of person(s), for damage to property (including property owned by the GWMA) for negligent or intentional acts, errors and omissions committed by the Permittee or its officers, employees, and agents, arising out of or related to that Permittee’s performance under this Agreement, except for such loss as may be caused by GWMA’s negligence or that of its officers, employees, or other representatives and agents, excluding the consultant. (b) GWMA makes no guarantee or warranty that any monitoring data prepared by the consultants shall be approved by the relevant governmental authorities.

GWMA shall have no liability to the Permittee for the negligent or intentional acts or omissions of GWMA’s consultants.

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Section 10. Termination.
(a) The Permittee may terminate this Agreement for any reason, or no reason, by giving the GWMA prior written notice thereof, but the Permittee shall remain responsible for its entire Annual Payment Amount through the end of the current fiscal year during which Permittee terminates the Agreement and shall not be entitled any refund of any portion of said Annual Payment Amount. Moreover, unless the Permittee provides written notice of termination to the GWMA by February 15th immediately prior to a new fiscal year, the Permittee shall also be responsible for its Annual Payment Amount through the end of such new fiscal year (e.g., If the Permittee terminates on March 1st, 2024, the Permittee is responsible for the Annual Payment Amounts for both fiscal years 2023-2024 and 2024-2025. If the Permittee terminates on February 10, 2024, the Permittee is responsible for its Annual Payment Amount only for Fiscal year 2023- 2024, not for fiscal year 2024-2025). If the Permittee terminates the Agreement, the Permittee shall remain liable for any loss, debt, or liability otherwise incurred through the end of the new fiscal year.
(b) The GWMA may, with a vote of the GWMA Board, terminate this Agreement upon not less than thirty (30) days written notice to the Permittee. Any remaining funds not due and payable or otherwise legally committed to Consultant shall be returned to the Permittee.

Section 11. Miscellaneous.
(a) Other NPDES Permit Holders. Individual or general NPDES permit holders who are not MS4 Permittees that receive Harbor Toxic Pollutants TMDL monitoring requirements in their NPDES permits may wish to participate in this cost share for the Monitoring Costs in order to receive the monitoring data collected from the Monitoring Stations. Upon receipt of a written request from an NPDES permit holder to participate in this cost share, the GWMA will either reject or accept the NPDES permit holder’s participation in the cost share arrangement. If accepted, the NPDES permit holder will enter into a separate cost share agreement with the GWMA that will require the NPDES permit holder to pay annually at least twelve thousand three hundred dollars ($12,300) (“Private Monitoring Fee”) for the Monitoring Costs. Failure to pay the Private Monitoring Fee by the date set forth in the cost share agreement will result in termination of the NPDES permit holder’s participant status. An NPDES permit holder accepted as a participant will only be entitled to receive the monitoring data collected from the Monitoring Stations for any fiscal year in which the participant has paid its Private Monitoring Fee. The Private Monitoring Fee will be applied as a credit toward the Permittee’s Annual Payment Amount in proportion to the Permittee’s Cost Share Amount identified in Exhibit “A.”
(b) Notices. All Notices which the Parties require or desire to give hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed given when delivered personally or three (3) days after mailing by registered or certified mail (return receipt requested) to the following address or as such other addresses as the Parties may from time to time designate by written notice in the aforesaid manner:

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To GWMA:

Ms. Grace Kast
Executive Officer
16401 Paramount Boulevard
Paramount, CA 90723
To the Permittee:

City of Cudahy
5220 Santa Ana St
Cudahy, CA 0
Attn: Aaron Hernandez-Torres
(c) Amendment. The terms and provisions of this Agreement may not be amended, modified or waived, except by a written instrument signed by all Parties. (d) Waiver. Waiver by either the GWMA or the Permittee of any term, condition, or covenant of this Agreement shall not constitute a waiver of any other term, condition, or covenant. Waiver, by the GWMA or the Permittee, to any breach of the provisions of this Agreement shall not constitute a waiver of any other provision or a waiver of any subsequent breach of any provision of this Agreement. (e) Law to Govern: Venue. This Agreement shall be interpreted, construed, and governed according to the laws of the State of California. In the event of litigation between the Parties, venue shall lie exclusively in the County of Los Angeles. (f) No Presumption in Drafting. The Parties to this Agreement agree that the general rule than an agreement is to be interpreted against the Party drafting it, or causing it to be prepared, shall not apply.
(g) Severability. If any term, provision, condition or covenant of this Agreement is declared or determined by any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, void, or unenforceable, the remaining provisions of this Agreement shall not be affected thereby and this Agreement shall be read and construed without the invalid, void, or unenforceable provisions(s).
(h) Entire Agreement. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement of the Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior or contemporaneous agreements, whether written or oral, with respect thereto. (i) Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original, but all of which taken together shall constitute but one and the same instrument, provided, however, that such counterparts shall have been delivered to all Parties to this Agreement.

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(j) Legal Representation. All Parties have been represented by counsel in the preparation and negotiation of this Agreement. Accordingly, this Agreement shall be construed according to its fair language.
(k) Authority to Execute this Agreement. The person or persons executing this Agreement on behalf of Permittee warrants and represents that he or she has the authority to execute this Agreement on behalf of the Permittee and has the authority to bind Permittee.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed on their behalf, respectively, as follows:

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LOS ANGELES GATEWAY REGION

INTEGRATED REGIONAL WATER

MANAGEMENT JOINT POWERS

AUTHORITY
Adriana Figueroa
GWMA Chair
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City Manager
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STAFF REPORT
Date: June 16, 2026
To: Honorable Mayor/Chair and City Council/Agency Members From: Christopher R. Lopez, City Manager/Executive Director Juan Arauz, Community Development Director/Assistant City Manager Subject: Public Hearing to Adopt Resolution No. 26-23, Repealing Resolution No. 22-20, and Adopting a Comprehensive Service Fee Study to Modify the Master Fee and Fine Schedule

RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that the City Council:

1. Receive staff and consultant presentation summarizing the comprehensive service fee study and proposed comprehensive service and user fees; and

2. Open the public hearing and receive comments and testimony; and

3. Adopt Resolution 26-23 (Attachment “A”), repealing Resolution No. 22-20 (Attachment “B”), and adopting the attached comprehensive user and service fee study (Attachment “C”) modifying the existing master fee and fine schedule.

BACKGROUND
On October 15, 2024, the City Council entered into a professional service agreement (“PSA”) with Willdan Financial Services (“Willdan”) to prepare an updated comprehensive service and user fee study. Willdan evaluated the city’s existing user fees and compared them to the actual current cost of providing services, with a focus on fees for services that primarily provide a private and specific benefit to the requestor and limited to no broader community benefit.

They also identified new fees that presently do not exist in the city’s master fee schedule. The City cannot collect fees not listed in the master fee schedule, meaning that those services are provided with no recovery cost.

On April 21, 2026, city staff and Willdan presented an update to the City Council on the status Item Number
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of the comprehensive user fees. As required by the PSA, the presentation had a particular focus on new identified fees.

On May 19, 2026, city staff and Willdan presented to the City Council a report with all current city service and user fees and fines. The report also provided an analysis of the city’s actual cost to provide services and programs. Several rates for service fees and fines were identified to be below the city’s actual cost to provide respective services and programs, meaning that the city is subsidizing services and programs.

After presenting analysis on existing rates versus cost, staff recommended that the City Council provide staff feedback and direction on its broad philosophical approach to the city’s fees for service. Specifically, the City Council discussed:

1. Which fees and fines to set at the full burden rate as described in the analysis. This approach would result in the city recovering its full cost for services; however, it would result in increases to various fees, including the adoption of new fees.

2. Which fees to set below the city’s assessed full burden rate. Lowering fees below the city’s full burden cost would result in the city subsidizing its services.

This report incorporates feedback and direction provided by the City Council at the May 19, 2026 meeting.

ANALYSIS
The service and user fee assessment is intended to determine the full costs incurred by the city to support the various activities for which the city charges fees. Due to the complexity and the breadth of performing a comprehensive review of fees, a variety of fee methodologies to identify the full costs of individual fee and program activities were employed. The outcome of the study was to identify 100% full cost recovery for city services. The fees presented herein were obtained from various discussions among city staff and Willdan consultants.

As cities balance between maintaining levels of service and variability of demand, they have become increasingly aware of subsidies provided by the General Fund and have implemented cost-recovery targets. To the extent that governments use general fund monies to provide individuals with private benefits and not require them to pay the full cost of the service (and, therefore, receive a subsidy), the government is limiting funds that may be available to provide other community-wide benefits. In effect, the government is using community funds to pay for private benefits. However, unlike most revenue sources, cities have more control over the level of user fees they charge to recover costs, or the subsidies they can institute.

Fees in California are required to conform to the statutory requirements of the California

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Constitution, Proposition 218, Proposition 26, and the California Code of Regulations (“Code”).

The Code also requires that the City Council adopt fees by either ordinance or resolution, and that any fees in excess of the estimated total cost of rendering the related services must be approved by a popular vote of two-thirds of those electors voting because the charge would be considered a tax and not a fee. There are no fees suggested to be set above the cost of service and as such a public vote is not required.

State regulations require that municipalities update their fee schedules to reflect the actual costs of certain public services primarily benefiting users. User fees recover costs associated with the provision of specific services benefiting the user, thereby typically reducing the use of General Fund monies for such purposes. In addition to collecting the direct cost of labor and materials associated with processing and administering user services, it is common for local governments to recover reasonable support costs.

Based on City Council feedback and direction on May 19, 2026, the user fee study proposes the following:

1. No increase to the overnight parking permits (annual permit $150.00, weekly permit $20, guest daily permit $3.00).

2. No increase to fees for vehicle impound (currently $271.00), vehicle inspection for correctable violation (currently $13.50), or verification of disabled person placard (currently $27.00).

3. No increase to park sports programming fee for residents. This will remain at $45.00 with a resolution establishing resident subsidy.

4. Increase park sports programming fee to an amount that isn’t near the full burden cost (range from $303.34 to $339.40). Staff is recommending increasing the nonresident fee to $90, resulting in a 100% increase over existing costs.

5. Based on City Council direction on sports programming, staff is recommending increasing park rental fees by 150%, which still results in new fees below the city’s full burden rate. For example, the existing Turner Hall base rent fee is currently $300.00; the new fee would be $750.00; full cost recovery is $4,235.37.

6. Increase all other cost and fines to full burden rate.

7. Postpone business license fee increases until January 2027.

After hearing staff presentation, public comments, and testimony on the proposed new user and service fees, the City Council has the option to make changes to fees during the meeting.

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CONCLUSION
As the city seeks to efficiently manage limited resources and adequately respond to increased service demands, it needs a variety of tools. The attached user fee study provides assurance that the City Council has the best information and the best resources available to make sound decisions, fairly and legitimately set fees, maintain compliance with state law and local policies, and meet the needs of the city.

STRATEGIC PLAN CORRELATION
Goal D (Financial Stability and Transparency)

1. Develop clear, concise, materials to educate and engage the community about the City’s budget, finances, spending, and investments, and policies.

FINANCIAL IMPACT
All service and user fees are collected to recover the city’s cost for services. Cost recovery can be full or partial if fees are subsidized. The city would be using general fund monies for any subsidized fees.

ATTACHMENTS
Attachment A: Resolution No. 26-23
Attachment B: Resolution No. 22-20
Attachment C: Comprehensive User and Service Fee Study
Attachment D: Public Notice