Agenda — City Council Meeting Agenda, September 19, 2022

Mike Balkman
Council Chambers
9770 Culver Blvd.

Culver City, CA 90232
(310) 253-5851
Mayor Dr. Daniel Lee
Vice Mayor Albert Vera
Member Göran Eriksson
Member Alex Fisch
Member Yasmine-Imani McMorrin
City Council Meeting Agenda
Regular Meeting of the City Council,
Successor Agency to the Culver City
Redevelopment Agency Board, and Culver
City Housing Authority Board
7:00 PM Monday, September 19, 2022
MEETING INFORMATION AND ACCOMMODATION:

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The City Council will receive comments from the public on any item of interest to the public (not listed on the agenda) that is within the subject matter jurisdiction of the City Council. The City Council cannot legally take action on any item not appearing on the agenda. Such items may be referred for administrative action or scheduled on a future agenda.

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WRITTEN COMMENTS: Please provide comments via eComment at www.culvercity.org/meetings. Locate the appropriate meeting and click on the highlighted eComment link. You may need to register once. Written comments may also be sent via public [email protected], or mail. Should you not wish to have your personal contact information placed into the record of the meeting, please submit comments via the eComment portal. Those received 4 hours in advance of the start time will be provided to Council Members and become part of the official record through a motion to receive and file correspondence. Please be advised, written comments WILL NOT be read aloud during the City Council meeting.

ORAL COMMENTS: We encourage everyone who wishes to speak to register to attend the meeting www .culvercity.org/agendas. Please indicate how you will attend (in-person or virtually) and the agenda item (s) for which you wish to make a comment. In-person attendees may also register to speak upon arrival. Speakers will be called in chronological order, based on when they registered to attend. At the start of each agenda item, staff will read aloud the names of those who have registered and requested to speak on an agenda item. Requests to speak that are received after the start of the public comment period for that agenda item will not be considered until the end of the meeting .

A tutorial on Webex Registration is available at Culver City's YouTube page www.youtube.com/cityofculvercitygov.

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Section 611 of the City Charter provides that during any public meeting, all persons shall have the right to address the City Council, and any City commission, board or committee, subject to reasonable rules of decorum and time limits established by ordinance or the presiding officer. Therefore, the presiding officer may, from time to time, establish different time limits than those listed in this Agenda in order to effectively conduct City business. The presiding officer may also, from time to time, re -order the items on the agenda in order to effectively conduct the City Council meeting.

AVAILABILITY OF AGENDA PACKETS AND CONSERVATION OF
RESOURCES:

The Agenda, staff reports and attachments are available online at www.culvercity.org/agendas. Members of the public may inspect (at no cost ) and/or obtain copies (upon payment of the City ’s current copying fee) of any regular session item by contacting the City Clerk ’s Office at City Hall via phone at (310) 253-5851 or email at [email protected].

NOTE: AT OR ABOUT 11:00 P.M., MEMBERS MAY DETERMINE WHETHER

TO CONTINUE WITH DISCUSSION OF REMAINING ITEMS ON THE AGENDA

OR TO CARRY SOME /ALL OF THE ITEMS OVER TO A FUTURE MEETING DATE.

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CLOSED SESSION - 6:00 PM
Public requests to discuss Closed Session Items must be filed with the Clerk before Closed Session convenes. The City Council shall convene in closed session to consider the following matter(s):
23-180CS-1. CC - CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATORS
CITY DESIGNATED REPRESENTATIVES: CITY
MANAGER JOHN NACHBAR; ASSISTANT CITY

MANAGER ONYX JONES
E M P L O Y E E O R G A N I Z A T I O N : C U L V E R C I T Y E M P L O Y E E S A S S O C I A T I O N ; C U L V E R C I T Y MANAGEMENT GROUP; CULVER CITY POLICE
OFFICERS ASSOCIATION;
CULVER CITY FIRE FIGHTERS ASSOCIATION; CULVER
CITY POLICE MANAGEMENT GROUP; CULVER CITY
FIRE MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION; EXECUTIVE

MANAGEMENT EMPLOYEES
PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 54957.6
RECOGNITION PRESENTATIONS - 6:30 PM
23-118R-1. CC- PRESENTATION OF A PROCLAMATION IN
OBSERVANCE OF CLEAN AIR DAY 2022
23-119R-2. CC - A PROCLAMATION IN CELEBRATION OF
NATIONAL HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH 2022
23-176R-3. CC - PRESENTATION OF A PROCLAMATION
DESIGNATING SEPTEMBER 20, 2022 AS NATIONAL

VOTER REGISTRATION DAY
Sponsors: City Clerk Bocchino

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B L U M E N F E L D , D I R E C T O R O F C O M M U N I T Y

DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT IN COMMEMORATION

OF HIS RETIREMENT FROM THE CITY OF CULVER
CITY.

REGULAR SESSION - 7:00 PM

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

REPORT ON ACTION TAKEN IN CLOSED SESSION

COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS BY MEMBERS/INFORMATION ITEMS FROM STAFF
Note: Council Members will have up to two minutes each to provide announcements (not including requests to "adjourn in memory".) Any additional announcements and /or requests to place items on a future agenda may be held to the end of the City Council Meeting, after all other business appearing on the agenda has been completed.

PRESENTATIONS TO CITY COUNCIL
23-198P-1. CC - PRESENTATION TO THE CITY COUNCIL FROM

THE WEST BASIN MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT

REGARDING THE DISTRICT'S DROUGHT PROGRAMS

AND REBATES
JOINT PUBLIC COMMENT - Items NOT on the Agenda (Limit 20 Minutes) Note: All requests to address the City Council (and all other bodies in session ) on items of interest to the public that are within the subject matter jurisdiction of the City Council (and all other bodies in session) and NOT on the agenda must be submitted to the City Clerk prior to the calling of this item by the presiding officer. This public comment period shall have an aggregate duration of up to 20 minutes for all bodies in session. Each comment may be up to three minutes in length.

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RECEIPT AND FILING OF CORRESPONDENCE
Note: The City Council shall consider a motion to receive and file all written correspondence related to agenda items appearing on this evening ’s agenda and for all other written documents (including e-mails sent to [email protected]) on subjects not appearing on the agenda that were received by the City Clerk ’s Office. Comments received in writing up to four hours before the meeting's regular session start time on the meeting date will be distributed to the City Council Members and become part of the official record of the meeting.

ORDER OF THE AGENDA
Note: The presiding officer or City Council may consider reordering the sequence in which items appearing on this evening ’s agenda will be considered by the City Council.

CONSENT CALENDAR
Note: Joint Consent and Consent Calendar items are considered to be routine in nature and may be approved by one motion. All requests to address the City Council under these items must be filed with the City Clerk before the Consent Calendar and Joint Consent Calendar are called by the presiding officer. Any Consent Calendar item that is pulled for discussion by a Council Member (not including brief questions, points of clarification and the like, which can be handled quickly ), or because a public comment card (s) has been filed with the City Clerk, may be pulled from the Consent Calendar and considered later in the agenda, at the discretion of the presiding officer or City Council.

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September 19, 2022Regular Meeting of the City Council,
Successor Agency to the Culver City
Redevelopment Agency Board, and
Culver City Housing Authority Board
City Council Meeting Agenda
Closed Session - 6:00 PM
Recognitions - 6:30 PM
Regular Session - 7:00 PM
23-18C-1. CC - CONSENT ITEM: RECEIPT AND FILING OF THE
BIANNUAL WRITTEN REPORTS OF CULVER CITY ’S
COMMISSIONS, BOARDS, AND COMMITTEES.
2022-09-19__ATT - ACOHH.pdf
2022-09-19__ATT - BPAC.pdf
2022-09-19__ATT - CSC.pdf
2022-09-19__ATT - CAC.pdf
2022-09-19__ATT - DAC.pdf
2022-09-19__ATT - EHRAC.pdf
2022-09-19__ATT - FAC.pdf
2022-09-19__ATT - LTMB.pdf
2022-09-19__ATT - PRCS.pdf
2022-09-19__ATT - PC.pdf
Attachments:
23-161C-2. CC- CONSENT ITEM: ( 1) AUTHORIZATION OF THE E

ACCEPTANCE OF CITIES AND COUNCILS OF

GOVERNMENTS INTERIM HOUSING SERVICES
(CCOGIHS) GRANT FUNDS IN THE AN AMOUNT OF
$1,109,600 FROM THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES
(COUNTY) CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF HOMELESS
INITIATIVE (CEO-HI); AND (2) FOUR-FIFTHS VOTE
REQUIREMENT: APPROVALE OF A RELATED BUDGET
AMENDMENT (REQUIRES A FOUR-FIFTHS VOTE).
23-163C-3. CC - CONSENT ITEM: APPROVAL OF A FIVE -YEAR

AGREEMENT WITH SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT
SERVICES, LLC ., TO MANAGE THE CULVER CITY
F A R M E R S ’ M A R K E T F O R A N A M O U N T
NOT-TO-EXCEED $627,440 PLUS 20% OF NET

REVENUES GENERATED BY THE CULVER CITY
FARMERS’ MARKET.

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AMENDING CULVER CITY MUNICIPAL CODE CHAPTER

3.05 “PERSONNEL POLICIES ”; TO BE CONSISTENT

WITH PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE CIVIL SERVICE
RULES
2022-09-19_ATT_Proposed Ordinance Amending 3.05.pdfAttachments:
23-172C-5. CC - CONSENT ITEM: ( 1) CONSIDERATION OF A

RECOMMENDATION BY THE EQUITY AND HUMAN

RELATIONS ADVISORY COMMITTEE (EHRAC) AND

AUTHORIZATION TO THE EHRAC TO CONDUCT AN
EVENT ENTITLED “PAPER TIGERS: A MOVIE

SCREENING AND COMMUNITY CONVERSATION ON
C H I L D H O O D T R A U M A A N D E Q U I T Y ” ; ( 2 )

AUTHORIZATION TO THE CITY MANAGER TO

ADMINISTRATIVELY APPROVE APPLICABLE CITY

PERMITS AND AGREEMENTS NEEDED TO CONDUCT
THE EVENT.
23-175C-6. CC - CONSENT ITEM: CONSIDERATION OF THE EQUITY AND HUMAN RELATIONS ADVISORY COMMITTEE ’S

RECOMMENDATION TO CITY COUNCIL TO APPROVE

AND ADOPT THE RECOMMENDED CIVIL DISCOURSE

GUIDELINES FOR DISTRIBUTION TO THE PUBLIC, TO

CITY COUNCIL AND TO ALL CITY COMMISSIONS,
BOARDS AND COMMITTEES.

Recommended Civil Discourse Guidelines .pdfAttachments:

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RECOMMENDATION BY THE EQUITY AND HUMAN

RELATIONS ADVISORY COMMITTEE (EHRAC) AND

AUTHORIZATION TO THE EHRAC TO CONDUCT A
LATINO HERITAGE EVENT IN OCTOBER 2022; AND (2)

AUTHORIZATION TO THE CITY MANAGER TO

ADMINISTRATIVELY APPROVE APPLICABLE CITY

PERMITS AND AGREEMENTS NEEDED TO CONDUCT
THE EVENT.
23-183C-8. CC - CONSENT ITEM: APPROVAL OF THE 100% CIVIL, 100% STRUCTURAL AND 80% ELECTRICAL PLANS AND
SPECIFICATIONS FOR PHASE 1 OF THE CITYBUS

ELECTRIFICATION INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT AND
AUTHORIZATION TO PUBLISH A NOTICE INVITING BIDS.
23-186C-9. CC - CONSENT ITEM: ( 1) APPROVAL OF A PURCHASE

ORDER WITH NEW FLYER OF AMERICA, INC, IN AN
AMOUNT NOT -TO-EXCEED $ 685,463 FOR FIVE DEPOT
CHARGERS; AND (2) APPROVAL OF A CHANGE ORDER

TO INCREASE A PURCHASE ORDER WITH NEW FLYER
OF AMERICA, INC. IN AN AMOUNT NOT -TO-EXCEED
$417,156 FOR SIX BATTERY ELECTRIC BUSES.
2022_09_19_ATT 1_ SR-2661 New Flyer Customer Surcharge
Jun 2022.pdf
Attachments:
23-189C-10. CC - CONSENT ITEM: 1) APPROVAL OF A FIVE -YEAR

PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH WEST

COAST ARBORISTS FOR CITYWIDE TREE TRIMMING

SERVICES IN AN AMOUNT NOT-TO-EXCEED
$ 5 , 9 0 8 , 5 1 7 ; A N D 2 ) F O U R - F I F T H S V O T E REQUIREMENT: APPROVE A BUDGET AMENDMENT TO

INCREASE TREE MAINTENANCE FUNDING FROM
$1,008,528 TO $$1,444,779 IN FISCAL YEAR 2022-2023

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UNDERSTANDING WITH THE CULVER CITY POLICE
OFFICERS’ ASSOCIATION FOR THE PERIOD OF JULY 1,
2022 THROUGH JUNE 30, 2025
CCPOA MOU Reso 2022.pdfAttachments:

PUBLIC HEARINGS AND ACTION ITEMS
Note: The Public Hearing or Action Item with the most public comment cards on file with the City Clerk may be considered by the City Council as the first item, at the discretion of the presiding officer or City Council. The remaining Public Hearing and Action items shall be considered in the order they appear on the agenda, unless re-ordered by the presiding officer or City Council.

PUBLIC HEARINGS

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REPEALING AND REPLACING CULVER CITY MUNICIPAL
CODE SUBCHAPTER 15.02.1100, OF CHAPTER 15.02,
“LOCAL AMENDMENTS TO THE GREEN BUILDING

STANDARDS CODE, BUILDING CODE AND

RESIDENTIAL BUILDING CODE, TO ESTABLISH REACH
CODE STANDARDS” AND (C) ADOPTING BY
REFERENCE THE 2022 CALIFORNIA BUILDING
S T A N D A R D S A D M I N I S T R A T I V E C O D E , 2 0 2 2

CALIFORNIA BUILDING CODE WITH LOCAL
AMENDMENTS, 2022 CALIFORNIA RESIDENTIAL
BUILDING CODE WITH LOCAL AMENDMENTS, 2022
CALIFORNIA ELECTRICAL CODE, 2022 CALIFORNIA
MECHANICAL CODE WITH LOCAL AMENDMENTS, 2022

CALIFORNIA PLUMBING CODE WITH LOCAL
AMENDMENTS, 2022 CALIFORNIA ENERGY CODE, 2022
CALIFORNIA HISTORICAL BUILDING CODE, 2022

E X I S T I N G B U I L D I N G C O D E W I T H L O C A L AMENDMENTS, 2022 CALIFORNIA GREEN BUILDING

STANDARDS CODE WITH LOCAL AMENDMENTS, AND
2022 CALIFORNIA REFERENCE STANDARDS CODE;
2021 INTERNATIONAL PROPERTY MAINTENANCE
CODE WITH LOCAL AMENDMENTS; AND (2) ADOPTION

OF A RESOLUTION OF EXPRESS FINDINGS

PERTAINING TO LOCAL CLIMATIC, GEOLOGICAL OR
TOPOGRAPHICAL CONDITIONS.

Proposed Ordinance - 2022 Building Code Update.pdf
Resolution of Express Findings.pdf
Current Chapter 15.02: Buildings, Structures, and Equipment Building Code Public Hearing Notice 09-19-2022- Public
Notice.docx
Attachments:

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APPROVING DENSITY AND OTHER BONUS INCENTIVES
(DOBI) TO ALLOW CONSTRUCTION OF A 34-UNIT

RESIDENTIAL MIXED -USE DEVELOPMENT INCLUDING

TWO VERY-LOW-INCOME UNITS AND FOUR

WORKFORCE HOUSING UNITS AND GROUND FLOOR
COMMERCIAL USES AT 9763 CULVER BOULEVARD
AND 9814 WASHINGTON BOULEVARD (PROJECT).
2022-09-19_ATT-1 Resolution 9763 Culver DOBI.pdf
2022-09-19_ATT-2 SPR DOBI 9763 Culver Blvd Vicinity
Map.pdf
2022-09-19_ATT-3 SPR DOBI 9763 Culver Blvd PC
Resolution.pdf
2022-09-19_ATT-4 SPR DOBI 9763 Culver Blvd PC Staff
Report.pdf
2022-09-19_ATT-5 SPR DOBI 9763 Culver Blvd PC Draft
Minutes.pdf
2022-09-19_ATT-6 SPR DOBI 9763 Culver Blvd Preliminary
Development Plans.pdf
Attachments:
23-162PH-3. CC - PUBLIC HEARING: ( 1) INTRODUCTION OF AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTIONS 9.02.005-9.02.070
“FIRE CODE ADOPTION AND AMENDMENTS” OF
CHAPTER 9.02 OF TITLE 9 OF THE CULVER CITY

MUNICIPAL CODE AND ADOPTING BY REFERENCE THE
2022 CALIFORNIA FIRE CODE WITH LOCAL
AMENDMENTS; AND (2) ADOPTION OF A RESOLUTION

MAKING EXPRESS FINDINGS FOR THE MODIFICATION

OF THE FIRE CODE BASED ON LOCAL CLIMATIC,
GEOLOGICAL, AND TOPOGRAPHICAL CONDITIONS.
2022-09-19_ATT_Proposed Ordinance Fire Code Adoption.pdf 2022-09-19_ATT_Resolution of Local Findings Fire Code
Amendments.pdf
2022-09-19_ATT_Culver City Municipal Code Chapter 9.02
(Current Version).pdf
Attachments:

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ACTION ITEMS
23-187A-1. CC - ACTION ITEM: ( 1) DISCUSSION REGARDING

POTENTIAL ALTERNATIVE LOCATIONS FOR THE
CULVER CITY COMMUNITY GARDEN; AND (2 )

DIRECTION TO THE CITY MANAGER AS DEEMED
APPROPRIATE.
2022-09-19 - ATT 1 Potential Alternative Locations for the Culver City Community Garden.pdf
Attachments:
23-199A-2. CC:HA - ACTION ITEM: ( 1) APPROVAL OF A HOUSING

AND HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT, TO INCLUDE

THE HOUSING AND ENFORCEMENT SERVICES

DIVISIONS, CURRENTLY UNDER THE COMMUNITY

DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, AND A NEW HUMAN
SERVICES AND CRISIS INTERVENTION DIVISION; AND
(2) APPROVAL OF A NEW IN -HOUSE MOBILE CRISIS
INTERVENTION TEAM.
2022-09-19 ATT 1 Proposed Housing and Human Services
Department Programming.pdf
2022-09-10 ATT 2 Proposed HHS Organizational Chart.pdf
Attachments:
23-188A-3. CC - ACTION ITEM: ( 1) DISCUSSION REGARDING

MASKING REQUIREMENTS AT INDOOR CITY COUNCIL

AND CITY COMMISSION, BOARD AND COMMITTEE
MEETINGS; AND (2) DIRECTION TO THE CITY
MANAGER AS DEEMED APPROPRIATE.

PUBLIC COMMENT - ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA (CONTINUED)

ITEMS FROM MEMBERS (CONTINUED)

MEMBER REQUESTS TO AGENDIZE FUTURE ITEMS

ADJOURN (INCLUDING ADJOURNMENT IN MEMORY)

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