Agenda — City Council Meeting Agenda, January 23, 2023

Mike Balkman
Council Chambers
9770 Culver Blvd.

Culver City, CA 90232
(310) 253-5851
Mayor Albert Vera
Vice Mayor Yasmine-Imani
McMorrin
Member Göran Eriksson
Member Dan O'Brien
Member Freddy Puza
City Council Meeting Agenda
Regular Meeting of the City Council,
Successor Agency to the Culver City
Redevelopment Agency Board, Culver City
Parking Authority, Redevelopment Financing
Authority, and Culver City Housing Authority
Board
7:00 PM Monday, January 23, 2023
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AUTHORITY OF PRESIDING OFFICER:

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

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RESOURCES:

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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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CALL TO ORDER & ROLL CALL
CLOSED SESSION - 5:00 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):
23-493CS-1. CC - CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL –

ANTICIPATED LITIGATION
RE: SIGNIFICANT EXPOSURE TO LITIGATION (2 ITEMS)

PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION
54956.9(D)(2)
23-566CS-2. CC - CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL – EXISTING

LITIGATION
RE: YES IN MY BACK YARD, ET AL. V. CITY OF CULVER
CITY, ET AL.

CASE NO. 20STCV43253

PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION
54956.9(D)(1)
23-514CS-3. CC - CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATORS
CITY DESIGNATED REPRESENTATIVES: CITY
MANAGER JOHN NACHBAR; ASSISTANT CITY
MANAGER ONYX JONES; HUMAN RESOURCES

DIRECTOR DANA ANDERSON
EMPLOYEE ORGANIZATIONS: CULVER CITY
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
PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 54957.6

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NEGOTIATORS
RE: 9240 CULVER BOULEVARD CITY NEGOTIATORS :

JOHN NACHBAR, CITY MANAGER; JESSE MAYS,
ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER; ELAINE WARNER, ACTING

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MANAGER
OTHER PARTIES NEGOTIATORS: K-ZO RESTAURANT
UNDER NEGOTIATION: PRICE, TERMS OF PAYMENT OR

BOTH, INCLUDING USE RESTRICTIONS, DEVELOPMENT

OBLIGATIONS AND OTHER MONETARY RELATED
CONSIDERATIONS.

PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 54956.8
RECOGNITION PRESENTATIONS - 6:45 PM
23-565R-1. CC - PRESENTATION OF CERTIFICATES OF

RECOGNITION TO LAURYN KINSELLA, HAIFA MAUNG

AND BENJAMIN SCULLY FOR THEIR WORK ON A

POP-UP ART INSTALLATION IN RECOGNITION OF

UNITED AGAINST HATE WEEK
23-552R-2. CC- PRESENTATION OF A COMMENDATION TO ALEXEY

STEELE FOR HIS SERVICE AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS AS

ARTIST LAUREATE FOR 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

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PRESENTATIONS TO CITY COUNCIL
23-555P-1. CC - PRESENTATION TO THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE FISCAL YEAR 2021/2022 UNAUDITED GENERAL FUND

FINANCIAL REPORT
Fiscal Year 2021_2022 Unaudited General Fund Financial
Report.pdf
Attachments:

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.

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

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January 23, 2023Regular Meeting of the City Council,
Successor Agency to the Culver City
Redevelopment Agency Board,
Culver City Parking Authority,
Redevelopment Financing Authority,
and Culver City Housing Authority
Board
City Council Meeting Agenda
Closed Session - 5:30 PM
Recognition Presentations - 6:30PM
Regular Session - 7:00 PM
Note: 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 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.
23-553C-1. CC:HA:SA - CONSENT ITEM: APPROVAL OF CASH
DISBURSEMENTS FOR DECEMBER 31, 2022 - JANUARY
13, 2023
Final Cash Disbursements for CIty Council - 230123.pdfAttachments:
23-554C-2. CC:HA:SA - CONSENT: APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF THE REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING ON JANUARY 9,
2023
CCCC 01092023 Minutes for Approval.pdfAttachments:
23-401C-3. CC - CONSENT ITEM: ( 1) ADOPTION OF A RESOLUTION

AMENDING CITY ATTORNEY AUTHORITY TO SETTLE

CLAIMS AGAINST THE CITY AND LITIGATION IN
AMOUNTS UP TO $ 50,000; AND (2) ADOPTION OF A

RESOLUTION AMENDING SETTLEMENT AUTHORITY
FOR WORKERS’ COMPENSATION CLAIMS AND

LITIGATION TO ADD A LEVEL OF AUTHORITY FOR THE

HUMAN RESOURCES DIRECTOR, IN CONSULTATION
WITH THE RISK MANAGER, IN AMOUNTS UP TO $25,000.
2023-01-23_ATT 1_Resolution 2000-R036.pdf
2023-01-23_ATT 2_Resolution Amending City Attorney
Settlement Authority for Litigation.pdf
2023-01-23_ATT 3_Resolution 2001-R001.pdf
2023-01-23_ATT 4_Resolution Amending Settlement Authority for Workers Compensation Matters.pdf
Attachments:

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AUTHORIZING THE CITY ATTORNEY TO INITIATE

CERTAIN TYPES OF LITIGATION AND RESPOND TO

REQUESTS FOR AMICUS CURIAE PARTICIPATION OR
ASSISTANCE.
2023-01-23_ATT 1_Resolution Adopting Initiation of Litigation and Amicus Policy.pdf
2023-01-23_ATT 2_September 22, 1986 City Council
motion.pdf
Attachments:
23-476C-5. CC - CONSENT ITEM: AUTHORIZATION TO PUBLISH A

N O T I C E I N V I T I N G B I D S F O R C O M M U N I T Y

DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT (CDBG) SIDEWALK

UPLIFT REPLACEMENT AND CURB RAMPS PROJECT
[CDBG PROJECT NO. 602297-21 AND 602467-22], PS -011
AND BARMAN AVE DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS, PZ-428
23-537C-6. CC - CONSENT ITEM: APPROVAL OF A PROFESSIONAL

SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH ARCHITECTURAL

RESOURCES GROUP (ARG) IN AN AMOUNT
NOT-TO-EXCEED $ 100,000 FOR THE PREPARATION OF A

HISTORICAL CONTEXT STUDY OF THE CITY OF CULVER
CITY.

ARG Culver City ProposalAttachments:

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APPROVING SALARY SCHEDULES FOR THE CULVER

CITY FIRE MANAGEMENT GROUP (CCFMG), CULVER

CITY FIREFIGHTERS ASSOCIATION (CCFFA), CULVER

CITY POLICE MANAGEMENT GROUP (CCPMG), AND

CULVER CITY POLICE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION
(CCPOA) EFFECTIVE JANUARY 2, 2023; (2) ADOPTION

OF A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE SALARY

SCHEDULE FOR CITY ATTORNEY EFFECTIVE
DECEMBER 4, 2022; AND (3) ADOPTION OF A

RESOLUTION APPROVING THE SALARY SCHEDULE

FOR NON-BENEFITED EMPLOYEES (NBNE) IN

ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
MINIMUM WAGE INCREASE EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1,
2023.
2023_01_23_Att 1_Fire and Police SIO 2023 Resolution and Salary Schedule.pdf
2023_01_23_ATT 2_Executive Management 2023 CPI
Resolution and Salary Schedule.pdf
2023_01_23_ATT 3 Minimum Wage Increase 2023 NBNE
Salary Schedule_Resolution.pdf
Attachments:
23-541C-8. CC - CONSENT ITEM: APPROVAL OF AN AMENDMENT

TO THE EXISTING PROFESSIONAL SERVICES

AGREEMENT WITH MARINA LANDSCAPE SERVICES,
INC., TO CONTINUE CITY-WIDE LANDSCAPE

MAINTENANCE SERVICES FOR AN ADDITIONAL

FOUR-MONTH PERIOD IN AN AMOUNT NOT -TO-EXCEED
$77,000

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AMENDMENT TO THE EXISTING PROFESSIONAL

S E R V I C E S A G R E E M E N T W I T H I N T E G R A T E D DEMOLITION AND REMEDIATION INC ., IN AN AMOUNT
N O T - T O - E X C E E D $ 8 0 , 0 0 0 F O R A D D I T I O N A L

ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION SERVICES ON CITY
OWNED PROPERTY AT 3860 AND 3900 SEPULVEDA
BOULEVARD.
23-549C-10. CC - CONSENT ITEM: APPROVAL OF AN APPLICATION FOR $127,080.00 IN GRANT FUNDS FROM THE

CALIFORNIA OFFICE OF TRAFFIC SAFETY, SELECTIVE

TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM (STEP) THROUGH
FISCAL YEAR 2024.

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.

ACTION ITEMS
23-548A-1. CC - ACTION ITEM: ( 1) INTRODUCTION OF AN

ORDINANCE PROHIBITING CAMPING IN PUBLIC PLACES
THROUGHOUT THE CITY; AND (2) DIRECTION TO THE
CITY MANAGER AS DEEMED APPROPRIATE.
2023-01-23_ATT1_ Resolution Confirming local emergency
regarding homlessness.pdf
2023-01-23_ATT2_Proposed Ordinance Camping in Public
Places.pdf
2023-01-23_ATT3_CCMC Current Code Sections.pdf
Attachments:

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DISCUSSION OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN

ORDINANCE SETTING THE MINIMUM WAGE RATE OF
$16.04 IN THE CITY OF CULVER CITY; (2) (IF DESIRED )

AUTHORIZATION TO THE CITY MANAGER TO HIRE A

CONSULTANT TO CONDUCT AN ECONOMIC IMPACT

STUDY AND /OR HIRE A CONSULTANT AS PROJECT
MANAGER; (3) FOUR-FIFTHS VOTE REQUIREMENT :

APPROVAL OF A BUDGET AMENDMENT UP TO THE
AMOUNT OF $ 150,000 FROM THE GENERAL FUND ’S
UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE; (4) (IF DESIRED )

APPOINT TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS TO THE AD HOC

MINIMUM WAGE SUBCOMMITTEE OR, IN THE
ALTERNATIVE, DISSOLVE THE SUBCOMMITTEE; AND (5)

DIRECTION TO THE CITY MANAGER AS DEEMED

APPROPRIATE
City of Los Angeles Minimum Wage Ordinance
City of West Hollywood Minimum Wage Ordinance
City of Santa Monica Minimum Wage Ordinance
Attachments:
23-558A-3. CC - ACTION ITEM: ( 1) PRESENTATION OF THE CITY OF

CULVER CITY COYOTE STUDY AND MANAGEMENT

PLAN BY LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY /LOS
ANGELES CENTER FOR URBAN RESILIENCE; AND (2)

DIRECTION TO THE CITY MANAGER AS DEEMED
APPROPRIATE.
2023-01-23__ATT__LMULA CURes Culver City Coyote
Report.pdf
Attachments:

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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