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,
Redevelopment Financing Authority, and
Culver City Housing Authority Board
7:00 PM Monday, April 24, 2023
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April 24, 2023Regular Meeting of the City Council,
Successor Agency to the Culver City
Redevelopment Agency Board,
Redevelopment Financing Authority,
and Culver City Housing Authority
Board
City Council Meeting Agenda
Closed Session - 5:30 PM
Recognitions - 6:30 PM
Regular Session - 7:00 PM
PUBLIC COMMENT:
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April 24, 2023Regular Meeting of the City Council,
Successor Agency to the Culver City
Redevelopment Agency Board,
Redevelopment Financing Authority,
and Culver City Housing Authority
Board
City Council Meeting Agenda
Closed Session - 5:30 PM
Recognitions - 6:30 PM
Regular Session - 7:00 PM
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 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.
April 24, 2023Regular Meeting of the City Council,
Successor Agency to the Culver City
Redevelopment Agency Board,
Redevelopment Financing Authority,
and Culver City Housing Authority
Board
City Council Meeting Agenda
Closed Session - 5:30 PM
Recognitions - 6:30 PM
Regular Session - 7:00 PM
CALL TO ORDER & ROLL CALL
CLOSED SESSION - 5:30 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):
23-884CS-1 CC - CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL –
ANTICIPATED LITIGATION
RE: SIGNIFICANT EXPOSURE TO LITIGATION (1 ITEM)
PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION
54956.9(D)(2)
23-888CS-2 CC - CONFERENCE WITH REAL PROPERTY
NEGOTIATORS RE: 9415-9425 VENICE BLVD., LOS
ANGELES
CITY NEGOTIATORS: JOHN NACHBAR, CITY MANAGER;
JESSE MAYS, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER; TEVIS
BARNES, HOUSING AND HUMAN SERVICES DIRECTOR;
ARAMES WHITE -SHEARIN, ASSISTANT TO THE CITY
MANAGER ON HOMELESSNESS.
OTHER PARTIES NEGOTIATORS: CITY OF LOS
ANGELES
UNDER NEGOTIATION: BOTH PRICE AND TERMS
PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 54956.8
RECOGNITION PRESENTATIONS - 6:30 PM
23-853R-1 CC - PRESENTATION OF A PROCLAMATION DECLARING
THE MONTH OF APRIL AS AUTISM AWARENESS MONTH
IN CULVER CITY.
23-900R-2 CC - PRESENTATION OF A PROCLAMATION
DESIGNATING APRIL 30-MAY 6, 2023 AS MUNICIPAL
CLERK'S WEEK.
April 24, 2023Regular Meeting of the City Council,
Successor Agency to the Culver City
Redevelopment Agency Board,
Redevelopment Financing Authority,
and Culver City Housing Authority
Board
City Council Meeting Agenda
Closed Session - 5:30 PM
Recognitions - 6:30 PM
Regular Session - 7:00 PM
23-901R-3 CC - PRESENTATION OF A CERTIFICATE OF
APPRECIATION TO PUBLIC WORKS STAFF MEMBER
ZACH GRANT FOR EXCEPTIONAL SERVICE TO THE
LEAKE FAMILY
23-902R-4 CC - PRESENTATION OF CERTIFICATES OF
APPRECIATION TO PUBLIC WORKS STAFF MEMBERS
MAURICIO ALVARENGA, RAUL CERON, AND WAGNER
BLANCO FOR EXTRAORDINARY ASSISTANCE TO THE
BAUGHAN FAMILY
23-903R-5 CC - PRESENTATION OF A COMMENDATION TO JAMES
SMITH FOR HIS DEDICATION TO CULVER CITY YOUTH
AS THE LEAD ADVISOR AND CO -PROGRAM DIRECTOR
FOR THE CULVER PALMS FAMILY YMCA YOUTH AND
GOVERNOR PROGRAM
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.
23-899I-1 CC – UPDATE ON HOMELESSNESS EMERGENCY
(INCLUDING PROJECT HOMEKEY, SAFE CAMPING, AND
OTHER HOUSING PROGRAMS)
April 24, 2023Regular Meeting of the City Council,
Successor Agency to the Culver City
Redevelopment Agency Board,
Redevelopment Financing Authority,
and Culver City Housing Authority
Board
City Council Meeting Agenda
Closed Session - 5:30 PM
Recognitions - 6:30 PM
Regular Session - 7:00 PM
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
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.
April 24, 2023Regular Meeting of the City Council,
Successor Agency to the Culver City
Redevelopment Agency Board,
Redevelopment Financing Authority,
and Culver City Housing Authority
Board
City Council Meeting Agenda
Closed Session - 5:30 PM
Recognitions - 6:30 PM
Regular Session - 7:00 PM
23-886C-1 CC:HA:SA - CONSENT ITEM: APPROVAL OF CASH
DISBURSEMENTS FOR
APRIL 1, 2023 - APRIL 14, 2023
Final Cash Disbursements for City Council - 230424.pdfAttachments:
23-887C-2 CC:HA:SA - CONSENT: APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF THE REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING ON APRIL 10, 2023.
23-04-10 CCCC Draft Minutes.pdfAttachments:
23-801C-3 CC - CONSENT ITEM: ADOPTION OF A RESOLUTION (1) APPROVING THE ENGINEER ’S REPORT FOR HIGUERA
STREET LANDSCAPING AND LIGHTING MAINTENANCE
DISTRICT; (2) DECLARING THE INTENTION TO ORDER
THE LEVY OF ANNUAL ASSESSMENTS FOR FISCAL
YEAR 2023/2024; AND (3) SETTING THE DATE, TIME, AND
PLACE OF THE PUBLIC HEARING
2023-04-24-ATT-CC-_Engineer's_Report_Higuera_Final.pdf
Reso - Higuera St. L & L District.pdf
Attachments:
23-802C-4 CC - CONSENT ITEM: ADOPTION OF A RESOLUTION (1) APPROVING THE ENGINEER’S REPORT FOR
LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE DISTRICT NUMBER 1; (2)
DECLARING THE INTENTION TO ORDER THE LEVY OF
ANNUAL ASSESSMENTS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2023/2024;
AND (3) SETTING THE DATE, TIME, AND PLACE FOR THE
PUBLIC HEARING.
2023-04-24-ATT-CC-_Engineer's_Report_LMD 1_Final
2023-04-24-ATT-CC -Resolution_of_Intention_LMD 1.pdf
Attachments:
April 24, 2023Regular Meeting of the City Council,
Successor Agency to the Culver City
Redevelopment Agency Board,
Redevelopment Financing Authority,
and Culver City Housing Authority
Board
City Council Meeting Agenda
Closed Session - 5:30 PM
Recognitions - 6:30 PM
Regular Session - 7:00 PM
23-813C-5 CC - CONSENT ITEM: ( 1) AWARD OF CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT IN THE AMOUNT OF $ 323,165 TO CONCEPT
CONSULTANT, INC ., AS THE LOWEST RESPONSIVE AND
RESPONSIBLE BIDDER, FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT (CDBG)
SIDEWALK UPLIFT REPLACEMENT AND CURB RAMPS
PROJECT (CDBG PROJECT NOS. 602297-21 AND
602467-22), PS 011 AND PZ 428; AND (2) AUTHORIZATION
TO THE PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR /CITY ENGINEER TO
APPROVE CHANGE ORDERS IN AN AMOUNT
NOT-TO-EXCEED $80,791.
23-848C-6 CC - CONSENT ITEM: 1) ADOPTION OF A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING $ 3,000 IN HOMELAND SECURITY GRANT
PROGRAM URBAN AREA SECURITY INITIATIVE FUNDS
AWARDED TO THE CITY OF CULVER CITY FOR FIRE
GROUND SURVIVAL TRAINING AND PROVIDING PROOF
OF AUTHORITY OF THE GOVERNING BODY AS
REQUIRED BY THE CALIFORNIA OFFICE OF
EMERGENCY SERVICES; AND 2) FOUR-FIFTHS VOTE
REQUIREMENT: APPROVAL OF A BUDGET AMENDMENT
TO RECORD THE REVENUE OF $3,000 AND
APPROPRIATION OF $ 3,000 IN FISCAL YEAR 2022/2023
FOR THE UASI GRANT PROGRAM.
2023-04-24_ATT_Resolution CCFD UASI Grant Authority.pdfAttachments:
April 24, 2023Regular Meeting of the City Council,
Successor Agency to the Culver City
Redevelopment Agency Board,
Redevelopment Financing Authority,
and Culver City Housing Authority
Board
City Council Meeting Agenda
Closed Session - 5:30 PM
Recognitions - 6:30 PM
Regular Session - 7:00 PM
23-854C-7 CC - CONSENT ITEM: APPROVAL OF A MEMORANDUM
OF AGREEMENT (MOA) BETWEEN THE CITY OF LOS
ANGELES AND THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, THE
LOS ANGELES COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT,
AND THE CITIES OF BEVERLY HILLS, CULVER CITY,
INGLEWOOD AND WEST HOLLYWOOD REGARDING THE
COST SHARING AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE
BALLONA CREEK BACTERIA TMDL PROJECT.
2023-04-24-ATT-CC-Memorandum of Agreement with Multiple Agencies.pdf
Attachments:
23-855C-8 CC - CONSENT ITEM: APPROVAL OF THE CITYWIDE
RECRUITMENT AND REFERRAL INCENTIVE PROGRAM
TO MISCELLANEOUS LABOR GROUPS TO ADVANCE
THE RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION EFFORTS OF THE
CITY.
23-857C-9 CC - CONSENT ITEM: ( 1) ADOPTION OF A RESOLUTION
APPROVING SALARY SCHEDULES FOR FIRE SAFETY
EMPLOYEES EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2022; (2) ADOPTION OF
A RESOLUTION APPROVING REVISED SALARY
SCHEDULES FOR FIRE SAFETY EMPLOYEES
EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2023
Sponsors: EQUITY & HUMAN RELATIONS ADVISORY COMMITTEE
2023_04_24_ATT 1_ Fire Resolution and Salary Schedule
effective July 1, 2022.pdf
2023_04_24_ATT 2_ Fire Resolution and Salary Schedule
effective January 1, 2023.pdf
Attachments:
23-858C-10 CC - CONSENT ITEM: (FOUR-FIFTHS VOTE
REQUIREMENT) APPROVAL OF PROPOSED MID -YEAR
BUDGET AMENDMENTS FOR CULTURAL AFFAIRS
(FUND 413)
23-04-24_CC_ATT - Proposed FY 20222023 Mid-Year Budget
Amendments from Fund 413.pdf
Attachments:
April 24, 2023Regular Meeting of the City Council,
Successor Agency to the Culver City
Redevelopment Agency Board,
Redevelopment Financing Authority,
and Culver City Housing Authority
Board
City Council Meeting Agenda
Closed Session - 5:30 PM
Recognitions - 6:30 PM
Regular Session - 7:00 PM
23-868C-11 CC - CONSENT ITEM: APPROVAL OF A LEASE
AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CULVER CITY
TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT AND THE CITY OF
CULVER CITY FOR A PORTION OF 4343 DUQUESNE
AVENUE, CALIFORNIA 90232.
ATT 1 2023 Transportation - Finance Lease.pdfAttachments:
23-889C-12 CC - CONSENT ITEM: ADOPTION OF A RESOLUTION
DETERMINING THE MAIN STREET WEEKEND
REOPENING PROJECT (REOPENING OF MAIN STREET
BETWEEN CULVER BOULEVARD AND THE CITY LIMIT
EVERY WEEKEND) IS CATEGORICALLY EXEMPT FROM
THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT
(CEQA).
Sponsors: Maximous
2023-04-24_ATT_Resolution Determinig CEQA Exemption for Main Street Reopening.pdf
Attachments:
23-892C-13 CC - CONSENT ITEM: RECEIPT AND FILING OF (1) THE FISCAL YEAR 2021-2022 YEAR-END REPORT AND AUDIT
SUMMARY; (2) THE FISCAL YEAR 2021-2022 ANNUAL
COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT (ACFR); AND (3)
THE FISCAL YEAR 2021-2022 POPULAR ANNUAL
FINANCIAL REPORT (PAFR)
2023-04-24_ATT1_FY20212022 Year-End Report and Audit
Summary
2023-04-24_ATT2_FY 2021-22 ACFR.pdf
2023-04-24_ATT3_FY 2021-22 PAFR.pdf
Attachments:
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.
April 24, 2023Regular Meeting of the City Council,
Successor Agency to the Culver City
Redevelopment Agency Board,
Redevelopment Financing Authority,
and Culver City Housing Authority
Board
City Council Meeting Agenda
Closed Session - 5:30 PM
Recognitions - 6:30 PM
Regular Session - 7:00 PM
ACTION ITEMS
23-865A-1 CC - ACTION ITEM: ( 1) PRESENTATION BY STAFF ON
THE MOVE CULVER CITY DOWNTOWN CORRIDOR
(DOWNTOWN CORRIDOR) POST-PILOT EVALUATION
REPORT; (2) DISCUSSION OF THE APPROACHES AND
DESIGN ADJUSTMENT OPTIONS FOR THE NEXT PHASE
OF THE DOWNTOWN CORRIDOR AND DIRECTION TO
STAFF; (3) AUTHORIZATION TO PROCEED WITH THE
DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NEXT PHASE
OF THE DOWNTOWN CORRIDOR; (4) APPROVAL OF THE
UPDATE TO THE DESIGN GUIDELINES, AS
APPROPRIATE; (5) AUTHORIZATION TO THE CITY
MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND APPROVE
AMENDMENT(S) TO THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
AGREEMENT WITH SAM SCHWARTZ ENGINEERING FOR
THE MOVE CULVER CITY PROJECT IN AN AMOUNT
NOT-TO-EXCEED $275,000 FOR THE ADDITIONAL
SCOPE OF SERVICE; (6) AUTHORIZATION TO THE CHIEF
T R A N S P O R T A T I O N O F F I C E R T O A P P R O V E
AMENDMENT(S) TO THE SAM SCHWARTZ ENGINEERING
AGREEMENT IN AN AMOUNT NOT -TO-EXCEED $ 125,000
TO COVER CONTINGENCY COSTS; AND (7) DIRECTION
TO THE CITY MANAGER AS DEEMED APPROPRIATE.
Attachment A - MOVE Culver City Design Guidelines.pdfAttachments:
PUBLIC COMMENT - ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA (CONTINUED)
ITEMS FROM MEMBERS (CONTINUED)
MEMBER REQUESTS TO AGENDIZE FUTURE ITEMS
ADJOURN (INCLUDING ADJOURNMENT IN MEMORY)