Agenda — City Council Meeting Agenda, September 18, 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
REVISION #1 - 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, September 18, 2023
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PUBLIC COMMENT:

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Speakers will be called in chronological order, based on when they registered .

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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

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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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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):
24-280CS-1. CC - CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL – EXISTING

LITIGATION
RE: EXISTING LITIGATION (WALKER, RODNEY V. CITY
OF CULVER CITY, ET AL.)
CASE NO. 23SMCV00217

PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION
54956.9(D)(1)
24-281CS-2. CC - CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL –

ANTICIPATED LITIGATION
RE: SIGNIFICANT EXPOSURE TO LITIGATION (1 ITEM)

PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION
54956.9(D)(2)
24-282CS-3. CC - CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL –

ANTICIPATED LITIGATION
RE: INITIATION OF LITIGATION (CONSIDERATION OF

AMICUS CURIAE (FRIEND OF THE COURT )
PARTICIPATION IN CITY OF GRANTS PASS V .

JOHNSON, ET AL ., IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE

UNITED STATES, PETITION FOR A WRIT OF

CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF

APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION
54956.9(D)(4)
RECOGNITION PRESENTATIONS - 6:30 PM

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CELEBRATION OF THE LIFE OF JOZELLE JEANETTE

LAWLESS SMITH
24-257R-2. CC - A PROCLAMATION IN CELEBRATION OF
NATIONAL HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH 2023
24-258R-3. CC - PRESENTATION OF A PROCLAMATION
DESIGNATING SEPTEMBER 19, 2023 AS NATIONAL

VOTER REGISTRATION DAY
24-277R-4. CC - PRESENTATION OF A PROCLAMATION
DESIGNATING OCTOBER 2023 AS "WALKTOBER”
24-278R-5. CC - PRESENTATION OF A PROCLAMATION
DESIGNATING OCTOBER 4, 2023 AS "CLEAN AIR DAY”
REGULAR SESSION - 7:00 PM

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

REPORT ON ACTION TAKEN IN CLOSED SESSION

COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS BY MEMBERS/UPDATES FROM

COMMISSION, BOARDS AND/OR COMMITTEES/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.
24-256I-1. CC – UPDATE ON HOMELESSNESS EMERGENCY

INCLUDING PROJECT HOMEKEY, SAFE CAMPING, AND

OTHER HOUSING PROGRAMS (THIS UPDATE IS MADE

PURSUANT TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF GOVERNMENT
CODE SECTION 8630(C) REQUIRING A PERIODIC
REVIEW OF THE LOCAL EMERGENCY).

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PRESENTATIONS TO CITY COUNCIL
24-260P-1. CC - PRESENTATION BY THE LOS ANGELES

HOMELESS SERVICES AUTHORITY (LAHSA) IN

CONJUNCTION WITH ON UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA ON THE 2023 HOMELESS COUNT.
24-290P-2 PRESENTATION TO CITY COUNCIL BY SUPERVISOR
HOLLY J. MITCHELL REGARDING PARTNERSHIPS.

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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September 18, 2023REVISION #1 - 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
City Council Meeting Agenda
Closed Session - 5:30 PM
Recognitions - 6:30 PM
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.
24-81C-1. CC - CONSENT ITEM: ADOPTION OF A RESOLUTION

ADOPTING AN AMENDED TOWN PLAZA USE POLICY
(CITY COUNCIL POLICY 2302), AS RECOMMENDED BY
THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SUBCOMMITTEE.
2023-9-18_ATT 1_Resolution Adopting Amended Town Plaza
Use Policy.pdf
Attachments:
24-109C-2. CC - CONSENT ITEM: RECEIPT AND FILING OF THE BIANNUAL WRITTEN REPORTS OF CULVER CITY ’S
COMMISSIONS, BOARDS, AND COMMITTEES.
2023-09-18__ATT - ACOHH.pdf
2023-09-18__ATT - BPAC.pdf
2023-09-18__ATT - CSC.pdf
2023-09-18__ATT - CAC.pdf
2023-09-18__ATT - DAC.pdf
2023-09-18__ATT - EHRAC.pdf
2023-09-18__ATT - FAC.pdf
2023-09-18__ATT - LTMB.pdf
2023-09-18_ATT_PRCS.pdf
2023-09-18__ATT - PC.pdf
Attachments:

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AMENDMENT TO THE EXISTING PROFESSIONAL

SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH WE ARE RALLY FOR THE
PERIOD OF JULY 1, 2022 TO DECEMBER 31, 2022 FOR

CONTINUATION IN THE DEVELOPMENT AND
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CITY’S PUBLIC

COMMUNICATIONS, MESSAGING, EDUCATION AND

E N G A G E M E N T P R O G R A M R E G A R D I N G
HOMELESSNESS; AND (2) AUTHORIZATION OF

PAYMENT TO WE ARE RALLY FOR OUTSTANDING

INVOICES FOR SERVICES RENDERED FOR THE
PERIOD OF JULY 1, 2022 TO DECEMBER 31, 2022 IN
AN AMOUNT NOT-TO-EXCEED $93,750.
2023 09 18 ATT 1 Rally SOWAttachments:
24-228C-4. CC - CONSENT ITEM: APPROVAL OF A PURCHASE
ORDER WITH ECONOLITE FOR 10 TRAFFIC SIGNAL

BATTERY BACKUP SYSTEMS IN AN AMOUNT
NOT-TO-EXCEED $148,790.54.
24-254C-5. CC - CONSENT ITEM: AWARD OF AN OFF -CYCLE,

IN-KIND SPECIAL EVENT GRANT TO THE AMERICAN

FOUNDATION FOR SUICIDE PREVENTION AND
DESIGNATE THE 2023 OUT OF THE DARKNESS WALK
A CITY-SPONSORED EVENT.

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

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REQUEST FROM LEADERSHIP CULVER CITY FOR THE

CITY TO (A) PARTICIPATE IN THE LEADERSHIP
CULVER CITY WORKING GROUP; (B) DESIGNATE A
MEMBER OF THE CITY TO THE WORKING GROUP; AND
(C) DESIGNATE LEADERSHIP CULVER CITY AS A
CITY-SPONSORED PROGRAM; AND (2) DIRECTION TO
THE CITY MANAGER AS DEEMED APPROPRIATE.
2023-09-18__ATT__Leadership Culver City Request Letter.pdfAttachments:
24-218A-2. CC: ACTION ITEM - ( 1) DISCUSSION OF WHETHER TO

REVIEW THE PENALTY RATE STRUCTURE FOR THE

NONPAYMENT OF BUSINESS TAX AS PER CULVER
CITY MUNICIPAL CODE SECTION 11.01.205; (2) ( IF

DESIRED) CREATION OF AN AD HOC BUSINESS

LICENSE PENALTY REVIEW CITY COUNCIL

SUBCOMMITTEE AND THE APPOINTMENT OF TWO
COUNCIL MEMBERS THERETO; AND (3) DIRECTION TO
THE CITY MANAGER AS DEEMED APPROPRIATE.

Attachment_1_ORD 2000-021 - Business Regulations
pertaining to nonpayment o.._
Attachment _2_Resolution 2000-R 101 - Non-Payment of
Business License Penalty
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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