Mike Balkman
Council Chambers
9770 Culver Blvd.
Culver City, CA 90232
(310) 253-5851
Mayor Yasmine-Imani McMorrin
Vice Mayor Dan O'Brien
Member Goran Eriksson
Member Freddy Puza
Member Albert Vera
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, August 12, 2024
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August 12, 2024Regular 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 - 6:00 PM
Recognitions - 6:30 PM
Regular Session - 7:00 PM
2024. Please review information and sign up at www.culvercity.org/meetings.
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PUBLIC COMMENT:
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August 12, 2024Regular 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 - 6:00 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].
Compliance with Government Code Section 54957.5: Any writing determined to be a public record under subdivision 54957.5(b), which relates to an agenda item for an open session of a regular meeting of the legislative body of a local agency that was distributed less than 72 hours prior to that meeting, shall be made available for public inspection at the time the writing is distributed to all, or a majority of all, of the members of the legislative body. Such documents are available at the Office of the City Clerk, City of Culver City, City Hall, 9770 Culver Boulevard, Culver City, CA 90232 and may be inspected by members of the Public during normal business hours. Such documents may also be made available on the City’s Website: www.culvercity.org.
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.
August 12, 2024Regular 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 - 6:00 PM
Recognitions - 6:30 PM
Regular Session - 7:00 PM
CALL TO ORDER & ROLL CALL
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):
25-116CS-1. CC - CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL – EXISTING
LITIGATION
RE: SHAHLA SMITH V. CITY OF CULVER CITY
CASE NO. 21STCV02837
PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION
54956.9(D)(1)
25-153CS-2. CC - CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL –
ANTICIPATED LITIGATION
RE: SIGNIFICANT EXPOSURE TO LITIGATION (1 ITEM)
PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION
54956.9(D)(2)
25-166CS-3. CC - THREAT TO PUBLIC SERVICES OR FACILITIES
CONSULTATION WITH CULVER CITY CHIEF OF POLICE
JASON SIMS
PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION
54957(A)
RECOGNITION PRESENTATIONS - 6:30 PM
24-1188R-1. CC- PRESENTATION OF AWARDS CREATED BY THE
EQUITY AND HUMAN RELATIONS ADVISORY
COMMITTEE TO SOPHIA GOMEZ, NO LIMITS FOR
DEAF CHILDREN, DUENAS FAMILY CHILDCARE, AND
ABBY KLEIN FOR THEIR SERVICE AND
CONTRIBUTIONS TO EQUITY AND HUMAN RELATIONS
IN CULVER CITY.
August 12, 2024Regular 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 - 6:00 PM
Recognitions - 6:30 PM
Regular Session - 7:00 PM
25-167R-2. CC - PRESENTATION IN HONOR OF BLACK BUSINESS MONTH 2024 TO REALTY EXECUTIVES WESTSIDE.
25-170R.3. CC - PRESENTATION OF A COMMENDATION
CELEBRATING THE 100TH BIRTHDAY OF THE CULVER
HOTEL.
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.
PRESENTATIONS TO CITY COUNCIL
25-115P-1. CC - PRESENTATION FROM DR. NICOLE YATES OF
KEEN INDEPENDENT RESEARCH L .L.C. REGARDING
THE CITY OF CULVER CITY RACIAL EQUITY ACTION
PLAN (REAP) PROJECT.
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
August 12, 2024Regular 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 - 6:00 PM
Recognitions - 6:30 PM
Regular Session - 7:00 PM
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.
25-154C-1. CC:HA:SA - CONSENT ITEM: APPROVAL OF CASH
DISBURSEMENTS FOR JUNE 29, 2024 TO AUGUST 2,
2024.
Final Cash Disbursement for City Council - 240812.pdfAttachments:
August 12, 2024Regular 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 - 6:00 PM
Recognitions - 6:30 PM
Regular Session - 7:00 PM
25-155C-2. CC:HA:SA:PA - CONSENT ITEM: APPROVAL OF
MINUTES OF THE REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING
HELD ON JULY 8, 2024.
2024-07-08 CCCC Draft Minutes.pdfAttachments:
24-1136C-3. CC - CONSENT ITEM: APPROVE PURCHASE ORDERS
WITH SEA-CLEAR POOLS INC. FOR POOL
MAINTENANCE SUPPLIES IN THE ADDITIONAL
AMOUNT OF $ 30,000, FOR A TOTAL AMOUNT
N O T - T O - E X C E E D $ 8 0 , 0 0 0 F O R F I S C A L Y E A R 2023-2024.
25-01C-4. CC - CONSENT ITEM: APPROVAL OF A PURCHASE
ORDER WITH FLO -SYSTEMS INC. FOR IMMERSIBLE
PUMPS FOR THE CITY SEWER SYSTEM IN AN AMOUNT
NOT-TO-EXCEED $210,000 FOR FISCAL YEAR
2024-2025.
25-03C-5. CC - CONSENT ITEM: ADOPTION OF A RESOLUTION
ADOPTING A FIVE-YEAR UPDATE TO THE
MULTI-JURISDICTIONAL HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN AS
THE CITY’S HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN.
2024-08-12-CC-ATT-Resolution Adopting Hazard Mitigation Plan Update
2024-08-12-CC-ATT-Hazard Mitigation Plan Update
Attachments:
25-19C-6. CC - CONSENT ITEM: ADOPTION OF A RESOLUTION
AUTHORIZING THE CITY TO ENTER INTO AN
AGREEMENT WITH THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY
FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT FOR THE TRANSFER OF
MEASURE W SAFE CLEAN WATER PROGRAM FUNDS
FOR FISCAL YEARS 2024-2025 THROUGH 2027-2028.
2024-08-12_ATT_Resolution Authorizing LACFCD Transfer
Agreement for Safe Clean Water Funds.pdf
Attachments:
August 12, 2024Regular 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 - 6:00 PM
Recognitions - 6:30 PM
Regular Session - 7:00 PM
25-26C-7. CC - CONSENT ITEM: RECEIPT AND FILING OF THE
BIANNUAL WRITTEN REPORTS OF CULVER CITY ’S
COMMISSIONS, BOARDS, AND COMMITTEES.
2024-08-12__ATT - Advisory Committee on Housing and
Homelessness.pdf
2024-08-12__ATT - Bicycle, and Pedestrian Advisory
Committee (FINAL DRAFT).pdf
2024-08-12__ATT - Civil Service Commission.pdf
2024-08-12__ATT - Cultural Affairs Commission.pdf
2024-08-12__ATT - Disability Advisory Committee.pdf
2024-08-12__ATT - Equity and Human Relations Advisory
Committee.pdf
2024-08-12__ATT - Finance Advisory Committee.pdf
2024-08-12__ATT - Landlord Tenant Mediation Board.pdf
2024-08-12__ATT - Parks, Recreation and Comunity Services Commission.pdf
2024-08-12__ATT - Planning Commission.pdf
Attachments:
25-55C-8. CC - CONSENT ITEM: APPROVAL OF A PURCHASE
ORDER WITH K.R. NIDA CORPORATION FOR
REPLACEMENT PORTABLE AND MOBILE RADIOS IN
AN AMOUNT NOT-TO-EXCEED $187,160.33 AND
APPROVAL OF A PURCHASE ORDER WITH MOTOROLA
FOR REPLACEMENT PORTABLE RADIOS AND RADIO
UPGRADES IN AN AMOUNT NOT-TO-EXCEED
$73,404.73.
2024-08-12_ATT - Master Purchasing Agreement No.
00318.pdf
2024-08-12_ATT - State of California Participating Addendum No. 7-22-70-49-14.pdf
2024-08-12_ATT – Master Purchasing Agreement
MA-IS-2240228-1
Attachments:
August 12, 2024Regular 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 - 6:00 PM
Recognitions - 6:30 PM
Regular Session - 7:00 PM
25-58C-9. CC - CONSENT ITEM: ( 1) AWARD OF CONSTRUCTION
CONTRACT TO PTM GENERAL ENGINEERING
SERVICES INC ., AS THE LOWEST RESPONSIVE AND
RESPONSIBLE BIDDER, IN THE AMOUNT OF $ 244,044
FOR THE SAWTELLE AT MATTESON TRAFFIC SIGNAL
MODIFICATION PROJECT, PL-010; AND (2 )
AUTHORIZATION TO THE PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR
TO APPROVE CHANGE ORDERS TO THE CONTRACT IN
AN AMOUNT NOT-TO-EXCEED $35,803 TO COVER
CONTINGENCY COSTS (14.5%).
25-101C-10. CC - CONSENT ITEM: ( 1) ACCEPTANCE OF AWARD OF $17,000,000 TO THE CITY OF CULVER CITY THROUGH
CALIFORNIA STATE ASSEMBLY BILL NO. 179 FOR
STREETLIGHT REPLACEMENT AND UPGRADES; AND
(2) FOUR-FIFTHS VOTE REQUIREMENT: APPROVAL OF
A BUDGET AMENDMENT APPROPRIATING THE GRANT
FUNDS TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT #PL016.
25-102C-11. CC - CONSENT ITEM: ( 1) APPROVAL OF AN
AMENDMENT TO THE MEMORANDUM OF
UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE CITY OF CULVER
CITY AND THE CULVER CITY ARTS DISTRICT TO
EXTEND THE TERM FROM 2024 TO 2026; (2 )
A L L O C A T I O N O F $ 7 0 , 0 0 0 F O R L I G H T I N G
ENHANCEMENTS IN THE PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY
PURSUANT TO THE FISCAL YEAR 2024-2025 CAPITAL
IMPROVEMENT PLAN BUDGET; AND (3) APPROVAL OF
A LICENSE AGREEMENT FOR INSTALLATION AND
MAINTENANCE OF DECORATIVE LIGHTING.
Updated 2024 CCAD Workplan.pdf
Culver City Arts District - Maps (1).pdf
Attachments:
August 12, 2024Regular 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 - 6:00 PM
Recognitions - 6:30 PM
Regular Session - 7:00 PM
25-111C-12. CC - CONSENT ITEM: APPROVAL OF FINAL PLANS AND
SPECIFICATIONS AND AUTHORIZATION TO PUBLISH A
NOTICE INVITING BIDS FOR SIDEWALK, CURB RAMP
AND DRIVEWAY APPROACH REPLACEMENT PROJECT,
PZ-428 AND PCC PAVEMENT REPLACEMENT
PROJECT, PS-001.
2024-08-12-CC-ATT Appendix A - locations listAttachments:
25-117C-13. CC - CONSENT ITEM: ( 1) APPROVAL OF AN
AMENDMENT TO EXISTING AGREEMENT WITH
ELEVATORS ETC., INC. IN AN AMOUNT
N O T - T O - E X C E E D $ 7 6 0 , 4 3 6 F O R E L E V A T O R
MODERNIZATION FOR THE CARDIFF, WATSEKA, AND
INCE PARKING STRUCTURES, FOR A TOTAL
AGREEMENT AMOUNT OF $1,307,365; AND (2 )
FOUR-FIFTHS VOTE REQUIREMENT: APPROVAL OF A
BUDGET AMENDMENT APPROPRIATING $150,436
FROM THE PARKING AUTHORITY FUND BALANCE TO
CIP #PA010.
25-122C-14. CC - CONSENT ITEM: APPROVAL OF AMENDMENT TO THE EXISTING AGREEMENT WITH COMMLINE, INC .,
FOR SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE SERVICES FOR
THE MOBILE DATA COMPUTERS, BODY WORN
CAMERAS, AND THE PANASONIC ARBITRATOR 360 HD
IN-CAR MOBILE/AUDIO VIDEO SYSTEMS IN AN
ADDITIONAL AMOUNT NOT-TO-EXCEED $120,677.61
AND EXTENDING THE TERM THROUGH AUGUST 31,
2025.
25-140C-15. CC - CONSENT ITEM: APPROVAL OF A COST SHARING
AGREEMENT COVERING A SHARE OF THE
ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS OF THE SANTA MONICA
BASIN GROUNDWATER SUSTAINABILITY AGENCY.
August 12, 2024Regular 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 - 6:00 PM
Recognitions - 6:30 PM
Regular Session - 7:00 PM
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
25-109A-1. CC - ACTION ITEM: DISCUSSION AND DIRECTION
REGARDING (1) A POTENTIAL NEW BICYCLE AND
PEDESTRIAN RAMP AND PATHWAY CONNECTING INCE
BOULEVARD TO BALLONA CREEK; AND (2) A
POTENTIAL NEW BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE
ACROSS BALLONA CREEK CONNECTING JEFFERSON
BOULEVARD TO INCE BOULEVARD.
2024-08-12-CC-ATT-Map-RampPathway-BallonaCreek-8680H
ayden-Ince.pdf
2024-08-12-CC-ATT-Map-BallonaCreek-PedestrianBridge.pdf Attachments:
August 12, 2024Regular 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 - 6:00 PM
Recognitions - 6:30 PM
Regular Session - 7:00 PM
25-34A-2. CC - ACTION ITEM: DISCUSSION AND DIRECTION
REGARDING: ( 1) DESIGNATION OF SEPTEMBER 21 -
SEPTEMBER 27, 2024, AS “CULVER CITY UNITED
AGAINST HATE WEEK ”; (2) DESIGNATION OF THE
“CULVER CITY UNITED AGAINST HATE WEEK” AS A
CITY-SPONSORED CAMPAIGN; (3) AUTHORIZATION TO
THE CITY MANAGER TO ADMINISTRATIVELY APPROVE
AGREEMENTS, PERMITS AND LICENSES NEEDED FOR
THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS CAMPAIGN TO
PROMOTE ANTI- HATE AWARENESS AND TO
REINFORCE THE MESSAGE OF UNITY AGAINST HATE
AND HATE CRIMES WITHIN THE CULVER CITY
COMMUNITY; AND (4) FOUR-FIFTHS VOTE
REQUIREMENT: APPROVAL OF A RELATED BUDGET
AMENDMENT APPROPRIATING $17,000 FROM THE
GENERAL FUND UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE TO
COVER CITY COSTS.
PUBLIC COMMENT - ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA (CONTINUED)
ITEMS FROM MEMBERS (CONTINUED)
MEMBER REQUESTS TO AGENDIZE FUTURE ITEMS
ADJOURN (INCLUDING ADJOURNMENT IN MEMORY)