Agenda — City Council Meeting Agenda, August 11, 2025

Mike Balkman Council
Chambers
9770 Culver Blvd. Culver
City, CA 90232
Mayor Dan O'Brien
Vice Mayor Freddy Puza
Member Bubba Fish
Member Yasmine-Imani McMorrin
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 Board, Redevelopment
Financing Authority Board, and Culver City
Housing Authority Board
7:00 PM Monday, August 11, 2025
MEETING INFORMATION AND ACCOMMODATION:

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August 11, 2025Regular Meeting of the City Council,
Successor Agency to the Culver City
Redevelopment Agency Board,
Culver City Parking Authority Board,
Redevelopment Financing Authority
Board, and Culver City Housing
Authority Board
City Council Meeting Agenda
Closed Session: 5:00 PM
Recognitions: 6:45 PM
Regular Session: 7:00 PM
review information and sign up at www.culvercity.org/meetings.

Any person needing reasonable accommodation related to disabilities, including assisted listening devices, is welcome to contact the City Clerk ’s Office at (310) 253-5851 or via email at [email protected].

PUBLIC COMMENT:

The meeting body 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 specific body. The body 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.

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. Those comments received 4 hours in advance of the start time will be provided to the body members and become part of the official public record through a motion to receive and file correspondence. If you do not want your personal information included in the official record, please do not include your address, phone number or other private information in your comments. Please be advised, written comments WILL NOT be read aloud during the meeting.

ORAL COMMENTS: Speakers must register to speak online at 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 .

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

At the start of each agenda item, staff will read aloud the names of those who have requested to speak on an agenda item. Requests to speak must be received before the start of the public comment period for that agenda item or will not be considered. A QR code will be available for those wishing to sign up once they arrive to the meeting. Requests to speak will no longer be accepted through Webex chat, only by completing the online form. Those without internet should contact 310.253.5851 during business hours for help signing up to speak in advance or by speaking to staff upon arrival to the meeting room.

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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].

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.

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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):
25-1406CS-1. CC: CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL – EXISTING

LITIGATION
RE: BLANCA FLORES GASCA V. CITY OF CULVER
CITY, ET AL.

CASE NO. 23SMCV01030

PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION
54956.9(D)(1)
25-1410CS-2. CC: CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL –

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

PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION
54956.9(D)(2)
25-1482CS-3. CC: CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL – EXISTING

LITIGATION
RE: GARY M. ZEISS V. CITY OF CULVER CITY, ET AL.

CASE NO. 25STCP02228

PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION
54956.9(D)(1)
25-1483CS-4. CC: CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL – EXISTING

LITIGATION
RE: CULVER CITY COALITION V. CITY OF CULVER
CITY, ET AL.

CASE NO. 25SMCV03559

PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION
54956.9(D)(1)

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August 11, 2025Regular Meeting of the City Council,
Successor Agency to the Culver City
Redevelopment Agency Board,
Culver City Parking Authority Board,
Redevelopment Financing Authority
Board, and Culver City Housing
Authority Board
City Council Meeting Agenda
Closed Session: 5:00 PM
Recognitions: 6:45 PM
Regular Session: 7:00 PM
25-1484CS-5. CC: PUBLIC EMPLOYEE APPOINTMENT
TITLE: CITY MANAGER

PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION
54957(B)
RECOGNITION PRESENTATIONS - 6:45 PM
25-1487R-1. CC - PRESENTATIONS OF COMMENDATIONS TO

FORMER COMMISSIONERS, BOARD MEMBERS, AND

COMMITTEE MEMBERS IN RECOGNITION OF THEIR
SERVICE TO THE CULVER CITY COMMUNITY.

REGULAR SESSION - 7:00 PM

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

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.

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

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August 11, 2025Regular Meeting of the City Council,
Successor Agency to the Culver City
Redevelopment Agency Board,
Culver City Parking Authority Board,
Redevelopment Financing Authority
Board, and Culver City Housing
Authority Board
City Council Meeting Agenda
Closed Session: 5:00 PM
Recognitions: 6:45 PM
Regular Session: 7:00 PM
20 minutes for all bodies in session. Each comment may be up to three minutes in length. Ceding of time to another speaker is not permitted for comments made on Items NOT on the Agenda.

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 is called by the presiding officer. Speakers will be provided one opportunity to make comments on all consent calendar items at once. 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 ), may be pulled from the Consent Calendar and considered later in the agenda, at the discretion of the presiding officer or City Council. 25-1485C-1. CC:HA:SA - CONSENT ITEM: APPROVAL OF CASH
DISBURSEMENTS FOR JULY 5, 2025 TO AUGUST 1,
2025.

Final Cash Disbursements for City Council - 250811.pdfAttachments:

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MINUTES OF THE SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING
HELD ON JULY 9, 2025 AND THE REGULAR CITY
COUNCIL MEETING HELD ON JULY 14, 2025.
2025-07-09 CCCC Draft Minutes.pdf
2025-07-14 CCCC Draft Minutes.pdf
Attachments:
25-1301C-3. CC - CONSENT ITEM: ( 1) AWARD OF CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT TO FS CONTRACTORS, INC. AS THE

LOWEST RESPONSIVE AND RESPONSIBLE BIDDER, IN
THE AMOUNT OF $ 131,800 FOR THE HURON AVENUE

SIDEWALK AND DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENT PROJECT,
PS-035; AND (2) AUTHORIZATION TO THE PUBLIC

WORKS DIRECTOR TO APPROVE CHANGE ORDERS TO

THE CONTRACT IN AN AMOUNT NOT -TO-EXCEED
$32,950 TO COVER CONTINGENCY COSTS.
25-1302C-4. CC - CONSENT ITEM: ( 1) AWARD OF CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT TO CJ CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION, INC .

AS THE LOWEST RESPONSIVE AND RESPONSIBLE
BIDDER, IN THE AMOUNT OF $ 92,582 FOR THE

HIGUERA STREET SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENT
PROJECT, PS -036; AND (2) AUTHORIZATION TO THE

PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR TO APPROVE CHANGE

ORDERS TO THE CONTRACT IN AN AMOUNT
NOT-TO-EXCEED $23,145 TO COVER CONTINGENCY
COSTS.
25-1374C-5. CC - CONSENT ITEM: ( 1) WAIVER OF COMPETITIVE

BIDDING PROCEDURES PURSUANT TO CULVER CITY
MUNICIPAL CODE SECTION 3.07.075.F.3; AND (2)

APPROVAL OF A FIVE-YEAR PROFESSIONAL

SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH OCCU-MED FOR

OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES IN AN AMOUNT
NOT-TO-EXCEED $150,000.00 PER YEAR.

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PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH SWA
GROUP IN AN AMOUNT NOT -TO-EXCEED $ 200,000 FOR
A FEASIBILITY STUDY OF (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.
25-1399C-7. CC - CONSENT ITEM: APPROVAL OF ADDITIONAL

PURCHASE ORDERS WITH SHI IN AN AGGREGATE
AMOUNT-NOT-TO-EXCEED $185,000 FOR PRIOR

SERVICES RENDERED AND PURCHASE OF RUBRIK

CLOUD BACKUP STORAGE AND RELATED
TECHNOLOGY SERVICES.
25-1408C-8. CC - CONSENT ITEM: ( 1) APPROVAL OF A

PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH YWR
ARCHITECTS INC. FOR ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN,

BUILDING COST ESTIMATION, AND CONSTRUCTION

MANAGEMENT SERVICES FOR CITY FACILITIES

IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS AT THE CITY HALL AND

THE TEEN CENTER IN AN AMOUNT NOT -TO-EXCEED
$62,000; AND (2) AUTHORIZATION TO THE PUBLIC

WORKS DIRECTOR /CITY ENGINEER TO APPROVE

AMENDMENTS TO THE AGREEMENT IN AN
ADDITIONAL AMOUNT NOT-TO-EXCEED $15,000 TO
COVER CONTINGENCY COSTS.

Sponsors: City Council Meeting Agenda

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SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH ECOLOGY AUTO PARTS,
INC. FOR SOLID WASTE, RECYCLABLES, ORGANICS

AND DEMOLITION WASTE TRANSPORT SERVICES

UTILIZING ALTERNATIVE FUEL TRACTOR-TRAILERS

FOR A TERM OF FIVE YEARS WITH AN APPROXIMATE
ANNUAL COST OF $ 2.8 MILLION IN THE FIRST YEAR;
AND (2) AUTHORIZATION TO THE CITY MANAGER TO
APPROVE TWO ADDITIONAL ONE-YEAR TERMS.
25-1424C-10. CC - CONSENT ITEM: APPROVAL OF A PURCHASE
ORDER WITH GILLIG, LLC. TO SUPPLY SIX

COMPRESSED NATURAL GAS BUSES IN AN AMOUNT
NOT-TO-EXCEED $6,133,275 ($5,119,236 BASE PLUS
$1,014,039 CONTINGENCY).
25-1427C-11. CC - CONSENT ITEM: ADOPTION OF AN ORDINANCE

A P P R O V I N G C I T Y - I N I T I A T E D Z O N I N G C O D E AMENDMENT (P2025-0125-ZCA) REPLACING THE

CURRENT SIGN ORDINANCE IN ITS ENTIRETY WITH A

NEW SIGN ORDINANCE AND ADDING NEW DEFINITIONS

TO THE ZONING CODE, AND RELATED REFERENCES
TO MUNICIPAL CODE CHAPTER 13 AND EXEMPTION
FROM CEQA.
2025-08-11_ATT 1_CC Ordinance Adoption of Sign Code
ZCA.pdf
Attachments:

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TO THE DEVELOPMENT AND CONSTRUCTION

CONTRACT BY AND BETWEEN CITY OF CULVER CITY

AND CULVER PUBLIC MARKET, LLC, RELATED TO THE

CONSTRUCTION OF A PUBLIC PARKING STRUCTURE

AFFILIATED WITH THE COMMERCIAL PROJECT
L O C A T E D A T 1 2 3 3 7 - 1 2 4 2 3 W A S H I N G T O N BOULEVARD, 4061 - 4063 CENTINELA AVENUE, AND
4064 COLONIAL AVENUE.

Project Site Plan.pdf
Amendment to the Development and Construction Contract.pdf Attachments:
25-1438C-13. CC - CONSENT ITEM: ( 1) CREATION OF AN AD HOC

FILM AND MEDIA POLICY CITY COUNCIL
SUBCOMMITTEE; AND (2) APPOINTMENT OF MAYOR
DAN O ’BRIEN AND VICE MAYOR FREDDY PUZA AS THE
MEMBERS OF THE SUBCOMMITTEE.
25-1452C-14. HA - CONSENT ITEM: APPROVAL OF THE
CERTIFICATION AND SUBMISSION OF THE SECTION 8
MANAGEMENT ASSESSMENT PROGRAM (SEMAP).
25-08-11-ATT No.1 SEMAP Indicator Report.pdfAttachments:
25-1461C-15. CC - CONSENT ITEM: ( 1) AWARD OF A GENERAL

SERVICES AGREEMENT TO ACCO ENGINEERED
SYSTEMS IN THE AMOUNT OF $ 327,343 FOR THE

DATA CENTER HVAC SYSTEM LOCATED AT CITY
HALL; AND (2) AUTHORIZATION TO THE PUBLIC

WORKS DIRECTOR TO APPROVE CHANGE ORDERS IN
AN AMOUNT NOT-TO-EXCEED $65,468 TO COVER
CONTINGENCY COSTS.

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,

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August 11, 2025Regular Meeting of the City Council,
Successor Agency to the Culver City
Redevelopment Agency Board,
Culver City Parking Authority Board,
Redevelopment Financing Authority
Board, and Culver City Housing
Authority Board
City Council Meeting Agenda
Closed Session: 5:00 PM
Recognitions: 6:45 PM
Regular Session: 7:00 PM
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
25-1412A-1. CC - ACTION ITEM: CONSIDERATION OF AN ANNUAL

CITY PRODUCED HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH

CELEBRATION AND DIRECTION TO THE CITY
MANAGER AS DEEMED APPROPRIATE.
25-1479A-2. CC - ACTION ITEM: ( 1) RECEIPT AND DISCUSSION OF

LIST OF CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PROJECTS TO

CONSIDER DEFUNDING IN ORDER TO FUND A
POTENTIAL ONE -TIME $ 2.5 MILLION DONATION TO

THE CULVER CITY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
(CCUSD); (2) RECEIPT AND DISCUSSION OF REPORT
ON THE IMPACT OF A POTENTIAL ONE -TIME $ 2.5
MILLION DONATION TO CCUSD FROM THE CITY ’S
CONTINGENCY RESERVE; AND (3) DIRECTION TO THE
CITY MANAGER AS DEEMED APPROPRIATE.
2025-08-11 ATT 1 July 14, 2025 Staff Report with Attachments 2025-08-11 ATT 2 Overview of CIP Projects
Attachments:
25-1354A-3. CC - ACTION ITEM: INTRODUCTION OF AN ORDINANCE

AMENDING THE CULVER CITY MUNICIPAL CODE

RELATING TO ADMINISTRATIVE REMEDIES FOR

C H A L L E N G E S T O F E E S , C H A R G E S , A N D ASSESSMENTS ON REAL PROPERTY.
2025-07-14_ATT_Proposed Ordinance Adding CCMC Chapter

3.12.pdf
Attachments:
25-1472A-4. (CC): ACTION ITEM - ADOPTION OF A RESOLUTION

APPROVING THE SALARY SCHEDULE FOR CITY
MANAGER, EFFECTIVE RETROACTIVELY TO JULY 28,
2025.

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August 11, 2025Regular Meeting of the City Council,
Successor Agency to the Culver City
Redevelopment Agency Board,
Culver City Parking Authority Board,
Redevelopment Financing Authority
Board, and Culver City Housing
Authority Board
City Council Meeting Agenda
Closed Session: 5:00 PM
Recognitions: 6:45 PM
Regular Session: 7:00 PM
2025_08-11-ATT 1_ Executive Management 2025 Resolution
and Salary Schedule for City Manager.pdf
Attachments:
25-1494A-5. CC - ACTION ITEM: ADOPTION OF A RESOLUTION

EXPRESSING SUPPORT FOR THE WORKERS AT

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA HOSPITAL IN THEIR EFFORTS

TO MAINTAIN FAIR WAGES, PROTECT EMPLOYEE AND

PATIENT WELL -BEING, AND UPHOLD GOOD WORKING
CONDITIONS AT THE HOSPITAL.
2025-08-11_ATT_Resolution in support of hospital workers.pdfAttachments:

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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