CITY COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA
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CITY OF
HUNTINGTON PARK
City Council
Regular Meeting
Agenda
Tuesday, January 16, 2024
6:00 p.m.
City Hall Council Chambers
6550 Miles Avenue, Huntington Park, CA 90255
Marilyn Sanabria
Mayor
Karina Macias Arturo Flores
Vice Mayor Council Member
Eduardo “Eddie” Martinez Graciela Ortiz
Council Member Council Member
All agenda items and reports are available for review in the City Clerk’s Office and www.hpca.gov. Any writings or documents provided to a majority of the City Councilregarding any item on this agenda (other than writings legally exempt from public disclosure) will be made available for public inspection in the Office of the City Clerk located at 6550 Miles Avenue, Huntington Park, California 90255 during regular business hours, 7:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Monday – Thursday, and at the City Hall Council Chambers during themeeting.
Any person who requires a disability-related modification or accommodation, including auxiliary aids or services, in order to participate in the public meeting may request such modification, accommodation, aid or service by contacting the City Clerk’s Office either in person at 6550 Miles Avenue, Huntington Park, California or by telephone at (323) 584-6230.
Notification in advance of the meeting will enable the City to make reasonable arrangements to ensure accessibility to this meeting.
PLEASE SILENCE ALL CELL PHONES AND OTHER ELECTRONIC
EQUIPMENT WHILE COUNCIL IS IN SESSION. Thank you.
PLEASE NOTE--The numerical order of items on this agenda is for convenience of reference.
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Items may be taken out of order upon request of the Mayor or Members of the City Council.
Members of the City Council and the public are reminded that they must preserve order and decorum throughout the Meeting. In that regard, Members of the City Council and the public are advised that any delay or disruption in the proceedings or a refusal to obey the orders of the City Council or the presiding officer constitutes a violation of these rules. • The conduct of City Council meetings is governed by the portion of the California Government Code commonly known as the "Brown Act" and by the Huntington Park City Council Meeting Rules of Procedure.
• The City Council meeting is for conducting the City's business, and members of the audience must obey the rules of decorum set forth by law. This means that each speaker will be permitted to speak for three minutes to address items that are listed on the City Council agenda or topics which are within the jurisdictional authority of the City.
• No profanity, personal attacks, booing, cheering, applauding or other conduct disruptive to the meeting will be permitted. Any person not adhering to the Rules of Procedure or conduct authorized by the Brown Act may be asked to leave the Council Chambers.
• All comments directed to the City Council or to any member of the City Council must be directed to the Mayor (or Chairperson if Mayor is absent).
We ask that you please respect the business nature of this meeting and the order required for the proceedings conducted in the Council Chambers.
PUBLIC COMMENT
For both open and closed session, each speaker will be limited to three minutes per Huntington Park Municipal Code Section 2-1.207. Time limits may not be shared with other speakers and may not accumulate from one period of public comment to another or from one meeting to another. This is the only opportunity for public input except for scheduled public hearing items.
All comments or queries shall be addressed to the Council as a body and not to any specific member thereof. Pursuant to Government Code Section 54954.2(a)(2), the Ralph M. Brown Act, no action or discussion by the City Council shall be undertaken on any item not appearing on the posted agenda, except to briefly provide information, ask for clarification, provide direction to staff, or schedule a matter for a future meeting.
ADDITIONS/DELETIONS TO AGENDA
Items of business may be added to the agenda upon a motion adopted by a minimum twothirds vote finding that there is a need to take immediate action and that the need for action came to the attention of the City or Agency subsequent to the agenda being posted. Items may be deleted from the agenda upon the request of staff or Council.
IMPORTANT NOTICE
The City of Huntington Park shows replays of City Council Meetings on Local Access Channel 3 and over the Internet at www.hpca.gov. NOTE: Your attendance at thispublic meeting may result in the recording and broadcast of your image and/or voice.
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CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
Mayor Marilyn Sanabria
Vice Mayor Karina Macias
Council Member Arturo Flores
Council Member Eduardo “Eddie” Martinez
Council Member Graciela Ortiz
INVOCATION
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
PRESENTATION(S)
1. RECOGNITION OF MANHATTAN BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT &
WESTMINSTER POLICE DEPARTMENT
2. PROCLAMATION TO LOCAL STARBUCKS FOR CONTRIBUTIONS TO CITY EVENTS
PUBLIC COMMENT
Pursuant to Government Code Section 54954.3(a) Members of the public will have an opportunity to address the City Council on items listed on this agenda. For items on this agenda each speaker will be limited to three minutes per Huntington Park Municipal Code Section 2-1.207. Time limits may not be shared with other speakers and may not accumulate from one period of public comment to another or from one meeting to another.
STAFF RESPONSE
RECESS TO CLOSED SESSION
CLOSED SESSION
1. CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL – ANTICIPATED LITIGATION Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(2)
Consideration of one (1) potential case
2. CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL – EXISTING LITIGATION
Government Code Section 54957.9(d)(1)
ESTATE OF ANGELA MELONCON, by and through, DEBORAH BELL, etc. vs. City of Huntington Park
Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. 23STCV16704
CLOSED SESSION ANNOUNCEMENT
CONSENT CALENDAR
All matters listed under the Consent Calendar are considered routine and will be enacted by one motion. There will be no separate discussion of these items prior to the time the Council votes on the motion unless members of the Council, staff, or the public request specific items to be discussed and/or removed from the Consent Calendar for separate
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action.
CITY CLERK
1. CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES
RECOMMENDED THAT CITY COUNCIL:
Approve Minute(s) of the following City Council Meeting(s):
1. Regular City Council Meeting held December 5, 2023
FINANCE
2. CHECK REGISTERS
RECOMMENDED THAT CITY COUNCIL:
1. Approve Accounts Payable and Payroll Warrant(s) dated January 16, 2024
END OF CONSENT CALENDAR
REGULAR AGENDA
PUBLIC WORKS
3. CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL OF AWARD OF A PROFESSIONAL
SERVICES AGREEMENT FOR PREPARATION OF PLANS, SPECIFICATIONS,
AND ESTIMATE TO ENHANCE THE PLAYGROUNDS AND SURROUNDING AMENITIES AS PART OF CIP 2022-04 AT KELLER PARK
RECOMMENDED THAT CITY COUNCIL:
1. Award a Professional Services Agreement (Attachment 1) for the preparation of Plans, Specifications, and Estimate of new playground equipment, appurtenances and ingress/egress enhancement as part of CIP 2022-04 Playground at Keller Park to iARCH for a not-to-exceed amount of $164,840; and
2. Authorize the Finance Department to appropriate $164,840 into Project No. 8927 payable from the Los Angeles County Regional Park and Open Space District reimbursable grant; and
3. Authorize the City Manager to execute the professional services agreement.
4. CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL TO PURCHASE TRAFFIC SIGNAL AND
STREETLIGHT POLES
RECOMMENDED THAT CITY COUNCIL:
1. Pursuant to Huntington Park Municipal Code section 2-5.12 Formal Bid Procedures (i): Waive of Bidding. City Council, by a majority vote, may dispense
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with bidding and other procedures required by this chapter in any individual instance upon finding that it would be impracticable, useless or economically infeasible to follow such procedures and that the public welfare would be promoted by dispensing with them; and
2. Authorize staff to purchase a combination of seventeen (17) traffic signal and streetlight poles from JTB Supply Company, Inc. as the most responsive and responsible proposer for a not-to-exceed amount of $138,027.49 payable from account 535-8016-431.74-10 ($100,000) and 535-8090-452.43-20 ($38,027.49); and
3. Authorize the City Manager to execute the purchase order and for staff to process all applicable invoices.
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
5. CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL TO PROVIDE A ONE (1) YEAR FINAL CONTRACT EXTENSION TO INFRASTRUCTURE ENGINEERS INC. FOR
PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING AND BUILDING AND SAFETY SERVICES RECOMMENDED THAT CITY COUNCIL:
1. Authorize a one (1) year final extension for professional engineering and building and safety services with Infrastructure Engineers Inc; A Bowman Corporation; and
2. Authorize the City Manager to execute the extension agreement.
END OF REGULAR AGENDA
DEPARTMENTAL REPORTS
WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS
COUNCIL COMMUNICATIONS
Council Member Graciela Ortiz
Council Member Eduardo “Eddie” Martinez
Council Member Arturo Flores
Vice Mayor Karina Macias
Mayor Marilyn Sanabria
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ADJOURNMENT
The City of Huntington Park City Council will adjourn the meeting to a Regular Meeting on Tuesday, February 6, 2024 at 6:00 P.M.
I, Eduardo Sarmiento, hereby certify under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California that the foregoing agenda was posted at City of Huntington Park City Hall and made available at www.hpca.gov not less than 72 hours prior to the meeting. Dated this 12th day of January 2024.
Eduardo Sarmiento, City Clerk