Michele Steggell
Mayor
Debbie S. Baker
Mayor Pro Tem
Marshall Goodman
Council Member
Nitesh P. Patel
Council Member
Mark I. Waldman
Council Member
5:30 p.m.
La Palma City Hall
Council Chambers
7822 Walker Street, La Palma
CALL TO ORDER
CLOSED SESSION
CS-1. CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATORS
Pursuant to Government Code section 54957.6.
Agency Designated Representatives: Conal McNamara, City Manager Ryan Hallett Hinton, Administrative Services
Director
Employee Organizations: La Palma General Employees Association La Palma Police Association
La Palma Professional Employees
Association
Unrepresented Employees: Executive Management
A G E N D A
REGULAR MEETING
LA PALMA CITY COUNCIL
July 5, 2022
July 5, 2022
CS-2. CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL – EXISTING LITIGATION (Pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (d) of Section 54956.9) Name of Case: Tartarian vs. City of La Palma
Case No. OCSC 30-2022-01263112-CU-WM-CJC
CS-3. THE CITY COUNCIL WILL MEET IN CLOSED SESSION PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 54957(B)(1):
PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT
Position Title: City Manager
OPEN SESSION to Begin at 6:30 PM
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: Mayor Pro Tem Baker
INVOCATION: Pastor Matthew Agosto, City Church
Council Member Waldman
ROLL CALL: Council and Commission Members
PRESENTATIONS
None Scheduled.
ORAL COMMUNICATIONS (Time Limit: 5 Minutes Each)
Time has been reserved at this point in the Agenda for persons wishing to speak on any item that is not listed on the Agenda. By law, the City Council and Successor Agency are prohibited from taking action on such oral comments. The matter will be automatically referred to staff for appropriate response or action or will be placed on the Agenda of a future meeting. Matters listed on the Agenda may be addressed either at this time or at the time they are before the City Council for discussion.
RECESS CITY COUNCIL AND CONVENE AS
SUCCESSOR AGENCY TO THE DISSOLVED COMMUNITY
July 5, 2022
DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF LA PALMA
The City Council will now recess and convene as the Successor Agency to the Dissolved Community Development Commission of the City of La Palma. Members of the La Palma City Council receive no compensation or stipend as a result of convening or participating in either the Successor Agency or otherwise as serving as members of the Successor Agency.
CONSENT CALENDAR (1 Item)
All matters listed under Consent Calendar will be acted upon by one motion affirming the action recommended on the Agenda. There will be no separate discussion on these items prior to voting unless members of the Successor Agency, Staff, or the public request that specific items be removed from the Consent Calendar for separate action. Any member of the public who wishes to discuss a Consent Calendar item should come forward to the microphone and, upon recognition by the Chair, state his or her name, address, and the item number.
A. Approval of Successor Agency Minutes
Recommendation that the Successor Agency approve the Minutes of the June 7, 2022, Regular Meeting of the Successor Agency.
B. Successor Agency Register of Demands
Recommendation that the Successor Agency adopt a Resolution approving the Register of Demands for July 5, 2022.
PUBLIC HEARINGS
None Scheduled.
REGULAR ITEMS
None Scheduled.
ADJOURN THE SUCCESSOR AGENCY
CITY COUNCIL
CONSENT CALENDAR (7 Items)
All matters listed under Consent Calendar will be acted upon by one motion affirming the action recommended on the Agenda. There will be no separate discussion on these items prior to voting unless members of the City Council, Staff, or the public request that specific items be removed from the Consent Calendar for separate action. Any member of the public who wishes to discuss July 5, 2022
a Consent Calendar item should come forward to the microphone and, upon recognition by the Mayor, state his or her name, address, and the item number.
1. Waive the Reading of All Ordinances
Recommendation that the City Council waive the reading of all Ordinances in their entirety and read by title only.
2. Approval of Council Minutes
Recommendation that the City Council approved the Minutes of the June 5, 2022, Regular Meeting, and the Minutes of the June 21, 2022, Special Meeting of the City Council.
3. Approval of Register of Demands
Recommendation that the City Council adopt a Resolution approving the Registers of Demands for June 19, 2022, and July 5, 2022.
4. Resolutions Required for November 8, 2022, General Municipal Election Recommendation that the City Council adopt the following resolutions required to conduct the November 8, 2022, General Municipal Election:
a) A Resolution calling and giving notice of the holding of a Municipal Election to be held on Tuesday, November 8, 2022, in conjunction with the General Municipal Election, putting forward a ballot measure to the voters and for the election of certain officers as required by the provisions of the laws of the State of California relating to general law cities;
b) A Resolution requesting the Board of Supervisors of the County of Orange to consolidate a Municipal Election to be held on November 8, 2022, with the Statewide General Election to be held on the date pursuant to Section 10403 of the Elections Code.
5. Approval of an Extension to Consultant Services Agreement with Charles Abbott Associates for As-needed Building Official, Building Inspector as Required by Workload, Optional Part-Time Permit Technician, and As-Needed Building Plan Check Services.
Recommendation that the City Council authorize the City Manager to exercise a six (6) month extension of the Agreement for Consultant Services with Charles Abbott Associates, Inc. for as-needed Building Official, Building Inspector as required by workload, optional part-time Permit Technician, and as-needed Building Inspection, and as-needed plan check services.
6. Second Reading and Adoption of an Ordinance Adopting a Military Equipment Policy per Assembly Bill (AB) 481
Recommendation that the City Council conduct second reading and adopt an Ordinance of the City of La Palma adopting a military equipment policy.
July 5, 2022
7. Agreement for Financial Consulting Services
Recommendation that the City Council approve and authorize the Mayor to execute an agreement with Governmental Financial Services (“GFS”) for financial consulting services.
PUBLIC HEARINGS (5 Items)
8. Introduction and First Reading of An Ordinance Amending City Municipal Code Chapter 36 (Streets and Sidewalks) Pertaining to the Regulation of Sidewalk Vendors on City Sidewalks
CEQA: The adoption of the proposed Ordinance is not a “project” that is subject to CEQA review because it will not result in direct physical change in the environment, or a reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment. (See, 14 CCR sec 15061(b)(3).).
Recommendation that the City Council take the following actions:
a) Open Public Hearing
b) Receive Staff Report
c) City Council Comments and Questions
d) Receive Public Input
e) Close Public Hearing
f) Introduce an Ordinance amending City Municipal Code Chapter 36 (Streets and Sidewalks) pertaining to the regulation of sidewalk vendors on City sidewalks.
9. Introduction and First Reading of An Ordinance Amending City Municipal Code Chapter 2 (Administration), Chapter 14 (Finance and Taxation), and Chapter 44 (Zoning) Pertaining to the Regulation of Short-Term Rentals in Residential Zones CEQA: The adoption of the proposed Ordinance is not a “project” that is subject to CEQA review because it will not result in direct physical change in the environment, or a reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment. (See, 15060(c)(2), 15060(c)(3) and 15061(b)(3).).
Recommendation that the City Council take the following actions:
a) Open Public Hearing
b) Receive Staff Report
c) Receive Public Input
d) City Council Comments and Questions
July 5, 2022
e) Close the Public Hearing
f) Introduce an Ordinance amending City Municipal Code Chapter 2 (Administration), Chapter 14 (Finance and Taxation), and Chapter 44 (Zoning) pertaining to the regulation of short-term rentals in residential zones.
10. 10-Day Report on First 45-Day Urgency Interim Ordinance And Consideration of an extension of the Urgency Interim Ordinance of the City Council of the City of La Palma, enacted pursuant to California Government Code Section 65858, imposing a 45-day requirement for pharmaceutical uses to obtain a conditional use permit in the City’s Office Professional (OP), Neighborhood Commercial (NC), Mixed-Use Business (B-1), General Industrial (GI), and Planned Neighborhood Development (PND) zones and prohibiting said uses in all others zones for a period not to exceed 10 months, 15 days
CEQA: The City Council finds that this Ordinance is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”) pursuant to Sections 15060(c)(2) and 15061(b)(3).
Recommendation that the City Council take the following action:
a) Accept, file, and issue the report on the Urgency Interim Ordinance Imposing a 45- day requirement for pharmaceutical uses to obtain a conditional use permit in the City’s Office Professional (OP), Neighborhood Commercial (NC), Mixed-Use Business (B-1), General Industrial (GI), and Planned Neighborhood Development (PND) zones and prohibiting said uses in all others zones b) Open Public Hearing
c) Receive Staff Report
d) City Council Comments and Questions
e) Receive Public Input
f) Close Public Hearing
g) Introduce and adopt an extension of an Urgency Ordinance of the City Council of the City of La Palma extending for 10 months and 15 days the requirement for pharmaceutical uses to obtain a conditional use permit in the City’s Office Professional (OP), Neighborhood Commercial (NC), Mixed-Use Business (B-1), General Industrial (GI), and Planned Neighborhood Development (PND) zones and prohibiting said uses in all others zones.
11. Introduction and First Reading of An Ordinance Amending City Municipal Code Chapter 44 (Zoning) Pertaining to the Regulation of Pharmaceutical Uses CEQA: The adoption of the proposed Ordinance is not a “project” that is subject to CEQA review because it will not result in direct physical change in the environment, or a reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment. (See, 14 CCR sec 15061(b)(3).).
July 5, 2022
Recommendation that the City Council take the following actions:
a) Open Public Hearing
b) Receive Staff Report
c) City Council Comments and Questions
d) Receive Public Input
e) Close Public Hearing
g) Introduce for first reading an Ordinance amending City Municipal Code Chapter 44 (Zoning) pertaining to the regulation of pharmaceutical uses.
12. Third Public Hearing to Receive Input from the Community Regarding The Composition Of Council Election District Draft Maps And Sequence Of Elections Recommendation that the City Council take the following actions:
a) Open Public Hearing
b) Receive Staff Report
c) City Council Comments and Questions
d) Receive Public Input
e) Close Public Hearing
REGULAR ITEMS (3 Items)
13. Request from Councilmember Patel to Increase Fiber Optic Infrastructure in La Palma
Recommendation that the City Council receive and file this report.
14. Stage 2 Water Alert Declaration and Implementation of Water Shortage Contingency Plan Stage 2
Recommendation that the City Council declare a Stage 2 Water Alert in conjunction with implementation of the Water Shortage Contingency Plan Stage 2.
15. Adoption of Labor Agreements and Management Resolution Recommendation that the City Council take the following actions:
a) Adopt a Resolution approving the Memorandum of Understanding between the City of La Palma and the La Palma General Employees Association; July 5, 2022
b) Adopt a Resolution approving the Memorandum of Understanding between the City of La Palma and the La Palma Professional Employees Association; and c) Adopt a Resolution approving the Salary Schedule and Comprehensive Listing of Personnel Practices and Benefits for Executive Management Employees.
COUNCILMEMBER AB1234 REPORTS, REPORTS FROM CITY-AFFILIATED COMMITTEES,
AND COUNCIL REMARKS
CITY MANAGER REMARKS
CITY ATTORNEY REMARKS
ADJOURNMENT
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