Bill Uphoff, Mayor
Mark A. Waronek, Mayor Pro Tem
James Gazeley, Council Member
Cindy Segawa, Council Member
Barry Waite, Council Member
LOMITA CITY HALL
COUNCIL CHAMBERS
24300 Narbonne Avenue
Lomita, CA 90717
Phone: (310) 325-7110
Fax: (310) 325-4024
AGENDA
REGULAR MEETING
LOMITA CITY COUNCIL
TUESDAY, MAY 16, 2023
6:00 PM
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Lomita City Council Meeting Agenda May 16, 2023
1. OPENING CEREMONIES
a) Call Meeting to Order
b) Flag Salute
c) Invocation – Mayor Pro Tem Uphoff
d) Roll Call
2. APPROVAL OF AGENDA
3. PRESENTATIONS
None scheduled.
4. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS
Persons wishing to speak on Consent Agenda items or subjects other than those scheduled are requested to do so at this time. In order to conduct a timely meeting, a three (3) minute time limit per person has been established. Government Code Section 54954.2 prohibits the Council from discussing or taking action on a specific item unless it appears on a posted agenda.
5. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS AND MEETING ATTENDANCE REPORTS FROM THE CITY
COUNCIL
The City Council may discuss and act upon items described under Council comments; however, items which are not on the agenda will be limited to Council reports, announcements, requests for clarification or factual information, or placement of matters on the agenda for a future meeting.
6. CITY MANAGER’S REPORT (information only)
7. CONSENT AGENDA
All items under the Consent Agenda are considered by the Council to be routine and will be enacted by one motion in the form listed below. There may be separate discussions of these items prior to the time the Council votes on the motion. Specific items may be removed from the Consent Agenda at the request of any Council Member or staff.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: That Consent Agenda Items 7a-q be approved. a. Motion to Waive Full Reading of Ordinances and that They be Read in Title Only RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve motion.
b. Minutes of the Regular City Council Meeting of April 4, 2023 RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve minutes.
c. Warrants/Payroll Register
Lomita City Council Meeting Agenda May 16, 2023
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve and file Warrants/Payroll Register. d. Monthly Report for the Administrative Services Department RECOMMENDED ACTION: Receive and file the report.
e. Monthly Report for the City Manager’s Department
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Receive and file the report.
f. Monthly Report for the Community and Economic Development Department RECOMMENDED ACTION: Receive and file the report.
g. Monthly Report for the Recreation and Facilities Division RECOMMENDED ACTION: Receive and file the report.
h. Monthly Report for the Public Works Department
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Receive and file the report.
i. March 2023 Treasury & Investment Report
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Receive and file the report.
j. Second Reading and Adoption of Ordinance No. 851 Approving a Zone Text Amendment Updating Regulations Regarding the Keeping of Hen Chickens and Finding the Action Exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act RECOMMENDED ACTION: Adopt ordinance.
ORDINANCE NO. 851 - AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LOMITA, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING ZONING TEXT AMENDMENT 2023-04
AMENDING LOMITA MUNICIPAL CODE TITLE XI (PLANNING AND ZONING), CHAPTER 1 (ZONING), ARTICLE 30 (RESIDENTIAL ZONES) TO UPDATE REGULATIONS REGARDING THE KEEPING OF HEN CHICKENS WITHIN THE A-1 (AGRICULTURE, NONCOMMERCIAL) AND R-1 (SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL)
ZONES AND FINDING THE ACTION TO BE EXEMPT FROM THE CALIFORNIA
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT
k. Second Reading and Adoption of Ordinance No. 852 Approving a Zone Text Amendment Regulating Planned Residential Developments and Finding the Action Exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Adopt ordinance.
ORDINANCE NO. 852 - AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LOMITA, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING ZONING TEXT AMENDMENT 2023-05
AMENDING LOMITA MUNICIPAL CODE TITLE XI (PLANNING AND ZONING), Lomita City Council Meeting Agenda May 16, 2023
CHAPTER 2 (DIVISION OF LAND), ARTICLE 4 (DESIGN), SECTION 11-2.171 (LOT DESIGN), AND CHAPTER 1 (ZONING), ARTICLE 15 (DEFINITIONS), TO SPECIFY REGULATIONS IN COMPATIBILITY WITH ADOPTED ORDINANCE NO. 839 REGULATING PLANNED RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS AND FINDING
THE ACTION TO BE EXEMPT FROM THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL
QUALITY ACT
l. Second Reading and Adoption of Ordinance No. 853 Approving a Zone Text Amendment Updating Outdoor Dining Regulations and Finding the Action Exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Adopt ordinance.
ORDINANCE NO. 853 - AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LOMITA, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING ZONING TEXT AMENDMENT 2023-03
AMENDING LOMITA MUNICIPAL CODE TITLE XI (PLANNING AND ZONING), CHAPTER 1 (ZONING), ARTICLE 68 (SPECIAL DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS), SECTION 11-1.68.06 (OUTDOOR DINING) TO UPDATE OUTDOOR DINING
REGULATIONS AND FINDING THE ACTION TO BE EXEMPT FROM THE
CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT
m. Fiscal Year (FY) 2022/23 Quarterly Financial Report Third Quarter Ending March 31, 2023
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Receive and file the report.
n. ARPA Job Creation Program Application for Corridor Flow RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve one application under the City’s ARPA Business Assistance Program; and authorize the City Manager to make amendments as may be necessary with approval of the City Attorney to execute agreements with the applicant. o. Lease Agreement with the Hillside Memorial Park for 25 Acre-Feet of Unused FY 20222023 Groundwater Pumping Rights
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve a lease agreement with the Hillside Memorial Park for 25 acre-feet of unused FY 2022-2023 groundwater pumping rights at a price of $110.00 per acre-foot for a total of $2,750; and authorize the City Manager and City Clerk to execute the agreement.
p. Memorandum of Agreement for the Coordinated Integrated Monitoring Program and Watershed Management Program for the Dominguez Channel Watershed Management Area
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve the Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) between the City of Los Angeles, the City of Carson, the City of El Segundo, the City of Hawthorne, the City of Inglewood, the City of Lawndale, the City of Lomita, Los Angeles County Flood Control District, the County of Los Angeles, and the South Bay Cities Council of Governments regarding the administration and cost sharing for implementing the Coordinated Integrated Monitoring Program (CIMP) and Watershed Management Program (WMP) for the Dominguez Channel Watershed Management Area; authorize Lomita City Council Meeting Agenda May 16, 2023
the Mayor to sign the MOA; and authorize Lomita’s estimated share of the funding, $269,802 over three years.
q. Professional Services Agreement with BOA Architecture for Stephenson Center Maintenance Project
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve a Professional Services Agreement with Black, O’Dowd and Associates (dba BOA Architecture) for Engineering Design Services for Stephenson Center Maintenance Project in the amount of $48,500.00 plus a 20% contingency amount of $9,700.00; appropriate $58,200.00 to the Park Grant Fund for this project; and authorize the City Manager and City Clerk to execute the Agreement.
8. SCHEDULED ITEMS
a. DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION TO END THE CURRENT DROUGHT RESPONSE LEVEL 2 AND ADOPT A RESOLUTION DECLARING A DROUGHT RESPONSE LEVEL 1 SHORTAGE ALERT
Presented by Carla Dillon, Public Works Director
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Declare an end to the current Drought Response Level 2, adopt Resolution 2023-11 declaring a Drought Response Level 1 Shortage Alert and find the action exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA).
RESOLUTION NO. 2023-11 - A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF LOMITA, CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING A WATER SHORTAGE
CONTINGENCY STAGE 1 AND FINDING THE SAME EXEMPT FROM CEQA b. Discussion and Consideration to Appoint New Commissioners to the Planning Commission and Public Safety Traffic Commission
Presented by Ryan Smoot, City Manager
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Consider candidates to fill one seat on the Public Safety Traffic Commission with a term ending June 2027, and two seats on the Planning Commission with terms ending June 2027.
c. DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION OF THE APPROVAL OF VARIOUS AGREEMENTS RELATED TO FOUNDERS DAY 2023
Presented by Emma Kelley, Recreation Manager
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve and authorize the City Manager and City Clerk to execute the agreements.
d. UPDATE & DISCUSSION OF GOLF CLASSIC AND MAYOR’S CUP 2023 Presented by Emma Kelley, Recreation Manager
RECOMMENDED ACTION: After discussion, provide direction to staff to cancel or replace the Golf Classic and Mayor’s Cup 2023.
Lomita City Council Meeting Agenda May 16, 2023
1. PUBLIC HEARINGS
None scheduled.
2. ADJOURNMENT
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I hereby certify under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California that the foregoing agenda was posted not less than 72 hours prior to the meeting at the following locations: Lomita City Hall, Lomita Park, and uploaded to the City of Lomita website http://www.lomita.com/cityhall/city_agendas/.
Date Posted: May 11, 2023