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, JUNE 20, 2023
6:00 PM
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No meeting of the Lomita Public Financing Authority will be held on this date.
Lomita City Council Meeting Agenda June 20, 2023
1. OPENING CEREMONIES
a. Call Meeting to Order
b. Flag Salute
c. Invocation – Council Member Woronek
d. Roll Call
2. APPROVAL OF AGENDA
3. PRESENTATIONS
a. CERTIFICATES OF RECOGNITION PRESENTED TO THE DRUG FREE/GANG
FREE WALK POSTER CONTEST WINNERS
b. CERTIFICATES OF RECOGNITION PRESENTED TO THE DRUG FREE/GANG
FREE WALK SPONSORS
c. CERTIFICATES OF RECOGNITION PRESENTED TO RETIRING TEACHERS
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 Lomita City Council Meeting Agenda June 20, 2023
Member or staff.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: That Consent Agenda Items 7a-m be approved. a. Motion to Waive Full Reading of Ordinances and that They be Read in Title Only RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve motion.
b. Warrants/Payroll Register
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve and file Warrants/Payroll Register. c. Monthly Report for the Administrative Services Department RECOMMENDED ACTION: Receive and file the report.
d. Monthly Report for the City Manager’s Department
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Receive and file the report.
e. Monthly Report for the Community and Economic Development Department RECOMMENDED ACTION: Receive and file the report.
f. Monthly Report for the Recreation and Facilities Division RECOMMENDED ACTION: Receive and file the report.
g. Monthly Report for the Public Works Department
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Receive and file the report.
h. April 2023 Treasury & Investment Report
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Receive and file the report.
i. Second reading and adoption of Ordinance No. 854 for Zoning Text Amendment No. 2023-06, Amending Lomita Municipal Code Title XI (Planning and Zoning) Modifying Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU) Regulations, and Finding the Action to be Exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Adopt ordinance.
ORDINANCE NO. 854 - AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
LOMITA, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING LOMITA MUNICIPAL CODE TITLE XI (PLANNING AND ZONING), CHAPTER 1 (ZONING), REVISING THE CITY’S
REGULATIONS FOR ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS TO COMPLY WITH STATE
LEGISLATION AND REESTABLISH CITY STANDARDS AND A DETERMINATION
THAT THE PROJECT IS CATEGORICALLY EXEMPT FROM THE CALIFORNIA
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT (CEQA)
Lomita City Council Meeting Agenda June 20, 2023
j. Consideration of Purchase of Emergency Standby Generator at Appian Way Project RECOMMENDED ACTION: 1) Authorize staff to release the bid package for the Emergency Standby Generator at Appian Way project; 2) Approve the purchase of a standby generator and load bank in the amount of $219,476.40; 3) Authorize the rental of a generator for up to $47,537.79; 4) Reappropriate $57,970 from 520-840-5820.134 from FY 22-23 to FY 23-24; 5) Appropriate $348,414.19 to 520-840-5820.134 for FY 23-24; 6) Find this project Categorically exempt from CEQA; and 7) Authorize the City Manager to execute the Purchase Orders for Standby Generator, Rental Generator and Load Bank
k. Consideration of a Lease Agreement with the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles for 150 Acre-Feet of Unused FY 2022-2023 Groundwater Pumping Rights RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve a lease agreement with the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles for 150 acre-feet of unused FY 2022-2023 groundwater pumping rights at a price of $100.00 per acre-foot for a total of $15,000; and authorize the City Manager to execute the agreement.
l. Consideration of an Amendment to the Professional Services Agreement with Westfield Electric, Inc. to Provide As-Needed Electrical Services RECOMMENDED ACTION: Authorize the City Manager to execute an amendment to the agreement with Westfield Electric, Inc. to provide professional as-needed electrical services.
m. Consideration of Budget Amendment for the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Annual Contract
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Authorize the City Manager to execute the Fiscal Year 2023-2024 Form 575 for the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department and amend the Fiscal Year 2023-2024 Budget for an additional $165,000 for a total of $4,504,560.
8. SCHEDULED ITEMS
a. UPDATE AND DISCUSSION OF THE CYPRESS WATER PRODUCTION FACILITY Presented by Carla Dillon, Public Works Director
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Information only.
1. PUBLIC HEARINGS
None scheduled.
2. ADJOURNMENT
Written materials distributed to the City Council within 72 hours of the City Council meeting are available for public inspection via the City’s website and copies are available for public inspection beginning the next regular business day in the City Clerk’s Office, 24300 Narbonne Avenue, Lomita.
Lomita City Council Meeting Agenda June 20, 2023
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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: June 16, 2023
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Linda E. Abbott, CMC, Deputy City Clerk