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, SEPTEMBER 05, 2023
6:00 PM
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Lomita City Council Meeting Agenda September 05, 2023
1. OPENING CEREMONIES
a. Call Meeting to Order
b. Flag Salute
c. Invocation – Council Member Segawa
d. Roll Call
2. APPROVAL OF AGENDA
3. PRESENTATIONSSALVATION ARMY OVERVIEW PRESENTED BY MAJOR TIM SMITH
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-i 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 August 15, 2023 Lomita City Council Meeting Agenda September 05, 2023
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve minutes.
c. Warrants/Payroll Register
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve and file Warrants/Payroll Register. d. As-Needed Construction Management, Construction Inspection, Construction Administration, and Material Testing Services
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Receive and file the list of best qualified firms to provide construction management, construction inspection, construction administration and material testing services for City construction projects. e. Second Reading and Adoption of Ordinance No. 855 Approving Zoning Text Amendment No. 2023-08, an Ordinance of the City Council Approving Zoning Text Amendment 2023-08 Amending Various Sections of Lomita Municipal Code Title XI (Planning and Zoning) to Regulate Murals City-wide
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Adopt the ordinance and find the action to be exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA).
ORDINANCE NO. 855 - AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LOMITA, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING ZONE TEXT AMENDMENT 2023-08
AMENDING VARIOUS SECTIONS OF LOMITA MUNICIPAL CODE TITLE XI (PLANNING AND ZONING) TO REGULATE MURALS CITYWIDE AND FINDING THE
ACTION TO BE EXEMPT FROM THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
ACT (CEQA)
f. Disposal of Surplus Equipment
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Authorize the Administrative Services Director to exercise the sale of, or otherwise dispose of, surplus City property. g. Public Works Agreement with Blue Ridge Mechanical Inc., for the Standby Power Generator at Appian Way
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Award a Public Works Agreement to Blue Ridge Mechanical Inc. in the amount of $50,728 for the standby power generator at Appian Way; approve a contingency of $7,609.00 (15%); and authorize the City Manager to execute the agreement.
h. Purchase of CASE Construction Tractor Loader Backhoes for Public Works Department
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Authorize the City Manager to purchase two CASE construction tractor loader backhoes (Model # 580SV) for approximately $264,952.24. i. Reclassification of Senior Civil Engineer position to Principal Engineer RECOMMENDED ACTION: 1) Amend the FY23-24 Authorized Full-Time Positions to add the Principal Engineer and set the salary schedule at 61 and make the necessary budget adjustments; 2) Amend the Memorandum of Understanding – LCEA Admin Unit Lomita City Council Meeting Agenda September 05, 2023
to add the Principal Engineer – Capital Projects and Parking Enforcement Supervisor to the list of positions; and 3) Approve the Principal Engineer job classification.
8. SCHEDULED ITEMS
a. DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION OF PLANNING COMMISSIONER ROBERT STEINBACH’S CURRENT APPOINTMENT
Presented by Brianna Rindge, AICP, Community and Economic Development Director
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Determine Planning Commissioner Robert Steinbach’s seat to remain as appointed.
b. DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION OF AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO A SOLID WASTE AGREEMENT WITH ARAKELIAN ENTERPRISES, INC. (DBA ATHENS SERVICES), SETTING A PROP 218 RATE ADJUSTMENT HEARING FOR NOVEMBER 7, 2023, AND RESCINDING AGREEMENT NO. 2023-06
Presented by Gary Sugano, Assistant City Manager
RECOMMENDED ACTION: 1) Approve Amendment No. 1 to a solid waste agreement with Arakelian Enterprises, Inc. (DBA Athens Services); 2) Direct staff to take the necessary steps to set a Prop 218 Rate Adjustment Hearing for November 7, 2023; 3) Approve the attached public notice for distribution; and 4) Rescind Agreement No. 202306 (street sweeping agreement) with Athens Services approved on February 21, 2023.
RESOLUTION NO. 2023-18 - A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LOMITA, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING AMENDMENT. NO. 1 TO A SOLID
WASTE COLLECTION SERVICES FRANCHISE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF LOMITA AND ARAKELIAN ENTERPRISES INC. (DBA ATHENS SERVICES) AND RESCINDING AGREEMENT NO. 2023-06 FOR STREETSWEEPING SERVICES
9. PUBLIC HEARINGS
a. DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION OF ZONING TEXT AMENDMENT NO. 2023-07
AMENDING LOMITA MUNICIPAL CODE TITLE XI (PLANNING AND ZONING) TO
CREATE MIXED-USE OVERLAY DISTRICT REGULATIONS FOR FOUR OR FEWER
RESIDENTIAL UNIT DEVELOPMENTS WITHIN THE DOWNTOWN, COMMERCIAL (DC) ZONE WITHIN THE MIXED-USE OVERLAY DISTRICT
Presented by Laura MacMorran, Associate Planner
RECOMMENDED ACTION: After the City Attorney reads the title of the ordinance, accept the recommendation of the Planning Commission and introduce on first reading an ordinance amending Lomita’s Municipal Code Article 58 (Mixed Use Overlay District) to update regulations, remove the minimum lot size requirement for four-orfewer-residentialunit developments within the D-C (Downtown, Commercial) Zone within the Mixed-Use Overlay District, and Article 15 (Definitions); find the project is categorically exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act; and direct staff to schedule the second reading and adoption of the ordinance.
Lomita City Council Meeting Agenda September 05, 2023
ORDINANCE NO. 856 - AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LOMITA, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING ZONING TEXT AMENDMENT 2023-07
AMENDING LOMITA MUNICIPAL CODE TITLE XI (PLANNING AND
ZONING), CHAPTER 1 (ZONING), REVISING THE CITY’S REGULATIONS FOR MIXED-USE OVERLAY DISTRICT TO UPDATE STANDARDS; TO ALLOW MIXEDUSE DEVELOPMENTS CONTAINING FOUR OR FEWER UNITS WITHIN THE DOWNTOWN COMMERCIAL (D-C) ZONE; TO DEFINE A TERM AND A
DETERMINATION THAT THE PROJECT IS CATEGORICALLY EXEMPT FROM THE
CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT (CEQA)
b. DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION OF AN ORDINANCE AMENDING LOMITA MUNICIPAL CODE TITLE V (SANITATION AND HEALTH), CHAPTER 3 (INTEGRATED WASTE MANAGEMENT), SECTION 5-3.20(E), PERMITTING THE
COLLECTION OF DELINQUENT SOLID WASTE RATES ON THE PROPERTY TAX ROLLS
Presented by Lina Hernandez, Senior Management Analyst
RECOMMENDED ACTION: After conducting a public hearing, and after the City Attorney reads the title, that the City Council introduces on first reading an ordinance amending Title V (Sanitation and Health), Chapter 3 (Integrated Waste Management), Section 53.20(e) of the Lomita Municipal Code, permitting the collection of delinquent solid waste rates on the property tax rolls, and a determination that the project is categorically exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA).
ORDINANCE NO 857 - AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
LOMITA, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING LOMITA MUNICIPAL CODE TITLE V (SANITATION AND HEALTH), CHAPTER 3 (INTEGRATED WASTE
MANAGEMENT), SECTION 5-3.20(e), PERMITTING THE COLLECTION OF
DELINQUENT SOLID WASTE RATES ON THE PROPERTY TAX ROLLS, AND A
DETERMINATION THAT THE PROJECT IS CATEGORICALLY EXEMPT FROM THE
CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT (CEQA)
10. 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.
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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/.
Lomita City Council Meeting Agenda September 05, 2023