MINUTES OF THE
LOMITA CITY COUNCIL
SPECIAL MEETING
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2023
1. OPENING CEREMONIES
a Call Meeting to Order
The special meeting of the Lomita City Council was called to order by Mayor Waite at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, October '17,2023, in the Upstairs Assembly Room at City Hall, 24300 Narbonne Avenue, Lomita, Califomia.
b. Roll Call
PRESENT:
Waite
Council Members Gazeley, Segawa, Mayor Pro Tem Uphoff, and Mayor ABSENT: Council Member Waronek
STAFF PRESENT: City Manager Smoot, Assistant City Manager Sugano, City Attorney Rusin, Community and Economic Development Director Rindge, and Deputy City Clerk Abbott
2. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS
There were no requests to speak during oral communications.
3. STUDY SESSION
a. DISCUSSION AND CONSIOERATION OF LAND USE ALTERNATIVES FOR THE
GENERAL PLAN UPDATE
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Recommend one of the conceptual Land Use Alternatives, a combination of Alternatives, or an Altemative with amendments, and direct the General Plan Update team to prepare the Prefened Land Use Plan.
Community & Economic Development Director Rindge presented the staff report per the agenda material, then introduced Perry Banner, Principal Planner of De Novo Planning Group. Mr. Banner gave the overview and purpose of this item, noting the deliberate lack of actual recommendation of any one alternative. He gave a PowerPoint presentation which outlined the four altematives, including pros and cons of each:
1. Business as Usual
2. Baseline
3. Core and Perimeter
4. Neighborhood Nodes
Lomita City Council Special Meeting Minutes
October 17,2023
Additional detail was provided relative to the following for each altemative:
1. Land Use Designations
2. Development Potential
3. MobilityConsiderations
4. FiscalConsiderations
City Council discussion took place relative to associated impacts, additional park space, development impact fees, and Pacific Coast Highway's role in the City's future. The Council consensus was that the best course for Lomita was somewhere between altematives 2 and 3.
As this meeting was a study session, no legislative action was taken.
Linda Abbott, CMC, Deputy City Clerk
Adopted: November 21, 2023
4. ADJOURNMENT
Thef bn} Hrtglrt *"s to discuss, Mayor Waite adjourned the meeting at 6:00 p.m. at'l r-)