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, DECEMBER 19, 2023
5:00 PM
THE CITY COUNCIL HAS RESUMED PUBLIC MEETINGS IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS.
PARTICIPATION BY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC IS ONLY GUARANTEED VIA IN-PERSON ATTENDANCE.
AS A COURTESY, THE CITY MAY ALSO CHOOSE TO ALLOW PUBLIC PARTICIPATION
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Telephone Option: (669)-900-6833 Meeting ID: 833 0657 6837
THE COUNCIL MAY SUSPEND PUBLIC PARTICIPATION VIA ZOOM AT ANY TIME, AND
THE MEETING WILL NOT BE CANCELLED NOR SUSPENDED IF TECHNICAL ISSUES PRECLUDE OR IMPACT THE ABILITY TO ACCEPT PUBLIC COMMENT OVER ZOOM.
SHOULD YOU WISH TO ENSURE YOU CAN PARTICIPATE IN THIS MEETING, OR
COMMENT ON AN ITEM ON THE AGENDA, YOU MUST SHOW UP IN PERSON AT THE MEETING.
Please note that the City cannot, and does not, guarantee that the above Zoom link or dial in feature will work, that any individual commenter’s computer or smart device will operate without issue, or that the City’s hosting of the Zoom will work without issue. Members of the public acknowledge this and are on notice that public participation is only guaranteed via attendance in Council Chambers and that the Zoom option is provided as a courtesy only. Technological issues or failure of the Zoom link to be operational for any reason will not result in any pause, recess, or cancellation of the meeting.
If you wish to provide public comment during oral communications or for a particular agenda item, you may either contact the City Clerk’s Office before the meeting, at 310-325-7110 ext. 141, complete a speaker card and give it to the City Clerk or if participating via Zoom utilize the “raise hand” function to join the queue to speak when the Mayor calls the item for discussion.
Your name and city of residency is requested, but not required.
No meeting of the Lomita Public Financing Authority will be held on this date.
Lomita City Council Meeting Agenda December 19, 2023
1. OPENING CEREMONIES
a. Call Meeting to Order
b. Flag Salute
c. Invocation – Mayor Pro Tem Waronek
d. Roll Call
2. APPROVAL OF AGENDA
3. PRESENTATIONS
• RECOGNITION OF 1st PLACE LOMITA PARK YOUTH SPORTS FOOTBALL AND
VOLLEYBALL TEAMS
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-k 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 Meetings of September 5, 2023, and October 3, 2023.
Lomita City Council Meeting Agenda December 19, 2023
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve minutes.
c. Warrants/Payroll Register
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. November 2023 Treasury & Investment Report
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Receive and file the report.
j. Professional Services Agreement with Administrative Services Co-Op for the Dial-ARide Program (DAR) RECOMMENDED ACTION: Authorize the City Manager to execute a one-year contract with Administrative Services Co-Op to provide Dial-a-Ride (DAR) program services. k. Agreement with Tripepi Smith Talent Solutions to Provide City Manager Executive Recruitment Services
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve the agreement and authorize the City Manager to execute the agreement.
8. SCHEDULED ITEMS
a. DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION OF CANCELLING THE TUESDAY, JANUARY 2, 2024, REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING (No staff report) Presented by Ryan Smoot, City Manager
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Cancel the Tuesday, January 2, 2024, Regular City Lomita City Council Meeting Agenda December 19, 2023
Council meeting due to the holiday break.
b. DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION OF CITY OF LOMITA SPECIAL AND 60TH
ANNIVERSARY COMMUNITY EVENTS
Presented by Emma Kelley, Recreation Manager, and Lina Hernandez, Senior Management Analyst
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve the City of Lomita’s Special Events for 2024- 2025.
c. DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION OF THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE CITY’S AUDIT REPORT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2022-2023
Presented by Susan Kamada, Administrative Services Director RECOMMENDATION: Receive and file the Fiscal Year 2022-2023 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report (ACFR), Fiscal Year 2022-2023 Single Audit Report, and the Measure W Audit Report for Fiscal Years 2020-2021, 2021-2022, and 2022- 2023.
d. DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION TO APPROVE A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
AGREEMENT WITH HAZEN AND SAWYER FOR ENGINEERING DESIGN
SERVICES FOR THE DOWNTOWN LOMITA MULTI-BENEFIT STORMWATER
PROJECT
Presented by Carla Dillon, Public Works Director
RECOMMENDED ACTION: 1) Approve a Professional Services Agreement with Hazen and Sawyer for Engineering Design Services for the Downtown Lomita MultiBenefit Stormwater Project in the amount of $853,777 plus a 10% contingency amount of $85,378, for a total amount of $939,155; and 2) Authorize the City Manager and City Clerk to execute the Agreement.
9. PUBLIC HEARINGS
a. DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION OF AN ORDINANCE TO IMPLEMENT A DEFINED LENGTH OF ONE HUNDRED (100) FEET OF VEHICLE
MOVEMENT FOLLOWING NOTICE OF SEVENTY-TWO (72) HOURS OF
CONSECUTIVE NON-MOVEMENT (First Reading)
Presented by Lina Hernandez, Senior Management Analyst, and John Campos, Parking Enforcement Supervisor
RECOMMENDED ACTION: After conducting a public hearing, and after the City Attorney reads the title, introduce on first reading an ordinance amending Title VIII (Motor Vehicles and Traffic), Chapter 1 (Traffic and Parking), Article 1. (In General), Section 8-1.05(a) of the Lomita Municipal Code, to implement a defined length of one hundred (100) feet of vehicle movement following notice of seventy-two (72) hours of consecutive non-movement. Also, establishing an exception for vehicles which move across from their location or around the corner of their location, if less than one Lomita City Council Meeting Agenda December 19, 2023
hundred (100) feet moved.
ORDINANCE NO. 859 - AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
LOMITA, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING AN ORDINANCE AMENDING LOMITA MUNICIPAL CODE TITLE VIII (MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC), CHAPTER 1 (TRAFFIC AND PARKING), ARTICLE 1. (IN GENERAL), SECTION 8-1.05(A), TO IMPLEMENT A DEFINED LENGTH OF ONE HUNDRED (100) FEET OF VEHICLE MOVEMENT FOLLOWING NOTICE OF SEVENTY-TWO (72) HOURS OF
CONSECUTIVE NON-MOVEMENT
b. DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION OF A RESOLUTION APPROVING A ONEYEAR EXTENSION FOR VESTING TENTATIVE PARCEL MAP NO. 83039 Presented by Laura MacMorran, Associate Planner
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Adopt Resolution No. 2023-31, approving a one-year extension of VTPM No. 83039 to subdivide a 19,148 square-foot, single-family residential lot into two single-family residential lots and finding the project categorically exempt from the Categorical Environmental Quality Act., subject to the conditions of approval.
RESOLUTION NO. 2023-31 - A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF LOMITA, CALIFORNIA APPROVING A ONE-YEAR EXTENSION FOR
VESTING
TENTATIVE PARCEL MAP NO. 83039, A SUBDIVISION OF ONE 19,148
SQUAREFOOT SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LOT INTO TWO SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LOTS LOCATED AT 25307 OAK STREET, DESIGNATED LOW
DENSITY RESIDENTAL BY THE GENERAL PLAN AND FINDING THE ACTION TO
BE EXEMPT FROM THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT
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.
In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) if you need special assistance to participate in this meeting, please contact the office of the City Clerk at (310) 325-7110. Notification at least forty-eight (48) hours prior to the meeting will enable the City to make reasonable arrangements.
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:
https://lomitacity.com/agendas-minutes/.
Lomita City Council Meeting Agenda December 19, 2023