Bill Uphoff, Mayor
Mark A. Waronek, Mayor Pro Tem
James Gazeley Councilmember
Cindy Segawa, Councilmember
Barry Waite, Councilmember
LOMITA CITY HALL
COUNCIL CHAMBERS
24300 Narbonne Avenue
Lomita, CA 90717
Phone: (310) 325-7110
Fax: (310) 325-4024
Next Resolution No. 2024-34
Next Ordinance No. 864
AGENDA
REGULAR MEETING
LOMITA CITY COUNCIL
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2024
6:00 P.M.
Welcome to a meeting of the Lomita City Council. The City of Lomita appreciates your attendance. Comments, input, and interests from the public provide the City Council with valuable information regarding issues of the community. Council meetings are held on the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of every month at 6:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers located at Lomita City Hall 24300 Narbonne, Avenue, Lomita, CA.
To address the Council, please fill out a card located at the entrance indicating your desire to speak on either a specific agenda item or under Oral Communications and give it to the City Clerk. Your name will be called when it is your turn to speak. All public comments are limited to a maximum of three (3) minutes unless an extension is granted. No action may be taken on items not on the agenda except as provided by law.
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.
No meeting of the Lomita Public Financing Authority will be held on this date.
Lomita City Council Meeting Agenda November 5, 2024
1. OPENING CEREMONIES
a. Call Meeting to Order
b. Flag Salute
c. Invocation – Mayor Pro Tem Waronek
d. Roll Call
e. Closed Session Report - City Attorney Rusin
2. APPROVAL OF AGENDA
3. PRESENTATIONS
• CERTIFICATES OF RECOGNITION PRESENTED TO THE HALLOWEEN HOME
DECORATING CONTEST WINNERS
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 Councilmember or staff.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: That the Consent Agenda Items 7a-7h 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 Special City Council Meeting of February 26, 2024, Regular City Council Lomita City Council Meeting Agenda November 5, 2024
Meeting of September 17, 2024, and Special City Council Meeting of October 7, 2024 RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve minutes.
c. Warrants/Payroll Register
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve and file Warrants/Payroll Register. d. First Amendment to the Professional Services Agreement with Black, O’Dowd and Associates, Inc. for Engineering Services for Stephenson Center Maintenance Project RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve a First Amendment to the agreement with Black, O’Dowd and Associates, Inc. for Engineering Services for Stephenson Center Maintenance Project.
e. Fourth Amendment to the Agreement with Willdan Financial Services for Impact Fee Studies
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve the Fourth Amendment to the Agreement with Willdan Financial Services for Preparation of Parks & Recreation and Sewer Impact Studies, and authorize the City Manager to execute the agreement. f. First Amendment to the Agreement with Willdan Engineering Services for CIP and Water Related Project Management
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve the First Amendment to Agreement No. 2024-27 with Willdan Engineering Services for Capital Improvement Program and Water Related Project Management Services for a three-year term ending December 31, 2027, in an amount not to exceed $130,000 in the first year, $181,000 in the second year, and $190,000 in the third year; appropriate an additional $130,000 from the Water Fund and General Fund available balance in the current FY 24-25 Adopted Budget; and authorize the City Manager to execute.
g. First Amendment to the Agreement with Stephen Doreck Equipment Rentals for Construction of the 247th Street Area Water Main Replacement Project RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve the First Amendment to Agreement 2024-18 with Stephen Doreck Equipment Rentals for construction of the 247th Street Area Water Main Replacement Project; and authorize the City Manager execute the Amendment. h. First Amendment to the Agreement with Psomas for the Sanitary Sewer System Master Plan
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve the First Amendment to Agreement 2023-33 with Psomas for the Sewer System Master Plan extending the term to December 31, 2027; approve change order No. 2; appropriate an additional $24,900 plus a 10% contingency of $2,490 for unexpected costs for a total not to exceed $27,390 from the Sewer Master Fund; and authorize the City Manager to execute the Amendment.
Lomita City Council Meeting Agenda November 5, 2024
8. SCHEDULED ITEMS
a. REPORT ON IMPACT OF CITY OF GRANTS PASS V. JOHNSON U.S. SUPREME
COURT RULING (GRANTS PASS DECISION) REGARDING CAMPING/SLEEPING
IN PUBLIC AREAS
Presented by Andrew Vialpando, City Manager
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Receive and file and provide direction to staff on next steps.
b. ALLOCATION OF ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR UPGRADES AND MAINTENANCE OF
THE CYPRESS WATER PRODUCTION FACILITY
Presented by Lina Hernandez, Deputy City Manager/Public Works Director RECOMMENDED ACTION: Appropriate an additional $400,000 plus 10% contingency for unexpected costs in the amount of $40,000 for a total not to exceed $440,000, inclusive of previously approved funding, from the Water Capital Fund for upgrades and maintenance of the Cypress Water Production Facility.
c. DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION TO ADOPT AN ORDINANCE TO INCORPORATE BY REFERENCE THE AMENDED TITLE 32 OF THE LOS
ANGELES COUNTY FIRE CODE
Presented by Adrian Fernandez, Community and Economic Development Director RECOMMENDED ACTION: Read by title only and introduce a first reading of Ordinance No. 864; and schedule a public hearing and second reading of the Ordinance for the November 19, 2024, City Council meeting.
ORDINANCE NO. 864 – AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LOMITA, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING SECTION 3-1 (FIRE PREVENTION) OF TITLE 3 OF THE LOMITA MUNICIPAL CODE; ADOPTING BY REFERENCE TITLE 32 (FIRE
CODE) OF THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY CODE INCORPORATING BY
REFERENCE THE 2022 EDITION OF THE CALIFORNIA FIRE CODE WITH CERTAIN CHANGES AND AMENDMENTS THERETO; AND FINDING THE ACTION
EXEMPT FROM THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT
9. PUBLIC HEARINGS
None scheduled.
10. ADJOURNMENT
The next regular City Council meeting will be held on November 19, 2024, at 6:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers located at 24300 Narbonne Avenue, Lomita, California.
Lomita City Council Meeting Agenda November 5, 2024
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 in the City Clerk’s Office, 24300 Narbonne Avenue, Lomita.
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/agendasminutes.
Date Posted: November 1, 2024
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Kathleen Horn Gregory, MMC, City Clerk