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. 865
AGENDA
REGULAR MEETING
LOMITA CITY COUNCIL
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2024
6:00 PM
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. Meetings are conducted in person and streamed online at https://lomitacity.com/agendas-minutes/. Please note that in person attendance at this public meeting may result in the recording and broadcast of your image.
To address the Council, please fill out a speaker card, located at the entrance of the Council Chambers, 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 19, 2024
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
None Scheduled.
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-7k 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.
Lomita City Council Meeting Agenda November 19, 2024
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 from 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. October 2024 Treasury and Investment Report
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Receive and file the Treasury and Investment Report. i. Professional Services Agreement with Liebert Cassidy Whitmore for Labor Negotiation Services
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Authorize the City Manager to execute the Professional Services Agreement for an amount not to exceed $40,000 for labor negotiation services provided by Liebert Cassidy Whitmore.
j. Resolution Authorizing the Destruction of Obsolete Records RECOMMENDED ACTION: Adopt a resolution authorizing the destruction of obsolete records and authorize the City Clerk to schedule disposition of records listed in the attached exhibit.
RESOLUTION NO. 2024-34 – A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF LOMITA, CALIFORNIA, AUTHORIZING THE DESTRUCTION OF CERTAIN CITY RECORDS AS PROVIDED BY SECTION 34090 OF THE GOVERNMENT CODE
OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
k. Resolution Amending Conflict of Interest Code for the City of Lomita pursuant to the Political Reform Act of 1974
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Adopt a Resolution amending the City’s Conflict of Interest Code.
RESOLUTION NO. 2024-35 - A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LOMITA, CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING THE 2024 CONFLICT OF INTEREST CODE PURSUANT TO THE FAIR POLITICAL REFORM ACT OF 1974
Lomita City Council Meeting Agenda November 19, 2024
8. SCHEDULED ITEMS
a. EDUCATION COMPACT BETWEEN THE CITY OF LOMITA AND THE LOS
ANGELES UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
Presented by Montserrate Gastelum, Administrative Analyst RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve the Education Compact between the City of Lomita and the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD).
9. PUBLIC HEARINGS
a. SECOND READING AND POSSIBLE ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE NO. 864 TO INCORPORATE BY REFERENCE THE AMENDED TITLE 32 OF THE LOS
ANGELES FIRE CODE
Presented by Adrian Fernandez, Community and Economic Development Director RECOMMENDED ACTION: Conduct public hearing; adopt Ordinance No. 864; and direct the City Clerk to file a copy of the ratification of the more restrictive code standards, and required local findings, with the adopted City Ordinance to the State Department of Housing and Community Development.
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
10. ADJOURNMENT
The next regular City Council meeting will be held on December 3, 2024, at 6:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers located at 24300 Narbonne Avenue, Lomita, California.
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/agendas-minutes.
Date Posted: November 15, 2024
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Kathleen Horn Gregory, MMC, City Clerk