1 TO: City Council
FROM: Andrew Vialpando, City Manager
PREPARED BY: Gary Sugano, Assistant City Manager
MEETING DATE: November 19, 2024
SUBJECT: Monthly Report for the City Manager’s Department
RECOMMENDATION
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BACKGROUND
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Numa Networks is currently on-site one day per week to provide as-needed IT support.
During the month of August, Numa Networks assisted with a total of 39 trouble tickets.
City staff and Numa have begun the first phase of our Citywide PC Replacement project (last completed in 2018) that was approved as part of the FY 24-26 budget. Over the next 12 months, multiple servers and desktop PCs for all users will be replaced to allow these new PCs to stay up-to-date with various current and future software upgrades/needs.
HUMAN RESOURCES/RISK MANAGEMENT
Recruitment
The City recently closed five (5) recruitments, Water Systems Superintendent in the Public Works Department/Water Division, Maintenance Worker I in the Public Works Department/Streets & Trees Division, Associate Planner in the Community and Economic Development Department, Senior Management Analyst in the City Manager‘s Department, and Part-time Parking Enforcement Officer in the City Manager‘s Department. Qualified applicants will be invited to participate in a panel interview.
Gallagher Benefit Services, Inc. (formerly known as Koff and Associates) is managing the recruitment process for the Water Systems Superintendent position.
CITY OF LOMITA
CITY COUNCIL REPORT
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2 Cherish Hollomon and Jose Valencia accepted positions as Part-time Planning Interns in the Community and Economic Development Department. They started their new positions on October 28, 2024.
Training
Staff attended the Annual California Public Employers Labor Relations Association (CALPELRA) Conference in Monterey, California from November 12, 2024, through November 15, 2024.
Risk Management
Staff is working with contractor, Harbinger Horizon, LLC to conduct a security assessment on all city facilities. This assessment will assist the city in evaluating its building security by identifying vulnerabilities and areas for improvement. The assessment is scheduled to be completed by December 15, 2024.
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
The City was awarded a Hazard Mitigation Assistance Grant in the amount of $1,124,884.50 for the 247th Street Area Water Main Replacement Project. Construction is in progress and expected to be completed by early next year. Staff met with CalOES and determined that a third time extension request should be submitted to allow enough time to complete the project and the grant close out documentation by the required due date. Staff has been submitting Quarterly Report and Reimbursement Requests to CalOES/FEMA.
The Lomita Community Emergency Respose Team (CERT) cancelled the November meeting due to the Veterans Day holiday. The CERT team is discussing an opportunity to hold a training in February at City Hall for a minimum of 50 members. The training will be open to all CERT members across the county.
LOMITA MANOR
The Lomita Manor property management company, HumanGood, continues providing several activities to residents. These activities include Exercise/Chair class, Coloring class, and Seasonal Holiday activities such as the St Patrick’s Celebration, Easter Egg Craft, and Fourth of July BBQ. Additional activities that have been added include Bingo, Walking Group, Art Class, Bi-Monthly Celebrations of residents’ birthdays with cake, scrapbooking, and community potlucks. Lomita Manor has also been hosting monthly town halls for their residents to pose any questions and discuss house rules for the manor as well. In collaboration with HumanGood, the City of Lomita has provided all residents of Lomita Manor with organics kitchen pails which was purchased as part of a SB 1383 State Grant.
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAMS
On January 16, 2024, the Community Development Advisory Board (CDAB) approved 3 the CDBG roster (budget) for FY 24-25 in the amount of $182,787 to fund Residential Rehabilitation, Lifeline and the Job Creation and Business Incentive Loan Programs.
Ongoing updates regarding the CDBG programs will be mentioned below.
Residential Rehabilitation: For Fiscal Year 2024-25, a total of two projects are scheduled to be completed.
Lifeline: The Lifeline program provides emergency response service for a total of 19 subscribers currently enrolled. The program is accepting applications from Lomita residents who are at least 55 years old or disabled.
CITY CLERK’S OFFICE
Filed and posted second pre-election campaign filing statements from candidates Finalized filing and posting requirements for election materials for the November 5, 2024, election
Coordinated with Tripepi Smith and implemented new agendas and minutes webpage which now allows for live streaming of Council and Planning commission meetings. Continued work on the Laserfiche file remapping project Administrative staff continues to provide customer service and support related to processing water payments, parking tickets, Dial-a-Ride, planning counter appointments and business licenses.
City Clerk activity for the month
Council Meeting Agenda & Minutes Prepared 2/2
Council Resolutions Adopted & Processed 6
Housing Authority Agenda & Minutes Prepared 1/1
Contracts/Agreements Processed 2
Ordinances Adopted & Published 1
Certificates Prepared 16
Public Records Requests Processed 8
Dial-a-Ride New Cards Issued 12
Dial-a-Ride Payments Processed 37
Dial-a-Ride Assistance-Phone/Counter 99
Administrative Parking Appeals Reviewed & Processed 28
Parking Citations Issued & Processed 773
Parking Citations Assistance – Phone/Counter 79
Planning Commission Meeting Agenda & Minutes Prepared 1/1 Planning Commission Resolutions Processed 1
Public Safety & Traffic Commission Agenda & Minutes Prepared 0/0 Technical Traffic Advisory Committee Agenda & Minutes Prepared 0/0 Scanned & Indexed Documents 52
Water Billing Payments and Assistance- Phone/Counter 168 4 FISCAL IMPACT
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ATTACHMENTS
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Reviewed by: Approved by:
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Gary Y. Sugano Andrew Vialpando
Assistant City Manager City Manager