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. 2024-36
Next Ordinance No. 865
AGENDA
REGULAR MEETING
LOMITA CITY COUNCIL
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 3, 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 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 December 3, 2024
1. OPENING CEREMONIES
a. Call Meeting to Order
b. Flag Salute
c. Invocation – Mayor Uphoff
d. Roll Call
2. APPROVAL OF AGENDA
3. PRESENTATIONS
• PRESENTATION TO PEARL HOPE, LEMONADE DAY YOUTH ENTREPRENEUR OF
THE YEAR
• PRESENTATION TO GARY SUGANO UPON HIS RETIREMENT AFTER 21 YEARS
OF SERVICE TO THE CITY OF LOMITA
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 Consent Agenda Items 7a-7d 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 Meeting of October 1, 2024, Regular and Special Meetings of Lomita City Council Meeting Agenda December 3, 2024
October 15, 2024, and Regular Meeting of November 5, 2024 RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve Minutes.
c. Warrants/Payroll Register
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve and file Warrants/Payroll Register. d. Renewal of the Professional Services Agreement with Administrative Services Co-Op for the Dial-A-Ride Program (DAR)
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Authorize the City Manager to execute a one-year contract renewal with Administrative Services Co-Op to provide Dial-a-Ride (DAR) program services.
8. SCHEDULED ITEMS
a. DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION OF CANCELLING THE JANUARY 7, 2025,
REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING (NO STAFF REPORT)
Presented by Andrew Vialpando, City Manager
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Cancel the Tuesday, January 7, 2025, Regular City Council meeting due to the holiday break.
9. PUBLIC HEARINGS
a. ZONING TEXT AMENDMENT NO. 2024-06 – AN UPDATE TO THE LOMITA
MUNICIPAL CODE REGARDING ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS AND JUNIOR
ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS TO COMPLY WITH RECENT CHANGES IN STATE LAW
Presented by Adrian Fernandez, Community and Economic Development Director RECOMMENDED ACTION: Open the public hearing, receive public testimony, close the public hearing, and by motion: Find that the adoption of the proposed urgency ordinance is statutorily exempt from review under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) under Public Resources Code section 21080.17; waive full reading and adopt by title only Urgency Ordinance No. 865: “An Urgency Ordinance Amending Section 11-1.30.06 of Lomita Municipal Code Relating to Accessory Dwelling Units and Junior Accessory Dwelling Units and Finding the Action to be Statutorily Exempt from CEQA Under Public Resources Code § 21080.17”; and introduce on first reading, by title only, Ordinance No. 866: “An Ordinance Amending Section 11-1.30.06 of Lomita Municipal Code Relating to Accessory Dwelling Units and Junior Accessory Dwelling Units and Finding the Action to be Statutorily Exempt from CEQA Under Public Resources Code § 21080.17”
URGENCY ORDINANCE NO. 865 - AN URGENCY ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LOMITA, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING SECTION 11-
1.30.06 OF LOMITA MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO ACCESSORY DWELLING
UNITS AND JUNIOR ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS AND FINDING THE ACTION
TO BE STATUTORILY EXEMPT FROM CEQA UNDER PUBLIC RESOURCES CODE § 21080.17
Lomita City Council Meeting Agenda December 3, 2024
ORDINANCE NO. 866 - AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LOMITA, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING AMENDING SECTION 11-1.30.06 OF LOMITA
MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS AND JUNIOR
ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS AND FINDING THE ACTION TO BE
STATUTORILY EXEMPT FROM CEQA UNDER PUBLIC RESOURCES CODE § 21080.17
b. ZONING TEXT AMENDMENT NO. 2024-07 – AN UPDATE TO THE LOMITA
MUNICIPAL CODE REGARDING DEFINITIONS, RESIDENTIAL LAND USES AND
RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS FOR IN-HOUSE CLEAN UP Presented by Adrian Fernandez, Community and Economic Development Director RECOMMENDED ACTION: Conduct public hearing; and after the City Attorney reads the title introducing the first reading of proposed Ordinance No. 867 to amend Sections 11-1.15, 11-1.30.01, 11-1.30.02, 11-1.30.03, 11-1.30.04 and 11-1.30.05 of Lomita Municipal Code (LMC) Title XI (Planning and Zoning) Chapter 1 (Zoning) and finding the action to be categorically exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), direct staff to schedule the second reading and possible adoption of the ordinance for the December 17, 2024, City Council meeting.
ORDINANCE NO. 867 – AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LOMITA, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING ZONING TEXT AMENDMENT NO. 2024-07 ADOPTING AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND SECTIONS 11-1.15, 11-1.30.01, 11-
1.30.02, 11-1.30.03, 11-1.30.04 AND 11-1.30.05 OF LOMITA MUNICIPAL CODE TITLE XI (PLANNING AND ZONING) CHAPTER 1 (ZONING) AND FINDING THE
ACTION TO BE CATEGORICALLY EXEMPT FROM THE CALIFORNIA
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT
10. ADJOURNMENT
The next regular City Council meeting will be held on December 17, 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 27, 2024
_______________________________
Kathleen Horn Gregory, MMC, City Clerk