Mark A. Waronek, Mayor
Cindy Segawa, Mayor Pro Tem
James Gazeley Councilmember
Bill Uphoff, 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. 2025-05
Next Ordinance No. 869
AGENDA
REGULAR MEETING
LOMITA CITY COUNCIL
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2025
6:00 PM
Welcome to a meeting of the Lomita City Council. Council meetings are held on the first and third Tuesday of every month at 6:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers located at Lomita City Hall, 24300 Narbonne, Avenue, Lomita, California. 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.
Comments, input, and interests from the public provide the City Council with valuable information regarding issues of the community. To address the Council, please fill out a speaker card indicating your desire to speak on either a specific agenda item or during oral communications. Speaker cards are located at the entrance of the Council Chambers. Once completed, please give it to the City Clerk and 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 February 18, 2025
1. OPENING CEREMONIES
a. Call Meeting to Order
b. Flag Salute
c. Invocation – Mayor Waronek
d. Roll Call
2. APPROVAL OF AGENDA
3. PRESENTATIONS
• INTRODUCTION AND PRESENTATION BY LAUSD SUPERINTENDENT ALBERTO M. CARVALHO AND DISTRICT 7 BOARD MEMBER TANYA ORTIZ-FRANKLIN
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-7j 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 Meeting of January 21, 2025 RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve minutes.
Lomita City Council Meeting Agenda February 18, 2025
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 Parks and Recreation Department RECOMMENDED ACTION: Receive and file the report.
h. Monthly Report for the Public Works Department
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Receive and file the report.
i. January 2025 Treasury and Investment Report
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Receive and file the report.
j. Second Reading and Adoption of Ordinance No. 869 - An Ordinance Addressing Unlawful Camping and Storage of Personal Property on Public Property RECOMMENDED ACTION: Waive second reading and Adopt Ordinance No. 869.
ORDINANCE NO. 869 - AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
LOMITA, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING TITLE III (PUBLIC SAFETY), OF THE LOMITA MUNICIPAL CODE TO ADD CHAPTER 17, ENTITLED “UNLAWFUL CAMPING”,
ADDRESSING UNLAWFUL CAMPING AND STORAGE OF PERSONAL PROPERTY
ON PUBLIC PROPERTY, AND DETERMINING ITS PROVISIONS TO BE EXEMPT
FROM THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT
8. SCHEDULED ITEMS
a. DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION OF THE CITY OF LOMITA SPECIAL EVENTS SCHEDULE FOR 2025
Presented by Emma Kelley, Parks and Recreation Director RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve the City of Lomita Special Events 2025 schedule; and permit the consumption of alcohol on City-owned properties for five organized City events in accordance with Lomita Municipal Code (LMC) Section 4-3.10 Lomita City Council Meeting Agenda February 18, 2025
9. PUBLIC HEARINGS
None scheduled.
10. ADJOURNMENT
The next regular City Council meeting will be held on March 4, 2025, 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: February 13, 2025
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Kathleen Horn Gregory, MMC, City Clerk