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. 2025-06
Next Ordinance No. 870
AGENDA
REGULAR MEETING
LOMITA CITY COUNCIL
TUESDAY, MARCH 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 March 18, 2025
1. OPENING CEREMONIES
a. Call Meeting to Order
b. Flag Salute
c. Invocation - Councilmember Uphoff
d. Roll Call
2. APPROVAL OF AGENDA
3. PRESENTATIONS
• HOUSING FOCUSED CASE MANAGEMENT – PRESENTED BY RONSON CHU OF
THE SOUTH BAY CITIES COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS
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-7k 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 February 18, 2025 RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve minutes.
Lomita City Council Meeting Agenda March 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. February 2025 Treasury and Investment Report
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Receive and file the report.
j. Change Order to the Contract with Excel Paving for Construction and Construction Management of the Lomita Boulevard Repair
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve a change order to the City’s contract with Excel Paving for the pavement repair of a segment of Lomita Boulevard in the amount of $164,467, plus a 20% contingency of $72,893 for unexpected costs, for a total project amount not to exceed $437,360 inclusive of the previously approved $200,000 in Prop C transportation funds.
k. Professional Services Agreement with Psomas for Engineering Services for Sewer System Management Plan 2025
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve a Professional Services Agreement with Psomas for completion of the Sewer System Management Plan 2025 in the amount of $34,150 plus a 15% contingency amount of $5,123 for unexpected costs for a total project amount not to exceed $39,273; and authorize the City Manager to execute the agreement.
Lomita City Council Meeting Agenda March 18, 2025
8. SCHEDULED ITEMS
a. LOMITA SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT ANNUAL CRIME REPORT (NO STAFF
REPORT)
Presented by Captain Kimberly Guerrero
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Receive and file.
b. SKYPARK COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES UPDATE – PRESENTED BY THE LOS
ANGELES REGIONAL WATER QUALITY CONTROL BOARD (NO STAFF REPORT) Presented by Lina Hernandez, Deputy City Manager/Public Works Director RECOMMENDED ACTION: Receive and file.
c. DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE CONSIDERATION OF PARK AND SEWER
DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEES - PRESENTED BY WILLDAN FINANCIAL
SERVICES
Presented by Adrian Fernandez, Community and Economic Development Director RECOMMENDED ACTION: Receive and file.
9. PUBLIC HEARINGS
a. DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION OF ZONING TEXT AMENDMENT NO. 2025-01 – AN UPDATE TO THE LOMITA MUNICIPAL CODE REGARDING DEFINITIONS,
COMMERCIAL LAND USES AND COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS
FOR IN-HOUSE CLEANUP
Presented by Adrian Fernandez, Community and Economic Development Director RECOMMENDED ACTION: Conduct a Public Hearing and by motion adopt Urgency Ordinance No. 870U and Ordinance No. 871, finding the actions to be categorically exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA); and direct staff to schedule the second reading and possible adoption of Ordinance No. 871 at the April 1, 2025, regular City Council meeting.
URGENCY ORDINANCE NO. 870U - AN URGENCY ORDINANCE OF THE CITY
COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LOMITA, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING AMENDING SECTIONS 11-1.15, 11-1.41.01, 11-1.42.01, 11-1.42.03, 11-1.43.01 AND 11-1.43.05 OF CHAPTER 1 (ZONING) OF TITLE XI (PLANNING AND ZONING) OF THE
LOMITA MUNICIPAL CODE, FINDING THE ACTION TO BE CATEGORICALLY
EXEMPT FROM THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT, AND
DECLARING THE URGENCY THEREOF
Lomita City Council Meeting Agenda March 18, 2025
ORDINANCE NO. 871 - AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LOMITA, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING AMENDING SECTIONS 11-1.15, 11-1.41.01, 11-1.42.01, 11-1.42.03, 11-1.43.01 AND 11-1.43.05 OF CHAPTER 1 (ZONING) OF
TITLE XI (PLANNING AND ZONING) OF THE LOMITA MUNICIPAL CODE, 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 April 1, 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: March 13, 2025
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Kathleen Horn Gregory, MMC, City Clerk