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. 872
AGENDA
REGULAR MEETING
LOMITA CITY COUNCIL
TUESDAY, APRIL 1, 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 April 1, 2025
1. OPENING CEREMONIES
a. Call Meeting to Order
b. Flag Salute
c. Invocation - Councilmember Waite
d. Roll Call
2. APPROVAL OF AGENDA
3. PRESENTATIONS
• RECOGNITION OF THE LOMITA PARK YOUTH SPORTS BASKETBALL TEAM
WINNERS
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-7e 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 April 1, 2025
c. Resolution No. 2025-06 Approving Title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), Part 5 and 7, Non-Discrimination Grievance Procedure Policy for Recipients of Federal Assistance from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) RECOMMENDED ACTION: Adopt Resolution No. 2025-06 approving Title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), Part 5 and 7, Non-Discrimination Grievance Procedure Policy for Recipients of Federal Assistance from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
RESOLUTION NO. 2025-06 – A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF LOMITA, CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING A POLICY ON NON-DISCRIMATION
GRIEVANCE PROCEDURES FOR RECIPIENTS OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY’S FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE
d. Public Health Services Contract with Los Angeles County Department of Public Health RECOMMENDED ACTION: Authorize the City Manager to execute a public health services contract with the County of Los Angeles Department of Public Health effective when signed by all parties through June 30, 2029, followed by ongoing automatic fiveyear renewals, unless terminated by either party. e. Second Reading and Adoption of an Ordinance Approving Zoning Text Amendment No. 2025-01 Updating the Lomita Municipal Code Regarding Definitions, Commercial Land Uses and Commercial Development Standards for In-House Clean Up RECOMMENDED ACTION: Adopt Ordinance No. 871 and find the action to be Categorically Exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act, (CEQA).
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
8. SCHEDULED ITEMS
a. ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR THE 247TH STREET AREA WATER MAIN
REPLACEMENT PROJECT AND REVISED MATCH COMMITMENT LETTER TO FEMA
Presented by Lina Hernandez, Assistant City Manager
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Appropriate an additional $930,517 in addition to the previously approved $1,499,846, plus 20% contingency of $486,073 for unexpected costs, for a project total not to exceed $2,916,436 for the City of Lomita’s 247th Street Area Water Main Replacement Project; and authorize the City Manager to execute a revised Match Commitment Letter to FEMA.
Lomita City Council Meeting Agenda April 1, 2025
b. DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE
PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR TO PREPARE THE ENGINEER'S REPORT FOR LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE DISTRICT NO. 1
Presented by Lina Hernandez, Assistant City Manager
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Adopt a resolution directing the Public Works Director to prepare the Engineer’s Report for Landscape Maintenance District No. 1.
RESOLUTION NO. 2025-07 – A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF LOMITA, CALIFORNIA, ORDERING THE PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR TO PREPARE AND FILE THE ENGINEER’S REPORT FOR LOMITA LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE DISTRICT NO. 1, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LANDSCAPING AND LIGHTING ACT OF 1972, DIVISION 15, PART 2 OF THE STREETS AND
HIGHWAYS CODE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, FOR THE FISCAL YEAR COMMENCING JULY 1, 2025, AND ENDING JUNE 30, 2026
9. PUBLIC HEARINGS
None scheduled.
10. ADJOURNMENT
The next regular City Council meeting will be held on April 15, 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 27, 2025
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Kathleen Horn Gregory, MMC, City Clerk