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. 2025-29
Next Ordinance No. 875
AGENDA
REGULAR MEETING
LOMITA CITY COUNCIL
TUESDAY, AUGUST 19, 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 August 19, 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
None scheduled.
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-7h 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 August 19, 2025
c. June and July 2025 Treasury and Investment Report
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Receive and file the Treasury and Investment Report. d. All Departments Monthly Report
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Receive and file the monthly report. e. Purchase and Rental of Holiday Tree Lighting Decorations, Installation, and Storage RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve the procurement of approximately 2,000 multicolor C9 LED lights,10-inch LED spheres, 5MM LED mini lights for the base of the tree, the rental of two (2) 8FT wreaths, and related services including professional installation and storage, in an amount not to exceed $35,160.42. f. Second Reading and Adoption of Ordinance No. 875 Approving the City’s Participation in the Policies and Procedures Under the California Uniform Public Construction Cost Accounting Act (UPCCAA) and Approving Amendments to the Lomita Municipal Code for the Purpose of Adopting the UPCCAA. Resolution No. 2025-29 RECOMMENDED ACTION: Adopt Ordinance No. 875, an Ordinance subjecting the City to the policies and procedures under the California Uniform Public Construction Cost Accounting Act (UPCCAA) and approving amendments to the Lomita Municipal Code for the purpose of adopting the UPCCAA; and, Adopt Resolution No. 2025-29, directing the City Manager or designee to notify the State Controller of the City’s election to be subjected to the UPCCAA.
ORDINANCE NO. 875 – AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LOMITA, CALIFORNIA, ADDING SECTION 2-6.24 TO CHAPTER 6 OF TITLE II OF
THE LOMITA MUNICIPAL CODE TO PROVIDE INFORMAL BIDDING
PROCEDURES UNDER THE CALIFORNIA UNIFORM PUBLIC CONSTRUCTION COST ACCOUNT ACT (SECTION 22000 ET SEQ. OF THE PUBLIC CONTRACT
CODE) A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LOMITA,
CALIFORNIA, TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY TO BECOME SUBJECT TO THE
UNIFORM CONSTRUCTION COST ACCOUNTING PROCEDURES AS PROVIDED
IN THE CALIFORNIA PUBLIC CONTRACT CODE
RESOLUTION NO. 2025-29 – A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF LOMITA, CALIFORNIA, AUTHORIZING THE CITY TO BECOME SUBJECT
TO THE UNIFORM CONSTRUCTION COST ACCOUNTING PROCEDURES AS
PROVIDED IN THE CALIFORNIA PUBLIC CONTRACT CODE
g. Classification Specifications for Community Safety Supervisor and Assistant Public Works Director
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Adopt Resolution No. 2025-30 to amend the Memorandum of Understanding – LCEA and the FY 25-26 Authorized Full-Time Positions to retitle and reclassify Parking Enforcement Supervisor to Community Safety Supervisor and set the salary schedule at 34; and approve the Community Safety Supervisor and Assistant Public Works Director class specifications.
Lomita City Council Meeting Agenda August 19, 2025
RESOLUTION NO 2025-30 – A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LOMITA, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING RESOLUTION NO. 81-56, AND
ESTABLISHING A COMPENSATION PLAN FOR EMPLOYEES FOR LCEA FOR THE FISCAL YEAR COMMENCING JULY 1, 2025, AND ENDING JUNE 30, 2028 h. Amendment No. 2 to Agreement No. 2021-28 with Michael Baker International RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve the Second Amendment to Agreement No. 2021- 28 with Michael Baker International for Fiscal Years 2024-2025 and 2025-2026 in an annual amount not to exceed $100,175.
8. SCHEDULED ITEMS
a. CITY OF LOMITA COMMUNICATIONS PLATFORMS ASSESSMENT
Presented by Lina Hernandez, Assistant City Manager
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Receive and file the City of Lomita Communications Platform Assessment prepared by the City’s communications consultant Tripepi Smith. b. CITY OF LOMITA MOBILE APP PRESENTATION AND DEMONSTRATION (NO
STAFF REPORT)
Presented by Juan Ibarra, Senior Management Analyst
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Information only.
9. PUBLIC HEARINGS
a. DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION OF VESTING TENTATIVE PARCEL MAP NO. 83039 AND SITE PLAN REVIEW NO. 1222 FOR THE CREATION OF TWO LOTS
FROM ONE EXISTING LEGAL LOT AND CONSTRUCTION OF A SINGLE-FAMILY
RESIDENCE AND ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT ON EACH RESULTANT LOT LOCATED AT 25307 OAK STREET IN THE RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY (R-1) ZONE
Presented by Bryan Martinez, Associate Planner
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Adopt Resolution No. 2025-31 approving Vesting Tentative Parcel Map (VTPM) No. 83039 and Site Plan Review (SPR) No. 1222 to subdivide a 19,148 square foot, single-family residential lot into two lots and to construct a 2,908 square foot, two-story, single-family residence and 1,000 square foot, single-story, detached accessory dwelling unit (ADU) on each resultant lot; and, find that the project is categorical exemption from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA).
RESOLUTION NO 2025-31 – A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF LOMITA, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING VESTING TENTATIVE PARCEL MAP NO. 83039 AND SITE PLAN REVIEW NO. 1222 FOR THE SUBDIVISION OF ONE
LOT INTO TWO AND CONSTRUCTION OF A SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENCE AND ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT ON EACH RESULTANT LOT LOCATED AT 25307 Lomita City Council Meeting Agenda August 19, 2025
OAK STREET IN THE RESIDENTIAL-FAMILY ZONE
10. ADJOURNMENT
The next regular City Council meeting will be held on September 02, 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: August 14, 2025
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Kathleen Horn Gregory, MMC, City Clerk