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. 2025-32
Next Ordinance No. 876
AGENDA
REGULAR MEETING
LOMITA CITY COUNCIL
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 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 September 2, 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
• CERTIFICATES OF RECOGNITION PRESENTED TO LEMONADE DAY LEMMY
AWARD 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-7g 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 August 5, 2025 RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve minutes.
Lomita City Council Meeting Agenda September 2, 2025
c. Warrants/Payroll Register
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve and file Warrants/Payroll Register. d. Agreement with the Lew Edwards Group to provide Planning, Communication, and Engagement Services for Fiscal Sustainability Services
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Authorize the City Manager to enter into an agreement with Lew Edwards Group (LEG) to provide Planning, Communication, and Engagement Services for $6,750 per month for a total contract amount not to exceed $108,000. e. Agreement with FCG Consultants, Inc. for Phase 2 of the Zone G Street Reconstruction Project
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Award a Professional Services Agreement to FCG Consultants, Inc., for construction management, construction inspection, construction administration, and testing services for the Street Reconstruction Project Zone G Phase 2 in the amount of $217,854, plus a 15% contingency amount of $32,678 for unexpected costs, for a total amount not to exceed $250,532; and authorize the City Manager to execute the agreement.
f. First Amendment to the Professional Services Agreement with Kosmont & Associates, Inc. for Economic Development Consulting Services
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve the First Amendment to the Agreement with Kosmont & Associates, Inc and authorize the City Manager to execute the agreement. g. Amendment to the Executive and Non-Represented/Confidential Compensation Plans RECOMMENDED ACTION: Adopt Resolution No. 2025-33 amending the City’s compensation plan for Non-Represented/Confidential employees as described; and adopt Resolution No. 2025-32 amending the City’s compensation plan for Executive employees as described.
RESOLUTION NO. 2025-32 – A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF LOMITA, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING A COMPENSATION PLAN FOR EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT EMPLOYEES FOR FISCAL YEARS 2025-26 THROUGH 2027-28 AND RESCINDING RESOLUTION NO. 2025-25
RESOLUTION NO. 2025-33 – A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LOMITA, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING A COMPENSATION PLAN FOR NONREPRESENTED EMPLOYEES FOR THE FISCAL YEAR COMMENCING JULY 1, 2025, AND ENDING JUNE 30, 2028, AND RESCINDING RESOLUTION NO. 2025-30 Lomita City Council Meeting Agenda September 2, 2025
8. SCHEDULED ITEMS
a. LOMITA SHERIFF’S STATION QUARTERLY CRIME REPORT (NO STAFF REPORT) Presented by Kimberly Guerrero, Lomita Sheriff’s Station Captain RECOMMENDED ACTION: Information only.
b. RETAIL VOID ANALYSIS REPORT PRESENTED BY KEN HIRA, PRESIDENT
OF KOSMONT COMPANIES (NO STAFF REPORT)
Presented by Adrian Fernandez, Community and Economic Development Director RECOMMENDED ACTION: Information only.
c. AGREEMENT WITH TRIPEPI SMITH & ASSOCIATES, INC. FOR COMMUNICATIONS
AND PUBLIC INFORMATION CONSULTING SERVICES
Presented by Lina Hernandez, Assistant City Manager
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Authorize the City Manager to enter into an Agreement with Tripepi Smith & Associates for Communications and Public Information Consulting Services for a three-year term of $147,710 for the first year, plus a one-time fee of $2,970 for redesign services, plus a 10% contingency of $15,068 for unexpected costs, for a total amount not to exceed $165,748 in year one; $179,220 plus a 10% contingency of $17,922 for unexpected costs for year two; and $184,597 plus a 10% contingency of $18,459 for unexpected costs in year three, for an amount not to exceed $197,142 and $203,056 for years two and three, respectively; and, appropriate an additional $80,000 from available General and Water Fund balances.
9. PUBLIC HEARINGS
None scheduled.
10. ADJOURNMENT
The next regular City Council meeting will be held on September 16, 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/agendasminutes.
Lomita City Council Meeting Agenda September 2, 2025
Date Posted: August 28, 2025
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Kathleen Horn Gregory, MMC, City Clerk