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. 2025-34
Next Ordinance No. 876
AGENDA
REGULAR MEETING
LOMITA CITY COUNCIL
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 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 16, 2025
1. OPENING CEREMONIES
a. Call Meeting to Order
b. Flag Salute – Led by Elizabeth Kelley
c. Invocation – Mayor Pro Tem Segawa
d. Roll Call
2. APPROVAL OF AGENDA
3. PRESENTATIONS
• CERTIFICATES OF RECOGNITION PRESENTED TO THE LOMITA PARK YOUTH SPORTS 2025 BASEBALL CHAMPIONS
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.
Lomita City Council Meeting Agenda September 16, 2025
b. Minutes of the Regular City Council Meeting of August 19, 2025 RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve minutes.
c. Warrants/Payroll Register
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve and file Warrants/Payroll Register. d. August 2025 Treasury and Investment Report
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Receive and file the Treasury and Investment Report. e. City Manager’s Monthly Report
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Receive and file the monthly report. f. Confirm Councilmember Waite as the City's Cal Cities Delegate and appoint Councilmember Uphoff as the Alternate Delegate for the Cal Cities' General Assembly Meeting at its Annual Conference
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Confirm Councilmember Waite as the City’s Cal Cities Delegate and appoint an Alternative voting delegate for the Cal Cities’ General Assembly at the Annual Conference.
g. Purchase Order with Trane U.S. Inc. for City Hall HVAC Improvement Project - Design RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approval of a Purchase Order with Trane U.S. Inc. for engineering design services for the City Hall Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning System (HVAC) Capital Improvement Project in the amount of $74,500; and appropriate $74,500 from the City’s Facility improvement fund.
h. Approval of a Resolution Adopting the Fiscal Year 2025–26 Project List for the Road Repair and Accountability Act of 2017 (SB 1) Road Maintenance and Rehabilitation Account (RMRA)
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve Resolution No. 2025-34 for the submission of all required documentation for receipt of Road and Maintenance and Rehabilitation Account (RMRA) funds for Fiscal Year 2025-2026; and authorize the City Manager to complete, sign and submit all required documentation.
RESOLUTION NO. 2025-34 - A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF LOMITA, CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING A LIST OF PROJECTS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025-2026 FUNDED BY SB 1: THE ROAD REPAIR AND ACCOUNTABILITY ACT OF 2017
Lomita City Council Meeting Agenda September 16, 2025
8. SCHEDULED ITEMS
a. CONSTRUCTION SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH ALL AMERICAN ASPHALT FOR
THE NARBONNE SOUTH WATER MAIN REPLACEMENT AND STREET
RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT NO. 374
Presented by Andres Gonzalez, Public Works Director
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Award a Construction Services Agreement to All American Asphalt for the Narbonne South Water Main Replacement and Street Reconstruction Project in the amount of $1,979,394.00, with an additional 15% contingency of $296,909.10, for a total contract amount not to exceed $2,276,303.10, pending approval from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); appropriate an additional $538,000.00 from the available Water Capital Fund balance; and authorize the City Manager to negotiate final terms and execute the agreement. b. CONSTRUCTION SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH HARDY AND HARPER, INC. FOR STREET RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT ZONE G PHASE 2
Presented by Andres Gonzalez, Public Works Director
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Award a Construction Services Agreement to Hardy and Harper, Inc., for the Street Reconstruction Project Zone G Phase 2 in the amount of $1,627,460.00, with an additional 15% contingency of $244,119.00, for a total construction budget not to exceed $1,871,579.00; appropriate an additional $234,032.00 from the Gas Tax Fund; and authorize the City Manager to execute the agreement.
9. PUBLIC HEARINGS
a. SUBMITTAL OF THE UPDATED LOMITA LOCAL HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN Presented by Lina Hernandez, Assistant City Manager
RECOMMENDED ACTION: After conducting a public hearing to allow for public input on the Final Draft of the Lomita Local Hazard Mitigation Plan (LHMP), authorize the submittal of the City of Lomita LHMP to the California Office of Emergency Services (CalOES) and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for review.
10. ADJOURNMENT
The next regular City Council meeting will be held on October 07, 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 16, 2025
Date Posted: September 12, 2025
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Kathleen Horn Gregory, MMC, City Clerk