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. 2025-35
Next Ordinance No. 876
AGENDA
REGULAR MEETING
LOMITA CITY COUNCIL
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 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 October 7, 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
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-7f 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 September 2, 2025 RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve minutes.
Lomita City Council Meeting Agenda October 7, 2025
c. Warrants/Payroll Register
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve and file Warrants/Payroll Register d. Accept Work and File Notice of Completion for the Lomita Boulevard Repair Project RECOMMENDED ACTION: Accept the completed work by Palp Inc. dba Excel Paving Company for the Lomita Boulevard Repair project; authorize the Public Works Director to sign the Notice of Completion (NOC), and release the 5% retention payment of $11,962.59 to Palp Inc. dba Excel Paving Company, 35 calendar days after the NOC is recorded by the County Recorder’s Office contingent upon no claims being filed on the project; and, authorize the City Clerk to file the NOC with the County Recorder’s Office. e. Amendment No. 2 to Agreement No. 2022-51 with Michael Baker International RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve Amendment No. 2 to Agreement No. 2022-51 with Michael Baker International for Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD) Repositioning Consulting Services for Lomita Manor in an amount not to exceed $14,500 a three-year term.
f. Award a Construction Services Agreement with All American Asphalt for the Narbonne South Water Main Replacement and Street Reconstruction Project No. 374 under Powers and Procedures of the California Uniform Public Construction Cost Accounting Act (CUPCCAA)
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Award a Construction Services Agreement to All American Asphalt for the Narbonne South Water Main Replacement and Street Reconstruction Project under powers and procedures of the California Uniform Public Construction Cost Accounting Act (CUPCCAA) in the amount of $1,979,394.00, plus an additional 15% contingency of $296,909 for unexpected costs, for a total contract amount not to exceed $2,276,303; 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.
8. SCHEDULED ITEMS
a. PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH TDG ENGINEERING, INC. FOR
CIVIL ENGINEERING DESIGN SERVICES FOR THE LOCAL TRAVEL NETWORK
PROJECT
Presented by Andres Gonzalez, Public Works Director
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve a Professional Services Agreement with TDG Engineering, Inc. for professional civil engineering design services for the City of Lomita’s Local Travel Network Project in the amount of $596,398, plus a 15% contingency amount of $89,460, for a total not to exceed amount of $685,858; and authorize the City Manager to execute the agreement.
Lomita City Council Meeting Agenda October 7, 2025
b. RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE SUBMITTAL OF A MEASURE A GRANT
FUNDING APPLICATION FOR THE PLANNING AND DESIGN FOR THE LOMITA
SPORTS COMPLEX
Presented by Andrew Vialpando, City Manager
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Adopt a resolution authorizing the submittal of a Measure A Grant Funding Application with the Los Angeles County Regional Park and Open Space District (RPOSD) 2025 Competitive Grant Program; and authorize the City Manager to complete, sign and submit all required documentation.
RESOLUTION NO. 2025-35 – A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF LOMITA, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING THE SUBMISSION OF A MEASURE
A GRANT APPLICATION FOR THE PLANNING AND DESIGN OF THE LOMITA
SPORTS COMPLEX
c. 2024 ANNUAL GENERAL PLAN AND HOUSING ELEMENT PROGRESS REPORTS Presented by Adrian Fernandez, Community and Economic Development Director RECOMMENDED ACTION: Receive and file the City’s 2024 Annual General Plan and Housing Element Progress Reports.
9. PUBLIC HEARINGS
a. DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION OF AN ORDINANCE AMENDING LOMITA
MUNICIPAL CODE TITLE VIII (MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC), ADDING CHAPTER 10 (OVERSIZED VEHICLE PERMITS), SECTIONS 8-3.05 THROUGH 8-
3.09, TO ESTABLISH RESTRICTIONS FOR OVERSIZED VEHICLES
Presented by Lina Hernandez, Assistant City Manager
RECOMMENDED ACTION: After conducting a public hearing, and after the City Attorney reads the title, introduce on first reading an ordinance amending Title VIII (Motor Vehicles and Traffic), adding Chapter 10 (Oversized Vehicle Permits), with Sections 8-3.05 through 8-3.09 to the Lomita Municipal Code, allowing for Oversized Vehicle Parking Permits.
ORDINANCE NO. 876 – AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
LOMITA, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING AN ORDINANCE AMENDING LOMITA
MUNICIPAL CODE TITLE VIII (MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC), ADDING CHAPTER 10 (OVERSIZED VEHICLE PERMITS), SECTIONS 8-10.01 THROUGH 8-
10.04, TO ESTABLISH RESTRICTIONS FOR OVERSIZED VEHICLES
10. ADJOURNMENT
The next regular City Council meeting will be held on October 21, 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 Lomita City Council Meeting Agenda October 7, 2025
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: October 3, 2025
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Kathleen Horn Gregory, MMC, City Clerk