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. 2025-36
Next Ordinance No. 877
AGENDA
REGULAR MEETING
LOMITA CITY COUNCIL
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 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 21, 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
• PROCLAMATION DECLARING BOYS & GIRLS CLUB DAY IN LOMITA,
PRESENTED TO LOS ANGELES HARBOR BOYS & GIRLS CLUB
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-7l 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 16, 2025 RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve minutes.
Lomita City Council Meeting Agenda October 21, 2025
c. Warrants/Payroll Register
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve and file Warrants/Payroll Register. d. September 2025 Treasury and Investment Report
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Receive and file the Treasury and Investment Report. e. Fiscal Year (FY) 2024/25 Quarterly Financial Report
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Receive and file the Fiscal Year (FY) 2024/25 Quarterly Financial Report for the Fourth Quarter Ending June 30, 2025. f. Fiscal Year 2024/2025 Year-End Budget Amendments
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve the recommendations contained in Attachment 1 and direct staff to make necessary expenditure and revenue budget amendments to implement the recommendations.
g. Cost-Share Agreement with West Basin Municipal Water District for Preparation of the 2025 Urban Water Management Plan Update
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Authorize the City Manager to execute a formal costshare agreement with West Basin Municipal Water District in an amount not to exceed $37,500 for the development of the City’s 2025 Urban Water Management Plan (UWMP).
h. Notice of Completion for the Street Reconstruction Project Zone G – Phase 1 RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve the Notice of Completion accepting the work performed by Palp Inc. dba Excel Paving Company for the Street Reconstruction Project Zone G – Phase 1 project; 2) Appropriate additional funds in the amount of $8,104.41 to the City’s contract with Palp Inc. dba Excel Paving Company for additional work performed during the Street Reconstruction Project Zone G – Phase 1; 3) Authorize the Public Works Director to sign the Notice of Completion (NOC) and release the 5% retention payment in the amount of $62,772.62 to Palp Inc. dba Excel Paving Company 35 calendar days after recordation of the NOC by the County Recorder’s Office contingent upon no claims being filed on the project, and, 4) Authorize the City Clerk to file the NOC with the County Recorder’s Office. i. Consideration of Authorization to Release a Notice Inviting Bids (NIB) for the Lomita Park Playground Replacement Project
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Authorize the release of a Notice Inviting Bids (NIB) for the Lomita Park Playground Replacement Project.
Lomita City Council Meeting Agenda October 21, 2025
j. Second Reading and Adoption of Ordinance No. 876 - An Ordinance Relating to the Establishment of Oversized Vehicle Regulations
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Waive full reading and adopt Ordinance No. 876.
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 k. Memorandum of Understanding with the City of Torrance for the Installation of Ten Automated License Plate Recognition (ALPR) Cameras at Crenshaw Boulevard and Lomita Boulevard
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve a Memorandum of Understanding with the City of Torrance for the Installation of Ten Automated License Plate Recognition (ALPR) Cameras at Crenshaw Boulevard and Lomita Boulevard.
l. Resolution of Intent to Renew an Existing Franchise to Construct and Use an Oil Pipeline
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Adopt a resolution of intent to renew a franchise with Phillips 66 Pipeline, LLC and Phillips 66 Company to access and maintain underground oil and fuel lines in Lomita; and set a date for the required public hearing on November 18, 2025.
RESOLUTION NO. 2025-36 – A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LOMITA, CALIFORNIA, INTENT TO GRANT FRANCHISE TO PHILLIPS 66 PIPELINE, LLC AND PHILLIPS 66 COMPANY
8. SCHEDULED ITEMS
a. LOMITA COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES AND RESOURCES FOR ELDERS (LOMITA CARES)
Presented by Emma Kelley, Parks and Recreation Director RECOMMENDED ACTION: Receive and file.
9. PUBLIC HEARINGS
None scheduled.
10. ADJOURNMENT
The next regular City Council meeting will be held on November 4, 2025, at 6:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers located at 24300 Narbonne Avenue, Lomita, California.
Lomita City Council Meeting Agenda October 21, 2025
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: October 17, 2025
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Kathleen Horn Gregory, MMC, City Clerk