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. 2025-37
Next Ordinance No. 877
AGENDA
REGULAR MEETING
LOMITA CITY COUNCIL
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 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 November 4, 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
• CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION PRESENTED TO KELLY GOMEZ, CAHN
FELLOWSHIP ALUMNI
• CERTIFICATES OF RECOGNITION PRESENTED TO THE HALLOWEEN HOME
DECORATING CONTEST WINNERS
• CERTIFICATES OF RECOGNITION PRESENTED TO BRANDON HUNTLEMAN AND
JOSE ROCHA
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.
Lomita City Council Meeting Agenda November 4, 2025
b. Warrants/Payroll Register
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve and file Warrants/Payroll Register. c. Resolution Authorizing the Submittal of Grant Applications and Related Authorizations for Grant Programs with The Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle).
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Adopt Resolution No. 2025-37 authorizing the submittal of grant applications and related authorizations for grant programs with The Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle).
RESOLUTION NO. 2025-37 – A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF LOMITA, CALIFORNIA, AUTHORIZING SUBMITTAL OF INDIVIDUAL
GRANT APPLICATIONS AND RELATED AUTHORIZATIONS FOR ALL
CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF RESOURCES RECYCLING AND RECOVERY
GRANT PROGRAMS
d. Approval of the Fifth Amended and Restated Joint Powers Agreement for the South Bay Cities Council of Governments
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Authorize the Mayor to execute the Fifth Amended and Restated Joint Powers Agreement (JPA) of the South Bay Cities Council of Governments (SBCCOG), which allows the City of Los Angeles to designate a nonelected senior staff member as an alternate to the SBCCOG Governing Board representative.
e. Authorization to Proceed with Public Works Paint Projects at the Lomita Railroad Museum and Lomita Park
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve Purchase Orders to Evans Painting, CertaPro Painting, and California Banner Co. for painting of the Railroad Museum buildings and train cars, and Taylor Tennis Courts resurfacing and painting of the current Tennis and Basketball Courts and new Pickleball Courts, in a cumulative amount not to exceed $131,340; and authorize the City Manager to execute the Purchase Orders. f. Agreement with Bob Murray and Associates to Provide Executive Recruitment Services RECOMMENDED ACTION: Authorize the City Manager to enter into an agreement with Bob Murray and Associates for Executive Recruitment Services for Public Works Director.
8. SCHEDULED ITEMS
a. REPORT ON THE IRENE LEWIS PARK (LOMITA RAILROAD MUSEUM) AND
UPDATE ON THE PORT OF LOS ANGELES WATERFRONT RED RAILCAR
PROJECT OFFERED TO THE CITY OF LOMITA
Presented by Andrew Vialpando, City Manager
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Discuss and consider options for Irene Lewis Park and the Waterfront Red Railcar offered to the City on loan by the Port of Los Angeles and provide City staff with direction.
Lomita City Council Meeting Agenda November 4, 2025
b. DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION OF AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING A
VACANT BUILDING AND ABANDONED PROPERTY CHAPTER AND FENCING
ABANDONED PROPERTY CHAPTER
Presented by Adrian Fernandez, Community and Economic Development Director RECOMMENDED ACTION: Discuss and consider an ordinance establishing a vacant building and abandoned property chapter and fencing abandoned property chapter, and if supported, direct staff to introduce the ordinance for first reading at the next regular meeting of the City Council.
c. 2025 STATE OF THE CITY
Presented by Andrew Vialpando, City Manager
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Receive and file.
9. PUBLIC HEARINGS
None scheduled.
10. ADJOURNMENT
The City Council adjourns the meeting to November 13, 2025, 11:30 a.m. at Lomita Park Tom Rico Center, 24428 Eshelman Avenue, Lomita, CA 90717.
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 31, 2025
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Kathleen Horn Gregory, MMC, City Clerk