Cindy Segawa, Mayor
Barry Waite, Mayor Pro Tem
James Gazeley Councilmember
Bill Uphoff, Councilmember
Mark A. Waronek, Councilmember
LOMITA CITY HALL
COUNCIL CHAMBERS
24300 Narbonne Avenue
Lomita, CA 90717
Phone: (310) 325-7110
Fax: (310) 325-4024
Next Resolution No. 2026-13
Next Ordinance No. 885
AGENDA
ADJOURNED REGULAR MEETING
LOMITA CITY COUNCIL
TUESDAY, MARCH 24, 2026
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 Adjourned Regular Meeting Agenda March 24, 2026
1. OPENING CEREMONIES
a. Call Meeting to Order
b. Flag Salute
c. Invocation -Councilmember Uphoff
d. Roll Call
2. APPROVAL OF AGENDA
3. PRESENTATIONS
CERTIFICATES OF RECOGNITION PRESENTED TO ST. MARGARET MARY SCHOOL GIRLS’ BASKETBALL TEAM
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.
b. Minutes of the Regular City Council Meeting of February 3, 2026 RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve minutes.
Lomita City Council Adjourned Regular Meeting Agenda March 24, 2026
c. Warrants/Payroll Register
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve and file Warrants/Payroll Register d. February 2026 Treasury and investment Report
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Receive and file the Treasury and Investment Report. e. Agreement with Transtech Engineers, Inc. for City Engineer Services RECOMMENDED ACTION: Authorize the City Manager to enter into an agreement with Transtech Engineers, Inc. for City Engineer Services for a three-year term ending March 31, 2029, with the option to extend the agreement for two additional one-year terms, in an amount of $125,000 per year, plus an additional 10% contingency for unexpected work, for a total amount not to exceed $137,500 per year. f. City of Lomita Coyote Management Plan
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve the City of Lomita Coyote Management Plan. g. Exchange of Proposition A Funds between the City of Lomita and the City of Commerce RECOMMENDED ACTION: Authorize the execution of the Proposition A Assignment Agreement for the sale of $1,214,582 of Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation AUthority (LACMTA) Prop A funds to the City of Commerce in exchange for $850,000 of unrestricted General Fund.
h. Renewal of the Los Angeles Region Imagery Acquisition Consortium (LARIAC) for Highly Accurate Digital Aerial Imagery and Elevation Datasets and Geographic Information System (GIS) Module
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve the Participation Agreement with the County of Los Angeles of the Los Angeles Region Imagery Acquisition for an amount of $23,554 for three years.
8. SCHEDULED ITEMS
a. PRESENTATION OF CONCEPT DESIGNS FOR LOMITA'S LOCAL TRAVEL
NETWORK
Presented by Ahmad Ansari, Interim Public Works Director RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve the Concept Designs for Lomita’s Local Travel Network and direct Staff to finish project design.
b. PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH WILLDAN ENGINEERING FOR
BUILDING AND SAFETY SERVICES
Presented by Adrian Fernandez, Community and Economic Development Director RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve a Professional Services Agreement between the City of Lomita and Willdan Engineering (Willdan) for Building and Safety Services in an Lomita City Council Adjourned Regular Meeting Agenda March 24, 2026
amount not to exceed $602,940, inclusive of a 15 percent contingency amount for unexpected costs; Approve a one-time purchase of $46,170 for permitting software; and authorize the City Manager to execute the agreement.
c. FISCAL YEAR 2025-2026 MID-YEAR BUDGET REVIEW
Presented by Susan Kamada, Deputy City Manager/Administrative Services Director RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve the recommendations contained in Attachment 1 and direct staff to make necessary expenditure and revenue budget adjustments to implement the recommendations.
9. PUBLIC HEARINGS
a. DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION OF AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE LOMITA
MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO FIREWORKS USE AND APPROVING THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT (LASD) PROPOSAL FOR THE 2026
ILLEGAL FIREWORKS SUPPRESSION ENFORCEMENT
Presented by Lina Hernandez, Assistant City Manager
RECOMMENDED ACTION: After conducting a public hearing, and after the City Attorney reads Ordinance by title only, introduce on first reading an ordinance amending and adding sections to the Lomita Municipal Code related to fireworks use, waive further reading, and schedule the ordinance for second reading and adoption at a subsequent City Council Meeting; and approve the Los Angeles County Sheriff Department (LASD) proposal for 2026 Illegal Fireworks Suppression Enforcement for $30,913.
ORDINANCE NO. 885 - AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LOMITA, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING SECTION 4-16.04 AND ADDING SECTIONS 4-
16.05 AND 4-16.06 TO TITLE IV OF THE LOMITA MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO
FIREWORKS USE WITHIN THE CITY AND FIND THE ACTION EXEMPT FROM THE
CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT
b. DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION OF AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CITY OF
LOMITA MUNICIPAL CODE TO REVISE REGULATIONS FOR ILLEGAL DUMPING
VIOLATIONS
Presented by Lina Hernandez, Assistant City Manager
RECOMMENDED ACTION: After conducting a public hearing and after the City Attorney reads the Ordinance by title only, introduce on first reading an ordinance amending and adding sections to the Lomita Municipal Code related to illegal dumping, waive further reading, and schedule the ordinance for second reading and adoption at a subsequent City Council meeting.
ORDINANCE NO. 886 - AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
LOMITA, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING LOMITA MUNICIPAL CODE TITLE IV - PUBLIC WELFARE, MORALS, AND CONDUCT TO ADD CHAPTER 18 - ILLEGAL DUMPING
AND FINDING THE ACTION EXEMPT FROM THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL
QUALITY ACT
Lomita City Council Adjourned Regular Meeting Agenda March 24, 2026
c. AMENDING THE MASTER FEE SCHEDULE TO INCLUDE APPLICATION FEES FOR
OVERSIZED VEHICLE PERMITS AND VACANT BUILDING/PROPERTY
REGISTRATION
Presented by Adrian Fernandez, Community and Economic Development Director RECOMMENDED ACTION: Adopt Resolution 2026-13 amending the Master Fee Schedule to include application fees for City staff to process oversized vehicle permits, and vacant building and property registration.
RESOLUTION NO. 2026-13 - A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF LOMITA, CALIFORNIA, TO AMEND THE MASTER FEE SCHEDULE TO INCLUDE
APPLICATION FEES FOR CITY STAFF TO PROCESS OVERSIZED VEHICLE
PERMITS, AND VACANT BUILDING/PROPERTY REGISTRATION
d. 2025 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 2025 Annual General Plan and Housing Element Progress Reports.
10. ADJOURNMENT
The City Council adjourns the meeting in memory of Mike Savidan.
The next regular City Council meeting will be held on April 7, 2026, 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.
Date Posted: March 20, 2026
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Linda E. Abbott, CMC, Deputy City Clerk