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. 2026-14
Next Ordinance No. 886
AGENDA
REGULAR MEETING
LOMITA CITY COUNCIL
TUESDAY, APRIL 7, 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 Meeting Agenda April 7, 2026
1. OPENING CEREMONIES
a. Call Meeting to Order
b. Flag Salute
c. Invocation – Mayor Pro Tem Waite
d. Roll Call
2. APPROVAL OF AGENDA
3. PRESENTATIONS
• CERTIFICATES OF RECOGNITION PRESENTED TO LOMITA YOUTH SPORTS
BASKETBALL TEAM 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 -7g be approved. a. Motion to Waive Full Reading of Ordinances and That They be Read in Title Only.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve motion.
b. Warrants/Payroll Register
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve and file Warrants/Payroll Register.
Lomita City Council Meeting Agenda April 7, 2026
c. Second Reading and Adoption of Ordinance No. 885 Relating to Fireworks Enforcement RECOMMENDED ACTION: Adopt Ordinance No. 885.
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 FINDING THE ACTION EXEMPT FROM
THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT
d. Appropriate Additional Funds for the Street Reconstruction Project Zone G – Phase 2 RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve Amendment No. 1 to Public Works Agreement 2025-45 with Hardy and Harper, Inc. for additional construction services for the Zone G – Phase 2 Street Reconstruction Project; and, appropriate additional funds in the amount $13,731.78.
e. Notice of Completion for the Appian Way Pump Station Emergency Generator and Transfer Switch Installation Project
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve the Notice of Completion (NOC) for the Appian Way Pump Station Emergency Generator and Automatic Transfer Switch Installation Project to AEPC Group, Inc. and authorize the Public Works Director to execute the NOC. f. Public Works Agreement with Custom View Windows for Marc Fosnaugh Gymnasium and Tom Rico Center Window Removal and Replacement Project RECOMMENDED ACTION: Award a Public Works Agreement to Custom View Windows, for the Marc Fosnaugh Gymnasium and Tom Rico Center Window Removal and Replacement Project in the amount of $46,922.00, with an additional 15% contingency of $7,038.30 for unexpected costs, for a total amount not to exceed $53,960.30; and authorize the City Manager to execute the agreement. g. Resolution Directing the Public Works Director to Prepare the Engineer's Report for Landscape Maintenance District No. 1
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Adopt Resolution No. 2026-14 directing the Public Works Director to prepare the Engineer’s Report for Landscape Maintenance District No. 1.
RESOLUTION NO. 2026-14 – A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF LOMITA, CALIFORNIA, ORDERING THE PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR TO PREPARE AND FILE THE ENGINEER’S REPORT FOR LOMITA LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE DISTRICT NO. 1, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LANDSCAPING AND LIGHTING ACT OF 1972, DIVISION 15, PART 2 OF THE STREETS AND HIGHWAYS
CODE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, FOR THE FISCAL YEAR COMMENCING JULY 1, 2026, AND ENDING JUNE 30, 2027
Lomita City Council Meeting Agenda April 7, 2026
8. SCHEDULED ITEMS
a. LAUSD BIANNUAL PRESENTATION (NO STAFF REPORT)
Presented by Andrew Vialpando, City Manager
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Receive and file.
b. SCHEDULE A DATE AND TIME FOR THE FY 2026-2027 BUDGET WORKSHOP AND
BUDGET PUBLIC HEARING
Presented by Susan Kamada, Deputy City Manager/Administrative Services Director RECOMMENDED ACTION: Schedule a date and time for the FY 2026-2027 Budget Workshop and set the Public Hearing for the FY 2026-2027 Budget on June 16, 2026, at 6 p.m.
9. PUBLIC HEARINGS
a. PUBLIC HEARING ON VACANCIES TO COMPLY WITH ASSEMBLY BILL 2561 Presented by Deborah Dixon, Human Resources Manager
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Receive and file this report.
10. ADJOURNMENT
The next regular City Council meeting will be held on April 21, 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: April 3, 2026
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Kathleen Horn Gregory, MMC, City Clerk