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. 2026-15
Next Ordinance No. 886
AGENDA
REGULAR MEETING
LOMITA CITY COUNCIL
TUESDAY, APRIL 21, 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 21, 2026
1. OPENING CEREMONIES
a. Call Meeting to Order
b. Flag Salute
c. Invocation- Councilmember Waronek
d. Roll Call
2. APPROVAL OF AGENDA
3. PRESENTATIONS
• CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION PRESENTED TO JOE VIDA UPON HIS RETIREMENT AFTER 37 YEARS OF SERVICE
• PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING APRIL 24, 2026, AS ARBOR DAY • PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING APRIL 19-25, 2026, AS NATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK
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.
Lomita City Council Meeting Agenda April 21, 2026
b. Minutes of the Regular City Council Meeting of February 17, 2026 RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve minutes.
c. Warrants/Payroll Register
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve and file Warrants/Payroll Register. d. March 2026 Treasury and Investment Report
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Receive and file the Treasury and Investment Report. e. Fiscal Year (FY) 2025/26 Quarterly Financial Report
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Receive and file the Fiscal Year (FY) 2025/26 Quarterly Financial Report Third Quarter Ending March 31, 2026.
f. First Amendment to the Professional Services Agreement with Blais & Associates (B&A) for Grant Consulting Services
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve the First Amendment to the Professional Services Agreement with Blais & Associates (B&A) for grant consulting services to extend the term for one year for $50,000.
g. Approval of Agreements for Services Related to Founders Day 2026 RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve Professional Services Agreement with Active Global Protection Inc. for security guard services in an amount not to exceed $7,497.00; and an agreement with Fireworks America for a fireworks show in an amount not to exceed $28,000.
h. Appointment of an Alternate Delegate to the South Bay Cities Council of Government Regional Housing Trust Board
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Appoint Mayor Pro Tem Barry Waite as the Alternate Delegate to the South Bay Cities Council of Government Regional Housing Trust Board.
Lomita City Council Meeting Agenda April 21, 2026
8. SCHEDULED ITEMS
a. LOMITA SHERIFF’S STATION CRIME STATS REPORT
Presented by Michael White, Lt. Lomita Sheriff’s Station RECOMMENDED ACTION: Receive and file.
9. PUBLIC HEARINGS
a. PARTICIPATION IN THE PERMANENT LOCAL HOUSING ALLOCATION (PLHA) GRANT PROGRAM FOR YEAR 5
Presented by Adrian Fernandez, Community and Economic Development Director RECOMMENDED ACTION: Adopt a resolution approving and authorizing participation in the Los Angeles County Permanent Local Housing Allocation (PLHA) Program once it becomes available for the PLHA Program Year 5.
RESOLUTION NO. 2026-15 – A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF LOMITA, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING PARTICIPATION IN THE LOS
ANGELES URBAN COUNTY PERMANENT LOCAL HOUSING ALLOCATION
PROGRAM BY AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO SIGN A REIMBURSABLE
CONTRACT WITH THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY
ACTING ON BEHALF OF THE CITY AND FINDING THE ACTION EXEMPT FROM
THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT
b. CONSIDERATION OF AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING THE 2025 CALIFORNIA FIRE CODE
Presented by Bryan Martinez, Associate Planner
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Conduct public hearing and after the City Attorney reads the title introducing the first reading of the proposed ordinance, schedule the second reading and adoption for the May 19, 2026, City Council meeting.
ORDINANCE NO. 886 – AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LOMITA, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING SECTION 3-1 (FIRE PREVENTION) OF TITLE 3 OF THE LOMITA MUNICIPAL CODE; ADOPTING BY REFERENCE THE 2025 EDITION OF THE CALIFORNIA FIRE CODE (TITLE 24 PART 9 OF THE CALIFORNIA FIRE CODE); AND FINDING THE ACTION EXEMPT FROM THE
CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT
10. ADJOURNMENT
The next regular City Council meeting will be held on May 5, 2026, at 6:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers located at 24300 Narbonne Avenue, Lomita, California.
Lomita City Council Meeting Agenda April 21, 2026
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: April 17, 2026
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Kathleen Horn Gregory, MMC, City Clerk