Lynwood City Council Regular Meeting
Meeting Minutes
May 3, 2022
01. CALL TO ORDER
The City Council Regular Meeting of the City of Lynwood met in the Council Chambers, 11350 Bullis Road Lynwood, CA 90262 or Web conference via ZOOM - To participate via Zoom or by telephone: 1-669-900-9128 or 1-253-215-8782 Meeting ID: 835 2029 8238 on the above date at 6:00 p.m.
Meeting called to order at 6:00 p.m.
Mayor Pro Tern Solache presiding.
02. CERTIFICATION OF AGENDA POSTING BY CITY CLERK
City Clerk Quinonez, announced the Agenda had been duly posted in accordance with the Brown Act.
03. ROLL CALL OF COUNCIL MEMBERS
PRESENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS FLORES, SANTANA, SOTO, AND MAYOR
PRO TEM SOLACHE
ABSENT: MAYOR CASANOVA
STAFF: City Manager Hernandez, City Attorney Tapia, City Treasurer Camacho, City Clerk Quinonez
04. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
The Pledge of Allegiance was led by City Clerk Quinonez.
05. INVOCATION
The invocation was offered by City Clerk Quinonez.
06. PRESENTATIONS/PROCLAMATIONS
• Update on Law Enforcement Issues.
• City Council Members Reporting on Meetings Attended (Gov. Code Section 53232.3 (D)). • City Videos.
• Be Kind Month Proclamation.
07. COUNCIL RECESS TO:
• Lynwood Housing Authority
MOTION: It was moved by Council Member Santana, seconded by Council Member Soto to recess to the Lynwood Housing Authority at 6:35 p.m. Motion carried by 4/0 vote.
ROLL CALL:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS FLORES, SANTANA, SOTO AND MAYOR
PRO TEM SOLACHE
NOES: NONE
ABSTAIN: NONE
ABSENT: MAYOR CASANOVA
1 The City Council reconvened to the regular City Council meeting at 6:36 p.m.
PUBLIC ORAL COMMUNICATIONS
(Regarding Agenda Items Only)
NONE
NON-AGENDA PUBLIC ORAL COMMUNICATIONS
JASMIN PALACIOS discussed Los Amigos East Park and requested improvements NANCY ROJO discussed Yvonne Ham Park unfinished construction project DINIXI GUERECA discussed healthcare workers in Lynwood
GIO CEBALLOS discussed parking concerns
ERICK MEDAL - Written Communication regarding law enforcement concerns Public Hearing
MOTION: It was moved by Council Member Santana, seconded by Council Member Soto to open Public Hearing. Motion carried by 4-0 vote.
ROLL CALL:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS FLORES, SANTANA, SOTO AND MAYOR
PRO TEM SOLACHE
NOES: NONE
ABSTAIN: NONE
ABSENT: MAYOR CASANOVA
MOTION: It was moved by Council Member Santana, seconded by Council Member Soto to close Public Hearing. Motion carried by 4-0 vote.
ROLL CALL:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS FLORES, SANTANA, SOTO AND MAYOR
PRO TEM SOLACHE
NOES: NONE
ABSTAIN: NONE
ABSENT: MAYOR CASANOVA
08. CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE NO. 1747 TO APPROVE A DRAFT
DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT (DA) BETWEEN THE CITY OF LYNWOOD AND LYNWOOD SPRING, LLC FOR A NEW, COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT AT 11600
LONG BEACH BOULEVARD
MOTION: It was moved by Council Member Santana, seconded by Council Member Soto to approve the item. Motion carried by 4-0 vote. 2 ROLL CALL:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS FLORES, SANTANA, SOTO AND MAYOR
PRO TEM SOLACHE
NOES: NONE
ABSTAIN: NONE
ABSENT: MAYOR CASANOVA
Ordinance First Reading ORDINANCE NO. 1747
ENTITLED: AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
LYNWOOD FORAPPROVAL OF THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF LYNWOOD AND LYNWOOD SPRINGS, LLC. FOR DEVELOPMENT OF a new, commercial development at 11600 Long Beach Boulevard (Assessor Parcel Nos.: 6175-002-001 thru 6175-002-005, 6175-002-028, 6175-009-005 thru 008, 6175-009-025, 6175-003-013 thru 015, 6175-003-017 and 6175-003-018). THE
DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT AND ASSOCIATED ENTITLEMENTS INCLUDES
A SUPERMARKET ALCOHOL SALES FOR OFF-SITE CONSUMPTION ASSOCIATED WITH, DETACHED DRIVE-THROUGH cafe/RESTAURANT, AND RETAIL SPACE ATTACHED TO THE SUPERMARKET STRUCTURE. THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT DOMINANTLY FRONTS ON TO the east side of Long Beach Boulevard
CONSENT CALENDAR
All matters listed under the Consent Calendar will be acted upon by one motion affirming the action recommended on the agenda. There will be no separate discussion on these items prior to voting unless members of the Council or staff request specific items be removed from the Consent Calendar for separate action.
City Manager and City Attorney pulled item 11 for consideration at a future meeting.
Council Member Flores pulled items 16 and 17 for separation consideration MOTION: It was moved by Council Member Santana, seconded by Council Member Soto to approve the item. Motion carried by 4-0 vote.
ROLL CALL:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS FLORES, SANTANA, SOTO AND MAYOR
PRO TEM SOLACHE
NOES: NONE
ABSTAIN: NONE
ABSENT: MAYOR CASANOVA
09. APPROVAL OF THE WARRANT REGISTER
Approved and Adopted RESOLUTION NO. 2022.076
ENTITLED: City of Lynwood warrant register dated May 3, 2022 for FY 2021- 2022.
3 10. FINANCIAL STATUS REPORT — MARCH 2O22
Received and Filed FINANCIAL STATUS REPORT— MARCH 2O22
11. RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASE OF A TRUCK AND SPORTS
FIELD EQUIPMENT
Item pulled by City Manager and City Attorney
12. CONTINUATION OF AN EMERGENCY ACTION PER PUBLIC CONTRACT CODE SECTION 22050 FOR THE EMERGENCY ACTION AT WELL NO. 19
Approved and Adopted RESOLUTION NO. 2022.077
ENTITLED: A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
LYNWOOD FINDING THAT THERE IS A NEED TO CONTINUE THE EMERGENCY
ACTION, BY WAY OF A FOUR-FIFTHS VOTE OF ITS MEMBERS, PURSUANT TO PUBLIC CONTRACT CODE SECTION 22050(c)(1) WITH RESPECT TO THE EMERGENCY REHABILITATION ON WELL NO. 19
13. CONTINUATION OF AN EMERGENCY ACTION PER PUBLIC CONTRACT CODE SECTION 22050 FOR THE EMERGENCY ACTION AT THE NATATORIUM Approved and Adopted RESOLUTION NO. 2022.078
ENTITLED: A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
LYNWOOD FINDING THAT THERE IS A NEED TO CONTINUE THE EMERGENCY
ACTION, BY WAY OF A FOUR-FIFTHS VOTE OF ITS MEMBERS, PURSUANT TO PUBLIC CONTRACT CODE SECTION 22050(c)(1) WITH RESPECT TO THE
EMERGENCY RENOVATIONS AND EMERGENCY REPAIRS AT THE
NATATORIUM
14. FOURTH AMENDMENT TO THE WILLDAN ENGINEERING AGREEMENT FOR
THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION SUPPORT FOR THE LYNWOOD URBAN
BIKE TRAIL
Approved and Adopted RESOLUTION NO. 2022.079 AND FOURTH
AMENDMENT TO THE WILLDAN ENGINEERING
AGREEMENT FOR THE DESIGN AND
CONSTRUCTION SUPPORT FOR THE LYNWOOD
URBAN BIKE TRAIL
ENTITLED: A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
LYNWOOD APPROVING THE FOURTH AMENDMENT TO THE AGREEMENT
WITH WILLDAN ENGINEERING
15. APPROVAL OF AN AGREEMENT WITH AMN MANAGEMENT, INC. TO PROVIDE
INTERIM CITY ENGINEER SERVICES IN THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT 4 Approved and Adopted RESOLUTION NO. 2022.080 AND AMN MANAGEMENT, INC. AGREEMENT
ENTITLED: A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
LYNWOOD COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, STATE OF CALIFORNIA AUTHORIZING
THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE, IN A FORM SATISFACTORY TO THE CITY ATTORNEY, AN AGREEMENT WITH AMN MANAGEMENT, INC. TO PROVIDE
INTERIM CITY ENGINEER SERVICES IN THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT
16. WAIVE SECOND READING AND ADOPTION OF AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY
OF LYNWOOD TO ESTABLISH CONTRIBUTION LIMITS
Council Member Flores request to have the ordinance read and City Clerk Quinonez read the ordinance for the record.
MOTION: It was moved by Mayor Pro Tern Solache, seconded by Council Member Flores to waive second reading and approve the item. Motion carried by 4-0 vote.
ROLL CALL:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS FLORES, SANTANA, SOTO AND MAYOR
PRO TEM SOLACHE
NOES: NONE
ABSTAIN: NONE
ABSENT: MAYOR CASANOVA
Approved and Adopted ORDINANCE NO. 1745
ENTITLED: AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
LYNWOOD ESTABLISHING CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTION LIMITS
17. WAIVE SECOND READING AND ADOPTION OF AN ORDINANCE FOR REVISIONS
AND INCORPORATION OF BEST PRACTICES TO THE CODE OF ETHICS FOR
THE CITY OF LYNWOOD IN ORDER TO AFFIRM STABILITY AND GOOD GOVERNANCE Council Member Flores request to have the ordinance read and City Clerk Quinonez read the ordinance for the record.
MOTION: It was moved by Council Member Flores, seconded by Council Member Santana to approve the item. Motion carried by 4-0 vote.
ROLL CALL:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS FLORES, SANTANA, SOTO AND MAYOR
PRO TEM SOLACHE
NOES: NONE
ABSTAIN: NONE
ABSENT: MAYOR CASANOVA
5 Approved and Adopted ORDINANCE NO. 1746
ENTITLED: AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
LYNWOOD, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, STATE OF CALIFORNIA AMENDING SECTION 2-1.7 OF THE LYNWOOD MUNICIPAL CODE
18. FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE NORTH STAR LAND CARE, INC. AGREEMENT
ALLOWING FOR ADDITIONAL TREE TRIMMIING OF CITY TREES NOT
ADDRESSED DURING PANDEMIC, FOR EMERGENCY SERVICES AND FOR RELATED CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT TRIMMING; AND APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS
Approved and Adopted RESOLUTION NO. 2022.081 and FIRST AMENDMENT
NORTH STAR LAND CARE AGREEMENT
ENTITLED: A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
LYNWOOD APPROVING A FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE AGREEMENT WITH
NORTH STAR LAND CARE AND APPROPRIATING MONIES FROM THE
LANDSCAPE ASSESSMENT DISTRICT TO THE TREE MAINTENANCE DIVISION
19. CONSIDERATION OF A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LYNWOOD APPROVING HSIP-5250(032) MILK JR. BLVD TRAFFIC SIGNAL
IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT
Approved and Adopted RESOLUTION NO. 2022.082
ENTITLED: A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LYNWOOD APPROVING HSIP-5250(032) MLK JR. BLVD TRAFFIC SIGNAL
IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT
CITY COUNCIL ORAL AND WRITTEN COMMUNICATION
Council Member Flores expressed gratitude for the organizations that are bringing energy into our City and recognized Simply Wholehearted Group as a source of great energy for the community. He also acknowledged Budding Artists that inspires through art and the Lynwood Community Activity Services Group which inspires through sports and mentioned Potters House Church LA partnering to bring energy to our older youth.
Council Member Flores noted how great is it to see folks truly engaged in our community and thanked the speakers for their public comments at the meeting tonight and stated their viewpoints bring real thoughts and awareness to quality of life issues for the community and extended the opportunity for direct open communication with any member of the council.
Council Member Santana expressed thanks to staff for assisting with resources used for the County to utilize space in order to host Mental Health Workshop Classes offered on Tuesday mornings at the Community Center and noted that each week a different mental health topic is covered. She acknowledged Council Member Soto for 6 advocating to bring those classes to our community. She specifically praised Parks and Community Services staff for spear heading many of the events this Spring and noted that there were approximately seventeen back to back events scheduled and commended their efforts in organizing to ensure these successful activities for the community. She mentioned Earth Day as a great event and indicated she would like it to be a bigger event and she thanked the Tree People organizers for participating in the Earth Day event and assisting with several tree planting events through the month of April during their commitment to plant 1,000 trees in the City and that the Special Needs event was also a beautiful event. She indicated that plans are being made for the Juneteenth Celebration to be held on front lawn of City Hall on Saturday, June 18th. She expressed gratitude for LA County Supervisor, Janice Hahn's mobile vaccine van coming to City Hall and stated that there were back to back participants for the vaccine event last Thursday. She also acknowledged the Be Kind Campaign as a successful event and urged everyone to continue displaying a kind attitude.
Council Member Santana responded with appreciation to the public comments and concurred that our parks are high on the priority list along with addressing homelessness issues, public street safety concerns from the auto "burnout events" and "donuts" on our streets and stated that projects are getting done and moving forward with the strong leadership from City Manager Hernandez.
Council Member Soto expressed thanks to everyone for being here to participate in the meeting and praised staff for the beautiful events, especially the amazing Special Needs event. She stated the requests submitted to City Manager Hernandez takes time to process and that the Council continues to address quality of life issues affecting our City to create a community that everyone deserves to live in. She stated that beginning April 12th residents have available free mental health classes and that the Council is committed to address all the needs of our community. She noted that the classes are in Spanish only at this time, but if residents feel the need for English classes it will be looked into, so please call the office.
Mayor Pro Tern Solache acknowledged the community is getting back to normal with activities that included opening the Senior Center lunch program for senior residents.
He indicated that the street improvement projects approved last week and are moving forward involving full reconstruction and slurry seal phases and stated that it is exciting to see with the big machines out in City-wide stages. He participated in the tree planting event and appreciated thirty-plus Delta Airline employees who volunteered for planting approximately fifteen trees. He also requested volunteers to assist in tree planting activities. He noted an art festival was held at Firebaugh High School and that talented students displayed amazing beautiful artwork.
Mayor Pro Tern Solache recognized representation of the City's Employee Union speaking out about City employees and mentioned that the City had made the employees whole during the pandemic offering good wages and fairness to them thru furloughs and minimizing cuts. He emphasized that the City Council continues to support City employees thru the strong leadership of City Manager Hernandez.
STAFF ORAL COMMENTS
7 City Manager Hernandez addressed Council's comments and stated that as a testament to the Council's commitment to the community in that he had to increase his cell phone minutes to continue the calls for undertaking the many issues Council identifies. He indicated that Mayor Casanova and Council Member Flores participated in an all-day panel interview of candidates for the Sheriff Captain position at the Lynwood Century Station and Captain Edmundo Torres was selected.
He noted that the Mayor is coordinating with Sheriff's personnel a meet and greet coffee reception at the next council meeting to introduce Captain Torres and congratulate the promotion of Lynwood's former Captain and now Commander Figueroa.
City Manager Hernandez introduced Harry Wong as the City's new finance director and noted that he comes most immediately from the City of Monterey Park with many years of technical finance expertise and will bring stability to the City of Lynwood.
Director Wong thanked City Manager Hernandez for the opportunity to serve the great City of Lynwood as the Director of Finance and Administration and stated the he earned his BA in accounting from Cal State Northridge and MBA from LIC Irvine.
He indicated his experience included public finance banking and public accounting among which included the position as a senior auditor at Price Waterhouse and Cooper for three years and became a CPA holding his license from 2004. He stated his ten years of financial management experience involves employment with three different municipal governments beginning with the City of Garden Grove as managing general accounting and financial reporting and progressing to the City of Buena Park and the City of Monterey Park. He specified that the past six years had encompassed reporting and budgeting. He expressed that it is a pleasure and honor to serve the council and residents of the City of Lynwood.
City Manager Hernandez stated that the slurry seal and upcoming L&P for the community will highlight the maps presented two weeks scheduling and confirm a very even program throughout the entire City. He indicated that at the next meeting staff will present a resolution regarding some restrictions for water consumption and noted that Lynwood's water source is 100% ground water supply.
Council Member Santana requested to honor Teacher Appreciation Day by identifying Council Member Soto and Treasure Camacho as teachers in our community and to celebrate Mother's Day this Sunday and wished everyone a Happy Mother's Day.
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ADJOURNMENT
Having no further discussion, it was moved by Council Member Santana, seconded by Council Member Soto to adjourn the regular Lynwood City Council meeting, in memory of Detective Alexis Gonzales City of South Gate and Lynwood Community Advocate Harry Gibbens, Sr., at 7.37 p.m. Motion carried by unanimous consent. ayor
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