Agenda packet, regular meeting — Montebello City Council, June 25, 2025 (part 1 of 12)

CITY OF MONTEBELLO

CITY COUNCIL

REGULAR MEETING
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 25, 2025 AT 6:00 PM

CITY HALL COUNCIL CHAMBERS
1600 WEST BEVERLY BOULEVARD

MONTEBELLO, CALIFORNIA

CITY COUNCIL
Salvador Melendez, Mayor
Georgina Tamayo, Mayor Pro Tem
Scarlet Peralta, Councilmember
Ric Alonzo, Councilmember
Danielle Romero, Councilmember

CITY MANAGER
Raul Alvarez

CITY TREASURER
David Matanga

CITY ATTORNEY
Arnold M. Alvarez-Glasman

CITY CLERK
Christopher Jimenez

DEPARTMENT HEADS
Acting Assistant City Manager
Fire Chief
Police Chief
Director of Finance
Director of Human Resources
Director of Planning/Community Development
Director of Public Works
Director of Recreation and Community Services
Director of Transportation
Angelica Palmeros
Fernando Pelaez
Luis Lopez
Michael Solorza
Ramon Figueroa
Joseph Palombi
Cesar Roldan
David Sosnowski
John Soria

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NOTICES
This City Council Meeting ("Council") will be held in person and will meet at City Hall – City Council Chambers, 1600 West Beverly Boulevard, Montebello, California. The meeting will be live streamed and can be watched on the City’s website and YouTube Channel via the following link: https://www.montebelloca.gov, and may also be viewed on Spectrum Public Access Channel 3 for all Spectrum cable subscribers.

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RULES OF DECORUM:

Pursuant to Section 54957.95 of the Government Code, the presiding member of the legislative body conducting a meeting, or their designee, is authorized to remove, or cause the removal of, an individual for disrupting the meeting.

Any such removal will be preceded by a warning to the disruptive individual by the presiding member of the legislative body or their designee that the individual’s behavior is disrupting the meeting and that the individual’s failure to promptly cease their disruptive behavior may result in their removal.

PUBLIC COMMENTS:

In-Person: For those interested in participating during the Public Comment period(s) or public testimony period for Public Hearings of the City Council meetings, you may address the City Council in person only the day of the meeting.

Speakers will be required to fill out a speaker card provided at the door and submit it to City Clerk staff prior to each Public Comment announcement period. Staff will number and call each speaker card in the order received. Closed Session begins at 6:00 p.m. and Regular Session begins immediately thereafter; if there is no Closed Session, Regular Session will begin at 6:00 p.m.

AGENDA MATERIALS: The agenda and/or agenda packet are available for public inspection at City’s website at:

Agendas, Minutes, and Videos,

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THANK YOU FOR YOUR COOPERATION

OPENING CEREMONIES
CALL TO ORDER - 6:00 P.M.

ROLL CALL

ANNOUNCEMENT OF CLOSED SESSION ITEMS

PUBLIC COMMENTS ON CLOSED SESSION ITEMS
At this time, the public may submit a speaker card to the City Clerk staff for Closed Session items, prior to the beginning of this statement. Speakers will be called in the order received. Please be aware that the maximum time allotted for members of the public to speak on Closed Session items shall not exceed three (3) minutes per person. State Law prohibits the City Council from taking action or entertaining extended discussion on a topic not listed on the agenda. Please show courtesy to others and direct all of your comments to the Mayor and City Council.

CLOSED SESSION
The City Attorney shall provide a briefing on the item listed for Closed Session as follows:

1. THREAT TO PUBLIC SERVICES OR FACILITIES
Government Code Section 54957
Consultation with City Manager and Police Chief

2. CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATORS
Government Code Section 54957.6
Agency Negotiators: Raul Alvarez
Employee Groups: Various City employee groups including but not limited to MPMA, MFMA, MMMA, MSA, MPOA, MCEA, MFA and unrepresented employees.

3. CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL – ANTICIPATED LITIGATION Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(2)
Significant exposure to litigation in one case

REGULAR SESSION - IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING CLOSED SESSION

CLOSED SESSION REPORT

INVOCATION

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

CORRECTIONS TO THE AGENDA - CITY MANAGER

CEREMONIAL ITEMS/PRESENTATIONS

4. PROCLAMATION FOR NATIONAL SCLERODERMA AWARENESS MONTH

5. CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION - MARTIN SOLANO

6. CANNING HUNGER CURB ADDRESS PAINTING PRESENTATION
PUBLIC COMMENTS ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS (30 MINUTES)
At this time, the public may submit speaker card(s) to the City Clerk staff, for both agenda and non-agenda items, prior to

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the beginning of this statement; Public Hearing items do not require a speaker card.

The City Council will address non-agenda items during this section and speakers will be called in the order received. Those persons not accommodated during this 30-minute period will have an opportunity to speak under “Public Comments – Continued”, after all scheduled matters have been considered. Public Hearing, Regular Business and/or Consent Calendar items will be addressed at the time that matter of business is heard, in the order received.

Please be aware that the maximum time allotted for members of the public to speak shall not exceed three (3) minutes per speaker. State Law prohibits the City Council from taking action or entertaining extended discussion on a topic not listed on the agenda. Please show courtesy to others and direct all of your comments to the Mayor and City Council.

STAFF COMMUNICATIONS ON ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST

PUBLIC HEARING

7. ADOPT RESOLUTION NO. 25-51 CONFIRMING THE FY 2025–26 ENGINEER’S REPORT FOR THE ANNUAL NATASHA LANE LANDSCAPE ASSESSMENT DISTRICT NO. 2005-1 AND LEVYING SUCH ASSESSMENTS RECOMMENDATION: It is recommended that the City Council:

1. Conduct a Public Hearing and consider adopting Resolution No. 25-51 (Attachment A) confirming the Fiscal Year 2025-26 Engineer’s Report (Attachment B) for the Annual Natasha Lane Landscape Assessment District No. 2005-1; and

2. Authorize the Levying of the Fiscal Year 2025-26 Assessments; and

3. Take such additional, related action that may be desirable.

8. ADOPT RESOLUTION NO. 25-52 CONFIRMING THE FY 2025-26 ENGINEER’S REPORT FOR THE ANNUAL NATASHA LANE SEWER AND STORM WATER PUMP ASSESSMENT DISTRICT NO. 2005-2 AND LEVYING

SUCH ASSESSMENTS
RECOMMENDATION: It is recommended that the City Council:

1. Conduct a Public Hearing and consider adopting Resolution No. 25-52 (Attachment A) confirming the Fiscal Year 2025-26 Engineer’s Report (Attachment B) for the Annual Natasha Lane Sewer and Storm Water Pump Assessment District No. 2005-2; and

2. Authorize the Levying of the Fiscal Year 2025-26 Assessments; and

3. Take such additional, related action that may be desirable.

9. PUBLIC HEARING ADOPTING RESOLUTION NO. 25-53 VACATING A PORTION OF BLUFF ROAD NORTH

OF MAYNARD ROAD AND RESERVING AN EXCLUSIVE EASEMENT OVER THE VACATED PORTION FOR THE BENEFIT OF A WATER UTILITY PURSUANT TO STREETS AND HIGHWAY CODE SECTIONS 8320- 8325 AND GRANTING EASEMENTS FOR THE PURPOSES OF CELL, POWER, AND GAS UTILITIES RECOMMENDATION: It is recommended that the City Council:

1. Conduct a Public Hearing considering adoption of Resolution No. 25-53 (Attachment A) confirming the vacation of a portion of Bluff Road, north of Maynard Road and reserving an exclusive easement over the vacated portion for the benefit of a Cell, Power, and Gas utilities pursuant to Streets and Highways Code Section 8320-8325; and

2. Authorize permanent easements for the following utility companies: AT&T California, Southern California Edison, and Southern California Gas Company; and

3. Take such additional, related action that may be desirable.

REGULAR BUSINESS

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10. ADOPTION OF FISCAL YEAR 2025-26 OPERATING AND CAPITAL BUDGET RECOMMENDATION: It is recommended that the City Council:

1. Approve Resolution No. 25-54 (Attachment A) adopting the Fiscal Year 2025-26 operating and capital budgets for all funds; and,

2. Approve Resolution No. 25-55 (Attachment B) adopting the compensation plan, table of organization, salary matrix and job classifications for Fiscal Year 2025-26 and,

3. Approve Resolution No. 25-56 (Attachment C) establishing a Fiscal Year 2025-26 appropriations limit per Government Code Section 7190 (Gann Limit); and,

4. Approve necessary amendments to the Fiscal Year 2024-25 budget as outlined in Attachment F; and,

5. Take such additional, related action that may be desirable.

11. ADOPT RESOLUTION NO. 25-50 APPROVING A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING (MOU) BETWEEN

THE CITY OF MONTEBELLO AND THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SHEET METAL, AIR, RAIL,

AND TRANSPORTATION WORKERS (SMART-TD)
RECOMMENDATION: It is recommended that the City Council:

1. Adopt Resolution No. 25-50 approving a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the City of Montebello and the International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail, and Transportation Workers – Transportation Division (SMART-TD); and

2. Take such additional, related action that may be desirable.

12. ADOPT RESOLUTION NO. 25-57 APPROVING A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING (MOU) BETWEEN

THE CITY OF MONTEBELLO AND THE MONTEBELLO FIREFIGHTERS ASSOCIATION (MFA) RECOMMENDATION: It is recommended that the City Council:

1. Adopt Resolution No. 25-57 approving a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the City of Montebello and Montebello Firefighters Association (MFA); and

2. Take such additional, related action that may be desirable.

13. ADOPT RESOLUTION NO. 25-58 APPROVING A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING (MOU) BETWEEN

THE CITY OF MONTEBELLO AND THE MONTEBELLO FIRE MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION (MFMA) RECOMMENDATION: It is recommended that the City Council:

1. Adopt Resolution No. 25-58 approving a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the City of Montebello and Montebello Fire Management Association (MFMA); and

2. Take such additional, related action that may be desirable.

14. AUTHORIZATION TO APPROVE THE DELEGATED MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT WITH THE STATE OF

CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (CALTRANS)
RECOMMENDATION: It is recommended that the City Council:

1. Determine that the execution of the Delegated Maintenance Agreement shall be categorically exempt under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), Section 15308 of Title 14 of the California Code of Regulations; and

2. Approve the Delegated Maintenance Agreement (“Agreement”) between the City of Montebello and the State of California Department of Transportation (“Caltrans”) which identifies specific mission-critical maintenance services to be performed on and around the State right of way within the City’s jurisdictional limits; and \

3. Authorize the City Manager to execute the Agreement and related documents, including any amendments thereto, and to take any and all actions necessary to implement and administer the Agreement; and

4. Take such additional, related action that may be desirable.

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15. ADOPT CONSTRUCTION SPECIFICATIONS FOR THE BLUFF ROAD FENCE REPLACEMENT PROJECT (CP 884) AND APPROPRIATE FUNDING FROM THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PARKS &

RECREATION
RECOMMENDATION: It is recommended that the City Council:

1. Approve Environmental Assessment pursuant to 14 California Code of Regulations § 15301 as a Class 1 categorical exemption under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA); and

2. Adopt the 100% completed construction specifications for the Bluff Road Fence Replacement Project (CP 884); and

3. Accept and appropriate the State of California Department of Parks & Recreation funding in the amount of $935,000 for the Rio Hondo Coastal Improvements project (SG-19-087); and

4. Amend the Fiscal Year 2024-25 budget by increasing appropriations by $935,000 in Account No. 254- 30-300-6040.10 (Rio Hondo Improve-State Parks, Public Works, Other Contract Services [expenditures]) and $935,000 in Account No. 254-99-4198.27 (Rio Hondo Improve-State Parks, Misc Grants - Rio Hondo Improve-State Parks [revenue]); and,

5. Authorize staff to proceed with bid advertisement for construction; and

6. Take such additional, related action that may be desirable.

16. ACCEPTANCE OF THE FISCAL YEAR 2023-24 SB 1 ANNUAL YEAR 1 STREET IMPROVEMENT PROJECT (CP 913) – NOTICE OF COMPLETION
RECOMMENDATION: It is recommended that the City Council:

1. Accept the Fiscal Year 2023-24 SB 1 Annual Year 1 Street Improvement Project (CP 913) as completed by Hardy & Harper, Inc.; and,

2. Approve the final contract amount with Hardy & Harper, Inc. for the construction of the project in the amount of $2,550,047 including change orders; and,

3. Approve the Final Total Project Budget (Attachment A); and,

4. Authorize the City Clerk to execute, verify and file the Notice of Completion (Attachment B) with the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder; and,

5. Authorize the release of the retention payment of $127,502 due to Hardy & Harper, Inc. following the mandatory waiting period from the date the Notice of Completion is recorded; and,

6. Take such additional, related action that may be desirable.

CONSENT CALENDAR
All matters listed under the Consent Calendar are considered to be routine. Any items a member wishes to discuss, including any items the public submitted speaker cards for, should be designated at this time. All other items may be approved in a single motion. Such approval will also waive the reading of any Ordinance.

17. RECEIVE AND FILE THE FISCAL YEAR 2023-24 ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT (ACFR) RECOMMENDATION: It is recommended that the City Council:

1. Recieve and file the Fiscal Year 2023-24 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report (ACFR); and

2. Take such additional, related action that may be desirable.

18. ANNUAL APPROVAL OF CITY'S INVESTMENT POLICY FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025-26 RECOMMENDATION: It is recommended that the City Council:

1. Adopt Resolution No. 25-49 approving the Investment Policy Statement for the City and Successor Agency as required by Government Code Section 53601 et al; and,

2. Take such additional, related action that may be desirable.

19. ADOPT RESOLUTION NO. 25-40 AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF MONTEBELLO TO APPLY FOR FEDERAL

TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION (FTA) FUNDING UNDER THE LOW OR NO EMISSION GRANT PROGRAM AND THE GRANTS FOR BUSES AND BUS FACILITIES PROGRAM TO SUPPORT MONTEBELLO BUS LINES’

ZERO-EMISSION BUS FACILITIES AND FLEET TRANSITION PLAN

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RECOMMENDATION: It is recommended that the City Council:

1. Adopt Resolution No. 25-40 authorizing the City of Montebello to apply for Federal Transit Administration (FTA) funding under (i) the Low or No Emission Grant Program (Low-No Program) and (ii) the Grants for Buses and Bus Facilities Program (Bus and Bus Facilities Program) [collectively, hereinafter the “Grants”], in the amount of $18,653,940; and

2. Take such additional, related, action that may be desirable.

20. APPROVE BLANKET PURCHASE ORDER WITH AFTERMARKET PARTS COMPANY LLC, AMERICAN MOVING PARTS LLC, CUMMINS CAL PACIFIC LLC, INLAND KENWORTH, INC., AND WAYNE HARMEIER, INC., FOR MAINTENANCE-RELATED BUS, FIRE APARATUS, AND VEHICLE FLEET PARTS RECOMMENDATION: It is recommended that the City Council:

1. Approve establishing a blanket purchase order (PO) with Aftermarket Parts Company LLC (Aftermarket Parts), for a total not-to-exceed amount of Two Hundred Thousand Dollars ($250,000), to purchase maintenance-related bus parts for Fiscal Year 2025-26; and

2. Approve establishing a blanket PO with American Moving Parts LLC (American Moving Parts), for a total not-to-exceed amount of One Hundred and Forty Thousand Dollars ($140,000), to purchase maintenance-related bus and fire apparatus parts for both Montebello Bus Lines (MBL) and the Montebello Fire Department (MFD) for FY 2025-26; and

3. Approve establishing a blanket PO with Cummins Cal Pacific LLC (Cummins Pacific), for a total not-toexceed amount of One Hundred and Twenty Thousand Dollars ($120,000), to purchase maintenancerelated bus and fleet parts for both MBL and the MFD for FY 2025-26; and

4. Approve establishing a blanket PO with Inland Kenworth, Inc. (Inland Kenworth), for a total not-to-exceed amount of One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000), to purchase maintenance-related bus parts for FY 2025-26; and

5. Approve establishing a blanket PO with Wayne Harmeier, Inc. (dba Wayne Electric Company), for a total not-to-exceed amount of Eighty Thousand Dollars ($80,000), to purchase maintenance-related bus parts for FY 2025-26; and

6. Take such additional, related, action that may be desirable.

21. APPROVE BLANKET PURCHASE ORDER WITH RUSH TRUCK CENTERS OF CALIFORNIA, INC. FOR

MAINTENANCE-RELATED BUS AND VEHICLE FLEET PARTS
RECOMMENDATION: It is recommended that the City Council:

1. Approve establishing a blanket purchase order (PO) with Rush Truck Centers of California, Inc. (Rush Trucks), for a total not-to-exceed amount of Eighty Thousand Dollars ($80,000) to purchase maintenancerelated bus and vehicle fleet parts for Fiscal Year 2025-26; and

2. Take such additional, related, action that may be desirable.

22. APPROVE AMENDMENT NO. 5 TO AGREEMENT NO. 3894 WITH TRANSTRACK SYSTEMS, AND AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO AGREEMENT NO. 3978 WITH OPTIBUS, FOR TRANSIT ANALYSIS, SCHEDULING,

AND REPORTING SOFTWARE SUPPORT SERVICES
RECOMMENDATION: It is recommended that the City Council:

1. Approve Amendment No. 5 to Agreement No. 3894 with Transtrack Systems, Inc. (Transtrack), for a oneyear (1-year) term, for a total not-to-exceed amount of $51,415, to extend end-user software licenses and support services for Federal Transit Administration (FTA) reporting; and

2. Approve Amendment No. 2 to Agreement No. 3978 with Optibus, Inc. (Optibus), for a two-year (2-year) term, for a total not-to-exceed amount of $236,640, to extend end-user software licenses and support services for transit scheduling; and

3. Authorize the City Manager to execute the aforesaid amendments on behalf of the City of Montebello; and

4. Take such additional, related action that may be desirable.

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23. APPROVE AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO AGREEMENT NO. 4180 WITH KIMLEY-HORN AND ASSOCIATES, INC.

TO EXTEND THE COMPLETION DATE FOR BUS STOP IMPROVEMENT PROJECT CONSULTING

SERVICES AND APPROVE ISSUING A BUS STOP INFRASTRUCTURE INSTALLATION AND RELATED

CONSTRUCTION REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS (RFP)
RECOMMENDATION: It is recommended that the City Council:

1. Approve Amendment No. 2 to Agreement No. 4180 with Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc. (Kimley-Horn & Assoc.), extending the agreement term by six (6) months from June 30, 2025, to December 31, 2025, for Bus Stop Improvement Project (BSIP) Consulting Services; and

2. Authorize the City Manager and/or his designee to execute Amendment No. 2 on behalf of the City of Montebello (City); and

3. Approve issuing a Bus Stop Infrastructure Installation and Related Construction Request for Proposals (RFP) in July 2025; and

4. Take such additional, related, action that may be desirable.

24. ADOPT RESOLUTION NO. 25-46 APPROVING MONTEBELLO BUS LINES’ (MBL) FISCAL YEARs 2025-26 AND 2026-27 FREE-FARE DAY PROGRAM
RECOMMENDATION: It is recommended that the City Council:

1. Adopt Resolution No. 25-46 approving Montebello Bus Lines (MBL) Fiscal Years 2025-26 and 2026-27 Free-Fare Day Program; and

2. Take such additional, related action that may be desirable.

25. APPROVE ISSUING REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS NO. 25-12 FOR TEMPORARY HYDROGEN REFUELING

STATION SERVICES
RECOMMENDATION: It is recommended that the City Council:

1. Approve issuing a Request for Proposals No. 25-12 for Temporary Hydrogen Refueling Station (THRS) services; and

2. Take such additional, related, action that may be desirable.

26. APPROVE ISSUING REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS NO. 25-14 FOR BUS TIRE LEASE SERVICES RECOMMENDATION: It is recommended that the City Council:

1. Approve issuing a Bus Tire Lease Service Request for Proposals (RFP), No. 25-14; and

2. Take such additional, related, action that may be desirable.

27. ADOPT RESOLUTION NO. 25-47 AUTHORIZING THE CITY TO APPLY TO THE FEDERAL TRANSIT

ADMINISTRATION (FTA) AND OBLIGATE FUNDING FOR THE PURCHASE OF THREE HYDROGEN FUEL

CELL ELECTRIC BUSES AND NINE COMPRESSED NATURAL GAS BUSES RECOMMENDATION: It is recommended that the City Council:

1. Adopt Resolution No. 25-47 authorizing the City to apply to the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) and obligate funding for the purchase of three (3) hydrogen fuel cell electric buses (FCEBs) and nine (9) compressed natural gas (CNG) buses; and

2. Take such additional, related, action that may be desirable.

28. ADOPT SPECIFICATIONS FOR THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT (CDBG) FUNDED FIRE STATION 56 ROOF REPLACEMENT (CP 923) PROJECT
RECOMMENDATION: It is recommended that the City Council:

1. Approve Environmental Assessment pursuant to 14 California Code of Regulations § 15301 as a Class 1 categorical exemption under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA); and

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2. Approve Level of Environmental Review Determination via the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA):

Categorically Excluded per 24 CFR 58.35(a), and subject to laws and authorities at §58.5: (3) Rehabilitation of buildings and improvements when the following conditions are met: (iii) In the case of non-residential structures, including commercial, industrial. and public buildings: (A) The facilities and improvements are in place and will not be changed in size or capacity by more than 20 percent: and (B) The activity does not involve a change in land use, such as from non-residential to residential, commercial to industrial or from one industrial use to another; and

3. Adopt the 100% completed Specifications for the Construction of the Fire Station #56 Roof Replacement Project at 1166 S. Greenwood Avenue (Capital Project 923); and

4. Authorize staff to proceed with bid advertisement for construction; and

5. Take such additional, related action that may be desirable.

29. ADOPT CONSTRUCTION SPECIFICATIONS FOR THE RIO HONDO ACCESS IMPROVEMENT PROJECT SIGN (CP 924-2, PHASE II)
RECOMMENDATION: It is recommended that the City Council:

1. Approve Environmental Assessment pursuant to 14 California Code of Regulations § 15301 as a Class 1 categorical exemption under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA); and

2. Adopt the 100% completed construction specifications for CP 924-2 Rio Hondo Access Improvement Project Sign; and

3. Authorize staff to proceed with bid advertisement for construction; and

4. Take such additional, related action that may be desirable.

30. AWARD AGREEMENT NO. 4327 TO A.O. REED & CO. FOR CITYWIDE HEATING, VENTILATION, AND AIR CONDITIONING (HVAC) PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR SERVICES (RFP NO. 25-10) RECOMMENDATION: It is recommended that the City Council:

1. Award Agreement No. 4327 to A.O. Reed & Co. for the provision of citywide HVAC preventative maintenance and repair services in accordance with RFP No. 25-10 for an initial three (3) year term, July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2028; and

2. Authorize the City Manager to execute the agreement for a not-to-exceed amount of $847,684 for the initial three year term, which includes $247,685 for preventative maintenance and up to $600,000 for asneeded repairs ($200,000 per year); and

3. Authorize a separate one-time encumbrance of $175,000 for HVAC services for the Fire Station #56 Renovation Project (CP 923); and

4. Authorize the City Manager to execute the agreement and any future amendments to the agreement, including up to two one-year extensions; and

5. Take such additional, related action that may be desirable.

31. AWARD PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT NO. 4354 TO CRAFCO TO PROVIDE SUPPLY AND

DELIVERY OF ASPHALT REPAIR MATERIALS
RECOMMENDATION: It is recommended that the City Council:

1. Award Professional Services Agreement No. 4354 to Crafco to provide Supply and Delivery of Asphalt Repair Materials for three (3) year term, with two (2) one-year extension options, for a not-to-exceed annual amount of $80,000 ($240,000 total over the initial three-year term); and,

2. Authorize the City Manager to execute the Agreement on behalf of the City; and

3. Take such additional, related action that may be desirable.

32. AWARD PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT NO. 4353 TO HI-WAY SAFETY, INC. TO PROVIDE

SIGNAGE AND TRAFFIC CONTROL SUPPLIES
RECOMMENDATION: It is recommended that the City Council:

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1. Award Professional Services Agreement No. 4353 to Hi-Way Safety Inc. to provide Signage and Traffic Control supplies for a three (3) year term, with two (2) one-year extension options, for a not-to-exceed annual amount of $200,000 ($600,000 total over the initial three-year term); and

2. Authorize the City Manager to execute the Agreement on behalf of the City; and

3. Take such additional, related action that may be desirable.

33. APPROVE AMENDMENT NO.2 TO AGREEMENT NO. 3871 WITH JAIRO’S PLUMBING INC. TO PROVIDE

CITYWIDE AS-NEEDED PLUMBING SERVICES
RECOMMENDATION: It is recommended that the City Council:

1. Approve Amendment No. 2 to Agreement No. 3871 between the City of Montebello and Jairo’s Plumbing Inc. for a One (1) Year Extension to provide citywide as-needed plumbing services; and

2. Authorize the City Manager to execute the Amendment on behalf of the City;

3. Take such additional, related action that may be desirable.

34. APPROVE SOFTWARE SERVICES AGREEMENT NO. 4212 WITH PLACER LABS, INC. TO PROVIDE

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ANALYSIS, CONSUMER VISITATION REPORTS, AND PROJECT

IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES
RECOMMENDATION: It is recommended that the City Council:

1. Approve Software Services Agreement No. 4212 with Placer Labs, Inc. to provide economic development analysis, consumer visitation reports, and project implementation strategies for a total, two-year not-toexceed amount of $62,000 and a one-year extension option; and

2. Authorize the City Manager to execute Software Services Agreement No. 4212 with Placer Labs, Inc, on behalf of the City; and

3. Take such additional, related action that may be desirable.

35. ADOPTION OF FIRE HAZARD SEVERITY ZONES (FHSZ) PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 51178 AND THE CALIFORNIA FIRE CODE
RECOMMENDATION: It is recommended that the City Council:

1. Conduct a second reading by title only; and

2. Adopt Ordinance No. 2480 entitled, “AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MONTEBELLO, CALIFORNIA, DESIGNATING FIRE HAZARD SEVERITY ZONES,” which adopts the updated Local Responsibility Area (LRA) Fire Hazard Severity Zone maps prepared by the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE); and

3. Take such additional, related action that may be desirable.

36. ADOPT RESOLUTION NO. 25-48 AUTHORIZING SUBMISSION OF AN APPLICATION FOR THE LAND AND

WATER CONSERVATION FUND GRANT PROGRAM
RECOMMENDATION: It is recommended that the City Council:

1. Adopt Resolution No. 25-48 authorizing the submission of an application for the Land and Water Conservation Fund Grant Program; and

2. Authorize the City Manager to delegate the authority to the Director of Recreation and Community Services to conduct all negotiations and execute and submit documents reasonably-necessary for the completion of the awarded project; and

3. Take such additional, related action that may be desirable.

37. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: MAY 14, 2025, CITY COUNCIL MEETING; MAY 28, 2025, CITY COUNCIL

MEETING
RECOMMENDATION: It is recommended that the City Council:

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1. Approve said Minutes as is.

38. PAYMENT OF BILLS: ADOPT RESOLUTION NO. 25-45 APPROVING THE CITY WARRANT REGISTER OF DEMANDS DATED JUNE 25, 2025
RECOMMENDATION: It is recommended that the City Council:

1. Adopt Resolution No. 25-45 approving the Warrant Register dated June 25, 2025.

PUBLIC COMMENTS - CONTINUED
AB 1234 TRAVEL REPORTS
Members will provide a brief report on meetings attended at the expense of the local agency as required by Government Code Section 53232.3(d).

COUNCIL/AGENCY ORALS
Announcements and requests for future agenda items.
• Georgina Tamayo, Mayor Pro Tem
• Scarlet Peralta, Councilmember

1. Obtain Council consensus to formally request that the City host 'Know Your Rights' workshops and mental health community sessions in collaboration with organizations that specialize in these services.

2. Adoption of a Montebello Contingency Plan: ICE Raids • Ric Alonzo, Councilmember
• Danielle Romero, Councilmember

1. Request to address ongoing issue of oversized vehicles on residential streets, which continues despite posted signage.
• Salvador Melendez, Mayor

CLOSED SESSION - CONTINUED

ADJOURNMENT
The City of Montebello will adjourn to the next Regular Meeting on August 13, 2025, at 6:00 p.m., which can be livestreamed at https://www.montebelloca.gov (Click on Live Stream).

I, Kimberly Guillen, Senior Deputy City Clerk for the City of Montebello, hereby certify that a copy of this agenda has been posted on or before Sunday, June 22, 2025, no later than 6:00 p.m.

Kimberly Guillen, Senior Deputy City Clerk

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EXHIBIT - CITY OF MONTEBELLO FORECASTED AGENDA
Please note, the attached exhibit is a draft version that is to be used for reference purposes only; agenda items, information, and dates are subject to change. The exhibit will be placed at the end of the Agenda Packet. • CITY OF MONTEBELLO FORECASTED AGENDA

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ITEM # 7

CITY OF MONTEBELLO

CITY COUNCIL AGENDA STAFF REPORT
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council Members
FROM: Raul Alvarez, City Manager

BY: Cesar Roldan, Director of Public Works
SUBJECT: ADOPT RESOLUTION NO. 25-51 CONFIRMING THE FY 2025–26 ENGINEER’S REPORT FOR THE ANNUAL NATASHA LANE
LANDSCAPE ASSESSMENT DISTRICT NO. 2005-1 AND LEVYING

SUCH ASSESSMENTS
DATE: June 25, 2025
RECOMMENDATIONS:

It is recommended that the City Council:

2. Authorize the Levying of the Fiscal Year 2025-26 Assessments; and

3. Take such additional, related action that may be desirable.

FISCAL IMPACT:

The cost for the maintenance and operation of the Natasha Lane landscaping, including administration, is estimated at $14,000 for Fiscal Year 2025-26. Because the Assessment District's fund balance has grown to $11,891, the recommended annual assessment for FY 2025-26 is $1,200 and covers only the processing costs with the Los Angeles County Assessor’s Office. All other costs associated with the maintenance and operation of the landscaping for FY 2025-26 will be paid from the Assesment Districts existing and available fund balance.

The total cost of $1,200 is prorated to the properties within the district based on the lineal footage of the property frontage on Natasha Lane. The amount assessed to each property is listed in the Engineer’s Report and ranges from $55.35 to $75.27 for the year, with an average annual assessment of $60.00 per parcel.

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BACKGROUND/DISCUSSION:

The properties on Natasha Lane benefiting from the landscaping are required to be assessed to fund the maintenance and operation in Fiscal Year 2025-26. The special assessment district was initially established in 2005 when the development was constructed. This special assessment is added to the Los Angeles County Tax Roll annually. On May 14, 2025, the City Council approved Resolution No. 25-30 initiating proceedings for the FY 2025-26 levy of annual special assessment.

The recommended Resolution establishes approval and confirmation of the Engineer’s Report for Natasha Lane Landscape Assessment District No. 2005-1 (Attachment B) and authorizes the levying of such assessments. These actions are required for Staff to complete the direct assessment process with Los Angeles County and place the appropriate parcel assessments on the annual tax roll.

ENVIRONMENTAL:

N/A
ANALYSIS:

N/A
SUMMARY:

Staff recommends that the City Council adopt Resolution No. 25-51, confirming the Engineer’s Report for the Fiscal Year 2025-26 Annual Natasha Lane Landscape Assessment District No. 2005-1 and authorize the levying of the associated assessments. The Proof of Publication for the public hearing notice is provided as Attachment C.

ATTACHMENT(S)

1. Attachment A - Resolution No. 25-51

2. Attachment B - Engineer's Report

3. Attachment C - Proof of Publication

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ATTACHMENT A
RESOLUTION NO. 25-51

RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF MONTEBELLO CONFIRMING THE
ENGINEER’S ESTIMATE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2025-2026 LEVY OF

ANNUAL ASSESSMENTS FOR LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE FOR THE

PROPERTIES LOCATED ALONG NATASHA LANE AND LEVYING

ASSESSMENTS ON ASSESSABLE LOTS AND PARCELS OF LAND IN
SAID DISTRICT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025-2026

RECITALS
WHEREAS, the City Council (“City Council”) of the City of Montebello (“City”) has by Resolution No. 25-30, adopted and approved the Engineer’s Annual Levy Report (“Report”) for the District known and designated as the Natasha Lane Landscape Assessment District No. 2005-01 of the City of Montebello (“District”), pursuant to the Landscaping and Lighting Act of 1972, Part 2 (commencing with Section 22500) of Division 15 of the Streets and Highways Code (“Act”), for the installation, operation, maintenance and servicing of street lights, traffic signals, street trees, parkways, median islands, landscaping, parks, and any appurtenant improvements as set forth in Section 22525 of the California Streets and Highways Code (“Improvements”); and
WHEREAS, as ordered by the City Council, the City Engineer has filed with the City Clerk a report regarding the assessments to be levied and collected from the owners of assessable property within the District to pay the costs of the installation, operation, maintenance and servicing of street trees and landscaping, and any appurtenant improvements, and that report has been presented to and considered by the City Council; and
WHEREAS, on May 14, 2025, the City Council approved Resolution No. 25-30, adopting and approving the Report, declaring its intention to levy and collect the assessment for the District for Fiscal Year 2025-2026, and scheduling a public hearing thereon; and
WHEREAS, on June 25, 2025, the City Council held a duly noticed public hearing regarding the levy of the annual assessment and afforded all interested persons to hear and be heard; and
WHEREAS, the City Council may proceed, pursuant to Section 22631 of the Streets and Highways Code, to adopt a resolution confirming the levy of the assessments on the assessable parcels of properties in the District, and the adoption of such a resolution shall constitute the levy of assessments on all assessable lots and parcels of property within the District for Fiscal Year 2025-2026.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, determined, and ordered by the City Council of the City of Montebello as follows:

SECTION 1: That the above recitals are all true and correct and are hereby incorporated herein.

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SECTION 2. Findings. The City Council of the City of Montebello finds that:
(a) The foregoing recitals are true and correct;
(b) The requirements of the Landscaping and Lighting Act of 1972, Part 2 (commencing with Section 22500) of Division 15 of the Streets and Highways Code have been satisfied;
(c) The requirements of Section 53753 of the Government Code have been satisfied;
(d) The assessments proposed to be levied on the assessable lots and parcels of land in the District for the Improvements during Fiscal Year 2025-2026 contained in the Final Engineer’s Report, which is on file with the City Clerk of the City Council, are based on benefits derived by such lots and parcels from the availability of the Improvements, and are not based on the ownership or value of such lots and parcels; (e) For purposes of levying the proposed assessments on the lots and parcels of property within the District, the Report and the assessment diagram contained therein allocates the estimated costs of the installation, operation, maintenance and servicing of the Improvements within the District;
(f) Such assessments are based on special benefit conferred upon each such lot or parcel from the payment of the costs of the installation, operation, maintenance and servicing of the Improvements;
(g) The proportionate special benefit derived by each such lot or parcel has been determined in relationship to the entirety of the cost of the installation, operation, maintenance and servicing of the Improvements;
(h) The amount of the assessment which is to be levied on each such lot or parcel is based upon and will not exceed the reasonable cost of the proportional special benefit conferred on that lot or parcel;
(i) The City Council may proceed to adopt a resolution confirming the assessments to be levied on assessable parcels of property in the District; and
SECTION 3: Improvements. The improvements authorized for the District are:
(a) The installation or planting of landscaping, including, but not limited to, street trees, parkways and median islands;
(b) The installation or construction of any facilities which are appurtenant to any improvements listed in (a), or which are necessary or convenient for the maintenance or servicing thereof, including, but not limited to, irrigation, drainage and electrical facilities; and
(c) The maintenance and servicing of any of the foregoing.

SECTION 4. Confirmation of Report. The Report and the assessment diagram and the assessment contained therein for the payment of the costs of the installation, operation, maintenance and servicing of the Improvements in the District for fiscal year

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2025-26 are confirmed.

SECTION 5. Levy of Assessments. Pursuant to Section 22631 of the Streets and Highways Code, the adoption of this resolution constitutes the levy of the assessments on assessable lots and parcels of property in the District for the installation, operation, maintenance and servicing of the Improvements during Fiscal Year 2025-2026 contained in the Report, and such assessments are levied. The City Clerk of the City Council is directed to file a certified copy of this resolution, together with the confirmed diagram and assessment contained in the Report, with the County Auditor of the County of Los Angeles, who, pursuant to Section 22645 of the Streets and Highways Code, shall enter on the County Assessment Roll opposite each lot or parcel of land the amount assessed thereupon, as shown in said assessment.

SECTION 6. Duration of Assessments; Annual Adjustment for Increased Costs.

The assessments which are to be levied on lots and parcels in the District shall be levied annually as long as the assessments are necessary to finance the cost of the Improvements and the maintenance and servicing thereof. The annual amount of the assessment to be levied on each parcel of assessable property in the District in each fiscal year may be increased by the percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index– All Urban Consumers for the Los Angeles; provided, however, that the amount of the assessment to be levied on any assessable parcel in any fiscal year shall not be increased by more than four percent (4%, based on March 12-month assessment) and the amount of the assessment to be levied on any parcel in any fiscal year shall not, in any event, exceed the actual total cost of the proportional special benefit conferred on that parcel.

SECTION 7. Detachment of Territory. All assessable lots or parcels included within the District that are also included in existing Landscaping, Lighting and Park District No. 1 and are subject to the levy of assessments by Landscaping, Lighting and Park District No. 1 are hereby detached from Landscaping, Lighting and Park District No. 1 to the extent that the assessments levied by Landscaping, Lighting and Park District No. 1 finance the same Improvements provided by the District.

SECTION 8. That the City Clerk shall certify the passage and adoption of this Resolution and that the same shall be in full force and effect.

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RESOLUTION NO. 25-51
APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 25th day of June 2025.

Salvador Melendez, Mayor
ATTEST: APPROVED AS TO FORM:

Christopher Jimenez, City Clerk Arnold M. Alvarez-Glasman, City Attorney

STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) SS:

CITY OF MONTEBELLO )
I, Christopher Jimenez, City Clerk of the City of Montebello, County of Los Angeles, State of California, hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution No. 25-51 was passed and adopted by the City Council of the City of Montebello, signed by the Mayor and attested by the City Clerk at a regular meeting of said Council held on the 25th day of June, 2025 and that said Resolution was adopted by the following vote, to-wit:

AYES:

NOES:

ABSTAIN:

ABSENT:

The undersigned, City Clerk of the City of Montebello, does hereby attest and certify that the foregoing Resolution is a true, full and correct copy of a resolution duly adopted at a meeting of said City which was duly convened and held on the date stated thereon, and that said document has not been amended, modified, repealed or rescinded since its date of adoption and is in full force and effect as of the date hereof.

DATE:

Christopher Jimenez, City Clerk
EXHIBITS:
• Exhibit A – Boundary of Assessment District

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CITY OF MONTEBELLO
ENGINEER’S REPORT
FOR

NATASHA LANE LANDSCAPE
ASSESSMENT DISTRICT NO. 2005-1
For
FY 2025-2026
Salvador Melendez, Mayor
Georgina Tamayo, Mayor Pro Tem
Scarlet Peralta, Councilmember
Danielle Romero, Councilmember
Ric Alonzo, Councilmember
Engineer’s Report
June 25, 2025
Prepared by the City of Montebello – Engineering Division Cesar Roldan
Director of Public Works
Attachment A

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2 CITY OF MONTEBELLO
ENGINEER’S REPORT
FOR

NATASHA LANE LANDSCAPE
ASSESSMENT DISTRICT NO. 2005-1
(FISCAL YEAR 2025-2026)
SECTION I: AUTHORITY FOR REPORT
This report is prepared pursuant to the provisions of the Landscape and Lighting Act of 1972 (commencing with Section 22500) of Division 15 the Street and Highway Code for the maintenance of Public Landscaping that benefits only the properties on Natasha Lane. The report covers the period from July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2026.

SECTION II: PLANS
The Plans showing extent and location of landscape are illustrated herein by Exhibit A.

All of above-mentioned items are on file in the Office of the City Clerk.

SECTION III: SPECIFICATIONS FOR MAINTENANCE
Landscaping maintenance shall consist of installing, cutting, pruning, trimming, fertilizing, irrigating and treating plants, shrubs, trees, ground cover and soil to provide a pleasing and attractive landscape within the public right-of-way and publicly owned grounds. Dead plants, shrubs, trees, and ground cover shall be replaced with new items as soon as practical. The irrigation system shall be operated and maintained to provide adequate watering for all plants, shrubs, trees, and ground cover. Irrigation systems shall be installed as deemed appropriate by the City Engineer.

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3 SECTION IV: PROJECT REVENUE & EXPENDITURES
2024-25 2025-26
FY 2025-2026 BEGINNING FUND BALANCE (ESTIMATED) $37,491.85 $24,691.85 FY 2025-2026 PROJECTED REVENUE $1,200 $1,200
TOTAL REVENUE AVAILABLE FOR FY 2025-2026 $38,691.85 $25,891.85 FY 2025-2026 PROJECTED EXPENDITURES
Maintenance and Operation Expenses
Contractual Services
$9,200 $9,200
Administrative Costs (Staff, Consultant and La County Fees) $4,800 $4,800 TOTAL EXPENDITURES $14,000 $14,000
PROJECTED BALANCE (JUNE 30, 2026)
FY 2025-2026 Revenue Available $38,691.85 $25,891.85
FY 2025-2026 Anticipated Expenditures ($14,000) ($14,000) ASSESSMENT DISTRICT RESERVE FUND BALANCE (PROJECTED) $24,691.85 $11,891.85 SECTION V: DIAGRAM
A Diagram showing the Assessor’s parcel number and the dimensions of each lot or parcel of land within the District is on file in the Office of the City Clerk.

SECTION VI: ASSESSMENT
The improvements are to be funded by the levying of assessments on the benefiting properties. The “Municipal Improvement Act of 1913” and Article XIIID of the State Constitution require that assessments must be based on the estimated special benefit for the properties from the improvements. In addition, Article XIIID, Section 4, of the State Constitution requires that a parcel’s assessment may not exceed the reasonable cost of the proportional special benefit conferred in the parcel. It also requires that publicly owned property, (which benefit from the improvements) are to be assessed. Neither the Act nor the State Constitution specifies the method or formula that should be used to apportion the costs to properties in any special assessment district proceedings. The responsibility for recommending the assessments per panel is an Apportionment Engineer, who is appointed for the purpose of making an analysis of the facts and determining the correct apportionment of the assessment obligation. The City Engineer is hereby appointed as the Assessment Engineer.

All properties are assessed based on the Engineer’s Estimate. This estimate includes associated costs for each property based on property frontage along the street (Natasha Lane). In order to apportion the assessment to each parcel in direct proportion with the special and direct benefit which it will receive from the improvements, an analysis has

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4 been completed and the respective street frontage of each benefiting parcel is used as the basis for apportioning costs to each property within the Assessment District as follows:

NATASHA LANE LANDSCAPE
ASSESSMENT DISTRICT NO. 2005-2

ASSESSMENT ROLL

ASSESSMENT
NO.

BOOK PAGE PARCEL
NO.

FRONT

FOOTAGE
TOTAL
COST
1 6348 6 17 45.19 LF $ 65.41
2 6348 6 18 41 LF $ 59.35
3 6348 6 19 41 LF $ 59.35
4 6348 6 20 41 LF $ 59.35
5 6348 6 21 41 LF $ 59.35
6 6348 6 22 41 LF $ 59.35
7 6348 6 23 41 LF $ 59.35
8 6348 6 24 41.70 LF $ 60.36
9 6348 6 25 52 LF $ 75.27
10 6348 6 26 45.27 LF $ 65.53
11 6348 6 29 40.60 LF $ 58.77
12 6348 6 30 40 LF $ 57.90
13 6348 6 31 40 LF $ 57.90
14 6348 6 32 40 LF $ 57.90
15 6348 6 33 40 LF $ 57.90
16 6348 6 34 40 LF $ 57.90
17 6348 6 35 40 LF $ 57.90
18 6348 6 36 40 LF $ 57.90
19 6348 6 37 40 LF $ 57.90
20 6348 6 38 38.24 LF $ 55.35
TOTAL: 829.00 LF $1,200.00

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5 NATASHA LANE LANDSCAPE
ASSESSMENT DISTRICT NO. 2005-2

ADDRESS OF PROPERTY OWNERS
Assessor’s Parcel
No.

Property Address
6348-006-017 101 Natasha Lane
Montebello, CA 90640
6348-006-018 105 Natasha Lane
Montebello, CA 90640
6348-006-019 109 Natasha Lane
Montebello, CA 90640
6348-006-020 117 Natasha Lane
Montebello, CA 90640
6348-006-021 121 Natasha Lane
Montebello, CA 90640
6348-006-022 125 Natasha Lane
Montebello, CA 90640
6348-006-023 129 Natasha Lane
Montebello, CA 90640
6348-006-024 133 Natasha Lane
Montebello, CA 90640
6348-006-025 137 Natasha Lane
Montebello, CA 90640
6348-006-026 141 Natasha Lane
Montebello, CA 90640

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6 NATASHA LANE LANDSCAPE
ASSESSMENT DISTRICT NO. 2005-2

ADDRESS OF PROPERTY OWNERS
Assessor’s Parcel
No.

Property Address
6348-006-029 136 Natasha Lane
Montebello, CA 90640
6348-006-030 132 Natasha Lane
Montebello, CA 90640
6348-006-031 128 Natasha Lane
Montebello, CA 90640
6348-006-032 124 Natasha Lane
Montebello, CA 90640
6348-006-033 120 Natasha Lane
Montebello, CA 90640
6348-006-034 116 Natasha Lane
Montebello, CA 90640
6348-006-035 112 Natasha Lane
Montebello, CA 90640
6348-006-036 108 Natasha Lane
Montebello, CA 90640
6348-006-037 104 Natasha Lane
Montebello, CA 90640
6348-006-038 100 Natasha Lane
Montebello, CA 90640

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7 NATASHA LANE SEWER AND STORM WATER PUMP STATION
ASSESSMENT DISTRICT NO. 2005-2
EXHIBIT “A”

BOUNDARY MAP

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Notice Type:

Ad Description:

I am a citizen of the United States and a resident of the State of California; I am over the age of eighteen years, and not a party to or interested in the above entitled matter. I am the principal clerk of the printer and publisher of the ORANGE COUNTY REPORTER, a newspaper published in the English language in the City of Santa Ana, and adjudged a newspaper of general circulation as defined by the laws of the State of California by the Superior Court of the County of Orange, State of California, under date of June 2, 1922, Case No. 13,421. That the notice, of which the annexed is a printed copy, has been published in each regular and entire issue of said newspaper and not in any supplement thereof on the following dates, to-wit:

Executed on: 10/10/2004
At Los Angeles, California
I certify (or declare) under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct.

Signature

MONTEBELLO NEWS
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WWA 3937381

SAMANTHA NEVAREZ

CITY OF MONTEBELLO/CITY CLERK (LEAD)
1600 W. BEVERLY BLVD
MONTEBELLO, CA - 90640

HRG - NOTICE OF HEARING
Public Hearing Notice - Levying the Proposed Assessment's for the City's Natasha Lane Landscaping Assessment District 2005-1 for FY I am a citizen of the United States and a resident of the State of California; I am over the age of eighteen years, and not a party to or interested in the above entitled matter. I am the principal clerk of the printer and publisher of the MONTEBELLO NEWS, a newspaper published in the English language in the city of MONTEBELLO, county of LOS ANGELES, and adjudged a newspaper of general circulation as defined by the laws of the State of California by the Superior Court of the County of LOS ANGELES, State of California, under date 01/13/1995, Case No. BS031004. That the notice, of which the annexed is a printed copy, has been published in each regular and entire issue of said newspaper and not in any supplement thereof on the following dates, to-wit:
06/12/2025
06/12/2025

LOS ANGELES
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Email

CITY OF MONTEBELLO

PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Council
of the City of Montebello will hold a Public
Hearing in the Council Chambers located at
Montebello City Hall, 1600 West Beverly
Boulevard, Montebello, California, on
Wednesday, June 25, 2025, at 6:00 p.m., or as
soon as possible thereafter as the matter can be
heard, to consider the following:

Levying the proposed assessments for the
City's Natasha Lane Landscaping Assessment
District 2005-1 for Fiscal Year 2025-26:

Natasha Lane is a twenty-unit housing
development, extending to the south from Whittier
Boulevard and to the east of Bluff Road. As part
of the development, new landscaping was
installed within a storm drain easement at the
southerly terminus, along the frontage of the
property facing Whittier Boulevard and at the end
of the cul-de-sac. The City is responsible for the
maintenance of landscaping in these areas. The
special assessment district was initially
established in 2005 when the development was
constructed. This special assessment is added to
the Los Angeles County Tax Roll annually. On
May 14, 2025, the City Council approved
Resolution No. 25-30 initiating proceedings for
the FY 2025-2026 levy of the annual special
assessment and residents were notified on May
15, 2025.

For those interested in making public
comments, you may address the City Council
in person during the public comment period
or public testimony period for Public Hearings
by attending the Council Chambers located at
Montebello City Hall, 1600 West Beverly
Boulevard, Montebello, California on
Wednesday, June 25, 2025, at 6:00 p.m. In
addition, the City has created an email address
[email protected] where
the public can submit written public comments no
later than Wednesday, June 25, 2025, at 3:00 p.m. These comments will not be read aloud but will be entered into the record and submitted to all members of the City Council. The email address
for City Council meetings can be located on the
City's webpage under the City Clerk tab,
https://www.cityofmontebello.com/department/ad
ministration/city-clerk-s-office.html. If you challenge the subject matter in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or
someone else raised at the public hearing
described in this notice, or in written
correspondence delivered to the City Council, at,
or prior to, the public hearing.

More information about the assessment district is
available by contacting the Public Works
Department at 323-887-1460:

Kimberly Guillen, Sr. Deputy City Clerk
Dated: May 14, 2025
Date published: June 12, 2025
6/12/25
WWA-3937381#

MONTEBELLO NEWS
Attachment C

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ITEM # 8

CITY OF MONTEBELLO

CITY COUNCIL AGENDA STAFF REPORT
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council Members
FROM: Raul Alvarez, City Manager

BY: Cesar Roldan, Director of Public Works
SUBJECT: ADOPT RESOLUTION NO. 25-52 CONFIRMING THE FY 2025-26 ENGINEER’S REPORT FOR THE ANNUAL NATASHA LANE SEWER
AND STORM WATER PUMP ASSESSMENT DISTRICT NO. 2005-2 AND

LEVYING SUCH ASSESSMENTS
DATE: June 25, 2025
RECOMMENDATIONS:

It is recommended that the City Council:

2. Authorize the Levying of the Fiscal Year 2025-26 Assessments; and

3. Take such additional, related action that may be desirable.

FISCAL IMPACT:

The operation and maintenance costs for the sewer and storm drain facilities servicing the Natasha Lane development will continue to be funded through the Fiscal Year 2025- 26 annual assessment. Over the past three fiscal years, significant repair expenses were incurred due to the failure of critical infrastructure, including the stormwater pump lift station and the sewer lift station, both of which have exceeded their expected lifespans.

These expenses, combined with insufficient prior assessments, have resulted in a deficit of $172,911 in the sewer and storm water assessment account.

Despite staff’s best efforts to propose a comprehensive three-pronged approach— spreading the deficit over a 10-year term, incorporating annual maintenance allocations, and establishing a capital reserve, the special district formation resolution restricts the

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City’s ability to increase the annual assessment beyond the Consumer Price Index (CPI), capped at 7.5%. As a result, the City is currently unable to address the full deficit through the assessment mechanism. The FY 2025-26 budget will include appropriations for the revenue received from the assessments and the associated expenditures required to maintain the sewer and storm drain system.

BACKGROUND/DISCUSSION:

The properties on Natasha Lane benefiting from the sewer and storm drain systems, including pump stations, are required to be assessed to fund the maintenance and operation in Fiscal Year 2025-26. The special assessment district was initially established in 2005 when the development was constructed. This special assessment is added to the Los Angeles County Tax Roll annually. On May 14, 2025, the City Council approved Resolution No. 25-31 initiating proceedings for the FY 2025-26 levy of annual special assessment.

Natasha Lane is a twenty-unit housing development, extending to the south from Whittier Boulevard and to the east of Bluff Road. As part of the development, sewer and storm drain systems, including pump stations for both, were installed to accommodate the operation of the sewer lines and storm water systems. The City is responsible for the operation and maintenance of these pump stations.

The recommended Resolution establishes approval and confirmation of the Engineer’s Report for Natasha Lane Sewer and Storm Drain Pump Assessment District No. 2005-2 (Attachment B) and authorizes the levying of such assessments. These actions are required for Staff to complete the direct assessment process with Los Angeles County and place the appropriate parcel assessments on the annual tax roll.

ENVIRONMENTAL:

N/A
ANALYSIS:

N/A
SUMMARY:

Staff recommends that the City Council adopt Resolution No. 25-52, confirming the Engineer’s Report for the Fiscal Year 2025-26 Annual Natasha Sewer and Storm Drain Pump Assessment District No. 2005-2, and authorize the levying of the associated assessments. The Proof of Publication for the public hearing notice is included as Attachment C.

ATTACHMENT(S)

1. Attachment A - Resolution No. 25-52

2. Attachment B - Engineer's Report

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CITY COUNCIL AGENDA REPORT - MEETING OF JUNE 25, 2025

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3. Attachment C - Proof of Publication

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RESOLUTION NO. 25-52

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ATTACHMENT A
RESOLUTION NO. 25-52

A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF

MONTEBELLO CONFIRMING DIAGRAM AND ASSESSMENT FOR

NATASHA LANE SEWER PUMP STATION AND STORM WATER PUMP
STATION ASSESSMENT DISTRICT NO. 2005-2 AND LEVYING

ASSESSMENTS ON ASSESSABLE LOTS AND PARCELS OF LAND IN
SAID DISTRICT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025-2026

RECITALS
WHEREAS, on May 14, 2025 pursuant to the Benefits Assessment Act of 1982, the City Council of the City of Montebello adopted Resolution No. 25-31, approving the Preliminary Engineer’s Report, the assessment diagram for Assessment District No. 2005- 2 and the annual assessments for Natasha Lane Sewer and Storm Water Pump Stations.

At this meeting, the City Council also declared its intention to levy assessments on the lots and parcels of property therein for Fiscal Year 2025-2026 for the maintenance and operation of sewer and storm water pump stations, and any appurtenant improvements.

In addition, the City Council directed staff to schedule a public hearing on the proposed levy and collection of assessments for 6:00 p.m. on June 25, 2025 as required by Section 53753 of the Government Code;
WHEREAS, for purposes of levying the proposed assessments on the lots and parcels of property within the District, the Engineer’s Report prepared by City Engineer, with respect to the proposed assessments and the Assessment diagram contained therein, which is on file with the City Clerk of the City Council, allocates the estimated costs of the improvements within the District and proposes the levy of assessments on the parcels within the District;
WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution No. 25-31, and in the absence of major objections against the imposition of the assessment, the City Council shall approve the Report with respect to levy such assessment on property within the District; WHEREAS, on June 25, 2025, the City Council held the hearing and afforded all interested persons an opportunity to present testimony, and considered all objections or protests to the proposed assessments;
WHEREAS, at the conclusion of said hearing, it was determined that a majority protest to the levy of the proposed assessments does not exist; and WHEREAS, the City Council may proceed, pursuant to Section 54711 of the Government Code, to adopt a resolution confirming the levy of the assessments on the assessable parcels of property in the District, and the adoption of such a resolution shall constitute the levy of assessments on all assessable lots and parcels of property within the District for Fiscal Year 2025-2026.

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RESOLUTION NO. 25-52

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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, determined, and ordered by the City Council of the City of Montebello as follows:

SECTION 1. Findings. The City Council finds:
(a) The preceding recitals are true and correct;
(b) The requirements of the Benefit Assessment Act of 1982, Chapter 6.4 (commencing with Section 54703) of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code have been satisfied;
(c) The requirements of Section 53753 of the Government Code have been satisfied;
(d) The assessments proposed to be levied on the assessable lots and parcels of land in the District for the improvements during Fiscal Year 2025-2026 contained in the Engineer’s Report, which is on file with the City Clerk of the City Council (the "Report"), are based on benefits derived by such lots and parcels from the availability of the improvements, and are not based on the ownership or value of such lots and parcels; (e) For purposes of levying the proposed assessments on the lots and parcels of property within the District, the Report and the Assessment diagram contained therein allocates the estimated costs of the installation, operation, maintenance and servicing of the improvements within the District;
(f) Such assessments are based on special benefit conferred upon each such lot or parcel from the payment of the costs of the installation, operation, maintenance and servicing of the improvements;
(g) The proportionate special benefit derived by each of such lot or parcel has been determined in relationship to the entirety of the cost of the installation, operation, maintenance and servicing of the improvements;
(h) The amount of the assessment which is to be levied on each such lot or parcel is based upon and will not exceed the reasonable cost of the proportional special benefit conferred on that lot or parcel;
(i) The City Council may proceed to adopt a resolution confirming the assessments to be levied on assessable parcels of property in the District; and SECTION 2. Improvements. The improvements authorized for the District are:
(a) Maintenance and operation of sewer and storm water pump stations.

SECTION 3. Confirmation of Report. The Engineer’s Report with the Assessment diagram and the assessment contained therein for the payment of the costs of the installation, operation, maintenance and servicing of the improvements in the District for Fiscal Year 2025-2026 are confirmed.

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RESOLUTION NO. 25-52

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SECTION 4. Levy of Assessments. Pursuant to Section 54715 of the Government Code, the adoption of this resolution constitutes the levy of the assessments on assessable lots and parcels of property in the District for the installation, operation, maintenance and servicing of the improvements during Fiscal Year 2025-2026, as contained in the Report and such assessments are levied. The City Clerk of the City Council is directed to file a certified copy of this Resolution, together with the confirmed Assessment diagram and assessment contained in the Report, with the County Auditor of the County of Los Angeles, who, pursuant to Section 54716 of the Government Code, shall enter on the County Assessment Roll opposite each lot or parcel of land the amount assessed thereupon, as shown in said assessment.

SECTION 5. Duration of Assessments; Annual Adjustment for Increased Costs. The assessments which are to be levied on lots and parcels in the District shall be levied annually as long as the assessments are necessary to finance the cost of the improvements and the maintenance and servicing thereof. The annual amount of the assessment to be levied on each parcel of assessable property in the District in each fiscal year may be increased by the percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index – All Urban Consumers for the Los Angeles; provided, however, that the amount of the assessment to be levied on any assessable parcel in any fiscal year shall not be increased by more than four percent (4%, based on March 12-month assessment) and the amount of the assessment to be levied on any parcel in any fiscal year shall not, in any event, exceed the actual total cost of the proportional special benefit conferred on that parcel.

SECTION 6. Detachment of Territory. All assessable lots or parcels included within the District that are also included in existing Landscaping, Lighting and Park District No. 1 and are subject to the levy of assessments by Landscaping, Lighting and Park District No. 1 are hereby detached from Landscaping, Lighting and Park District No. 1 to the extent that the assessments levied by Landscaping, Lighting and Park District No. 1 finance the same improvements provided by the District.

SECTION 7: That the City Clerk shall certify the passage and adoption of this Resolution and that the same shall be in full force and effect. [Signatures on the following page]

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RESOLUTION NO. 25-52

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APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 25th day of June 2025.

Scarlet Peralta, Mayor
ATTEST: APPROVED AS TO FORM:

Christopher Jimenez, City Clerk Arnold M. Alvarez-Glasman, City Attorney

STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) SS:

CITY OF MONTEBELLO )
I, Christopher Jimenez, City Clerk of the City of Montebello, County of Los Angeles, State of California, hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution No. 25-52 was passed and adopted by the City Council of the City of Montebello, signed by the Mayor and attested by the City Clerk at a regular meeting of said Council held on the 25th day of June 2025 and that said Resolution was adopted by the following vote, to-wit:

AYES:

NOES:

ABSTAIN:

ABSENT:

DATE:

Christopher Jimenez, City Clerk
EXHIBITS:
• Exhibit A – Boundary of Assessment District

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RESOLUTION NO. 25-52

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ATTACHMENT B

CITY OF MONTEBELLO
ENGINEER’S REPORT
FOR

NATASHA LANE SEWER AND STORM WATER PUMP STATION
ASSESSMENT DISTRICT NO. 2005-2
For
FY 2025-2026
Salvador Melendez, Mayor
Georgina Tamayo, Mayor Pro Tem
Scarlet Peralta, Councilmember
Danielle Romero, Councilmember
Ric Alonzo, Councilmember
Engineer’s Report
June 25, 2025
Prepared by the City of Montebello – Engineering Division Cesar Roldan
Director of Public Works

CITY OF MONTEBELLO

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2 ENGINEER’S REPORT
FOR

NATASHA LANE SEWER AND STORM WATER PUMP STATION
ASSESSMENT DISTRICT NO. 2005-2
(FISCAL YEAR 2025-2026)
SECTION I: AUTHORITY FOR REPORT
This report is prepared pursuant to the provision of the Benefits Assessment Act of 1982.

Chapter 6.4 (commencing with Section 54703) of Part 1 of Division of Title 5 of the Government Code. The report for the maintenance and operation of the sewer pump station and storm water pump station benefits only the properties on Natasha Lane and covers the period July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2026.

SECTION II: PLANS
The Plans showing the locations of the sewer and storm water pump stations are illustrated herein as Exhibit A.

All of the above-mentioned items are on file in the Office of the City Clerk.

SECTION III: SPECIFICATIONS FOR MAINTENANCE
The sewer and storm water pump stations shall be maintained in such a manner as to always keep the systems in good working condition. The installation or construction of any facilities, parts, or systems associated to any improvements which are necessary or convenient for maintenance shall be initiated as required in a timely manner.

SECTION IV: PROJECT REVENUE & EXPENDITURES
2024-25 ACTUAL 25-26 PROJECTED
BEGINNING FUND BALANCE ($110,766.32) ($172,911.36)
Current Outstanding Deficit
REVENUE $17,640.99 $19,593.90
Maintenance and Operation Expenses (Estimated) $12,840.99 $14,793.90 Administrative Costs (Staff, Consultant and La County Fees) $4,800 $4,800 EXPENDITURES (ESTIMATED) $79,866.03 $26,800
Maintenance and Operation Expenses
Contractual Services
$75,066.03 $22,000
Administrative Costs (Staff, Consultant and La County Fees) $4,800 $4,800

BALANCE (END OF FISCAL YEAR)
Revenue Available ($93,125.33) ($153,317.46)
Anticipated Expenditures ($79,866.03) ($26,800)

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3 ASSESSMENT DISTRICT RESERVE FUND BALANCE ($172,911.36) ($180,117.46) SECTION V: DIAGRAM
A Diagram showing the Assessor’s parcel number and the dimensions of each lot or parcel of land within the District is on file in the Office of the City Clerk.

SECTION VI: ASSESSMENT
The improvements are to be funded by the levying of assessments on the benefiting properties. The “Municipal Improvement Act of 1913” and Article XIIID of the State Constitution require that assessments must be based on the estimated special benefit for the properties from the improvements. In addition, Article XIIID, Section 4, of the State Constitution requires that a parcel’s assessment may not exceed the reasonable cost of the proportional special benefit conferred in the parcel. It also requires that publicly owned property (which benefits from the improvements) are to be assessed. Neither the Act nor the State Constitution specifies the method or formula that should be used to apportion the costs to properties in any special assessment district proceedings. The responsibility for recommending the assessments per panel is an Apportionment Engineer, who is appointed for the purpose of making an analysis of the facts and determining the correct apportionment of the assessment obligation. The City Engineer is hereby appointed as the Assessment Engineer.

All properties are assessed based on the Engineer’s Estimate. The Engineer’s Estimate includes a 3% Consumer Price Index adjustment which was approved when the District was initially formed. This estimate includes associated costs for each property based on property frontage along the street (Natasha Lane). In order to apportion the assessment to each parcel in direct proportion with the special and direct benefit which it will receive from the improvements, an analysis has been completed and the respective street frontage of each benefiting parcel is used as the basis for apportioning costs to each property within the Assessment District as follows:

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4 NATASHA LANE SEWER AND STORM WATER PUMP STATION
ASSESSMENT DISTRICT NO. 2005-2

ASSESSMENT ROLL

ASSESSMENT
NO.

BOOK PAGE PARCEL
NO.

FRONT

FOOTAGE
TOTAL
COST
1 6348 6 17 45.19 LF $1,068.09
2 6348 6 18 41 LF $969.06
3 6348 6 19 41 LF $969.06
4 6348 6 20 41 LF $969.06
5 6348 6 21 41 LF $969.06
6 6348 6 22 41 LF $969.06
7 6348 6 23 41 LF $969.06
8 6348 6 24 41.70 LF $985.60
9 6348 6 25 52 LF $1,229.05
10 6348 6 26 45.27 LF $1,069.98
11 6348 6 29 40.60 LF $959.60
12 6348 6 30 40 LF $945.42
13 6348 6 31 40 LF $945.42
14 6348 6 32 40 LF $945.42
15 6348 6 33 40 LF $945.42
16 6348 6 34 40 LF $945.42
17 6348 6 35 40 LF $945.42
18 6348 6 36 40 LF $945.42
19 6348 6 37 40 LF $945.42
20 6348 6 38 38.24 LF $903.82
TOTAL: 829.00 LF

$19,593.90

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5 NATASHA LANE SEWER AND STORM WATER PUMP STATION
ASSESSMENT DISTRICT NO. 2005-2

ADDRESS OF PROPERTY OWNERS
Assessor’s
Parcel No.

NATASHA LANE SEWER AND STORM WATER PUMP STATION
ASSESSMENT DISTRICT NO. 2005-2

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6 ADDRESS OF PROPERTY OWNERS
Assessor’s Parcel
No.

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7 NATASHA LANE SEWER AND STORM WATER PUMP STATION
ASSESSMENT DISTRICT NO. 2005-2
EXHIBIT “A”

BOUNDARY MAP

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HRG - NOTICE OF HEARING
Public Hearing Notice - Levying the Proposed Assessments for the City's Natasha Lane Sewer and Storm Water Pump Station
I am a citizen of the United States and a resident of the State of California; I am over the age of eighteen years, and not a party to or interested in the above entitled matter. I am the principal clerk of the printer and publisher of the MONTEBELLO NEWS, a newspaper published in the English language in the city of MONTEBELLO, county of LOS ANGELES, and adjudged a newspaper of general circulation as defined by the laws of the State of California by the Superior Court of the County of LOS ANGELES, State of California, under date 01/13/1995, Case No. BS031004. That the notice, of which the annexed is a printed copy, has been published in each regular and entire issue of said newspaper and not in any supplement thereof on the following dates, to-wit:
06/12/2025
06/12/2025

LOS ANGELES
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CITY OF MONTEBELLO

Levying the proposed assessments for the
City's Natasha Lane Sewer and Storm Water
Pump Station Assessment District 2005-2 for
Fiscal Year 2025-26:

Natasha Lane is a twenty-unit single family
housing development, located south of Whittier
Boulevard and east of Bluff Road. As part of the
development, sewer and storm systems,
including pump stations for both systems, were
installed to accommodate the operation of the
sewer lines and storm water systems. The City is
responsible for the operation and maintenance of
these pump stations. The special assessment
district was initially established in 2005 when the
development was constructed. This special
assessment is added to the L.A. County Tax Roll
annually. On June May 14, 2025, the City Council
approved Resolution No. 25-31 initiating
proceedings for the FY 2025-2026 levy of the
annual special assessment and residents were
notified on May 15, 2025.

More information about the assessment district is
available by contacting the Public Works
Department at 323-887-1460:

Kimberly Guillen, Sr. Deputy City Clerk
Dated: May 14, 2025
Date published: June 12, 2025
6/12/25
WWA-3937377#

MONTEBELLO NEWS
Attachment C

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ITEM # 9

CITY OF MONTEBELLO

CITY COUNCIL AGENDA STAFF REPORT
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council Members
FROM: Raul Alvarez, City Manager

BY: Cesar Roldan, Director of Public Works
SUBJECT: PUBLIC HEARING ADOPTING RESOLUTION NO. 25-53 VACATING A

PORTION OF BLUFF ROAD NORTH OF MAYNARD ROAD AND

RESERVING AN EXCLUSIVE EASEMENT OVER THE VACATED

PORTION FOR THE BENEFIT OF A WATER UTILITY PURSUANT TO
STREETS AND HIGHWAY CODE SECTIONS 8320-8325 AND

GRANTING EASEMENTS FOR THE PURPOSES OF CELL, POWER,

AND GAS UTILITIES
DATE: June 25, 2025
RECOMMENDATIONS:

It is recommended that the City Council:

2. Authorize permanent easements for the following utility companies: AT&T California, Southern California Edison, and Southern California Gas Company; and

3. Take such additional, related action that may be desirable.

FISCAL IMPACT:

There is no fiscal impact, as the conveyance of the portion of Bluff Road, north of Maynard Avenue was part of the purchase price paid by San Gabriel Valley Water Company (SGVWC) to the City related to the sale of the City’s water system and related assets in February 2023.

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BACKGROUND/DISCUSSION:

On or about September 20, 2020, the City of Montebello as the “seller” and San Gabriel Valley Water Company (SGVWC) as the “purchaser” entered into that certain Purchase and Sale Agreement (PSA) for the sale of the City’s potable water supply, treatment, storage, transmission, distribution system, and related real property (the “Water System”) for the purchase price of $15.8 million. The PSA also included real property related to the south system well site and included a portion of Bluff Road —north of the intersection with Maynard Road and generally described as a right-of-way measuring approximately 8,087 square feet. (Attachment A, Exhibit “B”). The proposed portion of Bluff Road to be vacated is currently used by SGVWC as an egress and ingress to a water facility located at the end of the road; and the facility is built within the public right of way (ROW).

From the outset of the Water System sale, it was the City’s intent to legally convey that portion of Bluff Road with the following location and legal description (in Bold, below):

A portion of Bluff Road as shown on Parcel Map No. 2362, according to the map recorded in Book 13, Pages 69 and 70 of Parcel Maps, in the City of Montebello, County of Los Angeles, State of California, on file in the office of the Recorder of said County, more particularly described as follows:

BEGINNING at the Northwest Corner of lot 22 per C.F. 988 Pages 1 through 4, inclusive, filed with superior court case no. B-81961 as exhibit “A”, recorded in the office of said County Recorder of Los Angeles County; thence coincident with the southerly right-ofway line of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway as shown on said Parcel Map South 67°45'55" East, 42.12 feet; thence departing said Southerly right-of-way line coincident with the easterly right-of-way line of Bluff Road as shown on said Parcel Map South 40°29'50" West, 138.37 feet; thence South 23°31’00” West, 64.59 feet; thence departing said easterly line North 66°29'00" West, 6.01 feet, to the beginning to a nontangent curve, concave southwesterly, having a radius of 29.45 feet, a radial line through said beginning bears North 83°08’04” East; thence along said non-tangent curve through a central angle of 91°33’29” and an arc length of 47.06 feet to the beginning of a reverse curve having a radius of 42.17 feet, concave northeasterly, a radial line through which bears South 8°25’25” East; thence along said reverse curve through a central angle of 22°43’24” and an arc length of 16.72 feet; thence North 71°05’35” West, 5.58 feet; thence North 90°00’00” West, 1.98 feet to the westerly right-of-way line of Bluff Road as shown on said Parcel Map; thence coincident with said westerly right-of-way line of Bluff Road the following 3 courses:

1. North 67°52’23” East, 42.90’

2. North 23°31’00” East, 35.45’

3. North 40°29’50” East 131.15’ to the POINT OF BEGINNING.

CONTAINING: 8,087 square feet more or less.

Now, in accordance with the terms and conditions of the PSA and with the authority granted to the City under Sections 8320–8325 of the California Streets and Highways Code, the City desires to convey a portion of Bluff Road described above, and pursuant to Section 8340 of the Streets and Highways Code reserve onto SGVWC the vacated portion.

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Pursuant to the California Subdivision Map Act, the vacation of a public right-of-way results in the underlying property reverting to the adjacent property owner(s). In this case, upon recordation of the vacation, the City would relinquish all rights to use the property as a roadway. To ensure that San Gabriel Valley Water Company retains full and exclusive rights, benefits, and access as the legal owner of the water system and its related infrastructure—including the vacated portion of Bluff Road—it is necessary for the City to concurrently reserve an exclusive easement over the vacated area in favor of the public utility. Accordingly, the City Council approved Resolution No. 25-33 (Attachment B) on May 28, 2025, authorizing the vacation of a portion of Bluff Road and the reservation of an exclusive easement over the vacated segment for the benefit of San Gabriel Valley Water Company.

Staff notified the following utility companies of this change: AT&T California, Southern California Edison (SCE), and Southern California Gas (SoCalGas). In response, each utility company requested a permanent easement, as illustrated in Attachment C. If the City Council adopts the Resolution, it will be filed for recording with the Los Angeles County Recorder as evidence of action and AT&T California, SCE, and SoCalGas rights to the area.

Pursuant to Sections 8320-8325 of the California Code of Streets and Highways, the following noticing was performed:
• Beginning on May 29, 2025 and June 5, 2025, the Public Hearing Notice was published in the Daily Journal (Whittier Daily News) for two successive weeks (Notice needs to be published at least 15 days prior to meeting and posted per Streets and Highways Code 8323) (Attachments E); and
• Beginning on May 29, 2025, three (3) Public Hearing Notices were posted conspicuously along the line of the street proposed to be vacated and easement proposed to be reserved, not more than 300 feet apart (Streets and Highways Code section 8323) (Attachment F).

ENVIRONMENTAL:

N/A
ANALYSIS:

N/A
SUMMARY:

Staff recommend the City Council to adopt Resolution No. 25-53 to reserve permanent easements over the vacated portion of Bluff Road for the benefit of the Cell, Power, and Gas utilities pursuant to SHC §§ 8320 – 8325.

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ATTACHMENT(S)

1. Attachment A - Resolution No. 25-53

2. Attachment B - Resolution No. 25-33 - Water Utility Pursuant to Streets and Highway Code

3. Attachment C - Utility Companies Responses

4. Attachment D - Exhibit B _ Bluff Rd. Legal Description and Map

5. Attachment E - Public Hearing Proof Of Publication

6. Attachment F - Public Hearing Notice - Bluff Road Vacation - May 29, 2025

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ATTACHMENT A
RESOLUTION NO. 25-53

A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF

MONTEBELLO, CALIFORNIA, VACATING A PORTION OF BLUFF

ROAD, NORTH OF MAYNARD ROAD AND RESERVING AN

EXCLUSIVE EASEMENT OVER THE VACATED PORTION FOR THE

BENEFIT OF A WATER UTILITY PURSUANT TO STREETS AND
HIGHWAYS CODE SECTIONS 8320 - 8325 AND GRANTING

EASEMENTS FOR THE PURPOSES OF CELL, POWER, AND GAS

UTILITIES

RECITALS
WHEREAS, on or about September 29, 2020, the City of Montebello (the “City”) as the “Seller” entered into that certain Agreement for Purchase and Sale of Water Assets (the “Agreement”) with San Gabriel Valley Water Company, a California Public Utility Water Company, as the “Purchaser” for the conveyance of the City’s potable water supply, treatment, storage, transmission, distribution system, and related real property assets (the “Water System”); and
WHEREAS, the related real property assets of the Water System include a portion of Bluff Road, north of Maynard Road, described in detail in Exhibit “B” (Legal Description) attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference; and WHEREAS, in order to transfer all applicable rights and benefits to San Gabriel Valley Water Company as the new owner of that portion of Bluff Road described in Exhibit “B,” the City intends to vacate and reserve such portion to the benefit of a water utility pursuant to Sections 8320 through 8325 of the Streets and Highways Code (“SHC”); and
WHEREAS, AT&T California, Southern California Edison, and Southern California Gas Company Pursuant to Section 8340(c) of the California Streets and Highways Codes, request that a permanent easement be reserved and excepted from this vacation:
“Reserving a non-exclusive easement to excavate for, lay, construct, reconstruct, relocate, reconfigure, use, inspect, maintain, operate, repair, replace, patrol, change the size of, add to, or remove from time to time, as Grantee deems necessary, one or more pipelines and conduits, together with devices for metering, measuring, regulating, cathodic protection, communications and other appurtenances in, upon, over, and across the street or highway proposed to be vacated; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Montebello hereby finds, from all the evidence submitted and in accordance with the procedures contained in SHC §§ 8320- 8325, that the portion of the street described in Exhibit “B” is unnecessary for the present or prospective public use, and that a reservation of the vacated street portion is necessary for the benefit of the San Gabriel Valley Water Company with all of the rights and benefits afforded to it as a public water utility under the authority granted to it by state of California.

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RESOLUTION NO. 25-53

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NOW THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MONTEBELLO HEREBY RESOLVES, FINDS, AND DECLARES AS FOLLOWS:

SECTION 1: The foregoing recitals are true and correct.

SECTION 2: The portion of Bluff Road described in Exhibit “B” is unnecessary for present or prospective public street purposes, as such road serves only as an ingress and egress to the water facility located at the end of such road, and the conveyance of such portion is consistent and in conformance with the City’s Municipal Code and General Plan.

SECTION 3: Reserves an exclusive easement for public utility facilities for the use of San Gabriel Valley Water Company over the entire area described herein as Exhibit “B.”
SECTION 4: The City Clerk shall certify the passage and adoption of this Resolution and that the same shall be in full force and effect.

APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 25th day of June 2025.
_______________________________
Salvador Melendez, Mayor
ATTEST: APPROVED AS TO FORM:

________________________________ ________________________________ Christopher Jimenez, City Clerk Arnold M. Alvarez-Glasman, City Attorney

STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) SS:

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RESOLUTION NO. 25-53

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by the City Clerk at a regular meeting of said Council held on the 25th day of June 2025 and that said Resolution was adopted by the following vote, to-wit:

AYES:

NOES:

ABSTAIN:

ABSENT:

DATE:

Christopher Jimenez, City Clerk

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Attachment B

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CALIFORNIA
5/26/25
City of Montebello
Attn: Samantha Leyva
Management Analyst
Department of Public Works
1600 W Beverly Blvd.

Montebello, CA 90640
Regarding: Proposed Vacation of Bluff Road City of Montebello. Our Service Order Number: 802232288 Task: 133
Dear Samantha Leyva,
This is in response to your letter of May 20, 2025, regarding the proposed vacation Bluff Road at Maynard Road.

According to our Engineer, Amanda Davey, (310) 748-7991 Email: [email protected], Pacific Bell Telephone Company, dba AT&T California, currently maintains communication facilities within the subject area, and asks that an easement be obtained over the entire area. Therefore, we do object to this proceeding until a reservation for our facilities can be included within the Resolution. If an easement is not suitable then a facility relocation project will be required.

Our suggestion for the appropriate easement language is:
“An easement for Pacific Bell Telephone Company, dba AT&T California, to construct, maintain, operate, replace, remove, and renew such aerial and underground communication facilities (including ingress thereto and egress therefrom) consisting of poles, anchors, guys, cables, wires, crossarms, conduit, manholes, handholes, markers, pedestals, terminal equipment cabinets, electrical conductors and necessary fixtures and appurtenances.”
We will require a copy of the recorded Resolution once the vacation is completed in order to maintain our records.

Thank you for notifying us.

Sincerely,

DARIN BASS
Manager – Right of Way
AT&T California (626) 817-4249 Email: [email protected]
AT&T California
600 E. Green Street
Room 300
Pasadena, CA 91101
Attachment C

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TITLE AND REAL ESTATE SERVICES - REAL PROPERTIES AND

PERMITTING DEPARTMENT
5/28/2025
City of Montebello
Attn: Samantha Leyva
Management Analyst
Department of Public Works
1600 W Beverly Blvd.

Montebello, CA 90640
SUBJECT: Proposed Vacation of Bluff Road City of Montebello Our Service Order Number: 802232288
Task: 133
In response to your email dated May 20, 2025, Southern California Edison Company (SCE), a public utility, regulated by the California Utilities Commission, has facilities in-place and operating within the area referenced in your letter and map.

These facilities are dedicated to public use and are used and useful for the Transmission/Distribution of electric energy and for the transmitting intelligence by electric means to the public.

Therefore, pursuant to the California Street and Highway Code #8346, SCE hereby requests the reservation of easements and rights that are necessary to use, maintain, operate, repair, replace, remove, or renew said facilities in the area to be described on the attached Facility Inventory Map 104-4251-1 with our facilities highlighted in yellow. Please reserve our rights.

After the Resolution of Vacation has been recorded by the County Recorder’s office, please mail a copy for our file to my attention at the address below referencing our Service Order Number 802232288.

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If you have any questions, please call me at: (909) 274-1826.

Sincerely,
Timothy Lowry – [email protected]
Senior Technical Specialist
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CITY OF MONTEBELLO CITY COUNCIL

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

NOTICE TO CONSIDER VACATION OF A PORTION OF A RIGHT-OF-WAY PURSUANT TO CALIFORNIA STREETS AND HIGHWAY CODE §§ 8320-8325 AND

RESERVATION OF AN EXCLUSIVE EASEMENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF A WATER UTILITY AT

INTERSECTION OF BLUFF ROAD AND MAYNARD ROAD
CEQA Guidelines § 15060
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City of Montebello City Council (the “City Council”) will conduct a public hearing for the purpose of vacating a portion of Bluff Road (Exhibit “B”) and reserving an exclusive easement over such vacated portion for the benefit of San Gabriel Valley Water Company, a water utility, pursuant to Streets and Highways Code Sections 8320-8325.

PUBLIC HEARING INFORMATION:

Date: Wednesday, June 25, 2025
Time: 6:00 p.m., or as soon as possible thereafter as the matter can be heard Place: City Hall Council Chambers, 1600 W. Beverly Blvd., Montebello, CA 90640 PROJECT DESCRIPTION: The project site is an approximately 8,087 square-foot right-of-way parcel located at the intersection of Bluff Road and Maynard Road currently used solely for ingress and egress to a water utility facility located at the end of Bluff Road. On or about September 29, 2020, the City entered into an agreement to sell its water system to San Gabriel Valley Water Company (SGVWC), including its water facilities located at the end of the portion of Bluff Road under consideration in the present matter. On the scheduled public hearing set forth above, the City Council shall consider, from the evidence submitted, whether such right-of-way is in excess and unnecessary for present or prospective public use as required by Sections 8320-8325 of the California Streets and Highways Code, reserving in favor of SGVWC an exclusive easement for public utility purposes. The proposed portion of Bluff Road to be vacated is currently only used by San Gabriel Valley Water Company as an egress and ingress to a water facility located at the end of the road in question.

The legal description of the street to be vacated:

BEGINNING at the Northwest Corner of lot 22 per C.F. 988 Pages 1 through 4, inclusive, filed with superior court case no. B-81961 as exhibit “A”, recorded in the office of said County Recorder of Los Angeles County; thence coincident with the southerly right-of-way line of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway as shown on said Parcel Map South 67°45'55" East, 42.12 feet; thence departing said Southerly right-of-way line coincident with the easterly right-of-way line of Bluff Road as shown on said Parcel Map South 40°29'50" West, 138.37 feet; thence South 23°31’00” West, 64.59 feet; thence departing said easterly line North 66°29'00" West, 6.01 feet, to the beginning to a non-tangent curve, concave southwesterly, having a radius of 29.45 feet, a radial line through said beginning bears North 83°08’04” East; thence along said non-tangent curve through a central Page 58 of 1738 angle of 91°33’29” and an arc length of 47.06 feet to the beginning of a reverse curve having a radius of 42.17 feet, concave northeasterly, a radial line through which bears South 8°25’25” East; thence along said reverse curve through a central angle of 22°43’24” and an arc length of 16.72 feet; thence North 71°05’35” West, 5.58 feet; thence North 90°00’00” West, 1.98 feet to the westerly right-of-way line of Bluff Road as shown on said Parcel Map; thence coincident with said westerly right-of-way line of Bluff Road the following 3 courses:

1. North 67°52’23” East, 42.90’

2. North 23°31’00” East, 35.45’

3. North 40°29’50” East 131.15’ to the POINT OF BEGINNING.

CONTAINING: 8087 square feet more or less.

Commonly known as the intersection of Bluff Road and Maynard Road. (See Exhibit “B” Legal Description and Map.)
APPLICANT: City of Montebello
ENVIRONMENTAL: Pursuant to the California Environmental Act (CEQA), the project is statutorily exempt from CEQA under section 15060 as the proposed vacation of the portion of Bluff Road described herein will not result in a direct or reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment and is not, therefore, subject to CEQA pursuant to Section 15060 of the State CEQA Guidelines.

In addition, the City has created an email address ([email protected]) where the public can submit written public comments no later than Wednesday, June 25, 2025, at 3:00 p.m. These comments may not be read aloud but will be entered into the record and submitted to all members of the City Council. The email address for City Council meetings can be located on the City’s webpage under the City Clerk tab,
https://www.montebelloca.gov/departments/administration/city_clerks_office/city_council_successor_a gency_meetings . If you challenge the subject matter in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the Public Hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the City Council, at, or prior to, the Public Hearing. The proposed material is available by contacting the City Clerk’s Office at 323-887-1216.

ENCLOSURE:

Exhibit “B”
_______________________________
Kimberly Guillen, Deputy City Clerk
Date Published: May 29, 2025

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Z:\24.199SGV004.33 - Bluff Road Montebello\Records and Reports\Legal Descriptions\Exibit B.docx Page 1 of 3 EXHIBIT “B”

LEGAL DESCRIPTION
A portion of Bluff Road as shown on Parcel Map No. 2362, according to the map recorded in Book 13, Pages 69 and 70 of Parcel Maps, in the City of Montebello, County of Los Angeles, State of California, on file in the office of the Recorder of said County, more particularly described as follows:

47.06 feet to the beginning of a reverse curve having a radius of 42.17 feet, concave northeasterly, a radial line through which bears South 8°25’25” East; thence along said reverse curve through a central angle of 22°43’24” and an arc length of 16.72 feet; thence North 71°05’35” West, 5.58 feet; thence North 90°00’00” West, 1.98 feet to the westerly right-of-way line of Bluff Road as shown on said Parcel Map; thence coincident with said westerly right-ofway line of Bluff Road the following 3 courses:

1. North 67°52’23” East, 42.90’

2. North 23°31’00” East, 35.45’

3. North 40°29’50” East 131.15’ to the POINT OF BEGINNING.

CONTAINING: 8087 square feet more or less.

Exhibit “B-1” attached hereto and made a part hereof

END OF DESCRIPTION

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Z:\24.199SGV004.33 - Bluff Road Montebello\Records and Reports\Legal Descriptions\Exibit B.docx Page 2 of 3 This legal description and exhibit has been prepared by me, or under my direction, in conformance with the Professional Land Surveyor’s Act.

Shannon K. Conaway Date
Licensed Land Surveyor
California No. 7537

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Line Table
Line #
L1
L2
L3
L4
L5
Length

42.12'

6.01'

5.58'

1.98'

42.90'
Direction
S67°45'55"E
N66°29'00"W
N71°05'35"W
N90°00'00"W
N67°52'23"E
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PH: (714) 486-0258 CONAWAYGEO.COM DATE: SAN GABRIEL VALLEY WATER COMPANY

BLUFF ROAD

MONTEBELLO, CA
EXHIBIT "B-1"

TO ACCOMPANY LEGAL DESCRIPTION
3 POINT OF BEGINNING

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Southern California
Gas Company
701 N Bullis Rd
Compton, CA
90221
Mailing Address:
701 N Bullis Rd
Compton, CA
90221
M.L 9521
May 21st, 2025
Attn: Kimberly Guillen
Deputy City Clerk
City of Montebello
Subject: Proposed Street Vacation – A Portion of Bluff Road as shown on Parcel Map No. 2362
We have received notice of the resolution of intention to vacate the above-named street(s) pursuant to California Streets and Highways Code Section 8320.

Southern California Gas Company maintains gas piping facilities within the area of this proposed street vacation, which facilities provide essential service to our customers. A location print is enclosed for your reference.

Pursuant to Section 8340(c) of the California Streets and Highways Codes we request that a permanent easement be reserved and excepted from this vacation: “Reserving for Southern California Gas Company, a non-exclusive easement to excavate for, lay, construct, reconstruct, relocate, reconfigure, use, inspect, maintain, operate, repair, replace, patrol, change the size of, add to, or remove from time to time, as Grantee deems necessary, one or more pipelines and conduits, together with devices for metering, measuring, regulating, cathodic protection, communications and other appurtenances in, upon, over, and across the street or highway proposed to be vacated.” When the resolution and/or ordinance have been recorded, please send a copy to us so that we may update our records and mapping.

Thank you for bringing this matter to our attention. Should you have any questions or require additional information, please contact our Right of Way Desk at [email protected]
Sincerely,
Michael Guzman
Planning Department

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Z:\24.199SGV004.33 - Bluff Road Montebello\Records and Reports\Legal Descriptions\Exibit B.docx Page 1 of 3 EXHIBIT “B”

1. North 67°52’23” East, 42.90’

2. North 23°31’00” East, 35.45’

3. North 40°29’50” East 131.15’ to the POINT OF BEGINNING.

CONTAINING: 8087 square feet more or less.

Exhibit “B-1” attached hereto and made a part hereof

END OF DESCRIPTION
Attachment D

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Shannon K. Conaway Date
Licensed Land Surveyor
California No. 7537

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Line Table
Line #
L1
L2
L3
L4
L5
Length

42.12'

6.01'

5.58'

1.98'

42.90'
Direction
S67°45'55"E
N66°29'00"W
N71°05'35"W
N90°00'00"W
N67°52'23"E
0 3015 60
SCALE: 1" = 30' PAGE: 3 11/13/24OF
PH: (714) 486-0258 CONAWAYGEO.COM DATE: SAN GABRIEL VALLEY WATER COMPANY

BLUFF ROAD

MONTEBELLO, CA
EXHIBIT "B-1"

TO ACCOMPANY LEGAL DESCRIPTION
3 POINT OF BEGINNING

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CITY OF MONTEBELLO

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

NOTICE TO CONSIDER

VACATION OF A PORTION OF A

RIGHT-OF-WAY

PURSUANT TO CALIFORNIA

STREETS AND HIGHWAY CODE
§§ 8320-8325 AND RESERVATION

OF AN EXCLUSIVE EASEMENT

FOR THE BENEFIT OF A

WATER UTILITY AT

INTERSECTION OF BLUFF

ROAD AND MAYNARD ROAD
CEQA Guidelines § 15060
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that
the City of Montebello City Council
(the ‘‘City Council’’) will conduct a
public hearing for the purpose of
vacating a portion of Bluff Road
(Exhibit ‘‘B’’) and reserving an
exclusive easement over such
vacated portion for the benefit of
San Gabriel Valley Water Company,
a water utility, pursuant to Streets
and Highways Code Sections 8320-
8325.

PUBLIC HEARING
INFORMATION:

On the scheduled public hearing set
forth above, the City Council shall
consider, from the evidence
submitted, whether such right-ofway is in excess and unnecessary for present or prospective public use as
required by Sections 8320-8325 of the
California Streets and Highways
Code, reserving in favor of SGVWC
an exclusive easement for public
utility purposes. The proposed
portion of Bluff Road to be vacated
is currently only used by San
Gabriel Valley Water Company as
an egress and ingress to a water
facility located at the end of the road
in question.

The legal description of the street to
be vacated:

A portion of Bluff Road as shown
on Parcel Map No. 2362, according
to the map recorded in Book 13,
Attachment E

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Pages 69 and 70 of Parcel Maps, in the City of Montebello, County of Los Angeles, State of California, on file in the office of the Recorder of said County, more particularly
described as follows:

BEGINNING at the Northwest
Corner of lot 22 per C.F. 988 Pages
1 through 4, inclusive, filed with
superior court case no. B-81961 as
exhibit ‘‘A’’, recorded in the office
of said County Recorder of Los
Angeles County; thence coincident
with the southerly right-of-way
line of the Atchison, Topeka and
Santa Fe Railway as shown on said
Parcel Map South 67°45'55" East,

42.12 feet; thence departing said
Southerly right-of-way line
coincident with the easterly rightof-way line of Bluff Road as shown on said Parcel Map South 40°29'50"
West, 138.37 feet; thence South
23°31'00’’ West, 64.59 feet; thence
departing said easterly line North
66°29'00" West, 6.01 feet, to the
beginning to a non-tangent curve,
concave southwesterly, having a
radius of 29.45 feet, a radial line
through said beginning bears
North 83°08'04’’ East; thence along
said non-tangent curve through a
central angle of 91°33'29’’ and an
arc length of 47.06 feet to the
beginning of a reverse curve
having a radius of 42.17 feet,
concave northeasterly, a radial
line through which bears South
8°25'25’’ East; thence along said reverse curve through a central angle of 22°43'24’’ and an arc length
of 16.72 feet; thence North 71°05'35’’
West, 5.58 feet; thence North
90°00'00’’ West, 1.98 feet to the
westerly right-of-way line of Bluff
Road as shown on said Parcel
Map; thence coincident with said
westerly right-of-way line of Bluff
Road the following 3 courses: 1. North 67°52'23’’ East, 42.90'

2. North 23°31'00’’ East, 35.45' 3. North 40°29'50’’ East 131.15' to the POINT OF BEGINNING.

CONTAINING: 8087 square feet
more or less.

Commonly known as the intersection
of Bluff Road and Maynard Road. (See Exhibit ‘‘B’’ Legal Description and Map.)
APPLICANT: City of Montebello
ENVIRONMENTAL: Pursuant to the California Environmental Act (CEQA), the project is statutorily
exempt from CEQA under section
15060 as the proposed vacation of the
portion of Bluff Road described
herein will not result in a direct or
reasonably foreseeable indirect
physical change in the environment
and is not, therefore, subject to
CEQA pursuant to Section 15060 of
the State CEQA Guidelines.

For those interested in making
public comments, you may address
the City Council in person during the public comment period or public testimony period for public hearings
by attending the Montebello Council
Chambers at 1600 W. Beverly Blvd.,
Montebello, California on
Wednesday, June 25, 2025 at 6:00
p.m. In addition, the City has created an email address ([email protected]
ov) where the public can submit
written public comments no later
than Wednesday, June 25, 2025, at
3:00 p.m. These comments may not
be read aloud but will be entered
into the record and submitted to all
members of the City Council. The
email address for City Council
meetings can be located on the City's
webpage under the City Clerk tab,
https://www.montebelloca.gov/depa
rtments/administration/city_clerks_
office/city_council_successor_agenc
y_meetings . If you challenge the
subject matter in court, you may be
limited to raising only those issues
you or someone else raised at the
Public Hearing described in this
notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the City Council, at, or prior to, the Public Hearing. The
proposed material is available by contacting the City Clerk's Office at 323-887-1216.

ENCLOSURE:

Exhibit ‘‘B’’
Date Posted: May 15, 2025
Date Published: May 29, 2025
Kimberly Guillen, Deputy City
Clerk
5/29, 6/5/25
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CITY OF MONTEBELLO CITY COUNCIL

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

NOTICE TO CONSIDER VACATION OF A PORTION OF A RIGHT-OF-WAY PURSUANT TO CALIFORNIA STREETS AND HIGHWAY CODE §§ 8320-8325 AND

RESERVATION OF AN EXCLUSIVE EASEMENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF A WATER UTILITY AT

PUBLIC HEARING INFORMATION:

The legal description of the street to be vacated:

BEGINNING at the Northwest Corner of lot 22 per C.F. 988 Pages 1 through 4, inclusive, filed with superior court case no. B-81961 as exhibit “A”, recorded in the office of said County Recorder of Los Angeles County; thence coincident with the southerly right-of-way line of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway as shown on said Parcel Map South 67°45'55" East, 42.12 feet; thence departing said Southerly right-of-way line coincident with the easterly right-of-way line of Bluff Road as shown on said Parcel Map South 40°29'50" West, 138.37 feet; thence South 23°31’00” West, 64.59 feet; thence departing said easterly line North 66°29'00" West, 6.01 feet, to the beginning to a non-tangent curve, concave southwesterly, having a radius of 29.45 feet, a radial line through said beginning bears North 83°08’04” East; thence along said non-tangent curve through a central angle of 91°33’29” and an arc length of 47.06 feet to the beginning of a reverse curve having a radius of 42.17 feet, concave northeasterly, a radial line through Attachment F

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which bears South 8°25’25” East; thence along said reverse curve through a central angle of 22°43’24” and an arc length of 16.72 feet; thence North 71°05’35” West, 5.58 feet; thence North 90°00’00” West, 1.98 feet to the westerly right-of-way line of Bluff Road as shown on said Parcel Map; thence coincident with said westerly right-of-way line of Bluff Road the following 3 courses:

1. North 67°52’23” East, 42.90’

2. North 23°31’00” East, 35.45’

3. North 40°29’50” East 131.15’ to the POINT OF BEGINNING.

CONTAINING: 8087 square feet more or less.

ENCLOSURE:

Exhibit “B”
Date Posted: May 15, 2025
Date Published: May 29, 2025
____________________________
Kimberly Guillen, Deputy City Clerk

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ITEM # 10

CITY OF MONTEBELLO

CITY COUNCIL AGENDA STAFF REPORT
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council Members
FROM: Raul Alvarez, City Manager

BY: Michael Solorza, Director of Finance
SUBJECT: ADOPTION OF FISCAL YEAR 2025-26 OPERATING AND CAPITAL BUDGET
DATE: June 25, 2025
RECOMMENDATIONS:

It is recommended that the City Council:

1. Approve Resolution No. 25-54 (Attachment A) adopting the Fiscal Year 2025-26 operating and capital budgets for all funds; and,

2. Approve Resolution No. 25-55 (Attachment B) adopting the compensation plan, table of organization, salary matrix and job classifications for Fiscal Year 2025-26 and,

3. Approve Resolution No. 25-56 (Attachment C) establishing a Fiscal Year 2025-26 appropriations limit per Government Code Section 7190 (Gann Limit); and,

4. Approve necessary amendments to the Fiscal Year 2024-25 budget as outlined in Attachment F; and,

5. Take such additional, related action that may be desirable.

FISCAL IMPACT:

The City of Montebello celebrates its second century of incorporation with the presentation of the proposed Fiscal Year 2025-26 Operating and Capital budget. The City is faced with a unique combination of opportunities and challenges, with many new projects underway – and some major ones recently completed – that will propel economic development in the community. The past fiscal year witnessed the continuation of progress towards financial sustainability.

The proposed all-funds budget includes $226,163,050 in expenditures and $211,159,000 in revenue. (Note: Attachment A includes Exhibits A1 through A5 that provide additional

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details about expenditures and revenue, as well as positions, capital projects, etc.) The majority of the difference between expenditures and revenue is from utilizing available fund balance in the various Special Revenue Funds for capital projects such as reconstructing and paving City streets. The table below presents an overview of the Fiscal Year 2025-26 budget, by major fund category/type:

The General Fund budget, which provides funding for everyday services residents depend on – Police, Fire, community services, code enforcement, street and park maintenance – is projected to have a $894,700 surplus. General Fund expenditures of $83,552,400 are less than forecasted revenues of $84,447,100, as summarized in the table below:

Total, all funds appropriations (expenditures and revenue) include General Fund operations as well as Transit (Montebello Bus Lines), the Hilton Garden Inn and Home2Suites, the various Capital Improvement Program (CIP) projects funded with Local Return Funds (i.e., Measure R, Proposition C) and Federal and State grants, Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) programs, several grant awards across multiple departments (Fire, Parks and Recreation, Police, etc.), Property Tax Override payment of Pension Obligation Bond debt service, Successor Agency (former Redevelopment Agency) enforceable obligations, and many other projects, programs and operations utilizing various special and restricted funding sources. Attachment A (Resolution No. 25-54), Exhibits A1 and A2 provide fund level detail for all revenue and expenditure appropriations proposed for FY 2025-26.

The progress in right-sizing the City’s General Fund over the past six fiscal years is significant. Staff have worked diligently to review all revenue and expenditure items, performing a “modified” zero-based budgeting exercise for the sixth consecutive year. This budget is the product of a five-year strategic budget development approach, with the end goal being the achievement of a sustainable and healthy budget that incorporates City Council priorities while providing funding for essential daily operations. More information on the City's five-year strategic budget approach can be found in the "Budget Message" (Attachment E).

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General Fund
Total General Fund revenue is projected to be $84,447,100, a $7,783 million increase (10.2%) over the FY 2024-25 adopted budget. The table below shows historical General Fund revenue by major category, and the variance from last fiscal year to this fiscal year.

Sales tax overall is projected to increase $1.975 million year over year (7.4%) when compared to the FY 2024-25 budget. The projected uptick in sales tax revenue is based on new, major retail operations in the City: Tesla and Topgolf. In addition to these retail operators, many more smaller – but still significant – businesses began operating in Montebello and are contributing to this positive sales tax trend. In addition, the sales tax sharing agreement with the Monterey Park Marketplace continues to provide steady revenue, especially since Monterey Park voters approved a 3/4 cent transaction and use tax in 2022.

Property Tax is also proving strong, with a 5.0 % increase in Assessed Value, as well as additional revenue flowing in from the Metro Heights development, providing an additional $1.575 million in revenue. It must be noted that the positive impact of the Metro Heights project is now being seen in the current property tax revenue forecast. The County assesses properties every January 1, as well as when an existing property is sold. While there were some completed Metro Heights properties as of January 1, 2024, the assessment that occurred on January 1, 2025 has positively impacted FY 2025-26 property tax revenue. The City’s share of residual property tax – from former redevelopment project areas – has also increased year-over-year as enforceable obligations are retired.

Licenses and Permits forecasts to be $1.887 million more vs. FY 2024-25. The majority of this positive change is from increases in Building Permit ($900,000) and Plan Check Fees ($800,000) revenue. Activity from Metro Heights is fueling the increase in forecasted revenue in this category. Also, the recent change in contract terms governing revenue sharing of plan checks has been a positive impact to plan check revenue. The City now receives a larger share of plan check revenue (40% vs. 20%) vs. the previous agreement’s terms.

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Franchise Fees are projected to increase $274,000, a combination of increases in Southern California Gas Company, Southern California Edison, and solid waste franchise revenue. Fiscal Year 2025-26 will be the third full year of SB 1383 related organic waste franchise fees, projected to bring in $300,000.

Transfers In (non-Operating Revenue) are up $683,600 year-over-year. The increase is from additional reimbursement of retirement related expenses in the General Fund. The City collects additional voter approved property tax for retirement expenses (i.e,CalPERS). The General Fund is reimbursed for these expenses through a transfer of revenue on a quarterly basis. With additional staff added over the years, and increased wages from recent (i.e., 2022, 2023 and 2024) and projected (i.e., 2025) labor contract approvals, PERS related expenses have increased. Therefore, the Transfer In reimbursement has increased for FY 2025-26 to match projected expenses.

The City of Montebello is a full-service city, providing Police, Fire, Public Works, Parks and Recreation, Transit and various building, planning and internal support functions (i.e., Finance, Human Resources, Information Technology, etc.) to the community. The Fiscal Year 2025-26 General Fund expenditures budget supporting day-to-day functions is $83,552,400, a $7.452 million increase (9.8%) over the FY 2024-25 adopted budget.

The table below provides a department level view of expenditures for FY 2025-26, with comparisons to prior year budgets and actuals:

The 9.8% increase in appropriations encompasses changes across all departments and expenditure types. With salary and benefits comprising 63.4% of the General Fund budget, any changes made in this category will have the greatest impact on expenditures. Maintenance and Operations comprises 33.1%, and Debt and Lease Payments make up the remaining 3.5% of the proposed General Fund budget:

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It should be noted that approximately 95% of the City’s General Fund budget appropriations are “spoken for” in the way of commitments from MOUs, contracts, debt service payments, professional service agreements, utilities and other such expenses the City is obligated to pay. The table below provides an overview of the major expenditure categories and how much these commitments comprise of the General Fund budget (with a comparison to the prior two fiscal years):

This table illustrates how little leeway exists in the General Fund for re-directing appropriations or re-prioritizing spending from one area to another. The City obviously has commitments to its employees through City Council approved MOUs, and long-term debt service and lease arrangements commit additional funds, while insurance and workers compensation expenses must be paid. The Contract services category encompasses landscape, custodial, street sweeping, graffiti removal, legal services, software licenses and many other types of required services that residents depend on to keep the City safe, beautiful and accessible.

The table below shows total full-time equivalent (FTE) positions and the year-over-year change by Department, from FY 2021-22 to FY 2025-26 (Attachment A, Exhibit A3 provides position details for each department, by job title/classification):

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Specifically, the following changes are being made:

Administration
ADD: Director of City Clerk Services (x1)
Senior Management Analyst (x1)
Fire
ADD: Community Risk Reduction Coordinator (x1)
Parks and Recreation
ADD: Management Analyst (x1)
The above changes result in a net addition of 4.0 FTE across the organization – from 605.0 total FTE to 609.0 for FY 2025-26. These table of organization updates are intended to provide the necessary staffing levels to support essential functions in each Department, and to support the overall mission of the organization as it delivers services to its customers – both external and internal (Attachment A, Exhibit A3).

Attached to this agenda report is “Compensation Plan Resolution No. 25-55” (Attachment B) that lists every approved position classification and the accompanying salary range. It should be noted that as of May, 2022 a comprehensive, standard salary matrix now exists. That matrix has been included for reference, as Exhibit B1 to Attachment B. Also included are two position classifications: an update to the existing Deputy Director of Public Works and the new classification of Director of City Clerk Services (Exhibit B2 to Attachment B).

Other Funds
The majority of revenue and expenditures comprising the City’s total budget are recorded in Special Funds, Enterprise Funds, Grant Funds, Trust and Agency Funds and Successor Agency Funds. Under governmental accounting rules, these funds are more restricted, and the use of revenue is dictated by certain guidelines based on the source of funding.

For example, the Los Angeles Country Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) provides Local Return Funds (LRF) to cities in Los Angeles County for various transit, road and street uses. These funds are recorded in their own separate funds: Measure

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M, Measure, R, Proposition A, and Proposition C. Montebello utilizes these revenues for transit projects, street rehabilitation, and related road projects.

The City also uses Enterprise Funds to account for Transit, Golf, and Hotel (Hilton Garden Inn and Home2Suites) operations. The table below presents a high-level overview of all revenue and expenditures, proposed for FY 2025-26, grouped by “fund type:” The table below provides a high level, historical overview of the major enterprise funds, followed by a brief description of each and highlights for the 2025-26 fiscal year.

Transit
The largest enterprise fund -- as measured by total expenditure and revenue appropriations – is Transit, Fund 600 (Montebello Bus Lines). This fund accounts for the various sources (Metro Transit revenue, Federal Transit Administration, etc.) and uses of funds (salaries, maintenance, equipment purchases, etc.) that are utilized to fund daily bus operations and maintenance of the fleet. The FY 2025-26 Transit budget – excluding grants (Fund 270) and Senate Bill 1 (SB 1) State of Good Repair funding (Fund 202) – includes $37.806 million in expenditures balanced against $31.876 million in revenue.

It should be noted that certain Transit-specific American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds remain available for Transit operations and will be claimed as allowed expenses are incurred. This additional revenue has not been added to the projected FY 2025-26 budget. However, once recognized, revenue for FY 2025-26 will come in higher than the current projection. (For example, a portion of this “pandemic era” funding was used to

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offset salary and benefit expenses in prior fiscal years).

The table below provides an overview of expenditures and budgets from FY 2021-22 to FY 2025-26, by division:

There is a $476,00 year-over-year decrease in projected expenses in the Administration Division. There is a net decrease of $110,000 in salary and benefits. Increases to health benefits due to the increased amount the City contributes to employee health insurance expenses are offset by decreases in full-time salaries. There is also a decrease in the amount budgeted for the citywide solar, HVAC and roof repair project.

The Operations Division will see an increase of $2,041,500, with salary and benefit changes year-over-year primarily responsible for the additional appropriations in FY 2025-26. Prior fiscal years saw large numbers of vacancies in this Division, contributing to lower salary and benefit expenses. However, efforts to fill these vacancies (i.e., Bus Operator, Mechanic, etc.) have been successful in the prior fiscal year. Also, a new MOU was approved between the City and SMART-TD that is effective from July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025. The salary and related pay increases from this MOU are anticipated in the FY 2025-26 budget.

The Corporate Shop Division will see a $2,113,500 decrease vs. last year. The majority if this reduction is from reduced salary and benefits expenses.

In addition to the operating budget found in Fund 600, capital and equipment projects and purchases are also funded through grants and state funding. Additional details can be found in the budget book: Transit Grant expenditures (Fund 270) and SB1/SGR projects (Fund 202) related sections.

Revenue for FY 2025-26 in Fund 600 is projected at $31,875,700, a $3.285 million decrease from the prior fiscal year. The majority of this projected drop in revenue is from “TDA Operating.” The FY 2024-25 budgeted amount was $11.649 million, vs. $8.581 million for FY 2025-26. The Transit Fund has benefit in recent yeas from pandemic era Federal funding (i.e., American Rescue Plan Act [ARPA]). There are sufficient reserves Transit operations can utilize to bridge this drop in revenue. Staff will closely monitor revenue performance in FY 2025-26 and make operational adjustments if necessary.

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Hotels
The City owns two hotels and contracts with a third-party management company to operate them. The Hilton Garden Inn (HGI) underwent a complete remodel in 2020, the first since it opened in 2006, and reopened to the public in September 2020 after being closed for more than six months.

As business and leisure travel patterns continue to recover to pre-pandemic levels, the Hilton Garden Inn’s performance continues to improve as occupancy rates increase. The hotel is forecasted to have a surplus of $354,300 in FY 2025-26. The refinancing of HGI debt (December 2019) was a positive financial move, providing significant debt service savings for three years by restructuring the repayment to be interest only during the pandemic. This refinancing made economic sense – taking advantage of historically low interest rates – and was fortuitous in timing. The reduced debt service coincided with reduced income from lower occupancy.

The Home2Suites hotel’s occupancy also suffered in 2020 due to the pandemic.

However, in recent years occupancy has been climbing and performance appears to have returned to pre-pandemic levels as business travel returns. The debt service on the Home2Suites (H2S) is greater than Hilton Garden Inn, given the larger outstanding balance (Series 2016A) of bond funds. Home2Suites is forecasted to have an operating surplus for FY 2025-26 of $204,900.

The table below provides an overview of the two hotels’ financial performance, from FY 2019-20 to FY 2025-26. As can be seen for fiscal years 2019-20 and 2020-21, the pandemic severely impacted both hotels negatively. But in recent years, surpluses have grown:

While Home2Suites is projecting a surplus of $204,900, that is a significant reduction from FY 2024-25. The increase in expenditures year-over-year of $2.901 million is from two primary reasons: salaries and food and beverage expenses. There is a projected increase in full and part-time salaries of $637,000 for FY 2025-26. The annual increases to the State minimum wage is driving this change. There is also a $250,000 increase to projected food and beverage expenses.

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Staff monitor hotel operations on a quarterly basis and will provide an update as part of the FY 2025-26 1st Quarter Budget Update report. Revenue for both hotels has been projected conservatively, and Staff will adjust these projections as necessary Golf
The City’s 118 acre golf course underwent a complete transformation between Fall 2022 and Spring 2024. The 18 hole public course has been re-imagined and rebuilt to match the golfing needs of the 21st century. A new 9 hole executive lighted course has opened, along with a 6 hole course that plays short and can be combined with other holes for a 10 hole experience – the addition of lights allows for night play for the first time in the course’s history. The construction of a new clubhouse – construction completed in October 2024 and dedication occurring in May 2025 – rounds out the redevelopment of the over 100 year old course, breathing new life into this public space and introducing golf to a new generation of player.

Golf course operations are recorded in Fund 610. For FY 2025-26, total appropriations are $3,934,200. The largest expense is related to golf course and landscape management by the Troon Company at $1.947 million. In addition, utility expenses of $435,000 are projected – water, gas, electricity, etc.. The lease costs for the fleet of new golf carts will be $125,500. It should be noted there is continuing debt service from previously issued and refinanced bonds (Series 2014A Lease Revenue Bonds) as well as the more recent Series 2022A bonds issued to fund course reconstruction. Total principal and interest payments for these bonds is $1,227,700.

Recognizing that golf fees had not been adjusted since 2010, the City Council approved a new “tee sheet” of updated green fees and cart rental charges prior to the grand reopening in April, 2024. Given the expansion of the golf course and the ability to offer new golfing experiences, Staff were able to craft fees that are reasonable and provide sufficient revenue to continue upkeep of the brand-new course. Forecasts for FY 2025- 26 indicate $2.620 million in golf related fee revenue. Staff will continuously monitor revenue and make adjustments to forecasts throughout the fiscal year. The goal of crafting the updated fee schedule for the golf course was to bring in sufficient revenue to end the years of subsidization of a course that operated at a chronic deficit.

In addition to the reconstruction of the Golf Course, on 15 acres of land located at the northeast corner of the course, a Topgolf entertainment complex opened in Spring 2024.

The three-story, 100 bay entertainment and conference complex has revitalized the golf course campus, introducing a new style of golf to the community and adding a destination amenity for casual and serious golfers alike. The Topgolf facility offers meeting and gathering spaces as well that provide additional space on the campus for conferences, meetings, etc. As part of the lease agreement, there will be an approximate “base rent” payment of $800,000 for FY 2025-26. Combined revenue from golf course operations and Topgolf lease payments is forecasted at $3,420,000. The Quiet Cannon also generates about $500,000 in revenue, based on a percentage of gross receipts of operations.

Capital Improvement Program
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of previously appropriated but not yet spent funds, as well as appropriations for Maintenance and Operations expenses (Attachment D). The total (estimated) CIP budget for FY 2025-26 is $31.434 million. This amount consists of $19.452 million in new appropriations, $4.746 million in (estimated) carryover funds, plus $7.235 million in Maintenance and Operations expenditures -- additional detail can be found by reviewing Attachment D. It should be noted that the final carryover amounts of projects in progress will not be known until after year-end close (June 30, 2025). As was done in prior fiscal years, subsequent City Council action will be requested to re-appropriate the carryover amounts – which typically occurs in October.

In addition, there will be some remaining uncommitted fund balance in certain funds that could be used for new capital projects (those not included in the current CIP project list) or for expanding approved projects if necessary. In other words, available fund balance exists that has not been committed to a particular project – either with previous budgets or with the FY 2025-26 proposed CIP budget. The Director of Public Works will work with staff and the City Council to determine potential priority projects to which these unprogrammed funds can be obligated. Subsequent City Council action would appropriate the unprogrammed funds depending on decisions made about new or expanded CIP projects.

The $31.434 million CIP budget utilizes funding from Gas Tax, Metro Local Return Funds (i.e., Proposition C, Measure R, etc.), Measure W (Los Angeles County stormwater fee), Paving the Way Bond Proceeds, Transit, and State and local grants (i.e., Sewer Infrastructure, SCAG Active Transportation) for a host of various projects. The budget document contains additional pages and detail of the CIP plan.

The following paragraphs provide highlights and other information about the City’s FY 2025-26 capital improvement program. The table below provides a high-level overview of CIP appropriations by fund (see Attachment D for additional detail):

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There are several new projects as well as existing projects having their budget increased, that are in different stages of planning: engineering studies/analysis, design, construction, maintenance or debt service/other expenses:
• Bluff Road fence project would commit $935,000 in State funding received from State Senator Bob Archuleta
• Wilcox Avenue traffic striping, $250,000 in Gas Tax funds • A traffic signal at Whittier and 6th Street utilizing a combination of Proposition A and Cesar Chavez Foundation funding
• Paving of Beverly Blvd and Montebello Blvd utilizing “Paving the Way” bond proceeds ($4.300 million)
• Citywide ADA enhancements using Measure M, Proposition A and Measure R funding ($1.500 million)
• Measure W funding in the amount of $516,300 for catch basin replacement, plus $200,000 for stormwater and urban runoff monitoring
• CDBG funding of $779,400 for repairs at Fire Station #56 In recent years, as part of the five-year budget development strategy, a greater share of Maintenance and Operations expenses have been shifted out of the General Fund.

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call engineering services are budgeted using Metro Local Return Funds, based on the specific project.

As discussed in greater detail in the Budget Message (Attachment E), staff have improved cost allocation methods and will be utilizing the maximum amount allowed per Metro Local Return Fund guidelines to offset administrative costs – typically salaries and benefits of employees directly working on and supporting the capital projects. Public Works staff and consultants conducting engineering, planning and related work charge their time to Proposition A, Proposition C, Measure M and Measure R on an “hours worked" basis. This allocation of time relieves the General Fund of these expenses, allowing for additional budget capacity.

BACKGROUND/DISCUSSION:

The City has continued its commitment to transparency and public participation in the budget development process. For FY 2025-26, four public community budget forums were hosted across the City – increasing the number from three in the prior year. The four public sessions held in February 2025 provided a “Budget 101” overview for the community, and staff solicited questions and feedback from residents on all manner of budget and operational issues. The feedback from the community was incorporated into budget development, with residents’ requests submitted to the City Council for review and consideration, including a presentation at a regular City Council meeting in April, 2025.

Staff also improved upon community outreach efforts begun in 2023 by continuing the community budget survey. The survey was available for several weeks in March 2025 through the City’s website and all social media channels. In combination with the feedback from the community budget forums, Staff was able to present community budget needs and wants to the City Council at an April meeting. The FY 2025-26 budget has been developed with significant direct community input.

Below is a small sample of recent accomplishments that positively impact the organization in Fiscal Year 2025-26:
• • Utilization of $15.140 million in bonds to fully renovate and rejuvenate the City’s public golf course
• Utilizing bond proceeds to construct a Topgolf on 15 acres of the City’s public golf course
• Completion of a portion of the “Paving the Way” projects that improved residential street and road conditions
• Major repairs to the City’s aging sewer system, utilizing a portion of the City’s Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds (CSLFRF) allocation • Expansion of the Montebello Community Assistance Program (MCAP) aimed at helping the City’s unhoused population
• Update of the City’s General Plan update, the first in over forty years, with adoption by the City Council in April, 2024
• Completion of a park and facilities needs assessment study and master plan • Completion of significant facility repair and upgrade projects, eliminating years of

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deferred maintenance on key City facilities
• Introduction of improved purchasing and procurement guidelines • Receiving the Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA) award for budget preparation for the fifth time in the history of the City • Approval to finance installation of solar panels at City facilities These and dozens of additional accomplishments provide a clear indication that Montebello is making progress towards financial sustainability and fiscal stability – with significant assistance from the City’s economic development team. This budget continues movement towards those goals. The "Budget Message" (Attachment D) provides greater detail on the entire FY 2025-26 proposed budget, including discussions of revenue trends, changes to expenditures from prior years, updates to staffing, capital improvement projects, and more. A greater understanding and appreciation of the entire budget can be gained by reviewing the Budget Message (Attachment D).

ENVIRONMENTAL:

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ANALYSIS:

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SUMMARY:

The budget presented (Attachment A) provides essential services to Montebello residents and visitors while advancing the City Council’s vision and strategic plan. The Fiscal Year 2025-26 budget solidifies recent positive financial and operational changes while moving the City closer to long-term financial stability. The clearest evidence of this progress is the presentation of a balanced General Fund budget, with a $894,700 surplus.

City Council is being asked to approve the operating and capital budgets (Attachment A, Resolution No. 25-54), approve the compensation resolution (Attachment B, Resolution No. 25-55) and approve a resolution setting an appropriations limit as required by State Government Code (i.e., GANN limit) (Attachment C, Resolution No. 25-56). The Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) (Attachment D) and “Budget Message” are attached as well (Attachment E), which provide greater detail and in-depth analyis on various aspects of the City’s operation.

ATTACHMENT(S)

1. ATTACHMENT A - Budget Adoption Resolution FY 2025_26, 06_25_2025

2. EXHIBIT A1 - All Funds REVENUE, FY 2025_26

3. EXHIBIT A2 - All Funds EXPENDITURES FY 2025_26

4. EXHIBIT A3 - Master Position Control FY 2025_26

5. EXHIBIT A4 - General Fund reserve policies 06_25_2025

6. EXHIBIT A5 - CIP Summary FY 2025_26

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7. ATTACHMENT B - Compensation Plan Resolution No. 25-xx FY 2025_26, 06_25_2025

8. EXHIBIT B1 - Salary Matrix _ANNUAL FY 2025_26

9. EXHIBIT B2 - Deputy Director of Public Works Class Specification, UPDATED

10. EXHIBIT B2- Director of City Clerk Services Class Specification -NEW

11. ATTACHMENT C - GANN Limit Resolution No. 25-56 FY 2025_26, 06_25_2025

12. EXHIBIT C1-C2 GANN Limit, 06_25_2025

13. ATTACHMENT D - CIP Summary and Project Descriptions, FY 2025_26

14. ATTACHMENT E - Budget Message FY 2025_26

15. ATTACHMENT F - FY 2024_25 3rd Qtr Budget Amendments

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ATTACHMENT A
RESOLUTION NO. 25-54

A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF

MONTEBELLO, CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING AN OPERATING
AND CAPITAL BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025-26
WHEREAS, the City Council has received and considered the Proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2025-26 presented through staff reports, budget presentations, memorandum, community forums, community feedback surveys and information received in noticed, regular meetings on the City Budget; and,
WHEREAS, the original of said Proposed Budget will be revised so as to reflect each and all of the amendments, changes, and modifications which the City Council, up to the time of adoption of this resolution including any actions taken at the June 25, 2025 meeting, believes should be made in said Proposed Budget as so submitted and to correct any non-substantive errors discovered.

NOW THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MONTEBELLO HEREBY RESOLVES, FINDS, AND DECLARES AS FOLLOWS:

SECTION 1. That the Proposed Budget for Fiscal Year 2025-26, a complete copy of which has been proposed to the City Council and made available to the public and incorporated by this reference as though fully set forth herein, and which is summarized in Exhibits A1 and A2, attached hereto, is hereby approved and adopted.

SECTION 2. That the Estimated Revenue and Transfers In for all funds for Fiscal Year 2025-26, a summary of which is attached as Exhibit A1 and incorporated by this reference as though fully set forth here, is hereby approved and adopted. When combined with reserves (i.e., fund balance or fund equity), the Estimated Revenue and Transfers In for Fiscal Year 2025-26 are sufficient to fund the appropriations set forth in the Proposed Budget for Fiscal Year 2025-26.

SECTION 3. That the Proposed Appropriations and Transfers Out for all Funds for Fiscal Year 2025-26, a summary of which is attached as Exhibit A2 and incorporated by this reference as though fully set forth herein, providing appropriations summaries of details currently contained in the City’s accounting system, including technical adjustments related to Transfers In and Transfers Out, and detail of estimated revenue, is approved and adopted.

SECTION 3.1. That specifically, funds have been appropriated in the Asset Forfeiture Fund in Fiscal Year 2025-26 for uses as allowed by the Federal Equitable Sharing Program, and as such the City Council authorizes all expenditures from the Equitable Sharing Accounts, with appropriations enumerated in the Fiscal Year 2025-26 budget document. Furthermore, such appropriations supplement and do not supplant budget appropriations made for public safety expenditures.

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SECTION 4. That the Master Position Control, attached hereto as Exhibit A3, and incorporated by this reference as though fully set forth herein, is hereby approved and adopted. The City Manager, subject to compliance with all applicable Municipal Code and Personnel Rules and Regulations, may revise the Tables of Organization and Master Position Control as needed and necessary for the operation of the City.

SECTION 5. That the Salary Schedules/Tables for all authorized positions are updated and approved so as to reflect the salary provisions in effect for all approved Memoranda of Understanding (MOU) between the City and all recognized bargaining groups as detailed in the separate “Resolution Adopting the Compensation Plan and Table of Organization” that is also adopted at the same meeting as the Fiscal Year 2025-26 Operating and Capital Budget, and fully operationalizes the standardized salary matrix establishing ranges and steps for each approved job classification.

SECTION 6. That the “General Fund Reserve Polices” as presented in Exhibit A4 remain unchanged from those most recently adopted on June 12, 2024 and are hereby reaffirmed by approval of this resolution.

SECTION 7. That from the effective date of the budget, the several amounts stated therein as proposed expenditures shall be and become appropriated to the several departments for the respective objects and purposes therein named; provided however that:

SECTION 7.1. Department Directors are hereby authorized to move appropriations from one object to another, within each budgetary program/division and within the same fund, provided that total approved appropriations for a budget program and within the same fund are not exceeded nor increased beyond their originally adopted amounts; and,
SECTION 7.2. The Director of Finance is hereby authorized to transfer operating budget appropriations within the same fund between departments, divisions, programs and/or object codes, provided total appropriations for a Department by fund are not increased.

SECTION 8. That changes to total Department appropriations, total fund appropriations, all other changes to Capital Improvement Program appropriations not specified in Section 7 et al of this resolution, transfers to and/or from appropriated reserves, cancellation of appropriations, and appropriations of fund balances shall require the majority approval of the City Council.

SECTION 9. That the Capital Improvement Program (CIP) contained in the Proposed Budget for Fiscal Year 2025-26 (Exhibit A5) is hereby approved in concept, and the Director of Public Works, or his/her designee is authorized to publicly advertise for bids on these projects in accordance with State of California statues and City of Montebello Municipal Code.

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SECTION 10. That construction of Capital Improvement Projects requires the use of professional services such as engineering oversight, geo-technical, water testing, project management, design, survey and other required studies and activities. Funding for these professional services is included within each Capital Improvement Project’s budget as set forth in the Proposed Budget for Fiscal Year 2025-26, and specifically as summarized in Exhibit A5. Consistent with State of California statutes and City of Montebello Municipal Code sections 3.20 and 3.21 et al covering procurement of professional services, the City Council hereby authorizes the City Manager, or designee, to enter into any necessary professional services agreements to facilitate the completion of an approved Capital Improvement Project.

SECTION 11. That all encumbrances remaining as of June 30, 2025, after thorough review by appropriate Finance Department staff, will either be released or re-appropriated for use in Fiscal Year 2025-26 as appropriate, in the respective funds, departments, programs and accounts/objects, thus adjusting the adopted budget by the encumbered amount carried over without further City Council action required.

SECTION 12. That all active Capital Improvement Program and Federal, State and Local Grant appropriation balances that existed as of June 30, 2025 will be re-appropriated for use in Fiscal Year 2025-26, as appropriate without further City Council action required.

SECTION 13. That at various times throughout the fiscal year, employee engagement, recruitment and retention and morale building activities will be programmed and held. Furthermore, it is in the interest of the public good that these activities be provided to help build and maintain an effective and professional staff, so motivated and engaged as to provide the best customer service possible to Montebello residents and the community at large. Therefore, it is in the public interest that funds have been and will be appropriated in the Fiscal Year 2025-26 budget for these uses, and the City Council by adoption of the Fiscal Year 2025-26 budget finds it in the public interest to expend funds towards these uses.

SECTION 14. That the budget contains appropriations for the funding of the following community service organizations/projects: (1) Montebello Chamber of Commers, $5,000; (2) Montebello Lions Clubs, $5,000; (3) Montebello Soroptomists, $5,000; (4) Montebello Rotary Club, $5,000; (5) American Legion Post 272, $5,000; (6) Montebello Baseball Association, $5,000; (7) Montebello AYSO, $5,000; (8) Montebello Golden State Basketball, $5,000; (9) Montebello Police Activity League, $5,000; (10) Sister City of Ashiya $5,000; (11) Sister City of Stepanakert $5,000; and (12) Montebello YMCA $5,000; (13) Montebello Indians Youth Football and Cheer, $5,000. In making these appropriations, and any additional appropriations to community service organizations/projects on or after adoption of the Fiscal Year 2025-26 budget, the City Council finds, determines and declares that with respect to each matter: (1) the project and/or organization provides a service for the City that complements or enhances a service that the City may lawfully provide itself; (2) the project and/or organization provides a secondary benefit to the residents of the City within the City’s authority; and (3) the project and/or organization

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provides a specific service to the City that the City could perform, but chooses not to perform or perform fully. City Council hereby approves the contributions described in this section to the projects/organizations listed above or added or amended on June 25, 2025.

SECTION 15. That the City Clerk shall certify and record the adoption of this Resolution and the same shall be in full force and effect unless repealed or superseded.

APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 25th day of June 2025.
_______________________________
Salvador Melendez, Mayor
ATTEST: APPROVED AS TO FORM:

________________________________ ________________________________ Christopher Jimenez, City Clerk Arnold M. Alvarez-Glasman, City Attorney

STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) SS:

CITY OF MONTEBELLO )
I, Christopher Jimenez, City Clerk of the City of Montebello, County of Los Angeles, State of California, hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution No. 25-xx was passed and adopted by the City Council of the City of Montebello, signed by the Mayor and attested by the City Clerk at a regular meeting of said Council held on the 25th day of June, 2025 and that said Resolution was adopted by the following vote, to-wit:

AYES:

NOES:

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ABSTAIN:

ABSENT:

DATE:

Christopher Jimenez, City Clerk

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EXHIBIT A1
Fund
# Fund Description
FY 2020-21
Actuals
FY 2021-22
Actuals 2022-23 Actual
FY 2023-24

ADOPTED
BUDGET 2023-24 Actual
FY 2024-25

ADOPTED
BUDGET
FY 2025-26

PROPOSED
BUDGET
100 General 67,522,958 73,420,972 96,833,917 73,316,400 84,190,872 76,663,600 84,447,100 200 Highway Users Tax 1,386,509 1,483,659 1,596,664 1,686,400 1,745,705 1,769,715 1,768,800 201 SB1 - Road Maint. & Rehab. (RMRA 1,181,176 1,274,755 1,389,072 1,528,700 1,611,597 1,628,200 1,663,900 202 SB1 - Transit-State of Good Repairs (STA/SGR 191,693 1,554,134 1,634,045 1,565,000 201,617 2,235,700 2,342,000 205 Retirement 15,010,965 14,667,207 16,530,170 15,618,400 17,176,149 16,798,000 17,730,000 210 Prop A - Streets 1,312,714 1,632,172 1,775,815 1,801,000 1,860,933 1,763,900 1,652,000 215 Prop C - Streets 1,090,874 1,348,800 2,564,932 1,484,000 2,031,030 1,465,200 1,353,800 220 Measure R - Streets 813,324 1,005,649 1,100,605 1,116,000 1,138,985 1,109,700 1,026,600 221 Measure A - Parks - 37,688 260,376 2,104,600 116,721 1,908,700 1,215,800 222 Measure M Streets 921,594 1,138,635 1,254,452 1,264,000 1,300,229 1,253,500 1,159,500 223 TDA - Sidewalks - 49,373 46,968 72,100 100,660 63,300 49,500 229 Measure W - SCW 914,580 869,375 834,842 900,000 959,041 902,500 952,500 230 Drug Enforcement - Asset Forfeitures 170,933 992,411 142,629 501,000 367,199 500,000 500,000 235 Supplemental Law Prop. 72 156,727 161,285 165,271 165,000 187,554 165,000 200,000 240 Justice Assistance Grants (JAG 200 181 25,943 - 17,544 25,000 16,200 241 Inmate Welfare Fund 17,438 269 41 - 63
245 Air Quality Management District Grant (AQMD 85,839 81,657 84,867 83,500 90,045 84,500 84,000 250 Park Development 115 104 371 - 41,154 52,000
251 Tobacco Grant Program 317,200
252 Art in Public Places 200,000
255 Community Development Block Grants (CDBG 690,719 721,551 1,026,160 704,100 807,564 633,100 1,489,400 260 HOME funds 26 174,091 65,148 2,286,800 84,413 1,796,500 1,947,400 262 Cal OES EOC Program 368,097 2,211,745 1,843,700
263 Sewer Infrastructure Improvement 2,100,000 2,100,000 264 George Miller Estate Donation 1,761 1,152 3,406 1,000 5,238 3,000 1,000 265 Grants 2,650,695 2,112,657 1,418,775 1,410,962 779,408 2,147,350 3,019,300 266 Interim Housing Services (CCOGIHS) - 876,000 38 876,000 963,000 267 Cal-ICH- Encampment Res Funding 86,831 1,168,774 347,413 1,180,774 403,000 268 Prop 64 Public Hlth & Sfty 1,279,000 69,856 1,279,000 1,209,000 269 SAFER-Fire 620,297 1,883,625 2,500,000
270 Transit Grants 1,872,189 8,768,890 8,047,962 - 5,296,569 - - 310 Golf Course Renovation Project 140,400 15,000,000 15,000,000 - 312 TopGolf Project - 1,028,175 - -
320 Solar-Roof-HVAC Project 3,000,000 -
325 Information Technology Upgrades - - 3,613,179 1,000,000 838,873 3,400,000 1,500,000 410 Debt Service (Golf Course/City Hall Bonds 11,031,528 11,040,008 21,716,602 11,040,800 12,129,600 11,048,400 10,550,600 500 Trust & Agency 99,324 97,264 121,756 120,250 126,738 135,200 165,200 600 Transit 34,358,671 34,158,897 51,119,210 39,373,500 41,229,631 35,161,010 31,875,700 605 Water 2,594,142 2,612,254 16,991,437 - - -
610 Golf 3,470,078 2,952,111 1,654,436 500,000 1,137,396 3,647,000 3,920,000 615 Detention -
620 Hilton 2,073,794 5,359,743 6,655,126 6,175,000 6,703,555 6,950,000 7,025,000 625 Home2Suites 8,360,802 12,062,484 13,431,144 13,150,000 13,349,134 13,425,000 13,825,000 700 Self Insurance 7,524,399 8,528,226 7,000,616 6,950,400 7,841,370 7,587,000 8,392,000 800 Successor Agency 7,496,314 7,099,286 5,119,303 4,657,000 5,229,513 2,674,050 1,693,000 810 Housing Authority Successor - 12,461 5,579 10,000 9,413 5,800 5,800 Grand Total 173,002,081 195,419,401 264,458,050 208,909,686 211,139,389 224,481,069 211,159,000 City of Montebello
Citywide (All Funds) Summary
Revenue by Fund
FY 2019-20 - FY 2025-26

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EXHIBIT A2
Fund
# Fund Description
FY 2020-21
Actuals
FY 2021-22
Actuals 2022-23 Actual
FY 2023-24

ADOPTED
BUDGET 2023-24 Actual
FY 2024-25

ADOPTED
BUDGET
FY 2025-26

PROPOSED
BUDGET
100 General 69,385,371 66,316,193 80,241,997 72,687,450 85,884,581 76,100,900 83,552,400 200 Highway Users Tax 916,251 1,241,579 1,886,207 1,128,400 1,188,364 3,254,100 2,897,300 201 SB1 - Road Maint. & Rehab. (RMRA 847,938 1,743,445 3,342,453 2,223,400 23,400 1,124,100 1,925,300 202 SB1 - Transit-State of Good Repairs (STA/SGR 168,459 610,832 176,795 23,400 1,115,437 24,100 25,300 205 Retirement 11,098,421 11,231,589 12,161,784 12,337,900 12,165,881 13,124,400 14,461,600 210 Prop A - Streets 61,742 133,683 424,073 3,129,800 194,562 439,900 3,925,100 215 Prop C - Streets 1,967,247 980,127 775,606 2,427,400 2,728,393 2,296,800 2,896,900 220 Measure R - Streets 4,752,740 1,815,834 1,486,627 2,025,400 572,080 2,029,900 3,409,900 221 Measure A - Parks - 37,688 260,376 1,803,850 116,721 1,908,700 1,413,800 222 Measure M Streets 5,141,828 2,398,738 1,743,554 2,603,100 626,536 2,826,600 3,327,800 223 TDA - Sidewalks 56,315 1,785 46,547 - 163,300 -
229 Mesure W - SCW 700,000 869,375 817,172 861,900 956,693 822,900 1,064,100 230 Drug Enforcement - Asset Forfeitures 450,343 473,863 892,900 1,476,550 449,799 122,900 117,600 235 Supplemental Law Prop. 72 320,338 161,285 102,585 7,300 10,974 232,500 282,900 240 Justice Assistance Grants (JAG - 12,010 - 13,239 20,000 16,200 241 Inmate Welfare Fund 16,943
245 Air Quality Management District Grant (AQMD 494,050 19,134 19,904 20,800 13,210 123,000 118,300 250 Park Development - - -
251 Tobacco Grant Program 317,200
255 Community Development Block Grants (CDBG 939,720 1,146,146 1,041,105 2,012,500 818,845 1,544,100 1,164,300 260 HOME funds 7,188 38,764 63,458 998,250 37,682 1,796,600 1,947,400 262 Cal OES EOC Program 368,097 2,229,245 361,300
263 Sewer Infrastructure Improvement 2,103,500 2,100,000 264 George Miller Estate Donation 55,354 73,226 7,332 83,300 5,486 71,500 90,000 265 Grants 3,308,714 1,655,519 1,132,369 1,567,277 873,179 2,405,375 1,949,750 266 Interim Housing Services (CCOGIHS) 857,900 - 876,000 963,000 267 Cal-ICH- Encampment Res Funding 74,509 1,168,774 321,067 1,180,774 273,600 268 Prop 64 Public Hlth & Sfty 1,279,000 69,856 1,255,600 1,167,500 269 SAFER-Fire 620,297 1,901,125 2,423,400
270 Transit Grants 2,480,676 2,780,211 1,664,829 - 1,357,220 - - 300 Prop A Exchange 31,391 -
310 Golf Course Renovation Project 13,355,075 15,000,000 18,112,999 15,000,000 - 312 TopGolf Project (33,218,636) - 35,656,742 4,292,300 5,053,300 320 Solar-Roof-HVAC Project 2,817,407 6,951,240 3,000,000 3,000,000 325 Information Technology Upgrades 3,653,045 1,000,000 1,046,522 2,000,000 1,500,000 410 Debt Service 11,051,073 11,046,157 13,741,288 14,548,900 14,516,128 11,056,600 10,558,400 500 Trust & Agency 1,232,470 306,420 186,775 205,000 226,550 250,000 354,700 600 Transit 40,628,675 25,889,252 36,610,605 38,395,050 37,368,498 38,401,700 37,805,500 605 Water 2,296,631 2,343,197 18,683,618 - 47 - -
610 Golf 2,870,419 2,735,237 (9,969,003) 1,466,800 (14,548,506) 4,350,600 3,957,700 620 Hilton 3,367,169 5,088,671 5,944,554 5,902,800 6,346,888 6,144,200 6,670,700 625 Home2Suites 7,993,039 9,782,114 11,157,032 10,027,700 13,958,019 10,718,900 13,620,100 700 Self Insurance 7,971,766 14,959,332 12,951,438 8,374,900 13,717,105 9,138,700 9,633,800 800 Successor Agency 1,652,339 3,440,898 1,243,577 5,758,300 12,083,782 2,538,500 1,816,900 810 Housing Authority Successor 41,733 25,083 300 22,800 300 300 - 900 Capital Assets Fund 3,150,468 3,401,001 3,771,600 1 19,773,443 Grand Total 185,439,868 172,763,321 189,302,867 211,425,904 275,741,356 226,869,719 226,163,050 City of Montebello
Citywide (All Funds) Summary
Expenditures by Fund
FY 2019-20 - FY 2025-26

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EXHIBIT A3
*UPDATES FY 2025-26 PROPOSED BUDGET
FY 2021-22 FY 2022-23 FY 2023-24 FY 2024-25
FY 2025-26
PROPOSED Variance
Elected
City Councilmember 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 0.0
City Clerk 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.0
City Treasurer 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.0

7.0 7.0 7.0 7.0 7.0 0.0
Administration
City Manager 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.0
Assistant City Manager 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.0
Director of City Clerk Services 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.0 Senior Deputy City Clerk 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.0
Deputy City Clerk 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.0
Records Coordinator 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.0
Senior Management Analyst 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.0
Management Analyst 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.0
Executive Assistant to the City Manager 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.0 0.0 Senior Administrative Assistant 0.0 2.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.0

8.0 11.0 8.0 8.0 10.0 2.0
Finance
Director of Finance 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.0
Assistant Director or Finance 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.0
Accounting Manager 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.0
Finance Manager 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.0
Principal Risk Officer 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.0 0.0
Senior Management Analyst 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.0
Management Analyst 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.0
Senior Accountant 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.0
Accountant 4.0 5.0 5.0 6.0 6.0 0.0
Lead Finance Technician 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.0
Senior Finance Technician 5.0 5.0 8.0 8.0 8.0 0.0
Finance Technician 5.0 5.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 0.0
Senior Administrative Assistant 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.0

21.0 22.0 24.0 26.0 26.0 0.0
Fire
Fire Chief 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.0
Assistant Fire Chief 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.0
Deputy Fire Chief 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.0
Fire Battalion Chief 3.0 4.0 6.0 6.0 6.0 0.0
Fire Captain 14.0 14.0 14.0 14.0 14.0 0.0
Fire Engineer 12.0 12.0 12.0 12.0 12.0 0.0
Firefighter (EMT) 24.0 24.0 24.0 24.0 24.0 0.0
Firefigher (Paramedic) 0.0 0.0 18.0 18.0 18.0 0.0
Firefighter/Paramedic Trainee 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.0 0.0
Fire Marshal 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.0
Community Risk Reduction and Education Coordinator 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.0 Senior Fire Inspector 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.0
Fire Inspector 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 0.0
Assistant Director of Fire 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.0
Senior Management Analyst 2.0 2.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 0.0
Public Saftey Radio Supervisor 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.0
Public Safetry Radio Technician 1.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 0.0 Social Work Supervisor 1.0 1.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 0.0
Field Response Case Coordinator 1.0 1.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 0.0 Senior Finance Technician 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.0 0.0
Senior Administrative Assistant 2.0 2.0 2.0 3.0 3.0 0.0

76.0 76.0 98.0 100.0 101.0 1.0
City of Montebello
Fiscal Year 2025-26 Budget
Master Position Control, by Department

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EXHIBIT A3
*UPDATES FY 2025-26 PROPOSED BUDGET
FY 2021-22 FY 2022-23 FY 2023-24 FY 2024-25
FY 2025-26
PROPOSED Variance
City of Montebello
Fiscal Year 2025-26 Budget
Master Position Control, by Department
Human Resources
Director of Human Resources / Risk Management 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.0 Assistant Director of Human Resources / Risk Management 0.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.0 Human Resources Manager 1.0 1.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 0.0
Risk Manager 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.0
Senior Human Resources Analyst 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 0.0
Human Resources Analyst 1.0 2.0 4.0 4.0 4.0 0.0
Human Resources Technician 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.0
Risk Management Assistant 0.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.0
Senior Administrative Assistant 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.0

14.0 18.0 15.0 14.0 14.0 0.0
Planning and Community Development
Director of Planning and Community Development 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.0 Assistant Director of Planning and Community Development 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.0 Deputy Director - Economic Development 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.0 0.0 Building Official 1.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.0 0.0
Housing Manager 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.0
Planning Manager 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.0
Economic Development Manager 0.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.0
Planner 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.0
Assistant Planner 2.0 2.0 2.0 3.0 3.0 0.0
Code Enforcement Manager 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.0
Code Enforcement Coordinator 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.0
Code Enforcement Officer 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.0 5.0 1.0
Parking Control Officer 0.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 1.0 -1.0
Combination Building Inspector 1.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.0 0.0
Building Permit Technician 2.0 0.0 0.0 2.0 2.0 0.0
Senior Management Analyst 1.0 1.0 1.0 2.0 2.0 0.0
Management Analyst 2.0 2.0 2.0 3.0 3.0 0.0
Senior Administrative Assistant 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.0

21.0 20.0 20.0 28.0 28.0 0.0
Police
Police Chief 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.0
Assistant Police Chief 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.0
Police Captain 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 0.0
Police Lieutenant 6.0 6.0 6.0 7.0 7.0 0.0
Police Sergeant 10.0 10.0 10.0 11.0 11.0 0.0
Police Corporal 23.0 23.0 23.0 24.0 24.0 0.0
Police Officer 32.0 32.0 36.0 38.0 38.0 0.0
Police Community Service Officer 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.0 2.0 0.0 Police Records Supervisor 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.0
Dispatch Supervisor 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.0
Police Dispatcher II 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 0.0
Police Dispatcher I 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 0.0
Police Records Technician 9.0 9.0 9.0 9.0 9.0 0.0
Property and Evidence Technician 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 0.0 Crime Analyst 0.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.0
Court Liaison 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.0
Grants and Project Administrator 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.0 Senior Management Analyst 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.0
Senior Administrative Assistant 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.0 103.0 103.0 107.0 114.0 114.0 0.0

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25.0 45.0 46.0 43.0 43.0 0.0
Information Technology
Information Systems Manager 0.0 0.0 2.0 1.0 1.0 0.0
Information Systems Supervisor 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.0
Information Systems Analyst 0.0 0.0 3.0 4.0 4.0 0.0

0.0 0.0 10.0 6.0 6.0 0.0
Recreation and Community Services
Director of Recreation and Community Services 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.0 Assistant Director of Recreation and Community Services 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.0 Recreation Manager 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.0
Recreation & Community Services Superintendent 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.0 Golf Course Facilities Manager 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.0 0.0
Recreation Supervisor 0.0 1.0 2.0 4.0 4.0 0.0
Community Services Coordinator 4.0 4.0 6.0 6.0 6.0 0.0
Public Affairs Manager 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.0 0.0
Public Information Officer 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.0 2.0 0.0
Senior Management Analyst 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.0 0.0
Management Analyst 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 2.0 1.0
Senior Administrative Assistant 1.0 1.0 1.0 2.0 2.0 0.0 Administrative Assistant 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.0 0.0

21.0 11.0 14.0 23.0 24.0 1.0

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EXHIBIT A3
*UPDATES FY 2025-26 PROPOSED BUDGET
FY 2021-22 FY 2022-23 FY 2023-24 FY 2024-25
FY 2025-26
PROPOSED Variance
City of Montebello
Fiscal Year 2025-26 Budget
Master Position Control, by Department
Transportation
Director of Transportation 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.0
Assistant Director of Transportation 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.0 Deputy Director 2.0 1.0 1.0 2.0 2.0 0.0
Transit Administration Manager 2.0 1.0 1.0 2.0 2.0 0.0
Transit Operations Manager 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.0
Fleet Maintenance Manager 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.0
Facility Maintenance Manager 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.0
Fleet Maintenance Supervisor 4.0 4.0 4.0 6.0 6.0 0.0
Transit Dispatch Supervisor 15.0 15.0 13.0 15.0 15.0 0.0 Transit Assistant Manager 3.0 3.0 3.0 7.0 7.0 0.0
Warehouse Supervisor 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.0
Fleet Services Supervisor 1.0 1.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 0.0
Senior Management Analyst 0.0 1.0 3.0 2.0 2.0 0.0
Management Analyst 3.0 4.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 0.0
Transit Planner 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.0
Senior Finance Technician 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.0 0.0
Account Clerk 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.0
Finance Technician 3.0 3.0 3.0 2.0 2.0 0.0
Senior Administrative Assistant 1.0 1.0 1.0 2.0 2.0 0.0 Bus Operator 120.0 150.0 150.0 150.0 150.0 0.0
Heavy Equipment Mechanic 15.0 15.0 15.0 15.0 15.0 0.0
Fleet Service Worker 13.0 13.0 13.0 13.0 13.0 0.0
Body Shop Mechanic 1.0 1.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 0.0
Building Maintenance Tradeworker II 1.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 0.0 Storekeeper 3.0 3.0 4.0 4.0 4.0 0.0
Administrative Assistant 5.0 5.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 0.0
204.0 234.0 233.0 243.0 243.0 0.0
Total Full-Time Employees 500.0 547.0 582.0 612.0 616.0 4.0 Total Full-Time Employees Net Elected 493.0 540.0 575.0 605.0 609.0 4.0 FY 2021-22 FY 2022-23 FY 2023-24 FY 2024-25
FY 2025-26
PROPOSED Variance
Administration 8.0 11.0 8.0 8.0 10.0 2.0
Community Development 21.0 20.0 20.0 28.0 28.0 0.0
Finance 21.0 22.0 24.0 26.0 26.0 0.0
Fire 76.0 76.0 98.0 100.0 101.0 1.0
Human Resources 14.0 18.0 15.0 14.0 14.0 0.0
Parks and Recreation 21.0 11.0 14.0 23.0 24.0 1.0
Police 103.0 103.0 107.0 114.0 114.0 0.0
Public Works 25.0 45.0 46.0 43.0 43.0 0.0
Information Technology 0.0 0.0 10.0 6.0 6.0 0.0
Transit 204.0 234.0 233.0 243.0 243.0 0.0
493.0 540.0 575.0 605.0 609.0 4.0

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Reserve Policies
Adopted Jun e 25, 2025

CITY OF MONTEBELLO
General Fund Reserve Policies
Fund balance refers to the difference between assets and liabilities in the City’s governmental funds balance sheet. This information is one of the most widely used elements of State and local government financial statements. Financial statement users examine fund balance information to identify the available liquid resources that can be used to pay down unfunded liabilities, finance capital improvements, or enhance the overall financial position of the City.

PURPOSE
The purpose of these policies is to provide guidance on maintaining reasonable levels of reserves in the City’s General Fund. In addition, these policies help improve financial reporting by establishing fund balance classifications that create a hierarchy based on the extent to which the City is bound to observe spending constraints that govern how the City can use amounts reported in the governmental fund balance sheet. These policies will also help guide current and future allocation levels to various reserve categories in the General Fund, setting out specific target amounts based on widely used and accepted best practices. As referencing governmental funds, this policy satisfies the requirements of Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) Statement No. 54 and incorporates all previous City Council policies regarding GASB Statement No. 54.

POLICY
It is the policy of the City of Montebello to identify the various classifications of the City’s governmental fund balances in its Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR). These classifications take into consideration the City’s long-term infrastructure needs, non-current liabilities, funds necessary to mitigate economic uncertainties, funding that has spending constraints such as grants and fixed assets that will not easily convert to cash. These policies will also increase transparency by clearly designating appropriate reserve levels and categories based on City Council direction and long-term financial planning needs.

The fund balance is a tool the City uses to have an effective long-term financial plan, as well as ensure sufficient liquidity to meet its financial obligations in the short-term.

OBJECTIVES
The City of Montebello’s Reserve Policies have two primary objectives:

1. To determine the available liquid resources; and,

2. To provide the information necessary to make informed financial decisions The fund balance classifications of the City’s General Fund are designed to clarify the extent to which the City is bound to honor constraints on the specific purposes for which amounts in the fund can be spent, rather than to simply represent the financial resources available for appropriation.

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Reserve Policies
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OVERVIEW
There are three categories of funds per generally accepted accounting principles:
• Governmental Funds: the General Fund, Special Revenue Funds (e.g., State Highway Users Tax), and Capital Projects Funds
• Proprietary Funds: Transit Operations Enterprise Fund • Fiduciary Funds: Successor Agency (i.e., former Redevelopment Agency) The GASB 54 classifications only apply to Governmental Funds. For the City of Montebello, these policies will apply only to the General Fund.

The fund balance is only an approximate measure of liquidity or working capital. Therefore, it is necessary for the City to recognize how fund balance is constituted and isolates funds that are needed for longer-term obligations, discern what funds are restricted for specified purposes, and classify those funds that are not available at all. To accomplish this goal, the City’s financial statements for governmental funds are comprised of five fund balance categories, as spelled out in GASB Statement No. 54:
• Nonspendable Funds
• Restricted Funds
• Committed Funds
• Assigned Funds
• Unassigned Funds

NON-SPENDABLE AND RESTRICTED FUND BALANCE
The first two classifications are subject to requirements outside the local governing body’s control for financial decision making and planning purposes. “Nonspendable” resources are essentially irrelevant because, by their nature, they are not liquid (i.e., land or similar non-cash assets). “Restricted” resources are of no discretionary value given the restrictions placed upon them by a third-party outside of the City’s control (i.e., reserve funds required to be set aside by bond documents). Accordingly, this policy will just briefly describe these two classifications.

Nonspendable Funds
Some of the assets that are included in determining the City’s fund balance are inherently nonspendable:
• Assets that will never convert to cash, such as prepaid items and inventories • Assets that will not convert to cash within sixty (60) days from the start of the fiscal year, such as long-term loans receivable, and non-financial assets held for resale • Assets that must be maintained intact pursuant to legal or contractual requirements, such as an endowment

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Reserve Policies
Adopted Jun e 25, 2025
Restricted Funds
Restricted funds describe the portion of the fund balance that is subject to externally enforceable legal restrictions, these restrictions fall into three (3) categories:

Restrictions are imposed by parties altogether outside the scope of the City’s governance:
• Creditors (typically through a debt covenant)
• Grantors (typically State, Federal and other governmental agencies) • Contributors
• Other governments
Restrictions that arise when the authorization to raise revenues is conditioned upon the revenue being used for a particular purpose:
• Gas taxes must be used for street repair
• Proposition C funds must be used for fixed transit routes • Proposition A funds must be used for transit programs • Measure R must be used for local street repair
Long-term loans receivable and non-financial assets that are collected can also be considered Restricted if the collected funds are subject to an externally enforceable restriction on how they can be spent.

PROCEDURES
This section provides a comprehensive protocol on what is legally deemed the unrestricted (or spendable) portion of the General Fund fund balance, and the order in which the classifications are spent. The unrestricted portion of the fund balance is comprised of the General Fund’s resources classified as “Committed,” “Assigned,” or “Unassigned.”

UNRESTRICTED (SPENDABLE) FUND BALANCE
Committed Funds
Committed funds describe a portion of the fund balance that is constrained by limitations imposed by the Montebello City Council. The City Council imposed limitation must occur no later than the close of the reporting period (i.e., end of the fiscal year) and remains binding unless removed under the same manner. A commitment is made by City Council adoption of a resolution that states the amount and purpose of the commitment.

This policy requires the commitment to be made as part of the annual budget adoption process (which typically occurs in June of each year). Furthermore, this policy sets out two distinct commitments:

Economic Uncertainties Reserve and Unfunded Liabilities Reserve.

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Committed Funds – Economic Uncertainties Reserve
This reserve policy establishes a Commitment for Economic Uncertainties equal to an amount calculated as twenty-five percent (25%) of the General Fund’s annual operating revenues.

Appropriations from the Economic Uncertainties Reserve can only be made by formal City Council action (i.e., resolution appropriating use of these reserve funds).

Generally, appropriations and access to these Committed funds will be reserved for emergency situations. Examples of such emergencies include, but are not limited to:
• Reduction in revenue equal to or greater than 20% of adopted General Fund revenues in a given fiscal year
• An unplanned, major, catastrophic event such as a natural disaster requiring expenditures over
• 10% of General Fund adopted appropriations in a given fiscal year • Unfunded and/or unpredictable State or Federal legislative or judicial mandates • Any other unforeseen event that causes the City to expend funds in excess of 10% of General
• Fund adopted appropriations in a given fiscal year
Committed Funds – Unfunded Liabilities Reserve
This reserve policy establishes a Commitment for Unfunded Liabilities equal to an amount calculated as five percent (5%) of the General Fund’s annual operating revenues.

Appropriations from the Unfunded Liabilities Reserve can only be made by formal City Council action (i.e., resolution appropriating use of these reserve funds).

Generally, appropriations and access to these Committed funds will be reserved to pay-down unfunded liabilities. Examples of such uses include, but are not limited to:
• Establishment of a Section 115 irrevocable trust to pay-down Other Post-Employment Benefits (OPEB) liabilities
• Making Additional Discretionary Payments (ADP) related to the City’s pension plan (i.e., PERS) • Funding other unfunded liabilities as identified or needed Assigned Funds
Assigned funds describe the portion of the General Fund reserves that reflect the use of resources by the Montebello City Council intended to provide a means and source of funding for various near-term and long-term needs. Funds can be designated “assigned” to address equipment replacement needs as well as to set-aside funding for unfunded/unprogrammed future capital and/or infrastructure projects.

This policy grants authority to assign funds to the Director of Finance. Assignment of reserves may be modified by the Director of Finance as part of the annual budget process. Use of assigned funds

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requires formal action by the City Council to appropriate funds in the appropriate account.

Specifically, this reserve policy establishes assignments for the following short-term and long-term needs, at the various levels specified:
• Equipment/Technology Replacement and Upgrades
• Capital Improvement (Unfunded/Un-programmed)
• Deferred Maintenance/Infrastructure Maintenance
• Energy Efficiency Projects
• Self-insured Retention
• Economic Sustainability
Additional assignments can and will be made by the Director of Finance as part of the preparation of the annual Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR). These assignments generally include reserving funds for deposits, debt service and bond defeasance. The CAFR will include a detailed accounting of all GASB Statement No. 54 fund balance classifications, including all Assigned Funds.

Equipment/Technology Replacement and Upgrade Assignment An assignment for equipment and/or technology replacement and upgrade needs will be made that is equal to five (5%) of the General Fund’s annual operating revenues.

This assignment is intended to be utilized for non-routine or extraordinary equipment replacement needs, and would include not just rolling stock but other equipment such as computers, network and telecom systems, furniture and related equipment, and other critical citywide “equipment” needs.

Capital Improvement (Unfunded/Un-programmed) Assignment An assignment will be made that is equal to five percent (5%) of the General Fund’s annual operating revenues for the purposes of providing funding for any unfunded, unprogrammed or otherwise un-planned capital improvement projects that required a General Fund funding component.

The purpose of this assignment is to provide an auxiliary means of funding capital improvement projects that do not have a dedicated or restricted funding stream (i.e., non-General Fund source of funding).

Deferred Maintenance/Infrastructure Maintenance Assignment An assignment will be made that is equal to $1,000,000 for the purpose of providing funding for deferred maintenance on the City’s building assets (i.e., City Hall, community centers), sports fields and other related infrastructure items.

The purpose of the Deferred Maintenance/Infrastructure Maintenance assignment is to provide a reserve for deferred maintenance on the City’s buildings, sports fields, parks, community centers and other related infrastructure. The Deferred Maintenance assignment could also be utilized to replace items such as equipment in community centers, parks, etc. This assignment could be used to supplement

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the Equipment/Technology Replacement and Upgrade assignment for these types of “one-time” furniture and equipment purchases. The amount of this assignment will be evaluated on a regular basis and either decreased or increased based on updated deferred maintenance needs and priorities as well as available fund balance.

This assignment is separate and distinct from the “Capital Improvement” assignment, which is intended to fund capital projects related to roads, sewer systems, rights of way and similar areas.

Insurance – Risk Management Assignment
An assignment will be made that is equal to $500,000 and is intended to meet the City’s “self-insured retention” for various insurance needs.

The intent of this assignment is to supplement funding in the City’s Self-Insurance Fund (Fund 700) if necessary based on workers compensation and/or liability claims expenditures. This amount will be reevaluated and adjusted as necessary.

Economic Sustainability Assignment
An assignment will be made equal to $1,000,000 to fund economic development sustainability efforts within the City of Montebello . Funds can only be appropriated through formal action by the City Council taken approving a specific economic development project, mission or other targeted effort aimed at increasing the City’s sales tax and/or property tax revenue.

The Economic Sustainability assignment would establish a pool of funds that could be utilized to improve the City’s sales tax and/or property tax base. Use of these funds would be controlled through a strategic effort that would require a specific, City Council approved plan for how the funds would be utilized.

Unassigned Funds
The General Fund may have net resources in excess of what is classified in one of the four previous categories (non-spendable, restricted, committed or assigned). This amount is presented as the Unassigned Fund Balance amount. Only the General Fund can report a positive unassigned fund balance. However, all governmental funds can report a negative unassigned fund balance.

This policy dictates that any amount of fund balance will be classified as “unassigned” after funding the Economic Uncertainties Reserve and Unfunded Liabilities Commitments plus the various Assigned reserves made in accordance with the preceding section. This policy allows for “unassigned” funds and places no specific restrictions on their use. In general, the City Council could choose to utilize “unassigned” fund balance for one-time projects or uses in a given fiscal year, such as technology upgrades, infrastructure improvements, economic development efforts, paying down long-term liabilities, or other such uses either not allocated for in this policy or in addition to the reserve policies set forth herein.

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Use of Resources
In circumstances when an expenditure is made for a purpose for which amounts are available in multiple fund balance classifications, the order of allocation of these available funds is first restricted, second committed, third assigned and lastly unassigned amounts.

REPLENISHMENT OF COMMITTED AND/OR ASSIGNED RESERVES
In keeping with the principles discussed in this policy, when either Committed or Assigned funds are utilized for their specific, intended purposes, or the levels fall below the policy levels as described and set forth herein, the City Council will develop a reserve replenishment plan to return the various reserves to their policy levels. This plan will seek to return the Committed and/or Assigned reserves to their policy levels within one (1) to three (3) years, per City Council direction. Furthermore, Unassigned funds will be first utilized to maintain and/or return the Committed and/or Assigned reserves to their policy levels.

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SUMMARY
Components of Fund Balance
• Nonspendable Fund Balance
o Inherently nonspendable
o Portion of net resources that cannot be spent because of their form o Portion of net resources that cannot be spent because they must be maintained intact
• Restricted Fund Balance
o Externally enforceable limits on use
o Limitations imposed by creditors, grantors, contributors, or laws and regulations of other governments
o Limitations imposed by law through constitutional provisions or enabling legislation • Committed Fund Balance
o Council/Agency self-imposed limitations set in place prior to the end of the fiscal year
o Limitation imposed at the highest level of decision making that requires formal action at the same level to remove
• Assigned Fund Balance
o Limitation resulting from intended use
o Intended use established by Director of Finance
• Unassigned Fund Balance
o Total fund balance in the General Fund in excess of nonspendable, restricted, committed and assigned fund balance (surplus)
o Excess of nonspendable, restricted, and committed fund balance over total fund balance
(deficit)
• Use of Fund Balance
o Restricted
o Committed
o Assigned

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ATTACHMENT A5
Fund Description Fund Number
New
Appropriations
Carryover
Approprations*
M&O
Expenditures** Total Funding:

Gas Tax 200 750,000 185,000 1,622,000 2,557,000
Proposition A 210 3,075,000 760,000 3,835,000
Proposition C 215 784,200 1,429,600 2,213,800
Measure M 222 725,000 1,597,700 2,322,700
Measure R 220 525,000 1,282,300 1,807,300
Measure W 229 336,200 180,100 543,702 1,060,002
SB1/RMRA 201 1,900,000 1,900,000
Measure A (Parks) 221 160,000 160,000
TDA-3 223 - -
Sewer Infrastructure 263 2,100,000 2,100,000
CDBG 255 779,400 779,400
HSIPL Grant (265) -
SSARP Grant (265) -
SCAG Active Transp Grant (265) 362,500 362,500
State Parks Dept 2xx 935,000 935,000
Prop C - Paving the Way 215 675,000 4,019,100 4,694,100 Meas M - Paving the Way 222 1,000,000 1,000,000
Meas R - Paving the Way 220 1,600,000 1,600,000
Transit 600 3,207,300 3,207,300
General Fund 100 900,000 900,000
19,452,100 4,746,700 7,235,302 31,434,102
**Maintenance and Operations appropriations include signs, markings, street sweeping, concrete cutting/sidewalk repair, debt service, salaries and other releted expenses.
*These amounts are estimates; actual amounts will not be known until after June 30, 2025. Subsequent City Council action will follow to re-appropriate carryover funds for applicable CIP projects.

City of Montebello
Capital Improvement Program (CIP)
Funding Source Summary
FY 2025-26 Budget

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RESOLUTION NO. 25-xx

A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY

OF MONTEBELLO ADOPTING THE COMPENSATION PLAN AND

TABLE OF ORGANIZATION (POSITION LISTING)

THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MONTEBELLO DOES RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:

SECTION 1. That the City Council of the City of Montebello has determined that the following listing of positions shall be the official and prescribed position titles and if applicable in accordance with the respective range numbers pertaining thereto and herein indicated in accordance with provisions of the Montebello Municipal Code and/or the Civil Service Rules and Regulations as previously enacted by this City Council:

ELECTED OFFICIALS

MONTHLY SALARY
RANGES
City Councilmembers $1,032 - $1,032
City Clerk $695 - $695
City Treasurer $695 - $695

CLASSIFIED MANAGEMENT RANGE
ANNUAL

MINIMUM
ANNUAL

MAXIMUM
Fire Battalion Chief 57 $135,307 $168,980
Fire Captain 46 $103,123 $128,787
Police Captain 67 $173,204 $216,308
Police Lieutenant 61 $149,354 $186,522
Police Sergeant 53 $122,581 $153,087
Senior Fire Inspector 38 $84,638 $105,702

CLASSIFIED NON-MANAGEMENT RANGE
ANNUAL

MINIMUM
ANNUAL

MAXIMUM
Account Clerk 7 $39,366 $49,163
Administrative Assistant 5 $37,470 $46,794
Assistant Engineer 33 $74,808 $93,425
Assistant Planner 30 $69,467 $86,754
Body Shop Mechanic 25 $61,398 $76,678
Building Inspector 27 $64,507 $80,560
Building Maintenance Tradeworker I 13 $45,653 $57,014
Building Maintenance Tradeworker II 16 $49,163 $61,398
Bus Operator 22 $57,014 $71,203
Business License Technician 12 $44,540 $55,624
Combination Building Inspector 37 $82,574 $103,123
Community Outreach Specialist 21 $55,624 $69,467
Community Risk Reduction Coordinator 32 $72,983 $91,146 Community Services Coordinator 13 $45,653 $57,014
Court Liaison 12 $44,540 $55,624

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Custodian 7 $39,366 $49,163
Electrician 27 $64,507 $80,560
Engineering Technician 22 $57,014 $71,203
Finance Technician 16 $49,163 $61,398
Fire Engineer 40 $88,923 $111,053
Fire Inspector 21 $55,624 $69,467
Firefighter 35 $78,595 $98,154
Fleet Service Worker 14 $46,794 $58,440
Heavy Equipment Mechanic 30 $69,467 $86,754
Human Resources Technician 27 $64,507 $80,560
Lead Finance Technician 24 $59,901 $74,808
Maintenance Worker 10 $42,393 $52,944
Parking Control Officer 12 $44,540 $55,624
Payroll Coordinator 24 $59,901 $74,808
Payroll Specialist 23 $58,440 $72,983
Permit Technician 18 $51,652 $64,507
Plumber 27 $64,507 $80,560
Police Community Service Officer 16 $49,163 $61,398
Police Corporal 46 $103,123 $128,787
Police Dispatcher I 22 $57,014 $71,203
Police Dispatcher II 27 $64,507 $80,560
Police Officer 43 $95,760 $119,592
Police Records Technician 10 $42,393 $52,944
Property & Evidence Technician I 20 $54,267 $67,772
Property & Evidence Technician II 23 $58,440 $72,983
Public Information Coordinator 24 $59,901 $74,808
Public Safety Radio Technician 31 $71,203 $88,923
Public Works Inspector 28 $66,119 $82,574
Records Coordinator 22 $57,014 $71,203
Senior Building Inspector 34 $76,678 $95,760
Senior Finance Technician 22 $57,014 $71,203
Senior Permit Technician 21 $55,624 $69,467
Storekeeper 20 $54,267 $67,772

UNCLASSIFIED MANAGEMENT RANGE
ANNUAL

MINIMUM
ANNUAL

MAXIMUM
Accounting Manager 48 $108,344 $135,307
Accounting Supervisor 30 $69,467 $86,754
Assistant City Manager 77 $217,369 $274,464
Administrative Manager 44 $98,154 $122,581
Assistant Director of Finance 56 $132,007 $164,858
Assistant Director of Fire 56 $132,007 $164,858
Assistant Director of Human Resources 56 $132,007 $164,858 Assistant Director of Planning and Community Development 55 $128,787 $160,837 Assistant Director of Public Affairs 55 $128,787 $160,837

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Assistant Director of Public Works 54 $125,646 $156,915 Assistant Director of Recreation & Community Services 51 $116,675 $145,711 Assistant Director of Transportation 54 $125,646 $156,915 Assistant Fire Chief 62 $153,087 $191,185
Assistant Police Chief 69 $178,405 $222,803
Associate Engineer 40 $88,923 $111,053
Building Maintenance Supervisor 30 $69,467 $86,754
Building Official 49 $111,053 $138,690
City Manager ^ $275,000 $275,000
Code Enforcement Manager 38 $84,638 $105,702
Construction Manager 48 $108,344 $135,307
Crime Prevention Supervisor 34 $76,678 $95,760
Deputy Director of Public Works 52 $119,592 $149,354
Deputy Director of Transportation 52 $119,592 $149,354
Deputy Director of Economic Development 52 $119,592 $149,354 Deputy Fire Chief 58 $138,690 $173,204
Director of Finance 71 $187,463 $234,082
Director of City Clerk Services 66 $168,980 $211.033
Director of Human Resources 71 $187,463 $234,082
Director of Planning & Community Development 68 $174,053 $217,369 Director of Public Affairs/Information Technology 68 $174,053 $217,369 Director of Public Works/City Engineer 72 $192,222 $239,934 Director of Recreation & Community Services 67 $169,808 $212,067 Director of Transportation 69 $178,405 $222,803
Dispatch Supervisor 32 $72,983 $91,146
Economic Development Manager 50 $113,829 $142,157
Executive Assistant to the City Manager 30 $69,467 $86,754 Facility Maintenance Manager 48 $108,344 $135,307
Finance Supervisor 32 $72,983 $91,146
Finance Manager 48 $108,344 $135,307
Fire Chief 74 $201,848 $252,081
Fire Marshal 50 $113,829 $142,157
Fleet Maintenance Manager 44 $98,154 $122,581
Fleet Maintenance Supervisor 33 $74,808 $93,425
Fleet Services Manager 42 $93,425 $116,675
Fleet Services Supervisor 22 $57,014 $71,203
Golf Course Facilities Manager 35 $78,595 $98,154
Grants & Project Administrator 36 $80,560 $100,608
Housing Manager 48 $108,344 $135,307
Human Resources Analyst 34 $76,678 $95,760
Human Resources Manager 48 $108,344 $135,307
Information Systems Manager 49 $111,053 $138,690
Information Systems Supervisor 39 $86,754 $108,344
Management Analyst 30 $69,467 $86,754
Park Maintenance Supervisor 30 $69,467 $86,754

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Planner 35 $78,595 $98,154
Planning Manager 49 $111,053 $138,690
Police Chief 75 $206,895 $258,383
Police Records Supervisor 31 $71,203 $88,923
Principal Engineer 52 $119,592 $149,354
Principal Risk Officer 59 $142,157 $177,534
Public Affairs Manager 35 $78,595 $98,154
Public Information Officer 32 $72,983 $91,146
Public Safety Radio Supervisor 39 $86,754 $108,344
Public Works Inspector 28 $66,119 $82,574
Public Works Manager 37 $82,574 $103,123
Public Works Superintendent 43 $95,760 $119,592
Recreation Manager 35 $78,595 $98,154
Recreation Supervisor 29 $67,772 $84,638
Revenue Supervisor 30 $69,467 $86,754
Risk Management Analyst 30 $69,467 $86,754
Risk Manager 50 $113,829 $142,157
Senior Deputy City Clerk 39 $86,754 $108,344
Senior Economic Development Coordinator 34 $76,678 $95,760 Senior Human Resources Analyst 41 $91,146 $113,829
Senior Management Analyst 36 $80,560 $100,608
Senior Planner 41 $91,146 $113,829
Senior Procurement Analyst 33 $74,808 $93,425
Social Work Supervisor 40 $88,923 $111,053
Street Maintenance Supervisor 32 $72,983 $91,146
Superintendent/Facility Manager 38 $84,638 $105,702
Transit Administration Manager 45 $100,608 $125,646
Transit Assistant Manager 36 $80,560 $100,608
Transit Operations Manager 47 $105,702 $132,007
Transit Planner 36 $80,560 $100,608
Transit Supervisor 26 $62,933 $78,595
Warehouse Supervisor 26 $62,933 $78,595
^The City Manager’s salary is set by separate City Council approved contract.

UNCLASSIFIED NON-MANAGEMENT RANGES
ANNUAL

MINIMUM
ANNUAL

MAXIMUM
Accountant 26 $62,933 $78,595
Code Enforcement Coordinator 10 $42,393 $52,944
Code Enforcement Officer 27 $64,507 $80,560
Crime Analyst 32 $72,983 $91,146
Deputy City Clerk 24 $59,901 $74,808
Economic Development Coordinator 26 $62,933 $78,595
Field Response Case Coordinator 11 $43,453 $54,267
Firefighter/Paramedic Trainee 21 $55,624 $69,467

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Information Systems Analyst 36 $80,560 $100,608
Information Systems Technician 18 $51,652 $64,507
Police Trainee 41 $91,146 $113,829
Senior Accountant 35 $78,595 $98,154
Senior Administrative Assistant 14 $46,794 $58,440

HOURLY CLASSIFICATION
HOURLY

MINIMUM
HOURLY

MAXIMUM
Administrative Analyst 16.00 24.45
Administrative Secretary 18.55 23.41
Building Maintenance Tradeworker 16.00 20.31
Bus Operator 18.93 20.68
Clerical Assistant 16.00 18.33
Code Enforcement Technician 16.00 16.84
Community Services Aide - SYEP 16.00 16.00
Equipment Service Worker 16.00 19.11
Field Maintenance Worker 16.00 16.73
Finance Technician 23.64 29.52
Fire Engineer 27.43 35.02
Fire Inspector 22.56 28.80
Heavy Duty Fire Equipment Mechanic 45.41 49.10
Human Resources Manager 42.22 51.32
Information Systems Specialist 16.00 18.33
Intern 16.00 18.33
Lifeguard 18.67 23.90
Maintenance Worker 16.00 20.31
Mechanic's Assistant 16.00 17.49
Park Ranger 16.00 19.30
Parking Control Officer 18.72 21.28
Police Cadet 16.00 19.33
Police Community Services Officer 23.64 29.52
Police Dispatcher 26.35 31.25
Police Officer 46.04 57.50
Police Records Technician 20.38 25.45
Police Trainee 18.99 24.06
Police Youth Program Coordinator 17.55 22.45
Pool Manager 21.12 26.37
Property & Evidence Technician 16.66 24.45
Public Works Manager 34.72 42.23
Recreation Leader I 16.50 17.34
Recreation Leader II 17.77 18.67
Recreation Leader III 19.14 20.10
Recreation Leader IV 21.12 23.31
Risk Management Assistant 16.00 21.45
Secretary 16.00 17.90

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Senior Lifeguard 21.12 23.31
Senior Project Manager 63.87 77.66
Sports Official 16.00 24.45
Swim Instructor 19.61 24.49
Transportation Revenue Coordinator 16.00 20.22
Transportation Specialist 16.00 24.45
SECTION 2. That the City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this resolution, shall distribute copies to the Director of Human Resources and the Director of Finance, and the resolution shall be in full force and effect immediately upon ratification.

APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 25th day of June, 2025
_______________________________
Scarlett Peralta, Mayor
ATTEST: APPROVED AS TO FORM:

________________________________ ________________________________ Christopher Jimenez, City Clerk Arnold M. Alvarez-Glasman, City Attorney

STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) SS:

CITY OF MONTEBELLO )
I, Christopher Jimenez, City Clerk of the City of Montebello, County of Los Angeles, State of California, hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution No. 25-__ was passed and adopted by the City Council of the City of Montebello, signed by the Mayor and attested by the City Clerk at a regular meeting of said Council held on the 25th day of June, 2025 and that said Resolution was adopted by the following vote, to-wit:

AYES:

NOES:

ABSTAIN:

ABSENT:

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that said document has not been amended, modified, repealed or rescinded since its date of adoption and is in full force and effect as of the date hereof.

DATE:

Christopher Jimenez, City Clerk

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City of Montebello Salary Schedule Effective FY 2025-26 EXHIBIT B1
Salary
Range Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Step 5 Step 6 Step 7 Step 8 Step 9 Step 10 0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0
1 $33,946 $34,794 $35,664 $36,556 $37,470 $38,406 $39,366 $40,351 $41,359 $42,393 2 $34,794 $35,664 $36,556 $37,470 $38,406 $39,366 $40,351 $41,359 $42,393 $43,453 3 $35,664 $36,556 $37,470 $38,406 $39,366 $40,351 $41,359 $42,393 $43,453 $44,540 4 $36,556 $37,470 $38,406 $39,366 $40,351 $41,359 $42,393 $43,453 $44,540 $45,653 5 $37,470 $38,406 $39,366 $40,351 $41,359 $42,393 $43,453 $44,540 $45,653 $46,794 6 $38,406 $39,366 $40,351 $41,359 $42,393 $43,453 $44,540 $45,653 $46,794 $47,964 7 $39,366 $40,351 $41,359 $42,393 $43,453 $44,540 $45,653 $46,794 $47,964 $49,163 8 $40,351 $41,359 $42,393 $43,453 $44,540 $45,653 $46,794 $47,964 $49,163 $50,392 9 $41,359 $42,393 $43,453 $44,540 $45,653 $46,794 $47,964 $49,163 $50,392 $51,652 10 $42,393 $43,453 $44,540 $45,653 $46,794 $47,964 $49,163 $50,392 $51,652 $52,944 11 $43,453 $44,540 $45,653 $46,794 $47,964 $49,163 $50,392 $51,652 $52,944 $54,267 12 $44,540 $45,653 $46,794 $47,964 $49,163 $50,392 $51,652 $52,944 $54,267 $55,624 13 $45,653 $46,794 $47,964 $49,163 $50,392 $51,652 $52,944 $54,267 $55,624 $57,014 14 $46,794 $47,964 $49,163 $50,392 $51,652 $52,944 $54,267 $55,624 $57,014 $58,440 15 $47,964 $49,163 $50,392 $51,652 $52,944 $54,267 $55,624 $57,014 $58,440 $59,901 16 $49,163 $50,392 $51,652 $52,944 $54,267 $55,624 $57,014 $58,440 $59,901 $61,398 17 $50,392 $51,652 $52,944 $54,267 $55,624 $57,014 $58,440 $59,901 $61,398 $62,933 18 $51,652 $52,944 $54,267 $55,624 $57,014 $58,440 $59,901 $61,398 $62,933 $64,507 19 $52,944 $54,267 $55,624 $57,014 $58,440 $59,901 $61,398 $62,933 $64,507 $66,119 20 $54,267 $55,624 $57,014 $58,440 $59,901 $61,398 $62,933 $64,507 $66,119 $67,772 21 $55,624 $57,014 $58,440 $59,901 $61,398 $62,933 $64,507 $66,119 $67,772 $69,467 22 $57,014 $58,440 $59,901 $61,398 $62,933 $64,507 $66,119 $67,772 $69,467 $71,203 23 $58,440 $59,901 $61,398 $62,933 $64,507 $66,119 $67,772 $69,467 $71,203 $72,983 24 $59,901 $61,398 $62,933 $64,507 $66,119 $67,772 $69,467 $71,203 $72,983 $74,808 25 $61,398 $62,933 $64,507 $66,119 $67,772 $69,467 $71,203 $72,983 $74,808 $76,678 26 $62,933 $64,507 $66,119 $67,772 $69,467 $71,203 $72,983 $74,808 $76,678 $78,595 27 $64,507 $66,119 $67,772 $69,467 $71,203 $72,983 $74,808 $76,678 $78,595 $80,560 28 $66,119 $67,772 $69,467 $71,203 $72,983 $74,808 $76,678 $78,595 $80,560 $82,574 29 $67,772 $69,467 $71,203 $72,983 $74,808 $76,678 $78,595 $80,560 $82,574 $84,638 30 $69,467 $71,203 $72,983 $74,808 $76,678 $78,595 $80,560 $82,574 $84,638 $86,754 31 $71,203 $72,983 $74,808 $76,678 $78,595 $80,560 $82,574 $84,638 $86,754 $88,923 32 $72,983 $74,808 $76,678 $78,595 $80,560 $82,574 $84,638 $86,754 $88,923 $91,146 33 $74,808 $76,678 $78,595 $80,560 $82,574 $84,638 $86,754 $88,923 $91,146 $93,425 34 $76,678 $78,595 $80,560 $82,574 $84,638 $86,754 $88,923 $91,146 $93,425 $95,760 35 $78,595 $80,560 $82,574 $84,638 $86,754 $88,923 $91,146 $93,425 $95,760 $98,154 36 $80,560 $82,574 $84,638 $86,754 $88,923 $91,146 $93,425 $95,760 $98,154 $100,608 37 $82,574 $84,638 $86,754 $88,923 $91,146 $93,425 $95,760 $98,154 $100,608 $103,123 38 $84,638 $86,754 $88,923 $91,146 $93,425 $95,760 $98,154 $100,608 $103,123 $105,702 39 $86,754 $88,923 $91,146 $93,425 $95,760 $98,154 $100,608 $103,123 $105,702 $108,344 40 $88,923 $91,146 $93,425 $95,760 $98,154 $100,608 $103,123 $105,702 $108,344 $111,053 41 $91,146 $93,425 $95,760 $98,154 $100,608 $103,123 $105,702 $108,344 $111,053 $113,829 41-POA $89,359 $91,593 $93,883 $96,230 $98,636 $101,101 $103,629 $106,220 $108,875 $111,597 42 $93,425 $95,760 $98,154 $100,608 $103,123 $105,702 $108,344 $111,053 $113,829 $116,675 43 $95,760 $98,154 $100,608 $103,123 $105,702 $108,344 $111,053 $113,829 $116,675 $119,592 44 $98,154 $100,608 $103,123 $105,702 $108,344 $111,053 $113,829 $116,675 $119,592 $122,581 44-POA $96,230 $98,636 $101,101 $103,629 $106,220 $108,875 $111,597 $114,387 $117,247 $120,178 45 $100,608 $103,123 $105,702 $108,344 $111,053 $113,829 $116,675 $119,592 $122,581 $125,646 46 $103,123 $105,702 $108,344 $111,053 $113,829 $116,675 $119,592 $122,581 $125,646 $128,787 47 $105,702 $108,344 $111,053 $113,829 $116,675 $119,592 $122,581 $125,646 $128,787 $132,007 48 $108,344 $111,053 $113,829 $116,675 $119,592 $122,581 $125,646 $128,787 $132,007 $135,307 49 $111,053 $113,829 $116,675 $119,592 $122,581 $125,646 $128,787 $132,007 $135,307 $138,690 Salary Range - Annually
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City of Montebello Salary Schedule Effective FY 2025-26 EXHIBIT B1
Salary
Range Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Step 5 Step 6 Step 7 Step 8 Step 9 Step 10 Salary Range - Annually
50 $113,829 $116,675 $119,592 $122,581 $125,646 $128,787 $132,007 $135,307 $138,690 $142,157 51 $116,675 $119,592 $122,581 $125,646 $128,787 $132,007 $135,307 $138,690 $142,157 $145,711 51-POA $114,387 $117,247 $120,178 $123,182 $126,262 $129,418 $132,654 $135,970 $139,369 $142,854 52 $119,592 $122,581 $125,646 $128,787 $132,007 $135,307 $138,690 $142,157 $145,711 $149,354 53 $122,581 $125,646 $128,787 $132,007 $135,307 $138,690 $142,157 $145,711 $149,354 $153,087 54 $125,646 $128,787 $132,007 $135,307 $138,690 $142,157 $145,711 $149,354 $153,087 $156,915 55 $128,787 $132,007 $135,307 $138,690 $142,157 $145,711 $149,354 $153,087 $156,915 $160,837 56 $132,007 $135,307 $138,690 $142,157 $145,711 $149,354 $153,087 $156,915 $160,837 $164,858 57 $135,307 $138,690 $142,157 $145,711 $149,354 $153,087 $156,915 $160,837 $164,858 $168,980 58 $138,690 $142,157 $145,711 $149,354 $153,087 $156,915 $160,837 $164,858 $168,980 $173,204 59 $142,157 $145,711 $149,354 $153,087 $156,915 $160,837 $164,858 $168,980 $173,204 $177,534 60 $145,711 $149,354 $153,087 $156,915 $160,837 $164,858 $168,980 $173,204 $177,534 $181,973 61 $149,354 $153,087 $156,915 $160,837 $164,858 $168,980 $173,204 $177,534 $181,973 $186,522 62 $153,087 $156,915 $160,837 $164,858 $168,980 $173,204 $177,534 $181,973 $186,522 $191,185 63 $156,915 $160,837 $164,858 $168,980 $173,204 $177,534 $181,973 $186,522 $191,185 $195,965 64 $160,837 $164,858 $168,980 $173,204 $177,534 $181,973 $186,522 $191,185 $195,965 $200,864 65 $164,858 $168,980 $173,204 $177,534 $181,973 $186,522 $191,185 $195,965 $200,864 $205,885 66 $168,980 $173,204 $177,534 $181,973 $186,522 $191,185 $195,965 $200,864 $205,885 $211,033 67 $173,204 $177,534 $181,973 $186,522 $191,185 $195,965 $200,864 $205,885 $211,033 $216,308 67-MEMA $169,808 $174,053 $178,405 $182,865 $187,436 $192,122 $196,925 $201,848 $206,895 $212,067 68 $177,534 $181,973 $186,522 $191,185 $195,965 $200,864 $205,885 $211,033 $216,308 $221,716 68-MEMA $174,053 $178,405 $182,865 $187,436 $192,122 $196,925 $201,848 $206,895 $212,067 $217,369 69 $181,973 $186,522 $191,185 $195,965 $200,864 $205,885 $211,033 $216,308 $221,716 $227,259 70 $186,522 $191,185 $195,965 $200,864 $205,885 $211,033 $216,308 $221,716 $227,259 $232,940 71 $191,185 $195,965 $200,864 $205,885 $211,033 $216,308 $221,716 $227,259 $232,940 $238,764 71-MEMA $187,436 $192,122 $196,925 $201,848 $206,895 $212,067 $217,369 $222,803 $228,373 $234,082 72 $195,965 $200,864 $205,885 $211,033 $216,308 $221,716 $227,259 $232,940 $238,764 $244,733 72-MEMA $192,122 $196,925 $201,848 $206,895 $212,067 $217,369 $222,803 $228,373 $234,082 $239,934 73 $200,864 $205,885 $211,033 $216,308 $221,716 $227,259 $232,940 $238,764 $244,733 $250,851 74 $205,885 $211,033 $216,308 $221,716 $227,259 $232,940 $238,764 $244,733 $250,851 $257,123 74-MEMA $201,848 $206,895 $212,067 $217,369 $222,803 $228,373 $234,082 $239,934 $245,933 $252,081 75 $211,033 $216,308 $221,716 $227,259 $232,940 $238,764 $244,733 $250,851 $257,123 $263,551 75-MEMA $206,895 $212,067 $217,369 $222,803 $228,373 $234,082 $239,934 $245,933 $252,081 $258,383 76 $216,308 $221,716 $227,259 $232,940 $238,764 $244,733 $250,851 $257,123 $263,551 $270,140 77 $221,716 $227,259 $232,940 $238,764 $244,733 $250,851 $257,123 $263,551 $270,140 $276,893 77-MEMA $217,369 $222,803 $228,373 $234,082 $239,934 $245,933 $252,081 $258,383 $264,843 $271,464 78 $227,259 $232,940 $238,764 $244,733 $250,851 $257,123 $263,551 $270,140 $276,893 $283,815 79 $232,940 $238,764 $244,733 $250,851 $257,123 $263,551 $270,140 $276,893 $283,815 $290,911 80 $238,764 $244,733 $250,851 $257,123 $263,551 $270,140 $276,893 $283,815 $290,911 $298,184 6/16/2025

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Deputy Director of Public Works

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Job Title: Deputy Director of Public Works Job Code: 3030101 Pay Grade: 52 Bargaining Unit: MMPA
FLSA Status: Exempt Effective Date: June 25, 2025
JOB SUMMARY:

Under general administrative direction, the Deputy Director of Public Works assists in planning, organizing, directing, and coordinating a comprehensive Public Works Department, including engineering, streets, water systems, golf course, and tree divisions that align with the City’s mission and goals. This classification advances the City’s long-term infrastructure goals, ensuring alignment with city priorities, and maintaining high public safety and service standards.

DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS:

As a senior leadership classification, the Deputy Director of Public Works oversees and advises on the City’s public works programs; this role collaborates closely with the Director of Public Works and Assistant Director of Public Works, providing strategic counsel to City Administration and key stakeholders on policy, infrastructure planning, and public works projects.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
● Assists in strategic planning and direction of City-wide public works operations across multiple departments, ensuring alignment with broader city goals and priorities. Assists in planning, organizing, directing, and coordinating a City-wide public works program, including engineering, streets, water systems, facilities and golf course maintenance, and trees. Provides leadership to departmental staff and assistance to the City Council, City Administration, and department heads concerning public works programs, capital improvement projects, and development proposals.
● Participates in the development and implementation of goals, objectives, policies, and priorities of assigned operations; confers with other departments and governmental agencies regarding proposed or existing public works projects or problems; confers with the Director of Public Works and Assistant Director of Public Works on policies, programs, procedures, and long-range capital improvement projects. ● Supervises the maintenance of records, official maps, and files related to public works; directs the preparation of reports and correspondence; directs the formulation of a long-term program of public works improvements; prepares projects and program reports as required.
● Reviews all land subdivision proposals and makes recommendations; prepares annual budget estimates and justification for public works activities; makes presentations, correspondence, and reports on the City’s public works activities; reviews plans for public and private development projects, engineering reports, budget estimates, and proposed ordinances and regulations submitted by staff. ● Manages outside contacts for the department; makes recommendations on accepting bids received on public works projects; recommends changes in the basic structure and staffing complement; administers the training and evaluation programs of personnel; resolves complex administrative and public works problems.

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● Reviews and evaluates division performance and budget expenditures; represents assigned functions with City staff and other governmental agencies as delegated; monitors, models, and maintains work health and safety standards; performs other duties as assigned.
● Lead the development and implementation of department-wide goals, policies and performance metrics, ensuring the effective management of staff, projects, and resources.

QUALIFICATIONS:

Any combination of training and experience which would likely provide the required knowledge and abilities is qualifying. A typical way to obtain the knowledge and abilities would be: Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Public Administration, Business Administration, or a closely related field; a Master’s degree preferred; AND a minimum of five (5) years of increasingly responsible experience overseeing various public works and engineering programs, including three (3) years of supervisory experience.

LICENSES/CERTIFICATIONS:
● A valid California driver’s license is required.
● California Certificate of Registration as a Professional Civil Engineer is preferred.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES REQUIRED:

Considerable Knowledge of:
● Civil and traffic engineering principles, particularly in municipal settings (planning, design, construction, and maintenance).
● Principles and practices of street repair, construction, operation, and maintenance. ● Principles, practices, and techniques of municipal management and public administration. ● Principles and practices of leadership, motivation, training, team building, and conflict resolution. ● State and Federal regulations related to public works, water systems, and environmental compliance. ● Technical, legal, financial, and public relations problems involved in a municipal public works program. ● Principles and practices of comprehensive infrastructure management and maintenance. ● Technical knowledge of long-range capital improvements project preparation and administration. ● Applicable state regulations related to land surveying and the Subdivision Map Act. ● Principles of local government organization and financing. ● State and federal grant applications and complex grant administrative practices. ● Water rights and management of a municipal water system. ● Budget development, management, and expenditure control. ● Research methods and procedures.

Ability to:
● Plan, organize, and direct the City’s public works maintenance activities and operations. ● Formulate, implement, and evaluate department policies and procedures.

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● Analyze complex issues and implement appropriate responses.

Serve as an advisor to the City Council, City Administration, and other boards on technical public works issues.
● Supervise and provide guidance to staff while fostering a collaborative, high-performing work environment through team development, mentorship, and continuous improvement. ● Interpret, explain, apply, and enforce applicable rules, laws, and regulations. ● Prepare or direct the preparation of a variety of reports and presentations. ● Research, collect, and analyze information related to public works maintenance and services functions. ● Prepare and administer the department budget and fiscal controls. ● Effectively and professionally represent the department with concerned individuals, community organizations, and other governmental agencies.
● Communicate effectively verbally and in writing.
● Establish and maintain effective working relationships with the general public, coworkers, City officials, and those contacted in the scope of work.

Environmental Factors:

Work is performed in a standard office setting under typical conditions including exposure to possible noise, dust, and fumes. Work may also be performed in the field with exposure to the natural elements and inclement weather.

Physical Factors:

Requires regular sitting or standing for prolonged periods; talk and hear, both in person and by telephone; use hands or fingers, handle, and feel computers and standard business equipment; and reach with hands and arms; frequently required to stand and walk; occasionally lift and carry materials and supplies up to 25 pounds.

Work Situation Factors:

Classification requires flexibility in work hours, including occasional work outside normal working hours, on-call availability, and the potential for extended hours during critical public works projects or emergencies.

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Director of City Clerk Services

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Job Title: Director of City Clerk Services Job Code: TBD Pay Grade: TBD Bargaining Unit: MEMA
FLSA Status: Exempt Effective Date: June 25, 2025
JOB SUMMARY:

Under general direction from the City Manager, plans, organizes, manages, and directs the operations and services of the City Clerk’s Office, including the statutory responsibility of City Clerk, municipal elections, passport services, and records management; serves as a member of the City’s Executive Team and performs duties of Filing Officer/Official for the Fair Political Practices Commission; implements policies and procedures related to program areas within the City; coordinates activities with other City officials, department, outside agencies, organizations, and the public; provides responsible and complex staff support to the City Council, City Manager, Assistant City Manager, and other City staff; performs related duties as required.

DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS:

The Director of City Clerk Services is an executive level classification in which the incumbent is expected to independently perform the full scope of all functions and operations of the City Clerk’s Office and is responsible for the activities of the Department, including fulfilling the statutory responsibilities of City Clerk, municipal elections, and records management. The incumbent is expected to exercise independent judgment and initiative in establishing efficient and effective departmental operations consistent with applicable laws, City policies, and administrative guidelines. The Director of City Clerk Services is distinguished from the elected City Clerk, as the City Clerk holds an elected and primarily ceremonial position.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
● Accepts administrative responsibility for all of the City Clerk’s Office activities and services, including fulfilling the statutory responsibilities of City Clerk, municipal elections, and records management, and coordinating activities with other City officials, department, outside agencies, organizations, and the public. ● Develops, implements, and maintains the City Clerk’s Office goals, objectives, priorities, policies, procedures, and work plan; works directly with City personnel in the development and interpretation of City and department policies; identifies and resolves problems and/or issues; ensures that goals are achieved. • Prepares, manages, and coordinates the development of the City Clerk's Office budget; prepares forecasts of necessary funds for staffing, materials, and supplies; presents, justifies, and defends programs, operations, and activities; monitors and approves expenditures; discusses and resolves budget issues with appropriate staff and implements adjustments as necessary.
● Keeps accurate records of the proceedings of the City Council; ensures compliance with open meeting laws and posting requirements; collects and prepares City Council agenda packets, meeting minutes, and calendars; follows up on Council actions to ensure timely preparation, indexing and filing of agreements, resolutions, ordinances, and vital records. Updates the Municipal Code to reflect actions of the City Council. ● Records and maintains minutes, ordinances, and resolutions; publishes legal notices, hearings, ordinances, and street vacations; receives and opens bids; receives, accepts, and processes subpoenas and liability claims.

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● Oversees and administers the City’s receipt, production, and response to Public Records Act requests; oversees and administers the records management program’s retention, maintenance, and destruction of the City’s hardcopy and electronic records.
● Plans, coordinates, and administers the City’s municipal elections and special elections, ensuring compliance with all local, state, and federal laws, including the Voting Rights Act; prepares appropriate resolutions and ordinances in conjunction with requirements for and results of the election; schedules and prepares necessary documentation for Council to certify elections; posts election results. ● Serves as local filing officer pursuant to the Political Reform Act; monitors, coordinates, and administers various campaign disclosure filings and conflict of interest filings by candidates, Council, and designated employees ensuring compliance.
● Oversees the processing of appointments, resignations, and terminations for all official City boards, commissions, and committees; ensures compliance with the Maddy Act. ● Supervises staff and activities of the City Clerk’s Office; oversees the selection, training, and evaluation of subordinate staff; identifies and resolves staff’s areas for improvement; reviews he work of subordinate staff to ensure compliance with applicable federal, state, and local laws, codes, and regulations; administers discipline, if necessary.
● Administers oaths or affirmations; certifies authenticity of municipal corporate documents for public officials, governmental agencies, courts, and the general public, including ordinances, resolutions, agreements, deeds, and other official documents.
● Manages the City’s Passport Program, including overseeing agents, proper forms, and security measures; accepts and processes applications for passports.
● Provides assistance to the City Manager, Assistant City Manager, City Council, and City staff; serves as a technical resource; coordinates pertinent information, resources, and work teams necessary to support a positive and productive environment; drafts proposed resolutions and ordinances as directed; prepares correspondence, reports, and makes recommendations to the City Manager. ● Demonstrates a full understanding of applicable policies, procedures, and work methods associated with assigned duties; responds to questions and concerns from the general public; provides information as appropriate and resolves public service complaints.
● Attends and participates in professional and community meetings; stays current on industry trends and issues; responds to and resolves sensitive and complex community and organizational inquiries, issues, and complaints; establishes and maintains a customer service orientation within the department. ● Establishes positive working relationships with representatives of community organizations, state and local agencies, City management and staff, and the public
QUALIFICATIONS:

Any combination of training and experience which would likely provide the required knowledge and abilities is qualifying. A typical way to obtain the knowledge and abilities would be: Associate’s Degree or equivalent in Public Administration, Business Administration, Political Science, Liberal Studies, or a closely related field; AND a minimum of four (4) years of increasingly responsible work experience in a City Clerk’s Office or in a similar public agency setting that included coordinating a comprehensive records management program involving the

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maintenance, retention, and disposition of a wide variety of records; three (3) years of supervisory or lead experience is preferred.

LICENSES/CERTIFICATIONS:
● A valid California Class C driver’s license is required. ● A valid Notary Public License must be obtained within six (6) months of appointment to the classification. ● Designation as a Certified Municipal Clerk (CMC) and/or Certified Records Manager (CRM) is highly desirable.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES REQUIRED:

Knowledge of:
● Applicable federal, state, and local regulations; City codes, ordinances, and administrative rules and regulations affecting departmental operations and personnel matters, including the Brown Act, the Maddy Act, the California Elections Code, the Political Reform Act, the California Public Records Act, the Fair Political Practices Code (FPPC), the Public Records Act, Notary Public regulation. ● Legal standards governing records retention and destruction at the local, state, and federal levels. ● Principles, practices, and procedures related to both automated and manual records management, including micrographics, electronic imaging, information retrieval systems, and software applications used in maintaining municipal records.
● Principles and practices of budget development, administration, and management. ● Effective management and supervisory principles and practices. ● Software applications currently in use by the City, including records management, word processing, spreadsheet, and database applications.
● Modern office procedures and document preparation for optical scanning of records. ● Business correspondence and report preparation, proper written and spoken English, including spelling, grammar, and punctuation.
● Customer service principles and practices.

Ability to:
● Analyze, identify, and correct problems in records management. ● Design and develop accurate record-keeping systems.
● Deal constructively with conflict and develop effective resolutions; manage multiple tasks, as well as determine priorities and adjust work schedules accordingly. ● Respond tactfully, clearly, concisely, and appropriately to inquiries from coworkers, management, other City employees, public officials, representatives from other agencies, and the general public. ● Establish and maintain effective working relationships with subordinates, coworkers, management, other City employees, public officials, representatives from other agencies, and the general public. ● Maintain a positive attitude and deal tactfully, politely, and effectively with City Councilmembers, Commissioners, senior staff, employees, and the general public. ● Act independently, follow through to ensure accuracy, exercise sound judgment within established guidelines, and maintain confidentiality; compose, compile, and maintain correspondence, special studies, statistical analysis, and prepare and edit reports. ● Plan and organize information in a manner that facilities understanding by employees and the public. ● Use proper English grammar and spell accurately; communicate effectively orally and in writing.

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● Understand and carry out complex oral and written instructions. ● Operate office equipment, including computers and supporting work processing, spreadsheets, database applications, and specialized programs related to department operations. ● Learn and utilize new skills and information to improve job performance and efficiency.

Environmental Factors:

Work is performed in a standard office setting under typical conditions including moderate noise levels, controlled temperature conditions, and no direct exposure to hazardous physical substances. Employees may interact with upset staff and/or public and private representatives in interpreting and enforcing departmental policies and procedures.

Physical Factors:

Requires regular sitting or standing for prolonged periods; talk and hear, both in person and by telephone. Use hands and fingers, handle, and feel computers and standard business equipment. Reach with hands and arms.

Frequently required to stand and walk. Occasionally bend, stoop, kneel, reach, push, and pull drawers open and closed to retrieve and file information. Occasionally lift and carry materials and supplies up to 25 pounds.

Work Situation Factors:

Classification requires flexibility in work hours, including attending City Council Meetings and other Commission Meetings. May work outside regular working hours and potentially for extended hours during critical projects or emergencies.

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ATTACHMENT C
RESOLUTION NO. 25-56

A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF

MONTEBELLO, CALIFORNIA, ESTABLISHING AN

APPROPRIATIONS LIMIT IN ACCORDANCE WITH CALIFORNIA
GOVERNMENT CODE, SECTION 7910

RECITALS
WHEREAS, Article XIII-B of the California State Constitution, informally known as the “Gann Appropriations Limit,” provides limits regarding the total amount of appropriations in any fiscal year from “The Proceeds of Taxes;” and, WHEREAS, The Article further provides that appropriations from designated reserve funds are not appropriations from the proceeds of taxes; and, WHEREAS, Section 7910 of the Government Code, added in 1980 by the State Legislature, provides that “each year the governing body of each local jurisdiction shall by resolution establish its appropriations limit for the following year.”

NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
MONTEBELLO DOES RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:

SECTION 1. The Fiscal Year 2024-25 appropriations limit was $64,039,578.

SECTION 2. The Fiscal Year 2025-26 appropriations limit is $68,702,220 calculated as shown on the worksheet attached hereto and known as Exhibit C1.

SECTION 3. The Fiscal Year 2025-26 appropriations subject to the above limit are $47,573,500 and is within the limit calculated as shown on Exhibit C2.

SECTION 4. That the City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this resolution and the same shall be in full force and effect.

APPROVED AND ADOPTED THIS 25TH DAY OF JUNE 2025
_______________________________
Salvador Melendez, Mayor

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RESOLUTION NO. 25-56

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ATTEST: APPROVED AS TO FORM:

________________________________ _______________________________ Christopher Jimenez, City Clerk Arnold M. Alvarez-Glasman, City Attorney

STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) SS:

CITY OF MONTEBELLO )
I, Christopher Jimenez, City Clerk of the City of Montebello, County of Los Angeles, State of California, hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution No. 25-56 was passed and adopted by the City Council of the City of Montebello, signed by the Mayor and attested by the City Clerk at a regular meeting of said Council held on the 25th day of June 2025 and that said Resolution was adopted by the following vote, to-wit:

AYES:

NOES:

ABSTAIN:

ABSENT:

DATE:

Christopher Jimenez, City Clerk

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AMOUNT
A. PROCEEDS OF TAXES 47,573,550
B. EXCLUSIONS 0
C. APPROPRIATIONS SUBJECT TO LIMITATION 47,573,550
D. CURRENT YEAR LIMIT 68,702,220
E. OVER/(UNDER) LIMIT (21,128,670)
City of Montebello
Gann Liimit Calculation
Appropriations Subject to Limitation, EXHIBIT C2

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AMOUNT
A. LAST YEAR'S LIMIT 64,039,578
B. ADJUSTMENT FACTOR

1. Population % 100.79

2. Inflation % 106.44
Total Adjustment % 107.28
C. ANNUAL ADJUSTMENT $ 4,662,642
D. OTHER ADJUSTMENTS:

Lost Responsibility (-)
Transfer to Private (-)
Transfer to Fees (-)
Assumed Responsibility (+)
Sub-total -
E. TOTAL ADJUSTMENTS 4,662,642
F. THIS YEAR'S LIMIT 68,702,220
City of Montebello
Gann Liimit Calculation
EXHIBIT C1

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ATTACHMENT A5
Fund Description Fund Number
New
Appropriations
Carryover
Approprations*
M&O
Expenditures** Total Funding:

City of Montebello
Capital Improvement Program (CIP)
Funding Source Summary
FY 2025-26 Budget

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ATTACHMENT D
Fund/Funding
Source Project Description Project # Amount Carryover?* Gas Tax (Fund 200)
Rio Hondo Coastal Spreading Grounds Fence 884 300,000
Bluff Road Slope Stabalization 901 185,000 C
MAT Cycle 1 Project 934 200,000
Wilcox Ave Traffic Striping 942 250,000
Signs, H ardware, Asphalt 250,000
Traffic Signal Street Signs 200,000
Yunex Contract (Signal Maintenance) 320,000
Citywide restriping 300,000
Administrative Expenses (Salaries) 25,000
Slauson Avenue TSSP 27,000
On-Call Engineering Servcies 500,000
2,557,000
Proposition A (Fund 210)
Whittier Blvd/6th Street Traffic Signal 926 700,000
ADA Enhancements 939 375,000
First Mile-Last Mile Traffic Signal Improvements 943 2,000,000 SGVCOG/Gatewy COG Dues 60,000
Administrative Expenses (Salaries) 200,000
On-Call Engneering Services 500,000
3,835,000
Proposition C (Fund 215)
Plaza Drive Pavement Rehabilitation 917 784,200 C
Beverly Blvd - Paving the Way 887 300,000
Monebello Blvd - Paving the Way 888 4,019,100 C
ADA Enhancements - Paving the Way 939 375,000
Nationwide Street Sweeping 375,000
Paving the Way Debt Service 704,600
Adminisrative Expenses (Salaries) 100,000
On-Call Engineering Services 250,000
6,907,900
Measure M (Fund 222)
ADA Enchancements 939 375,000
SB1 Annual Street Improvments 945 350,000
Sidewalk Improvements 941 1,000,000
Grade Seperation Project - Sidewalk 200,000
Alston Street Pavement Restoration 50,000
Paving the Way Debt Service 597,700
Administrative Expenses (Salaries) 250,000
On-Call Engineering Services 500,000
3,322,700
City of Montebello
Capital Improvement Program (CIP)
Project Listing by Fund, Appropriations Overview
FY 2025-26 Budget

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ATTACHMENT D
Fund/Funding
Source Project Description Project # Amount Carryover?* City of Montebello
Capital Improvement Program (CIP)
Project Listing by Fund, Appropriations Overview
FY 2025-26 Budget
Measure R (Fund 220)
Concourse Roundabout/Striping Enhancements 937 150,000
ADA Enhancements 939 375,000
SB1 Street Construction - Paving the Way 1,600,000
Paving the Way Debt Service 532,300
Administrative Expenses (Salaries) 250,000
On-Call Engineering Services 500,000
3,407,300
Meausre W (Fund 229)
Citywide Catch Basin Installation 931 516,300 C
East LA Median Stormwater Project 288,700
Stormwater/Urban Runoff Monitoring 200,000
Water Quality Programs 55,000
1,060,000
Road Maintenance and Rehabiliation Account (RMRA/SB1) (Fund 201) SB1 Street Construction 938 1,900,000
1,900,000
Measure A - Parks (Fund 221)
Holifield Community Gardene 945 160,000
160,000
CDBG (Fund 255)
Fire Station #56 Renovation 923 779,400
779,400
Sewer Infrastructure (Fund 263
Sewer Infrastructure Repair 2,100,000
2,100,000
SCAG Active Transportation (Fund 265, Grant)
Active Transportation and Safety 930 362,500 C
362,500
State of California Department of Parks (Fund 254)
Rio Hondo Coastal Spreading Grounds (Bluff Rd) 884 935,000 935,000
Transit (Fund 600)
Rio Hondo Access Improvement 924-2 400,000
Sr. Center Basement Remodel 925 807,300 C
Transit Remodel-Renovation 932 2,000,000
3,207,300
General Fund (Fund 100) - NOT APPROPRIATED/FUNDED
Whitier Blvd/6th Street Traffic Signal 926 300,000
LED Sign (City Hall) 933 100,000
Lincoln Avenue Fire Hydrant Upgrades 940 500,000
900,000
TOTAL FY 2025-26 CIP BUDGET (New and Carryover) 31,434,100 "C" = Carryover amount from prior fiscal year/projected not started

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City of Montebello
Budget Message
Fiscal Year 2025-26 Adopted Budget
The City of Montebello celebrates its second century of incorporation with the proposed Fiscal Year 2025-26 Operating and Capital budget. The City is faced with a unique combination of opportunities and challenges, with many new projects underway – and some major ones recently completed – that will propel economic development in the community. The past fiscal year witnessed the continuation of progress towards financial sustainability.

This budget builds upon the progress made in the past five years’ award-winning budgets and continues moving the organization forward by funding the services and programs key to the City Council’s priorities. The City once again received the Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA) “Distinguished Budget Presentation Award” for the adopted Fiscal Year 2024-25 budget document – the fifth consecutive year. Receiving this award demonstrates the City’s commitment to producing an accessible budget document that effectively communicates the City’s financial priorities in a transparent and accessible manner. Staff will submit the FY 2025-26 budget for this award and fully expect to receive it for a sixth consecutive year.

Moreover, the City has continued its commitment to transparency and public participation in the budget development process. For FY 2025-26, four public community budget forums were hosted across the City – increasing the number from three in the prior year. The four public sessions held in February 2025 provided a “Budget 101” overview for the community, and staff solicited questions and feedback from residents on all manner of budget and operational issues.

The feedback from the community was incorporated into budget development, with residents’ requests submitted to the City Council for review and consideration, including a presentation at a regular City Council meeting in April, 2025.

Below is a small sample of recent accomplishments that positively impact the organization in Fiscal Year 2025-26:
• Utilization of $15.140 million in bonds to fully renovate and rejuvenate the City’s public golf course

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• Utilizing bond proceeds to construct a Topgolf on 15 acres of the City’s public golf course • Completion of a portion of the “Paving the Way” projects that improved residential street and road conditions
• Major repairs to the City’s aging sewer system, utilizing a portion of the City’s Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds (CSLFRF) allocation • Expansion of the Montebello Community Assistance Program (MCAP) aimed at helping the City’s unhoused population
• Update of the City’s General Plan update, the first in over forty years, with adoption by the City Council in April, 2024
• Completion of a park and facilities needs assessment study and master plan • Completion of significant facility repair and upgrade projects, eliminating years of deferred maintenance on key City facilities
• Introduction of improved purchasing and procurement guidelines • Receiving the Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA) award for budget preparation for the fifth time in the history of the City • Approval to finance installation of solar panels at City facilities These and dozens of additional accomplishments provide a clear indication that Montebello is making progress towards financial sustainability and fiscal stability – with significant assistance from the City’s economic development team. This budget continues movement towards those goals.

The adopted all-funds budget includes $226,163,050 in expenditures and $211,159,000 in revenue. The majority of the difference between expenditures and revenue is from utilizing available fund balance in the various Special Revenue Funds for capital projects such as reconstructing and paving City streets. The table below presents an overview of the Fiscal Year 2025-26 budget, by major fund category/type:

REVENUE EXPENDITURES Variance
General Fund $ 84,447,100 $ 83,552,400 $ 894,700
Grants/Special Revenue Funds $ 48,794,100 $ 48,929,850 $ (135,750) Capital Projects (Street/Infrastructure) $ 11,016,100 $ 19,821,400 $ (8,805,300) Internal Service Funds $ 8,392,000 $ 9,633,800 $ (1,241,800) Enterprise Funds $ 56,645,700 $ 62,054,000 $ (5,408,300) Fiduciary Funds $ 1,864,000 $ 2,171,600 $ (307,600)
TOTAL CITY BUDGET $ 211,159,000 $ 226,163,050 $ (15,004,050) The General Fund budget, which provides funding for everyday services residents depend on – Police, Fire, community services, code enforcement, street and park maintenance – is projected to have a $894,700 surplus. General Fund expenditures of $83,552,400 are less than forecasted revenues of $84,447,100, as summarized in the table below:

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FY 2025-26
Proposed
Budget
General Fund Expenditures 83,552,400
General Fund Revenue 84,447,100
Surplus / (Deficit) 894,700
Total, all funds appropriations (expenditures and revenue) include General Fund operations as well as Transit (Montebello Bus Lines), the Hilton Garden Inn and Home2Suites, the various Capital Improvement Program (CIP) projects funded with Local Return Funds (i.e., Measure R, Proposition C) and Federal and State grants, Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) programs, several grant awards across multiple departments (Fire, Parks and Recreation, Police, etc.), Property Tax Override payment of Pension Obligation Bond debt service, Successor Agency (former Redevelopment Agency) enforceable obligations, and many other projects, programs and operations utilizing various special and restricted funding sources The progress in right-sizing the City’s General Fund over the past six fiscal years is significant.

Staff has worked diligently to review all revenue and expenditure items, performing a “modified” zero-based budgeting exercise for the sixth consecutive year. This budget is the product of a five-year strategic budget development approach, with the end goal being the achievement of a sustainable and healthy budget that incorporates City Council priorities while providing funding for essential daily operations. A section in the following pages is devoted to explaining this fiveyear plan in greater detail.

The strategic budget development approach sought to refine prior year actual expenditures to adjust subsequent requests based on well analyzed and researched trends. Most importantly, significant emphasis was placed on continuing the proper and accurate allocation of maintenance and operations appropriations as well as allocating employee salary and benefit costs to nonGeneral Fund sources (i.e., Gas Tax, Local Return Funds, Montebello Hills project deposit, Transit Fund, grant funds, etc.) where appropriate and allowed.

Traditionally, Montebello had done a less than ideal job charging maintenance and operations and staff time to projects using grant or local return fund sources of revenue. This standard practice – especially in the Public Works realm – relieves the General Fund of certain expenses that can be correctly charged to restricted revenue sources. Charging off eligible expenses to special funds provides additional budget “room” for General Fund programs such as code enforcement, community services, park landscape maintenance, etc. These improved allocation methods have relieved the General Fund of over $10 million in expenditures over the previous five fiscal years. That is additional appropriations “room” in the General Fund for services and programs such as: landscape and facilities maintenance, community services programming, emergency response, etc.

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For example, $1,1974,400 in salary and benefit costs are charged to the Transit Fund – representing the direct support provided across the organization to Transit operations (i.e., Human Resources, payroll, accounts payable, administration, information technology, etc.). In addition, approximately $825,000 in salary and benefit costs will be charged to various Local Return Funds (e.g., Measure C, Measure M, etc.), recouping costs related to Public Works engineering and Finance support in managing capital projects using Metro funding.

The following pages provide a detailed discussion of the Fiscal Year 2025-26 budget, as well as an update on selected major infrastructure projects and details of the five-year fiscal sustainability/budget improvement plan. The emphasis on budget figures will be on the General Fund, but key special and enterprise fund operations will be highlighted (e.g., hotels, golf course, Transit). Details on every fund and account can be found in the budget book.

Basis of Budgeting
The City of Montebello adopts annual budgets using a method consistent with generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP"). Appropriations for a majority of the City's Funds are developed using a modified cash basis. Using this practice to establish the budget ensures compliance with enacted budgets according to applicable statutes and administrative procedures.

For all Funds, except for the General Fund, the total amount appropriated or budgeted to be spent may not exceed the fiscal year's estimated revenue available plus the unappropriated surplus fund balance (or less deficit) of the preceding fiscal year(s). The City's fiscal year begins July 1st and ends June 30.

It is important to note that the Basis of Budgeting is different from the Basis of Accounting. The Basis of Accounting refers to the time various financial transactions are recognized and/or recorded. Although not directly related to the annual budget development, the Basis of Accounting is instrumental in establishing local financial practices and completing financial reports such as the Annual Comprehensive Financial Report (ACFR).

Budget Development – A Five-Year Journey
Attaining fiscal sustainability involves developing and instituting a budget process that establishes a culture of fiscal accountability. The FY 2025-26 budget development process was a product of the five-year strategic budget development process first implemented with the FY 2020-21 budget.

The five-year budget development improvement process created a set of building blocks, based on the ability to improve a subsequent year’s budget based on progress made in the current year.

Each year the process became more sophisticated, with the end goal being a self-sustaining budget built around strategic goals. The image below encapsulates the iterative process, showing

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the basic building blocks for each year and the emphasis placed on a grouping of tasks designed to continuously improve the budget – and by extension the organization:

The first year (FY 2020-21) was focused on assessing the budget in its current state and then fixing “low hanging fruit” that would immediately improve the overall budget situation. A budget was presented that represented the best and most comprehensive planning document possible, given the myriad fixes necessary – and the complicating factors of a global pandemic at the time.

The FY 2021-22 budget used the improved base created in FY 2020-21 to build upon. There was a deeper focus on analyzing revenue and expenditure trends, utilizing additional information and data available. The refinement of the budget development process further improved the budget that was proposed and eventually adopted. The FY 2021-22 budget was more fully and comprehensively prepared and incorporated additional information not available in the prior fiscal year.

The FY 2022-23 budget focused on research, improvement (continued) and strategy. Utilizing focused and more in-depth research of revenue and expenditure trends allows for a much more accurate budget to be developed and presented. Research into specific expenses and whether they are one time or continuing, and whether they are being recorded to the correct account, leads to improved budget requests and management. The same goes for revenue and having a deeper ability to more accurately forecast revenue across all funds by better understanding the flow of various revenue streams and their relative cyclicality.

For the FY 2023-24 budget, the improvement effort continued and moved into an analyze and refine mode. Analysis of the previous year’s revenue and expenditure actuals against the adopted and amended budget provided a better understanding of trends. This same approach guided the development of the FY 2024-25 budget, allowing for refinement of budget requests and estimates.

The FY 2024-25 budget included a three-year financial forecast for the first time. Production of the forecast was made possible by the myriad improvements made in prior years.

Ultimately, the five-year process was designed to produce greater financial stability and promote fiscal responsibility. Fiscal sustainability can only be achieved when all parts of the organization FY 2020-21 FY 2021-22 FY 2022-23 FY 2023-24 …
Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Years 4 - 5
Assess Analyze Research Analyze
Fix Refine Improve Refine
Present Prepare Strategize Improve

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are moving in the same direction and focused on achieving the same outcomes. Through a structured and strategic budget process, improvements can be made that will help fund essential operations while making these improvements part of the organizational culture.

The remaining pages of this Budget Message provide a discussion of General Fund revenue and expenditures, a focus on changes to Department staffing and operations, and an overview of major non-General Fund operations such as Transit, the Golf Course, the two City-owned hotels and the Capital Improvement Program (CIP). Extensive details on department budgets, organizational charts, staffing levels, and other funds can be found in the budget document itself.

General Fund Revenue
Total General Fund revenue is projected to be $84,447,100, a $7,783 million increase (10.2%) over the FY 2024-25 adopted budget. The table below shows historical General Fund revenue by major category, and the variance from last fiscal year to this fiscal year. 2023-24
Adopted
2023-24
Actual
2024-25
Adopted
2025-26
PROPOSED Variance $
Variance
%
SALES TAX 26,085,000 25,658,377 26,625,000 28,600,000 1,975,000 7.4% PROPERTY TAX 15,612,800 17,373,671 17,060,000 18,635,200 1,575,200 9.2% OTHER TAXES 625,000 666,485 660,000 665,000 5,000 0.8%
FRANCHISE TAXES 3,055,000 3,449,842 3,325,000 3,599,000 274,000 8.2% LICENSES AND PERMITS 7,651,000 7,897,407 7,548,000 9,435,000 1,887,000 25.0% FINES AND FORFEITURES 2,940,000 3,034,337 3,140,000 3,425,000 285,000 9.1% INVESTMENT INCOME 350,000 723,374 520,000 530,000 10,000 1.9% INTERGOVERNMENTAL 15,000 4,902,930 15,000 65,000 50,000 333.3% CHARGES FOR SERVICE 7,940,100 8,470,350 8,372,600 8,826,700 454,100 5.4% OTHER REVENUE 4,742,500 17,259,240 4,698,000 5,282,600 584,600 12.4% TRANSFERS IN 4,300,000 6,666,044 4,700,000 5,383,600 683,600 14.5% 73,316,400 96,102,057 76,663,600 84,447,100 7,783,500 10.2% Sales tax overall is projected to increase $1.975 million year over year (7.4%) when compared to the FY 2024-25 budget. The projected uptick in sales tax revenue is based on new, major retail operations in the City: Tesla and Topgolf. In addition to these retail operators, many smaller – but still significant – businesses began operating in Montebello and are contributing to this positive sales tax trend. In addition, the sales tax sharing agreement with the Monterey Park Marketplace continues to provide steady revenue, especially since Monterey Park voters approve a 3/4 cent transaction and use tax in 2022.

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properties as of January 1, 2024, the assessment that occurred on January 1, 2025 has positively impacted FY 2025-26 property tax revenue. The City’s share of residual property tax – from form redevelopment project areas – has also increased year-over-year as enforceable obligations are retired.

Also, the recent change in contract terms governing revenue sharing of plan checks has had a positive impact to plan check revenue. The City now receives a larger share of plan check revenue (40% vs. 20%) vs. the previous agreement’s terms.

Transfers In (non-Operating Revenue) are up $683,600 year-over-year. The increase is from additional reimbursement of retirement related expenses in the General Fund. The City collects additional voter approved property tax for retirement expenses (icescapes). The General Fund is reimbursed for these expenses through a transfer of revenue on a quarterly basis. With additional staff added over the years, and increased wages from recent (i.e., 2022) and projected (i.e., 2025) labor contract approvals, PERS related expenses have increased. Therefore, the Transfer In reimbursement has increased for FY 2025-26 to match expenses.

The pie chart below provides an overview of the various categories of General Fund revenue and their proportional slice of the revenue pie. Following the pie chart are detailed explanations of the major revenue categories, and highlights of the changes seen in the FY 2025-26 budget. As noted previously, staff continues to work on updating revenue forecasts and analyzing the reason for year-over-year changes through presentation of the budget for adoption.

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Sales Tax
Sales tax accounts for 33.9% of total General Fund revenue. The City receives sales tax from three main sources: Bradley Burns 1%, Measure H ¾ percent transaction and use tax and Monterey Park Marketplace sales tax sharing. In total, Montebello is projected to receive $28.600 million in revenue from all three sources combined (an increase of $1.975 million over last year’s adopted budget). The table below presents details of these three important sources of sales tax revenue from FY 2021-22 (actuals) to FY 2025-26 (proposed):
2021-22
Actual
2022-23
Actual
2023-24
Actual
FY 24-25

ADOPTED
FY 25-26
PROPOSED Variance $
1% Sales Tax 14,617,152 14,851,025 14,447,805 15,525,000 17,000,000 1,475,000 Monterey Park Martketplace 1,378,534 1,525,665 1,122,969 900,000 1,100,000 200,000 Measure H 9,383,293 9,974,915 10,087,603 10,200,000 10,500,000 300,000 25,378,979 26,351,605 25,658,377 26,625,000 28,600,000 1,975,000 Sales tax is the most important piece of the City’s General Fund budget, and the FY 2025-26 forecast include projections from two of the largest and newest additions to the City’s retail base:

Tesla and Topgolf. In addition, recent changes to tax law in California due to the Wayfair vs.

South Dakota Supreme Court decision in 2018 have increased the amount of sales tax coming to Montebello via the County Pool. The County Pool records sales tax from on-line sales (as well as other non-point of sale transactions) and apportions it to cities in each county based on their relative share of total sales tax.

Sales Tax

33.9%
Property Tax

22.1%
Franchise Fees -
Other Taxes

5.0%
Licenses and
Permits

11.2%
Fines and
Forfeitures

4.1%
Charges for Services

10.5%
Intergovernmental -
Investments - Other
Revenue

7.0%
Transfers In

6.4%

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The pandemic changed buying behavior – more on-line transactions as people were forced to shelter in place – and this change in consumer behavior manifests itself in increased revenue from the county pool. Of all the major industry areas providing sales tax to Montebello, the share from the county pool shows the greatest area of continued strength in growth. This is not unique to Montebello, as all cities in California have gained additional sales tax income from the taxing of on-line activity and the overall growth in county pools.

The recent opening of a Tesla automotive dealership in November 2024 and the Topgolf in May 2024 will have a positive impact on the City’s overall sales tax revenue base. Additional retail opportunities – including Ace Hardware, Hobby Lobby and many more – will also improve sales tax in FY 2025-26 and beyond.

In addition to the $1.475 million increase in forecasted Bradley-Burns 1% sales tax revenue, an additional $300,000 in Measure H transaction and use tax revenue is projected. Measure H – approved by over 60% of Montebello voters in 2020 – is a ¾ cent transaction and use tax, and it tracks at approximately 67% of the Bradley-Burns amount. Therefore, as the City sees increases to the 1% sales tax base, there will be a concomitant increase in Measure H revenue.

The sales tax sharing agreement with Monterey Park is projected to bring $1.100 million in revenue from the Monterey Park Marketplace. Montebello receives 18% of sales tax revenue generated by the Marketplace. In addition, the recent passage of a ¾ cent transaction and use tax by Monterey Park voters in 2022 has improved this revenue stream – hence, the $200,000 projected year-over-year increase for FY 2025-26.

Property Tax
The second largest share of General Fund revenue is from property tax: $18.635 million, or

22.1% of General Fund revenue. The majority of property tax revenue comes from the “In-Lieu of VLF” source ($9.600 million), which is a remnant of the “triple-flip” instituted in 2005 as part of the State’s effort to balance its budget. At the time, the state swapped vehicle license fee (VLF) revenue allocated to local agencies to help better fund K-12 education and replaced VLF revenue with property tax. This source of revenue grows at generally the same rate as the overall assessed value in the City (i.e., for FY 2025-26, that is a 5.0% growth rate from prior year projected actuals).

Montebello also receives traditional property tax from residential, commercial and industrial property owners. The City receives approximately nine cents out of every property tax dollar paid to the County of Los Angeles. The assessed value of the City is projected to increase 5.0% when compared to last year. This increase is close to the twenty-year trend of year-over-year changes in assessed value, with that average at about 4.0%
Single Family Residential (SFR) median prices have increased significantly in recent years, averaging 6.6% annual growth between the first quarters of 2018 and 2025. The median SFR

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price in Montebello is $807,500 (Quarter 1, 2025), a 0.3% decrease from the first quarter of 2024.

The median value is lower than the first quarter of 2024 ($810,000) and off the peak of $850,000 reached in the third and fourth quarters of 2024.

Also, the pace of sales has slowed in the past year. There have been fewer full value sales in 2024 (139) when compared to prior years. The first quarter of 2025 had 24 full value sales, a decrease from the same quarter of 2024 (35). These changes are not surprising, as mortgage rates have increased concomitant with the Federal Reserve’s increase to the Federal Funds rate.

However, citywide assessed value – as noted above – is still increasing by 5.0% year-over-year, showing continued strength in property values across all property types.

Finally, the City is projected to receive $2.572 million in residual property tax revenue – an $885,700 increase over the FY 2024-25 adopted budget. This revenue stream represents the flow of former tax increment from redevelopment project areas. Post redevelopment dissolution (i.e., after January 2012), local agencies receive residual (i.e., left over) tax increment after various pass-through agreements and enforceable obligations are satisfied. As Montebello’s enforceable obligations such as debt service are paid off, an increased amount of residual property tax flows to the City. In addition, the completion and sale of Metro Heights housing units contribute to this source of property tax, as that development was a former redevelopment project area. This source of property tax will continue to grow as the City’s enforceable obligations are extinguished and as more housing units are completed and sold in Metro Heights.

Franchise and Other Taxes
The City receives $3.599 million in revenue from various franchise agreements. The two largest sources of franchise revenue are from Southern California Edison (SCE) and the combination of residential and non-residential refuse/solid waste haulers. These two franchises account for $2.493 million of total franchise revenue projected for FY 2025-26. Improved monitoring of nonresidential commercial refuse haulers has resulted in additional franchise revenue. Also, the City’s residential refuse hauler (Athens) began remitting a new 16% franchise fee to the City with the new agreement in effect as of February 2025.

There is an additional source of franchise revenue that began in August, 2022: SB 1383 organic waste. The $300,000 projected from this source of revenue is attributable to the State requirement that communities offer the recycling of organic waste materials. An agreement with the City’s residential refuse hauler allows them to collect and process this organic waste, and the City receives a portion of the hauling fees.

Montebello also receives transient occupancy tax (TOT) revenue – forecasted to be $390,000 in FY 2025-26, $5,000 more than the FY 2024-25 adopted budget. The three fiscal years prior to the pandemic saw TOT averaging $412,000 per year. But FY 2019-20 saw it drop to $376,424, with FY 2020-21 coming in even lower at $223,620, and a slight increase to $340,195 in FY 2021-

22. The nine-year average for TOT – which includes the “pandemic years” – is $365,000.

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Another source of “other taxes” revenue that has seen an increase in recent years is Property Transfer Tax. This revenue is generated each time a residential property is sold in Montebello.

Property Transfer Tax revenue is forecasted at $275,000. Even with the drop in single family residential property sales (see “Property Tax” section above), the increase in assessed value will lead to an increase in this source of revenue since this tax is calculated as a percentage of the property’s value.

Charges for Services
The City charges for various services based on City Council approved fee schedules and agreements, recouping the costs associated with providing the service. For FY 2025-26, a projected $8.827 million in revenue will come from various charges for services: development agreements, facility rentals, electronic billboard agreements, radio frequency lease agreements, recreation classes, extended childcare programs, etc. Charges for Services revenue is projected to be $454,100 more than FY 2024-25. This source represents 10.5% of total General Fund revenue.

More than half of the projected increase ($243,700) is from residential refuse revenue. The residential charge for trash service appears on property tax bills. The County collects this revenue and remits it to the City as part of the annual property tax billing and collection process. In turn, the City pays the residential refuse hauler (i.e., Athens Services) for this service. The revenue is essentially a pass-through, covering expenditures completely. Each year, the franchise trash hauler is entitled to adjusting rates by the change in inflation. Therefore, the year-over-year increase anticipates this increase.

The other changes in Charges for Services is from additional electronic billboard revenue ($90,000), increases to Fire related radio communication subscription fees/des ($55,000), and increases from various Police Department services ($50,000).

Licenses and Permits
This source of revenue comprises 11.2% of total General Fund revenue ($9.435 million). The year-over-year forecast shows a $1.887 million improvement (25.0%). There are two particular revenue streams responsible for the majority of the net increase vs. FY 2024-25: Building Permits and Plan Checks.

Building Permit revenue – forecast at $1.900 million, or $900,000 more than last fiscal year – has increased primarily from Metro Heights related construction activity. The nine-year average for this revenue source is $818,000. However, since FY 2021-22, there has been a steady and significant increase in Building Permit revenue. As construction activity continues in Metro Heights, this revenue stream will remain elevated.

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Plan Check revenue is forecast to be $800,000 more than what was budgeted for FY 2024-25 -- $1.300 million. Metro Heights construction activity is contributing to this increase, but so is the recent change in the revenue sharing ratio with the City’s contracted plan check consultant. Prior to November 2024, the sharing ratio was 80% / 20% -- the City would receive 20% of plan check fees processed. The new agreement provides the City with 40% of plan check fee revenue – a more favorable ratio that matches industry standards.

While Metro Heights construction activity will trail off in future years, the revenue sharing ratio will remain in place. Hence, revenue performance will remain positive compared to prior years – even if and when activity slows down.

Fines and Forfeitures
This category of revenue is projected to bring $3.425 million in revenue for FY 2025-26, a $285,000 increase over FY 2024-25 (9.1%). The majority of this revenue comes from “Vehicle Code Fines,” also known as moving violations. The nine-year average of this revenue source is $1.652 million, however that includes two years where the pandemic impacted the issuance and collection of moving violations. Recent experience (shows a return to pre-pandemic levels. The forecast for FY 2025-26 is $2.100 million -- $250,000 less than the FY 2024-25 budget. The amount for FY 2025-26 is more in line with prior year actuals/forecasts.

There is a projected increase of $525,00 from parking violations ($1.250 million). In 2022 the City began enforcing street sweeping restrictions. This increased enforcement, coupled with improvements in ticket payment options, has led to the improved revenue forecast.

While only accounting for 4.1% of total General Fund revenue, this source does serve as an important deterrent to unsafe vehicle operations on Montebello’s streets. Finance, working closely with Police Department staff, will continue to monitor the revenue trends of parking and moving violations, and will provide updated projections based on updated year-to-date information.

Other Revenue/Non-Operating Revenue
Montebello has a Property Tax Override (PTO) assessment that generates annual revenue utilized for paying all pension related costs. This property tax override has been in place since 1946, when Montebello residents first voted to approve the parcel tax. This voter approved tax can only be utilized to pay for pension related costs (i.e., California Public Employee Retirement System, PERS). The City annually uses this revenue to pay the Unfunded Actuarial Liability (UAL) and Normal Cost expenses associated with the City’s contract with PERS to provide retirement benefits to safety and miscellaneous employees. All General Fund related pension expenses due to PERS are paid for by utilizing the PTO revenue (the Transit Fund pays directly for PERS related costs of the Montebello Bus Lines operations).

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The City utilizes the Non-Operating Transfer-In method to reimburse the General Fund for PERS related Normal Costs expenditures. For FY 2025-26, a $4.994 million Transfer In has been budgeted for this purpose – a $593,600 increase over FY 2024-25. Beginning in FY 2021-22, the majority of PTO revenue is being utilized to pay debt service on the Pension Obligation Bonds (POBs, Series 2020). In an effort to manage rising pension costs, the City issued POBs in June 2020. The $153.4 million in POBs wiped out the existing UAL (as of June 30, 2018). (More information on expected revenue and associated expenses can be found by reviewing the Fund 205, Retirement detail page in the budget book.)
The City will continue paying Normal Costs to PERS on a bi-weekly basis, as is standard for all public agency employers. The PTO revenue remaining after paying annual debt service will be used for this purpose. In addition, as subsequent actuarial valuations are completed by PERS, new UAL bases will be paid annually with available PTO. A portion of PERS costs – both UAL and Normal Cost – is paid for by the Transit Fund. A portion of debt service on the Series 2020 POBs will be paid utilizing PTO. A cost allocation plan study determined that Transit is responsible for 27% of pension related costs. Transit will continue paying this share of retirement costs, in the form of debt service, as well as any new UAL created with future PERS actuarial studies and the full share of normal costs associated with transit operations.

The other large source of revenue in the “Other Revenue” category in FY 2025-26 is from the Administrative Overhead charge ($3.843 million). The updated 2022 cost allocation plan provides a basis for reimbursing the General Fund for administrative and overhead support provided to various special revenue and enterprise funds (i.e., Gas Tax, Transit, Hotels, Local Return Funds, etc.). The amount established by this plan is updated annually based on the average increase in salary and benefit costs. Staff review each of the charges and adjust them as necessary to ensure the General Fund is properly reimbursed for the internal support (i.e., indirect costs) provided by Finance, Human Resources, City Clerk, Information Technology and related functions to these non-General Fund operations.

This improved cost allocation – a pillar of the many budget improvements being made to provide long-term financial stability to Montello – provides $3.843 million in non-operating revenue to the General Fund. Finance staff will continue to review operations and find more opportunities to properly charge support staff salary and benefit costs to non-General Fund operations.

General Fund Expenditures
The City of Montebello is a full-service city, providing Police, Fire, Public Works, Parks and Recreation, Transit and various building, planning and internal support functions (i.e., Finance, Human Resources, Information Technology, etc.) to the community. The Fiscal Year 2025-26 General Fund expenditures budget supporting day-to-day functions is $83,552,400, a $7.452 million increase (9.8%) over the FY 2024-25 adopted budget.

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Montebello City CouncilJune 25, 2025

Montebello City Council
June 25, 2025