SYNOPSIS
CITY COUNCIL
OCTOBER 21, 2025
STUDY SESSION MEETING
CALL TO ORDER 5:00 p.m.
ROLL CALL Councilmembers Ramirez and Rios, Vice Mayor Perez, and Mayor Ayala were present.
Councilmember Valencia was absent.
CLOSED SESSION
I. CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL – ANTICIPATED LITIGATION PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE §54956.9(d)(2) – Significant exposure to litigation in one case.
II. CONFERENCE WITH REAL PROPERTY NEGOTIATOR PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE §54956.8, Assessor Parcel Numbers 8047-006-924 and 8047-006-925 (The Walk Project); Negotiating on behalf of the City: Jesus M. Gomez, City Manager; Negotiating Party: Primestor; Under Negotiation:
Price and Terms of Payment.
III. PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE §54957.6; CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATOR.
Negotiating on behalf of the City: Jesus M. Gomez, City Manager; regarding negotiations with the Norwalk City Employees Association.
RECESS 5:47 p.m.
REGULAR MEETING
CALL TO ORDER 6:07 p.m.
ROLL CALL Councilmembers Ramirez, Rios, and Valencia, Vice Mayor Perez, and Mayor Ayala were present.
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CONSENT CALENDAR
Consent calendar items are considered routine matters which may be enacted by one motion and roll call vote.
Any item may be removed from the consent calendar and considered separately by City Council. APPROVED by a 5-0 vote.
1. WAIVE READING IN FULL OF ALL ORDINANCES ON THE AGENDA - City Council waived reading in full of all ordinances on the agenda and declare d that said titles which appear on the public agenda shall be determined to have been read by title and further reading waived.
2. MEETING MINUTES - City Council approved the minutes of the meeting of October 7, 2025. 825-04
3. PAYROLL FOR THE PERIOD SEPTEMBER 14, 2025 – SEPTEMBER 27, 2025 - City Council approved gross payroll in the amount of $1,345,430.90; the payroll Check Nos. 38572 – 38586 and the Voucher Nos. 350678 – 351190 in the total net amount of $981,977.23 for the payroll period September 14, 2025 – September 27, 2025. 630
4. COMMERCIAL DEMANDS - City Council approved the warrant register period September 30, 2025 – October 13, 2025, in the total amount of $5,222,814.66. 640
5. PLANNING COMMISSION SYNOPSIS - OCTOBER 8, 2025 - No action was taken. 320
6. AGREEMENT FOR BODY REPAIR AND PAINTING SERVICES FOR TRANSIT BUSES AND HEAVY- DUTY VEHICLES AND EQUIPMENT - City Council approve d an agreement with ABC Bus, Inc. for body repair and painting for transit buses city-wide heavy-duty vehicles and equipment for the period of January 1, 2026 through June 30, 2029, with an option to extend annually for two additional one -year periods from July 1 through June 30 of each year thereafter for a total contract value of $325,000; and authorized the City Manager to execute the agreement and any amendments, provided there is funding in the budget and it is within the City Manager’s signing authority, on behalf of the City, in a form approved by the City Attorney. 634-05
7. AMENDMENT NO. 3 TO MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING TO DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT A
WATERSHED MANAGEMENT PROGRAM AND COORDINATED INTEGRATED MONITORING PROGRAM FOR THE LOWER SAN GABRIEL RIVER WATERSHED COMMITTEE - City Council approved Amendment No. 3 to the Memorandum of Understanding with Gateway Water Management Authority to develop and implement a Watershed Management Program and Coordinated Integrated Monitoring Program for the Lower San Gabriel River Watershed Committee; to extend the term of the agreement through September 30, 2030; for an estimated average annual cost of $82,983 plus GWMA’s administration and indirect administrative fees, and authorize d the City Manager to execute the amendment on behalf of the City, in a form approved by the City Attorney. 1070-10
APPOINTMENTS
8. ADVISORY BODY APPOINTMENTS - None. 200
ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS
9. ORDINANCE NO. 25 -1760 - AMENDING TITLE 15 (BUILDINGS AND CONSTRUCTION) OF THE
NORWALK MUNIC IPAL CODE RELATED TO ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING WHICH SETS
FORTH AN EXPEDITED, STREAMLINED PERMITTING PROCESS FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING STATIONS - City Council:
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a. introduced by title only Ordinance No. 25-1760, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF NORWALK AMENDING TITLE 15 (BUILDINGS AND CONSTRUCTION) OF THE NORWALK MUNICIPAL
CODE RELATED TO ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING WHICH SETS FORTH AN
EXPEDITED, STREAMLINED PERMITTING PROCESS FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING STATIONS, waived further reading and scheduled for adoption; and b. considered and found the project exempt from CEQA pursuant to Section 15308 . APPROVED by a 5-0 vote.
RECONVENED TO NCFFA 6:51 p.m.
10. RESOLUTION NO. 25-50 – APPROVING AN AMENDED AND RESTATED PARKING AGREEMENT City Council:
a. found that the Amended and Restated Parking Agreement is categorically exempt pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”) as this activity will not have a significant effect on the environment per Section 15301 Class 1 (Existing Facilities) of the CEQA Guidelines and CEQA Guidelines Section 15061(b)(3) – Common Sense Exemption in that it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that the Amended and Restated Parking Agreement may have a significant effect on the environment. None of the exceptions under CEQA Guidelines Section 15300.2 apply;
b. adopted Resolution No. 25 -50, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORWALK APPROVING AN AMENDED AND RESTATED PARKING AGREEMENT; and c. authorized the City Manager to execute the Amended and Restated Parking Agreement and any documents under the terms of the Agreement and such other ancillary documents, and any additional amendments provided there is funding in the budget, in a form approved by the City Attorney. APPROVED by a 5-0 vote. 1405-04
NCFFA ADJOURNMENT: 6:59
ADJOURNMENT 7:36 p.m.