SYNOPSIS
CITY COUNCIL
NOVEMBER 18, 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 arrived after roll call.
CLOSED SESSION
I. CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL – ANTICIPATED LITIGATION PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE §54956.9(d)(2) in one case.
RECESS 5:20 p.m.
REGULAR MEETING
CALL TO ORDER 6:05 p.m.
ROLL CALL Councilmembers Ramirez, Rios, and Valencia, Vice Mayor Perez, and Mayor Ayala were present.
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 November 4, 2025. 825-04
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3. PAYROLL FOR THE PERIOD OCTOBER 12, 2025 – OCTOBER 25, 2025 - City Council approved gross payroll in the amount of $1,223,684.43; the payroll Check Nos. 38597 – 38604 and the Voucher Nos. 351704 – 352218 in the total net amount of $993,624.25 for the payroll period October 12, 2025 – October 31, 2025. 630
4. COMMERCIAL DEMANDS - City Council approve d the warrant register period October 28, 2025 – November 10, 2025, in the total amount of $10,557,882.16. 640
5. PLANNING COMMISSION SYNOPSIS - NOVEMBER 12, 2025 - No action was taken. 320
6. RESOLUTION NO. 25 -55 - REPORTING OF THE EMPLOYER’S CONTRIBUTION FOR MANAGEMENT UNIT EMPLOYEES UNDER THE PUBLIC EMPLOYEES’ MEDICAL AND HOSPITAL CARE ACT - City Council adopt ed Resolution No. 25 -55, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORWALK RESCINDING RESOLUTION NO. 24 -65 AND FIXING THE EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTION AT AN EQUAL AMOUNT FOR EMPLOYEES AND ANNUITANTS UNDER THE PUBLIC EMPLOYEES’ MEDICAL AND HOSPITAL CARE ACT FOR MANAGEMENT EMPLOYEES. 135-01-03
APPOINTMENTS
7. ADVISORY BODY APPOINTMENTS - None. 200
PUBLIC HEARINGS
8. ORDINANCE NO. 25 -1761 – ADOPTING THE 2025 CALIFORNIA BUILDING, RESIDENTIAL, FIRE,
WILDLAND-URBAN INTERFACE, PLUMBING, ELECTRICAL, MECHANICAL, ENERGY, EXISTING BUILDING, AND GREEN BUILDING STANDARDS AND AMENDMENTS – RESOLUTION NO. 25 -53
MODIFYING THE CALIFORNIA STANDARD CODES DUE TO LOCAL CLIMATIC, GEOLOGICAL OR TOPOGRAPHICAL CONDITIONS – AMENDING THE NORWALK MUNICIPAL CODE - City Council adopted:
a. Ordinance No. 25-1761, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF NORWALK ADOPTING BY REFERENCE THE 2025 EDITIONS OF THE CALIFORNIA BUILDING, RESIDENTIAL, FIRE, WILDLAND -URBAN
INTERFACE, PLUMBING, ELECTRICAL, MECHANICAL, ENERGY, EXISTING BUILDING, AND
GREEN BUILDING STANDARDS CODES AND RELATED MODEL CODES, WITH APPENDICES AND AMENDMENTS THERETO; AND AMENDING THE NORWALK MUNICIPAL CODE; and b. Resolution No. 25 -53, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORWALK
MAKING EXPRESS FINDINGS AND DETERMINATIONS THAT MODIFICATIONS TO THE
CALIFORNIA BUILDING, RESIDENTIAL, FIRE, WILDLAND -URBAN INTERFACE, PLUMBING,
ELECTRICAL, MECHANICAL, EXISTING BUILDING, AND GREEN BUILDING STANDARDS CODES IN ORDINANCE NO. 25 -1761 ARE REASONABLY NECESSARY BECAUSE OF LOCAL CLIMATIC, GEOLOGICAL OR TOPOGRAPHICAL CONDITIONS. APPROVED by a 5-0 vote. 305-01
9. ORDINANCE NO. 25 -1762 - ZONING TEXT AMENDMENT NO. 2025 -01 - AMENDING TITLE 17 (ZONING) OF THE NORWALK MUNICIPAL CODE UPDATING THE ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT ORDINANCE AND VARIOUS OTHER SECTIONS RELATING TO RESIDENTIAL ZONING - City Council:
a. considered and found the Ordinance No. 25-1762/Zoning Text Amendment No. 2025-01 project exempt from CEQA pursuant to Section 15061(b)(3) (Common Sense Exemption); and b. introduced by title only Ordinance No. 25 -1762, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORWALK, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING TITLE 17 (ZONING) OF THE NORWALK
MUNICIPAL CODE UPDATING THE ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT ORDINANCE AND VARIOUS SECTIONS OF THE NORWALK MUNICIPAL CODE, and scheduled for adoption.
APPROVED by a 5-0 vote. 320-05-2025-01
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10. RESOLUTION NO. 25 -54 - UPHOLDING THE PLANNING COMMISSION’S DECISION TO ADOPT THE
RECIRCULATED INITIAL STUDY/MITIGATED NEGATIVE DECLARATION (STATE CLEARING HOUSE NO. 2024101066) AND MITIGATION MONITORING AND REPORTING PLAN AND APPROVE PRECISE DEVELOPMENT PLAN NO. 2023 -06 AT 14830 CARMENITA ROAD – City Council approved upholding the appeal. APPROVED by a 4-1 vote.
REPORTS
11. RESOLUTION N O. 25 -56 BUDGET AMENDMENT FOR PROJECT NOS. 7359 AND 7607 - HERMOSILLO PARK GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE AGREEMENT - City Council:
a. adopted Resolution 25 -56, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CIY OF NORWALK AUTHORIZING AN AMENDMENT TO THE ADOPTED FISCAL YEAR 2025/2026 BUDGET INCREASING THE AMOUNT OF $10,404,164 FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF HERMOSILLO PARK PROJECT; and
b. approved a Design -Build Agreement to establish a Guaranteed Maximum Price provided by Reyes Construction, Inc., in the amount of $49,631,712 for construction of the Hermosillo Park Project, City Council, November 18, 2025 . Project Nos. 7359 and 7607; and authorize d the City Manager to execute any future amendments, provided there is funding in the budget and it is within his signing authority, on behalf of the City, in a form approved by the City Attorney. APPROVED by a 5-0 vote. 1005-04-7359/7607
ADJOURNMENT 9:43 p.m.