LEGISLATIVE BODY
LAURA BETTENCOURT, MAYOR PRO TEM
AUSTIN BISHOP, COUNCILMEMBER
RICHARD J. LOA, COUNCILMEMBER
ERIC OHLSEN, COUNCILMEMBER
ANDREA ALARCÓN, COUNCILMEMBER
1. CALL MEETING TO ORDER
Note: All City Council memberships are reflected in their City Council titles.
2. ROLL CALL
MAYOR PRO TEM BETTENCOURT, COUNCILMEMBERS BISHOP, LOA, OHLSEN, ALARC
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3. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND MOMENT OF SILENCE
4. PRESENTATIONS
4.1 Commendation to Nuuvali Nuuvali in honor of his retirement from the City of Palmdale.
4.2 Update on Chimbole Cultural Center & Library Expansion Project.
CITY COUNCIL
CITY COUNCIL CHAMBER
38300 SIERRA HIGHWAY
SUITE B
PALMDALE, CA 93550
TUESDAY, AUGUST 19, 2025
5:00 PM
www.cityofpalmdaleca.gov
WELCOME
City Council
Tuesday, August 19, 2025
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PUBLIC COMMENTS
The public is allotted to speak a total of three (3) minutes on each section of the agenda i.e. Consent Calendar, Appointment-New Business, and Closed Session. As specified in the Brown Act, a speaker utilizing a translator will receive twice the amount of time specified. Any person who would like to address the Legislative Body on any agendized item may complete a speaker card for the City Clerk and identify the agenda item you would like to discuss.
6. CONSENT CALENDAR
All matters listed under the Consent Calendar will be enacted by one motion unless an item(s) is pulled by Council, in which case the item(s) will be removed from the Consent Calendar and will be considered separately following this portion of the Agenda.
6.1 Waive full reading of the Resolution(s) and/or Ordinance(s) to be considered and voted on at this meeting. (This allows for reading the title only in lieu of reciting the entire text).
6.2 Approve agreement with Community Effort Animal Rescue (CEAR) to expand the administration of the City's spay and neuter program and other animal-related programs for a not to exceed amount of $900,000 for a three-year term with the option to extend two additional one-year terms.
SR Agrmt No. A-9434 with Community Effort Animal Rescue.docx
Agrmt No. A-9434 with Community Effort Animal Rescue.pdf
Memo Agrmt No. A-9434 with Community Effort Animal Rescue.docx
6.3 Adopt Resolution No. CC 2025-062, a Resolution of the City Council of the City of Palmdale, authorizing the execution of Grant Agreement with the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) to receive Federal Funding for Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) project.
SR Reso. No. CC 2025-062.docx
Reso. No. CC 2025-062.docx
SS4A FY24 Grant Agreement Template.docx
6.4 Adopt Resolution No. CC 2025-061, a Resolution of the City Council of the City of Palmdale adopting the Joint Resolution of the Board of Supervisors of the County of Los Angeles, acting on behalf of the County and other County entities, the Board of Directors of the Antelope Valley Cemetery District, The Board of Trustees of the Antelope Valley Mosquito and Vector Control District, the Board of Directors of the County Sanitation District No. 14 of Los Angeles County, the Board of Directors of the Antelope Valley Resource Conservation District, The City Council of the City of Palmdale, the City Council of the City of Lancaster, The Board of Directors of the Antelope Valley-East Kern Water Agency, and the Board City Council
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2 of Directors of the Quartz Hill Water District, approving and accepting the negotiated exchange of property tax revenues resulting from reorganization of property designated as Reorganization 40-169, Local Agency Formation Commission Designation 2024-02 between the Quartz Hill Water District and the Los Angeles County Waterworks District No. 40, Antelope Valley.
SR Reso. No. CC 2025-061.docx
Reso. No. CC 2025-061.docx
Reorganization 40-169 Transmittal Letter.pdf
Reorganization 40-169 Exhibit A, Legal Descriptions.pdf
Reorganization 40-169 Exhibit B, Location Maps.pdf
Reorganization 40-169 Exhibit C, Joint Tax Resolution Tax Worksheets.pdf
Reorganization 40-169 LA County Joint Tax Resolution.pdf
6.5 Approve agreement with Servicon Systems, Inc., to provide professional custodial services for a total not to exceed amount of $6,561,680 over a three-year term with two one-year options to extend.
SR Approve Agrmt No. A-9465 with Servicon Systems Inc.docx
Agrmt No. A-9465 with Servicon Systems, Inc.pdf
RFP 25-002-3400 Bid Summary.docx
Servicon Systems, Inc. Proposal.pdf
6.6 Award construction agreement with Empire Landscape, Inc., for PN 591-D, Fiscal Year 2025-26 Upper Amargosa Creek Recharge Habitat Restoration/Mitigation Program (HRMP) for a total not to exceed amount of $2,217,281 for a term of 240 working days from the date of the Notice to Proceed and post installation maintenance/monitoring for five (5) years.
SR Agrmt No. A-9461 with Empire Landscape, Inc.docx
Agrmt No. A-9461 with Empire Landscape, Inc.pdf
Exh 2a/2b Mitigation Area.pdf
6.7 Award construction agreement with E2 Contracting, Inc., for PN 861, Amargosa Creek Trail Improvements for a total not to exceed amount of $774,977.02 for a term of 100 working days plus 90 days of maintenance post construction from the date of the Notice to Proceed.
SR Agrmt No. A-9462 with E2 Contracting.docx
Agrmt No. A-9462 with E2 Contracting Inc.pdf
Project Map.pdf
6.8 Approve the minutes from the previous meeting.
Mins 08 05 2025.pdf
7. APPOINTMENTS
7.1 City Council Committee Appointments.
SR City Council Committee Appointments.docx
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City Council nomination and appointment of four (4) members to the Mobile Home Park Rental Review Board.
SR Mobile Home Park Rental Review Board Appointments.docx
Apps.pdf
8. PUBLIC HEARING
8.1 Adopt Ordinance No. 1659, an Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Palmdale approving Zoning Ordinance Amendment 25-0002 to modify commercial standards within the zoning ordinance and find that the project is consistent with Program Environmental Impact Report 22-002 prepared and certified in conjunction with the City’s General Plan (Palmdale 2045).
SR Ord. No.1659.docx
Ord. No. 1659.docx
Exh A to Ord. No. 1659.docx
Exh B to Ord. No. 1659.docx
Reso. No. PC-2025-014.pdf
9. NEW BUSINESS
9.1 Adopt Ordinance No.1656, an Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Palmdale to adopt by reference the local responsibility area fire hazard severity zones map to designate very high, high and moderate severity zones for the City of Palmdale and amending Chapter 8.04 of the Palmdale Municipal Code to update the fire hazard severity zones regulations.
SR Ord. No. 1656 FHSZ Map Adoption.docx
Ord. No. 1656.docx
Exh A Ord. No. 1656.pdf
9.2 District Election Advisory Subcommittee.
SR District Election Advisory Subcommittee.docx
10. CITY MANAGER’S REPORT
11. SHERIFF'S REPORT
12. NON-AGENDA PUBLIC COMMENTS
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Now is the time for public participation on items not listed on the agenda. Each speaker is allotted three (3) minutes total.
13. COUNCIL REPORTS, ANNOUNCEMENTS AND REQUESTS FOR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS
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CITY ATTORNEY'S REPORT
14.1 Identification of Immigration and Customs Enforcement ("ICE") Agents.
SR ICE Report.docx
20250711 Preliminary Injuction.pdf
20250711 LASD Policy Update.pdf
20250708 Huntington Park Resolution.pdf
15. ADJOURN
meeting to September 2, 2025, at 5:00 p.m. in the City Hall Council Chamber located at 38300 Sierra Highway, Suite B, Palmdale, California.
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Accommodations
In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, if you require a disability- related modification or accommodation to participate in this meeting, please contact the City Clerk’s Office at (661) 267-5151 at least 48 hours prior to the meeting.
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