CITY OF SIGNAL HILL
STAFF REPORT
2175 Cherry Avenue • Signal
Hill, California 90755-3799
11/13/2025
AGENDA ITEM
TO: HONORABLE MAYOR
AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
FROM: CARLO TOMAINO
CITY MANAGER
BY: ALFA LOPEZ
ASSISTANT TO THE CITY MANAGER/
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MANAGER
SUBJECT:
2026 COMMEMORATIVE FLAG DISPLAY SCHEDULE
Summary:
Pursuant to Resolution No. 2021-10-6642, the City Council will consider the display of commemorative flags for the upcoming calendar year. After this initial agendized discussion, staff will return to a subsequent City Council meeting with a resolution supporting the City’s display of the selected flags.
Strategic Plan Goal(s):
Goal No. 5 High-Functioning Government: Strengthen internal communication, recruitment, retention, systems, and processes to increase the effectiveness and efficiency of City services.
Recommendations:
1. Consider new/alternate commemorative flags for calendar year 2026.
2. Direct staff to return and bring to a future City Council meeting a Resolution memorializing the commemorative flags for calendar year 2026.
Fiscal Impact:
There is no fiscal impact associated with the recommended actions. The City’s practice is for the requesting party to purchase flags and provide them to the City for the duration of the display period.
Background:
On October 8, 2019, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 2019-10-6444 establishing the CITY OF SIGNAL HILL Page 1 of 2 Printed on 11/11/2025
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On October 8, 2019, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 2019-10-6444 establishing the Commemorative Flag Policy. Subsequently, at its meeting on October 26, 2021, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 2021-10-6642, amending the Commemorative Flag Policy by shifting the review process earlier in the year to allow the month of January to be considered as part of the annual display calendar and clarifying where flags would be displayed in the event the City receives fewer than three flags (Attachment A).
Analysis:
Pursuant to the amended Resolution, in November of each year, the City Council considers the display of commemorative flags for the following year. After an initial agendized discussion, staff will return to a subsequent City Council meeting with a Resolution supporting the City’s display of the flags chosen. A majority of the City Council must vote affirmatively, for said Resolution, in order for the City to officially display the selected commemorative flags. The adopted 2025 Commemorative Flag Display Schedule is attached for the City Council’s information (Attachment B).
Recommendation:
Staff recommends the City Council review and consider new proposed commemorative flags for display during the 2026 calendar year. As noted, the City’s Commemorative Flag Policy requires adoption of a Resolution at a subsequent City Council meeting supporting the City’s display of the flags chosen for Calendar Year 2026.
Reviewed for Fiscal Impact:
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Siamlu Cox
Administrative Services Officer/Finance Director
Attachments:
A. Resolution Amending the Commemorative Flag Policy
B. 2025 Commemorative Flag Schedule
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