2175 Cherry Avenue • Signal Hill, California 90755-3799
CITY OF SIGNAL HILL
THE CITY OF SIGNAL HILL
WELCOMES YOU TO A REGULAR
CITY COUNCIL MEETING
January 27, 2026
Final
The City of Signal Hill appreciates your attendance. Public interest provides the Council and Agency with valuable information regarding issues of the community. Regular meetings are held on the 2nd and 4th Tuesday of every month.
Regular meetings begin at 6:00 pm with the conduct of any business permitted to be conducted in closed session by the Brown Act (Government Code Section 54950, et seq.), if any, and with the public portion of the meeting beginning at 7:00 pm. There is a period for public comment on closed session matters at 6:00 pm prior to the closed session. In the event there is no business to be conducted in closed session, the Regular meeting shall begin at 7:00 pm. There is a public comment period at the beginning of the Regular meeting. Any person wishing to comment shall be allotted three minutes per distinct item. Any meeting may be adjourned to a time and place stated in the order of adjournment.
The agenda is posted 72 hours prior to each meeting on the City’s website and outside of City Hall. The agenda and related reports are also available for review online at www.cityofsignalhill.org.
To view the meeting live at 7:00 p.m.:
• City of Signal Hill website at www.cityofsignalhill.org, select the City Council Meetings Link from the home page.
• Charter Spectrum Channel 74 or Frontier FiOS Channel 38.
To participate (closed session at 6:00 p.m. and regular meeting at 7:00 p.m.):
• In-person Participation:
Closed Session - Signal Hill Public Library Learning Center, 1800 E. Hill Street, Signal Hill, CA 90755
Regular Session - Signal Hill Park Community Center, 1780 E. Hill Street, Signal Hill, California.
• To make a general public comment or comment on a specific agenda item, you may also submit your comment, limited to 250 words or less, to the City Clerk at [email protected] not later than 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, January 27, 2026..
City Council Regular - Final January 27, 2026
Written comments will be provided electronically to the City Council and attached to the meeting minutes. Written comments will not be read into the record.
City Council Members are compensated $794.40 per month. City Clerk and City Treasurer are compensated $482.04 per month.
(1) CALL TO ORDER – 6:00 P.M.
(2) ROLL CALL
MAYOR HANSEN
VICE MAYOR HONEYCUTT
COUNCIL MEMBER COPELAND
COUNCIL MEMBER JONES
COUNCIL MEMBER WOODS
(3) CLOSED SESSION
a. A CLOSED SESSION WILL BE HELD PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 54956.9(D)(2)
CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL – ANTICIPATED LITIGATION
SIGNIFICANT EXPOSURE TO LITIGATION PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 54956.9(D)(2)
NUMBER OF POTENTIAL CASES: 3
(4) PUBLIC BUSINESS FROM THE FLOOR ON CLOSED SESSION ITEMS (5) RECESS TO CLOSED SESSION
(6) RECONVENE REGULAR MEETING – 7:00 P.M.
(7) PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
(8) CLOSED SESSION REPORT
(9) PUBLIC BUSINESS FROM THE FLOOR ON ITEMS NOT LISTED ON THE AGENDA (SPEAKERS WILL BE GIVEN THREE MINUTES FOR EACH DISTINCT ITEM) (10) PRESENTATIONS
a. GATEWAY CITIES COG ENERGY ACTION AWARD
b. BLACK HISTORY MONTH PROGRAMMING PRESENTATION
(11) PUBLIC HEARINGS
a. PUBLIC HEARING - RESOLUTION APPROVING THE COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT REVOLVING GRANT FUND GRANT
APPLICATION AND BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEARS 2025-2026 AND
2026-2027
City Council Regular - Final January 27, 2026
Recommendation:
1. Adopt the following resolution, entitled:
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SIGNAL HILL,
APPROVING THE CITY'S PROPOSED COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
BLOCK GRANT REVOLVING FUND APPLICATION AND PROPOSED
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAMS FOR FISCAL
YEARS 2025-2026 AND 2026-2027
2. Authorize the City Manager to apply for the Los Angeles County Development Authority (LACDA) Community Development Block Grant Program for the Revolving Fund Grant in the amount of $150,000, and subsequently authorize the City Manager to enter into an agreement with LACDA Community Development Block Grant Program for the Revolving Fund Grant.
3. Approve a budget adjustment for Fiscal Year 2025-26 budget to include the proposed CDBG Revolving Grant in the amount of $150,000.
4. Approve the use of the City’s CDBG Unallocated Fund Balance of $857 to be used for the Fiscal Year 2025-2026 ADA Street and Sidewalk Project.
5. Approve the FY 2026-27 CDBG Allocation and the proposed expenditures. (12) CITY MANAGER REPORTS
(13) CONSENT CALENDAR
The following Consent Calendar items are expected to be routine and non-controversial. Items will be acted upon by the Council at one time without discussion. Any item may be removed by a Council Member for discussion. a. FEE WAIVER REQUEST FROM THE FRIENDS OF SIGNAL HILL LIBRARY
TO HOLD A BOOK SALE AT THE SIGNAL HILL PUBLIC LIBRARY
Recommendation:
Staff recommends City Council consider the request submitted by FOSHL to waive facility fees and staff time for use of the Learning Center and provide staff with direction.
b. LIBRARY COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT POLICY
Recommendation:
Staff recommends that the City Council approve and adopt the updated proposed Signal Hill Public Library Collection Development Policy to comply with requirements under AB 1825, California Freedom to Read Act.
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c. ADOPT A RESOLUTION DESIGNATING AN ANNUAL JESSIE NELSON DAY OF REMEMBRANCE ON APRIL 14 OF EACH YEAR
Recommendation:
Adopt a Resolution entitled:
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SIGNAL HILL,
CALIFORNIA, DESIGNATING AN ANNUAL JESSIE NELSON DAY OF
REMEMBRANCE TO BE OBSERVED EACH YEAR ON APRIL 14
d. APPROVAL OF MEETING MINUTES
Recommendation:
Approve the meeting minutes.
(14) COUNCIL AGENDA--NEW BUSINESS
COUNCIL MEMBER WOODS
COUNCIL MEMBER JONES
COUNCIL MEMBER COPELAND
VICE MAYOR HONEYCUTT
MAYOR HANSEN
(15) ADJOURNMENT
Tonight’s meeting will be adjourned to the next Regular meeting of the Signal Hill City Council to be held on Tuesday, February 10, 2026, at 7:00 p.m., in the Council Chamber of City Hall, 2175 Cherry Avenue, Signal Hill, CA 90755.
PUBLIC PARTICIPATION
Routine matters are handled most quickly and efficiently if contact is made with the City department directly concerned. However, if you would like to request that a matter be presented for City Council consideration, you may do so by writing to the City Council, City Clerk, or City Manager. The deadline for agenda items is 12 noon on the Tuesday preceding the Council and Agency meetings. The complete agenda, including back up materials, is available on the City website on the Friday preceding the meeting.
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