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
May 12, 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: Council Chamber of City Hall, 2175 Cherry Avenue, 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, May 12, 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 Regular - Final May 12, 2026
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. CONFERENCE WITH REAL PROPERTY NEGOTIATORS
PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 54956.8
PROPERTY: APPROXIMATELY 1.9 ACRES OF CITY-OWNED LAND
LOCATED AT THE 2400 BLOCK OF GARDENA AVENUE; HERITAGE
SQUARE CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT SPECIFIC PLAN;
APNS: 7214-005-900, 7214-005-901, 7214-005-902, 7214-005-903 AND 7214-005-904
AGENCY NEGOTIATORS: MAYOR AND CITY MANAGER
NEGOTIATING PARTIES: CITY OF SIGNAL HILL; SIGNAL HILL
PETROLEUM; AND THEIR AUTHORIZED AGENTS OR REPRESENTATIVES UNDER NEGOTIATION: PRICE AND TERMS OF PAYMENT
b. CONFERENCE WITH REAL PROPERTY NEGOTIATORS
PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 54956.8
PROPERTY: APPROXIMATELY 4.92 ACRE PRIVATELY OWNED PROPERTY LOCATED AT 3201 WALNUT AVENUE IN SIGNAL HILL
APNS: 7148-015-009, 7148-015-010, 7148-015-011, 7148-015-012, 7148-015-013 AND 7148-015-014
AGENCY-DESIGNATED NEGOTIATORS: MAYOR AND CITY MANAGER
NEGOTIATING PARTIES: CITY OF SIGNAL HILL, 3201 WALNUT XC, LLC, AND THEIR AUTHORIZED AGENTS OR REPRESENTATIVES.
UNDER NEGOTIATION: PRICE AND TERMS OF PAYMENT
(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
City Council Regular - Final May 12, 2026
(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. MAYOR'S MINUTE
b. PROCLAMATION - PUBLIC WORKS WEEK
c. PRESENTATION - NATIONAL POLICE WEEK
d. LGBTQ+ PRIDE MONTH PROGRAM PRESENTATION
(11) PUBLIC HEARINGS
a. PUBLIC HEARING - INTRODUCTION OF AN ORDINANCE GRANTING A
PIPELINE FRANCHISE TO ZENITH ENERGY WEST COAST TERMINALS
LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY
Recommendation:
Introduce the following ordinance, entitled:
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SIGNAL HILL,
CALIFORNIA, GRANTING A FRANCHISE TO ZENITH ENERGY WEST
COAST TERMINALS LLC AND THE INTERESTS, RIGHTS, PRIVILEGES, AND
DUTIES TO LAY AND USE PIPES AND APPURTENANCES FOR
TRANSMITTING AND DISTRIBUTING OIL AND PETROLEUM PRODUCTS
FOR ANY AND ALL LAWFUL PURPOSES UNDER AND ALONG THE PUBLIC
STREETS, WAYS, ALLEYS, AND PLACES, AS THE SAME NOW OR MAY
HEREAFTER EXIST, WITHIN THIS CITY
b. PUBLIC HEARING - AB 2561 VACANCY RATE REPORTING
Recommendation:
Staff recommends that the City Council conduct a public hearing and receive and file the annual report.
(12) CITY MANAGER REPORTS
a. PROPOSED UPDATES TO FEE WAIVER REQUEST FOR USE OF CITY
FACILITIES POLICY
City Council Regular - Final May 12, 2026
(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. WARRANT REGISTER DATED MAY 12, 2026
Recommendation:
Authorize payment of the Warrant Registers presented May 12, 2026. b. APPROVAL OF MEETING MINUTES - APRIL 28, 2026 CITY COUNCIL
MEETING
Recommendation:
Approve the meeting minutes of the April 28, 2026 Regular City Council Meeting.
(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, May 26, 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.
If you need special assistance beyond what is normally provided to participate in City meetings, the City will attempt to accommodate you in every reasonable manner.
Please call the City Clerk's office at (562) 989-7305 at least 48 hours prior to the meeting to inform us of your particular needs and to determine if accommodation is feasible.