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
September 22, 2026
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.
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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, September 22, 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 September 22, 2026
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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 LEGAL COUNSEL- ANTICIPATED LITIGATION
SIGNIFICANT EXPOSURE TO LITIGATION PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 54956.9(D)(2)
b. CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL- ANTICIPATED LITIGATION
SIGNIFICANT EXPOSURE TO LITIGATION PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 54956.9(D)(2)
(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
City Council Regular September 22, 2026
(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. A STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE FROM ALVARADO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
WILL PARTICIPATE IN THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING BY LEADING THE
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND CEREMONIOUSLY PRESIDING OVER THE MEETING WITH THE GAVEL. MAYOR HANSEN WILL THEN
ACKNOWLEDGE AND RECOGNIZE THAT STUDENT.
b. MAYOR'S MINUTE
c. TRAUMA INTERVENTION PROGRAM OF LONG BEACH
d. NATIONAL PREPAREDNESS MONTH
e. SIGNAL HILL POLICE DEPARTMENT RECRUITMENT VIDEO
(11) PUBLIC HEARINGS
a. SECOND PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER COMPOSITION OF DISTRICTS
FOR BY-DISTRICT ELECTIONS
(12) CITY MANAGER REPORTS
a. FINAL ACCEPTANCE OF THE STREET TREE PLANTING PROJECT AND
CONTRACT SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH THE CONSERVATION CORPS
OF LONG BEACH FOR TREE WATERING AND MAINTENANCE
Recommendations:
1. Accept the work completed by Kormex Construction, Incorporated for the Street Tree Planting Project (Project No. 90.25012) in conformance with the approved plans, specifications, and contract requirements, and authorize the City Manager to execute the Notice of Completion;
2. Direct staff to record the Notice of Completion with the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder’s Office and thereafter process release of retention in accordance with the contract documents;
3. Find, pursuant to Signal Hill Municipal Code Section 3.20.120(I) and 2CFR 200.320 (C) (4), that awarding the Contract Services Agreement to the Conservation Corps of Long Beach without conducting a competitive procurement is authorized and in the best interest of the City and the public health, safety, and welfare, based on the City’s written request and GreenLatinos’ written approval, as the pass-through entity, dated September 2, 2026;
City Council Regular September 22, 2026
4. Adopt a Resolution, entitled: A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF SIGNAL HILL, CALIFORNIA, AUTHORIZING THE
NONCOMPETITIVE PROCUREMENT AND AWARD OF A CONTRACT
SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH THE CONSERVATION CORPS OF
LONG BEACH FOR TREE WATERING AND MANTENANCT SERVICES
FOR THE STREET TREE PLANTING PROJECT
5. Authorize the City Manager to execute a Contract Services Agreement with the Conservation Corps of Long Beach for tree watering and establishment-maintenance services for a term beginning September 23, 2026, and ending November 30, 2027, in a not-to-exceed amount of $194,700.84, in a form approved by the City Attorney and subject to compliance with applicable federal grant procurement requirements. (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. SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS AND MONTHLY TRANSACTION REPORT Recommendation:
Receive and file.
b. WARRANT REGISTER DATED SEPTEMBER 22, 2026
Recommendation:
Authorize payment of the Warrant Registers presented September 22, 2026. c. APPROVAL OF MEETING MINUTES
Recommendation:
Approve the meeting minutes of the September 8, 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, October 13, 2026, at 7:00 p.m., in the Council Chamber of City Hall, 2175 Cherry Avenue, Signal Hill, CA 90755.
City Council Regular September 22, 2026
PUBLIC PARTICIPATION
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