CITY OF SOUTH GATE
REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING
MINUTES
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2022
CALL TO ORDER Al Rios, Mayor called a Regular City Council Meeting to order at 6:30 p.m.
INVOCATION
PLEDGE OF
ALLEGIANCE Gregory Martinez, City Treasurer
ROLL CALL Yodit Glaze, City Clerk
PRESENT Mayor Al Rios, Council Member Maria Davila, and Council Member Gil Hurtado; City Treasurer Gregory Martinez, City Attorney Raul F. Salinas ABSENT Vice Mayor Maria del Pilar Avalos, Council Member Denise Diaz, and City Manager Chris Jeffers
RECESS
The City Council recessed the Regular City Council Meeting of November 22, 2022, to a Recessed Regular City Council Meeting of November 29, 2022, by motion of Council Member Hurtado and seconded by Council Member Davila.
ROLL CALL: Council Member Davila, yes; Council Member Hurtado, yes; Mayor Rios, yes
1 PERSONNEL RECRUITMENT
& SELECTION The City Council considered receiving and filing the list of new and promoted full-time employees hired or promoted during October 2022. 2 WATER The City Council considered conducting a public hearing to receiving and filing the City of South Gate 2022 Public Health Goals Report to meet the requirements of the California Health and Safety Code.
CONSENT CALENDAR Agenda Items 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 are Consent Calendar Items. 3 MUNICIPAL CODE ADMIN The City Council will consider waiving the reading in full and adopting Ordinance No. 2022-10-CC amending certain chapters and sections of Title 9 (Buildings) of the South Gate Municipal Code by adopting by reference the 2022 California Codes of Regulations, Title 24 ("2022 Building Standards Code") and the 2021 International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials Codes.
REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES OF NOVEMBER 22, 2022 4 WATER The City Council will consider adopting a Resolution of the 2017 Updated Greater Los Angeles Integrated Regional Water Management Plan (GLAC IRWM) Plan for the South Gate Water Main Replacement Program. 5 SOLID WASTE MGMT The City Council will consider:
a. Approving Amendment No. 3 to Contract No. 2021-70-CC with HF&H Consultants, LLC., for solid waste management services necessary to complete the transition to UWS services and for services that are necessary for compliance with state regulations, in an amount not-to-exceed $86,784;
b. Authorizing the appropriation of $133,384 from the Refuse Fund balance to Account Number 413-733-51-6101 as necessary to fund transition and solid waste management expenditures through the end of Fiscal Year 2022/23; and
c. Authorizing the mayor to execute the Amendment No. 3 in a form acceptable to the City Attorney.
6 WATER
7 WATER
The City Council will consider:
a. Approving Amendment No. 1 to Contract No. 2020-96-
CC ("Amendment No. 1") for Groundwater Pumping Water Rights Lease Agreement with the City of Cerritos to lease 1,000 acre-feet of the City of South Gate's unused water rights, annually, for a two-year term effective July 1, 2023; and
b. Authorizing the Mayor to execute the Agreement in a form acceptable to the City Attorney.
The City Council will consider:
a. Approving an Agreement with HydroScientific West for as-needed technical support services for the Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) system, for a two-year term with an option to extend up to two years, for an amount not-to-exceed $30,000, annually; and
b. Authorizing the Mayor to execute the Agreement in a form acceptable to the City Attorney.
REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES OF NOVEMBER 22, 2022 8 COMMUNITY
PROMOTION
The City Council will consider:
a. Approving an Event License Agreement ("Agreement") with the Tweedy Mile Association to produce the Annual Tweedy Street Fair Festival ("Fair") for a term of three years; an
b. Authorizing the Mayor to execute the Agreement in a form acceptable to the City Attorney.
9 EMERGENCY/DISASTER
PLANNING/PROGRAMS The City Council will consider:
a. Approving an Agreement with Helpline Youth Counseling, Inc., to implement the South Gate Emergency Rental and Utility Assistance Program; and
b. Appropriating $245,000 from the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds to an account determined by the Director of Administrative Services to fund the South Gate Emergency Rental and Utility Assistance Program; and
c. Authorizing the Mayor to execute the Agreement in a form acceptable to the City Attorney.
10 PARKS
The City Council will consider:
a. Accepting completion of construction of the Park Maintenance Yard Reroofing Project, City Project No. 691-PRK; and
b. Directing the City Clerk to file the Notice of Completion with the Los Angeles County Registrar Recorder's Office.
11 STREETS/SIDEWALKS/
LANDSCAPING The City Council will consider:
a. Approving Change Order No. 6 to Contract No. 2021-66-CC with NR Development, Inc., to fund additional work required to complete construction of the Urban Orchard Project, City Project No. 539-PRK, in a budgetary amount of $288,019;
b. Authorizing the Assistant City Manager/Director of Public Works to execute Contract Change Order No. 6; and
c. Approving an increase to the City Manager's authority to administratively approve change orders from a cumulative total of $500,000 to a cumulative total of $750,000.
REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES OF NOVEMBER 22, 2022 12 MINUTES The City Council will consider approving:
a. The Regular Meeting minutes of September 27, 2022; and b. The Special Meeting minutes of October 11, 2022.
13 CITY COUNCIL The City Council will consider waiving the reading in full and introducing an Ordinance amending Section 1.04.065 (Salary of Members - Compensation), of Chapter 1.04 (City Council), of Title I (Administration and Personnel), of the South Gate Municipal Code increasing the City Council salary.
14 WARRANTS
The City Council will consider approving the Warrant Register for November 22, 2022.
Total of Checks: $2,380,075.63
Less: Voids $ (706.10)
Less: Employee Payroll Deductions $ (438,492.77)
Grand Total: $1,940,876.76
Cancellations: 98605, 99006, 95288, 97909, 98092, 98225 ADJOURNMENT Council Member Hurtado adjourned the meeting at 6:35 p.m. and seconded by Council Member Davila.
PASSED and APPROVED this 28th day of March 2023.
ATTEST:
Maria del Pilar Avalos, Mayor Yodit G aze, City Clerk