CITY OF SOUTH GATE
REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING
MINUTES
TUESDAY, MAY 14, 2024
CALL TO ORDER Gil Hurtado, Mayor called a Regular City Council Meeting to order at 6:58 p.m.
INVOCATION Steve Costley, Director of Parks and Recreation
PLEDGE OF
ALLEGIANCE: Arturo Cervantes, Assistant City Manager/Director of Public Works ROLL CALL Yodit Glaze, City Clerk
PRESENT Mayor Gil Hurtado, Vice Mayor Maria Davila, Council Member Maria del Pilar Avalos, Council Member Joshua Barron, and Council Member Al Rios; City Treasurer Jose De La Paz, City Manager Rob Houston, City Attorney Raul F. Salinas
LICENSES & PERMITS Following the conclusion of the public hearing, the City Council waived the reading in full and introduced Ordinance No. 2024-02-CC entitled Ordinance of the City Council of the City of South Gate, California, granting the renewal of a ten-year Franchise Agreement to Tesoro SoCal Pipeline Company, LLC., to lay and use pipes, ditches, flumes, conduits and appurtenances for transmitting and distributing oil or products thereof, for any and all purposes in, along, across, upon and under the public streets, ways, alleys and places, as the same now or may hereafter exist, within the City of South Gate by motion of Mayor Hurtado and seconded by Council Member Barron.
ROLL CALL: Council Member Avalos, yes; Council Member Rios, yes; Council Member Barron, yes; Vice Mayor Davila, yes; Mayor Hurtado, yes.
Lizette Ruiz, Resident, spoke her concerns on the timeline of the agreement.
Email: Mario Dominguez proposes to add a condition to the contract requiring contributing fiinds for a splashpad.
Rob Houston, City Manager, directed a question to Art Cervantez, Director of Public Works, on how the ability to leverage funding from those companies works.
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CONT'D Mr. Cervantez explained how the process works and the amount of funding that can be leveraged.
Council Member Barron asked a question on the price of the project.
Mr. Cervantez explained the way the price is calculated and the formula they use.
Council Member Rios asked who the residents contact regarding a leak or spill around the city.
Mr. Cervantez explained that Code Enforcement could be contacted in CaSe and lSSue arlSeS.
COMMENTS FROM THE
AUDIENCE - NON-AGENDA
ITEMS A Resident from the Leland Library announced events happening at the library.
Lizette Ruiz, Kauffiman Ave, thanked the staff in the Parks for the 5k event she attended. She also spoke on the need for support from departments.
Resident, San Gabriel Ave, spoke his concerns about the construction of ADU's happening around his street. He also raised awareness on street parking due to the construction of the ADU's.
Rosanna Vasquez, 8121 San Gabriel Ave, echoed concerns of the construction of ADU's.
Resident, San Gabriel Ave, also echoed concerns for the ADU construction happening on San Gabriel Ave.
Juan Rodriguez, Resident, continued to echo the ADU construction on San Gabriel Ave.
Raquel Cervantez, resident, echoed the concerns of the ADU construction on San Gabriel Ave. She voiced concerns of the garbage cans staying open in front of the yards.
Lupe Granados, Resident on San Gabriel Ave, continued to echo concerns of the ADU construction and the decrease of available parking.
Mr. Houston explained that the positive idea of increasing housing would be a great idea, but due to that it took away the requirements of creating housing.
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COMMENTS FROM THE
AUDIENCE - NON-AGENDA
ITEMS Email: Frank Rivera is urgently addressing the safety concerns on crosswalks. He recounted an incident involving his family. He proposes installing crosswalk lights to ensure safety.
Email: Mario Dominguez spoke on the May 9'h commissions meeting the commissioners voted to move up the masterplan to July, but Mr. Costley feels the department will be understaffed as Tina Fierro will not be back yet. He urges there be funding for that department to support Mr. Costley properly.
REPORTS AND COMMENTS
FROM CITY oppicui.s Meredith Elguira, Director of Community Development, announced the opening of the Section 8 Waiting List on May 27'h and will last until June I 0th,
Steve Costley, Director of Parks and Recreation, provided a recap of events that occurred over the past weekend. He also announced upcoming events.
Jon Hamilton, Director of Human Resources, announced new positions that are available to apply.
Darren Arakawa, Chief of Police, provided an update on the recruitment process and how they are making great improvements in new recruits. He also announced an event at SoFi Stadium with yoiu'iger children.
Mr. Cervantez provided an update on the Tweedy Mile Project. He also provided clarification of certain constructions that residents and business owners were concerned about. He announced that the Long Beach Blvd.
Streets Project will be completed in June of 2024.
Mr. Houston provided an update on the support for all of the projects and the staff wide training that will occur.
Raul F. Salinas, City Attorney, announced receiving an award as a Hall of Famer for the Catholic school he attended.
Jose De La Paz, City Treasurer, had nothing to report.
Yodit Glaze, City Clerk, mentioned the events she attended and her experience in the JAA opening day. She also announced that Police week will be ending and spoke on her daughter's experience as she attended the event.
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REPORTS AND COMMENTS
FROM CITY OFFICIALS
CONT'D Council Member Avalos spoke on events she attended and how she felt attending the JAA opening day. She also attended the meeting on Vector Control and the x ray technology for the mosquitos.
Council Member Barron extended his gratitude for the JAA opening day.
He also attended the 5K event and there were over 1,000 runners registered.
Council Member Rios spoke on the JAA opening day and Mayor Hurtado's passion for coaching. He commented on the medians not having enough greenery around the city. He also spoke on the closure of the campus and food distribution events.
Vice Mayor Davila mentioned the May Ith Latinas Mother's Day and the celebration at the auditorium. She also spoke on the other events she attended and thanked Mayor Hurtado for retiring from the JAA.
Mayor Hurtado spoke on events he attended around the city and how much of an experience each event was. He mentioned bringing an item to the agenda on broadband. He also announced his upcoming retirement from the JAA.
CONSENTCALENDAR Agenda Items 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, and 11 were approved by motion of Vice Mayor Davila and seconded by Council Member Avalos.
ROLL CALL: Council Member Avalos, yes (recused from items 10 and 11); Council Member Rios, yes; Council Member Barron, yes; Vice Mayor Davila, yes (recused from items 10 and 1 1); Mayor Hurtado, yes (recused from item 2).
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LANDSCAPING The City Council made a finding and adopted Resolution No. 2024-34- CC entitled Resolution of the City Council of the City of South Gate, State of California, declaring an emergency still exists and authorizing repair, replacement or maintenance activities of public facilities related to the Urban Orchard, City Project No. 539-PRK, without public bidding, pursuant to the emergency contracting procedures of the South Gate Municipal Code and the California Public Contract Code during consent calendar.
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HOUSING The City Council unanimously adopted Resolution No. 2024-35-CC entitled Resolution of the City Council of the City of South Gate, California, to revise and replace Resolution No. 2023-07-CC, to approve an application for funding and delegating authority to the City Manager
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HOUSING CONT'D and the Housing Manager to execute the Standard Agreement and any amendments thereto from the 2023 Homeownership Super Notice of Funding Availability dated January 6, 2023, and sign and submit fund requests, respectively during consent calendar.
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CITY&EMPLEEGROUPS TheCityCouncilunanimouslyapproveditemsA&Bduringconsent calendar:
a. Resolution No. 2024-36-CC entitled Resolution of the City Council of the City of South Gate, California, approving the comprehensive successor Memorandum of Understanding (Contract No. 2024-39-CC) between the City and the South Gate Division Management Association for the term of July 1, 2021, through June 30, 2025; and
b. Authorized the Mayor to execute the comprehensive successor Memorandum of Understanding in a form acceptable to the City Attorney.
WATER The City Council unanimously approved items A, B & C during consent calendar:
a. Agreement (Contract No. 2024-40-CC) with Willdan Engineering to perform construction management and inspection services on the Automatic Meter Reading Upgrade, Phase 3, City Project No. 649-WTR, in an amount not-to-exceed $131,716;
b. Authorized the City Manager to approve and execute amendments to the Agreement up to a cumulative amount of $50,000; and C. Authorized the Mayor to execute the Agreement in a form acceptable to the City Attorney.
LAW ENFORCEMENT The City Council unanimously approved items A & B during consent calendar:
a. Agreement (Contract No. 2024-41-CC) with All City Management Services, Inc., for crossing guard services for a one (1) year term effective July 1, 2024 - June 30, 2025; and
b. Authorized the Mayor to execute the Agreement in a form acceptable to the City Attorney.
REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES OF MAY 14, 2024 LAW ENFORCEMENT The City Council unanimously approved items A, B & C during consent calendar:
A 5-year Lease Agreement (Contract No. 2024-42-CC) with Lease Servicing Center, Inc., dba NCL Governrnent Capital ("NCL") for the lease of two (2) 2024 Chewolet Blazer vehicles to be used as detective vehicles for the Police Department in the amount of $24,735 per year for a total amount of $124,175, including a $500 closing fee;
Lease payments in the amount of $24,735 to be budgeted annually for five (5) years in the Asset Seizure Fund starting in Fiscal Year 2023/2024 and including a $500 closing fee in Fiscal Year 2023/2024; and
Authorized the Mayor to execute the Agreement, and any other documents that may be necessary to acquire the vehicles in a form acceptable to the City Attorney.
LAW ENFORCEMENT The City Council unanimously approved items A, B, C, D, E & F during consent calendar:
A 5-year Lease Agreement (Contract No. 2024-43-CC) with Lease Servicing Center, Inc. dba NCL Government Capital ("NCL") for the lease of three (3) 2024 Ford Maverick vehicles to be used as Parking Enforcement vehicles for the Police Department in the amount of $20,087 per year for a total amount of $100,935, including a $500 closing fee;
Lease payments in the amount of $20,087 to be budgeted annually for five (5) years in the Asset Seizure Fund starting in Fiscal Year 2023/2024 and including a $500 closing fee in Fiscal Year 2023/2024;
A Purchase Order Agreement with Preferred Impressions for the purchase and installation of decals/graphics on the three vehicles in the amount of $1,241;
A Purchase Order with CDCE, Inc., for the purchase and installation of Mobile Data Computers to outfit the three Parking Enforcement vehicles in the amount of $27,367;
A Purchase Order Agreement with Commline Inc., for the purchase and installation of necessary emergency equipment to outfit the three Parking Enforcement vehicles in the amount of $13,793; and
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CONT'D Authorized the Mayor to execute the lease Agreement, and any other documents that may be necessary to acquire the vehicles, in a form acceptable to the City Attorney.
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SF.RVICES The City Council unanimously approved items A & B during consent calendar:
A firewall support and subscription renewal with CARAHSOFT for an 18- month term in the amount of $94,577.09; and Authorized the issuance of a Purchase Order to CARAHSOFT for this support and license renewal.
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LANDSCAPING/WATER The City Council approved items A, B, C, D & E during consent calendar:
Accepted completion of construction of the, (i) Citywide Residential Resurfacing Project, Phase I, II and III, City Project No. 662-ST, (ii) Citywide Sidewalk Improvement, Phase VIII, City Project No. 659-ST, and (iii) Water Main Replacement, City Project No. 689-WTR, effective May 10, 2024, constnicted by Sequel Contractors, Inc.;
Directed the City Clerk to file a Notice of Completion with the Los Angeles County Registrar Recorder's Office;
Contract Change Order No. 4 to Contract No. 2022-121-CC with Sequel Contractors, Inc., which is necessary to adjust the payment on work completed under Contract Change Order Nos. 1, 2 and 3, due to an increase or decrease in constructed quantities, for a net contract reduction of $54,926;
Contract Change Order No. 5 to Contract No. 2022-121-CC with Sequel Contractors, Inc., which is necessary to adjust the payment on the original contract amount, due to an increase or decrease in constructed quantities, for a net contract reduction of $169,262; and
Authorized the AsSistant City Manager/Director of Public Works to execute Contract Change Order Nos. 4 and 5 to Contract No. 2022-121-CC.
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ENGINEERINGADMIN The City Council approved items A & B during consent calendar:
a.
b.
Capital Improvement Program carryover appropriations of $83,548,471 to provide continuing funding for the items described in Attachment A; and
Authorized the City Manager to make the necessary budget adjustments to add the carryover appropriations to the FY 2023-24 Adopted Budget.
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APPOINTMENTS The City Council unanimously accepted the resignation of Jennifer Cypert from the Parks & Recreation Commission and ratified the nomination by Vice Mayor Maria Davila of Cynthia Esquivel to the Parks & Recreation Commission and seconded by Council Member Barron.
ROLL CALL: Council Member Avalos, yes; Council Member Rios, yes; Council Member Barron, yes; Vice Mayor Davila, yes; Mayor Hurtado, yes.
13 WARRANTS The City Council unanimously approved the Warrant Register for May 14, 2024, by motion of Vice Mayor Davila and seconded by Mayor Hurtado.
Total of Checks:
Less: Voids
Less: Employee Payroll Deductions
Grand Total:
Cancellations: 105614
$3,250,567.41
$ 0.00
$ (384,324.67i
$2,866,242.74
ADJOURNMENT Council Member Avalos unanimously adjourned the meeting in memory of Gary Baker, long-time business owner at 8:41 p.m. and seconded by Mayor Hurtado.
PASSED and APPROVED this 25' day of June 2024.
ATTEST:
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Gil Hurtado, Mayor odiY City Clerk
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