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TORRANCE CITY COUNCIL
AGENDA
Tuesday, April 08, 2025
CLOSED SESSION
5:00 P.M.
REGULAR MEETING
6:30 P.M.
LeROY J. JACKSON COUNCIL CHAMBER
3031 TORRANCE BLVD.
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The agenda was posted on the Public Notice Board at 3031 Torrance Blvd and on the City’s Website on Tuesday, April 01, 2025 /s/ Rebecca Poirier.
ORDER OF BUSINESS
The City Council meeting begins with Closed Session at 5:00 p.m. and then regular session at 6:30 p.m. The City Council may take action on any item listed on the agenda.
1. CALL TO ORDER/ROLL CALL
2. FLAG SALUTE/NON-SECTARIAN INVOCATION
Councilmember Mattucci Flag Salute
Councilmember Sheikh Invocation
3. ANNOUNCEMENT OF WITHDRAWN, DEFERRED, AND/OR SUPPLEMENTAL ITEMS
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4. MOTION TO WAIVE FURTHER READING OF RESOLUTIONS AND ORDINANCES AFTER
NUMBER AND TITLE
5. COUNCIL COMMITTEE MEETINGS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
6. COMMUNITY MATTERS – None Scheduled.
7. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS #1 (Limited up to a 15-minute period) This portion of the meeting is reserved for comment on items under the Consent Calendar or items that are not on the agenda. Under the Ralph M. Brown Act, City Council cannot act on items raised during public comment but may respond briefly to statements made or questions posed; request clarification; or refer the item to staff. Speakers under Orals are limited to either Oral Communications #1 or Oral Communications #2 and no longer than 1 minute per speaker. If presenting handout material to Council, please provide 11 copies to the City Clerk before speaking.
8. CONSENT CALENDAR
Matters listed under the Consent Calendar are considered routine and will be enacted by one motion and one vote.
There will be no separate discussion of these items. If discussion is desired, that item will be pulled by a Councilmember from the Consent Calendar and considered separately.
8A. City Clerk – Approve City Council Minutes. Expenditure: None.
Recommendation of the City Clerk that City Council approve the City Council minutes of March 18, 2025.
8B. City Manager and Community Services – Approve Memorandum of Unrecorded Grant Agreement (MOUGA) for City-Owned Property Located at the Northeast Corner of 226th Street and Ocean Avenue, Commonly Known as Discovery Park. Expenditure: None.
Recommendation of the City Manager and Community Services Director that City Council approve a Memorandum of Unrecorded Grant Agreement (MOUGA) for city-owned property located at the northeast corner of 226th Street and Ocean Avenue, commonly known as Discovery Park, to and for the Torrance Urban Tree Project funded through the Enhancement and Mitigation Program.
8C. General Services – Authorize Change Order #1 to Purchase Order for As-Needed Heil Brand Sanitation Truck Repair Parts. Expenditure: $110,000 (Non-General Fund; Approximately $55,000 Annually).
Recommendation of the General Services Director that City Council authorize change order #1 with Bodyworks Equipment, Inc. of Monrovia, CA (PO #2025-165) in the amount of $110,000, for a new not-to-exceed amount of $1,050,000, to furnish Heil brand sanitation truck repair parts on an as-needed basis through June 30, 2027.
8D. City Manager – Approve First Amendment to Consulting Services Agreement for Torrance Regional Transit Center Soil Management Plan. Expenditure: $227,000 (General Fund).
Recommendation of the City Manager that City Council approve a first amendment to the consulting services agreement with GSI Environmental, Inc. of Houston, Texas (C2023-023) in the amount of $227,000, for a new not-to-exceed amount of $317,000, for Torrance Regional Transit Center Soil Management Plan and to extend the contract term for an additional one-year period beginning March 1, 2025 and ending February 28, 2026.
8E. City Attorney – Approve Fee Agreement for Legal Services. Expenditure: Not-to-Exceed $400,000 (Non-General Fund).
Recommendation of the City Attorney that City Council approve a fee agreement with law firm Hawkins Parnell & Young, LLP of Los Angeles, CA, for an amount not-to-exceed $400,000, to provide the City with legal services pertaining to civil litigation matter Victoria Willis vs. City of Torrance.
9. HEARINGS – None Scheduled.
10. ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS – None Scheduled.
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11. AGENCY AGENDAS
11A. Public Housing Agency – See Separate Agenda.
12. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS #2 (Limited up to a 15-minute period)
13. CLOSED SESSION
13A. PUBLIC EMPLOYEE DISCIPLINE/DISMISSAL/RELEASE
(California Government Code § 54957)
13B. REAL PROPERTY – CONFERENCE WITH REAL PROPERTY NEGOTIATOR (California Government Code § 54956.8):
1. Property: 18301 Kingsdale Avenue, Redondo Beach, CA 90278 (APN: 4083-010-900) Agency Negotiator: Aram Chaparyan
Negotiating Parties: City of Torrance and Torrance Unified School District Under Negotiation: Price and terms and conditions of park redevelopment proposal
2. Property: 1215-1227 El Prado Avenue, Torrance CA 90501 (APN: 7355-027-142) Agency Negotiator: Aram Chaparyan
Negotiating Parties: City of Torrance and Mar Ventures, Inc.
Under Negotiation: Price and terms and conditions of ground lease
3. Property: N/E Crenshaw and Del Amo Boulevards (APN: 7352-007-900) Agency Negotiator: Aram Chaparyan
Negotiating Parties: City of Torrance and West Basin Municipal Water District Under Negotiation: Price and terms and conditions of property use agreement
4. Property: Wilson Park, 2200 Crenshaw Boulevard, Torrance, CA 90501 Agency Negotiator: Aram Chaparyan
Negotiating Parties: City of Torrance and LA Galaxy
Under Negotiation: Price and terms and conditions of lease
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13C. CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATOR
(California Government Code § 54957.6):
Agency Negotiator: Aram Chaparyan
Employee Organization/Association:
1. Certain Full-Time Salaried and Hourly Employees
2. Certain Part-Time Hourly Employees
3. Crossing Guards
4. Elected Officials
5. Engineers and Torrance Fiscal Employees Association
6. Executive & Management Employees
7. Police & Fire Trainees
8. Safety Management Employees
9. Torrance City Employees Association
10. Fire Safety Management
11. Torrance Fire Fighters Association
12. Torrance Library Employees Association
13. Torrance Municipal Employees/AFSCME Local 1117 AFL-CIO
14. Torrance Police Commanders Association (TPCA)
15. Torrance Police Officers Association
16. Torrance Professional Parks & Recreation Employee Organization
17. Torrance Professional & Supervisory Association
18. Torrance Recurrent Recreational Employees Organization
19. City Treasurer
20. City Attorney
21. City Manager
14. ADJOURNMENT
Adjournment of City Council meeting to Tuesday, April 15, 2025, at 5:00 p.m. for closed session in the LeRoy J. Jackson Council Chamber.