Hawthorne — 2023-09-25

1. Presentation: Southern California Edison- Customer Outages Notification

10. American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) Economic Development Programs Update\nRECOMMENDED MOTION: Staff recommends that the City Council ask\nquestions as necessary and receive and file the ARPA Economic Development\nPlan Programs update.

11. Award of Contract for Sewer Main and Miscellaneous Storm Drain Improvement\nProject 2023 (Project # 23-04)\nRECOMMENDED MOTION: Staff recommends that the City Council award\ncontract to lowest responsive and responsible bidder, GRBCON, Inc. of Baldwin\nPark, CA.

12. Award of Contract for Hawthorne Memorial Center HVAC System Upgrade\n(Project #23-08).\nRECOMMENDED MOTION: Staff recommends that the City Council award contract to\nlowest responsive and responsible bidder, Pardess Air, Inc. of Los Angeles, CA.

13. Progress Payment #1 in the amount of $ $998,742.65 due to Best Contracting\nServices, Inc of Gardena, CA for City of Hawthorne Owned Building Roof\nRehabilitation (Project #23-06)\nRECOMMENDED MOTION: Staff Recommends that the City Council approve\nthis Progress Payment #1 to Best Contracting Services of Gardena, CA

14. Approval of Side Letter agreement and new Agreement Between the City of\nHawthorne and Joe Nakagawa, M.D. to provide Medical Director Services for the\nHawthorne Police Department effective January 1, 2024.\nRECOMMENDED MOTION: Staff recommends that the City Council approve a\nSide Letter Agreement amending the accrued vacation and sick days retroactively\nto be in line with the HPOA (Hawthorne Police Officer’s Association) MOU.; and\nApprove an Agreement between the City of Hawthorne and Dr. Joe Nakagawa for\nthe position of Medical Director for the Hawthorne Police Department effective\nJanuary 1, 2024; and\nApproval of Fiscal year 2023/24 appropriations increase by $10,527 at mid-year\nbudget.

15. Broker Agreement with Newmark of Southern California.\nRECOMMENDED MOTION: Staff recommends that the City Council approve the\nBroker Agreement with Newmark of Southern California Regarding the\nNegotiations over the Terms of a Land Swap with 13007 Yukon Avenue,\nHawthorne LLC.\nCITY ATTORNEY'S CONSENT CALENDAR

16. Blanket Purchase Orders (“BPO”) for the City Attorney Department for Fiscal Year\n2023/2024.\nRECOMMENDED MOTION: Staff recommends that the City Council approve\nfiscal year 2023/2024 BPO for City Attorney Department in the total amount of\n$555,000.

17. Add “Feed The Street Cali Foundation” and “American Heart Association” to the\nlist of City Sponsored Event. (A. Monteiro)

18. Funding the Veterans’ Affairs’ Program Displaying Banners Recognizing the City’s\nVeterans and Current Members in the Service. (Vargas)

19. 2022-2023 Budget for City Special Events (Patterson/Reyes-English)

2. Update on City’s Medical Director Program.

20. Nominations of Commissioners for Planning, Civil Service, Youth and Senior\nCitizens Commissions. (Vargas)\nPlanning: Jennifer Houston\nGreg Guich\nLaurelia Walker\nRobert Prieto\nRuby Cohn\nShahzad Barket (Also for Civil Service)\nCivil Service: Carmen Luz Rodriguez\nShahzad Barket (Also for Planning)\nSenior Citizens: Margaret Allen\nYouth: Gabriela Zubia\nELECTED OFFICIALS REPORTS/RECOMMENDATIONS

21. Conference with Real Property Negotiator, pursuant to California Government\nCode Sections 54956.8, 54954(b):\nProperties:\n• Approximately .91 acres of land with 2,046 square feet building(s) located\nat 13007 Yukon Ave., APN 4050-014-002\n• Approximately 2.16 acres of land located at 12500 Eucalyptus Ave., APN\n4041-009-900\nAgency Negotiator: Vontray Norris, City Manager.\nOther Party: 13007 Yukon Avenue Hawthorne, LLC. Under negotiation: Price\nand Terms of Payment

3. Hawthorne Police Officer’s Association presentation of the “Hawthorne Fallen Hero’s\nScholarship.”

4. Presentation by the Veterans Affairs Commission.

5. Approval of waiver of full readings of resolutions and ordinances on Tuesday,\nSeptember 26, 2023’s agenda. Motion to waive full readings.

6. City Treasurer requests approval of the warrants. Motion to approve the warrants.

8. ORDINANCE NO. 2244 (2nd Reading) AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL\nOF THE CITY OF HAWTHORNE, CALIFORNIA, ADDING SECTION 8.48.045 TO THE\nHAWTHORNE MUNICIPAL CODE TO ALLOW FOR AUTHORIZED INDOOR SMOKING\nFACILITIES AND MAKING A FINDING OF EXEMPTION IN COMPLIANCE WITH CEQA\nIN CONNECTION THEREWITH. Motion to Adopt

9. Annual 3% Rent Increase for City-Owned Multi-Family Affordable Housing Units\nRECOMMENDED MOTION: Staff recommends that the City Council approve an\nannual rent increase for City-owned multi-family affordable housing units. The\nincrease will be either 3% or the year's Consumer Price Index (CPI) rate,\nwhichever is higher.