Hermosa Beach — 2024-09-24

City Council

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10.a UPDATES FROM CITY COUNCIL AD HOC SUBCOMMITTEES AND STANDING\nCOMMITTEE DELEGATES/ALTERNATES
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11.a WAIVE READING IN FULL OF ALL ORDINANCES ON THE AGENDA\nRecommendation:\nStaff recommends City Council waive reading in full of all ordinances and resolutions\non the agenda and declare that said titles which appear on the public agenda shall\nbe determined to have been read by title and further reading waived.
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11.b CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES - 24-CCO-059\n(City Clerk Myra Maravilla)\nRecommended Action:\nStaff recommends City Council approve the minutes for the Tuesday, September 10,\n2024 Regular Meeting.
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11.c CHECK REGISTERS - 24-AS-027\n(Administrative Services Director Brandon Walker)\nRecommended Action:\nStaff recommends City Council ratify the following check registers.
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11.d REVENUE REPORT, EXPENDITURE REPORT, AND CIP REPORT BY PROJECT\nFOR JULY AND AUGUST 2024 - 24-AS-030\n(Administrative Services Director Brandon Walker)\nPage 4 of 9\nRecommended Action:\nStaff recommends City Council receive and file the July and August 2024 Financial\nReports.
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11.e ACTION MINUTES OF THE CIVIL SERVICE BOARD MEETING OF JULY 15, 2024\n- 24-AS-031\n(Interim Human Resources Manager Cynthia Stafford)\nRecommended Action:\nStaff recommends City Council receive and file the action minutes of the Civil\nService Board meeting of July 15, 2024.
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11.f CITY’S TREASURER’S REPORT - 24-AS-028\n(City Treasurer Karen Nowicki)\nRecommended Action:\nThe City Treasurer recommends City Council receive and file the July 2024 and\nAugust 2024 City Treasurer’s Reports.
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11.g CASH BALANCE REPORT - 24-AS-029\n(Administrative Services Director Brandon Walker)\nRecommended Action:\nThe Administrative Services Director recommends City Council receive and file the\nJuly 2024 and August 2024 Cash Balance Reports.
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11.h CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM STATUS REPORT AS OF SEPTEMBER 9,\n2024 - 24-PW-035\n(Public Works Director Joe SanClemente)\nRecommended Action:\nStaff recommends City Council receive and file the Capital Improvement Program\nStatus Report as of September 9, 2024.
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11.i ACTION MINUTES OF THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMISSION MEETING OF JULY\n17, 2024 - 24-PW-034\n(Public Works Director Joe SanClemente)\nRecommended Action:\nStaff recommends City Council receive and file the action minutes of the Public\nWorks Commission meeting of July 17, 2024.
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11.j ACTION MINUTES OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION REGULAR MEETING OF\nSEPTEMBER 17, 2024 - 24-CDD-057\n(Community Development Director Carrie Tai)\nRecommended Action:\nStaff recommends City Council receive and file the action minutes of the Planning\nCommission regular meeting of September 17, 2024.
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11.k APPROVAL OF THE COMMENCEMENT OF SPECIAL EVENT LONG-TERM\nAGREEMENT NEGOTIATIONS WITH INDIVISIBLE ARTS FOR STATE OF THE\nART - 24-CR-021\nPage 5 of 9\n(Community Resources Director Lisa Nichols)\nRecommended Action:\nStaff recommends City Council approve the initiation of long-term agreement\nnegotiations with Invisible Arts for State of the Art, authorizing staff to proceed with\ndrafting the terms and conditions for Council’s future consideration and approval.
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11.l APPROVAL OF 2025 IMPACT LEVEL III RETURNING SPECIAL EVENTS - 24-CR-\n022\n(Community Resources Director Lisa Nichols)\nRecommended Action:\nStaff recommends City Council approve the Parks, Recreation, and Community\nResources Advisory Commission’s recommendation to:\n1. Include three Impact Level III returning special events on the 2025 Special\nEvents Calendar as proposed in the Staff Report; and\n2. Two “Nothing Weekends” as proposed in the Staff Report on the 2025\nSpecial Events Calendar.
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11.m APPROVAL OF THE FOURTH AMENDMENT TO AGREEMENT WITH WILLDAN\nENGINEERING FOR STAFF AUGMENTATION SERVICES FOR COMMUNITY\nDEVELOPMENT - 24-CDD-055\n(Building and Code Enforcement Official Guillermo Hobelman and Community\nDevelopment Director Carrie Tai)\nRecommended Action:\nStaff recommends City Council:\n1. Approve the proposed fourth amendment to an agreement with Willdan\nEngineering for plan review and staff augmentation services to increase the\nnot-to-exceed amount by $100,000, resulting in a total not-to-exceed\namount of $395,000 and a term ending June 30, 2025 (Attachment 1); and\n2. Authorize the Mayor to execute and the City Clerk to attest the attached\nfourth amendment subject to approval by the City Attorney.
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11.n APPROVAL OF FIRST AMENDMENT TO AGREEMENT WITH CIVIC SOLUTIONS,\nINC FOR ON-CALL STAFF AUGMENTATION SERVICES - 24-CDD-052\n(Community Development Director Carrie Tai)\nRecommended Action:\nStaff recommends City Council:\n1. Approve the proposed first amendment to an agreement with Civic\nSolutions, Inc. for staff augmentation services to increase the not-to-exceed\namount by $20,000, resulting in a total not-to-exceed amount of $50,000 for\nthe remainder of the two-year term ending June 30, 2026 (Attachment 2);\nand\n2. Authorize the City Manager to execute and the City Clerk to attest the\nattached first amendment subject to approval by the City Attorney.
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11.o APPROVE GRANT AGREEMENT WITH THE CALIFORNIA OFFICE OF TRAFFIC\nPage 6 of 9\nSAFETY THROUGH THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY\nADMINISTRATION FOR THEIR SELECTIVE TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT\nPROGRAM - 24-PD-005\n(Police Chief Paul LeBaron)\nRecommended Action:\nStaff recommends City Council:\n1. Approve grant agreement of $80,000 from the California Office of Traffic\nSafety (OTS), through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration,\nfor their Selective Traffic Enforcement Program (STEP) (Attachment 1);\n2. Add estimated revenue of $80,000 in the Grant Fund; and\n3. Appropriate $80,000 in the Grant Fund for traffic enforcement operations to\nreduce alcohol-related accidents and other primary crash factors.
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11.p APPROVE AN AGREEMENT WITH CLEAN POWER ALLIANCE FOR BUILDING\nELECTRIFICATION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM - 24-CMO-039\n(Environmental Programs Manager Douglas Krauss)\nRecommended Action:\nStaff recommends City Council:\n1. Approve the Building Electrification Assistance Program Participation\nAgreement with the Clean Power Alliance (CPA) (Attachment 1);\n2. Add estimated revenue of $250,000 in the Capital Improvement Fund; and\n3. Authorize the City Manager to execute and the City Clerk to attest the\nagreement subject to approval by the City Attorney.\n12. PUBLIC HEARINGS—TO COMMENCE AT 6:30 P.M
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12.a APPROVAL OF NEW 2024 SPECIAL EVENTS - 24-CR-020\n(Senior Recreation Supervisor Brian Sousa)\nRecommended Action:\nStaff recommends City Council hold a public hearing to approve the Parks,\nRecreation and Community Resources Advisory Commission’s recommendation to\ninclude the following new special events on the 2024 Special Event Calendar:\n1. The Frosty Olympics south of the Pier on Saturday, October 12, 2024; and\n2. Darc Sport Pier to Pier Run south of the Pier and the Strand north of the\nPier on Friday, November 8 through Saturday, November 9, 2024.\n13. MUNICIPAL MATTERS
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13.a AWARD OF PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENTS FOR ON-CALL\nTRANSPORTATION PLANNING AND TRAFFIC ENGINEERING SERVICES - 24-\nPW-033\n(Public Works Director Joe SanClemente)\nRecommended Action:\nStaff recommends City Council:\nPage 7 of 9\n1. Award a contract for on-call transportation planning and traffic engineering\nexpertise services to Hartzog & Crabill, Inc. at a not-to-exceed amount of\n$600,000 for a term of three years ending October 1, 2027, with an option\nto allow the City Manager to extend up to two additional years (Attachment\n7);\n2. Award a contract for on-call transportation planning and traffic engineering\nexpertise services to Michael Baker International, Inc. at a not-to-exceed\namount of $600,000 for a term of three years ending October 1, 2027, with\nan option to allow the City Manager to extend up to two additional years\n(Attachment 8);\n3. Award a contract for on-call transportation planning and traffic engineering\nexpertise services to Fehr & Peers Associates, Inc. at a not-to-exceed\namount of $600,000 for a term of three years ending October 1, 2027, with\nan option to allow the City Manager to extend up to two additional years\n(Attachment 9);\n4. Award a contract for on-call transportation planning and traffic engineering\nexpertise services to CR Associates, Inc. at a not-to-exceed amount of\n$600,000 for a term of three years ending October 1, 2027, with an option\nto allow the City Manager to extend up to two additional years (Attachment\n10);\n5. Award a contract for on-call transportation planning and traffic engineering\nexpertise services to General Technologies and Solutions LLC (GTS) at a\nnot-to-exceed amount of $600,000 for a term of three years ending October\n1, 2027, with an option to allow the City Manager to extend up to two\nadditional years (Attachment 11); and\n6. Authorize the Mayor to execute and the City Clerk to attest the proposed\nagreements subject to approval by the City Attorney
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13.b REPORT ON THE CITY’S ENFORCEMENT OPTIONS OF ADMINISTRATIVE\nCITATIONS AND OVERALL DISCUSSION ON ADMINISTRATIVE CITATIONS -\n24-CA-004\n(City Attorney Patrick Donegan)\nRecommended Action:\nStaff recommends City Council receive a report on the enforcement options for\nadministrative citations and provide direction, if any, to staff on different or additional\noptions related to administrative citations.
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13.c INTRODUCTION OF AN ORDINANCE AMENDING VARIOUS SECTIONS OF THE\nHERMOSA BEACH MUNICIPAL CODE TO UPDATE THE TITLE AND ROLE OF\nCERTAIN CITY PERSONNEL, 24-CA-005\nDETERMINATION THAT THE ORDINANCE IS NOT A PROJECT UNDER THE\nCALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT (CEQA)\n(City Attorney Patrick Donegan)\nRecommended Action:\nStaff recommends City Council:\n1. Introduce by title only and waive first reading of an Ordinance of the City of\nHermosa Beach, California, amending various sections of the Hermosa\nPage 8 of 9\nBeach Municipal Code to update the title and role of certain city personnel\nand determine that the ordinance is not a project under the California\nEnvironmental Quality Act (CEQA); and.\n2. Direct the City Clerk to publish a summary ordinance.
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13.d CONSIDERATION OF A RESOLUTION EXPRESSING OPPOSITION TO SENATE\nBILL 450 (ATKINS) - 24-CMO-041\n(City Manager Suja Lowenthal)\nRecommended Action:\nStaff recommends City Council consider adopting by title a Resolution of the City\nCouncil of the City of Hermosa Beach, California expressing opposition to Senate\nBill 450 (Attachment 1).
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14.a TENTATIVE FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS - 24-CMO-043\nAttached is the current list of tentative future agenda items for Council’s information.
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7.a RECOGNIZING PLANNING COMMISSIONER MARIE RICE FOR HER SERVICE\nTO THE CITY
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7.b LOS ANGELES COUNTY FIRE SERVICES AND MCCORMICK AMBULANCE 2024\nSEMI-ANNUAL REVIEW - 24-CMO-040\n(Emergency Management Coordinator Maurice Wright)\nRecommended Action:\nStaff recommends City Council receive and file the 2024 Los Angeles County Fire\nServices and McCormick Ambulance reports for January through June 2024.
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7.c RECOGNIZING OCTOBER 2, 2024 AS CALIFORNIA CLEAN AIR DAY AND\nUPDATE ON CLEAN POWER ALLIANCE TRANSITION IN HERMOSA BEACH - 24-\nCMO-038\n(Environmental Programs Manager Doug Krauss)\nRecommended Action:\nStaff recommends City Council receive and file an update on the City’s transition to\nClean Power Alliance (CPA) of Southern California to provide improved renewable\nenergy options to the City and its energy users.
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8.a PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR UPDATE
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8.b POLICE CHIEF UPDATE