Hermosa Beach — 2025-05-13

16.a Police Chief Update

19.a WAIVE READING IN FULL OF ALL ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS ON THE\nAGENDA\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.

19.b THREE VACANCIES TO THE PARKS, RECREATION, AND COMMUNITY\nRESOURCES ADVISORY COMMISSION—AUTHORIZE ADVERTISEMNT AND\nSCHEDULE APPLICANT INTERVIEWS - 25-CCO-023\n(Deputy City Clerk Reanna Guzman)\nRecommendation:\nStaff recommends City Council:\n1. Direct staff to advertise and solicit applications for three vacancies on the\nParks, Recreation, and Community Resources Advisory Commission with\nterms ending June 30, 2029, to serve at the pleasure of the City Council;\nand\n2. Schedule applicant interviews to be held prior to or on the regular City\nCouncil meeting on Tuesday, June 24, 2025, with the option to make\nappointments at the same meeting.

19.c REVENUE REPORT, EXPENDITURE REPORT, AND CIP REPORT BY PROJECT\nFOR FEBRUARY 2025 - 25-AS-035\n(Administrative Services Director Brandon Walker)\nRecommendation:\nStaff recommends City Council receive and file the February 2025 Financial\nReports.

19.d CHECK REGISTERS - 25-AS-034\n(Administrative Services Director Brandon Walker)\nRecommendation:\nStaff recommends City Council receive and file the following check registers for the\nperiod April 2, 2025 through April 23, 2025. The Administrative Services Director\ncertifies the accuracy of the attached demands.

19.e LOS ANGELES COUNTY FIRE AND AMBULANCE MONTHLY REPORT FOR\nFEBRUARY 2025 - 25-CMO-035\nCEQA: Determine that the recommended action is not a project under the California\nEnvironmental Quality Act (“CEQA”) or, in the alternative that the project is exempt\nfrom the CEQA.\n(Emergency Management Coordinator Maurice Wright)\nRecommendation:\nStaff recommends City Council receive and file the February 2025 Fire and\nAmbulance monthly report.

19.f LOS ANGELES COUNTY FIRE AND AMBULANCE MONTHLY REPORT FOR\nMARCH 2025. - 25-CMO-036\nCEQA: Determine that the recommended action is not a project under the California\nEnvironmental Quality Act (“CEQA”) or, in the alternative that the project is exempt\nfrom CEQA.\n(Emergency Management Coordinator Maurice Wright)\nRecommendation:\nStaff recommends City Council receive and file the March 2025 Fire and Ambulance\nmonthly report.

19.g NEW FIRE HAZARD SEVERITY ZONE MAP FOR THE CITY OF HERMOSA\nBEACH AS IDENTIFIED BY THE STATE FIRE MARSHAL - 25-CMO-031\nCEQA: The adoption of the ordinance designating Moderate, High and Very High\nFire Hazard Severity Zones in the Local Responsibility Areas as recommended by\nthe Office of the State Fire Marshal is exempt from CEQA because it can be seen\nwith certainty that there is no possibility that the adoption of the ordinance may have\na significant effect on the environment (CEQA Guidelines, § 15061(b)(3)) and,\nindependently, because the recommended actions are administrative activities that\nwill not result in direct or indirect physical changes in the environment (Id.,\n§ 15378(b)(5).\n(Emergency Management Coordinator Maurice Wright)\nRecommendation:\nStaff recommends City Council:\n1. Receive and file this report regarding the official transmittal of the revised\nFire Hazard Severity Zone (FHSZ) Map from the State Fire Marshal.

19.h ACTION MINUTES OF THE PARKS, RECREATION, AND COMMUNITY\nRESOURCES ADVISORY COMMISSION MEETING OF APRIL 1, 2025 - 25-CR-\n036\n(Community Resources Director Lisa Nichols)\nRecommendation:\nStaff recommends City Council receive and file the action minutes of the Parks,\nRecreation, and Community Resources Advisory Commission meeting of April 1,\n2025.

19.i ACTION MINUTES OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION REGULAR MEETING OF\nAPRIL 15, 2025 - 25-CDD-060\n(Planning Manager Alexis Oropeza)\nRecommendation:\nStaff recommends City Council receive and file the action minutes of the Planning\nCommission regular meeting of April 15, 2025.

19.j PLANNING COMMISSION TENTATIVE FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS - 25-CDD-057\n(Community Development Director Alison Becker)\nRecommendation:\nStaff recommends City Council receive and file the May 20, 2025 Planning\nCommission tentative future agenda.

19.k APPROVAL OF THIRD AMENDMENT TO AGREEMENT WITH CIVIC\nSOLUTIONS, INC. FOR ON-CALL STAFF AUGMENTATION SERVICES - 25-CDD-\n074\nCEQA: Determine that the approval is not a project under the California\nEnvironmental Quality Act (CEQA) or, in the alternative, that the approval is exempt\nunder CEQA.\n(Community Development Director Alison Becker)\nRecommendation:\nStaff recommends City Council:\n1. Approve the proposed third amendment to an agreement with Civic\nSolutions, Inc. for staff augmentation services to increase the not-to-exceed\namount by $8,700, resulting in a total not-to-exceed amount of $93,380 for\nthe remainder of the two-year term ending June 30, 2026 (Attachment 3);\nand\n2. Determine that the action is not a project under the California Environmental\nQuality Act (CEQA) or, in the alternative, that the action is exempt from\nCEQA; and\n3. Authorize the City Manager to execute and the City Clerk to attest the\nattached third amendment subject to approval by the Interim City Attorney.

19.l CONSIDERATION OF A RESOLUTION EXPRESSING OPPOSITION TO\nASSEMBLY BILL 647 (M. GONZALEZ), SENATE BILL 634 (PEREZ), AND\nSUPPORT TO ASSEMBLY BILL 650 (PAPAN). - 25-CMO-034\n(Interim Deputy City Manager Leo Zalyan)\nRecommendation:\nStaff recommends City Council:\n1. Consider adopting by title a resolution expressing opposition to Assembly\nBill 647 and Senate Bill 634; and\n2. Consider adopting by title a resolution expressing support to Assembly Bill\n650.

19.m PURCHASE OF TRAILER MOUNTED MOBILE GENERATOR - 25-PW-027\nCEQA: Determine the purchase is exempt from the California Environmental Quality\nAct.\n(Public Works Director Joe SanClemente)\nRecommendation:\nStaff recommends City Council:\n1. Authorize the purchase of one Trailer Mounted Mobile Diesel Generator\nthrough a Cooperative OMNIA Partners Public Sector Master Agreement\nwith Global Equipment Company INC. (Global Industrial), in an amount not\nto exceed $40,000.

20.a CITY COUNCIL REVIEW OF A PLANNING COMMISSION APPROVAL TO\nMODIFY A PREVIOUSLY APPROVED SHARED PARKING PLAN (PARK 25-01)\nAT 1601 PACIFIC COAST HIGHWAY IN THE SPECIFIC PLAN AREA 8 (SPA-8)\nZONE\nRecommendation:\nStaff recommends Council to continue this item to the next City Council meeting on\nMay 27, 2025.

20.b APPROVAL OF NEW 2025 SPECIAL EVENT, “MARBLES IN THE JAR” FILM\nPREMIERE - 25-CR-039\nCEQA: Approval of the new 2025 special event would be exempt from the California\nEnvironmental Quality Act (CEQA) under State CEQA Guidelines section 15304(e).\nThe event is a minor temporary use of land in the form of a pre-event reception for a\nfilm screening. This type of temporary event will have negligible or no permanent\neffect on the environment.\n(Special Events and Filming Coordinator Austin DeWeese)\nRecommendation:\nStaff recommends City Council hold a public hearing to consider approval of the\nParks, Recreation, and Community Resources Advisory Commission’s\n(Commission) recommendation to include Impact Level ll new special event,\n“Marbles in the Jar” film premiere at the Community Theatre and courtyard on\nFriday, June 6, 2025, and to add the event to the 2025 Special Event Calendar.

20.c CONSIDER THE REVOCATION OR SUSPENSION OF BUSINESS LICENSE NO.\n01136416 ISSUED TO JUNG JUN LEE, DOING BUSINESS AS RAMEN AND\nSUSHIYA, INC. LOCATED AT 1121 AVIATION BOULEVARD. - 25-CDD-070\nCEQA: Determine the project is categorically exempt from the California\nEnvironmental Quality Act.\n(Community Development Director Alison Becker)\nRecommendation:\nStaff recommends City Council:\n1. Conduct a public hearing to consider the revocation or suspension of\nBusiness License No. 01136416; and\n2. Determine that the project is categorically exempt from the California\nEnvironmental Quality Act; and\n3. Adopt a Resolution (Attachment 1) revoking Business License no.\n01136416 for Ramen and Sushiya, Inc. located at 1121 Aviation Boulevard.

21.a DISCUSS AND GIVE DIRECTION REGARDING THE SEARCH FOR AND\nAPPOINTMENT OF INTERIM CITY MANAGER\n(Interim City Attorney Todd Leishman)\nRecommendation:\nStaff recommends Council to discuss and give direction regarding the search for and\nappointment of Interim City Manager.

21.b AWARD OF CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT FOR CIP 699 PARKING LOT C\nSTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS - 25-PW-013\nCEQA: Determine that CIP 699, Parking Lot C Structure Improvements, is exempt\nfrom the California Environmental Quality Act pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section\n15301(Existing Facilities). The proposed project scope involves functional\nimprovements to the existing parking structure.\n(Public Works Director Joe SanClemente)\nRecommendation:\nStaff recommends City Council:\n1. Award a construction contract for Capital Improvement Program Project 699\nParking Lot C Improvements to Slater Waterproofing Inc. in the amount of\n$1,740,542 (Attachment 1);\n2. Authorize the Director of Public Works to establish a project contingency in\nthe amount of $262,000 (approximately fifteen percent) and approve\ncontract change orders up to the amount of the approved project\ncontingency;\n3. Adopt the attached resolution entitled “A Resolution of the City Council of\nthe City Council of Hermosa Beach Approving the Construction of CIP 699\nParking Lot C Improvements Project Pursuant to Government Code Section\n830.6 and Establishing a Project Payment Account” (Attachment 2);\n4. Authorize the Mayor to execute the construction contract and the City Clerk\nto attest, subject to approval by the City Attorney; and\n5. Authorize the Director of Public Works to file a Notice of Completion\nfollowing final completion of the project.

21.c PURCHASE OF POLICE DEPARTMENT VEHICLES - 25-PD-006\nCEQA: This agreement has no potential for resulting in either a direct physical\nchange in the environment, or a reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in\nthe environment, and as such, is not a “project” subject to the requirements of the\nCalifornia Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) 14 Cal. Code Regs Section 15378.\n(Public Works Director Joe SanClemente)\nRecommendation:\nStaff recommends City Council:\n1. Authorize the purchase of two Polaris Ranger XP 1000s, through\nSourcewell, or other cooperative purchasing program, to replace two\nTextron Utility Task Vehicles (UTVs), in an amount not to exceed $104,577;\nand\n2. Appropriate $9,817 from the Asset Seizure/Forfeiture Fund to cover the\nincrease in Polaris Ranger XP 1000 purchase costs; and\n3. Authorize the purchase of two Toyota Tacomas, through the State of\nCalifornia’s General Services Department Statewide Contract for Fleet\nVehicles, or other cooperative purchasing program, to replace a 2015\nNissan Leaf and a 2015 Ford CMAX, in an amount not to exceed $100,230.

21.d CONSIDERATION OF SECOND AMENDMENT TO AGREEMENT FOR CITY\nPROSECUTOR SERVICES BETWEEN THE CITY OF REDONDO BEACH AND\nTHE CITY OF HERMOSA BEACH - 25-CMO-037\n(Acting City Manager Leo Zaylan)\nRecommendation:\nStaff recommends City Council approve the Second Amendment to the Agreement\nfor City Prosecutor Services between the City of Redondo Beach and the City of\nHermosa Beach.

22.a TENTATIVE FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS - 25-CMO-038\nAttached is the current list of tentative future agenda items for Council’s information.

5.a FISCAL YEAR 2025–26 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM STUDY SESSION -\n25-PW-028\n(Public Works Director Joe SanClemente)\nRecommendation:\nStaff recommends City Council:\n1. Review and provide comment regarding the FY 2025–26 Capital\nImprovement Program (CIP) including proposed project funding and\nsequencing;\n2. Review and provide comment regarding the Additional Matters for City\nCouncil Consideration outlined in the report; and\n3. Receive and file the FY 2025–26 Capital Improvement Program Study\nSession Report.