Hermosa Beach — 2025-05-27
City Council
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12.a\nPOLICE CHIEF UPDATE
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15.a\nWAIVE 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.
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15.b\nCITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES - 25-CCO-027\n(City Clerk Myra Maravilla)\nRecommended Action:\nStaff recommends City Council approve the minutes for the April 8, 2025 Regular\nMeeting, April 22, 2025 Special Meeting (Study Session), April 29, 2025 Special\nMeeting, and May 5, 2025 Special Meeting.
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15.c\nONE APPOINTMENT TO THE BUILDING BOARD OF APPEALS - 25-CCO-026\n(City Clerk Myra Maravilla)\nRecommended Action:\nStaff recommends City Council appoint one member to the Building Board of\nAppeals to fill the remainder of an undefined term.
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15.d\nCHECK REGISTERS - 25-AS-041\n(Administrative Services Director Brandon Walker)\nRecommended Action:\nStaff recommends City Council receive and file the check registers for the period of\nApril 29, 2025 through May 7, 2025. The Administrative Services Director certifies\nthe accuracy of the demands.
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15.e\nCASH BALANCE REPORT - 25-AS-037\n(Administrative Services Director Brandon Walker)\nRecommended Action:\nStaff recommends City Council receive and file the March 2025 Cash Balance\nReport.
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15.f\nREVENUE REPORT, EXPENDITURE REPORT, AND CIP REPORT BY PROJECT\nFOR MARCH 2025 - 25-AS-039\n(Administrative Services Director Brandon Walker)\nRecommended Action:\nStaff recommends City Council receive and file the March 2025 Financial Reports.
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15.g\nCITY TREASURER’S REPORT - 25-AS-036\n(City Treasurer David Pedersen)\nRecommended Action:\nThe City Treasurer recommends City Council receive and file the March 2025 City\nTreasurer’s Report.
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15.h\nHERMOSA BEACH LANDSCAPING AND STREET - 25-PW-024\nCEQA: Determine the project is exempt from the California Environmental Quality\nAct.\n(Public Works Director Joe SanClemente)\nRecommended Action:\nStaff recommends City Council:
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15.i\n1.\nAdopt a resolution (Attachment 3) approving the Engineer's Report in\nconnection with Hermosa Beach Landscaping and Street Lighting District\n2025–2026 made pursuant to the requirements of Resolution No. 25-7474\n(Attachment 1); and\n2.\nAdopt a resolution (Attachment 4) declaring the City’s intention to order\ncertain improvements and to levy and collect assessments within the\nHermosa Beach Landscaping and Street Lighting District 2025–2026 for the\nFiscal Year beginning July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2026, and appointing\nJune 24, 2025, at the hour of 6:30 p.m. in the City Hall Council Chambers\nas the time and place for a public hearing in relation thereto.\nACTION MINUTES OF THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMISSION MEETING - 25-PW032\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 March 19, 2025, and Special Meeting of April 9,\n2025.
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15.j\nCAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM STATUS REPORT AS OF MAY 16, 2025 25-PW-034\n(Public Works Director Joe SanClemente)\nRecommended Action:\nStaff recommends City Council receive and file the Capital Improvement Program\nStatus Report as of May 16, 2025.
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15.k\nACTION MINUTES OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION REGULAR MEETING OF\nMAY 20, 2025 - 25-CDD-087\n(Community Development Director Alison Becker)\nRecommended Action:\nStaff recommends City Council receive and file the action minutes of the Planning\nCommission regular meeting of May 20, 2025.
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15.l\nPLANNING COMMISSION TENTATIVE FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS - 25-CDD-089\n(Community Development Director Alison Becker)\nRecommended Action:\nStaff recommends City Council receive and file the June 17, 2025 Planning\nCommission tentative future agenda.
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15.m\nENDORSEMENT OF ARAKELIAN ENTERPRISES, INC’S (DBA ATHENS\nSERVICES) REQUEST FOR AN ANNUAL RATE ADJUSTMENT TO THE\nMAXIMUM RATES FOR SOLID WASTE SERVICES - 25-CMO-039\n(Environmental Programs Manager Doug Krauss)\nRecommended Action:\nStaff recommends City Council endorse the proposed service rate adjustment from\nArakelian Enterprises, Inc. (DBA Athens Services) at amount not to exceed the\nattached rate schedule effective July 1, 2025.
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15.n\nADOPTION OF THE CITY OF HERMOSA BEACH 2025 LOCAL HAZARD\nMITIGATION PLAN - 25-CMO-033\nCEQA: Determine that this report is not a project under the California Environmental\nQuality Act (“CEQA”) or, in the alternative that the project is exempt from the\nCalifornia Environmental Quality Act.\n(Emergency Management Coordinator Maurice Wright)\nRecommended Action:\nStaff recommends City Council adopt Resolution (Attachment 2) approving the City\nof Hermosa Beach 2025 Local Hazard Mitigation Plan (Attachment 3).
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16.a\nREQUEST FOR A ZONING TEXT AMENDMENT (TA 25-01), PERTAINING TO\nTHE REGULATION OF TEMPORARY USES AND EVENTS ON PRIVATE\nPROPERTY, AMENDING HERMOSA BEACH MUNICIPAL CODE (HBMC): - 25CDD-062\n1) CHAPTER 17.04 REGARDING DEFINITIONS; 2) CHAPTER 17.28 REGARDING\nM-1 LIGHT MANUFACTURING ZONE; AND 3) CHAPTER 17.42 REGARDING\nGENERAL PROVISIONS, CONDITIONS, AND EXCEPTIONAL USES.\nCEQA: The project qualifies for a Categorical Exemption per Section 15061(b)(3) of\nthe California Environmental Quality Act Guidelines.\n(Community Development Director Alison Becker)\nRecommended Action:\nStaff recommends City Council:
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16.b\n1.\nConduct a public hearing to consider amendments to Hermosa Beach\nMunicipal Code pertaining to temporary uses and temporary events; and\n2.\nIntroduce by title only and waive first reading of an Ordinance of the City of\nHermosa Beach, California approving Zone Text Amendment (25-01)\n(Attachment 1).\nCITY COUNCIL REVIEW OF A PLANNING COMMISSION APPROVAL TO\nMODIFY A PREVIOUSLY APPROVED SHARED PARKING PLAN (PARK25-01) AT\n1601 PACIFIC COAST HIGHWAY IN THE SPECIFIC PLAN AREA 8 (SPA-8) ZONE\n- 25-CDD-068\nCEQA: Determine that the project is categorically exempt from the California\nEnvironmental Quality Act\n(Community Development Director Alison Becker)\nRecommended Action:\nStaff recommends City Council:
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17.a\nA RESOLUTION TO APPROVE AN AT-WILL EMPLOYMENT SERVICES\nAGREEMENT WITH STEVEN NAPOLITANO FOR INTERIM CITY MANAGER AND\nAPPROVE AN AMENDMENT TO THE SALARY TABLE - 25-AS-042\n(Human Resources, Cynthia Stafford)\nRecommended Action:\nStaff recommends City Council approve a resolution for an at-will employment\nservices agreement with Steven Napolitano for Interim City Manager and update the\nsalary table to reflect a change in the salary for the City Manager (Attachments 1\nand 2).
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17.b\nPURCHASE OF PORTABLE BARRIERS AND TRAILER FROM ADVANCED\nSECURITY TECHNOLOGIES - 25-PD-007\n(Police Chief Landon Phillips)\nRecommended Action:\nStaff recommends City Council:
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17.c\n1.\nAppropriate $44,598 in the Grant Fund for the State Homeland Security\nProgram 2022 Grant Cycle and add estimated revenue of $44,598 in the\nGrants Fund; and\n2.\nAuthorize the purchase of portable barriers and trailer, through a national\npurchasing cooperative, in total amount of $109,534.\nRECEIVE AND FILE AN INFORMATIONAL UPDATE ON THE RESIDENTIAL\nPARKING PERMIT PROGRAM. - 25-AS-043\nCEQA: Determine that any modification to the Citywide Residential Parking Program\nis exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act.\n(Administrative Services Director Brandon Walker)\nRecommended Action:\nStaff recommends City Council receive and file an update on the City’s Residential\nParking Permit Program.
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18.a\nTENTATIVE FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS - 25-CMO-041\nAttached is the current list of tentative future agenda items for Council’s information.
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4.a\nMINUTES: Approval of minutes of Closed Session held on Tuesday, May 13, 2025
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4.b\nCONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATOR\nGovernment Code Section 54957.6\nCity Negotiator: Cynthia Stafford, Human Resources\nEmployee Organizations: Hermosa Beach Police Officers' Association, Teamsters\nUnion, Local 911, and Professional and Administrative Employee Group
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4.c\nCONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL:\nInitiation of Litigation—Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(4)\nThe City finds, based on advice from legal counsel, that discussion in open session\nwill prejudice the position of the City in the litigation.\nNumber of Potential Cases: 1