Inglewood — 2023-02-28

APPOINTMENTS TO BOARDS, COMMISSIONS, AND COMMITTEES\nPUBLIC COMMENTS REGARDING OTHER MATTERS\nPersons wishing to address the City Council on any matter connected with City business not\nelsewhere considered on the agenda may do so at this time. Persons with complaints regarding\nCity management or departmental operations are requested to submit those complaints first to the\nCity Manager for resolution.\nMAYOR AND COUNCIL REMARKS\nThe members of the City Council will provide oral reports, including reports on City related travels\nwhere lodging expenses are incurred, and/or address any matters they deem of general interest to\nthe public.

PUBLIC COMMENTS REGARDING CLOSED SESSION ITEMS\nPersons wishing to address the Inglewood City Council on the Closed Session items may do so at\nthis time.\nCS-1. Closed Session – Confidential – Attorney/Client\nPrivileged; City Council Conference with Legal\nCounsel regarding pending litigation pursuant to\nGovernment Code Section 54956.9(d)(1); Tony Maiden\nv. City of Inglewood, et al.; LASC Case No.:\n19STCV20008.\nCS-2. Closed Session – Confidential – Attorney/Client\nPrivileged; City Council Conference with Legal\nCounsel regarding pending litigation pursuant to\nGovernment Code Section 54956.9(d)(1); Thomas B.\nLove vs. City of Inglewood; USDC Case No.: 2:22-cv-\n08336 RGK (JPRx).

DEPARTMENTAL REPORTS\nDR-1. FINANCE DEPARTMENT\nStaff report presenting the Fiscal Year 2021-2022 First-Quarter Budget Review Report.\nRecommendation:\n1. Receive and file; and\n2. Adopt a resolution amending the Fiscal Year 2022-2023 General Fund\nOperating Budget to include budgeted positions in the Administration\nDepartment.\nDocuments:\nDR-1.PDF\nDR-2, CSA-2, H-2 & P-1. CITY ATTORNEY/GENERAL COUNSEL’S OFFICE\nStaff report recommending that the Mayor/Chairman and Council/Successor Agency/Housing\nAuthority/Parking Authority Members approve Amendment One to Agreement No. 22-263 with Kane\nBallmer & Berkman, LC (Special Counsel”) for legal services, increasing Special Counsel’s hourly rates\nand increasing the compensation by an additional amount of $1,050,000 (bringing the total contract\ncompensation to $1,500,000). (General Fund)\nRecommendation:\n1. Approve Amendment One to Agreement No. 22-263.\nDocuments:\nDR-2, CSA-2, H-2, P-1.PDF

10. PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT\nStaff report recommending that the Mayor and Council Members award a contract\nand approve an agreement with AC Pros, Inc., for the Los Angeles County Fire Station No.\n171 HVAC Upgrade Project, FY 2022-2023, per Bid No. CB-22-18. (General Fund).\nRecommendation:\n1. Award contract and approve agreement in a total amount not to exceed\n$404,160 (includes a City controlled and directed twenty percent (20%)\ncontingency in an amount not to exceed $67,360); and\n2. Adopt a resolution amending the Fiscal Year 2022-2023 Budget to fund\nthe Fire Station HVAC Upgrade project in the amount of $154,160.\nDocuments:\n10.PDF

11. PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT\nStaff report recommending that the Mayor and Council Members authorize payment of\ninvoices submitted by KOA Corporation (Consultant) for construction management services\nin support of the Centinela Avenue Improvements Project, in a total amount of $132,847.50.\n(Various Funds)\nRecommendation:\n1. Authorize payment in a total amount of $132,847.50.\nDocuments:\n11.PDF

12. RESIDENTIAL SOUND INSULATION DEPARTMENT\nStaff report recommending that the Mayor and Council Members approve an agreement\nwith The Jones Payne Group, Inc. (Jones Payne), to provide management services to the\nCity's Residential Sound Insulation Program. (Noise Mitigation Fund)\nRecommendation:\n1. Approve agreement in an amount not to exceed $250,000; and\n2. Adopt a resolution amending the City's Fiscal Year 2022-2023 Annual\nBudget.\nDocuments:\n12.PDF

2. Affirm Categorical Exemption (EA-CE-2023-002); and

3. Adopt resolution.\nDocuments:\nPH-1.PDF\nPH-2. POLICE DEPARTMENT\nPublic hearing, pursuant to Assembly Bill 481, to consider approval of Inglewood Police\nDepartment Policy 709 (Military Equipment) to provide guidelines for the approval,\nacquisition, and reporting requirements of military equipment.\nRecommendation:\n1. Receive public comments;\n2. Approve Inglewood Police Department Policy 709 (Military\nEquipment);\n3. Motion to waive further reading; and

4. Adopt Ordinance No. 23-08, adding Section 2-168.1 to Chapter 2 of the\nInglewood Municipal Code regarding Military Equipment Use Policy.\nDocuments:\nPH-2.PDF\nCONSENT CALENDAR\nThese items will be acted upon as a whole unless called upon by a Council Member.\n2. CITY ATTORNEY’S OFFICE\nLetters from the City Attorney’s Office recommending the following:\nA. Reject Claims pursuant to Government Code, Section 913:\n1. NicolasDavenport for alleged personal injury; dangerous condition – SoFi Stadium\non August 4, 2022.\n2. Kulsum Farooqui for alleged vehicle damage; pothole on January 7, 2023.\n3. Gena Hodge for alleged personal injury; dangerous condition – SoFi Stadium on\nJuly 23, 2022.\n4. Mona Ibrahim for alleged tire damage; pothole on January 11, 2023.

5. Alex Larios for alleged personal injury; raised walkway on August 23, 2022.

6. LuviaLopez for alleged wrongful death; dangerous road condition – outside City’s\nboundary on June 18, 2022.

7. Roberto Lopez for alleged wrongful death; dangerous road condition – outside\nCity’s boundary on June 18, 2022.

8. Erika Torres for alleged tire damage; pothole on January 11, 2023.

9. Kathy Williams for alleged tire damage; pothole on January 26, 2023.\nB. Reject Insufficient Claim pursuant to Government Code, Section 913:\n1. Joni Turquand for alleged vehicle damage; pothole on November 11, 2022.\nC. Reject Amended Claim pursuant to Section 913 of the California Government\nCode.\n1. Evy Trezvant for alleged vehicle damage; fallen tree on January 14, 2023.\nRecommendation:\n1. Reject Claims listed as A-1 through A-9, B-1, and C-1.\n3. CITY MANAGER’S OFFICE\nStaff report recommending that the Mayor and Council Members Adopt a resolution 1)\naccepting the Emergency Operations Center Renovation Project as complete; 2) authorizing\nstaff to prepare and file a Notice of Completion with the Los Angeles County Recorder; and\n3) authorizing the release of retention pursuant to law.\nRecommendation:\n1. Adopt resolution; and\n2. Authorize payment of outstanding invoices submitted by Monet\nConstruction, Inc., for construction services for the Emergency Operation\nCenter (EOC), in the total amount of $156,258. (General Fund)\nDocuments:\n3.PDF\n4. HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT\nStaff report recommending that the Mayor and Council Members authorize payment of an\ninvoice submitted to Monjaras & Wismeyer Group, Inc. dba Return to Work Partners\n(R2WP), for facilitating Interactive Process Accommodation Meetings for City employees.\n(General Fund)\nRecommendation:\n1. Authorize payment in the amount of $2,100.\nDocuments:\n4.PDF\n5. LIBRARY SERVICES DEPARTMENT\nStaff report recommending that the Mayor and Council Members approve a one-year\nCooperative Purchase Agreement with New Tangram, L.L.C. (Tangram), for the purchase\nand installation of furniture for the Crenshaw Library. (General Fund)\nRecommendation:\n1. Approve Cooperative Purchase Agreement in an amount not to exceed\n$75,000.\nDocuments:\n5.PDF\n6. PARKS, RECREATION, AND COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT\nStaff report recommending that the Mayor and Council Members approve an agreement between\nthe City of Inglewood and PepsiCo, Inc. for the installation of basketball court improvements at\nVincent Park.\nRecommendation:\n1. Approve agreement.\nDocuments:\n6.PDF\n7. PARKS, RECREATION AND COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT/ PUBLIC WORKS\nDEPARTMENT\nStaff report recommending that the Mayor and Council Members reject all bids received on\nJanuary 25, 2023, for the Darby Park Walking Track Project: CB-23-03, and authorize the\nrebid of the project.\nRecommendation:\n1. Reject all bids and authorize the rebid of the project.\nDocuments:\n7.PDF\n8. PARKS, RECREATION AND COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT/ PUBLIC WORKS\nDEPARTMENT\nStaff report recommending that the Mayor and Council Members adopt a resolution voiding\nand/or terminating the September 13, 2022 Agreement (Agreement No. 22-307) with Doja,\nInc., for the Darby Park Restroom Project, to correct the amount noted for liquidated\ndamages.\nRecommendation:\n1. Adopt resolution; and\n2. Approve a new agreement with Doja, Inc., in a total amount not to exceed\n$693,000 (includes a City controlled contingency in an amount not to\nexceed $63,000), for the Darby Park Restroom Project Phase I, per Bid\nNo. CB-22-03. (General Fund)\nDocuments:\n8.PDF\n9. POLICE DEPARTMENT\nStaff report recommending that the Mayor and Council Members authorize payment of an\ninvoice submitted by WPU Inc., for transcription services. (General Fund)\nRecommendation:\n1. Authorize payment in the amount of $1,681.50.\nDocuments:\n9.PDF

PUBLIC HEARINGS\nPH-1. ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT\nPublic hearing to consider adoption of a resolution approving the 2021-2029 Housing\nElement (General Plan Amendment 2023-001).\nRecommendation:\n1. Receive public comments;

REPORTS – CITY ATTORNEY/GENERAL COUNSEL\nA-1 Report on Closed Session Items.\nA-2. Oral reports – City Attorney/General Counsel

REPORTS – CITY MANAGER\nCM-1. Oral reports – City Manager.

REPORTS – CITY CLERK\nCC-1. Oral reports – City Clerk.\nCall to Order\nRoll Call\nCSA-1, 1 & H-1. Warrant Registers.\nRecommendation:\n1. Allow for Payment of Bills.\nDocuments:\nCSA-1, 1, H-1.PDF.PDF\nCSA-2, DR-2, H-2 & P-1. CITY ATTORNEY/GENERAL COUNSEL’S OFFICE\nStaff report recommending that the Mayor/Chairman and Council/Successor Agency/Housing\nAuthority/Parking Authority Members approve Amendment One to Agreement No. 22-263 with Kane\nBallmer & Berkman, LC (Special Counsel”) for legal services, increasing Special Counsel’s hourly rates\nand increasing the compensation by an additional amount of $1,050,000 (bringing the total contract\ncompensation to $1,500,000). (General Fund)\nRecommendation:\n1. Approve Amendment One to Agreement No. 22-263.\nDocuments:\nCSA-2, H-2, P-1, DR-2.PDF

SETTING PUBLIC HEARING\nSPH-1. SECTION 8, HOUSING, AND CDBG DEPARTMENT\nStaff report requested that the Mayor and Council Members set a public hearing to consider\nthe adoption of a resolution adopting a substantial amendment to the Fiscal Year 2021-2022\nAnnual Action Plan for the allocation of HOME Investment Partnerships Program-\nAmerican Rescue Plan (HOME-ARP) funding from the U.S. Department of Housing and\nUrban Development (HUD).\nRecommendation:\n1. Set public hearing March 21, 2023, for at 2:00 p.m.\nDocuments:\nSPH-1.PDF

WARRANTS AND BILLS (City Council/Successor Agency/Housing Authority)\n1, CSA-1 & H-1\nWarrant Registers.\nRecommendation:\n1. Allow for Payment of Bills.\nDocuments:\n1, CSA-1, H-1.PDF.PDF