Inglewood — 2026-07-21

City Council

#1 Closed Session Items
PUBLIC COMMENTS REGARDING CLOSED SESSION ITEM(S) Persons wishing to address the Inglewood City Council on the Closed Sessions item(s) may do so at this time. CS-1. Closed Session – Confidential – Attorney/Client Privileged; City Council Conference with Legal Counsel regarding existing litigation pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(d)
#1 Departmental Reports
DEPARTMENTAL REPORTS DR-1. CITY MANAGER’S OFFICE Staff report recommending the Mayor and Council Members adopt a resolution updating the City’s Investment Policy Statement. Recommendation: 1. Adopt resolution. Documents: DR-1.PDF DR-2. DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT Inglewood Comprehensive General Plan Draft Land Use Plan, Citywide. Recommendation: 1. Receive and file. Documents: DR-2.PDF DR-3 & H-3. HOUSING SERVICES & CDBG DEPARTMENT Staff report recommending the Mayor/Chairman and Council/Housing Authority Members authorize transactions and agreements for the refinance and partial repayment of the Inglewood Redevelopment Agency Loan (“Agency Loan”) with Regency Towers Senior Housing, L.P. (“Owner”), for the property located at 151 North Locust Street Inglewood, CA 90301 (“Project”). Recommendation: 1. Authorize the following transactions and agreements: a. Approve a partial repayment of approximately $2,297,878 in net capital proceeds from the refinancing transaction; b. Re-subordinate the City’s new loan and affordability covenants to a new first mortgager; c. Modify and restate the current loan to reflect a principal amount equal to the remaining unpaid principal at the current 3% interest rate; d. Execute the new Low-and Moderate-Income Housing Funds (LMIHF) subordinate loan agreement; e. Execute an Amended Promissory note; and f. Approve and execute the Amended and Restated Regulatory Agreement extending affordability covenants; 2. Adopt a resolution amending the Fiscal Year 2025-2026 Operating Budget to receive approximately $2,297,878 in net capital proceeds (Low-and Moderate Income Housing Funds); -AND- 3. Allow the Mayor/Chairman or his designee to sign additional implementation documents reasonably necessary for the refinance, repayment, and execution of the new loan agreement. Documents: DR-3, H-3.PDF DR-4 & H-4. HOUSING SERVICES & CDBG DEPARTMENT Staff report recommending the Mayor/Chairman and Council/Housing Authority Members approve development agreements and contract with Sankofa Place, LP (Owner) for the development of a new 120-unit affordable rental housing community located at 400–410 Centinela Boulevard, Inglewood, California 90302 (“Project”). Recommendation: 1. Approve the following development agreements and contract with Sankofa Place, LP (Owner): a. HOME Investment Partnerships Program Loan Agreement (“HOME-ARP”) in the amount of $2,800,000 funded through an award from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (“HUD”), Office of Community Planning and Development (“CPD”); b. Regulatory agreement and Declaration of Restrictive Covenants (Density Bonus and SB35) requiring forty-one (41) affordable housing units to remain income-restricted for a minimum period of fifty-five (55) years, consistent with California Density Bonus Law; and c. HUD Section 8 Project-Based Voucher Program Agreement to enter into a Housing Assistance Payments Contract (“AHAP”) and the Housing Assistance Payments Contract (“HAP Contract”), authorizing the Inglewood Housing Authority (IHA) to provide rental assistance payments for up to fifty-nine (59) eligible households for a term of up to twenty (20) years pursuant to HUD’s Project-Based Voucher Program; -AND- 2. Adopt a resolution to authorize the Mayor/Chairman, or designee, to execute any additional agreements, certifications, amendments, and implementation documents necessary to facilitate the development and completion of the Project. Documents: DR-4, H-4.PDF
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2. Direct the City Clerk to file necessary documents placing the delinquent refuse and sewer accounts on the County of Los Angles property tax rolls. (Sanitation Fund and Sewer Fund). Documents: PH-1.PDF PH-2. HOUSING SERVICES & CDBG DEPARTMENT Public hearing to consider adoption of the Draft 2026-2027 Annual Action Plan. Recommendation: 1. Adopt Draft 2026-2027 Annual Action Plan; and 2. Approve the submission of the adopted Draft 2026-2027 Annual Action Plan to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Documents: PH-2.PDF PH-3. PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT Public hearing to consider assessing levies for the Morningside Park Assessment District 1974-2 (Morningside Park District). Recommendation: 1. Adopt a resolution modifying and/or accepting the Fiscal Year 2026-2027 Engineer's Report for the Morningside Park District and authorizing the levy and collection of assessments within the Morningside Park District; and 2. Direct the City Clerk to file the Engineer’s Report and related documents as part of the permanent official record. Documents: PH-3.PDF PH-4. PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT Public hearing to consider assessing levies for the In-Town Maintenance Assessment District 1975-1 (In-Town District). Recommendation: 1. Adopt a resolution modifying and/or accepting the Fiscal Year 2026-2027 Engineer's Report for the In-Town District and authorizing the levy and collection of assessments within the In-Town District; and 2. Direct the City Clerk to file the Engineer’s Report and related documents as part of the permanent official record. Documents: PH-4.PDF PH-5. PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT Public hearing to consider assessing levies for the Inglewood Street Lighting Assessment District 1980-1 (Street Lighting District). Recommendation: 1. Adopt a resolution modifying and/or accepting the Fiscal Year 2026-2027 Engineer's Report for the Street Lighting District and authorizing the levy and collection of assessments within the Street Lighting District; and 2. Direct the City Clerk to file the Engineer’s Report and related documents as part of the permanent official record. Documents: PH-5.PDF PH-6. PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT Public hearing to consider assessing levies for the Darby-Dixon Maintenance Assessment District 1987-1 (Darby-Dixon District). Recommendation: 1. Adopt a resolution modifying and/or accepting the Fiscal Year (FY) 2026-2027 Engineer’s Report for the Darby-Dixon District and declining to levy the assessments for Fiscal Year 2026-2027 ; and 2. Direct the City Clerk to file said Engineer’s Report and related documents as part of the permanent official record. Documents: PH-6.PDF MINUTES M-1. CITY CLERK’S OFFICE Approval of the Minutes for the Meetings held on June 9, 2026, and June 16, 2026. Recommendation: 1. Approve. Documents: M-1.PDF CONSENT CALENDAR Unless called upon by a Council Member, these items will be acted upon as a whole. 2. CITY ATTORNEY’S OFFICE Letters from the City Attorney’s Office recommending the following: A. Reject Claims in accordance with Government Code, Section 913: 1. Tracye Bullen for alleged personal injury; engaged in a dispute when stabbed by parking lot attendant (LAZ Parking) on September 14, 2025. 2. Sherie Cigar-James for alleged property damage; water main or tree on “not provided” date.
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3. Eugenio DeMeo for alleged personal injury; building permit delay and undisclosed unrecorded easement on August 8, 2025. Recommendation: 1. Reject Claims listed as A-1 through A-3. 3. CITY MANAGER’S OFFICE Staff report recommending the Mayor and Council Members approve Amendment No. 3 to Agreement No. 22-212 with IGM Technologies Corporation “Gravity” to expand the scope of services to include forty additional hours of premium services, for a one-time fee of $8,000. (General Fund) Recommendation: 1. Approve Amendment No. 3 to Agreement No. 22-212. Documents: 3.PDF
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4. CITY MANAGER’S OFFICE Staff report recommending the Mayor and Council Members approve the renewal of the South Bay Workforce Investment Board (SBWIB) Local Area Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with sixteen (16) America’s Job Center of California (AJCC) partners for the term of July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2028. Recommendation: 1. Approve renewal of the MOU; Local Elected Official (CLEO) for the South Bay Workforce Investment Board, to execute a signed copy of the MOU for each AJCC partner; and 3. Authorize the submission of the executed MOUs and related documents to the California Workforce Development Board to satisfy applicable federal and State workforce development requirements. Documents: 4.PDF
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5. POLICE DEPARTMENT Staff report recommending the Mayor and Council Members accept the 2026 FIFA World Cup Program Funding Agreement between the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department and the Recommendation: 1. Accept the 2026 FIFA World Cup Program Funding Agreement; 2. Adopt a resolution authorizing acceptance of the Funding Agreement and ratifying execution of the Agreement, and further amending the Fiscal Year 2025-2026 Operating Budget to appropriate grant revenues and expenditures. Documents: 5.PDF
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6. PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT Staff report recommending the Mayor and Council Members award a contract and approve a three (3)-year agreement with Pipe Tec Inc. for On-call Inglewood Sewer Closed-Circuit Television (CCTV) Inspection Services, per Bid No. CB-26-16. (Sewer Fund) Recommendation: 1. Award contract and approve agreement in an amount not to exceed $124,680. Documents: 6.PDF
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7. PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT Staff report recommending the Mayor and Council Members award a contract and approve an agreement with Littlejohn-Reuland Corporation for the Electrical System & Booster Pumps Upgrade Project (Project), per RFP-0256. (Water Fund) Recommendation: 1. Award contract and approve agreement in an amount not to exceed $1,013,508.42; and; 2. Authorize an additional City-controlled and directed ten percent (10%) contingency in an amount not to exceed $101,351.00 (Water Fund), for a total authorized expenditure of $1,114,859.42. Documents: 7.PDF
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8. PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT Staff report recommending the Mayor and Council Members adopt a resolution to amend the Fiscal Year 2025-2026 Operating Budget by $239,522 for Willdan Engineering to provide Professional Engineering Services to support the City’s Inglewood Transit Connector (ITC) Project. (Measure R – Transit Connector Fund) Recommendation: 1. Adopt resolution. Documents: 8.PDF
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9. PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT Staff report recommending the Mayor and Council Members adopt a resolution increasing the Fiscal Year (FY) 2025-2026 Budget, in the amount of $435,000, for contract services to support operational activities. (General Fund) Recommendation: 1. Adopt resolution. Documents: 9.PDF
#1 Ordinances
ORDINANCES O-1. CITY ATTORNEY’S OFFICE Staff report recommending the Mayor and Council Members introduce an ordinance repealing Chapter 5, Article 1, Section 19.6, of the Inglewood Municipal Code, known as the “Sale or Purchase of More Than One Handgun Within a Thirty-Day Period Prohibited”, to conform to recent court decisions. Recommendation: 1. Motion to waive further reading; and 2. Introduce Ordinance. Documents: O-1.PDF O-2. FINANCE DEPARTMENT Staff report recommending the Mayor and Council Members introduce and adopt an ordinance approving the secured property tax rates for the fiscal year beginning October 1, 2026. Recommendation: 1. Motion to waive further reading; 2. Introduce ordinance; 3. Motion to waive further reading; and 4. Adopt ordinance. Documents: O-2.PDF
#1 Public Hearings
PUBLIC HEARING(S) PH-1. FINANCE DEPARTMENT Public hearing to consider adoption of a resolution making findings and overruling protests and objections and ordering delinquent sewer fees and refuse charges to be placed on the tax rolls for Fiscal Year 2025-26. Recommendation: 1. Adopt resolution; and
#1 Reports
REPORTS – CITY ATTORNEY A-1. Report on Closed Session Item(s) A-2. Oral reports – City Attorney
#2 Reports
REPORTS – CITY MANAGER CM-1. Oral reports – City Manager.
#3 Reports
REPORTS – CITY CLERK CC-1. Oral reports – City Clerk CC-2. CITY CLERK’S OFFICE Staff report recommending the Mayor and Council Members adopt a resolution reciting the fact of the Municipal Election held on June 2, 2026, declaring the results and other matters as required by law. Recommendation: 1. Adopt resolution. Documents: CC-2.PDF CC-3. CITY CLERK’S OFFICE Staff report recommending the Mayor and Council Members receive and file a report certifying the results of an examination of signatures submitted in support of an initiative petition entitled: “Initiative Measure Amending City Admissions Tax for Large Venues; Removes Annual Tax Cap and Establishes Tiered Rates” (the “Ordinance”). Recommendation: 1. Receive and file report certifying the results; 2. Receive and file the report pursuant to Elections Code Section 9212, which the City Council ordered on May 12, 2026, and has been completed by staff for Council review; -AND- 3. Take one of the following actions consistent with Elections Code 9215: a. Adopt the Ordinance, without alteration; or b. Submit the Ordinance, without alteration, to the voters at the November 3, 2026 Statewide General Election and take other actions authorized by Elections Code sections 9280-9287, as detailed in the staff report. Documents: CC-3.PDF CC-4. CITY CLERK’S OFFICE Staff report recommending the Mayor and Council Members receive and file a report certifying the results of an examination of signatures submitted in support of an initiative petition entitled: “An Initiative Amending the City’s General Plan Land Use Element and Inglewood Municipal Code (IMC) to Eliminate the City’s Authority to Allow Advertising on the Public Right-of-Way and Certain Available Properties” (the “Ordinance”). Recommendation: 1. Receive and file report certifying the results; 2. Receive and file the report pursuant to Elections Code Section 9212, which the City Council previously ordered on June 30, 2026; -AND- 3. Take one of the following actions consistent with Elections Code 9215: a. Adopt the Ordinance, without alteration; or b. Submit the Ordinance, without alteration, to the voters at the November 3, 2026 Statewide General Election and take other actions authorized by Elections Code sections 9280-9287, as detailed in the staff report. Documents: CC-4.PDF INGLEWOOD SUCCESSOR AGENCY