Lancaster — 2023-01-10

1. Receive update from staff and/or deputy mayors regarding COVID-19 pandemic status.

2. Direct staff to take actions in response to updated COVID-19 information.\nCITY OF LANCASTER, CALIFORNIA

3. Authorize the City Manager to take actions, execute documents and/or expend funds in\nresponse to the COVID-19 pandemic.

4. Authorize and/or direct the City Attorney, with the concurrence of the City Manager, to\ntake actions, execute documents and expend funds in response to legal issues pertaining to\nthe COVID-19 pandemic.

5. Find that the California Environmental Quality Act does not apply to this item.\nCOUNCIL ACTIONS\nCONSENT CALENDAR

CC 1. Waive further reading of any proposed ordinance. (This permits reading the title only in lieu\nof reciting the entire text.)

CC 3. Check Registers – December 2, 2022, through December 24, 2022\nRecommendation(s):\n1. Approve the Check and Wire Registers for December 2, 2022, through December 24,\n2022, in the amount of $8,920,212.86 as presented.\n2. Find that the California Environmental Quality Act does not apply to this item.\nAt each regular City Council Meeting, the City Council is presented with a check and\nACH/wire registers listing the financial claims (invoices) against the City for the purchase of\nmaterials, supplies, services, and capital projects issued the prior three to four weeks. This\nprocess provides the City Council the opportunity to review the expenditures of the City.\nClaims are paid via checks, Automated Clearing House (ACH) payments, or federal wires.\nThe justifying backup information for each expenditure is available in the Finance\nDepartment.

CC 4. Monthly Report of Investments – November 2022\nRecommendation(s):\n1. Accept and approve the November 2022 Monthly Report of Investments as submitted.\n2. Find that the California Environmental Quality Act does not apply to this item.\nEach month, the Finance Department prepares a report listing the investments for all separate\nentities under the jurisdiction of the City as identified in the City’s Comprehensive Annual\nFinancial Report.

CC 5.\nCITY OF LANCASTER, CALIFORNIA

CC 6. Task Order for Multi-Year Professional Services (Service Group Category 12 – Architectural\nand Engineering Design – On-Site Facilities) for El Dorado Park Improvements (Reference\nPWCP 24-008)\nRecommendation(s):\n1. Approve Task Order No. 1 with IDS Group, of Irvine, California, in accordance with the\nMulti-Year Professional Services Agreement, Service Group Category (SGC) 12 –\nArchitectural and Engineering Design – On-Site Facilities, to provide Architectural and\nEngineering (A & E) services for El Dorado Park Improvements in the amount of\n$337,740.00 plus a 10% contingency; and authorize the City Manager, or his designee, to\nsign all documents.\nEl Dorado Park is located on the northwest corner of 5th Street East and Pondera Street\nwithin a densely populated area and is surrounded by established residential neighborhoods,\nan elementary school, and commercial businesses. The El Dorado Park revitalization project\nfocuses on creating renovated amenities to improve and expand community resources based\non community input.On May 3, 2021, the City of Lancaster filed a Notice of Exemption to\ncomply with the California Environmental Quality Act for the revitalization of El Dorado\nPark.

CC 7. Approve Amendment of Professional Services Agreement between the City of Lancaster and\nRonald Chatters, III, Consultant\nRecommendation(s):\n1. Approve an amendment of Professional Services Agreement between the City of Lancaster\nand Ronald Chatters, III to increase contract amount by $40,000 to complete implementation\nof the Administrative Citation Program.\n2. Find that the California Environmental Quality Act does not apply to this item.\nIn August, staff began working to develop the implementation of the Administrative Citation\nprogram. Ronald Chatters, III was selected as a consultant to assist with creating policies and\nprocedures for the Administrative Citation program.

CC 8.\nCITY OF LANCASTER, CALIFORNIA

CC 9. Ordinance Pertaining to Lancaster Municipal Code Provisions regarding Administrative\nCitations\nRecommendation(s):\n1. Adopt Ordinance No. 1097 amending Titles 1, 5, 8, 9, and 12 of the Lancaster Municipal\nCode relating to administrative citations for misdemeanor and civil offenses, the\nimplementation of a process for fee reduction and appeal for administrative citations, and\ngiving the city manager discretion to create policies and procedures to further implement\neach Title.\n2. Find that the California Environmental Quality Act does not apply to this item.\nAs the City looks forward to establishing its Hybrid Policing Program, it is appropriate to\nexpand appeal and review processes for cited persons and establish processes for waiving or\nreducing citation penalties for those cited persons who can demonstrate indigency is in the\npublic interest, while providing persons who commit such offenses an opportunity to avoid\ncriminal proceedings. It is also appropriate to provide the City Manager and his designee\nwith authority to promulgate rules, policies and procedures necessary to implement amended\nTitles 1, 5, 8, 9, and 12 of the Lancaster Municipal Code.\nPUBLIC HEARING

CA1. 1. Consideration of nomination and appointment of Chair to the Social Equity Commission.\n2. Find that the California Environmental Quality Act does not apply to this item.\nCOUNCIL REPORTS

CR1. Council Reports\nCALIFORNIA CHOICE ENERGY AUTHORITY\nNo action required at this time.\nLANCASTER HOUSING AUTHORITY\nCITY OF LANCASTER, CALIFORNIA

ED 1. COVID-19 Pandemic Updates and Actions\nRecommendation(s):

PH 1. Middle Income Housing Program\nRecommendation(s):\nCITY OF LANCASTER, CALIFORNIA

PH 2. 2021 Application to the California Department of Housing and Community Development\nPermanent Local Housing Allocation Program and 5-Year Plan Amendment\nRecommendation(s):\n1. Adopt Resolution , authorizing the application and adopting a plan for the State of\nCalifornia Department of Housing and Community Development Permanent Local Housing\nAllocation (PLHA) Program; and\n2. Submission of an amended Permanent Local Housing Allocation 5-Year Plan; and\n3. Appropriation of 2021 PLHA funds to General Ledger account fund 349-4792-770; and\n4. Authorize the City Manager, or his designee, to execute all related documents.\n5. Find that the California Environmental Quality Act does not apply to this item.\nIn 2017, Senate Bill 2 created the first permanent source of funding to increase the\naffordable housing stock in the State of California. Revenue is generated through a $75\nrecording fee on\nreal estate transactions, and therefore, will vary from year to year depending on activity.\nThe PLHA program is overseen by the State’s Department of Housing and Community\nDevelopment\n(HCD), who issued a Request for a Proposal in March 2020.

PH 3. HOME-ARP Allocation Plan\nRecommendation(s):\n1. Adopt Resolution No. , approving the HOME Investment Partnerships American\nRescue Plan (HOME-ARP) Allocation Plan.\nCITY OF LANCASTER, CALIFORNIA

PH 4. Amendment to Title 17 of the Lancaster Municipal Code relating to the Regulation of\nCollection/Donation Bins\nRecommendation(s):\n1. Introduce Ordinance No. , amending Title 17 of the Lancaster Municipal Code by\namending Chapter 17.12 (Commercial Zones), and by adding a new Chapter 17.45, relating\nto the regulation of collection/donation bins.\n2. Find that the California Environmental Quality Act does not apply to this item.\nThe proposed ordinance would provide that collection bins may be present on commercially\nzoned property on which at least one currently licensed business is operating. A\nDevelopment Services Director’s review and approval is required prior to placing a bin on\nprivate property. A person who currently has a collection bin on their property must either\nobtain Director’s review and approval or remove the bin from the premises within 60 days\nfrom the effective date of the ordinance.\nCOUNCIL AGENDA