Lancaster
| Date | Item Type | Item | Description | Info Location | County | City | Meeting Type | id |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 10, 2023 | Closed Session Item | 1 | 1. Receive update from staff and/or deputy mayors regarding COVID-19 pandemic status. | January 10, 2023 Closed Session Item # 1 | LA County | Lancaster | City Council | 63bde9031179b556a11f74dc |
| January 10, 2023 | Closed Session Item | 2 | 2. Direct staff to take actions in response to updated COVID-19 information. CITY OF LANCASTER, CALIFORNIA | January 10, 2023 Closed Session Item # 2 | LA County | Lancaster | City Council | 63bde9031179b556a11f74da |
| January 10, 2023 | Closed Session Item | 3 | 3. Authorize the City Manager to take actions, execute documents and/or expend funds in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. | January 10, 2023 Closed Session Item # 3 | LA County | Lancaster | City Council | 63bde9031179b556a11f74d7 |
| January 10, 2023 | Closed Session Item | 4 | 4. Authorize and/or direct the City Attorney, with the concurrence of the City Manager, to take actions, execute documents and expend funds in response to legal issues pertaining to the COVID-19 pandemic. | January 10, 2023 Closed Session Item # 4 | LA County | Lancaster | City Council | 63bde9031179b556a11f74e1 |
| January 10, 2023 | Closed Session Item | 5 | 5. Find that the California Environmental Quality Act does not apply to this item. COUNCIL ACTIONS CONSENT CALENDAR | January 10, 2023 Closed Session Item # 5 | LA County | Lancaster | City Council | 63bde9031179b556a11f74de |
| January 10, 2023 | Consent Calendar | 1 | CC 1. Waive further reading of any proposed ordinance. (This permits reading the title only in lieu of reciting the entire text.) | January 10, 2023 Consent Calendar # 1 | LA County | Lancaster | City Council | 63bde9031179b556a11f74d3 |
| January 10, 2023 | Consent Calendar | 3 | CC 3. Check Registers – December 2, 2022, through December 24, 2022 Recommendation(s): 1. Approve the Check and Wire Registers for December 2, 2022, through December 24, 2022, in the amount of $8,920,212.86 as presented. 2. Find that the California Environmental Quality Act does not apply to this item. At each regular City Council Meeting, the City Council is presented with a check and ACH/wire registers listing the financial claims (invoices) against the City for the purchase of materials, supplies, services, and capital projects issued the prior three to four weeks. This process provides the City Council the opportunity to review the expenditures of the City. Claims are paid via checks, Automated Clearing House (ACH) payments, or federal wires. The justifying backup information for each expenditure is available in the Finance Department. | January 10, 2023 Consent Calendar # 3 | LA County | Lancaster | City Council | 63bde9031179b556a11f74d5 |
| January 10, 2023 | Consent Calendar | 4 | CC 4. Monthly Report of Investments – November 2022 Recommendation(s): 1. Accept and approve the November 2022 Monthly Report of Investments as submitted. 2. Find that the California Environmental Quality Act does not apply to this item. Each month, the Finance Department prepares a report listing the investments for all separate entities under the jurisdiction of the City as identified in the City’s Comprehensive Annual Financial Report. | January 10, 2023 Consent Calendar # 4 | LA County | Lancaster | City Council | 63bde9031179b556a11f74d1 |
| January 10, 2023 | Consent Calendar | 5 | CC 5. CITY OF LANCASTER, CALIFORNIA | January 10, 2023 Consent Calendar # 5 | LA County | Lancaster | City Council | 63bde9031179b556a11f74d2 |
| January 10, 2023 | Consent Calendar | 6 | CC 6. Task Order for Multi-Year Professional Services (Service Group Category 12 – Architectural and Engineering Design – On-Site Facilities) for El Dorado Park Improvements (Reference PWCP 24-008) Recommendation(s): 1. Approve Task Order No. 1 with IDS Group, of Irvine, California, in accordance with the Multi-Year Professional Services Agreement, Service Group Category (SGC) 12 – Architectural and Engineering Design – On-Site Facilities, to provide Architectural and Engineering (A & E) services for El Dorado Park Improvements in the amount of $337,740.00 plus a 10% contingency; and authorize the City Manager, or his designee, to sign all documents. El Dorado Park is located on the northwest corner of 5th Street East and Pondera Street within a densely populated area and is surrounded by established residential neighborhoods, an elementary school, and commercial businesses. The El Dorado Park revitalization project focuses on creating renovated amenities to improve and expand community resources based on community input.On May 3, 2021, the City of Lancaster filed a Notice of Exemption to comply with the California Environmental Quality Act for the revitalization of El Dorado Park. | January 10, 2023 Consent Calendar # 6 | LA County | Lancaster | City Council | 63bde9031179b556a11f74d0 |
| January 10, 2023 | Consent Calendar | 7 | CC 7. Approve Amendment of Professional Services Agreement between the City of Lancaster and Ronald Chatters, III, Consultant Recommendation(s): 1. Approve an amendment of Professional Services Agreement between the City of Lancaster and Ronald Chatters, III to increase contract amount by $40,000 to complete implementation of the Administrative Citation Program. 2. Find that the California Environmental Quality Act does not apply to this item. In August, staff began working to develop the implementation of the Administrative Citation program. Ronald Chatters, III was selected as a consultant to assist with creating policies and procedures for the Administrative Citation program. | January 10, 2023 Consent Calendar # 7 | LA County | Lancaster | City Council | 63bde9031179b556a11f74cf |
| January 10, 2023 | Consent Calendar | 8 | CC 8. CITY OF LANCASTER, CALIFORNIA | January 10, 2023 Consent Calendar # 8 | LA County | Lancaster | City Council | 63bde9031179b556a11f74dd |
| January 10, 2023 | Consent Calendar | 9 | CC 9. Ordinance Pertaining to Lancaster Municipal Code Provisions regarding Administrative Citations Recommendation(s): 1. Adopt Ordinance No. 1097 amending Titles 1, 5, 8, 9, and 12 of the Lancaster Municipal Code relating to administrative citations for misdemeanor and civil offenses, the implementation of a process for fee reduction and appeal for administrative citations, and giving the city manager discretion to create policies and procedures to further implement each Title. 2. Find that the California Environmental Quality Act does not apply to this item. As the City looks forward to establishing its Hybrid Policing Program, it is appropriate to expand appeal and review processes for cited persons and establish processes for waiving or reducing citation penalties for those cited persons who can demonstrate indigency is in the public interest, while providing persons who commit such offenses an opportunity to avoid criminal proceedings. It is also appropriate to provide the City Manager and his designee with authority to promulgate rules, policies and procedures necessary to implement amended Titles 1, 5, 8, 9, and 12 of the Lancaster Municipal Code. PUBLIC HEARING | January 10, 2023 Consent Calendar # 9 | LA County | Lancaster | City Council | 63bde9031179b556a11f74e0 |
| January 10, 2023 | Council Agenda | 1 | CA1. 1. Consideration of nomination and appointment of Chair to the Social Equity Commission. 2. Find that the California Environmental Quality Act does not apply to this item. COUNCIL REPORTS | January 10, 2023 Council Agenda # 1 | LA County | Lancaster | City Council | 63bde9031179b556a11f74ce |
| January 10, 2023 | Council Report | 1 | CR1. Council Reports CALIFORNIA CHOICE ENERGY AUTHORITY No action required at this time. LANCASTER HOUSING AUTHORITY CITY OF LANCASTER, CALIFORNIA | January 10, 2023 Council Report # 1 | LA County | Lancaster | City Council | 63bde9031179b556a11f74d6 |
| January 10, 2023 | Emergency Decleration | 1 | ED 1. COVID-19 Pandemic Updates and Actions Recommendation(s): | January 10, 2023 Emergency Decleration # 1 | LA County | Lancaster | City Council | 63bde9031179b556a11f74e2 |
| January 10, 2023 | Public Hearing | 1 | PH 1. Middle Income Housing Program Recommendation(s): CITY OF LANCASTER, CALIFORNIA | January 10, 2023 Public Hearing # 1 | LA County | Lancaster | City Council | 63bde9031179b556a11f74db |
| January 10, 2023 | Public Hearing | 2 | PH 2. 2021 Application to the California Department of Housing and Community Development Permanent Local Housing Allocation Program and 5-Year Plan Amendment Recommendation(s): 1. Adopt Resolution , authorizing the application and adopting a plan for the State of California Department of Housing and Community Development Permanent Local Housing Allocation (PLHA) Program; and 2. Submission of an amended Permanent Local Housing Allocation 5-Year Plan; and 3. Appropriation of 2021 PLHA funds to General Ledger account fund 349-4792-770; and 4. Authorize the City Manager, or his designee, to execute all related documents. 5. Find that the California Environmental Quality Act does not apply to this item. In 2017, Senate Bill 2 created the first permanent source of funding to increase the affordable housing stock in the State of California. Revenue is generated through a $75 recording fee on real estate transactions, and therefore, will vary from year to year depending on activity. The PLHA program is overseen by the State’s Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD), who issued a Request for a Proposal in March 2020. | January 10, 2023 Public Hearing # 2 | LA County | Lancaster | City Council | 63bde9031179b556a11f74d8 |
| January 10, 2023 | Public Hearing | 3 | PH 3. HOME-ARP Allocation Plan Recommendation(s): 1. Adopt Resolution No. , approving the HOME Investment Partnerships American Rescue Plan (HOME-ARP) Allocation Plan. CITY OF LANCASTER, CALIFORNIA | January 10, 2023 Public Hearing # 3 | LA County | Lancaster | City Council | 63bde9031179b556a11f74d9 |
| January 10, 2023 | Public Hearing | 4 | PH 4. Amendment to Title 17 of the Lancaster Municipal Code relating to the Regulation of Collection/Donation Bins Recommendation(s): 1. Introduce Ordinance No. , amending Title 17 of the Lancaster Municipal Code by amending Chapter 17.12 (Commercial Zones), and by adding a new Chapter 17.45, relating to the regulation of collection/donation bins. 2. Find that the California Environmental Quality Act does not apply to this item. The proposed ordinance would provide that collection bins may be present on commercially zoned property on which at least one currently licensed business is operating. A Development Services Director’s review and approval is required prior to placing a bin on private property. A person who currently has a collection bin on their property must either obtain Director’s review and approval or remove the bin from the premises within 60 days from the effective date of the ordinance. COUNCIL AGENDA | January 10, 2023 Public Hearing # 4 | LA County | Lancaster | City Council | 63bde9031179b556a11f74df |