Lancaster — 2024-02-13

1. Conference with Legal Counsel - Anticipated Litigation: significant\nexposure to litigation pursuant to Government Code\nSection 54956.9(d) (2) - two potential cases.

10. Romines v. City of Lancaster, et al,, LASC Case No. 20AVCV00345

11. Moujan v. City of Lancaster et al., LASC Case No. 20AVCV00205

12. Davis v. State of California, LASC Case No. 19AVCV00805

13. Lancaster v. Netflix, et al., LASC 21STCV01881

14. Butts v. Lancaster, LASC 21STCP00389

15. Lancaster v. Rives

16. Myesha Lopez, et al. v. County of Los Angeles, et al. CDCA\nCase No. 5:21-cv-00290-JGB(SHKx)

17. Ortiz v. Lancaster, LASC Case No. 21AVCV00001

18. Aijala v. Lancaster, LASC Case No. 21STCV07841

19. Gardner v. Dominoids, LASC Case No. 21AVCV00186

2. Conference with Legal Counsel - Anticipated Litigation: consideration\nof initiation of litigation pursuant to Government Code\nSection 54956.9(d) (4) - two potential cases.

20. Evans v. Lancaster, LASC Case No. 21AVCV00145

21. Bojorquez v. Lancaster, LASC Case No. 20AVCV00894

22. Arkey v. Lancaster, LASC Case No.20AVCV00816

23. Perez v. Lancaster, LASC Case No. 20AVCV00589

24. Serrano v. Los Angeles County et al. LASC Case No. 21AVCV00562

25. Jackson v. RE Schultz Construction et al. LASC Case No. 21AVCV00863

26. Castro v. Lancaster

27. Montenegro v. Green, LASC Case No. 22AVCV01050

28. Carter v. Antelope Valley Fair & Event Center, LASC Case No. 23AVCV00460

29. Perez v. Lancaster, LASC Case No. 23AVCV00577\n30​. ​CONFERENCE WITH REAL PROPERTY NEGOTIATORS\nProperty: APN 3135-024-014\nAgency negotiators: Chenin Dow and Allison Burns\nNegotiating parties: Om Sai Ram Inc.\nUnder negotiation: price and terms of payment\n31. City of Whittier v. Superior Court, LASC Case No. 23 STCP03579\n32. Pedvin v. Lancaster, LASC Case No. 23STCV07921

3. Conference Involving a Joint Powers Agency: Antelope Valley Air Quality\nManagement District Pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.96\nDiscussion will concern: Antelope Valley Air Quality Management\nDistrict v. United States Environmental Protection\nAgency, et al. 9th Cir. Case No. 23-1614 Name of local agency representative\non joint powers agency board: Marvin Crist, Ken Mann

4. Antelope Valley Groundwater Cases Included Action:\nLos Angeles County Waterworks District No. 40 v. Diamond Farming Co.\nSuperior Court of California, County of Los Angeles, Case No. BC325201;\nLos Angeles County Waterworks District No. 40 v. Diamond Farming Co.\nSuperior Court of California, County of Kern, Case No. S-1500-CV-254-348;\nWm. Bolthouse Farms, Inc. v. City of Lancaster, Diamond Farming Co. v.\nCity of Lancaster, Diamond Farming Co. v. Palmdale Water District\nSuperior Court of California County of Riverside, consolidated actions;\nCase Nos. RIC 353 840, RIC 344 436, RIC 344 668

5. Estate of Guzman v. Lancaster

6. Rahier v. City of Lancaster, LASC Case No. 19AVCV00163

7. Brisa Mahoney, et al. v. City of Lancaster, et al., LASC Case No. 2OSTCV02556

8. Manzo v. Beazer Homes Holdings, LLC et al., LASC Case No. 20AVCV00297

9. Hernandez v. County of Los Angeles, et al., LASC Case No. 20AVCV00318

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

CC 10. Approval of a Third Amendment to the Professional Services Agreement with Cohen\nVentures, Inc. DBA Energy Solutions for Development of the Lancaster Community Solar\nProgram\nRecommendation(s):\n1. Approve the Third Amendment to the Professional Services Agreement with Cohen\nVentures Inc. (Energy Solutions) for the Development of the Lancaster Community Solar\nProgram.\n2. Extend the City’s engagement with Energy Solutions for a period of twelve (12) months\nthrough February 2025.\n3. Authorize the City Manager, or his designee, to sign all documents.\nStaff began working with Energy Solutions in February 2021 to develop a Community Solar\nProgram for approval by the California Energy Commission (CEC). Energy Solutions was\nselected to support the City due to their technical expertise and success in supporting the\napproval and development of similar community solar programs.

CC 11. Annexation No. 1 Into Community Facilities District No. 2021-1 (Public Services)\nRecommendation(s):\nAdopt Resolution No. ______ for the intention to annex territory to Community Facilities\nDistrict No. 2021-1 (Public Services), and to authorize the levy of special taxes.\nBy Resolution No. 22-60, the City Council established CFD 2021-1, a Mello-Roos\nCommunity Facilities District with the intention that future development within the City\nwould annex into this district.

CC 12. Amending Employee Classification and Compensation Schedule and Increasing the Full\nTime Equivalent (FTE) Headcount\nRecommendation(s):\n1. Adopt Resolution No. ____, amending Resolution 23-65, establishing a compensation\nschedule for various classifications of employees of the City of Lancaster and adding four (4)\nFTE positions.\n2. Approval of a budget adjustment in the amount of $170,276 to fund the four (4) additional\npositions for the remaining 4 months of the Fiscal Year 2023-2024.\nAfter receiving the bids for the contract, City staff reviewed the cost and weighed the options\nfor this program. Our analysis shows that by expanding staff by four (4) new FTEs and\nbringing the contract services in-house, we can maintain response times and level of service,\nwhile saving money

CC 2. Approve the City Council/Successor Agency/Financing/Housing/Power/California Choice\nEnergy Authority Regular Meeting Minutes of January 23, 2024

CC 3. Check Registers – December 3, 2023, through January 6, 2024.\nRecommendation(s):\nApprove the Check and Wire Registers for December 2, 2023, through January 6, 2024, in\nthe amount of $17,965,823.09 as presented.\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\nprovides the City Council the opportunity to review the expenditures of the City. Claims are\npaid via checks, Automated Clearing House (ACH) payments, or federal wires. The justifying\nbackup information for each expenditure is available in the Finance Department.

CC 4. Monthly Reports of Investments - November & December 2023.\nRecommendation(s):\nAccept and approve the submitted November & December 2023 Monthly Report of\nInvestments.\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. Final Map Approval – Tract Map No. 061817-01 (Located at the Northwest Corner of Avenue\nH-8 and 17th Street East)\nRecommendation(s):\nApprove the map and accept the dedications as offered on Tract Map No. 061817-01, located\nat the northwest corner of Avenue H-8 and 17th Street East; make findings that this project\nwill not violate any of the provisions of Sections 66473.5, 66474.1 and 66474.6 of the\nSubdivision Map Act; and instruct the City Clerk to endorse on the face of the map the\ncertificate which embodies the approval of said map and the dedications shown thereon.\nThe Final Map is in substantial conformance with the approved tentative map and phasing\nmatrix. Tract Map No. 061817-01 has been examined by the City Surveyor, and is ready for\nCouncil approval. In addition, an Undertaking Agreement and Improvement Securities have\nbeen submitted to guarantee the installation of improvements.

CC 6. Approve the Lancaster Advanced Energy Community Green District Pilot Program Tariff and\nParticipant Agreement\nRecommendation(s):\nApprove the Lancaster Advanced Energy Community (AEC) Green District Pilot Program\nTariff and Participant Agreement.\nThe Lancaster AEC project is a collaboration of the City of Lancaster and the Zero Net\nEnergy Alliance (ZNEA). This collaboration has resulted in two major grant awards from the\nCEC, which yielded a combined total of $6,468,839.00 of grant funding to support the\ndevelopment and implementation of a comprehensive suite of advanced community energy\nsolutions designed to produce economic and environmental benefits for the Lancaster\ncommunity.

CC 7. Annexation No. 1 Into Community Facilities District No. 2021-1 (Public Services)\nRecommendation(s):\nAdopt Resolution No. _______ for intention to annex territory to Community Facilities\nDistrict No. 2021-1 (Public Services), and to authorize the levy of special taxes.\nBy Resolution No. 22-60, the City Council established CFD 2021-1, a Mello-Roos\nCommunity Facilities District with the intention that future development within the City\nwould annex into this district. The special taxes collected from the property owners within\nthe district are to be used for the funding maintenance and operation of public safety services,\nfire services, lighting, parkways, streets, roads, open space and any real property or other\ntangible property with an estimated useful life of five or more years that is owned by the City.

CC 8. Declaration of Surplus Land\nRecommendation(s):\nAdopt Resolution No. ______, declaring pursuant to Section 54221 of the Government Code\nthat certain parcels of land owned by the City of Lancaster are surplus and not necessary for\nthe City’s use.\nThe City of Lancaster owns several vacant parcels throughout the community, acquired for\nthe purposes of economic development and affordable housing development. Staff has\nidentified several parcels that will not be utilized for development projects implemented,\nowned, and/or operated by the City.

CC 9. Resolution Approving the Adoption of the Defined Benefit Platform Proposed by Shuster\nAdvisory Group, LLC.\nRecommendation(s):\nStaff recommends that the City Council adopt Resolution 24-XX approving the adoption of a\nnew Defined Benefit platform for the City of Lancaster Supplemental Defined Benefit\nRetirement Plan and related Governmental Excess Benefit Arrangement and the\ndiscontinuance of the Public Agency Retirement System’s (PARS) PARS Retirement\nEnhancement Plan (REP) and PARS City of Lancaster Excess Benefit Plan and the related\nTrusts. This Resolution was originally presented and approved by the City Council as\nResolution No. 23-27 on May 9, 2023. The actual transition will occur on or around March\n31, 2024, and the current administrator requires an approved Resolution with the actual date\nof termination within the resolution. This Resolution 24-XX is a restatement of the already\napproved Resolution 23-27, with the transition services dates updated.\nAfter a review of the current fees, investment portfolios, and services, it was determined that\nsignificantly reduced fees and improved investment flexibility, customization, transparency,\nand service could be achieved by transferring our plan administration and portfolio\nmanagement to a different program provider.

CR1. Council Reports\nLANCASTER HOUSING AUTHORITY

NB1. Resolution To Create An Ad Hoc Committee Pursuant To Chapter 2.32 of the Municipal\nCode For The Purpose of Studying Whether and Recommending How the City’s At-Large\nMethod of Conducting Elections Must Be Changed To Comply With the CRVA\nRecommendation(s):\n1. Adopt Resolution No. ____, To Create An Ad Hoc Committee Pursuant To Chapter 2.32 of\nthe Municipal Code For The Purpose of Studying Whether and Recommending How the\nCity’s At-Large Method of Conducting Elections Must Be Changed To Comply With the\nCRVA.\n2. Consideration of nomination and appointment of committee members to the Ad Hoc\nCommittee to review the At-Large Method of Conducting Elections.\nThis proposed resolution creates an ad hoc committee as authorized by Chapter 2.32 of the\nLancaster Municipal Code for the purpose of studying whether and recommending how the\nCity’s at-large method of conducting elections must be changed to comply with the CRVA.

NB2. Office of Justice Programs FY23 Byrne Discretionary Grant\nRecommendation(s):\nRecognize revenue in the amount of $1,100,000 into account number\nOJPBYRNE24.FEDOTHER (30030000.4998), and appropriate the same amount to expense\naccount number OJPBYRNE24.MISCGRANT (30030000.5656)\nThe Office of Justice Programs within the DOJ requested that we apply to the 2023 Byrne\nDiscretionary Grant in order to receive the allocated funding which resulted in accepting and\nawarding the City’s application in May 2023. Once all training certification and paperwork\nwas completed, the City was given approval to purchase the equipment and installation\nneeded for this project. The President signed into public law on December 29, 2023 the\nConsolidated Appropriations Act for FY2023, HR2617 which included the City’s project.\nCOUNCIL REPORTS

PUBLIC HEARING\nPH 1. Amendment to Citywide Fee Schedule to Approve Proposed Studio 606 Fees\nRecommendation(s):\n1. Adopt Resolution No. ______, establishing fees for the City’s Studio 606.\n2. Establish revenue account 10166130.4703 in the amount of $2,700 for Studio 606\nThe Studio 606 facility, located on the Cedar Center for the Arts Campus, is a newly established\nstate-of-the-art community space designed to support and promote various forms of artistic\nand creative expression through music, visual art, and video/film production. It features a\nrecording studio, rehearsal spaces, art studios, and multipurpose rooms, making it an ideal\nvenue for local artists, musicians, and creative groups.\nNEW BUSINESS