Lancaster
| Date | Item Type | Item | Description | Info Location | County | City | Meeting Type | id |
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| February 13, 2024 | Closed Session Item | 1 | 1. Conference with Legal Counsel - Anticipated Litigation: significant exposure to litigation pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(d) (2) - two potential cases. | February 13, 2024 Closed Session Item # 1 | LA County | Lancaster | City Council | 65cbf3d5f3e12968d4af72e7 |
| February 13, 2024 | Closed Session Item | 10 | 10. Romines v. City of Lancaster, et al,, LASC Case No. 20AVCV00345 | February 13, 2024 Closed Session Item # 10 | LA County | Lancaster | City Council | 65cbf3d5f3e12968d4af72c2 |
| February 13, 2024 | Closed Session Item | 11 | 11. Moujan v. City of Lancaster et al., LASC Case No. 20AVCV00205 | February 13, 2024 Closed Session Item # 11 | LA County | Lancaster | City Council | 65cbf3d5f3e12968d4af72c4 |
| February 13, 2024 | Closed Session Item | 12 | 12. Davis v. State of California, LASC Case No. 19AVCV00805 | February 13, 2024 Closed Session Item # 12 | LA County | Lancaster | City Council | 65cbf3d5f3e12968d4af72c8 |
| February 13, 2024 | Closed Session Item | 13 | 13. Lancaster v. Netflix, et al., LASC 21STCV01881 | February 13, 2024 Closed Session Item # 13 | LA County | Lancaster | City Council | 65cbf3d5f3e12968d4af72c5 |
| February 13, 2024 | Closed Session Item | 14 | 14. Butts v. Lancaster, LASC 21STCP00389 | February 13, 2024 Closed Session Item # 14 | LA County | Lancaster | City Council | 65cbf3d5f3e12968d4af72cd |
| February 13, 2024 | Closed Session Item | 15 | 15. Lancaster v. Rives | February 13, 2024 Closed Session Item # 15 | LA County | Lancaster | City Council | 65cbf3d5f3e12968d4af72cc |
| February 13, 2024 | Closed Session Item | 16 | 16. Myesha Lopez, et al. v. County of Los Angeles, et al. CDCA Case No. 5:21-cv-00290-JGB(SHKx) | February 13, 2024 Closed Session Item # 16 | LA County | Lancaster | City Council | 65cbf3d5f3e12968d4af72c9 |
| February 13, 2024 | Closed Session Item | 17 | 17. Ortiz v. Lancaster, LASC Case No. 21AVCV00001 | February 13, 2024 Closed Session Item # 17 | LA County | Lancaster | City Council | 65cbf3d5f3e12968d4af72ca |
| February 13, 2024 | Closed Session Item | 18 | 18. Aijala v. Lancaster, LASC Case No. 21STCV07841 | February 13, 2024 Closed Session Item # 18 | LA County | Lancaster | City Council | 65cbf3d5f3e12968d4af72d1 |
| February 13, 2024 | Closed Session Item | 19 | 19. Gardner v. Dominoids, LASC Case No. 21AVCV00186 | February 13, 2024 Closed Session Item # 19 | LA County | Lancaster | City Council | 65cbf3d5f3e12968d4af72d0 |
| February 13, 2024 | Closed Session Item | 2 | 2. Conference with Legal Counsel - Anticipated Litigation: consideration of initiation of litigation pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(d) (4) - two potential cases. | February 13, 2024 Closed Session Item # 2 | LA County | Lancaster | City Council | 65cbf3d5f3e12968d4af72e2 |
| February 13, 2024 | Closed Session Item | 20 | 20. Evans v. Lancaster, LASC Case No. 21AVCV00145 | February 13, 2024 Closed Session Item # 20 | LA County | Lancaster | City Council | 65cbf3d5f3e12968d4af72d7 |
| February 13, 2024 | Closed Session Item | 21 | 21. Bojorquez v. Lancaster, LASC Case No. 20AVCV00894 | February 13, 2024 Closed Session Item # 21 | LA County | Lancaster | City Council | 65cbf3d5f3e12968d4af72d8 |
| February 13, 2024 | Closed Session Item | 22 | 22. Arkey v. Lancaster, LASC Case No.20AVCV00816 | February 13, 2024 Closed Session Item # 22 | LA County | Lancaster | City Council | 65cbf3d5f3e12968d4af72d6 |
| February 13, 2024 | Closed Session Item | 23 | 23. Perez v. Lancaster, LASC Case No. 20AVCV00589 | February 13, 2024 Closed Session Item # 23 | LA County | Lancaster | City Council | 65cbf3d5f3e12968d4af72d5 |
| February 13, 2024 | Closed Session Item | 24 | 24. Serrano v. Los Angeles County et al. LASC Case No. 21AVCV00562 | February 13, 2024 Closed Session Item # 24 | LA County | Lancaster | City Council | 65cbf3d5f3e12968d4af72d2 |
| February 13, 2024 | Closed Session Item | 25 | 25. Jackson v. RE Schultz Construction et al. LASC Case No. 21AVCV00863 | February 13, 2024 Closed Session Item # 25 | LA County | Lancaster | City Council | 65cbf3d5f3e12968d4af72cf |
| February 13, 2024 | Closed Session Item | 26 | 26. Castro v. Lancaster | February 13, 2024 Closed Session Item # 26 | LA County | Lancaster | City Council | 65cbf3d5f3e12968d4af72d3 |
| February 13, 2024 | Closed Session Item | 27 | 27. Montenegro v. Green, LASC Case No. 22AVCV01050 | February 13, 2024 Closed Session Item # 27 | LA County | Lancaster | City Council | 65cbf3d5f3e12968d4af72d4 |
| February 13, 2024 | Closed Session Item | 28 | 28. Carter v. Antelope Valley Fair & Event Center, LASC Case No. 23AVCV00460 | February 13, 2024 Closed Session Item # 28 | LA County | Lancaster | City Council | 65cbf3d5f3e12968d4af72ce |
| February 13, 2024 | Closed Session Item | 29 | 29. Perez v. Lancaster, LASC Case No. 23AVCV00577 30. CONFERENCE WITH REAL PROPERTY NEGOTIATORS Property: APN 3135-024-014 Agency negotiators: Chenin Dow and Allison Burns Negotiating parties: Om Sai Ram Inc. Under negotiation: price and terms of payment 31. City of Whittier v. Superior Court, LASC Case No. 23 STCP03579 32. Pedvin v. Lancaster, LASC Case No. 23STCV07921 | February 13, 2024 Closed Session Item # 29 | LA County | Lancaster | City Council | 65cbf3d5f3e12968d4af72cb |
| February 13, 2024 | Closed Session Item | 3 | 3. Conference Involving a Joint Powers Agency: Antelope Valley Air Quality Management District Pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.96 Discussion will concern: Antelope Valley Air Quality Management District v. United States Environmental Protection Agency, et al. 9th Cir. Case No. 23-1614 Name of local agency representative on joint powers agency board: Marvin Crist, Ken Mann | February 13, 2024 Closed Session Item # 3 | LA County | Lancaster | City Council | 65cbf3d5f3e12968d4af72e6 |
| February 13, 2024 | Closed Session Item | 4 | 4. Antelope Valley Groundwater Cases Included Action: Los Angeles County Waterworks District No. 40 v. Diamond Farming Co. Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles, Case No. BC325201; Los Angeles County Waterworks District No. 40 v. Diamond Farming Co. Superior Court of California, County of Kern, Case No. S-1500-CV-254-348; Wm. Bolthouse Farms, Inc. v. City of Lancaster, Diamond Farming Co. v. City of Lancaster, Diamond Farming Co. v. Palmdale Water District Superior Court of California County of Riverside, consolidated actions; Case Nos. RIC 353 840, RIC 344 436, RIC 344 668 | February 13, 2024 Closed Session Item # 4 | LA County | Lancaster | City Council | 65cbf3d5f3e12968d4af72d9 |
| February 13, 2024 | Closed Session Item | 5 | 5. Estate of Guzman v. Lancaster | February 13, 2024 Closed Session Item # 5 | LA County | Lancaster | City Council | 65cbf3d5f3e12968d4af72dc |
| February 13, 2024 | Closed Session Item | 6 | 6. Rahier v. City of Lancaster, LASC Case No. 19AVCV00163 | February 13, 2024 Closed Session Item # 6 | LA County | Lancaster | City Council | 65cbf3d5f3e12968d4af72e1 |
| February 13, 2024 | Closed Session Item | 7 | 7. Brisa Mahoney, et al. v. City of Lancaster, et al., LASC Case No. 2OSTCV02556 | February 13, 2024 Closed Session Item # 7 | LA County | Lancaster | City Council | 65cbf3d5f3e12968d4af72de |
| February 13, 2024 | Closed Session Item | 8 | 8. Manzo v. Beazer Homes Holdings, LLC et al., LASC Case No. 20AVCV00297 | February 13, 2024 Closed Session Item # 8 | LA County | Lancaster | City Council | 65cbf3d5f3e12968d4af72c0 |
| February 13, 2024 | Closed Session Item | 9 | 9. Hernandez v. County of Los Angeles, et al., LASC Case No. 20AVCV00318 | February 13, 2024 Closed Session Item # 9 | LA County | Lancaster | City Council | 65cbf3d5f3e12968d4af72c1 |
| February 13, 2024 | Consent Calendar | 1 | CC 1. Waive further reading of any proposed ordinance. (This permit reading the title only in lieu of reciting the entire text.) | February 13, 2024 Consent Calendar # 1 | LA County | Lancaster | City Council | 65cbf3d5f3e12968d4af72df |
| February 13, 2024 | Consent Calendar | 10 | CC 10. Approval of a Third Amendment to the Professional Services Agreement with Cohen Ventures, Inc. DBA Energy Solutions for Development of the Lancaster Community Solar Program Recommendation(s): 1. Approve the Third Amendment to the Professional Services Agreement with Cohen Ventures Inc. (Energy Solutions) for the Development of the Lancaster Community Solar Program. 2. Extend the City’s engagement with Energy Solutions for a period of twelve (12) months through February 2025. 3. Authorize the City Manager, or his designee, to sign all documents. Staff began working with Energy Solutions in February 2021 to develop a Community Solar Program for approval by the California Energy Commission (CEC). Energy Solutions was selected to support the City due to their technical expertise and success in supporting the approval and development of similar community solar programs. | February 13, 2024 Consent Calendar # 10 | LA County | Lancaster | City Council | 65cbf3d5f3e12968d4af72c7 |
| February 13, 2024 | Consent Calendar | 11 | CC 11. Annexation No. 1 Into Community Facilities District No. 2021-1 (Public Services) Recommendation(s): Adopt Resolution No. ______ for the intention to annex territory to Community Facilities District No. 2021-1 (Public Services), and to authorize the levy of special taxes. By Resolution No. 22-60, the City Council established CFD 2021-1, a Mello-Roos Community Facilities District with the intention that future development within the City would annex into this district. | February 13, 2024 Consent Calendar # 11 | LA County | Lancaster | City Council | 65cbf3d5f3e12968d4af72c6 |
| February 13, 2024 | Consent Calendar | 12 | CC 12. Amending Employee Classification and Compensation Schedule and Increasing the Full Time Equivalent (FTE) Headcount Recommendation(s): 1. Adopt Resolution No. ____, amending Resolution 23-65, establishing a compensation schedule for various classifications of employees of the City of Lancaster and adding four (4) FTE positions. 2. Approval of a budget adjustment in the amount of $170,276 to fund the four (4) additional positions for the remaining 4 months of the Fiscal Year 2023-2024. After receiving the bids for the contract, City staff reviewed the cost and weighed the options for this program. Our analysis shows that by expanding staff by four (4) new FTEs and bringing the contract services in-house, we can maintain response times and level of service, while saving money | February 13, 2024 Consent Calendar # 12 | LA County | Lancaster | City Council | 65cbf3d5f3e12968d4af72c3 |
| February 13, 2024 | Consent Calendar | 2 | CC 2. Approve the City Council/Successor Agency/Financing/Housing/Power/California Choice Energy Authority Regular Meeting Minutes of January 23, 2024 | February 13, 2024 Consent Calendar # 2 | LA County | Lancaster | City Council | 65cbf3d5f3e12968d4af72db |
| February 13, 2024 | Consent Calendar | 3 | CC 3. Check Registers – December 3, 2023, through January 6, 2024. Recommendation(s): Approve the Check and Wire Registers for December 2, 2023, through January 6, 2024, in the amount of $17,965,823.09 as presented. 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. | February 13, 2024 Consent Calendar # 3 | LA County | Lancaster | City Council | 65cbf3d5f3e12968d4af72da |
| February 13, 2024 | Consent Calendar | 4 | CC 4. Monthly Reports of Investments - November & December 2023. Recommendation(s): Accept and approve the submitted November & December 2023 Monthly Report of Investments. 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. | February 13, 2024 Consent Calendar # 4 | LA County | Lancaster | City Council | 65cbf3d5f3e12968d4af72e5 |
| February 13, 2024 | Consent Calendar | 5 | CC 5. Final Map Approval – Tract Map No. 061817-01 (Located at the Northwest Corner of Avenue H-8 and 17th Street East) Recommendation(s): Approve the map and accept the dedications as offered on Tract Map No. 061817-01, located at the northwest corner of Avenue H-8 and 17th Street East; make findings that this project will not violate any of the provisions of Sections 66473.5, 66474.1 and 66474.6 of the Subdivision Map Act; and instruct the City Clerk to endorse on the face of the map the certificate which embodies the approval of said map and the dedications shown thereon. The Final Map is in substantial conformance with the approved tentative map and phasing matrix. Tract Map No. 061817-01 has been examined by the City Surveyor, and is ready for Council approval. In addition, an Undertaking Agreement and Improvement Securities have been submitted to guarantee the installation of improvements. | February 13, 2024 Consent Calendar # 5 | LA County | Lancaster | City Council | 65cbf3d5f3e12968d4af72e4 |
| February 13, 2024 | Consent Calendar | 6 | CC 6. Approve the Lancaster Advanced Energy Community Green District Pilot Program Tariff and Participant Agreement Recommendation(s): Approve the Lancaster Advanced Energy Community (AEC) Green District Pilot Program Tariff and Participant Agreement. The Lancaster AEC project is a collaboration of the City of Lancaster and the Zero Net Energy Alliance (ZNEA). This collaboration has resulted in two major grant awards from the CEC, which yielded a combined total of $6,468,839.00 of grant funding to support the development and implementation of a comprehensive suite of advanced community energy solutions designed to produce economic and environmental benefits for the Lancaster community. | February 13, 2024 Consent Calendar # 6 | LA County | Lancaster | City Council | 65cbf3d5f3e12968d4af72e8 |
| February 13, 2024 | Consent Calendar | 7 | CC 7. Annexation No. 1 Into Community Facilities District No. 2021-1 (Public Services) Recommendation(s): Adopt Resolution No. _______ for intention to annex territory to Community Facilities District No. 2021-1 (Public Services), and to authorize the levy of special taxes. By Resolution No. 22-60, the City Council established CFD 2021-1, a Mello-Roos Community Facilities District with the intention that future development within the City would annex into this district. The special taxes collected from the property owners within the district are to be used for the funding maintenance and operation of public safety services, fire services, lighting, parkways, streets, roads, open space and any real property or other tangible property with an estimated useful life of five or more years that is owned by the City. | February 13, 2024 Consent Calendar # 7 | LA County | Lancaster | City Council | 65cbf3d5f3e12968d4af72e9 |
| February 13, 2024 | Consent Calendar | 8 | CC 8. Declaration of Surplus Land Recommendation(s): Adopt Resolution No. ______, declaring pursuant to Section 54221 of the Government Code that certain parcels of land owned by the City of Lancaster are surplus and not necessary for the City’s use. The City of Lancaster owns several vacant parcels throughout the community, acquired for the purposes of economic development and affordable housing development. Staff has identified several parcels that will not be utilized for development projects implemented, owned, and/or operated by the City. | February 13, 2024 Consent Calendar # 8 | LA County | Lancaster | City Council | 65cbf3d5f3e12968d4af72bf |
| February 13, 2024 | Consent Calendar | 9 | CC 9. Resolution Approving the Adoption of the Defined Benefit Platform Proposed by Shuster Advisory Group, LLC. Recommendation(s): Staff recommends that the City Council adopt Resolution 24-XX approving the adoption of a new Defined Benefit platform for the City of Lancaster Supplemental Defined Benefit Retirement Plan and related Governmental Excess Benefit Arrangement and the discontinuance of the Public Agency Retirement System’s (PARS) PARS Retirement Enhancement Plan (REP) and PARS City of Lancaster Excess Benefit Plan and the related Trusts. This Resolution was originally presented and approved by the City Council as Resolution No. 23-27 on May 9, 2023. The actual transition will occur on or around March 31, 2024, and the current administrator requires an approved Resolution with the actual date of termination within the resolution. This Resolution 24-XX is a restatement of the already approved Resolution 23-27, with the transition services dates updated. After a review of the current fees, investment portfolios, and services, it was determined that significantly reduced fees and improved investment flexibility, customization, transparency, and service could be achieved by transferring our plan administration and portfolio management to a different program provider. | February 13, 2024 Consent Calendar # 9 | LA County | Lancaster | City Council | 65cbf3d5f3e12968d4af72be |
| February 13, 2024 | Council Report | 1 | CR1. Council Reports LANCASTER HOUSING AUTHORITY | February 13, 2024 Council Report # 1 | LA County | Lancaster | City Council | 65cbf3d5f3e12968d4af72bd |
| February 13, 2024 | New Business | 1 | NB1. Resolution To Create An Ad Hoc Committee Pursuant To Chapter 2.32 of the Municipal Code For The Purpose of Studying Whether and Recommending How the City’s At-Large Method of Conducting Elections Must Be Changed To Comply With the CRVA Recommendation(s): 1. Adopt Resolution No. ____, To Create An Ad Hoc Committee Pursuant To Chapter 2.32 of the Municipal Code For The Purpose of Studying Whether and Recommending How the City’s At-Large Method of Conducting Elections Must Be Changed To Comply With the CRVA. 2. Consideration of nomination and appointment of committee members to the Ad Hoc Committee to review the At-Large Method of Conducting Elections. This proposed resolution creates an ad hoc committee as authorized by Chapter 2.32 of the Lancaster Municipal Code for the purpose of studying whether and recommending how the City’s at-large method of conducting elections must be changed to comply with the CRVA. | February 13, 2024 New Business # 1 | LA County | Lancaster | City Council | 65cbf3d5f3e12968d4af72e0 |
| February 13, 2024 | New Business | 2 | NB2. Office of Justice Programs FY23 Byrne Discretionary Grant Recommendation(s): Recognize revenue in the amount of $1,100,000 into account number OJPBYRNE24.FEDOTHER (30030000.4998), and appropriate the same amount to expense account number OJPBYRNE24.MISCGRANT (30030000.5656) The Office of Justice Programs within the DOJ requested that we apply to the 2023 Byrne Discretionary Grant in order to receive the allocated funding which resulted in accepting and awarding the City’s application in May 2023. Once all training certification and paperwork was completed, the City was given approval to purchase the equipment and installation needed for this project. The President signed into public law on December 29, 2023 the Consolidated Appropriations Act for FY2023, HR2617 which included the City’s project. COUNCIL REPORTS | February 13, 2024 New Business # 2 | LA County | Lancaster | City Council | 65cbf3d5f3e12968d4af72dd |
| February 13, 2024 | Public Hearing | 1 | PUBLIC HEARING PH 1. Amendment to Citywide Fee Schedule to Approve Proposed Studio 606 Fees Recommendation(s): 1. Adopt Resolution No. ______, establishing fees for the City’s Studio 606. 2. Establish revenue account 10166130.4703 in the amount of $2,700 for Studio 606 The Studio 606 facility, located on the Cedar Center for the Arts Campus, is a newly established state-of-the-art community space designed to support and promote various forms of artistic and creative expression through music, visual art, and video/film production. It features a recording studio, rehearsal spaces, art studios, and multipurpose rooms, making it an ideal venue for local artists, musicians, and creative groups. NEW BUSINESS | February 13, 2024 Public Hearing # 1 | LA County | Lancaster | City Council | 65cbf3d5f3e12968d4af72e3 |