Lancaster — 2024-02-27

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\n33. CONFERENCE WITH REAL PROPERTY NEGOTIATORS\nProperty: 5215 W. Avenue H, Lancaster, CA\nAgency Negotiators: Chenin Dow and Allison Burns\nNegotiating parties: Camara Living Trust\nUnder Negotiation: price and terms of payment

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. Professional Services Agreement – Ryan Michel\nRecommendation(s):\n1. It is recommended that the City Council approve a Professional Services Agreement\nwith Ryan Michel in an amount not to exceed $135,000; and\n2. Authorize the City Manager, or his designee, to execute any amendments to the\nAgreement deemed necessary to complete the project in a form approved by the City\nAttorney; and\n3. Find that this item is not a project pursuant to the California Environmental Quality\nAct.\nThe City Manager’s Office is requesting to enter into a Professional Services Agreement and\ndetermine Ryan Michel as a Sole Source vendor for L28 Project Management Support for a\n(12) month agreement. Given Ryan Michel’s extensive experience and unmatched familiarity\nwith the City’s projects from prior engagements, there is no cost advantage in soliciting bids\nfrom other vendors.

CC 11. Amending Employee Classification and Compensation Schedule\nRecommendation(s):\nAdopt Resolution No. ___________, amending Resolution 24-06, establishing a\ncompensation schedule for the classifications of Assistant Chief of Police of the City of\nLancaster.\nThe proposed classification and compensation changes will allow the Public Safety\nDepartment to continue transitioning into the Lancaster Police Department and provide\nadditional law enforcement resources to aid in addressing crime and quality of life issues.\nNEW BUSINESS

CC 2. Approve the City Council/Successor Agency/Financing/Power/California Choice Energy\nAuthority Regular Meeting Minutes of February 13, 2024

CC 3. Check Registers – January 28, 2024, through February 10, 2024.\nRecommendation(s):\nApprove the Check and Wire Registers for January 28, 2024, through February 10, 2024, in\nthe amount of $7,636,242.41 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.

CC 4. Adopt the Resolution No. ______ authorizing application to and participation in the\nProhousing Designation Program\nRecommendation(s):\nAdopt the Resolution authorizing application to and participation in the Prohousing\nDesignation Program, authorizing the City Manager or his designee to:\nA. Submit a Prohousing Designation Program application to the California Department of\nHousing and Community Development (HCD), and\nB. Execute all documents deemed necessary or appropriate to participate in the Prohousing\nDesignation Program.\nThe Prohousing Designation provides jurisdictions with a competitive advantage for critical\naffordable housing and infrastructure grant programs.

CC 5. Disposition and Development Agreement with Diamond Development Partners, LLC\nRecommendation(s):\n1. Approve the Disposition and Development Agreement with Diamond Development\nPartners, LLC for the sale and subsequent development of one industrial parcel located in the\nLancaster Business Park.\n2. Authorize the City Manager, or his designee, to execute (i) the Disposition and\nDevelopment Agreement in substantially the form presented, subject to non-substantive\nchanges approved by the City Manager and City Attorney; and (ii) all documents necessary\nor appropriate to complete the transaction.\nThe City acquired several prime properties within the Lancaster Business Park with the\npurpose of fostering quality development projects. With over six million square feet of\nindustrial development already in the pipeline, the proposed project will offer a sought-out\nproduct that is not currently being built in the City.

CC 6. Acceptance of Public Works Construction Project No. 22-004 - 2022 Summer Pavement\nManagement Program\nRecommendation(s):\nAccept the work constructed by C.A. Rasmussen Inc., for Public Works Construction Project\nNo. 22-004 – 2022 Summer Pavement Management Program and direct the City Clerk to file\nthe Notice of Completion for the project. Retention on this project shall be disbursed in\naccordance with California Public Contract Code Section 22038(b).\nThe proposed project was the ninth project funded, in part, with road bond funds in addition\nto Proposition C funds and CalRecycle funds. The proposed project included approximately\n11.5 lane-miles of roadway repair and rehabilitation in the following project areas: (1)\nDivision Street from Avenue I to Avenue J, and (2) 20th Street West from Avenue K to\nAvenue L.

CC 7. Vacation of the Public Road Easement located on 35th Street West, North of Avenue M-4, as\nShown on Tract Map No. 45007, Filed in Book 1110, Pages 17 through 26 of Official\nRecords\nRecommendation(s):\nAdopt Resolution No.______, declaring its intention to vacate the public Road Easement as\ndedicated and shown on Tract Map No. 45007, filed in Book 1110, pages 17 through 26 of\nOfficial Records and located on 35th Street West, north of Avenue M-4, in the City of\nLancaster, County of Los Angeles, State of California.\nSaid public Road Easement was dedicated to the City on July 7, 1988. City staff\nrecommends to vacate the public Road Easement to prevent illegal passage and trespassing in\nthe abutting neighborhood and private property fences.

CC 8. Consideration for approval of actions in connection with Successor Agency-owned parcels\nrelated to compliance with the Surplus Land Act and a Purchase and Sale Agreement with the\nCity of Lancaster\nRecommendation(s):\n1. Declare the following Successor Agency-owned property as “exempt surplus land”\npursuant to Government Code Section 54221 (f)(1)(d).\n2. Adopt Resolution No._______, approving the proposed purchase and sale agreements for\nvarious Successor Agency-owned properties between the Successor Agency and the City of\nLancaster.\n3. Appropriate $540,000 from General Fund to Account No. 101-24000-8010.\n4. Authorize the City Manager, or his designee, to execute all related documents.\nStaff will explore opportunities for infill residential projects to provide affordable housing on\nthese sites, with a focus on home ownership programs.

CC 9. Approval of Contract Amount with St. Francis Electric, LLC for Streetlight and Traffic\nSignal Maintenance Services\nRecommendation(s):\n1. Increase the total amount of the five-year contract term with St. Francis Electric, LLC, of\nSan Leandro, California, for Streetlight and Signal Maintenance Services by $4,807,020.00,\nfor a total revised contract amount of $6,008,775.\n2. Authorize the City Manager or his designee to sign all documents.\nBased on the criterion, the review panel determined that SFE was the most qualified firm to\nmeet the needs of City Streetlight and Signal Maintenance Services.

CA1. Nomination and appointment of Vice Chair to the Planning Commission.\nCOUNCIL REPORTS

CR1. Council Reports\nLANCASTER HOUSING AUTHORITY

NB1. Award Professional Services Agreement for the Development of a Public Art Master Plan\nRecommendation(s):\n1. Award RFP #804-24 Development of a Public Art Master Plan to RRM in the amount of\n$174,662 (cost plus 15% contingency).\n2. Allocate $174,662 from the general fund balance to account number 101600005700 to\ncover the cost associated with RFP #804-24.\n3. Authorize the City Manager or his designee to execute all contracts and associated\ndocuments, with non-substantive changes approved by the City Attorney.\nA Public Arts Master Plan is a crucial planning document what will assist the City in\nexpanding its current public art program, establishing additional approaches to public art,\ndeveloping guidance for the City's Public Art Program, identifying resources for the support\nof public art throughout Lancaster, and setting priorities for public art within the City.\nCOUNCIL AGENDA