Lancaster — 2024-07-09

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

10. Castro v. Lancaster

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

12. Perez v. Lancaster, LASC Case No. 23AVCV00577\n13​. ​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\n14. City of Whittier v. Superior Court, LASC Case No. 23 STCP03579

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

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

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

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

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

9. Lancaster v. Rives

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

CC 10. Lancaster Maintenance District Annexations\nRecommendation(s):\n1. Authorize Staff to Initiate Proceedings to Conduct a Public Hearing, tabulate the returned\nballots, and announce results at July 23 Council Meeting.\n2. Adopt Resolution No. , Initiating Proceedings for Annexations into the Lancaster\nMaintenance Districts.\n3. Adopt Resolution No. , approving the Engineer’s Report, Announcing the Time and\nPlace for a Public Hearing, and Its Intention to Annex into the Lancaster Maintenance\nDistricts and to Levy and Collect Assessments Therein.\nThe Lancaster Maintenance Districts, separately known as the Lancaster Lighting\nMaintenance District, the Landscape Maintenance District and the Drainage Maintenance\nDistrict (“Districts”) were formed to provide a dedicated funding source for the maintenance,\noperations, servicing and installation of public lighting, public landscaping and public\ndrainage facilities within the City of Lancaster.

CC 11. Lancaster Drainage Benefit Assessment District Annual Assessment for Fiscal Year 2024/25\nRecommendation(s):\na. Adopt Resolution No. 24-_ _, generally describing any proposed improvements or\nsubstantial changes in existing improvements and ordering the assessment engineer to\nprepare and file a report for Lancaster Drainage Benefit Assessment District.\nb. Adopt Resolution No. 24-_ _, preliminary approving the Engineer's Report, fixing time\nand place for public hearing on the levy of the proposed assessment, and declaring its\nintention to levy and collect assessments within Lancaster Drainage Benefit Assessment\nDistrict.\nEach year, thereafter, the City Council, after public notice and hearing, may determine and\nimpose an annual assessment. Due to the cost and complexity of accounting for separate\nzones of benefit within the District, separate zone designations were eliminated in 1992 per\nResolution 92-134, by City Council action.

CC 12. Authorization to Initiate Annexation Proceedings for Eastside Annexation with the Local\nAgency Formation Commission of Los Angeles County\nRecommendation(s):\nAdopt Resolution No. , authorizing staff to initiate annexation proceedings with the\nLocal Agency Formation Commission (LAFCO) for the County of Los Angeles for the\nEastside Annexation\nThe proposed annexation would create logical city boundary lines, provide additional large\nparcels of land which could be developed with uses that would support the economic health\nof the City, and would include zoning for rural residential development consistent with the\ncity’s character and history.

CC 13.Award Contract for Request for Proposal 827-24-Tree Trimming Services to Tip Top\nArborists, Inc\nRecommendation(s):\n1. Award contract for Request for Proposal (RFP) 827-24-Tree trimming Services to Tip\nTop Arborists, Inc. in the amount of $544,506 for tree trimming services for contract year\none (July 2024-June 2025) and an increase of up to a maximum of 5% for a Consumer Price\nIncrease (CPI) for the second and third years, plus the two additional one-year extension\noptions\n2. Find that this item is not a project under the California Environmental Quality Act\n(CEQA).\n3. Authorize the City Manager, or his designee, to sign all documents.\nThe City of Lancaster maintains an Urban Forest consisting of over 20,000 trees. Services\ncovered through this contract include trimming, planting, and removal of trees located in the\nCity’s easement/right-of-way, on main thoroughfares, within parks, and in maintenance\ndistricts throughout the City.

CC 14. Memorandum of Understanding between the Cities of Lancaster and Palmdale Prohibiting\nthe Use of Incentives to Relocate Existing Vehicle Dealerships\nRecommendation(s):\n1. Authorize the City Manager or his designee to negotiate, finalize, and execute a\nmemorandum of understanding (MOU) with the City of Palmdale to prohibit the use of\nincentives to relocate existing vehicle dealerships, in a form to be approved by the City\nAttorney.\n2. Authorize the City Manager to finalize and execute all related documents.\nVehicle dealerships are major sales tax generators for California cities. As a result,\njurisdictions often go to great lengths, including offering sales tax rebates and other\nincentives, to attract and retain dealerships. In order to avoid these negative impacts, it\nwould be beneficial for the cities of Palmdale and Lancaster to work together to prevent this\npractice from occurring in the future.

CC 2.\nApprove the City Council/Successor Agency/Financing/Power Authority Regular Meeting\nMinutes of June 25, 2024.

CC 3. Check Registers – June 09, 2024, through June 22, 2024\nRecommendation(s):\nApprove the Check and Wire Registers for payments made June 09, 2024, through June 22,\n2024, in the amount of $5,020,259.48 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 and paid by the City for the\npurchase of materials, supplies, services, and capital projects during the prior three to four\nweeks.

CC 4. Authorization to Execute the 2024 Amended and Restated Memorandum of Understanding\n(Antelope Valley Regional Water Management Group IRWMP Cost Sharing)\nRecommendation(s):\nAuthorize the City Manager to execute the 2024 Amended and Restated Memorandum of\nUnderstanding (Antelope Valley Regional Water Management Group IRWMP Cost Sharing).\nThe City became involved in the Regional Water Management Group in 2007 to pursue grant\nfunding and facilitate implementation of the Integrated Regional Water Management Plan\n(“IRWMP”), which was adopted by the City in late 2007. An update of the IRWMP is\nneeded identify Antelope Valley Region water management issues, update current supply and\ndemand projections, and comply with the Department of Water Resources guidelines for\ngrant eligibility.

CC 5. SPR 19-07 - Acceptance of Improvements (Sewer)\nRecommendation(s):\nApprove the following developer installed sanitary sewer and accept the sewer for\nmaintenance by the City and for public use:\nProject No. Private Contract No. Location/Owner\nSite Plan Review No. 19-07 21-01 Southeast Corner 17th Street\nEast\nand Avenue J-2\nOwner: Lancaster 690, LP\nThe listed sanitary sewer has been constructed and completed by the developer according to\nthe approved plans and specifications. The work has been inspected and found to be\nsatisfactory to the Director of Public Works.

CC 6. SPR 19-07 - Acceptance of Improvements (Water)\nRecommendation(s):\nApprove the completed water system installed by the developer for the following project:\nProject No. Location/Owner\nSite Plan Review No. 19-07 Southeast Corner 17th St East and Ave J-2\nOwner: Lancaster 690, LP\nThe water system for this project has been constructed and completed to the satisfaction of\nthe local water purveyor, Los Angeles County Waterworks District 40-04, Antelope Valley,\nand was constructed according to the approved plans and specifications.

CC 7. Authorization to Initiate Annexation Proceedings for Westside Annexation with the Local\nAgency Formation Commission of Los Angeles County\nRecommendation(s):\nAdopt Resolution No. , authorizing staff to initiate annexation proceedings with the\nLocal Agency Formation Commission for the County of Los Angeles for the Westside\nAnnexation\nThe City of Lancaster has irregular boundaries and limited industrially zoned property of\nsuitable size to accommodate the larger scale industrial and commercial developments\nnecessary for the City’s economic success. As such, the City is pursuing the annexation of\napproximately 14.5 square miles on the northern boundary of the City.

CC 8. Lancaster Landscape Maintenance District No. 1 Annual Assessment for Fiscal Year 2024/25\nRecommendation(s):\na. Adopt Resolution No. , generally describing any proposed improvements or\nsubstantial changes in existing improvements, and ordering the assessment engineer, Harris\n& Associates, to prepare and file a report for Lancaster Landscape Maintenance District No.\n1 and Fox Field Industrial Corridor Landscape Maintenance District, pursuant to provisions\nof the Landscaping and Lighting Act of 1972 of the Streets and Highways Code of the State\nof California.\nb. Adopt Resolution No. , preliminarily approving the Engineer's Report, fixing time\nand place for public hearing on the levy of the proposed assessment, and declaring its\nintention to levy and collect assessments within Lancaster Landscape Maintenance District\nNo. 1 and Fox Field Industrial Corridor Landscape Maintenance District, pursuant to Part 2\nof Division 15 of the Streets and Highways Code of the State of California.\nEach year the City Council must, by law, order the preparation of an Engineer's Report\ndescribing the existing and proposed maintenance services, and conduct a public hearing to\nestablish and order the amount of assessment for the next fiscal year.

CC 9. Lancaster Lighting Maintenance District Annual Assessment for Fiscal Year 2024/25\nRecommendation(s):\na. Adopt Resolution No. , generally describing any proposed improvements or\nsubstantial changes in existing improvements, and ordering the assessment engineer, Harris\n& Associates, to prepare and file a report for Lancaster Lighting Maintenance District,\npursuant to provisions of the Landscaping and Lighting Act of 1972 of the Streets and\nHighways Code of the State of California; and\nb. Adopt Resolution No. , preliminarily approving the Engineer’s Report, fixing time\nand place for public hearing on the levy of the proposed assessment, and declaring its\nintention to levy and collect assessments within Lancaster Lighting Maintenance District,\npursuant to Part 2 of Division 15 of the Streets and Highways Code of the State of California.\nEach year, the City Council must, by law, order the preparation of an Engineer’s Report\ndescribing the existing and proposed maintenance services, and conduct a public hearing to\nestablish and order the amount of assessment for the next fiscal year.

CA1. Discussion and possible action regarding appointment of Chief Executive/City Manager and\nauthorization to execute Chief Executive/City Manager contract.\nPresenter: Mayor R. Rex Parris

CA2. Discussion and possible action regarding Lancaster Energy CEO appointment and\nauthorization to execute amendment to employment agreement.\nPresenter: Mayor R. Rex Parris\nCOUNCIL REPORTS

CR1. Council Reports\nLANCASTER HOUSING AUTHORITY

NB1. Resolution Calling for the Holding of a Special Municipal Election & Resolution Requesting\nthe Board of Supervisors of the County of Los Angeles to Consolidate a Special Municipal\nElection to be held on Tuesday, November 5, 2024\nRecommendation(s):\n(1) Adopt Resolution No. _____ (the “Election Resolution”), calling for the holding of a\nSpecial Municipal Election to be held on Tuesday, November 5, 2024, for the submission to\nthe voters a proposed measure relating to an ordinance enacting a transactions and use tax to\nbe administered by the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration.\n(2) Adopt Resolution No._____ (the “Consolidation Resolution”), requesting the Board of\nSupervisors of the County of Los Angeles to consolidate a Special Municipal Election to be\nheld on November 5, 2024, with the Statewide General Election to be held on that date\npursuant to Section 10403 of the Elections Code.\nOn June 25, 2024, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 24-34, which ordered that an\nordinance be submitted to the voters at a municipal election to be held on November 5, 2024,\napproving enacting an amendment to the City’s transaction and use tax. The resolutions\ncurrently under consideration implement Resolution No. 24-34.

PUBLIC HEARING\nPH 1. Removal of Prime Farmland Mitigation from the Certified Final Program Environmental\nImpact Report for the Eastside Overlay Project (SCH # 2022100641)\nRecommendation(s):\nAdopt Resolution No. , removing the Prime Farmland Mitigation Measure from the\ncertified Final Program Environmental Impact Report for the Eastside Overlay Project (SCH\n# 2022100641) and adopting the revised Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program\n(MMRP)\nAs part of the Final EIR, mitigation measures were included to reduce impacts to less than\nsignificant levels for a variety of resource areas including potential impacts to Prime\nFarmland. The mitigation measure for Prime Farmland requires the replacement of Prime\nFarmland at a 1:1 ratio within Los Angeles County.\nNEW BUSINESS