Lancaster — 2025-03-25

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

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

11. Perez v. Lancaster, LASC Case No. 23AVCV00577

12. 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) – four 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. Castro v. Lancaster

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

CC 10. Purchase and Sale Agreement with First Baptist Church of Lancaster\nRecommendation(s):\n1. Find the project categorically exempt under the California Environmental Quality Act and\nauthorize staff to execute and file a Notice of Exemption.\n2. Authorize the City Manager or his designee, with the concurrence of the City Attorney, to\nnegotiate, finalize and execute the Purchase and Sale Agreement and all related documents.\nDesert Christian Schools recently announced plans to move their high school campus to a\nlarger site at City Church in Lancaster. The new location offers additional amenities, room for\nfuture growth, and greater proximity to their main campus. This transition creates an exciting\nopportunity for the City to purchase the existing high school campus and establish a new\nCity-owned and operated facility, coined “Mid-Town Education Center”, envisioned as a\nwelcoming space where residents of all ages can connect, learn, and thrive.

CC 11. Amending Employee Classification and Compensation Schedule and Reclassification of open\nposition from Analyst to Assistant Director\nRecommendation(s):\nAdopt Resolution No. 25-_____, amending Resolution 25-XX, establishing a compensation\nschedule for various classifications of employees of the City of Lancaster and establishing the\nfollowing changes:\n• Reclass and appropriate funds for existing open position in the City Manager’s\nOffice\n• Analyst to Assistant Director for City Manager’s Officer\n• Appropriate $18,600 in funds for the increase in pay from Analyst to Assistant\nDirector for the remainder of the fiscal year\nThe City of Lancaster is dedicated to fostering innovation and advancing renewable hydrogen\ntechnologies. To lead these efforts, Jason Caudle was appointed CEO of Lancaster Energy,\nwhere he oversees day-to-day operations. With the City’s partnership with H2 and the\ntransition of personnel the reclassification of Analyst to Assistant Director is the determined\nneed of the City Manager. This position will fill a key leadership role, assisting the City\nManager, and ensuring the continued growth and development of all current and future city\ninitiatives.

CC 2. Approve the City Council/Successor Agency/Financing/Power Authority Regular Meeting\nMinutes of March 11, 2025.

CC 3. Check Registers – February 23 through March 08, 2025.\nRecommendation(s):\nApprove the Check and Wire Registers for payments made February 23, 2025, through\nMarch 08, 2025, in the amount of $9,359,814.39 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. Monthly Reports of Investments – February 2025.\nRecommendation(s):\nAccept and approve the February 2025 Monthly Report of Investments as submitted.\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. Approval of the 2024 General Plan Annual Progress Report and the 2024 Housing Element\nAnnual Progress Report\nRecommendation(s):\n1. Approve the 2024 General Plan Annual Progress Report and the 2024 Housing Element\nAnnual Progress Report.\nThe General Plan and Housing Element APRs describe the progress of the City’s ongoing\nefforts to implement and assess identified goals, policies and objectives in the General Plan\nand Housing Element. Demonstration of ongoing compliance with State-required reporting\nensures that the City maintains eligibility and competitiveness for ongoing grant funding\nopportunities that may help to implement these goals and policies.

CC 6. 2024 Sewer Collection System Annual Report\nRecommendation(s):\nAccept the 2024 Sanitary Sewer Collection System Annual Report.\nThe attached Sewer Collection System Annual Report provides detailed information\nregarding the system's growth and characteristics over the past year, and outlines the\naccomplishments of the Public Works – Utilities Services Division regarding operations and\nmaintenance of the City's sewer system.

CC 7. Award of Bid and Task Order for Multi-Year Professional Services (Service Group Category\n16 - Labor Compliance) - PWCP 21-002 – Park-and-Ride Parking Lot Refurbishment\nRecommendation(s):\n1. Award Public Works Construction Project (PWCP) 21-002, Park-and-Ride Parking Lot\nRefurbishment, to Addison-Miller, Inc. of Orange, California, in the amount of $1,935,111.33\nplus a 10% contingency, to refurbish the existing parking lots at the six (6) park-and-ride\nlocations within the City of Lancaster and authorize City Manager, or his designee, to sign all\ndocuments in accordance with California Public Contract Code Section 22038(b).\n2. Find the City has complied with the California Environmental Quality Act. A Notice of\nExemption was filed on May 24, 2024.\n3. Authorize Task Order expenditure amount of $19,351.11 plus a 5% contingency for labor\ncompliance services award to the successful firm in Multi-Year Professional Services\nAgreement, Service Group Category (SGC) 16 - Labor Compliance.\nThe proposed project is funded by the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation\nAuthority, Prop A funds. This project will include resurfacing existing parking lots, installing\nnew striping, markings and signage, ADA parking stalls, and access at the park-and-ride\nlocations.

CC 8. Acceptance of Public Works Construction Project No. 23-004 – Edgeline Refresh Program\nHSIPSL-5419(065)\nRecommendation(s):\nAccept the work constructed by Sterndahl Enterprises, LLC, for Public Works Construction\nProject (PWCP) No. 23-004, Edgeline Refresh Program HSIPSL-5419(065), and direct the\nCity Clerk to file the Notice of Completion for the project. Retention on this project shall be\ndisbursed in accordance with California Public Contract Code Section 22038(b).\nThis project provided for the refresh of roadway edgelines with thermoplastic material at\neight (8) segments within Lancaster city limits.

CC 9. Mariposa Park Outdoor Fitness Equipment Project Notice of Completion (NOC)\nRecommendation(s):\nAccept the Capital Improvement Project No. CP11ZZ014.CONST – Mariposa Park Outdoor\nFitness Equipment Project as complete and direct the City Clerk to file the Notice of\nCompletion for the project.\nThe California Department of Parks and Recreation Office of Grants and Local Services\nawarded grant funds in the amount of $123.294 for the installation of concrete pads and the\npurchase of outdoor exercise equipment from the Greenfields Outdoor Fitness, which was\ninstalled in-house by City of Lancaster Staff with oversite by a Greenfields Outdoor Fitness\nsupervisor on February 5, 2025.

NEW BUSINESS\nNB 1. Introduce and Adopt Urgency Ordinance No. __ to the Lancaster Municipal Code approving\nthe updated Lancaster Police Department's Military Equipment Use Policy\nRecommendation(s):\nIntroduce and adopt Urgency Ordinance No.____ to the Lancaster Municipal Code\napproving the updated Lancaster Police Department’s Military Equipment Use Policy.\nGovernor Newsom signed Assembly Bill 481 on September 30, 2021, which aims to regulate\nthe financing, procurement, and utilization of "military equipment" by law enforcement\nagencies in California. AB 481 is a state requirement that all agencies disclose the purchase\nor intent to purchase certain listed equipment available to Law Enforcement agencies from\nthe federal government as military surplus.

PUBLIC HEARING\nPH 1. Citywide Fee Schedule Amendment to Approve Proposed Memorial Bench Program Fees\nRecommendation:\n1. Adopt Resolution No. 25-____, establishing fees for the City’s Memorial Bench Program.\n2. Establish a revenue project 6000BENCH.BENCHFEE (account 10160099.4713) for the\nMemorial Bench Program\n3. Establish an expenditure project 6000BENCH.RPRS&MAINT (account 10160099.5790)\nfor the Memorial Bench Program.\nThe Memorial Bench Program will allow individuals to dedicate a bench in memory of a\nloved one. Each bench is personalized and placed in a city park, with locations determined by\nCity staff based on suitability and availability. This program aligns with the City’s\ncommitment to enhancing public spaces while offering residents a lasting tribute to those\nthey wish to commemorate.