Lancaster — 2025-06-10

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

10.\nMontenegro v. Green, LASC Case No. 22AVCV01050

11.\nPerez v. Lancaster, LASC Case No. 23AVCV00577

12.\nCity of Whittier v. Superior Court, LASC Case No. 23 STCP03579

13.\nLindo v. Lancaster, LASC Case No. 23AVCV00950.

14.\nNazari v. City of Lancaster, LASC Case No. 25AVCV00192

15.\nMahfound v. County of Los Angeles, City of Lancaster, LASC Case No. 25AVCV00586

16.\nMorgan v. Antelope Valley Transit Authority,\nCity of Lancaster, LASC Case No. 25AVCV00061

17.\nLea v. City of Lancaster, LASC Case No.: 25STCV09046

18.\nStockman v. City of Lancaster, LASC Case No. 23 AVCV00838

19.\nZimmerman v. City of Lancaster, LASC Case No. 24AVCV00848

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

20.\nSnyder v. City of Lancaster, LASC Case No. 21AVCV00770

21.\nHiggins v. City of Lancaster, LASC Case No. 23AVCV00125

22.\nWright v. City of Lancaster, LASC Case No. 23AVCV00864

23.\nCordova v. City of Lancaster, Case No. 24AVCV00221

3.\nConference 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.\nAntelope 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.\nBrisa Mahoney, et al. v. City of Lancaster, et al., LASC Case No. 2OSTCV02556

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

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

8.\nGalant v. Lancaster School District, LASC Case No. 25AVCV00196

9.\nAbaied v. City of Lancaster, LASC Case No. 25STCV14733

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 Proceeding to Conduct a Public Hearing, tabulate the\nreturned ballots, and announce results at June 24 Council Meeting.\n2. Adopt Resolution No. _______, Initiating Proceedings for Annexations into the\nLancaster Maintenance Districts.\n3. Adopt Resolution No. _______, approving the Engineer’s Report, Announcing the Time\nand Place for a Public Hearing, and Its Intention to Annex into the Lancaster\nMaintenance Districts 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. Real Estate Option Agreement with L Street Properties, LLC\nRecommendation(s):\n1. Authorize the City Manager, or his designee, with the concurrence of the City Attorney, to\nnegotiate, finalize and execute the Real Estate Option Agreement and all related documents.\n2. Appropriate $150,000.00 from General Fund to 101.24000.8010, as consideration for the\nReal Estate Option Agreement.\nThe Parkway Village Specific Plan area is a forward thinking plan that will guide the\ndevelopment of a vibrant new neighborhood unlike anything that exists in the Antelope\nValley today. Encompassing over 430 acres of land, Parkway Village is envisioned as a\nwalkable, mixed use community that aims to bring together a dynamic blend of housing,\nshopping, health care, recreation, and public spaces right in the heart of the City.

CC 12. Memorandum of Understanding among the Antelope Valley Watermaster and Rancho Sierra\nProperties, LLC\nRecommendation(s):\n1. Find the acquisition of land categorically exempt under the California Environmental\nQuality Act and authorize 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 Memorandum of Understanding, Certificate of\nAcceptance, and all related documents.\n3. Appropriate $151,778.77 from General Fund to Account No. 101.24000.8010 to effectuate\na transfer of the property.\nThe property is subject to a court judgment in favor of the Antelope Valley Watermaster in\nthe amount of $459,749.02. To avoid foreclosure and a Sheriff's sale of the property, the City\nhas negotiated an agreement to pay $151,778.77 to the Watermaster in exchange for taking\nownership of the property.

CC 13. Final Map Approval – Tract Map No. 53642-01 (Located on the Northeast Corner of 60th\nStreet West and Avenue K-8)\nRecommendation(s):\nApprove the map and accept the dedications as offered on Tract Map No. 53642-01 located\non the northeast corner of 60th Street West and Avenue K-8; 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.\nTentative Tract Map No. 53642 was approved by the Planning Commission on April 19,\n2004, and has since expired. No additional hearings before the Planning Commission or City\nCouncil occurred on the project site until December 12, 2022, when the Planning\nCommission re-examined and approved Tentative Tract Map No. 53642.

CC 14. Fiscal Year 2023/24 Financial Audit.\nRecommendation(s):\nReceive audited annual financial report for the City of Lancaster, CA, Fiscal Year ending\nJune 30, 2024.\nThe City of Lancaster has recently completed its annual financial audit for the fiscal year\nending June 30, 2024. The audit was completed by CliftonLarsonAllen LLP (CLA). The\naudit involves performing procedures to obtain audit evidence about the amounts and\ndisclosures in the financial statements. These procedures include a review of internal\ncontrols, testing of transactions, and review of the financial statements for the auditors to\nexpress an opinion on the financial statements.

CC 15. Adopt Ordinance Adding Chapter 8.80 to the Lancaster Municipal Code Establishing the\nRight to Try Investigational Therapies for All Persons Aged 70 or Older, Restricted to\nLicensed Medical Facilities Within the City\nRecommendation(s):\nAdopt Ordinance No. 1132 adding Chapter 8.80 to the Lancaster Municipal Code establishing\nthe right to try investigational therapies for all persons aged 70 or older, restricted to licensed\nmedical facilities within the city.\nIndividuals aged 70 or older facing conditions without satisfactory FDA-approved treatments\nshould also have access to investigational therapies, subject to strict oversight. The proposed\nOrdinance would add Chapter 8.80 to the Lancaster Municipal Code establishing the right to\ntry investigational therapies for all persons aged 70 or older, restricted to licensed medical\nfacilities within the city.

CC 16. Ratification of Tax Certificate Agreement with Antelope Valley Union High School District\nRelated to Joint Aquatic Center Project\nRecommendation(s):\nAdopt a resolution ratifying the execution of a Tax Certificate agreement between the City of\nLancaster and the Antelope Valley Union High School District (AVUHSD) in connection\nwith the issuance of General Obligation Bonds, 2024 Election, 2025 Series A, for the\ndevelopment of a joint-use aquatic center.\nOn June 2, 2025 the City Manager executed a Tax Certificate on behalf of the City of\nLancaster in connection with the issuance of General Obligation Bonds by the Antelope\nValley Union High School District. These bonds are intended to fund, in part, the\nconstruction of a joint-use aquatic center ("Project") to be used by both the City and the\nDistrict.

CC 2. Approve the City Council/Successor Agency/Financing/Housing/Power Authority Regular\nMeeting Minutes of May 27, 2025.

CC 3. Check Registers – May 11, through May 24, 2025.\nRecommendation(s):\nApprove the Check and Wire Registers for payments made May 11, 2025, through May 24,\n2025, in the amount of $13,883,533.51 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. Lease Agreement for 44845 Cedar Avenue\nRecommendation(s):\n1. Approve lease agreement for use of real property, located at 44845 Cedar Avenue, to the\nOUTreach Center through June 2026.\n2. Authorize the City Manager, or designee, to sign all documents related to the lease\nagreement and all amendments, including amendments to extend the term, subject to City\nAttorney approval.\nThe proposed lease formalizes an arrangement that has been in place and is structured as a\none-year term, pre-paid at a subsidized $125 per month, followed by a month-to-month\ntenancy that either party may end with 30 days’ notice.

CC 5. Tax Sharing Resolution for Proposed Annexation No. 40-170 (4-225) into Los Angeles\nCounty Waterworks District No. 40, Antelope Valley\nRecommendation(s):\nAdopt the Tax Sharing Resolution for proposed Annexation No. 40-170 (04-225) into Los\nAngeles County Waterworks District No. 40, Antelope Valley. Direct the City Clerk to route\nthree (3) copies of the tax share resolution to the City Attorney and the Mayor for wet\nsignatures.\nThe property owners within Annexation No. 40-170 (04-225) are requesting water service for\ntheir properties. Before water service can be provided, the properties must first be annexed\ninto Los Angeles County Waterworks District No. 40.

CC 6. Tax Sharing Resolution for Proposed Annexation No. 40-171 (4-226) into Los Angeles\nCounty Waterworks District No. 40\nRecommendation(s):\nAdopt the Tax Sharing Resolution for proposed Annexation No. 40-171 (04-226) into Los\nAngeles County Waterworks District No. 40, Antelope Valley. Direct the City Clerk to route\nthree (3) copies of the tax share resolution to the City Attorney and the Mayor for wet\nsignatures.\nThe property owners within Annexation No. 40-171 (04-226) are requesting water service for\ntheir properties. Before water service can be provided, the properties must first be annexed\ninto Los Angeles County Waterworks District No. 40. Additionally, before annexation may\nbe approved, the agencies already providing services to the sites must negotiate reallocation\nof the ad valorem taxes within the District.

CC 7. Lancaster Landscape Maintenance District No. 1 Annual Assessment for Fiscal Year 2025/26\nRecommendation(s):\n1. Adopt Resolution No. ______ generally describing any proposed improvements\nor substantial changes in existing improvements, and ordering the assessment engineer,\nHarris & Associates, to prepare and file a report for Lancaster Landscape Maintenance\nDistrict No. 1 and Fox Field Industrial Corridor Landscape Maintenance District, pursuant\nto provisions of the Landscaping and Lighting Act of 1972 of the Streets and Highways\nCode of the State of California.\n2. Adopt Resolution No. ______, preliminary approving the Engineer's Report, fixing\ntime and place for public hearing on the levy of the proposed assessment, and declaring\nintention to levy and collect assessments within Lancaster Landscape Maintenance\nDistrict No. 1 and Fox Field Industrial Corridor Landscape Maintenance District, pursuant to\nPart 2 of Division 15 of the Streets and Highways Code of the State of California.\nLancaster Landscape Maintenance District No. 1 and Fox Field Industrial Corridor\nLandscape Maintenance District were formed, including subsequent annexations thereto, for\nthe purpose of providing maintenance services to landscaping and appurtenant improvements\nfor various developments within the City, and assessing those properties which benefit from\nthis service.

CC 8. Lancaster Lighting Maintenance District Annual Assessment for Fiscal Year 2025/26\nRecommendation(s):\n1. Adopt Resolution No. _______ generally describing any proposed improvements\nor substantial changes in existing improvements, and ordering the assessment engineer,\nHarris & Associates, to prepare and file a report for Lancaster Lighting Maintenance\nDistrict (LLMD), pursuant to provisions of the Landscaping and Lighting Act of 1972 of the\nStreets and Highways Code of the State of California; and\n2. Adopt Resolution No. _______, preliminarily approving the Engineer’s Report, fixing\ntime and place for public hearing on the levy of the proposed assessment, and declaring\nits intention to levy and collect assessments within LLMD, pursuant to Part 2 of Division\n15 of the Streets and Highways Code of the State of California.\nLLMD was formed, including subsequent annexations thereto, for the purpose of\nfinancing maintenance operations and installation of public lighting facilities, including, but\nnot limited to street lights, public parking lot lights, and highway safety lights (public lighting\nfacilities) (as defined in § 22525 of the California Code) within the City of Lancaster, and\nassessing those properties, which benefit from this service their proportionate share of the\ncost.

CC 9. Lancaster Drainage Benefit Assessment District Annual Assessment for Fiscal Year 2025/26\nRecommendation(s):\n1. Adopt Resolution No. _______, generally describing any proposed improvements\nor substantial changes in existing improvements and ordering the assessment engineer\nto prepare and file a report for Lancaster Drainage Benefit Assessment District.\n2. Adopt Resolution No. _______, preliminary approving the Engineer's Report, fixing\ntime and place for public hearing on the levy of the proposed assessment, and declaring\nits intention to levy and collect assessments within Lancaster Drainage Benefit\nAssessment District.\nThe City Council previously formed the Lancaster Drainage Benefit Assessment\nDistrict, including establishment of separate zones, and submitted the proposition to the\neligible voters in each respective zone. The majority of voters approved the formation of the\nDistrict, the separate zones, and the levying of the assessment.

CA1. Consideration and action to direct staff regarding enabling or disabling social media\ncomments on City-affiliated accounts.\nPresenter: Mayor Parris\nCOUNCIL REPORTS

CR1. Council Reports\nLANCASTER HOUSING AUTHORITY

NB1.\nOrdinance No. ___ Amending Section 2.04.060 of the Lancaster Municipal Code relating to a\nlocal expense allowance for the Mayor and Council Members.\nRecommendation:\nIntroduce Ordinance No. _____ amending Section 2.04.060 of the Lancaster Municipal Code\n(“LMC”) relating to the local expense allowance for the Mayor and Council Members.\nOn December 13th, 2016, the City Council adopted Ordinance No. 1017, which amended\nsection 2.04.060 of the Lancaster Municipal Code to increase the fixed monthly expense\nallowance from $100 to $600. Since 2016, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) federal\nreimbursement for mileage used for the purpose of tax deduction calculation increased from\n$.54/mile to $.70/mile. An increase of 29.63%. If the same increase is applied to the $600\nreimbursement amount set in 2016 that represents an increase of approximately $180,\nbringing the revised total to $780 per month.\nCOUNCIL AGENDA

PUBLIC HEARINGS\nPH 1. Introduction of Ordinance x adding Chapter 9.55 to the Lancaster Municipal Code Relating\nto Vacant Residential Properties\nRecommendation(s):\nAdopt Ordinance No. _______ , adding Chapter 9.55 to the Lancaster Municipal Code\nrelating to Vacant Residential Properties.\nVacant properties have the potential to be a significant source of blight in residential\nneighborhoods, particularly when property owners neglect their maintenance and\nmanagement. When this happens, unkept properties have the potential to depreciate property\nvalues and create other neighborhood issues including trespassing and unsightly vegetation.\nPH 2. Proposed Fiscal Year 2025-2026 Budgets and Five-Year Capital Improvement Program.\nRecommendation(s):\nCity Council and City Council acting as Lancaster Housing Authority, Lancaster Choice\nEnergy, and Lancaster Power Authority conduct the public hearing and direct staff to\nschedule the Proposed Fiscal Year 2025-2026 Budget and Five-Year Capital Improvement\nPlan (CIP) adoption for June 24, 2025.\nBy July 1 of each year, the City is required to adopt a budget, which establishes\nappropriations and estimates revenue for the coming fiscal year. The proposed budget is a\nculmination of many months of work by the City Council and staff in reviewing priorities and\nevaluating programs, with a focus on maintaining responsive and relevant services for\nresidents.