Lancaster — 2025-06-24

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. Fiscal Year 2025-2026 Budgets and Five-Year Capital Improvement Program.\nRecommendation(s):\nCity Council and City Council acting as Lancaster Housing Authority and Lancaster\nPower Authority Recommendations:\na. Adopt Resolution 25-___, adopting the proposed City of Lancaster Fiscal Year 2025-2026\nGeneral Fund Operating Budget, Special Funds Budget and Capital Improvement Program\nBudget.\nb. Adopt Resolution 25-___, establishing the annual Appropriations Limit for Fiscal Year\n2025-2026.\nc. Adopt Resolution 25-___, approving terms and conditions of employment and a\ncompensation schedule for represented and non-represented regular and probationary\nemployees of the city.\nd. Approve Vendor Expenditure Authority List for FY 2025-2026\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.

CC 2. Approve the City Council/Successor Agency/Financing/Power Authority Regular Meeting\nMinutes of June 10, 2025.

CC 3. TDA Article 8 FY 2024-25 Application for Available Funds.\nRecommendation(s):\nApprove Resolution No. 25-_____, authorizing the City Manager, or his designee, to apply\nfor $9,705,060 of funds available to the City of Lancaster from Los Angeles County\nMetropolitan Transportation Authority (LACMTA).\nAnnually, Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority allocates\nTransportation Development Act (TDA) Article 8 funds to fund unmet transit needs in areas\noutside the Metro service area.

CC 4. Check Registers – May 25, through June 7, 2025\nRecommendation(s):\nApprove the Check and Wire Registers for payments made May 25, 2025, through June\n7,2025, in the amount of $7,250,263.33 as presented.\nAt each regular City Council Meeting, the City Council is presented with a check\nandACH/wire registers listing the financial claims (invoices) against and paid by the City for\nthe purchase of materials, supplies, services, and capital projects during the prior three to four\nweeks.

CC 5. Monthly Reports of Investments – May 2025\nRecommendation(s):\nAccept and approve the May 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 6. Vacation of a Portion of the Public Road Easement Described and Shown in the Road Deed\nRecorded as Instrument No. 91-1041663 of Official Records on July 9, 1991, located at the\nSouthwest Corner of Avenue L and 5th Street East\nRecommendation(s):\nAdopt Resolution No._______, declaring its intention to vacate a portion of the public Road\nEasement described and shown in the Road Deed recorded as Instrument No. 91-1041663 of\nOfficial Records on July 9, 1991, located at the southwest corner of Avenue L and 5th Street\nEast, in the City of Lancaster, County of Los Angeles, State of California.\nSaid public Road Easement was dedicated to the City as part of the conditions of approval for\nTract Map No. 48978. City staff recommends vacating a ±670 square-foot portion of the\npublic Road Easement as described and shown on Exhibits “A” and “B” of the Resolution.\nThe portion of the public road easement is no longer needed and has been determined to\nserve no foreseeable public use.

CC 7. Los Angeles County Proposition A funding for Youth and Senior Excursion Transportation\nCosts\nRecommendation(s):\nA. ​Appropriate $9,000 from Proposition A to Account 21862300.5656\nThe City of Lancaster actively provides a variety of enriching field trips and educational\nexcursions to youth and senior participants through its Parks, Arts, Recreation and\nCommunity Services (PARCS) Department. These excursions offer participants the\nopportunity to experience cultural, educational, and recreational sites throughout the\nSouthern California region, enhancing quality of life and community connection.

CC 8. Adopt Ordinance No. 1133 adding Chapter 9.55 to the Lancaster Municipal Code Relating to\nVacant Residential Properties\nRecommendation(s):\n1. Adopt Ordinance No. 1133, adding Chapter 9.55 to the Lancaster Municipal Code relating\nto Vacant Residential Properties.\n2. Authorize the City Manager to approve the Vacant Property Registration Application in\nsubstantially the form attached, and to amend the same from time to time as the City\nManager determines to be necessary or appropriate.\nThe ordinance will require property owners to meet maintenance requirements, including\nkeeping their property clean, watered and weeded, removing dead or dying plants, ensuring\nthat groundcover vegetation does not grow taller than six inches and maintaining bushes and\nshrubs no higher than thirty-six (36) inches to allow for a clear view from the public right-ofway.

CC 9. Ordinance No. 1134 Amending Section 2.04.060 of the Lancaster Municipal Code relating to\na local expense allowance for the Mayor and Council Members\nRecommendation(s):\nAdopt Ordinance No. 1134 amending Section 2.04.060 of the Lancaster Municipal Code\n(“LMC”) relating to the local expense allowance for the Mayor and Council Members.\nSince 2016, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) federal reimbursement for mileage used for\nthe purpose of tax deduction calculation increased from $.54/mile to $.70/mile. An increase\nof 29.63%. If the same increase is applied to the $600 reimbursement amount set in 2016,\nthat represents an increase of approximately $180, bringing the revised total to $780 per\nmonth.

CR1. Council Reports\nLANCASTER HOUSING AUTHORITY

NB1. Award of Bid and Task Orders for Multi-Year Professional Services (Service Group Category\n16 - Labor Compliance & Service Group Category 09 – Materials and Laboratory Testing\nServices) – Public Works Construction Project No. 24-006 – 2024 Pavement Management\nProgram – Preventative Maintenance\nRecommendation(s):\n1. Award Public Works Construction Project (PWCP) 24-006, 2024 Pavement Management\nProgram (PMP) Preventative Maintenance, to R.C. Becker Inc., of Santa Clarita, California,\nBase Bid Items in the amount of $1,689,179.69, plus 20% contingency, to repair and\nresurface 4.5 lane miles of road at two locations within the City of Lancaster; and authorize\nthe City Manager, or his designee, to sign all documents in accordance with California Public\nContract Code Section 22038(b).\n2. Find the City has complied with the California Environmental Quality Act. A Notice of\nExemption was filed on June 4, 2024.\n3. Authorize Task Order expenditure amount of $16,891.80, 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.\n4. Authorize Task Order expenditure amount of $17,895.00, plus a 5% contingency, for\nMaterials and Laboratory Testing services award to the successful firm in Multi-Year\nProfessional Services Agreement, Service Group Category (SGC) 09 – Materials and\nLaboratory Testing.\nThe proposed project is funded by Gas Tax – SB-1, Proposition C, and the Lancaster Financing\nAuthority. This project will include roadway preventative maintenance at various locations.

NB2. Award of Bid and Task Orders for Multi-Year Professional Services (Service Group Category\n16 - Labor Compliance & Service Group Category 09 –Materials and Laboratory Testing\nServices) – Public Works Construction Project No. 24-005 – 2024 Pavement Management\nProgram - Road Rehabilitation\nRecommendation(s):\n1. Award Public Works Construction Project (PWCP) 24-005, 2024 Pavement Management\nProgram (PMP) Road Rehabilitation, to R.C. Becker Inc., of Santa Clarita, California, Base\nBid Items in the amount of $2,001,216.30, plus a 20% contingency, to repair and resurface\n5.5 lane miles of road at two locations within the City of Lancaster; and authorize the City\nManager, or his designee, to sign all documents in accordance with California Public\nContract Code Section 22038(b).\n2. Find the City has complied with the California Environmental Quality Act. A Notice of\nExemption was filed on June 4, 2024.\n3. Authorize Task Order expenditure amount of $20,012.16, 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.\n4. Authorize Task Order expenditure amount of $25,485.00, plus a 5% contingency, for\nMaterials and Laboratory Testing services award to the successful firm in Multi-Year\nProfessional Services Agreement, Service Group Category (SGC) 09 – Materials and\nLaboratory Testing.\nThe proposed project is funded by the Gas Tax – SB-1, Proposition C, and the Lancaster\nFinancing Authority. This project will include roadway repair and rehabilitation at\nvarious locations.

NB3. COMMUNITY WORKFORCE AGREEMENT\nRecommendation(s):\nA. Authorize the City Manager to execute a Community Workforce Agreement with the Los\nAngeles/Orange Counties Building & Construction Trades Council, and the signatory Craft\nCouncils and Local Unions, establishing labor relations policies and procedures for certain City\nimprovement projects.\nB. Authorize the City Manager, or his designee, to sign all documents related to the agreement\nand all amendments, including amendments to extend the term, subject to City Attorney approval.\nOn January 23, 2018, the City Council authorized the execution of a Community Workforce\nAgreement (CWA) between the City of Lancaster and the Los Angeles/Orange Counties Building\nand Construction Trades Council. The agreement established labor relations policies and\nprocedures for the City and for the craft employees represented by the Unions engaged in work\non certain city improvement projects.\nCOUNCIL REPORTS

PUBLIC HEARING\nPH 1. Continued Collection of Solid Waste Handling Services Fee for Single-Family Dwellings on\nthe Tax Roll Pursuant to Section 5473 of the Health and Safety Code\nRecommendation(s):\nAdopt Resolution No._______ , of the City Council of the City of Lancaster, California,\napproving collection of solid waste handling services fee for single-family dwellings on the\ntax roll pursuant to section 5473 of the Health and Safety Code.\nOn July 26, 2022, the City adopted Resolution No. 23-45, authorizing the collection of solid\nwaste charges for single-family dwellings on the Los Angeles County Tax roll, pursuant to\n5473 of the Health and Safety Code. At a public hearing on July 23, 2024, the City approved\nan increase to the fee for solid waste handling services for single-family dwelling parcels for\nfiscal years 2025-2026 through 2028-2029, pursuant to the franchise agreement between the\nCity and Waste Management, which allows for an annual Consumer Price Index (CPI)\nincrease of three and one-half percent (3.5%) to the charge.\nPH 2. Lancaster Maintenance Districts Annexations 2025\nRecommendation(s):\nAdopt Resolution No. 25-_____, Announcing the Results of an Assessment Ballot Procedure\nPublic Hearing, Ordering the Annexation of Territory into the Lancaster Maintenance\nDistricts, and Ordering the Levy and Collection of Assessments Therein.\nThe Lancaster Maintenance Districts, separately known as the Lancaster Lighting\nMaintenance District, the Landscape Maintenance District and the Drainage Maintenance\nDistrict (the “Districts”) were formed to provide a dedicated funding source for the\nmaintenance, operations, servicing and installation of public lighting, public landscaping and\npublic drainage facilities within the City of Lancaster. The District properties, which include\nthe Annexations, benefit from the services provided and are assessed their proportionate\nshare of the costs for each District.\nPH 3. Lancaster Drainage Benefit Assessment District Levy of Annual Assessment for Fiscal Year\n2025/26\nRecommendation(s):\nAdopt Resolution No. 25-_____ confirming the diagram and assessments, and ordering the\nlevy of an assessment in the Lancaster Drainage Benefit Assessment District for Fiscal Year\n2025/26.\nThe City Council previously formed the Lancaster Drainage Benefit Assessment District,\nincluding the establishment of separate zones, and submitted the proposition to the eligible\nvoters in each respective zone. The majority of voters approved the formation of the District,\nthe separate zones, and the levying of the assessment.\nPH 4. Lancaster Lighting Maintenance District Levy of Annual Assessment for Fiscal Year\n2025/26\nRecommendation(s):\nAdopt Resolution No. 25-____, confirming the diagram and assessments, and ordering the\nlevy of an assessment in the Lancaster Lighting Maintenance District for Fiscal Year\n2025/26.\nOn March 11, 2003, the City Council directed that an election be held asking the\nproperty owners within the LLMD to approve an increase in the annual street lighting\nassessment to $70 per lighting unit, including a Consumer Price Index (CPI) based\ninflator. LLMD was formed, including subsequent annexations thereto, for the purpose\nof financing maintenance operations and installation of public lighting facilities, including,\nbut not limited to street lights, public parking lot lights, and highway safety lights (public\nlighting facilities) (as defined in § 22525 of the California Code) within the City of Lancaster,\nand assessing those properties, which benefit from this service their proportionate share of\nthe cost.\nPH 5. Lancaster Landscape Maintenance District No. 1 Levy of Annual Assessment for Fiscal Year\n2025/26\nRecommendation(s):\nAdopt Resolution No. 25-____, confirming the diagram and assessments, and ordering the\nlevying of an assessment in the Lancaster Lighting Maintenance District No. 1 for Fiscal Year\n2025/26.\nLancaster Landscape Maintenance District No. 1 and Fox Field Industrial\nCorridor Landscape Maintenance District were formed, including subsequent annexations\nthereto, for the purpose of providing maintenance services to landscaping and appurtenant\nimprovements for various developments within the City, and assessing those properties which\nbenefit from this service. Each year the City Council must, by law, order the preparation of\nan Engineer's Report describing the existing and proposed maintenance services, and conduct\na public hearing to\nestablish and order the amount of assessment for the next fiscal year.\nPH 6. Levying Lancaster Sewer System Service Charges for Fiscal Year 2025/26\nRecommendation(s):\nAdopt Resolution No. 25-_____, a resolution of the City Council of the City of Lancaster,\nCalifornia, levying Lancaster Sewer System Service Charges for maintenance and servicing\nof the Lancaster Sewer System for Fiscal Year 2025/26.\nEach year, staff prepares an Engineer's Report for the City Council to determine the actual\namount of the sewer service charge needed to fund the maintenance of the Lancaster Sewer\nSystem. The Engineer’s Report determining and proposing the sewer service charge for\nFiscal Year 2025/26 has been prepared. Attached is the resolution to levy the sewer service\ncharges for Fiscal Year 2025/26.\nPH 7.\nPublic Hearing on Vacancies and Recruitment and Retention Efforts to Comply with\nAssembly Bill 2561.\nRecommendation(s):\nConduct the Public Hearing and Receive and File is the Action.\nThis report is presented in compliance with Assembly Bill 2561 (AB 2561), signed into law\nby Governor Gavin Newsom on September 22, 2024. AB 2561 requires local agencies to\nconduct at least one public hearing annually prior to budget adoption to report on staffing\nvacancies, assess recruitment and retention efforts, and provide a forum for participation by\nrecognized employee organizations.\nNEW BUSINESS